Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is performing a high-wire act few Republicans on Capitol Hill have been able to manage successfully: He’s staying on good terms with President Donald Trump even as he steps up oversight of the Pentagon and its chronically embattled leader. In just the […]
Since Netflix announced its plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery this month, film exhibitors have expressed consternation and worry as to what the pending merger would mean for the theatrical business if the world’s leading streaming service acquired one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. Shortly after the announcement, one of the largest exhibition trade groups came […]
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) introduced a bill to reduce congressional pay to just $1 from the first day of a government shutdown, part of a flurry of bills meant to prevent an extended lapse in funding. The United States experienced its longest government shutdown yet earlier this year, with lawmakers still receiving their salaries even […]
The Justice Department has sued Fulton County, Georgia, seeking access to ballots and other election materials from the 2020 presidential race, escalating the Trump administration’s renewed effort to scrutinize an election President Donald Trump lost to former President Joe Biden. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the department said it needs the records to investigate Fulton […]
President Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney in Delaware resigned after a ruling finding Alina Habba was serving unlawfully as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Julianne Murray submitted her resignation on Friday in a public statement that began by defending her record and maintaining that she did not […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris urged Democrats to find a message that can sustain the party after President Donald Trump leaves office, arguing in a rare Friday speech that leadership had become too comfortable with a “flawed status quo” that she says enabled his return to office. Harris served as the keynote speaker of the […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened on Friday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they missed depositions related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bill Clinton is scheduled to testify on Wednesday, and Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify on Thursday. Comer […]
President Donald Trump held a Friday night ceremony honoring the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team and used it as an opportunity to escalate his messaging campaign surrounding the Minnesota Medicare fraud scandal. Over the past two weeks, Trump has leaned into the scandal, in which dozens of members of the state’s Somali community have already […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking at the Democratic National Committee’s Friday winter meeting. The meeting is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. HARRIS STUMPS FOR TENNESSEE DEMOCRAT IN COMPETITIVE SPECIAL ELECTION After time away from the spotlight following her crushing 2024 loss, Harris has sought to reassert herself in the political scene later […]
House Republican leadership revealed its plan on Friday evening to tackle healthcare and insurance costs next week, borrowing heavily from previously written bills. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act takes on a buffet-style approach, including proposals and policies that have received votes in the House in the past and had bipartisan support, […]
