Iowa lawmakers completed a marathon 21-hour final day of their 2025 session with a litany of bills. The Iowa legislature faced a busy final day on Thursday, with the state Senate taking 20 hours and the state House taking 22 hours. The session ended at 6:31 a.m. on Thursday after carrying on throughout the night. […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday signaled deep uncertainty over how, or whether, to rein in the growing use of nationwide injunctions, a legal tool that has repeatedly stymied President Donald Trump’s agenda. During nearly three hours of oral arguments, justices across the ideological spectrum appeared divided on the best path forward. Some expressed skepticism over […]
Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele urged the Democratic Party to own up to downplaying former President Joe Biden’s mental decline, arguing that doing so is the “first step” in rebuilding trust. Biden’s decline has been spotlighted following his departure from the White House thanks to a new book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, […]
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general from four states made their case against President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. More than a dozen states brought litigation against the order in January, and it was almost immediately halted by federal judges who ruled that it was unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment guarantees the right […]
The Senate blocked a Democratic push to force the Trump administration to release details on the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other illegal immigrants to El Salvador. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) filed the privileged motion earlier this month that would force the State Department to issue a human rights […]
Elon Musk‘s political action committee is being sued for allegedly failing to pay registered swing state voters as he promised to in return for signing petitions or referring others for the 2024 election. The lawsuit comes after the Tesla mogul-turned-presidential adviser dropped over a quarter of a billion dollars to secure a GOP victory in […]
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance paid tribute to law enforcement police officers killed in action during a Thursday memorial service at the Capitol. The event, part of a host of events honoring National Police Week, featured video remarks from the president, who is wrapping up a Middle Eastern tour this week. “Every […]
Vice President JD Vance looks like a good early bet to dominate the 2028 Republican presidential primaries, pulling away from two friends and possible challengers, Donald Trump Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the latest McLaughlin and Associates survey shared with Secrets, Vance has jumped out to a big lead over Trump Jr., […]
Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome this weekend for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV. Vance, who met with the late Pope Francis on Easter Sunday just hours before Francis’s death, will make another trip to the Vatican to greet Francis’s successor. A Catholic convert, Vance will lead a U.S. delegation to […]
EXCLUSIVE — A bipartisan duo of senators is looking to pull back the curtains on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat Chinese espionage and intellectual property theft. Dubbed the Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act, the forthcoming measure from Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) seeks to uncover details on how the U.S. agency […]
