Senate Democrats aren’t ruling out bipartisan progress on full-year spending bills as Republicans make Pentagon funding the new pressure point in a weekslong shutdown fight. A Thursday vote on the War Department funding bill, teed up by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), is presenting Democrats with their latest unity test. They have largely stuck together […]
PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived a vote of no-confidence Thursday that could have toppled his fragile new government and plunged France deeper into political chaos. The National Assembly vote clears the way for the embattled Lecornu to pursue what could be an even greater challenge: getting a 2026 budget for the European Union’s second-largest economy […]
A group of prominent Democratic women, including several members of Congress and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, is blasting EMILY’s List for endorsing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the state’s open U.S. Senate race, accusing the group of caving to “money and influence” from Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) political machine. In a letter obtained […]
Each day on Capitol Hill for the last 16 days is the same: a press conference (or five), lawmaker demonstrations, partisan fights, rinse, repeat. And the phrase “same s***, different day” is becoming a reality as staffers and lawmakers don’t see an end to the government shutdown in sight. Both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority […]
The U.S. Marine Corps refuted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) claims of freeway closures during Saturday’s amphibious assault demonstration celebration honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego. Newsome fretted about the Marine Corps firing weapons from ships in the Pacific Ocean during Saturday’s “Sea to Shore – A […]
The federal government shutdown is holding up rulings in some of the nation’s most significant policy disputes between Democratic-led states like California and the Trump administration. Just days before the Justice Department was supposed to file its response to a lawsuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 14 other states challenging the government’s restrictions on […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) defended the supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday night while speaking at the NewsNation Town Hall at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. It was the latest comment from the Democratic senator that runs counter to the messaging of other elected officials in his party. After years of Trump and […]
The Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it will withhold more than $40 million in funding from California after it found that the state did not comply with language proficiency standards for commercial truck drivers. President Donald Trump‘s administration insisted that states enforce its English language standards for truckers earlier this year or face consequences. […]
The bodies of two more hostages were returned to Israel on Wednesday after the country said that a body returned the day prior was not a hostage. The terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas called for all Israeli hostages and bodies of hostages to be released. All living hostages have been released, but […]
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani refused to credit President Donald Trump for the recent Gaza ceasefire, saying he believes it’s “too early” to do so. Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, released a statement on the day of the ceasefire that did not mention Trump and called for an enduring peace. The socialist sat […]
