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What to expect when you’re expecting a budget

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 41  SPENDING SPECIFICS: Crucial state budget details — including aid for New York City, the structure of a surcharge on high-value second homes and...

Sen. John Curtis exploring 2028 run for Utah governor

John Curtis arrived in the Senate just 16 months ago. He’s already eyeing a...

Maine progressive says he won’t back Schumer even after Democrats unite behind Collins challenger

Democrat Graham Platner says he won't back Schumer as Senate leader despite a cordial call, as he gears up to challenge Sen. Collins in Maine.

ActBlue scrutiny fuels new GOP bills to tighten election donation rules

House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil unveils campaign finance bills aimed at boosting transparency and curbing foreign election influence.

UNC Charlotte Reinstates Sex-Segregated Housing, Walks Back Trans Exception

The decision was made in response to Trump’s executive order recognizing only two sexes.

NASA administrator defends Trump’s proposed budget cuts

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the Artemis II mission continues. “Yes, of course I do,” Isaacman said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” when host Jake Tapper asked whether he supported the administration’s proposed budget cuts for fiscal 2027. On Friday, the Office...

Khanna: Those saying ‘don’t engage’ with personalities like Hasan Piker ‘will cost us future elections’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that those who push to not “engage” with popular Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker “will cost us future elections.” “The lesson of the last election is we've got to be out there. We've got to engage. It's a complex, messy, multiracial democracy. I will defend...

Gallego on possible 2028 presidential run: ‘We have to look at it’

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) floated a possible 2028 presidential run in a Sunday interview touting his ability to resonate with Latino voters and regain support from the working-class population for the Democratic party.  “Obviously, like any other elected official, especially ones that won red states in 2024, we have to look at it,” Gallego told...

Trump says to not expect Cabinet shake-up after Bondi, Noem firings

President Trump warned against reading into reports of an impending Cabinet shake-up during a brief phone interview on Sunday. Trump told The Hill that reports of staffing shake-ups should not be read into, saying the country was on the right track.  His comments come after Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted from her post Thursday,...

Top Armed Services Democrat says Iran war ‘mistake in large part because of the cost’ 

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Sunday slammed the war in Iran for swallowing money allocated to military defense and said repeated strikes are only hardening the regime overseas. “I think this war was a mistake in large part because of the cost and also because of what we talked about earlier in terms of the...

Trump declines to rule out ground troops if Iran doesn’t make a deal

President Trump said in a brief phone interview with The Hill on Sunday that he is not ruling out ground troops in Iran if Tehran does not make a deal. "No," Trump told The Hill when asked if he would rule out sending ground troops to the country. "Normal people would make a deal. Smart...

‘Affordability’ could eventually bite Democrats in the bum

Democrats are focusing on affordability in the midterm elections, but without a longer-term vision, they risk being exposed for 2028 and beyond, as there is no quick fix to the entrenched economic realities facing Americans.

Jeffries calls on Johnson to end House recess amid DHS funding lapse

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the lower chamber back from recess to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The partial government shutdown has spanned more than a month as lawmakers debate funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without significant reforms to operations...

Over 4M kids are registered for Trump accounts: Can your child still get one?

Of those 4 million children, the IRS says more than 1 million qualify for $1,000 in startup funds.

Trump roils NATO as pressure builds over Strait of Hormuz 

The Trump administration's mounting frustration with NATO allies over their refusal to join the Iran war has policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic bracing for change. President Trump would need congressional approval to officially withdraw from the international military alliance, but there are other steps he can take to curb cooperation, and Europeans say...

The war in Iran is showing why the US needs diverse energy resources

In a world where energy is a weapon, energy security and affordability require diversity in energy sources.

Former Trump adviser on president’s latest Iran threat: ‘Not going to get a deal’

Brett McGurk, who served under President Trump during his first term, warned that the president's latest threats against Iran will not bring Tehran to the table to negotiate opening the Strait of Hormuz. "This is an escalate to try to get a deal that's not going to get a deal," McGurk, who also served in...

Kaine: Bondi firing ‘should be a lesson’ for next attorney general nominee

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said that former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent firing “should be a lesson” for the next nominee to lead the Justice Department. “But here's the lesson from Pam Bondi, Kristen, the AG is supposed to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer and have an independent gravitas and integrity....

Senate Democrat says Trump ‘needs a lot of prayer’

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said in an interview that aired on Easter Sunday that he prays for President Trump, adding that he "needs a lot of prayer." The Georgia senator, a Baptist pastor, confirmed to Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union that he "absolutely" prays for Trump becuase "he has influence and power over people I...

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