This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A top conservative watchdog is suing the federal health care bureaucracy alleging they are stonewalling results of a study started under the Obama administration looking into the effects […]
President Donald Trump renewed his criticism against former President Joe Biden and his administration over the use of an autopen to sign off on important orders — including pardons — during Biden’s tenure in the White House. Trump has railed against Biden’s use of the autopen for months, claiming thousands of pardons Biden signed were […]
Senate Republicans confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees with one vote Thursday, days after changing the chamber’s rules along party lines to allow group consideration for most executive branch picks. The first bloc included 48 Trump nominees for midlevel executive branch positions and ambassadorships. Had they been processed individually, their confirmations would have eaten […]
The top three elected officials in the District of Columbia were on Capitol Hill Thursday to defend their management of local law enforcement activities. They were also on hand to push back against Republican aspersions about crime in the capital city that President Donald Trump used to justify his takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused President Donald Trump of exploiting the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in order to go after critics. Schumer’s charge came as Senate Democrats teed up legislation called the ‘No Political Enemies Act,’ which would prohibit Trump and his administration from weaponizing government agencies. It comes in the […]
House Republican leaders are discussing a plan to pass a seven-week stopgap funding measure Friday then not bring the House back into session until after the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the talks. No final decision has been made on House scheduling, but “that is the plan so […]
Longtime Washington congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton garnered her most serious political challenge in 35 years Thursday when Robert White, a third-term D.C. Council member and former aide to Norton, announced he would challenge her in next year’s Democratic primary. Norton, 88, has faced mounting questions about her ability to serve in Congress that have […]
House Republicans have invited a leading anti-abortion group to brief GOP staffers on the looming expiration of Obamacare subsidies, according to an invitation for the event viewed by POLITICO. It comes as a growing number of congressional Republicans are calling for an extension before the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits expire at the end […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s been ‘let down’ by his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ‘The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin,’ Trump said during a joint press conference in London with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. ‘But he’s let me down. […]
Turning Point USA announced Thursday it ‘unanimously elected Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board’ following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. ‘May God Bless Erika, the Kirk family, and the entire team at Turning Point USA,’ the organization said in a statement. This is a developing story. Please check for updates. […]