As House Republicans dodged holding town halls across the country in fear of Democrat-organized protests, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) saw the consequences of not heeding House Speaker Mike Johnson’s advice to avoid holding them. Edwards said he didn’t want to “shy away” from speaking to his constituents, who then showed up in force at his […]
Democrats found themselves in the middle of an all-out civil war on Friday as the Senate prepared to advance a six-month government funding bill to avert a shutdown set for midnight. The Republican-crafted legislation dramatically split Democrats, revealing deep divisions within the party that left many questioning Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) ability to […]
Senate Republicans handed President Donald Trump a victory in the administration’s fight against the fentanyl epidemic with the passage of legislation that imposes steep penalties on smugglers caught moving fentanyl analogs into or throughout the United States. The Senate passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act 84-16 on Friday afternoon. Sens. Bill Cassidy […]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap funding bill as a government shutdown looms. The Senate will vote on cloture Friday for the spending bill to keep the government funded at current levels through the end of September, with $8 billion more in defense spending […]
The race is on to fill the seat of Arizona’s longest-serving congressman, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), after his death left a vacancy in the solidly Democratic district. Grijalva hailed from Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which sits along the state’s border with Mexico and includes some Western suburbs of Tucson, Yuma, and many rural border communities. He died at age 77 […]
Democrats have been praying that the economic pain some are feeling with the surge in tariffs will “collapse” support for President Donald Trump, but a key polling indicator suggests that the wait could be a long one if it ever comes. Kept high by strong and sustained GOP and MAGA support, Trump’s daily approval rating […]
President Donald Trump and Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s (D-NY) Friday morning meeting at the White House ended without any formal agreement on congestion pricing or energy policies. The White House did not release a readout of the meeting, but a Hochul spokesman released a statement calling the conversation “productive.” “Governor Hochul and President Trump covered a […]
Democratic opposition to Elon Musk‘s electric car company continues growing. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is the latest high-profile figure promising to ditch his Tesla. “I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government […]
(The Center Square) – State Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Smithville, introduced the FURRIES Act (Forbidden Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education) on Thursday to prohibit Texas public schools from allowing furry subculture behavior in classrooms and on campuses. The furry subculture involves individuals adopting anthropomorphic animal identities who often dress in costumes and attempt to mimic […]
(The Center Square) — A new report by the Reason Foundation ranked Louisiana road conditions as the fourth-worst nationally, the lowest in the Southeast region. The annual report by the libertarian nonprofit policy group ranked the Pelican State’s highways 46th, with only Washington, Hawaii, California and Alaska worse. That’s a six-spot decline from last year’s […]
