House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House GOP leadership will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. HOUSE RELEASES 33,000 PAGES OF EPSTEIN FILES FROM DOJ The press conference comes as lawmakers such as Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) push leaders to hold a vote to release the full files […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House GOP leadership will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. HOUSE RELEASES 33,000 PAGES OF EPSTEIN FILES FROM DOJ The House leadership conference comes as lawmakers like Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) push leaders to hold a vote to release the full Epstein […]
After sinking to an 11-year low under former President Joe Biden, Americans’ faith in the economy and direction of the nation is back on track and shooting higher. In the latest McLaughlin & Associates national survey, the percentage of voters who believe the country is on the right track has jumped 10 points since Inauguration […]
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are holding a joint press conference alongside victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to help advocate a bill to release records relating to the disgraced financier. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Ten victims are slated to testify, some of whom haven’t spoken since Epstein’s first arrest […]
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser tacitly supported President Donald Trump’s federalization of the district on Tuesday, signing an executive order indefinitely expanding its law enforcement cooperation with federal authorities. After cautiously committing to cooperation and then harshly denouncing Trump’s move last month to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard, Bowser […]
A federal appeals court ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, blocking a central part of the president’s strategy to combat Tren de Aragua. President Donald Trump has relied on the 18th-century wartime law to deport alleged members of the gang. The ruling […]
California lawmakers are racing to push through dozens of new bills over the next two weeks aimed at stopping President Donald Trump’s agenda, including efforts he’s made to restrict abortion access, limit LGBT rights, and carry out mass deportations. Most of the measures have already cleared legislative hurdles but lack the final votes needed and […]
House Republicans have repeatedly bucked GOP leadership this year as they use rare procedural tools to push their agenda and force a vote on contentious bills. Often called a “tool of the minority,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House GOP lawmakers have gone down several avenues to try to block discharge petitions since this […]
President Donald Trump is escalating his tough-on-crime campaign against Democrats, particularly those considering 2028 presidential bids, ahead of an expected illegal immigration crackdown in Chicago on Friday. Trump’s pressure campaign comes as his federalization of the California National Guard this summer was deemed illegal by a federal court judge on Tuesday. Trump increased his criticism […]
A once-in-a-generation game of political musical chairs has kicked off in Iowa with the retirements of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Gov. Kim Reynolds, two retirements jolting Iowa politics. Within hours after Ernst announced her retirement on Tuesday, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) jumped into the Senate race, immediately positioning herself as the GOP front-runner to […]
