Senators are scrambling to find a way forward on key cryptocurrency legislation after the Senate Banking Committee postponed a highly anticipated markup following the loss of a major industry player’s support. Late Wednesday, Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced he was delaying Thursday morning’s markup of the crypto market structure bill. The Senate markup...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Thursday claimed Minnesota state officials are staging "an insurgency against the federal government" as they push back on expanding federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. Miller appeared on "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Real America's Voice and was asked if the federal government was looking at possible...
The Trump administration during court proceedings earlier this week apologized for deporting a student attempting to fly home for Thanksgiving break last year. Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport before boarding a flight to surprise her family in Texas for the holiday. Lopez Belloza,...
President Trump met with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Wednesday at Trump’s request to discuss the hold that the president put on the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project linking New York City and New Jersey. Schumer emphasized to Trump the urgent need to promptly release his hold on the major project, which has...
The House Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for lifting the black box warning on estrogen-based products for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In November, Kennedy announced that the FDA would be removing the black box warning from estrogen-based HRT...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded Thursday to accusations from President Trump that Ukraine was stalling a peace deal in the country’s ongoing war with Russia, saying his country will “never be a stumbling block for peace.” “Ukraine has never been and will never be a stumbling block to peace,” Zelensky posted on the social platform...
A nearly 100-year-old federal ban on mailing handguns through the U.S. Postal Service is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, according to an opinion released Thursday by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The 15-page opinion concluded that a 1927 law, which made it illegal to use the Postal Service to mail concealable firearms, such as pistols...
An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of defeat in its ongoing war with Ukraine. “What is defeat of Russia? If Russia comes ever close to a defeat, that would mean...
The Senate on Thursday passed a package of three spending bills, hitting the halfway mark in its push to fund the government for fiscal 2026 ahead of the end-of-month deadline. Senators green-lighted the second three-bill minibus, 82-15. The package included measures to fund the Commerce, Justice, Energy and Interior departments through the end of September. ...
Democrats in multiple states have pushed legislation attempting to rein in federal immigration enforcement after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week. Good's death sparked protests nationwide against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which have featured the deployment of ICE and Customs and Border Protection personnel to Democratic-run...
US needs 50-100 more gigawatts of coal power to compete with China in AI race, energy secretary Chris Wright says as coal council returns after 4-year hiatus.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump, comparing the gesture to Lafayette's gift to Bolívar.
A man arrested during the Minneapolis riots allegedly assaulted a federal agent while armed with weapons, DHS says. The incident follows an ICE shooting that sparked unrest.
President Donald Trump unveils "Great Healthcare Plan" urging Congress to pass provisions aimed at lowering healthcare costs and providing greater price transparency.
