A bipartisan duo of lawmakers in the House introduced a bill that authorizes President Donald Trump to transfer B-2 stealth bombers and “bunker-buster” bombs to Israel if Iran is found to be rebuilding its nuclear supply. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced the Bunker Buster Act to the House on Wednesday, about […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s economic analysis and claimed Bessent had made his “35-year career listening to the market.” Powell responded to backlash about the Federal Reserve refusing to lower rates Tuesday by laying the blame on President Donald Trump for issuing tariffs against dozens of countries. Bessent is a […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has largely “stopped” issuing innovation-crushing and costly federal regulations, making good on a campaign promise to outdo his first-term deregulation record. In a half-year review, Trump’s team has done better than its promise to kill 10 Biden regulations for every new one it imposes. “Conventional federal regulation as we have known […]
The “big, beautiful bill” wasn’t the only bit of reconciliation that President Donald Trump was involved in this week. During a trip to Florida to visit the new “Alligator Alcatraz” facility for detaining illegal immigrants, he singled out one-time rival Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for effusive praise. “You’re my friend and you’ll always be my […]
President Donald Trump nominated Alina Habba, his former campaign spokeswoman and personal lawyer, to be New Jersey’s U.S. attorney. Trump appointed Habba in March to the office as interim U.S. attorney in the Garden State, endorsing a loyal supporter to his administration despite her lack of prosecutorial experience — a move that garnered sharp criticism […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) predicted that if Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of New York, it would prompt an exodus from the city similar to 2020 under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio. Mamdani, 33, recently became the Democratic nominee for mayor and will face off against incumbent Eric Adams in November. The New York state assemblyman […]
Former Democratic District of Columbia Councilman Trayon White, who was expelled from the D.C. Council earlier this year, could be ousted from the legislative body for a second time if he wins a July special election to fill the seat he left vacant following his expulsion. White is running for a special election in the […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba to complete a full four-year term. The White House sent her name to the Senate for confirmation as Habba’s 120-day term nears its end. Habba, first appointed to the position on an interim basis in March, has just […]
The House Freedom Caucus and like-minded allies sent out a three-page document blasting the “failures” of the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a signal that House GOP leaders have not yet convinced holdouts. In the document, fiscal hawks accuse the Senate of increasing deficits, watering down cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, […]
