Antitrust lawyers for the Trump administration are set to face off this month with Meta’s and Google’s lawyers in courtrooms in Washington, D.C., where they appear poised to continue seamlessly the Biden administration’s fights against the tech giants. The two trials offer opportunities to chip away at Big Tech’s power, a rare shared goal of […]
The Senate took the next step toward passing President Donald Trump’s agenda on Saturday, sending a blueprint that unlocks his tax, border, and defense priorities to the House. All but two Republicans voted to adopt the blueprint, which allows committees to begin drafting legislative text, but not before the Democrats waged an hourslong voting marathon […]
The Trump administration is moving forward with the White House’s agenda of arresting and deporting criminal illegal immigrants in the United States, with significant arrests across the country this week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested criminals from coast to coast this week who have convictions of crimes against children, drug distribution, assault, and suspected […]
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s (R-VA) path to becoming Virginia‘s next governor could hit a speed bump with a MAGA primary challenger, as her Democratic opponent is on the fast track to the high-stakes November general election. Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger became the Democratic nominee for the off-year gubernatorial race on Thursday, but Earle-Sears must await whether former state Sen. Amanda Chase qualifies […]
The first round of April’s Social Security payments, worth up to $5,108 for the highest-income earners who retire at 70, will go out to retirees in four days. Social Security payments typically begin on the second Wednesday of every month, and the following waves go out in the subsequent weeks. The distribution of payments depends on which day of the month a retiree […]
Washington, D.C., specializes in legacies. The monuments honoring past presidents, the heroes forever etched on street signs, and the last names that seem never to leave placards outside congressional offices as family members seek to honor their relatives’ memory and carry on their work with a new spin. Over the last few years, there have […]
Several departments within the federal government had personnel cuts leaked or reported while the U.S. fixates on and adjust’s to the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs. Positions at the IRS, State Department, and Energy Department have been marked for cuts or planned cuts during the tariff firestorm, which has plunged the stock market into the red. […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has yet to call a special election to fill recently deceased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat in Texas’s 18th Congressional District. He blamed Harris County’s abilities in conducting elections for his delay in announcing an election for the seat, which has been vacant for nearly a month since Turner died on […]
Senate Democrats are expected to challenge President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on Friday night as Republicans attempt to advance a blueprint that unlocks his legislative agenda. In a marathon voting session that clears the way for the president’s tax, border, and energy priorities, Democrats signaled they would pillory Republicans over the market-rattling tariffs the […]
James Carville said law firms deciding to collaborate with President Donald Trump amid his executive orders punishing their previous legal work against him were no different than Nazi “collaborators” working with Hitler during World War II. In various executive orders, Trump threatened to revoke federal contracts and employees’ security clearances for law firms that helped […]
