Eighteen Dem-led states are suing the Trump administration over President Trump's order limiting who birthright citizenship applies to, claiming it is unconstitutional.
President Donald Trump, back in the White House, quickly showcased his accessibility to reporters, which stands in contrast to former President Joe Biden's more limited interactions.
House Speaker Mike Johnson noted the significance of Vice President JD Vance entering the Oval Office, saying that the Vance's journey from "humble circumstances" to the Washington, D.C., could only happen in the U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is attempting to criticize President Donald Trump's environmental executive orders by pointing to the recent deadly fires in Los Angeles.
A Kenyan prisoner was released from the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay on Tuesday after spending more than a decade imprisoned without charges. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu, 51, served 17 years at Guantánamo following accusations of involvement with al Qaeda’s attack on tourists in East Africa. Bajabu’s release comes after Reprieve, a foreign human rights...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the exclusion of an agreement to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) from a 1,500-page bill to fund the federal government, blaming Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for its exclusion. Johnson “personally killed a bipartisan, bicameral expansion + spending cap RECA deal. It was him alone,” Hawley, who co-sponsored a...
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, in line with market expectations, even as inflation has reaccelerated over the past two months. Fed officials have been trying to find the right tempo for rate cuts since starting them in September with a sizable half-point reduction, and Wednesday’s cut...
Donald Trump Jr. knocked the continuing resolution (CR) on Wednesday over a provision concerning subpoenas for House data, piling on pushback from President-elect Trump’s allies to the stopgap spending deal. “So the house is going to vote to protect itself from glaring and obvious wrongdoing? The American people didn’t vote for this. They voted for...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked an effort by Senate Democrats to pass legislation to authorize and provide resources to state and local authorities to track mysterious drones that have been sighted over New Jersey, New York and other states. Paul argued the bill would have expanded the government’s surveillance powers and downplayed concerns...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) dubbed himself “NostraThomas" after House Republicans unveiled a highly anticipated spending bill Tuesday to avert a government shutdown. “People call me ‘NostraThomas’ for accurately predicting @SpeakerJohnson would use the Christmas recess to force a massive spending bill through Congress,” Massie said Tuesday on social platform X. “After claiming he would not,...
The House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and plans to publish its body of work as soon as this week, a source confirmed to The Hill. The development marks a massive reversal for the secretive panel, which voted against releasing its report into Gaetz last month....
Congressional leaders are weighing a bipartisan deal, struck Tuesday, to keep the government funded, kicking the deadline from Friday to March 14. The 1,500-page bill buys time for the next Congress to finish its funding work for fiscal 2025, while also providing funding for a host of other things. Republicans of all stripes are unhappy...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday warned that credit card companies devaluing or canceling reward points, cash back or miles rewards programs may be breaking the law. The CFPB report also found credit cards that offer store-specific rewards often charge “significantly higher” interest rates than other cards, and suggested some companies are seeking to...
The problem that has been exposed is that the court needs its member countries to agree to make its arrests, and a growing list of European countries don’t want to do it.
Latino Victory is announcing a new leadership team on Wednesday, with the organization’s founding president coming back after five years to chair its board. The group, a key player in Latino politics, is naming Cristóbal Alex as board chair and promoting Executive Director Katherine Pichardo-Erskine to president and CEO. "The Latino vote has demonstrated its power, but...
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is defending what he says is "embarrassing, though not criminal" past behavior and taking a shot at the House Ethics Committee, following reports that the panel voted to release its findings about the Florida Republican. The comments came shortly after reports were published that the committee plans to make its...
President-elect Trump's attorneys have accused a member of the New York jury that convicted him of wrongdoing, seeking to overturn the historic guilty verdict. In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan unsealed Tuesday, Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove claimed the legal team has "evidence of grave juror misconduct during the trial." "The jury...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the Senate will act Wednesday on a bipartisan bill to provide authority and resources for state and local authorities to track mysterious drones that have been spotted over New Jersey, New York and other states, causing a national uproar. Schumer, speaking on the Senate floor, said federal authorities...
