House Democrats are increasingly taking aim at Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as they criticize the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies during a Thursday hearing, where lawmakers called for her impeachment and resignation multiple times. Noem testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about worldwide threats facing the nation. Democrats took the opportunity to […]
Clashing healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, dividing lawmakers along mostly party lines and all but ensuring that Congress will fail to address enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expire at year’s end. A Democratic proposal for a three-year extension of the pandemic-era premium subsidies failed 51-48, and […]
The government of Bulgaria has resigned from leadership after days of widespread protests. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced Thursday that his government would be relinquishing power following mass protests and preparing for possible future elections if a majority cannot be formed to replace them. “Our coalition met, we discussed the current situation, the challenges we […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, a day after the United States seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized the tanker on Wednesday. US SEIZED OIL TANKER OFF VENEZUELAN COAST: TRUMP “We’ve just seized a tanker […]
Washington, D.C., Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George played the political fundraising game so well in her mayoral campaign’s opening days that the district’s campaign finance system couldn’t handle it. Given the “unprecedented size” of her initial fundraising filing, Lewis George’s campaign needed to split up their filings because the campaign website couldn’t accept the large report. […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rebuked the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday for labeling the shootings of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C, last month an “unfortunate accident.” In a hearing on worldwide threats before lawmakers Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) characterized the murder of one National Guard member, […]
Time magazine released its annual Person of the Year on Thursday, naming the “architects of artificial intelligence” as its winner. The magazine released two cover images for the title: one with a giant “A” and “I” being constructed, and another with various CEOs and heads of AI companies sitting on a skyscraper I-beam, reminiscent of […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) rebuffed a Thursday plea from President Donald Trump to eliminate blue slips, cautioning that the practice is widely supported by Republicans in the Senate. “Senators have always had input to that process, and there are many Republican senators, way more Republican senators, who are interested in preserving that than […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested President Donald Trump’s effort to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is working by causing “big damage.” York appeared on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier on Wednesday, hours after Trump announced that the United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. York noted […]
Democratic New Jersey state Sen. Jim Beach is not backing down from an intraparty fight with Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ). Beach hit back after Kim blasted him on Wednesday as a cog in the state’s Democratic machine. Kim announced that he would be “supporting challengers against State Senator James Beach and other elected officials who […]
