Republican lawmakers are calling on the International Olympic Committee to adopt the Trump administration’s policy that bars biological men from competing in women’s sports. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), along with more than a dozen other Republicans, signed off on the letter to the IOC. “Future Olympians are counting on the […]
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democrat to vote for the continuing resolution to fund the government Tuesday. He blasted his own party for creating “unnecessary fear” with its claims about the bill. The stopgap measure passed the House, 217-213, with only one House Democrat, Golden, voting in favor of it and only one […]
Canada announced a slew of new tariffs on U.S. imports Wednesday amid an escalating trade war with President Donald Trump. Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods went into effect last week, causing significant stock market pain, though the president eventually exempted all United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement-compliant products, which include roughly 38% and 50% of […]
Comedian and television producer Rosie O’Donnell said on Tuesday she fled to Ireland just before President Donald Trump’s inauguration and will not return to the United States until it’s “safe.” “I’m here in Ireland, and it’s beautiful and warm, not physically, it’s quite cold,” O’Donnell announced on TikTok. “The people are so loving and so kind, so […]
Education Secretary Linda McMahon detailed how the Trump administration aims to improve the nation’s education, specifically so that curriculum control can return to local communities. The recently confirmed secretary made her argument in response to statements from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who said she was “really angry” about the Trump administration’s plans […]
President Donald Trump is set to host Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin for a meeting ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. The meeting is scheduled for 10:50 a.m. and will include a luncheon on Capitol Hill and a reception at the White House. SPAIN, NORWAY, AND IRELAND RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE While their meeting is intended to be […]
The White House cheered a drop in inflation in February as President Donald Trump fends off growing scrutiny over his handling of the economy. The latest consumer price index, released in a new report Wednesday, showed annual inflation dropping from 3% in January to 2.8% in February, while core inflation, which factors out food and […]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced on Wednesday that she will not seek reelection in 2026 in a blow to Democrats, who will now have to defend her New Hampshire seat against the GOP. “It’s just time,” Shaheen said in a video announcement on her retirement. Shaheen’s decision not to run for a fourth term in […]
A proxy voting bill for pregnant women is headed for a vote on the House floor, despite opposition from Republican majority leadership. A discharge petition on the Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution received the necessary signatures from a majority of House members, 218, to force a vote on the measure. The petition received signatures […]
A top House progressive said that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign loss set women back in their bid to break through the thickest glass ceiling of all, the presidency. But it wasn’t just because Harris failed, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), but also because of how she was treated as a woman with […]
