Once again, House progressives are arguing that Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer must be replaced . . . but they have no way of forcing that to happen.
The Trump administration has been holding covert meetings with a fringe group seeking to separate the oil-rich province of Alberta from the rest of Canada, adding a layer of intrigue to the increasingly tense relationship between Washington and Ottawa.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday will lead the American delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, accompanied by Homeland Security Investigations.
President Donald Trump has proposed changing the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, citing a historical record of never losing a war under that name, while Woodrow Wilson had previously proposed a radical reform of the Cabinet in which members could serve in both the executive and legislative branches.
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it is opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. The new ICE facility, dubbed the “Louisiana Lockup,” will expand detention capacity by more than 400 beds in the coming months and is intended to “house some of the...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says there are no plans for the upper chamber to vote on legislation to direct the Department of Justice to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite a fervent push in the House to do just that. Thune told reporters Thursday that he’s not aware...
The Navy has restored Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to the retired rank of rear admiral after he received a demotion in 2022 for unethical behavior. “After finding good cause to reopen your retired grade determination, and upon review of all applicable reports and references, it is my pleasure to inform you, effective immediately, you are...
Top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) tested Federal Reserve Board nominee Stephan Miran’s loyalty to President Trump during his confirmation hearing Thursday, firing questions at him designed to show his lack of independence. Warren asked him if he thought President Trump lost the 2020 election. Miran, chair of the White House Council of...
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Wednesday warned that the United States is heading towards a “credibility crisis” due to President Trump's moves to influence the Federal Reserve. “We’re on the foothills of a credibility crisis,” Summers said during a Wednesday appearance on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” with David Westin. “We are in completely...
House Republicans on Thursday narrowly passed a partisan funding bill for the Energy and water development, cutting nondefense programs while boosting dollars for defense. The vote was 214-213. Four Republicans voted with Democrats against the measure: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Tom McClintock (Calif.) and Scott Perry (Pa.). “The bill’s pretty lacking, that’s...
Twelve federal judges have spoken out against the Supreme Court's handling of cases involving President Trump, fearing that the court's emergency rulings have validated the president's criticism of lower court judges and have not adequately explained their decisions.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is headed to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify on President Trump’s health agenda, a week after chaos brewed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following a personnel shakeup. Kennedy shook up the agency last week after pushing out its director over...
Lisa Phillips, an accuser of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said it was “shocking and upsetting” for her to hear President Trump call their Capitol Hill push for transparency a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats. “For me, personally, it was shocking and upsetting. I just — I couldn’t believe that he said that,” Phillips...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) repudiated his Republican colleagues on Wednesday for opposing his effort to force the Justice Department (DOJ) to publicly release information on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In remarks to CNN’s Manu Raju, the leader of the GOP rebellion warned his colleagues that they’re making a political mistake. “I care...
