House Republicans held the mark-up last week for their reconciliation package, which includes several significant reforms to Medicaid, the federal-state entitlement that provides health benefits to roughly one in five Americans. The package is not perfect. But it would restore some measure of fiscal sanity to the program by, among other things, reining in the […]
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Education to review and roll back federal policies that prevent teachers from disciplining disruptive students. It’s a long-overdue move. For over a decade, misguided federal guidance rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology and “disparate impact” theory has tied the hands […]
SNL's sketch comedy show parodied President Trump's Middle East trip, highlighting his bromance with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the controversy over the $400 million luxury jet gifted by Qatar, while Trump praised his trip as a major success.
Vice President Vance and second lady Usha Vance met Pope Leo XIV while in Vatican City for the pontiff’s inauguration mass on Sunday. Before exiting St. Peter’s Square, the vice president and second lady greeted Pope Leo XIV, a spokesperson for the vice president said. Vance and the first American pope shook hands and appeared...
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tore into House Republicans over sinking a key committee vote that would help advance President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” calling it a “real misstep.” “The stock market seems like it is moving up. Now, if Congress can start doing the things that President Trump's doing, it would...
Democrats are tired of Joe Biden saying he would have won. What they want, they say, is for the former president to admit to his part in the party’s 2024 loss to Donald Trump. Democratic strategists, operatives and donors this week in conversations and text exchanges all reiterated the same thing: They want Biden to...
The White House warned approximately 8.2 to 9.2 million people could lose health insurance if President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" doesn't pass.