Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is leading a new caucus to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government of Efficiency’s agenda in the upper chamber. The Senate DOGE Caucus, announced on Friday, is set to play an integral role in aiding Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s efforts to reclaim power from unelected civil bureaucrats, target unconstitutional […]
Democrats are putting aside their criticisms of President-elect Donald Trump now that he’s returning to the White House and they want to deliver wins for their voters. After slamming Trump as a “dangerous fascist” and “wannabe dictator,” some Democrats are looking to find “common ground” with Trump on issues they think he might be soft […]
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden fast fading on the world stage but seemingly eager to go out with a bang by edging the United States closer to war. At the G20 economic summit in Brazil, Biden appeared to be a bit player, relegated to the back row of the stage. […]
The Arctic was once defined by its lack of potential conflict — encapsulated in the saying “high north, low tension.” Countries that struggled to cooperate closer to the equator have, for decades, found diplomacy more relaxed among the icebergs, where military considerations took a back seat to environmental research and shipping policy. Russia’s invasion of […]
Defense contractors that have embraced diversity, equity, and inclusion policies could find themselves targeted under the new Trump administration, especially as Republican lawmakers have full control of Congress for the next two years. President-elect Donald Trump is set to issue a wave of changes to the defense industry when he takes office and is expected […]
President Joe Biden has a good chance to outdo President-elect Donald Trump‘s 234 federal judgeship confirmations thanks to an agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats this week. A deal struck by Senate leadership this week gives Biden a shot at confirming as many judges as Trump did, in exchange for leaving four appellate court seats open when […]
December’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of people in six days. The next set of SSI payments will be distributed on Nov. 29 because Dec. 1 is a Sunday. The check is the second one sent in November but won’t affect the total received from the Social Security Administration for the year. […]
The final round of November’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the third group of retirees in four days. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments, which go out in three rounds. What is it? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the […]
Senate Democrats are set to rekindle their love for the very procedural tool they spent years trying to weaken: the filibuster. Soon to be in the minority, Democrats are ready to use whatever tactics are at their disposal to put up roadblocks for Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump — including the 60-vote threshold many have […]
President-elect Donald Trump made major inroads with union voters this year, and has now picked union-friendly Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) as labor secretary to match. “Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,” Trump said as part a flurry of Friday […]
