Kamala Harris will campaign with Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia and headline a fundraising dinner hosted by Fulton County Democrats next month, marking her latest involvement in the midterm...
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) publicly urged New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) to resign on Thursday, echoing previous calls to remove him from leadership following his federal indictment on corruption charges. “Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin...
Rham Emanuel, who served the Biden administration as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is joining CNN as a senior political commentator, the network announced Thursday. Emanuel will also be a global affairs commentator and bring his “extensive knowledge of American politics and international affairs” to the network, CNN said in a release. “A political veteran...
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is warning that higher prices will soon hit Americans as President Trump signs off on reciprocal tariffs on foreign trading partners. “While we support the president’s efforts to reduce trade barriers and imbalances, this scale of undertaking is massive and will be extremely disruptive to our supply chains,” David French,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) questioned President Trump’s intentions after successfully being elected chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “I am concerned that there is a real, it is a little bit weird, just a little bit weird that the president of the United States is now head of the Kennedy...
House Democrats sought to dial up the heat on Republicans on Thursday, as lawmakers considered a budget blueprint that could be key to enacting President Trump’s agenda, despite internal GOP rifts over spending and taxes that threaten to impede those efforts. Democrats raised the alarm throughout the hearing over potential cuts to programs like Medicaid...
Issa Rae is canceling her sold-out show at the Kennedy Center as the fallout for the Washington institution deepens after President Trump named himself chair of its board. "Thank you so much for selling out the Kennedy Center for 'An Evening With [Me],' Rae wrote in a message to her "D.C. Fam" in a Thursday...
Presented by American Medical Association — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Trump's latest Cabinet pick, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., raising the longtime vaccine skeptic to the highest health position in the country. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. confirmed as health chief, vows new 'MAHA' era The Senate on Thursday...
Fourteen states sued Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Trump on Thursday, arguing that the tech billionaire’s sweeping efforts to cut government spending are unconstitutional. The coalition of states, led by New Mexico, alleges that Musk's expansive role as the head of DOGE violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution given...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she will file a resolution to censure Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) over his comment to “bring actual weapons to this bar fight” while talking about a House Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee hearing. Garcia’s comment came in a CNN interview Wednesday after host Brianna Keilar asked Garcia about his decision...
Middle schoolers at a U.S. military school in Germany on Tuesday protested against policies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the Department of Defense by walking out of class during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's visit to the nation. A letter to families from Alexis Small, Patch Middle School’s assistant principal, obtained by The Washington...
A fourth federal judge blocked President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S., yet another blow to the president’s controversial idea. In a pair of lawsuits, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin agreed that a group of 19 states and the District of Columbia as well as nonprofit organizations were "exceedingly likely" to...
Senate Republicans introduced a pair of bills on Wednesday aiming to strip the country of its electric vehicle (EV) tax credits and instead replace it with an obligatory $1,000 tax payment to be used for repairing roads. “The hard-earned money of taxpaying Americans should not cover the cost for the luxuries of the nation’s elite....
