Fifteen years ago, I helped make the case for what became California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. It was a first-of-its-kind body of 14 ordinary Californians, neither politicians nor their appointees....
Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned her House seat before she could face an expulsion vote for misappropriating pandemic relief funding, but that doesn't mean her political career is over.
A California winery co-owned by Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband was formally terminated last month, weeks after House Republicans opened an inquiry into a dramatic swing in the Minnesota Democrat's reported household wealth.
President Trump called off a second round of peace talks with Iran on Saturday, the day U.S. officials were set to travel to Islamabad for negotiations. Iranian officials met with Pakistani mediators on Saturday morning for “a very fruitful visit,” according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The foreign minister said his government has “yet...
The Trump administration will pay to outfit U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protective detail agents with two tailored suits, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to The Hill. The initiative, first reported by CNN on Friday and included in a public contract solicitation, emerged after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she did not like that...
Comedian Bill Maher ridiculed President Trump over his response to the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling Friday, calling him a “Karen.” The high court ruled in a 6-3 decision that Trump unlawfully relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly all foreign trading partners. "Here they finally said, 'You...
The Trump administration is intensifying oversight of Medicaid spending to curb fraud, waste and abuse, and policymakers should address Medicaid's "mission creep" into housing by increasing transparency and shifting Medicaid financing to per-capita allotments.
President Trump on Saturday approved Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's (D) request for federal disaster assistance as the nation's capital works to clean-up the Potomac River following a sewer line collapse. Bowser on Wednesday declared a local public emergency and asked the Trump administration for support in a 15-day order. In the declaration, the mayor...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Friday blasted the Democratic members of Congress who plan to boycott President Trump's State of the Union address next week, calling it "the kind of stuff that ticks me off." "You see, when you go to the American people and you ask the American people, 'Yo, stand up, step...
Millionaire investor Kevin O’Leary warned of a “major compliance cost” for business owners in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocks President Trump from using emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs. The high court's 6-3 decision struck down many of the Trump administration’s import taxes on foreign trading partners, finding Trump unlawfully...
Most Americans say the Supreme Court got it right in blocking much of President Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, according to a new survey. The YouGov poll, released Friday, found that 60 percent of U.S. adults "strongly" or "somewhat" approve of the high court's decision. Another 23 percent say they "strongly" or "somewhat" disapprove of the...
President Trump’s attack plans for Iran have roiled a deal for the United Kingdom to cede control of the tiny and isolated island of Diego Garcia, where a strategic American air base sits in the middle of the vast Indian Ocean. Trump took to his Truth Social media account Wednesday to warn British Prime Minister...
Less than six weeks before the 2020 election, President Trump stepped into the White House Rose Garden to fete his newest Supreme Court nominee. “She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution,” he enthused. “Judge Amy Coney Barrett.” Barrett would duly be confirmed, the third newly...
