Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called for an ethics review of the Trump administration’s plans to accept a luxury jet from the Qatari government for temporary use as the official Air Force One, before it’s transferred to President Trump's presidential library for personal use. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) comptroller...
Although the Houthis and the United States have now agreed not to target each other, President Trump should fulfill his pledge to be a “peacemaker” by calling for a renewed and durable ceasefire in Gaza.
ICE Air Operations — the transportation division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — this year has already deported more than 142,000 migrants, including 38,000 Mexican nationals.
In today’s issue: Showtime for House GOP budget President Trump landed a short-term trade deal with China and will be in the Middle East this week to cut some deals. In the meantime, House Republicans turn to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to dissolve discord and deliver what is supposed to be the biggest legislative lift of the president’s...
House Republicans are barrelling into a critical week for passing President Trump’s legislative agenda — even as they remain far apart on a number of key, hot-button issues. The House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid policy, are both scheduled to begin...
The Trump administration fired Shira Perlmutter from her post heading the U.S. Copyright Office, just days after booting the nation’s Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. A spokesperson from the Copyright Office confirmed on Sunday that the White House sent Perlmutter an email on Saturday, saying, “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the...
President Trump attacked Democratic lawmakers for criticizing his upcoming receipt of a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar. In a Sunday night post on Truth Social, the president dismissed critics of a reported plan for Trump to receive a Boeing 747-8 airplane from the government of Qatar. The plane would replace Air Force One, according to...
Legislation introduced by House Republicans late Sunday would slash Medicaid spending significantly by imposing new restrictions on beneficiaries like work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks, but it did not include the most controversial changes that had been floated. The bill from the House Energy and Commerce Committee comes ahead of what’s expected to be...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called reports that President Trump was planning to accept a luxury jet from Qatar “a grift” and said the president must seek Congressional approval first. “Trump must seek Congress’ consent to take this $300 million gift from Qatar,” Raskin wrote on X on Sunday. He was responding to reporting from ABC...
President Trump announced Sunday that Edan Alexander, the final U.S. living hostage in Gaza, is set to be released by Hamas and is coming home to New Jersey. “I am happy to announce that Edan Alexander, an American citizen who has been held hostage since October 2023, is coming home to his family,” Trump said...
President Trump said Sunday he will sign an executive order Monday to cap prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices at the lowest cost offered to any other country. America has notoriously paid more than other developed nations for the same prescription drugs. But under Trump’s “most favored nation” policy, the president hopes to ensure “the United...
