President Trump called Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell "incompetent" Tuesday during a Japanese business roundtable, one day before a key interest-rate decision by the central bank.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that there would be “strong” support within the Senate Republican conference for a proposal offered to Democrats by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to pay all federal workers — both essential and furloughed — during the government shutdown. Democrats will be under pressure to support the proposal...
Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Monday said he hopes Republicans investigate why corporations donated funds to go towards President Trump's ballroom, set to be constructed adjacent to the White House where the East Wing once stood. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Blumenthal that the corporate donors won't "tell a senator if there's an implicit agreement with...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Monday that the state will monitor the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observers ahead of next week’s general election. During a virtual news conference, Bonta said that observers will provide “oversight and accountability” of the federal monitors, according to KCRA in Sacramento. “[The federal monitors] will not be...
New College of Florida, which saw a conservative takeover under the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), on Monday became the first school to agree to the Trump administration’s funding compact offering preferential treatment in government grants. The administration had originally sent the agreement to nine schools, including Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
A National Security Presidential Memorandum criminalizes speech through an executive initiative that goes beyond criticism of the government, outlawing ideas that the ruling party finds repugnant. In effect, it turns the opposition into criminals, which is the hallmark of tight authoritarian regimes.
Ten GOP senators have signed on to back Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government shutdown threatens a program lapse in November. Republican Sens. James Lankford (Okla.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Bernie Moreno (Ohio), Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Katie...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sat for an interview with The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner that turned contentious as the journalist peppered her with questions about former President Biden's mental health and what she knew about his condition. "You feel like you had to leave the Democratic Party because of the way it...