Senate Republicans are introducing a bill advocating alternative approaches to in vitro fertilization by promoting medical services targeting underlying factors of infertility in women. The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration Act is co-sponsored by Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and James Lankford (R-OK). The bill aims to expand access to restorative reproductive medicine, which […]
Former President Donald Trump’s proposal for eliminating tipped wages from taxable income didn’t originate from extensive research or policy experts. It came from a more usual source: an unnamed waitress he recently encountered. That’s according to Republican senators who recounted remarks made by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee Thursday during a closed-door meeting at the […]
Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) set aside their yearslong rivalry on Thursday to strategize about the GOP’s 2024 playbook and retaking the Senate majority. Speaking with the former president for the first time since before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, McConnell shook hands with Trump as they greeted for […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee dropped its investigation into businessman Harlan Crow on Thursday after he revealed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took three additional undisclosed trips that were not included in his revised financial disclosures. The office of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Judiciary chairman, said it obtained documents revealing previously undisclosed trips Thomas took […]
Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) bribery and corruption trial has not only exposed the seedy side of politics but has also highlighted some quirks held by the once-powerful Democratic senator and his wife, Nadine. Both are accused of accepting bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in the form of 13 gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible, and […]
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign blasted a report that he referred to Milwaukee, where Republicans will have their convention next month, as a “horrible city.” Trump reportedly bashed the Democrat-run city during a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington, D.C., when he returned to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, […]
President Joe Biden downplayed expectations for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, citing the terrorist organization’s response to his three-phase peace proposal. “The bottom line is that I laid down an approach that has been endorsed by the Israelis and the U.N. Security Council,” Biden told reporters Thursday during a press conference with Ukrainian […]
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), who is seeking a third term this November, has made it a point on the campaign trail to brand his Republican challenger, ex-hedge fund executive Nella Domenici, as out-of-touch for her ties to Wall Street. That hasn’t stopped Heinrich from raking in donations from financial industry political action committees, as well […]
The Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state has been granted a long-sought waiver that allows it to conduct its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah is a tribe of 1,500 people on the northwestern part of the Olympic Peninsula. They are the only Native American tribe with a treaty that specifically mentions a […]
Radio host Charlamagne tha God criticized how Democratic lawmakers motivate their supporters in speeches, arguing that no one wants to hear “the normal, political voice anymore.” The Breakfast Club host, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, discussed how messaging is the biggest problem the Democratic Party faces ahead of the 2024 elections. To prove […]
