The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The topic of immigration has grown in prominence in Germany since the arrival of a large influx of immigrants in 2015, buoying the rise of the anti-immigration Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party, […]
The White House says it plans to fight a ruling by a federal judge ordering the administration to immediately reinstate thousands of probationary federal workers fired amid President Donald Trump‘s efforts to shrink the government’s workforce and budget. William Alsup, the Senior U.S. District Judge of the Northern District of California, ruled Thursday that the […]
President Donald Trump‘s administration asked the Supreme Court in three emergency petitions to allow him to press forward with ending birthright citizenship, elevating the dispute over one of his most controversial executive orders to the nine justices. In the trio of appeals, the Justice Department stated that lower courts mishandled their rulings to issue nationwide […]
President Donald Trump insisted he won’t back off an April 2 deadline to impose sweeping global tariffs after a series of delays and exceptions for Canada and Mexico. “We’ve been ripped off for years, and we’re not going to be ripped off anymore,” Trump told reporters in the White House‘s Oval Office on Thursday. “No, […]
The Anti-Defamation League criticized President Donald Trump over his recent name-calling of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Trump repeated a campaign refrain Wednesday when he called Schumer a Palestinian. Schumer is the highest-ranking elected Jewish lawmaker in Washington, D.C., as the Senate minority leader. “A President has many powers, but none of them include […]
The Canadian government is using this week’s G7 meeting to urge fellow member states to take President Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy threats seriously. Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly warned Wednesday that “Canada is the canary in the coal mine” concerning the United States’s treatment of its allies in the second Trump administration. She reiterated […]
Former President Joe Biden used alias email addresses while he was vice president to communicate with his national security team, including on matters involving world leaders and foreign policy, newly-released archived records show. The archives have produced more than 1,200 emails since October 2023, including previously unreported emails revealed Thursday by Just the News, that […]
MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell said he is already tired from covering the Trump administration and will be taking a weeklong break to recover properly. The host of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell made the announcement during an appearance at the end of The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night. O’Donnell acknowledged that Maddow “pledged” to […]
Democrats have begun holding town halls, primarily in Republican-held districts, to address citizens concerned about the current state of the federal government. The head of the Republicans’ campaign arm, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), advised House Republicans to cease holding town hall meetings in their districts after several events saw protests over Elon Musk and the […]
(The Center Square) – Two recently introduced bills seeking to change lobbying regulations are sitting in committee awaiting advancement. House Bill 1169 would amend the Lobbyist Registration Act and direct the Illinois Secretary of State to grant a fee waiver to nonprofits with an annual budget of less than $5 million. Alisa Kaplan, Reform for […]
