Congressional Republicans fought tooth and nail to pass President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” in early July. Not even a month later, some GOP lawmakers are eyeing ways to alter provisions in the bill or make up for absences in a “reconciliation 2.0” package that could complicate their messaging strategy. Passing the major tax and […]
Russia’s Far East was hit with a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning, hitting the country’s Kamchatka peninsula. The region is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is located about 1000 miles northeast of Sapporo, Japan. Videos circulated on social media of homes shaking, ceilings falling apart, panels crumbling, and […]
The Justice Department revealed late Tuesday that only law enforcement witnesses were called before the grand juries that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In a late-night court filing Tuesday, the DOJ said the Epstein grand jury in 2019 heard from just a single FBI agent, while the Maxwell grand jury in 2020 and 2021 heard from that agent and one NYPD detective serving on […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday distanced himself from the firing of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, suggesting that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon could be next on the chopping block. Following news earlier this month that CBS would be canceling Colbert’s The Late Show, Trump has reveled in his longtime critic’s demise. After formerly […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday shut down speculation that she would be running for Georgia governor in 2026, two months after opting out of a 2026 Senate run. In a Tuesday post on X, Greene criticized unnamed people for speculating that she may be running in the 2026 gubernatorial election. She said she […]
The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed President Donald Trump’s ranking Justice Department official, Emil Bove, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit despite calls from Democrats to investigate whistleblower allegations against the nominee. Bove, a former federal prosecutor with the Southern District of New York and the DOJ’s principal associate deputy attorney general, was confirmed […]
Republican senators, frustrated by what they see as Democratic delays, are exploring aggressive options to accelerate the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees, including potential rule changes and even recess appointments, according to people familiar with a closed-door meeting Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) isn’t ruling out scrapping part or all of the […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pressured Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to scrap the “blue slip” tradition and push through his judicial nominees. The president fumed over the Democratic Party’s ability to block his “Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys” through the blue slip tradition, in a post on Truth Social. He claimed […]
The United States’s long-standing support for Israel is showing some limits as graphic images and reports of starving and emaciated children dying from hunger in Gaza have shifted public sentiment. In recent days, President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other world leaders have called attention to the lack of food in the war-torn […]
A rare and contentious showdown among Democrats played out in public view on the Senate floor Tuesday as an animated Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) sparred with colleagues over passing bipartisan bills to bolster local police forces. Booker blocked an effort by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) to pass a tranche of seven bipartisan law enforcement […]
