Republicans are getting an earful back home over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files during the start of their monthlong district work period. House members returned to their districts this week after days of political gridlock in the House over the Trump administration’s refusal to release the Department of Justice files on the late […]
President Donald Trump is trying to shake off the Jeffrey Epstein drama as he seeks a reprieve in Scotland for a business and golf trip. Trump departed on Friday morning for his Trump Turnberry hotel on Scotland’s West Coast. He arrived in Turnberry on Friday night, with dinner with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday and a meeting with […]
President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell this week, striking a lighter tone between himself and the Fed following a tour of the central bank’s headquarters. But the Fed holding interest rates steady once again next week could be a blow to that truce. Trump has harangued Powell nonstop for weeks for […]
Newly declassified records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, and the Justice Department inspector general shed new light on how top Obama administration officials advanced the discredited Trump-Russia investigation during the 2016 election, while at the same time declining to take investigative steps against Hillary Clinton due to concerns about political optics. Now, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, a former […]
After Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) hinted she could redraw the state’s congressional lines several years ahead of the state’s decennial drawing, New York Republicans are outraged. Hochul suggested the ploy in response to Republicans’ efforts to redraw partisan lines in states like Texas. “New York’s State Constitution could not be more clear: mid-decade redistricting is […]
A federal judge denied on Friday the Trump administration’s attempts to make Chicago shed its “sanctuary city” status and assist the federal government’s immigration efforts. United States District Judge Lindsay Jenkins said the lawsuit, filed by the Trump administration against the state of Illinois, would encroach upon states’ autonomy. The judge cited the principles of “dual […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he would introduce a bill to send rebate checks to working Americans after President Donald Trump floated the idea on Friday. Trump said the excess tariff revenue could be used to deliver a rebate to the Americans, but also said he still wanted to pay down the government’s debt. “I […]
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been granted limited immunity by the Department of Justice to answer questions. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche grilled Maxwell for about nine hours over two days in hopes that he could gain more information about Epstein and any others who may have committed crimes in relation to the pair. […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed two lawsuits on Friday aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivering a major legal win for the White House in its broader effort to consolidate foreign aid operations under the State Department. In a 37-page opinion, United States District […]
The 2025 Voters of Tomorrow Fight For Our Future Summit featured a pre-recorded video message from former Vice President Kamala Harris that lasted just under two minutes. Harris has kept a low profile since leaving office in January while she reportedly explores a 2028 California gubernatorial run. However, she had been billed as the closing […]
