Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook accused the Trump administration on Monday of “cherry-picking” evidence alleging she committed mortgage fraud.  In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Cook’s legal team expressed concern that the two criminal referrals Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte sent to the Justice Department, alleging fraud, lack a proper basis. “Director Pulte’s referrals […]

House Democrats were unable to block a motion from Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) reprimanding her fellow Democrat, Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL), for the methods he used to announce and then recant plans for reelection, setting up for a final vote Tuesday. The House voted against tabling Perez’s motion, which would have essentially removed […]

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called this weekend’s explosion on a Polish rail line near the Ukrainian border an “unprecedented act of sabotage.” An explosive device damaged track sections of a rail line connecting Warsaw to Lublin, causing a passenger train to come to an emergency stop on Sunday. Tusk said the rail line is […]

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) believes the tent of the Democratic Party is so large that it should include the newly Trump-rebuffed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Raskin made the remark at the 2025 Blue Bash Brunch Democratic fundraiser in Miami. “We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this […]