House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals urging an end to “woke” policies at the Pentagon and a return to “male standards” on the battlefield. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech, delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base in Northern...
The vice president laughed off a question about AI-generated videos posted by President Trump depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wearing a sombrero. “Oh, I think it’s funny. The president’s joking, and we’re having a good time,” Vance said. “You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun at...
Policymakers, investors, businesses and government officials are eager for the latest look into the slowing U.S. job market. But they won't be getting it until well after the federal government reopens. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the agency responsible for calculating the monthly jobs report, is one of dozens of government agencies unable to...
Five states on Wednesday sued Zillow and Redfin, alleging that the two online real estate and rental marketplaces violated federal antitrust laws and throttled competition in the market. Attorneys general from five states — Virginia, Washington, Arizona, Connecticut and New York — filed the joint lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
The longer a federal shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for local school districts, universities and the federal Education Department to provide services. In the short term, most individuals in the education sector will be fine as much of the funding dedicated over the summer and through Oct. 1 has gone through, creating a...
Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a Senate Democratic proposal to fund the federal government through Oct. 31, to permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire in December, and to restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts. Republicans defeated a procedural motion to advance the legislation after voting against...
The deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland will cost the federal government at least $3.8 million, according to a state official. "200 service members for 80 days is roughly $3.8 million. Just in pay and allowances, and then there are other logistics costs, that we are still working through, support agreements, for...
Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill if necessary. The top GOP leaders from both chambers appeared on the Capitol’s west terrace Wednesday morning in a rare press conference setting...
President Trump signed an executive order bolstering U.S. protections for Qatar in the wake of an Israeli strike there that killed six people. The executive order states the United States "shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security...
New York politics have become increasingly polarized, with the mayoral election providing a test of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's influence and the politics he champions, as well as the reelection bid of Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, with the rest of the country attempting to read the tea leaves of the 2026 midterms.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book is on track to be the best-selling memoir of 2025, according to its publisher. "107 Days," Harris's account of her short-lived 2024 White House bid that followed then-President Biden's exit from the presidential race, sold 350,000 copies in its first week, publisher Simon & Schuster said Tuesday. The...
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it was pausing federal funding for infrastructure projects in New York City, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought posted on social platform X that roughly $18 billion in funding for the city has been "put on hold to...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Wednesday that he plans to keep the Senate in session through the weekend if Democrats don't reverse course and help advance a House-passed bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21, a proposal that has already failed twice on the Senate floor. “We’ll probably have to...
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers found themselves furloughed or working without pay when they woke up Wednesday morning, after government funding lapsed overnight. The government shutdown marks the first time since January 2019 that lawmakers failed to strike a deal to keep federal agencies open. The previous shutdown, during President Trump’s first term, lasted...
