The House of Representatives is one step closer to passing all 12 appropriations bills after leaders soothed a conservative rebellion on Wednesday, promising a removal of an “egregious” state project request and allowing a separate vote on one of the three government funding bills. The chamber voted 214 to 212 on a procedural rule to […]
Senate Democrats are putting housing affordability at the heart of their 2026 midterm elections messaging, launching a new push Wednesday with a Capitol Hill roundtable and a fresh memo laying out how they say President Donald Trump has fallen short on his promise to lower costs. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) announced on Wednesday that he is prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard in anticipation of protests following a fatal shooting committed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. “We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary,” Walz said, noting they are “our National Guard […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed further insight into the United States’s plans for the decapitated government of Venezuela, which is intended to ultimately culminate in transition. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Rubio said the “three-fold process” will amount to “stabilization” under the current regime headed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, followed by “recovery,” and […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday urging the House to take up the filed articles of impeachment against Federal Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman. “Both cases reveal a judiciary that has explicitly ignored its constitutional duties. I urge the House to take up its constitutional duty […]
President Donald Trump rallied House Republicans this week as the GOP tries to defy history and keep control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections. But Trump had questions for House Republicans during his address to their annual retreat on Tuesday, in 2026, at the rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center, as he and the conference grapple with […]
President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address is officially scheduled for Feb. 24 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent a letter to the president on Wednesday inviting him to speak on Capitol Hill. The State of the Union is the address a president gives in the second year of their presidency to both chambers […]
Protests around the world formed against the United States’s operation in Venezuela. Operation Absolute Resolve started and ended Saturday when the Army’s Delta Force invaded Caracas, Venezuela, and captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The city also suffered seven missile strikes, which resulted in the deaths of 80 Venezuelans. The […]
After wildfires devastated Southern California in January 2025 — killing hundreds and destroying nearly 20,000 homes by some estimates — a nonprofit organization called FireAid held a celebrity-studded benefit concert to raise funds and provide relief to those affected. A report released by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday alleges that the “funds raised for […]
Defense lawyer Alan Jackson, who represented Nick Reiner after he was charged in the deaths of his parents last month, stepped down from the case on Wednesday just before the scheduled arraignment. Reiner was set to be arraigned on two counts of first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the stabbing deaths of Hollywood director […]
