The MAGA faction of the House Republican Conference is once again threatening to disrupt the basic functioning of government to push an unpopular agenda. Last spring, they brought the nation to the brink of default. Now, the House Freedom Caucus is refusing to keep the government from shutting down in September unless a set of extreme...
While Biden has been talking about new CHIPS factories, lower prescription drug prices and an economy back on track, McCarthy faces calls from the MAGA elements in his caucus to shut down the government and impeach Joe Biden.
The D.C. Appeals Court ruled Friday that former President Trump can be deposed in suits against the FBI brought by former agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The Department of Justice appealed a ruling from a lower court in July, which came to the same conclusion. Strzok is suing the bureau for wrongful termination and...
Uvalde, Texas, Mayor Don McLaughlin has accused District Attorney Christina Mitchell of covering up evidence related to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022 that led to the deaths of 19 students and two teachers. “I believe that Christina Mitchell, the District Attorney for the 38th Judicial District has been involved in a cover-up regarding...
Anti-abortion activists are looking to highways as a new battleground in their efforts to prevent people from accessing abortions. A central Texas town attempted to make it illegal for people to travel on certain roads through their jurisdiction for the purpose of receiving an abortion, a novel strategy that may prove the future for anti-abortion...
White House officials and Democratic lawmakers spent weeks celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislative package that has been dubbed the most ambitious climate legislation of all time. While that is technically correct — it’s a low bar to meet — the political and practical benefits of the law are hard...
Alaska’s state Board of Education voted Thursday to approve a proposal to ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ high school sports teams, advancing one of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policy priorities that was thwarted by the state Legislature earlier this year. The proposal, which board members argued during a special meeting Thursday is necessary to...
President Biden on Friday took a shot at former President Trump in remarks to hail the August jobs report, calling out the job growth under his predecessor and top political rival. “America’s now in one of the strongest job-creating periods in our history, in the history of our country. It wasn’t that long ago that...
California regulators voted unanimously Thursday evening to boost the capacity of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility — the same site where the nation’s biggest methane leak forced families to flee in 2015. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved an increase in the facility’s inventory levels up to the safety limit established by...