The hikes would push members’ pay to $175,500, upper middle-class income territory and more than twice the city’s median income ($81,228), so the move shows complete contempt for city...
President Trump on Sunday blasted Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., as a “communist” whose policies will harm the district. “Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly going to be elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, make D.C. a Sanctuary...
Prominent activists with the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement are raging and saying they feel betrayed after the Supreme Court sided with pesticide maker Monsanto on Thursday and said it did not need to put a warning label about a potential cancer risk associated with its Roundup weedkiller. The backlash could test the movement's...
Three firefighters died Saturday in a blaze in western Colorado, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday. “Last night, we learned that three wildland firefighters—serving with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service—lost their lives on Saturday, June 27, while responding jointly to the Knowles and Gore fires along the Colorado-Utah border,” Burgum...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday the ouster of Gen. Chris Donahue appears to be due to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “grudge” against the Army. “Are you pushing out the truth tellers to surround yourself by yes-men? And in particular, it looks like the secretary is coming down hardest… on the Army,” Kaine told host...
Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine (R) on Sunday called on the Trump administration to reconsider pushing for the elimination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants following the Supreme Court's recent decision on the program. The high court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can remove thousands of Haitians and Syrians who currently have TPS,...
During a Sunday interview on ABC News's "This Week," Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) addressed an awkward moment with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) while he was facing pushback from President Trump over a video directing servicemembers not to follow illegal orders. The video released by Kelly and five other lawmakers in November was described as a...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday defended the Trump administration's decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people who have been legally living in the U.S. from Haiti under the program. The Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of the Trump administration's decision. “Temporary Protected Status was never intended to be permanent....
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said he will send the bipartisan housing bill passed overwhelmingly by both chambers of Congress to President Trump on Monday. Trump last week said he would not sign the bill, despite the support from both parties, unless the Senate first takes action on elections legislation that is opposed...
GOP Rep. Mark Harris (N.C.) said on Sunday that Congress will likely need to provide the Pentagon with additional funding for the Iran war via a budget reconciliation package. Harris suggested that budgetary measure would be necessary to get a bill through the Senate, where Democrats can use the filibuster to block legislation. Budget reconciliation...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday said ensuring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE America) Act gets passed in the Senate is an "impossible task." "You know, I have people telling me I need to implement the SAVE Act immediately in North Carolina, in a state that has voter ID," Tillis told CNN's Jake...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday touted his minimum wage bill that aims to gradually increase worker pay from $7.25 to $25 hourly. “I think our party should have bigger ideas. I put one on the table last week, a $25 minimum wage. And I think we do have to have answers for the way...
Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Va.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill. “I don't know with this president, because he's said that he doesn't care about rising costs,” Subramanyam told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” regarding whether he expects Trump to sign the bill this...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a Sunday interview sought to explain his controversial vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as he said Kennedy is dug in on his views toward vaccinations despite public opinion. Cassidy, the first physician to serve as the chair of the Senate Health, Education,...
