A range of Democratic and progressive groups are all working on the same problem — how to win back working-class voters. For the Democratic Party, the loss of blue collar support since President Donald Trump entered the political arena represents a crisis that threatens its prospects for a generation. But how to fix it is a […]
EXCLUSIVE – A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are pressing for more price transparency for prescription drugs, introducing a bill on Thursday that would require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their cost in all direct-to-consumer advertising. The Drug-Price Transparency for Consumers Act of 2025, sponsored by Reps. Dave Taylor (R-OH) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), would cover […]
House Republicans are already teasing the idea of a second budget bill to advance President Donald Trump‘s agenda, even as the Senate has yet to act on his most sweeping priorities. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has offered few details of what might be contained in the package, but when asked by the Washington Examiner he […]
President Donald Trump is asserting far greater control over the judicial nomination process in his second term, determined not to repeat what he views as past missteps in selecting judges who later bucked his agenda. According to senior aides and sources familiar with the internal deliberations, Trump is personally directing a streamlined, loyalty-first vetting process […]
The U.S. vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.” The resolution was cosponsored by the U.N.’s E10, a group of ten non-permanent members of the Security Council. Fourteen countries voted to support it, with the U.S. being the only country to vote against […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced attacks from all fronts at the first New York City Democratic primary debate. The nine candidates — Cuomo, former Assemblymember Michael Blake, City Comptroller Brad Lander, state Sens. Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos, former City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember and socialist Zohran Mamdani, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, […]
Two Chinese nationals accused of smuggling a dangerous fungus into the United States in a possible act of “agroterrorism” began doing so in 2022, according to an affidavit. U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. charged Chinese citizens and Michigan University researchers Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the U.S., false […]
One of the most controversial tax provisions in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” could soon be retooled in the Senate, threatening to upend a deal reached to appease a bloc of blue-state Republicans. Senate Republicans plan to lower the SALT cap, which limits how much earners can deduct for state and local taxes, as […]
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on Harvard University and efforts to address campus antisemitism. Testifying before Congress, McMahon backed the announcement the General Services Administration made in late May to pull remaining government contracts and federal funds from Harvard. “To receive federal funding, these institutions must comply with […]
President Donald Trump has ordered an unprecedented investigation into former President Joe Biden‘s administration amid concerns his predecessor and his aides covered up his cognitive decline. “In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive […]
