Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass allegedly altered a wildfire report to reduce city liability, according to sources. Bass denies interfering with the report.
Elizabeth Warren sparred with Treasury Secretary Bessent over Trump's joke about suing Fed nominee Kevin Warsh if he doesn't cut interest rates as desired.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley accumulated up to $8 million in assets while taking on up to $9 million in debt for property acquisitions, financial disclosures reveal.
The Justice Department has arrested 158 individuals in Minnesota for clashing with ICE officers — but more criminal charges could ostensibly be announced.
Affordable Care Act enrollment dropped by over a million after enhanced subsidies expired last year, causing monthly insurance premiums to skyrocket. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday reported that 23 million people signed up for open enrollment, which concluded on Jan. 15. It marks a drop off from the 24.2 million people...
But while progressive politicians may constantly carp about Buckley, Citizens United and money in politics generally, they haven’t been shy in using the few remaining tools at their disposal to undermine the political speech protections established by the courts.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) went after the Trump administration Wednesday, saying it is “out of control” and accusing officials of “running around like they are kings.” “They are running roughshod through our own country and through others. And Donald Trump and his cruel, tyrannical Cabinet are out of control," Rosen said in a clip posted...
House Republicans unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill Thursday that would mandate long-sought requirements like presenting photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote. Dubbed the Make Elections Great Again Act, the bill is led by House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and marks an evolution of election reform legislation that...
The Trump administration is moving to limit obligations on certain upwind states to cut smog pollution from their power plants that can flow to downwind states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed “phase 1” of its rollback of the Biden-era “Good Neighbor” plan. The “Good Neighbor” regulations broadly seek to prevent pollution in...
Rapper Nicki Minaj said Wednesday she received a “gold card” from President Trump, hours after praising the president during an event touting his administration’s child investment accounts. Minaj posted a photo of the immigration card, emblazoned with Trump’s face on it, to social platform X with the caption “Welp.” She later wrote on X that...
President Trump's threat to take over Greenland was reversed after being challenged by European leaders, and Congress must now intervene to ensure that any future Arctic security agreement is overseen and does not violate international law.
People in the United States are living longer than ever before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report released Thursday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) found that the life expectancy of a person living in the U.S. was 79 years old in 2024,...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and President Trump are moving toward a deal to separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from five other House-passed appropriations bills in hopes of avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend, according to a source familiar with the discussions. No agreement has been reached yet but the discussions...
Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning in Minneapolis, as the city reels following two fatal shootings involving federal immigration authorities. President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota earlier this week to oversee the administration's ramped up immigration crackdown in the city after Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino left the area on Tuesday....
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan will hold a press conference Thursday morning as he assumes command of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Senate is also scrambling as a Jan. 30 partial shutdown deadline quickly approaches and Democrats dig their heels in on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. After Saturday's fatal shooting of...
