Rep. Maxine Waters’s (D-CA) prediction of a “civil war” in the United States was rebuffed by the White House and the Department of Homeland Security. Waters visited the Metropolitan Detention Center and DHS Field Office in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 10 with her colleagues, Reps. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Jimmy Gomez […]
A draft of California‘s new congressional districts could be released as early as Friday, a spokesman for California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas confirmed on Wednesday. “We are aiming to release draft maps on Friday,” Nick Miller wrote in an email to the Washington Examiner. The news follows a contentious back-and-forth between California Democrats and President […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised President Donald Trump during a gathering of European leaders ahead of the U.S.-Russia meeting in Alaska. Starmer, who has maintained a tense but friendly relationship with the White House, championed Trump for arranging the meeting in Anchorage on Friday. “For three and a bit years this conflict has been […]
Texas Democrats who left their home state to thwart redistricting efforts favoring Republicans are holding a press conference in Illinois on Wednesday. NEWSOM ADVANCES CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING BID TO ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’ WITH JAB AT WHITE HOUSE Indiana Democrats will join their Texas counterparts for the media briefing, which is set to take place in Chicago […]
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith say President Donald Trump’s takeover will help local law enforcement with operations after it faced staffing shortages. Smith says the extra presence will allow the department to strengthen its relationship with federal law enforcement for future collaborations following Trump’s declaration of a “crime emergency” […]
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump can withhold nearly $2 billion in previously approved foreign aid payments, delivering a significant legal win to his administration’s effort to scale back the U.S. Agency for International Development. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia voted 2-1 to overturn a lower court’s order requiring the administration to […]
President Donald Trump has promised that Russia will experience “very severe” consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not appear open to stopping his war with Ukraine when the pair meet on Friday in Alaska for their highly anticipated meeting. “Yes, they will. There will be consequences,” Trump told reporters Wednesday during an event at […]
Common Cause, a nonpartisan group critical of partisan gerrymandering, will not oppose California‘s redistricting push, describing it as a “counterbalance measure” to President Donald Trump‘s public call for Texas and other red states to redraw maps to secure additional House seats before the midterm elections. The change of heart follows a pop-up fundraising appeal on […]
President Donald Trump mocked the renewed calls for the District of Columbia to become the 51st state, calling it “ridiculous.” “Statehood is ridiculous,” Trump said Wednesday during a press conference at the Kennedy Center. “We want to straighten the place out. Statehood’s ridiculous. It’s unacceptable. The Democrats want it because the Democrats have about 95% […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York noted the “nuanced” coverage of crime in Washington as reporters reconcile their own experiences with crime. York referred to the coverage of President Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that he would deploy the National Guard to the capital to assist law enforcement in combating crime. Troops arrived on […]
