July 21, 2025
‘Clear corruption’: Jeffries faces complaint for pressing judges to oust Alina Habba
Republican legal activists are filing a complaint in defense of U.S. Attorney Alina Habba after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for federal district judges to remove her from her position. Jeffries’ complaints about Habba stemmed from her decision to charge Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., with obstructing Homeland Security agents during an altercation at an […]
July 21, 2025
Democratic socialists torch AOC for voting against Republican anti-Israel amendment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is getting broadsided from her left over her vote on an amendment aimed at blocking U.S. funding for Israel’s Iron Dome. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are criticizing the progressive firebrand for voting against an amendment by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to block $500 million in Congress’ annual defense […]
July 21, 2025
Republican tax law leaves experts searching for words
As the tax world pores over Republicans’ tax cuts, one question keeps coming up: What are we calling this? In a town that loves clever acronyms, tax pros are struggling to figure out how to talk about the new law, beginning with its name. The official title, at least before Democrats had it deleted from […]
July 21, 2025
House won’t vote on Epstein matter this week
Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t have any plans to put a non-binding resolution on the floor this week before the August recess — or possibly ever — that would call for the administration to release Jeffrey Epstein-related documents. Instead, GOP leaders have an understanding with White House officials that the House will wait to address the […]
July 21, 2025
Biden’s stunning exit, one year later: The dropout heard around the country
Former President Joe Biden suspended his re-election bid one year ago Monday, in an unprecedented move that ended his more than 50-year career in politics and rocked the Democratic Party, with those on the left still reeling from the impact. On July 21, 2024, days after President Donald Trump accepted the GOP nomination, Biden ended […]
July 21, 2025
Tables turn as House GOP blasts Dems for suddenly demanding Epstein transparency from Trump admin
After years of Republicans leading the push for government transparency on Jeffrey Epstein, the notoriously well-connected sex offender who died in jail in 2019, Democrats are now leading the charge to release the so-called ‘Epstein files.’ ‘I’m glad they’re joining the party, but they should have been a little more transparent a year ago,’ Rep. […]
July 21, 2025
5 ways your political point of view may be damaging your mental health
Recent studies confirm what many clinicians, myself included, have quietly observed for years: Liberals — especially young liberals — are reporting worse mental health than their conservative peers. Statistician Nate Silver’s Substack recently spotlighted this disparity, and while many factors are at play, one explanation remains oddly absent from the national conversation: the psychological cost […]
July 21, 2025
Capitol agenda: The GOP’s biggest shutdown hurdles
It’s a pivotal week for the appropriations process as Congress looks to pass 12 spending bills before the Sept. 30 shutdown cliff. Expect the Senate to work on passing its first batch of bills over the next few days, with full committee markups continuing in both chambers. In the House, appropriators plan to have a […]
July 21, 2025
Trump heads to Scotland, continues ironing out trade deals after notching six months back in office
President Donald Trump has been back in the Oval Office for a full six months as of Sunday, and is expected to keep a busy pace as he heads into his 27th week as commander-in-chief. ‘Wow, time flies! Today is that Sixth Month Anniversary of my Second Term. Importantly, it’s being hailed as one of […]
July 21, 2025
Democrats wrestle with shutdown strategy
Democrats on Capitol Hill are furious with the Trump administration and their Republican counterparts for undercutting government funding negotiations, but they aren’t showing a unified strategy for forcing the GOP to change course 10 weeks out from a shutdown deadline. In the House, Republicans are ignoring Democratic priorities in government funding bills, moving forward with […]
July 21, 2025
Republicans are ready to revive stalled health care legislation. Dems want the GOP to pay a price.
Republicans are eyeing an opportunity to enact a bipartisan health package by the end of the year, but Democrats aren’t exactly in a deal-making mood. With the dust barely settled after enacting their party-line domestic policy megabill, GOP lawmakers on the Senate Finance, House Ways and Means and House Energy and Commerce committees are hoping […]
July 20, 2025
Biden admin spent hefty sum of US tax dollars to upgrade embassy swimming pools in Iraq, Russia
The Biden administration’s State Department authorized more than $1 million in taxpayer funds for renovating swimming pools at U.S. embassies and mission residences in war-torn countries such as Haiti, Sudan and Iraq, a report from Sen. Joni Ernst’s office found. ‘The Biden State Department threw a blowout summer pool party on your dime,’ Ernst, R-Iowa, […]