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Democrats mourn death of Hollywood star and activist Rob Reiner

Democrats are mourning the death of actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner after they were found dead in their California home on Sunday. The...

House Republicans allege DC police downgraded crime classifications to manipulate statistics

Congressional report alleges D.C. police chief pressured district commanders to downgrade crime classifications.

Democrats press hard on Epstein files after years of sporadic interest under Biden

Political tensions rise over Jeffrey Epstein files as Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump administration of suppressing evidence while Republicans cite Democratic inaction.

CAIR’s tax-exempt status targeted as Cornyn moves to strip group after terror designations

The Council on American-Islamic Relations was previously designated as a terrorist organization by both Texas and Florida but has not received the same label at the federal level.

Venezuela is where Trump aims to annihilate our adversaries

Venezuela is swiftly becoming ground zero of President Trump’s America First reshaping of US...

Flooding victims’ families sue Camp Mystic

The families of 15 victims who died in July amid the flooding at Camp Mystic in Central Texas sued the camp on Monday, accusing it of gross negligence.  One lawsuit, filed by the parents of campers Margaret Bellows, Lila Bonner, Molly DeWitt, Lainey Landry and Blakely McCrory and counselors Chloe Childress and Katherine Ferruzzo in...

Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier arrives in Latin American region as tensions with Venezuela ramp up

The Pentagon’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group arrived in the Latin American region on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration beefs up its military presence in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area and strikes alleged drug-trafficking boats on both sides of South America.  USS Gerald...

Texas AG sues group over claims of illegally registering voters

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a nonprofit organization over allegations it illegally registered people to vote.

What’s in the Senate deal to reopen government?

The deal struck between Senate Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government allows for federal paychecks and other funding components to resume with senators also set to hold a vote on health care tax credits. On Monday, the Senate voted 60-40 to pass a bill to fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the...

House GOP Budget Chair Jodey Arrington says he won’t seek reelection

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, and will depart Congress after a decade. "I have a firm conviction, much like our founders did, that public service is a lifetime commitment, but public office is and should be a temporary stint in stewardship, not a...

How cutting the food safety net threatens the public safety net    

SNAP funding is about more than grocery budgets; it helps preserve our social fabric.

Trump: 50-year mortgage ‘not a big deal’

President Trump in an interview broadcast late Monday dismissed concerns from his base over his administration’s planned 50-year mortgage proposal. “It’s not even a big deal,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle." “I mean, you go from 40 to 50 years and what it means is you pay something less. From...

Live updates: Senate sends government shutdown deal to House; Trump to salute vets at Arlington

The Senate on Monday night voted to reopen the federal government, advancing the funding package to the House for consideration and opening a rift among Democrats as eight senators made a deal with Republicans. House lawmakers will make their way back to Washington after nearly two months out of session in time for a vote...

Utah judge rejects GOP-favored map, handing Dems another redistricting win

A Utah judge on Monday rejected a Republican-approved congressional map in favor of an alternative that will create a Democratic-leaning district in the Beehive State. Third District Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling that the map, which had a finalizing deadline on Monday, "does not comply with Utah law," The Salt Lake Tribune reported....

The VA’s disability evaluation is failing veterans

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities. But empirical data show that this assumption is faulty, and veterans suffer as a consequence. Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder display markedly elevated risk of obstructive sleep apnea; studies estimate comorbidity around 50 percent. In younger veteran samples, roughly 69 percent...

Coming end of shutdown tees up health care test for Republicans 

The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. The coming weeks will put Republicans to the test on an issue with which the party, and the broader conservative movement, has long struggled: ObamaCare. Now that the government shutdown is nearing an...

50-year mortgages: What it could mean for homebuyers

Housing experts say a 50-year mortgage is unlikely to solve the affordability crisis.

Air Force families at Florida base told to take Christmas decorations down

The policy set by the base's housing company says Christmas decorations can go up starting the week after Thanksgiving.

Space food made from astronaut urine to be tested on ISS

The ESA will be testing a protein powder called Solein, which contains a compound found in urine, on a mission aboard the ISS.

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