Former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, was confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support. The Senate voted 67-32 to confirm DeRemer, 56, to the role. The confirmation of Chavez-DeRemer, who had the support of the Teamsters president but was opposed by some free-market conservatives, could signal a shift in […]
Leaders in Washington, D.C., condemned a Republican-led continuing resolution that would cut the district’s 2025 budget by 16%. House Republicans announced their stopgap bill to fund the federal government on Saturday that included cutting the district’s budget by approximately $1 billion. Speaking outside the Capitol at a press conference, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Washington […]
The Trump administration displayed a new view of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office, bearing 20 different portraits of the nation’s historical figures. White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino released the Oval Office’s updated look on Monday afternoon, showing five portraits added since last month when the Trump administration released a 360-degree video touting […]
President Donald Trump administered the oath of office to new Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Monday evening at the White House. Curran previously served as the head of Trump’s Secret Service detail and personally shielded the president with his body following the failed attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last summer. Curran was […]
Elon Musk wants to double the number of people working for the Department of Government Efficiency from 100 employees to 200 despite the pseudo-agency’s negative effect on the rest of his businesses. “We’re a little over 100 at this point. Get to 200,” Musk told Fox Business Channel’s Larry Kudlow Monday. “Basically, it’s software people, […]
The House Freedom Caucus handed Democrats ammunition on Monday after dropping an op-ed that calls for reforms to Medicaid and boosted the Democrats’ narrative that the GOP wants to gut the beneficiary program for millions of Americans. Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) and Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Eric Burlison (R-MO) called on lawmakers […]
Democrats are looking to prevent President Donald Trump from “illegally withholding or diverting funding” appropriated in the Republican-led continuing resolution set for a vote on Tuesday through an eleventh-hour amendment. Introduced by Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) on Monday, the amendment would ensure that the president “recognizes, and states that they will uphold, Congress’ constitutional authority […]
EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has veered into shaky political territory by “consistently” engaging with the Chinese Communist Party and selling out his state and country multiple times, according to explosive claims in a new book. In Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All, […]
Former first lady Michelle Obama announced on Monday that she is launching a new podcast she will cohost with her brother. The new podcast is titled IMO, an acronym for “in my opinion,” and was announced a little less than two months into President Donald Trump’s second term. Obama said that her brother, Craig Robinson, […]
The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management is investigating the Department of Government Efficiency‘s access to data systems across numerous government agencies. The investigation came as DOGE gained access to OPM systems and created the [email protected] email address, which it used to email federal workers a directive to send a list of five […]
