Elon Musk declared the launch of his new political party on Saturday, a project he has repeatedly floated in the weeks since his explosive breakup with President Donald Trump...
Republicans are eyeing potential redistricting opportunities in Ohio and Texas as they seek extra cushion to protect their thin majority in the House next year. In Ohio, redistricting laws mandate a redraw ahead of 2026 because the last map passed without bipartisan support. And in Texas, redistricting could be added to an upcoming special session...
President Trump scored a significant legislative win this week by signing the “big, beautiful bill,” a massive reconciliation package that will extend the 2017 tax cuts and features cuts to Medicaid, which will likely be the focus of this week's Sunday shows. The president signed the bill at the White House on the Fourth of...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday closed out his third and final day of hearings on Capitol Hill with several clashes with lawmakers as he dodged questions on invading Greenland, Ukraine aid, his use of the app Signal, and troop deployment in Los Angeles. Hegseth, in his first appearance before the House Armed Services Committee,...
A federal judge warned at a Thursday hearing that accepting the Trump administration’s assertion he has no authority to review the president’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles is a slippery slope. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he hoped to rule later in the day on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) request to immediately...
Democratic Rep. John Mannion erupted at fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) on the House floor Thursday afternoon — with no shortage of f-bombs — in apparent outrage over Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) incident with law enforcement earlier in the day. The blowup — some of which was picked up by the cameras in the...
President Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take his place. “After a long and distinguished career, the Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Ambassador Troy Fitrell is retiring in mid-July...
Democrats on Capitol Hill were furious Thursday after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and handcuffed after trying to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Los Angeles. After Padilla identified himself by his name and title, he pushed toward the front of a conference room trying to ask a...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is speaking on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was shoved out of a press conference being held by Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles. Video of the incident shared by a Fox News reporter shows multiple men restraining Padilla and working to remove...
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday workplace immigration enforcement will “massively expand” in an interview with Semafor. His comments come days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents removed dozens of immigrants allegedly without legal status working at a meat packaging facility in Nebraska as Los Angeles protesters continue to demonstrate against the...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed from a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is holding in Los Angeles. Video of the incident shared by a Fox News reporter shows multiple men restraining Padilla and working to remove him from the room. “I’m Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary," Padilla...
The Trump-Musk feud is an example of the volatile nature of friendships in Washington, but it is not representative of the entire political landscape, as most politicians have strong circles of friends and allies.
The nation's largest Latino civil rights organization is warning against "reckless behavior" at protests as demonstrations against President Trump's immigration policies spread across the country and National Guard troops are mobilized in multiple states. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Thursday issued a "National Safety Advisory" following Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R)...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sees a potential path to a Democratic majority in an unlikely place: deep-red Texas. The White House is reportedly pressing Texas Republicans to redraw the lines for U.S. House districts to help Republicans keep hold of their razor-thin majority in next year’s midterm elections. Jeffries, who is already forecasting that...
President Trump's former surgeon general blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to fire the entirety of a federal advisory committee on vaccine guidance, saying the move jeopardizes public health and threatens public trust in health institutions. In an op-ed published by Time, former Surgeon General Jerome Adams wrote that Kennedy's...
President Trump’s approval rating dipped to 38 percent, the lowest of his second term, according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. In the June poll, 38 percent of registered voters approved of the way Trump is doing his job, while 54 percent disapproved. The results mark the first time Trump’s numbers dipped below 40-percent...
