Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators clashed Tuesday over the Trump administration's foreign policies, ranging from Ukraine and Russia to the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget and refugee admissions.
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As humans, we are gifted with the unique abilities to reason and change our minds completely when presented with new information. However, some legislators in Congress simply refuse to reorient their mindsets when presented with evidence that gender-transition procedures are not authentic healthcare. Too many legislators are in favor of using Medicaid and the Children’s […]
{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Tuesday talked in blunt and harsh terms to the GOP holdouts refusing to back his agenda bill, but the dissenters remained unmoved after another tense day of negotiations on Capitol Hill. Trump made the rare trip from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other, where he demanded House Republicans...
The gas prices for Memorial Day weekend are expected to be the cheapest, when adjusted for inflation, in recent years. The new analysis by GasBuddy, which was released on Tuesday, found that the national average price of gas will be $3.08 per gallon on Memorial Day, May 26, the cheapest rate at the gas station...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state. The hold may not ultimately block the four pending EPA nominees from being confirmed, but...
Democrats see pending federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over a scuffle with immigration agents as a politically motivated prosecution by the Trump administration designed to chill opposition from lawmakers. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, announced Monday she would pursue charges against McIver for assaulting a law enforcement officer, accusing...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, advancing with the help of Democrats a top campaign promise of President Trump. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) brought the bill to the floor with the expectation that it would be blocked, but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declined to. It passed via...