The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the VA disability claims backlog dipped below 100,000 for the first time since 2020, a major priority under VA Secretary Doug Collins.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday ripped Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration official admitted to having lunch with his family on the disgraced financier’s private island in 2012. “I’m glad he told the truth under oath today,” Mace said during an appearance on...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday became the first Republican senator to speak out against a House GOP-drafted bill to require people to show documented proof of citizenship before registering to vote and to show ID to cast a ballot, a top priority of the Trump administration. Murkowski, a prominent centrist Republican, said the Constitution...
The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment report showed the labor market booming last month, with the jobless rate ticking down slightly to 4.3 percent. Economists expected the U.S. to...
President Trump’s mandatory detention policy for apprehended migrants has claimed its biggest legal victory yet. Is it a turning point? Only time will tell, but the ever-growing swarm of more than 1,000 cases has now entered a new chapter — one that could prompt the Supreme Court to get involved. The Trump administration’s policy keeps unadmitted migrants who are arrested during enforcement operations locked up without bond, regardless of how long they’ve lived in the U.S. It leaves no discretion. It...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily grounded all flights to and from El Paso International Airport for 10 days early Wednesday morning. In a notice to airmen (NOTAM) on its website, the FAA said that “no pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by” its stoppage. The order went into effect at 1:30...
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) sent a late-night letter on Monday to Democrats in Maryland’s General Assembly, urging the state legislators to pass a new redistricting map. The map has already passed the state’s House, but the bill now faces opposition from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), who has refused to bring the measure...