Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said “you’d see a grown man cry” if President Donald Trump vetoes a bipartisan housing bill he was meant to ink on Wednesday, but abruptly canceled the landmark bill’s signing. Lawmakers were ready for Trump to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would ease local regulations and encourage homebuilding, […]
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote on Wednesday, marking the latest loss for the president’s election policies in recent months. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued a permanent injunction blocking a March 2025 executive order from President Donald […]
President Donald Trump is meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House on Wednesday. Trump has criticized the intergovernmental military alliance for not supporting the U.S. war in Iran.
Democratic handwringing over New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s sweeping endorsement wins has begun, as House Democrats grapple with what those wins will mean for the party in November. Three Mamdani-backed candidates won their House primary races Tuesday night, including two socialists and one former member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The victories saw […]
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) suggested that Donald Trump may have been given a special new drug, citing it as a possible reason the president canceled a scheduled signing for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act bill on Wednesday. “Inflation is up, grocery prices are up, utility costs are up, housing prices are up,” Lieu […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani helped usher in a socialist sweep in the Big Apple on Tuesday as three congressional candidates he endorsed toppled incumbent, more establishment Democrats. The trio of victories from Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, and Brad Lander solidified the socialist mayor as the Empire State’s power broker and charted a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday in a bid to iron out a debacle involving a bipartisan housing reform bill and election integrity legislation. The controversy sparked on Wednesday morning, when Trump shocked Capitol Hill by canceling the signing of the major housing bill, which the lower chamber […]
The Department of Justice is giving California the chance to avoid a federal lawsuit one week before the state implements a ban on semiautomatic Glock-style handguns. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday, asking them to enter pre-suit […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates viewed Jeffrey Epstein as an enigmatic figure with inexplicable wealth but met with him over a dozen times in a bid to collect sweeping donations for global health, according to his testimony to Congress. Gates testified on his relationship with Epstein on June 10 before the House Oversight and Government Reform […]
The SAVE America Act barely came up at a Wednesday lunch with Senate Republicans that turned into a vent session for President Donald Trump. The Iran war consumed much of the closed-door meeting, which took place one day after the Senate passed a measure to limit his war powers, and Trump was fuming over the […]
