Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) expanded his hold on President Donald Trump‘s nominees for government positions to 300, including an additional 50 people Monday. Schatz invoked a hold, a procedural move that can delay the consideration of a nominee for days or weeks, on more than 300 nominees who need Senate approval and some bipartisan foreign […]
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court order that would have required the Trump administration to return a Maryland man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador. In a one-page order, Roberts stayed the April 4 ruling by a federal judge in Maryland that gave the administration until 11:59 p.m. […]
This week’s Liberal Media Scream puts the spotlight on CNN and its hosting of a left-wing comic so biased and X-rated that she was dumped from performing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. CNN’s new show, Have I Got News For You, put the spotlight on one of its “captains,” Amber Ruffin, who […]
Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor, wasted no time attacking her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, in a fiery post on social media Monday. “Electing @SpanbergerForVA is like asking the arsonist to put out the fire,” Earle-Sears wrote on X. “She voted for: Biden’s $1.9T ‘Rescue Plan’ – sparking historic inflation, $2T […]
President Donald Trump stood firm to his reciprocal tariff rollout Monday, even after his new policies led to more than $6 trillion in stock market losses. The NASDAQ fell into a bear market Monday morning, down 24% since last year’s high, with the S&P 500 dropping 20% since February, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
A GOP House bill to give Congress more authority over tariffs will be introduced Monday despite President Donald Trump vowing to veto the upper chamber’s version of the bill. Centrist Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is set to introduce a companion bill that would mirror the legislation authored last week by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and […]
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) documented the state of her American Airlines flight Monday which prompted a response from the airline. Cammack was traveling on a direct flight to Washington, DC, to continue her work on Capitol Hill. The representative took a photo of an armrest on her flight that was covered in tin foil. “Come […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) raised $11 million in the first quarter of 2025, the most money a senator has raised in an off-year election. The report from Ossoff’s campaign team showed the senator gearing up for a highly contentious race in 2026. The GOP believes it has a good chance to pick up Ossoff’s seat. […]
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Monday, readers! In today’s Daily on Energy, Callie and Maydeen continue to monitor dropping oil prices amid the fallout of the Trump administration’s tariffs. Meanwhile, climate groups are anticipating a preliminary injunction from a federal court as soon as this week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to […]
Conservative lawmakers and pundits are rallying behind President Donald Trump‘s latest call for people to stay patient amid his trade war, with many embracing his new term “panican” to describe those panicking over the economic impact. On Truth Social, Trump urged his followers to maintain resolve in the face of economic uncertainty, saying: “The United […]
