Republicans are staring down more complications this week with their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, this time from the Senate’s parliamentarian, who ruled against several provisions that they included to win over conservative support. The House narrowly passed the tax and spending legislation last month after weeks of fierce negotiations. Now the bill is in the Senate, […]
Iran fired the final salvos of the “12 Day War” with Israel, with its final missile barrages killing at least three Israelis just minutes before President Donald Trump’s announced ceasefire took effect. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi fueled doubts of a lasting ceasefire when he issued a puzzling statement denying that a ceasefire had […]
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) led a chorus of congressional Republicans arguing that President Donald Trump would win the Nobel Peace Prize for his international peace efforts, crowned by the Israel-Iran ceasefire. In an appearance on Fox News, just hours before Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after 12 days of fierce fighting, Britt […]
Senate Republicans are straining to meet a July 4 deadline to pass President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” as a flurry of last-minute negotiations and legislative changes threaten to delay a final vote. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has a daunting to-do list before he can bring the tax bill to the floor, with […]
The House Democratic Steering Committee recommended Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) to be the next top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee ahead of the caucus vote Tuesday morning. Four House Democrats, Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), and Garcia entered the June 24 race to be named the next top […]
Vice President JD Vance voiced optimism after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, promising tomorrow would be “a new day.” Vance appeared for a scheduled interview with Fox News on Monday but learned just moments before going live that Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. The vice president said […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized the White House for not yet briefing the “Gang of Eight” on Capitol Hill over the strikes in Iran that took place Saturday night. The “Gang of Eight” consists of the top members in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
The U.S. Embassy in Sweden issued a security alert to U.S. citizens, warning that Iran could use local criminal gangs to carry out attacks against U.S. and Israeli interests. The embassy in Stockholm posted a security alert on Monday, citing local media reports speculating that Tehran could use connections within criminal gangs to carry out […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and second lady Usha Vance defended the value of larger families on Monday, pushing back against what they see as growing cultural and media hostility toward traditional family life and pro-natalist views. Duffy, a father of nine, became the subject of a critical New York Times profile on Monday. The piece, […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) lawyers argued to a federal judge Monday that the lower court still has some authority to block President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, despite an appeals court blocking a previous order from that judge, which ordered Trump return control of the California National Guard to Newsom. […]
