Four Senate Republicans joined forces with the chamber's Democrats to reject President Trump's emergency justification for implementing tariffs against Canada, dealing the president the first legislative loss of his second term.
Hours after Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) finished breaking former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history, Wisconsin overwhelmingly voted in favor of adding voter identification requirements to the state’s constitution on the same night its voters sent a Democrat to the state’s Supreme Court. The Wisconsin voter identification win […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Wednesday he hoped to unify the Democratic party with his marathon floor speech this week after the caucus grew bitterly divided in debates over the continuing resolution last month. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber,” Booker described those tense moments behind closed doors last month,...
Vice President JD Vance and former Vice President Kamala Harris are seen as top contenders for the White House in 2028 by their respective parties, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. The poll, released Wednesday, asks Democrats and Republicans whom they would consider supporting in the 2028 presidential election and asks which person would be...
Media personality Stephen A. Smith blasted Republicans for entertaining the possibility of President Trump running for a third term in office. “Wait a minute, you’re a Republican voter out there. I thought your party was the party that preached about the Constitution. I thought your party was the party that said, ‘We’re not violating, we’re...
President Trump on Monday said there are “maybe 30” people interested in serving as ambassador to the United Nations after he pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) nomination. Trump cited David Friedman, who served as ambassador to Israel during Trump’s first term, and Richard Grenell, who served as ambassador to Germany and acting director of national...
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday requested an independent assessment into Trump administration officials' use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, asking that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard initiate such a process and delegate it to another official. The letter calls for a damage assessment of the fallout related to the chat,...
President Trump on Monday said he expects Elon Musk will eventually return to running his companies after his work overhauling the federal government. A reporter noted that Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is a special government employee, which means he can only work for 130 days in his role. When asked if he...
President Trump said Monday that he will travel to the Middle East in the coming weeks for what is slated to be the first foreign trip of his second term. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with a possible stop in the United Arab Emirates....
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed to crack down on ticket scalping and resale practices, alongside rock star Kid Rock. The order will direct the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to enforce laws, in collaboration with state attorneys general, to prevent entertainers and fans from being overcharged and price...
Three organizations sued Monday over President Trump’s executive order that aims to require proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote. The lawsuit claims Trump is overstepping his authority and also challenges a provision that seeks to prevent states from accepting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. “Under our Constitution, the President does not dictate election...
President Trump’s approval rating has dipped slightly in new polling just more than two months into his second term. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found 49 percent of registered voters approved of Trump’s job performance, down from 52 percent who said the same last month and compared with 46 percent who disapproved. Trump's "general ratings have...
Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill Monday to limit the scope of judicial rulings, the latest in a string of GOP bills targeting the judicial branch. Under Grassley’s bill, judicial rulings would be limited to the parties involved, meaning any judge’s order would not apply to others who may be similarly situated,...
A majority of voters say holding a discussion of plans to attack the Houthis in Yemen on the messaging app Signal was wrong, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that 60 percent believe using Signal for the discussion was wrong, including 73 percent of Democrats, 65 percent of independents and 43...
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. having served as Health and Human Services secretary for about a month and a half, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board said he is already "vindicating" his critics through his far-reaching actions. In an editorial published Sunday, the Journal wrote that his recently announced plan of reducing the "bloated" Department...
