Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) moved to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) after an alleged “backdoor” deal sparked outrage on Capitol Hill. Mace’s resolution would censure Mills for “alleged stolen valor, arms deals he’s under investigation for, and alleged abuses toward women,” as she aims to remove him from the House Armed Services Committee. “When you’re […]
The Trump administration scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have forced airlines to pay travelers up to $775 in cash for major flight disruptions within the carrier’s control. The Transportation Department confirmed the reversal in a notice published on Monday, saying it pulled back the advance notice of proposed rule-making issued in December 2024. That […]
Harvard University announced on Tuesday that it will open an investigation into former university president Larry Summers over his close relationship with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The inquiry will also look into the roles other university affiliates had with Epstein, including his wife, an American literature professor at Harvard, and nearly a dozen current […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said the Republican Party needs to do a “good job” if it wants to win next year’s midterm elections, adding that this needs to be the party’s “No. 1 priority.” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked if DeSantis has any plans to run for president again, as he previously conceded the 2024 presidential […]
President Donald Trump warned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that he could soon be out of a job after he advocated Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to continue on in his role, despite Trump’s displeasure. “The only thing Scott’s blowing it on is the Fed, because the Fed, the rates are too high, Scott, and if you […]
President Donald Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach, a top aide to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday. The move essentially allows Vought to continue serving as acting head of the watchdog agency beyond his 210-day limit under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. If another person […]
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Whether President Donald Trump dislikes James Comey is irrelevant to the question of dismissing the two-count indictment against the former FBI director, federal prosecutors argued in court Wednesday morning. The hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, was the latest step in Comey’s effort to throw out the charges on the grounds that the prosecution […]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) suggested Tuesday he could run for reelection again, after announcing plans to retire earlier this year if Republicans were successful in efforts to redraw his Texas district. “To borrow from Mark Twain, the reports of my death, politically, are greatly exaggerated,” Doggett said in a video posted to X. The Texas […]
Democrats have a higher favorability rating over Republicans than before they won 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new poll. An NPR-PBS News-Marist poll released Tuesday found that voters are 14% more likely to support Democratic candidates in congressional races than Republican candidates, Democrats’ highest advantage since 2017. One reason for […]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday referred Thomas Windom, a former attorney for then-special counsel Jack Smith, to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution related to his alleged obstruction of Congress. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jordan lays out how Windom refused to answer multiple questions during a […]
