Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who has entered the California gubernatorial race, took a stand against the Trump administration on Saturday, carrying a large sign that read “F--- Trump” on stage at the state Democratic convention. The phrase has gained steam nationally ahead of midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race. Earlier in the week,...
The House could soon be forced into another tit-for-tat cycle of members attempting to discipline each other by forcing votes on the House floor — and derailing GOP leaders' control of the chamber. A massive wave of Democrats have called to formally censure Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) and remove him from his committees over a...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Saturday criticized Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) for mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) experience as a bartender. Luna wrote on the social platform X that while she does not often agree with Ocasio-Cortez, to “knock her or anyone for being a bartender is not a ‘hit,’ it’s tone deaf." “Plenty...
The State Department on Sunday issued a warning to U.S. citizens in certain parts of Mexico to shelter in place until further notice on account of "ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity." The regions listed in the advisory include the Mexican states of Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon. The warning came after...
JPMorgan Chase this week acknowledged it closed President Trump’s bank accounts in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, The Associated Press reported. In a court filing the bank submitted this week in Trump’s lawsuit against it, JPMorgan’s former chief administrative officer, Dan Wilkening, wrote, “In February 2021, JPMorgan informed Plaintiffs...
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Sunday said countries need "clarity" on the future of their trade relationships with the United States after the Trump administration's tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court. “I think it's, it's critically important that all people in the trade, both outside of the United States, but also...
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) said Sunday that “diplomacy is the best way” when it comes to the U.S.'s handling of Iran’s nuclear program after recent tensions between the two countries. “Well, there's the largest buildup, as you pointed out earlier, the largest buildup since the Iraq War in that region. The president is still ongoing...