Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he believed lawmakers would continue debating the SAVE America Act until it "damn well passes," despite heavy Democratic opposition.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made several fantastical claims — one could use the word “dishonest” — during the latest stop on his book-tour-cum-exploratory presidential campaign. But none of the outlandish claims he made in Austin this weekend is more false than his claim that Texas is a “higher-tax state” than California. “We have the most […]
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus. The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables....
Utah's GOP chair confirmed on Sunday that Republicans had clinched enough signatures to have their ballot initiative, which would repeal a 2018 initiative that created an independent redistricting commission in the state, considered for the November election. “We are well over 200,000 signatures that have been submitted,” Robert Axson, who is organizing the ballot measure campaign to...
The Kremlin denied Monday that it fatally poisoned former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024, after five European countries said Saturday the 47-year-old was poisoned via a lethal toxin and pointed to Russia as the culprit. "Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and not based...
A pair of Washington-area golf enthusiasts are suing the Trump administration over its plan to take over and redevelop the District of Columbia's public golf system. The lawsuit, filed late last week by plaintiffs Alex Dickson and Dave Roberts, argues the administration's move to end its lease with the National Links Trust violates the Administrative...
Democrats are ready to spend big to boost a Virginia redistricting effort that could give the party four more House seats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has said, amid the national battle over congressional lines ahead of the midterms. “Whatever it takes,” Jeffries told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview aired Sunday, when asked how...
Savannah Guthrie on Sunday issued another plea to those with information on the whereabouts of her mother, Nancy. “I wanted to come on — it’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe,” the longtime NBC anchor...
Presidents' Day has become a reminder of the stark contrast between past presidents and the current one, Donald Trump, who has treated truth and civility as optional, and has blurred the line between error and intent.
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that a “small” security force is set to stay in Minnesota after announcing last week that Trump administration immigration crackdown efforts were set to end in the state. “There will be a small force, a security force ... that will respond to when our agents are out...
The global security landscape has shifted to one of unmapped volatility, with the expiration of the New START treaty, a high-stakes "Board of Peace" diplomacy, and a weaponized global supply chain, all creating a precarious situation for the world.
Shame on the Justice Department for its years of failures in this sordid scandal. Shame on those who are trying to defend the indefensible. And shame on Congress if it allows this injustice to continue.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem waved off criticism of recent comments she made about ensuring “we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country," calling the remarks "commonsense." In response to a clip from CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday in which Jake Tapper asks border...
