Tech billionaire Elon Musk hit back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) with a series of snarky memes after she decried possible conflicts of interest between him and President-elect Donald Trump. Warren sent a letter to Trump questioning whether he had put ethics rules in place for dealing with Musk’s governmental work as the X executive […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked an attempt to give law enforcement greater authority to monitor drone activity in the wake of mystery sightings across the Northeast. Paul objected to a request from Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) on Wednesday to pass legislation expanding the federal government’s ability to detect and mitigate the threat of drones amid […]
The brief period of Republican unity that followed President-elect Donald Trump’s win in November is being brought to a close by conservative discontent with a short-term spending bill and congressional infighting. Trump’s point men on the new Department of Government Efficiency are leading the charge against a continuing resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown […]
House and Senate Republicans are endorsing a two-step approach to enact President-elect Donald Trump‘s agenda early next Congress, ensuring a border security-focused reconciliation bill is prioritized in January 2025, followed by tax legislation. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) sent a letter to incoming Senate Republican Leader John Thune […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in favor of Congress’s ban on TikTok. The Senate Majority leader voted to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores beginning Jan. 19, 2025. This pending ban attempts to pressure Chinese-owned ByteDance to sell the social media platform. The ban was signed into law by […]
Israel will hold on to swaths of land that formerly served as a buffer zone with Syria — with no plans for exiting the demilitarized region despite international outcry. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a trip on Tuesday to Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the 155-square-mile chunk of land nabbed by the IDF […]
Congressional lawmakers are racing to pass their second stopgap funding measure of the fiscal year to avoid a Friday shutdown deadline. The bill, known as a continuing resolution, would extend current funding levels through March 14 so the new Congress under President-elect Donald Trump can craft and pass an annual budget to last through Sept. […]
Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead a new group called the Department of Government Efficiency to cut federal spending, are raising concerns over a proposal that would extend the lifeline of a controversial State Department-housed office. The provision has caused an uproar among Republican offices on Capitol Hill, where conservative lawmakers say […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) speakership could be in danger as the GOP conference revolts against negotiated government funding legislation that includes billions of dollars in additional spending and unrelated provisions tucked into the thousand-page document. The continuing resolution would extend current government funding levels until mid-March 2025 while also tacking on an extra $110.5 […]
A pizza restaurant in Tennessee argued it did not cater a same-sex wedding due to “personal beliefs” amid online criticism over its decision. The restaurant, Pizzeria Cortile in Chattanooga, stated it does not cater same-sex weddings in a direct message on Instagram, creating pushback online. In a statement released on the restaurant’s Facebook page, the […]
