The Senate reconvenes Friday with another vote that could reopen the government, on its third day of shutdown. If it fails, expect the shutdown to last into next week. “They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to open up the government,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday. “If that fails, we’ll give them the weekend...
President Trump late Thursday labeled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought the “grim reaper," as the Trump administration prepares to move forward with threatened layoffs amid the government shutdown. The president posted a video to Truth Social depicting Russell as the grim reaper who “wields the pen, the funds and the brain.” ...
Trump has warned Democrats that he may take advantage of the current shutdown to terminate a sizeable number of federal employees. Just think: AOC may have set in motion the biggest downsizing of the federal government in history.
Let’s start with the stipulation that the current government shutdown could hardly have been designed to be more damaging to Republican candidates in next month’s off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. The White House is trumpeting another round of deep federal layoffs even before voters had forgotten about the pain from the Department...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that any supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine would threaten the U.S. relationship with Russia, but that Moscow’s defense systems will swiftly adopt to the new weaponry. Putin, during a foreign policy forum in Sochi, Russia, said the U.S. potentially sending Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will indicate a...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) says the “jury’s still out” on whether President Trump is winning the trade war, particularly because the Trump administration has yet to strike a comprehensive trade deal with China. “I think we’re in the early stages of the battle, to be honest with you,” Tillis told video journalist Nicholas Ballasy....
Former Vice President Kamala Harris' new book, "107 Days," revealed she chose Denis McDonough to lead her White House team had she won the 2024 presidential election.
Democrats say GOP policies could push Americans off their health coverage, but some critics argue Obamacare's enhanced tax credits don't address the root cause of high healthcare costs.