That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, published last week while I was out on vacation. I contrast the 31 Republican votes against Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination with...
President Trump on Sunday accused vandals of damaging the ground near the World War II Memorial where thousands gathered for a July 4 celebration hosted in conjunction with the White House. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, the president shared pictures of a grassy field with patches of brown across the lawn. “Look what...
In today’s issue: Attorney General Todd Blanche is taking on national attention as he signals the direction that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will take under his leadership. Blanche, whose nomination was narrowly confirmed by the Senate just over a week ago in a 50-49 vote, defended his vision for the DOJ in two Sunday morning...
Since announcing that she was freezing her eggs on Instagram last weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has spent the week taking her 9.6 million followers along for the ride — chronicling the process in detailed videos and answering questions while administering her shots. On Thursday, as she was recording one of those shots, she ran...
Questions are growing about Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) future as an increasing number of Democratic candidates say they will not support his bid for another term as Senate Democratic leader. Progressive critics of the Democratic establishment are calling for a leadership shake-up in Washington as their candidates win Senate Democratic primaries in Illinois, Maine, Michigan...
The U.S. Navy is weighing a major revamp of the design of its new class of aircraft carriers to better suit the desires expressed by President Trump as the White House continues to wade into the designs of naval warships. The Navy is performing an internal review where it is weighing the possibility of moving...
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Sunday took a swing at President Trump over the Iran war, saying he lied “the nation into a war.” During a Sunday rally in Atlanta, the Georgia Democrat went after Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for their management of the war against Iran. Ossoff said that that Trump “promised...
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that he backs U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, in spite of President Trump’s recent criticism of her. “I absolutely support U.S. Attorney Pirro, as does President Trump. Now, that's different than whether the president is extraordinarily frustrated at what happened in that case,” Blanche told...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has bucked his party in recent years, warned against socialism’s rise in the Democratic Party in the wake of democratic socialists and insurgent progressives winning primaries. On social media, Fetterman responded to a report on a poll from CBS News in which 58 percent of Democratic respondents said their opinion...