Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), one of the most progressive members of Congress, found himself Sunday in rare agreement with tech billionaire Elon Musk. “Elon Musk is right,” Sanders posted to Musk’s X platform, in reference to the Trump ally’s apparent openness to slashing defense spending. “The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed […]
North Carolina’s Gov.-elect Josh Stein, a Democrat, said he is “eager” to work with President-elect Donald Trump to deliver hurricane relief to the state. Earlier this year, western North Carolina was devastated by Hurricane Helene, seeing record-high flooding and more than 100 deaths. Stein indicated he will work across the aisle with the incoming federal […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) became the first Republican congressman to vocally disagree with President-elect Donald Trump‘s nomination for the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Trump named Florida’s Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to run the DEA Saturday, further rounding out his Cabinet before his inauguration. Massie took to X Sunday to remind his followers that […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed he hasn’t seen any “proof” that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is politicized against members of the Republican Party. Raskin appeared on State of the Union Sunday following President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that Kash Patel would take over as FBI Director, which was celebrated by some and dreaded by others. Patel previously served as the […]
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) shared excitement over President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director, citing how he “loves America” who would restore the public’s faith in the agency. Trump announced the nomination of Patel, a former senior adviser to the director of national intelligence, in a social media post on Saturday, calling […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said he’s “not ruling anything out” when it comes to a shake-up of Democratic leadership on the House Judiciary Committee. Raskin responded to rumblings that House Democrats may try to make moves to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) as ranking member on CNN’s State of the Union when asked if he […]
(The Center Square) – As Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, recovery efforts continue in the wake of Hurricane Helene and the major storms that have hit the East and Gulf coasts. As communities work to get back on their feet, a handful of congressmen and women from Virginia and North Carolina have implored congressional leaders not to […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Bankers Association says Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writing a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is “missing the forest for the trees.” An Illinois law that goes into effect in 2025 seeks to bar interchange fee collection on taxes and tips, which sparked a […]
(The Center Square) – Eleven states, led by Texas, have sued the three largest institutional investors in the world for allegedly conspiring to buy coal company stocks to control the market, reduce competition and violate federal and state antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Tyler […]
(The Center Square) – The University of Utah is currently offering a course entitled “Feminist Cannabis Studies” through its Gender Studies program. The “upper division course explores feminist cannabis studies as a field and subject of study” that asks people to evaluate their “understandings and assumptions around cannabis,” according to the course description. The course […]
