In today’s issue: President Trump on Wednesday ordered active-duty troops to the southern border to bolster federal, state and local law enforcers who are cracking down on migrants the president describes as “invading” the United States. The initial force, according to the administration, is 1,500 troops, deployed as military airlift support for the Department of...
A key senator says he is standing by Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, and criticized "anonymous sources" casting doubt on his character.
Progressives are focusing their messaging on being anti-oligarchy, training their sights not just on Republicans but also on Democrats they argue are too beholden to corporate interests. Following Inauguration Day, Democrats on the left have been taking steps to call out the surge of incoming wealth in Washington, critiquing the GOP president whose front row...
President Trump’s second term is coming into much sharper focus in its first 72 hours — delighting his supporters but ringing loud alarm bells for liberal Americans. Trump has been delivering on the “shock and awe” approach that his allies promised. The first president since the 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms, Trump has used his...
Pressure is mounting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as critics squeeze senators from both sides of the aisle to oppose President Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top health official. Kennedy’s bipartisan opponents, including liberal advocates and an organization founded by former Vice President Pence, argue the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human...
House Democrats are calling for Congress to rein in the president’s pardon powers after President Trump’s mass clemency for the Jan. 6 mob and President Biden’s reprieve for certain family members. The Democrats are quick to emphasize that they view Trump’s pardons as much more egregious, since they largely benefited people convicted of crimes —...
Education Columbia University, a hot spot for pro-Palestinian protests last spring, hired BGR Government Affairs to lobby on issues related to higher education and appropriations. Republican lawmakers lambasted the university for its response to the protests, which they called antisemitic, and the university’s now former president, Minouche Shafik, announced in August she would step down...
Questions are swirling about what President Trump’s trade agenda is going to look like after Day 1 tariffs on traditional U.S. trading partners didn’t materialize. Trump put out a trade policy memo on his first day in office that directs federal agencies to study U.S. trade with China and to reassess the updated trade deal...
Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House are embroiled in a standoff over who controls the lower chamber just months out from the election, which is already derailing the start of their legislative session. The results of the November election initially brought both parties to a tie of 67-67, with leaders readying for a power-sharing...