Trump dings Murkowski, Tillis after their Noem criticism, calls them ‘losers’

President Donald Trump took a swing at Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) after they called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired, dismissing both as “losers.” “They’re terrible senators. One is gone, and the other should be gone,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News posted Wednesday. “What Murkowski […]

Capitol police report spike in threats made toward lawmakers in 2025

Threats toward members of Congress, their families, staff and the Capitol complex surged in 2025, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, with over 5,000 more incidents reported than the previous year. The police force’s Threat Assessment Section investigated 14,938 “concerning” statements, behaviors and communications, the agency said in a news release this week. It’s a […]

Capitol agenda: Shutdown threat weighs on Senate lunches

Senate Republicans and Democrats will head into separate lunches Wednesday for their first in-person conference meetings on how to avoid a partial shutdown at the end of the week. No one wants to see the vast majority of federal agency funding lapse at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. But partisan divisions over the Homeland Security bill are […]

Rubio scheduled to appear before Senate to outline Trump’s Venezuela policy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will publicly testify on the Trump administration’s policy in Venezuela Wednesday morning after vowing to lawmakers that no more military action was expected in the region.  Rubio’s return to the Hill, an increasingly frequent occurrence in recent months, comes after he, President Donald Trump, administration officials and Senate Republican leadership […]

Top Hunt aide charged taxpayers $44,000 in hotel expenses

The travel expenses of a Republican campaign manager in the crowded Texas Senate race have raised eyebrows for their seemingly exorbitant amount. James Kyrkanides, the campaign manager for Senate candidate Wesley Hunt, charged taxpayers more than $44,000 in hotel expenses over three years as Hunt’s congressional chief of staff. The charges average $457 per night, […]

Why is Nvidia stock (NVDA) soaring today?

Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) surged over 1.5% on Tuesday, following the company’s $2 billion investment in CoreWeave. The investors remain focused on the strategic tie-up as a signal of locked-in demand for Nvidia’s AI chips amid sustained hyperscaler spending plans. Strategic positioning reinforces Nvidia’s AI infrastructure prospects Nvidia purchased approximately 23 million shares of CoreWeave […]