Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders will brief reporters Tuesday morning as the government shutdown entered its 21st day. Johnson, in frustration, has signaled that he will not recall lawmakers back to Washington for votes until the government reopens. Senate Democrats on Monday blocked the GOP-led continuing resolution (CR) for the 11th time....
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is ramping up its spending in the upcoming off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as polls tighten ahead of Election Day next month. On Tuesday, the committee announced it was investing an additional $500,000 into get-out-the-vote operations in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the upcoming consequential...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the video President Trump shared that was generated with artificial intelligence (AI) depicting himself dropping what appeared to be human waste on “No Kings” protesters “deeply unserious." “Well, that video is deeply unserious, deeply unpresidential, and deeply un-American," Jeffries said late Monday in an interview on CNN’s “Erin...
The government shutdown marks three full weeks on Tuesday, with no endgame clear, but another vote set for Wednesday in the Senate on the House-passed funding bill. Meanwhile, the pressure is rising. Increased delays at major airports are starting to make lawmakers squirm, after a tough weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday there...
President Trump’s job approval ticked up in recent polling, even as the Republican Party continues to shoulder blame for the ongoing government shutdown — which entered its 21st day on Tuesday. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed on Monday, shows 42 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s performance in office, up two points from a...
Given Rubio’s direct role in legislating USAID’s budget and programs, his mockery suggests that either he did not take his previous role seriously, or he has gone off the rails to maintain his standing in this administration.
President Trump’s move to release expelled former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from prison might be the most divisive use of his clemency and pardon powers since he granted full pardons to Jan. 6 rioters. Santos’s attorney Joseph Murray credited a number of MAGA movement stars in the House for helping him secure the grant of clemency: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Rep. Lauren...
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., plan to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for launching Operation Warp Speed.
A former classmate of gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill said she is concealing her true involvement in a cheating scandal that rocked the U.S. Naval Academy in the nineties.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli compete in a tight New Jersey gubernatorial race with polls showing a narrowing gap two weeks before Election Day.
