House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was blindsided on Tuesday when two members of his caucus voted with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to put a resolution denouncing socialism on the floor for a full vote. In a 210-208 vote, Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and Jared Golden (D-ME) voted with 207 House Republicans and […]
The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lawsuit over its policy barring transgender people from the military, a policy for which the high court handed the administration an interim win last year. The Department of Justice filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the justices late last […]
Multiple New Jersey state leaders, including Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), appear to be at odds with Democratic state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport’s decision to take part in a 12-state antitrust lawsuit against Paramount Skydance’s pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Sherrill declined to answer whether she supports Davenport’s litigation led by California, but instead praised […]
An anonymous whistleblower disclosure alleging that the Postal Service rushed a new ballot-verification system drew attention from Democrats on Tuesday, hours before a key deadline in the Trump administration’s mail-in ballot executive order legal battle. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the complaint as the administration sought emergency relief from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to […]
Germany unveiled several retaliatory measures it will take against Russia on Tuesday after officially blaming Moscow for the explosive drone found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport. The Leipzig-area airport briefly closed in early August after German authorities found an explosive-laden drone along with a detonator at the facility, which is also where Ukrainian transport aircraft frequently […]
Ukraine is warning the world that airlines and other civilian aircraft must cease operations in Russian airspace or risk being caught in crossfire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address on Tuesday evening in which he proclaimed that the “safe days in Russia’s skies are over” and “Russian airspace will effectively be closing” in the […]
President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Tuesday, saying if the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps retaliated in response to U.S. Central Command’s Tuesday strikes, the country would be “hit much harder.” “If they retaliate, they’ll be hit much harder. And if they do it again, they’ll be no longer,” Trump told Fox […]
The Trump administration has tapped rapper Nicki Minaj to serve as one of the celebrity judges for the Small Business Administration’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition. Minaj will join entrepreneur and real estate investor Grant Cardone, Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, and actor Dean Cain, who will host the competition’s Sept. 18 finale in Washington, D.C. Five […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday taunted President Donald Trump over data centers, saying he should have one at his Florida home if he’s serious about their benefits. The New York Democrat was pressed on Trump’s recent assertion that “the only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they […]
A federal judge has blocked a Virginia law enacted by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) that restricts cooperation between Virginia local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities. The federal government sued Virginia, arguing that the order unlawfully interferes with the federal government’s authority over immigration enforcement. Virginia had asked the court to put the injunction on […]
