Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) described himself as “probably the most bipartisan individual” in response to President Donald Trump’s questioning his “loyalty” for remaining a Democrat after the president pardoned him. Cuellar drew Trump’s ire on Sunday when he announced he would seek reelection as a Democrat, days after he and his wife received a presidential […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called President Donald Trump’s comments on the American Somali community “completely disgusting” on Sunday. During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump railed against Somalis, saying he doesn’t “want them in our country.” His tirade came after reports of fraud within the Minnesota Somali community led Trump to terminate temporary protected status […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the Trump administration committed a “war crime” over the report of its “double tap” order to kill survivors of an alleged drug-carrying vessel. War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon are the target of scrutiny over the strikes on boats suspected to be carrying narcotics from Venezuela, with a recent […]
President Donald Trump railed against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) for running for reelection as a Democrat after Trump pardoned him. Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife on Wednesday after the couple was indicted on corruption charges under former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice. The Texas border district congressman was indicted in May 2024 on charges of […]
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) refused to answer whether he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of war when asked Sunday. CNN anchor Dana Bash posed the question to the freshman Utah senator on State of the Union. Bash’s question comes on the heels of a Senate briefing regarding a follow-up strike that targeted […]
Following a successful phone call between the U.S. peace delegation and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Russia launched another aerial attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say. Zelensky confirmed the Russian attack on X on Sunday, saying it was the latest series of strikes in a week that saw over 1,600 attack drones hit the nation. Zelensky’s […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday to establish a task force to “remedy any anti-competitive behavior” in the U.S. food supply. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson will create the Food Supply Chain Security Task Force. Trump instructed the force to “take all necessary and appropriate actions to […]
A federal lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order defining sex by biology could threaten women’s status as a protected class. Alongside left-wing litigator Democracy Forward, the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a class action complaint last month on behalf of lead plaintiff LeAnne Withrow, a transgender member of the Illinois National Guard, and […]
President Donald Trump has faced legal roadblocks in his bids to fire independent agency heads, but following wins on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, the president’s firing power faces its largest test before the high court’s merits docket on Monday. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Slaughter on Monday morning, after elevating […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is making one thing clear: she’s ready to leave Washington and the House of Representatives and move on to something new. The New York congresswoman, formerly the chairwoman of House Republican Leadership, has had quite the year. From getting her United Nations ambassadorship nomination pulled to waging public war against the […]
