President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Thursday, ensuring the Pentagon gets a whopping $901 billion for fiscal year 2026.
The Pentagon is now barred from carrying out painful experiments on dogs and cats, thanks to new language in the defense policy bill President Trump signed Thursday.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr suggested on Wednesday that the agency is not independent from President Trump's administration after being pressed by senators on Capitol Hill about whom he answers to as chair of the commission. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) repeatedly pressed Carr about his agency's obligation to conduct oversight of major media companies...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats will speak with reporters Wednesday afternoon to unveil a new initiative to lower costs. Democrats have leaned heavily into the affordability message in recent weeks, following a slew of key election wins and as high prices and inflation have taken a toll on President Trump's and...
Zohran Mamdani has been elected Mayor of New York City, and is promising to lower costs and make life easier for New Yorkers through rent freezes, free childcare, and non-profit city owned grocery stores, funded by tax increases on corporations and wealthy residents.
LIVE Video: House to vote on GOP-led health care bill, without ACA subsidies Just ahead of a House procedural vote Wednesday on a narrow, GOP-crafted health care bill, four Republican members defied their own leadership and joined a Democratic discharge petition that would force a vote on the House floor on extending Affordable Care Act...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he will push for a moratorium on AI data center construction in an effort to “give democracy a chance to catch up” amid concerns about the “unregulated sprint” to develop the technology. “AI and robotics are the most transformative technologies in the history of humanity and will have a profound impact on the lives...
The House advanced a GOP health care bill Wednesday, even as moderate Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies in an act of defiance against leadership. The vote was 213-209. Rep. Jen Kiggans (Va.) was the only Republican to vote no. The GOP package would not address the expiring...
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday made way for President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., to continue, a boon for his campaign to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously agreed to pause a lower court order blocking troops from being sent into...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted the Pentagon’s ongoing probe into him Tuesday. “This is all a bunch of bulls‑‑‑,” Kelly told reporters on Capitol Hill. The Defense Department said Monday it is escalating its review into Kelly, a retired Navy captain, over a Nov. 18 video in which and other Democrats told U.S. service members...
President Trump on Wednesday attacked Brown University over what he claimed was a lack of security cameras after the FBI faced criticism for arresting a person in connection with a fatal shooting who was later released due to insufficient evidence. "Why did Brown University have so few Security Cameras?" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "There...
The Justice Department has until Friday to release its files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law on Nov. 19, gives DOJ 30 days to release its documents, setting the deadline for Dec. 19. The legislation passed both chambers of Congress with veto-proof majorities last...
