Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran out at midnight, marking the third — but smallest — government shutdown of President Trump's second term as Democrats demand reforms to immigration enforcement practices. The shutdown is likely to last longer than the four-day partial shutdown that ended last week, as the White House, Republicans...
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Friday mocked fellow Democratic candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) in a campaign ad for missing House votes. "Call me old-fashioned, but you typically need to show up to work to get a promotion," Steyer wrote on a post on the social platform X. The post included a video of...
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blasted the direct-to-consumer (DTC) TrumpRx platform launched by the administration Thursday, denouncing it as a "glorified coupon book." The Trump administration launched its DTC discount drug portal TrumpRx.gov Thursday evening. The website allows patients who are not on government health plans to print or download coupons for a few dozen drugs...
Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., accused the National Park Service on Thursday of “sanitizing history” amid reported changes at a Mississippi house museum commemorating civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers, the Magnolia State’s first NAACP field secretary, was assassinated at the age of 37...
Tom Barrack has been working to stabilize Syria under the leadership of Ahmed al-Sharaa, while President Trump has supported the reintegration of the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces, in order to create a more stable and prosperous region.
An anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activist from Minneapolis is facing charges including cyberstalking after he allegedly threatened federal law enforcement officers on social media, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kyle Wagner, 37, was arrested Thursday and made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge in Minnesota later that same day. An...
Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the negotiating table, hoping to ease the threat of U.S. military action. It’s a familiar posture for a nation that...
The Housing for the 21st Century Act is a bipartisan bill that aims to increase housing supply, lower costs, and provide more options for American families by reducing regulatory barriers and providing financing for construction loans.
President Trump told Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) last month that he would drop his hold on more than $16 billion in funding for the Gateway tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey if Schumer agreed to rename Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport, according to reports. Schumer immediately rejected the proposal,...
Funding negotiations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have hit a roadblock as Republicans have largely dismissed Democrats‘ demands for reform within the agency. The Senate and House are out of session, as both chambers stare down a possible funding lapse at the department. Some centrist Senate Democrats are worried that the party is...
Donald Trump must focus on pocketbook issues and the economy in order to avoid losing the House in the midterms, as House Democrats are already threatening to impeach Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem and Trump himself if he doesn't.
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