President Trump held his 11th Cabinet meeting of his second term Thursday, with the war in Iran dominating most of the discussion. Unlike past Cabinet meetings, Thursday’s lasted just more than an hour and a half, with only a few secretaries taking time to speak instead of every official in the room. The meeting was...
Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted (R), Ohio’s former secretary of state, to require voters to show photo ID when casting ballots in person or voting by mail, despite previous statements by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) that Democrats support photo ID requirements for elections. The Senate voted...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that President Trump has heavily pushed China to help with the Strait of Hormuz reopening amid the U.S. conflict against Iran. “Apparently, now, their primary goal is reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which, let’s be clear, was open before Trump started this war of choice. So, the reality is,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday dismissed the idea that he and longtime ally former Vice President Kamala Harris do not like each other, calling it "preposterous." Newsom praised Harris in an interview with Axios's Alex Thompson, who asked the governor, "Why don't you guys like each other?" "A preposterous premise of a question,"...
Sen. Bernie Sanders recently conducted a policy interview with Claude, an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, which demonstrated the potential of AI to improve the quality of questions asked and the difficulty of evading them in congressional hearings.
Sen. John Fetterman blasted the idea of an AI data center moratorium as "China First," as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez push such a proposal.
Senate Democrats blocked a photo voter ID amendment to the SAVE America Act, despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saying Democrats support voter ID.