Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday told Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz that it is not "cool" that robots are performing ultrasounds in Alabama, after Oz brought up the subject at the White House earlier in the day. Oz joined President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F....
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued Virginia for not handing over state voter data, the latest among several states the department has targeted in an effort to retrieve registration information from individuals across the country since last year. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, shared screenshots of the...
A federal judge on Friday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to limit their tactics against protesters in Minnesota, as federal immigration enforcement officers confront demonstrators rallying after a woman was killed by an ICE officer last week. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote in her order that ICE cannot retaliate against, arrest or...
IRS ruling ensures military personnel keep every dollar of their $1,776 'Warrior Dividend' as payments reach active duty and reserve forces nationwide.
Former Vice President Harris said in a new interview that members of her party were “very much stuck in the past” and suggested Democrats “give a lot of lip service to listening to people” but don’t actually engage. “In some ways, we are very much stuck in the past, and so we're not speaking in...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) defended her office’s 2020 election subversion case against President Trump and his allies with vigor Wednesday at a state Senate hearing scrutinizing the prosecution. Across three hours of testimony, Willis denied deciding to pursue charges against Trump before taking office and doubled down on the credentials of prosecutors she hand-picked for the case. The top Georgia prosecutor also stood by the...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said that adding his name to a discharge petition to force the House to vote on extending soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies for three years "is not an indictment" of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). "This is not an indictment of him," Lawler told CNN's Dana Bash. "He has a very difficult...
Democrats are feeling something they have not felt in a while: momentum. After a string of recent wins, there is real belief inside the party that flipping the House next year is possible. Anti-Trump anger is motivating voters, and a renewed focus on affordability is finally cutting through. But energy alone does not win elections. Clarity...
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...
