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 […]
Iowa became the first state in the nation to be approved for a sweeping federal education waiver that allows state leaders to bypass major federal compliance requirements and give the state more flexibility on how federal education money is spent, Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on Wednesday. The approval positions […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha rebuffed Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) bid to “ride” Minnesota Republicans on Wednesday, saying the governor has “no idea” how to respond to the national scrutiny he and his state are receiving. Walz announced on Monday that he won’t seek a third term as he focuses on finishing his second […]
Colorado became the latest state to criticize the newly released federal guidance for childhood vaccines on Tuesday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a statement rejecting the CDC’s new vaccine schedule and said Colorado’s approach “remains grounded in long-standing science, expert consensus, and transparency.” On Monday, the Department of Health and Human […]
(The Center Square) – A number of new health care-related laws have taken effect in Illinois, including one that mandates implicit bias awareness training for some professionals. State Rep. Lisa Davis, D-Chicago, sponsored House Bill 2517. The measure signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker Aug. 1, 2025 requires health care professionals who provide maternal health services to […]
