Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is rebuffing an upswell in anger at the Senate’s parliamentarian after she dealt a blow to major elements of Republicans’ tax bill. It would be a mistake to overrule Elizabeth MacDonough, Thune told reporters on Thursday after she struck Medicaid reforms designed to recoup hundreds of billions in savings. […]
President Donald Trump‘s viral exchange with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte lives on in a new video posted on the White House’s social media accounts. Trump was at NATO this week, where he discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran at length. The president negotiated a ceasefire between the two, prompting Rutte to refer to the […]
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer will proceed with evaluating Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) claims that President Donald Trump‘s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles violated a federal law preventing troops from being used for regular law enforcement activities, despite an appeals court ruling that Breyer could not pause the use of the troops. […]
Iranian authorities have executed at least six people accused of spying for Israel since the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the Jewish state broke out two weeks ago. Iran hanged three men on Wednesday — identified as Idris Ali, Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, and Azad Shojai — over espionage charges, according to reports. Iran previously […]
Billionaire Bill Ackman said someone aspiring to lead New York City should run as a write-in challenger to socialist Zohran Mamdani, suggesting the funds would “pour in” for “the right candidate.” Mamdani beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party’s New York City mayor primary election, an upset victory for the 33-year-old […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press briefing Thursday at 1 p.m. It will be Leavitt’s first press briefing since President Donald Trump decided to strike Iran over the weekend. Earlier in the day, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held a news conference in which he scolded the media for suggesting the […]
The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena for Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior adviser to former first lady Jill Biden, on Thursday. The committee said Bernal refused to appear before the committee to testify in its investigation of the use of the autopen during the Biden administration and former President Joe Biden’s “mental […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) gave $17.5 million to House Republicans for the second quarter, his largest quarterly transfer to the conference as speaker as he works to defend a razor-thin majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Of the $17.5 million, $6.5 million will go toward incumbents included in the speaker’s “Grow the Majority Committee,” with […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Sen. Andrew Chesney is voicing sharp criticism of the city of Evanston’s reparations program, calling it “outrageous” and “offensive to everyone.” Chesney’s remarks come on the heels of a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch to shut down the race-based initiative, which gives $25,000 in taxpayer […]
(The Center Square) – One of the bills Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law is already facing legal challenges. Abbott signed SB 10 into law on June 22, which requires every public-school classroom in Texas to post a copy of the Ten Commandments beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. Since then, five Protestant pastors, […]
