California lawmakers are racing to push through dozens of new bills over the next two weeks aimed at stopping President Donald Trump’s agenda, including efforts he’s made to restrict abortion access, limit LGBT rights, and carry out mass deportations. Most of the measures have already cleared legislative hurdles but lack the final votes needed and […]
House Republicans have repeatedly bucked GOP leadership this year as they use rare procedural tools to push their agenda and force a vote on contentious bills. Often called a “tool of the minority,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House GOP lawmakers have gone down several avenues to try to block discharge petitions since this […]
President Donald Trump is escalating his tough-on-crime campaign against Democrats, particularly those considering 2028 presidential bids, ahead of an expected illegal immigration crackdown in Chicago on Friday. Trump’s pressure campaign comes as his federalization of the California National Guard this summer was deemed illegal by a federal court judge on Tuesday. Trump increased his criticism […]
A once-in-a-generation game of political musical chairs has kicked off in Iowa with the retirements of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Gov. Kim Reynolds, two retirements jolting Iowa politics. Within hours after Ernst announced her retirement on Tuesday, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) jumped into the Senate race, immediately positioning herself as the GOP front-runner to […]
Russia launched another massive drone and missile attack against Ukraine on Wednesday that left four people dead and significant damage to the country’s infrastructure. Ukrainian officials estimated that over 500 drones and 24 missiles were fired by Russia throughout the country, hitting targets in nine of Ukraine’s 24 regions, Reuters reported. Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee will reconvene after the August recess this week for two days of hearings on judicial and United States attorney nominations amid tensions spurred by President Donald Trump and his growing frustrations with a tradition that is holding up the confirmation of key nominees. The so-called blue slip process allows home-state senators to effectively veto nominees […]
Senate Republicans returned to Washington Tuesday from summer break, facing warnings from within that the White House’s clawback of spending passed by Congress could jeopardize a fast-approaching shutdown deadline. GOP critics of President Donald Trump’s nearly $5 billion “pocket” rescission for foreign aid said the controversial move, which some have suggested may flout the law, […]
National conservatives from around the world gathered at the Westin Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a conference that can best be described as a conservative nationalist international. Natcon was started in May 2019 by Israeli-American philosopher Yoram Hazony as a way to bring together and advance nationalist conservative thought leaders from around the […]
As mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson oversees the city in the country with the highest number of homicides each year. Despite this, Johnson has rejected the Trump administration’s offer to deploy the National Guard to his city to help with Chicago‘s crime problem. Moreover, he has been outright critical of such overtures, likening them to […]
President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is conspiring against the United States as the foreign leader appeared alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during China’s military parade marking the end of World War II. “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim […]
