October 10, 2025
Georgia’s Mike Collins needles Ossoff in new ad over shutdown’s toll on airports, workers
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., launched a digital ad on Friday tying Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., to the ongoing government shutdown — and its drag on Georgia’s airports. ‘Flights DELAYED. Military families NOT getting paid. And for what? To demand FREE healthcare of illegal immigrants,’ the graphic reads. Collins, who has represented Georgia’s 10th Congressional District since 2023, […]
October 10, 2025
Bondi announces arrest of ‘coward’ who allegedly threatened conservative influencer following Kirk’s murder
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said a ‘coward hiding behind a keyboard’ was arrested this week for allegedly sending a threatening letter to conservative influencer Benny Johnson in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. George Isbell Jr., 69, was taken into custody on Tuesday in San Diego, California. He will be federally charged with mailing […]
October 10, 2025
Johnson raises stakes on Schumer as government shutdown barrels into week 3
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared the House of Representatives out of session for a third straight week in a bid to keep pressure on Senate Democrats in Washington. The speaker appears to be raising the stakes on lawmakers across the aisle, who keep refusing the GOP’s plan to fund government agencies on a short-term basis […]
October 10, 2025
Trump threatens ‘massive’ China tariffs, sees ‘no reason’ to meet with Xi
President Donald Trump has called off efforts to arrange a meeting with President Xi Jinping after China tightened export controls on rare earth minerals this week. ‘Some very strange things are happening in China!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social. ‘They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to […]
October 10, 2025
White House turns to expanding Abraham Accords after Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Now that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal, the White House is shifting focus to its next diplomatic goal: expanding the landmark Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states. ‘There’s a lot of positive momentum that will pick up,’ a senior administration official told reporters Thursday […]
October 10, 2025
Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown
A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the government shutdown was blocked on the House floor Friday by the GOP. The presiding Republican, Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois, gaveled a brief pro forma session to a close before Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) could make a procedural move to try to […]
October 10, 2025
Mike Johnson raises fresh doubts about an Obamacare compromise
Speaker Mike Johnson expressed fresh skepticism Friday that a deal to extend Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies — a key Democratic demand amid the 10-day government shutdown — is within reach. Speaking on a rare joint call with House Freedom Caucus members Friday, Johnson said “it will take a lot of work to build […]
October 10, 2025
Washington’s shadow war: How strikes on cartels threaten to collapse Maduro’s regime
Publicly, the White House says the latest strikes in the Caribbean are aimed at cartel infrastructure. Privately, some analysts suspect the campaign is calibrated to do something else: weaken longtime U.S. foe Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power. President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on the Venezuelan regime, striking four boats in the Caribbean Sea […]
October 10, 2025
Timely troop pay is now in Trump’s hands
President Donald Trump is now the only person with the power to keep 1.3 million active-duty military members from missing their paychecks Wednesday after the Senate failed to act on spending legislation Thursday then left Washington for the long holiday weekend. If all active-duty troops are not paid on time, it would be a first […]
October 10, 2025
Senate leaves Washington as government shutdown nears 3rd week, military pay at risk
The Senate is set to leave town on Friday until early next week as neither side is ready to give in the ongoing government shutdown stalemate. Lawmakers voted deep into the night on Thursday on the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which advanced on a largely bipartisan vote. But the $925 billion package, which authorizes […]
October 10, 2025
GOP senators back Russ Vought’s hardball shutdown strategy as standoff intensifies
Senate Republicans are taking a hands-off approach to threats from White House budget chief Russ Vought, arguing that his pressure on Senate Democrats to reopen the government, for now, is warranted. Away from the gridlock on Capitol Hill, Vought, who is the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has made moves to […]
October 10, 2025
Capitol agenda: No deal as the shutdown marches toward Week Three
Lawmakers are desperately throwing around ideas on how to end the shutdown as it heads toward its third week — and as federal workers start feeling the hole in their paychecks Friday. The Senate officially headed home for the long weekend and will return Tuesday to vote for an eighth time on the GOP-led CR. […]