Troy Jackson is running a populist, anti-corporate platform in his bid to become the new Maine Democratic Senate nominee, but he has promoted endorsements from both current and former lobbyists. Jackson’s endorsement list of former elected Maine officials includes three past state lawmakers with current or former lobbying ties to the fossil fuel, tobacco, and […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) denied there are tensions within the Democratic caucus over an amendment to cut U.S. monetary support for Israel. House Democrats were divided during a vote on Wednesday to cut $3 billion in foreign aid to Israel in an annual appropriations bill through an amendment offered by Rep. Thomas Massie […]
President Donald Trump took a swipe at Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) during a campaign appearance Wednesday, dismissing the Democrat as someone who “doesn’t have what it takes” while praising his Republican rival, Stacy Garrity. The remark was brief, but it landed at a moment when Shapiro’s once nearly universal reputation as one of the Democratic […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that an aide to President Donald Trump “will no longer be working at the White House” amid investigations into his use of privileged information to make bets on prediction market Kalshi. On Thursday morning, ABC reported that Gabriel Perez, one of Trump‘s teleprompter operators, won more […]
The White House dismissed concerns that funding cuts to the country’s federal health agencies have undermined its response to an outbreak of a parasitic illness caught from contaminated food and drinks. “We’ve talked to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and [Food and Drug Administration] specifically about that, and not at all,” White House […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) delivered a harsh message to President Donald Trump about the SAVE America Act on Thursday, saying he would oppose the bill if it comes to a vote on the Senate floor. Tillis, a retiring senator who has become a vocal critic of the Trump administration, slammed the president’s voter ID legislation, […]
Republicans implored President Donald Trump to focus on the lead-up to this year’s midterm elections instead of relitigating the 2020 election during his primetime speech Thursday night. Trump’s speech is expected to focus on election integrity and reveal declassified findings that the White House says show foreign interference in the 2020 election. “I think we […]
Mark Lamb, a former Arizona sheriff running for Congress with President Donald Trump‘s backing, is facing accusations of a yearslong sex scandal and using his position in law enforcement to suppress the allegations. Lamb, 53, is running in for the Arizona seat left open by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who is running for governor, and […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was forced to pull a veterans bill from the House floor on Thursday after three GOP rebels sided with Democrats to amend the measure and block cuts to disability compensation for tinnitus and sleep apnea. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), and Max Miller (R-OH) joined Democrats […]
Senate Republicans are raising a growing number of objections to a $95 billion spending bill that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wants to fast-track through the House, dimming its chances of becoming law in the coming weeks. The deficit impact of the bill, released Wednesday ahead of a House Budget Committee vote, has become a stumbling […]
