Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) began her run as head of New Jersey with a combative speech bashing President Donald Trump and pledging to use her new role to fight him. After being sworn in on a copy of the New Jersey Constitution, Sherrill laid into the president, tapping into the state’s historical role in the […]
President Donald Trump joined reporters for a nearly two-hour press briefing on Tuesday at the White House, where he commemorated completing one year back in office and vented that voters are not appreciating his economic accomplishments. The president spoke for just over one hour and 20 minutes before fielding questions from reporters. The White House […]
The California Republican Party on Tuesday said it filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court to block the state from using its new congressional map in the 20206 midterm elections. The move comes after a lower court ruled last week that the map, adopted after Proposition 50 overwhelmingly passed last year, is lawful and can […]
The Justice Department admitted that two members of the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk at one point last year, may have mishandled Social Security data by using it to match with state voter rolls in violation of the Hatch Act. The alleged misconduct was revealed in a court document filed Friday by […]
The House Energy Committee on Tuesday threatened to withhold Medicaid funding to Minnesota if the state does not meet anti-fraud requirements, as the panel launched an investigation into “unprecedented” abuse it believes is occurring in the federal welfare program. The development marks the government’s latest effort to probe sweeping multibillion-dollar fraud schemes that have been […]
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, announced Tuesday that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy, in an Instagram post. “We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child,” the couple wrote on Instagram. “Usha and the baby are doing well.” The second […]
The Justice Department has served grand jury subpoenas to several top Minnesota government officials as part of a federal investigation into whether state and local leaders obstructed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) appeared to acknowledge the investigation on Tuesday in a public statement on X, accusing the Trump administration of […]
Justice Samuel Alito said on Tuesday that the lawyer defending a Hawaii gun law, which requires gun owners to get permission to carry firearms on private property, is treating the Second Amendment as a constitutional right with “second-class status.” The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez over a Hawaii law that […]
President Donald Trump’s tariff threats on Greenland could be the final straw for House Republicans who have sidestepped his repeated use of emergency powers. For months, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been able to insulate Trump from congressional opposition to his global tariffs, passing language that blocks any Democratic attempt to repeal them on the House floor. […]
In a direct challenge to the Trump administration, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) invited the president on Tuesday to visit the state. Walz posted a statement on X, inviting President Donald Trump to see Minnesotans’ “values in action” rather than escalating what he dubbed “political theater.” The invitation comes as the Department of Justice served subpoenas […]
