Dems not budging on government shutdown demands ahead of high-stakes Trump meeting, Jeffries suggests

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has signaled that Democrats are not budging on their key demands ahead of a high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump about government funding. The federal government will enter a partial shutdown at midnight on Wednesday if Republicans and Democrats do not reach a deal on funding priorities for fiscal […]

Trump to attend Tuesday’s unprecedented gathering of US military commanders

President Donald Trump is set to attend Tuesday’s unprecedented all-hands meeting of U.S. military commanders in Quantico, Va., he said Sunday. As speculation swirls over why generals and flag officers from around the world were summoned, Trump insisted the purpose was celebratory. ‘It’s really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing […]

A tale of two indictments: Top Dems say ‘no one is above the law’ on Trump, but decry Comey case

Top Democrats are striking two very different notes on accountability: cheering President Donald Trump‘s felony conviction as proof that ‘no one is above the law,’ while blasting the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as pure political payback. In 2019, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said during a discussion at the Commonwealth […]

Harris reveals crude hypotheticals on abortion, Viagra rehearsed before Trump debate

Former Vice President Kamala Harris revealed her debate preparation against Donald Trump during the 2024 election cycle included how to handle a handful of crude hypothetical attacks on abortion and Viagra use, according to her new book, ‘107 Days.’ Bolstered by a team of advisers and a veteran trial attorney Harris compared to a ‘wartime […]

Supreme Court showdown: Trump’s strategy to test limits of his power could spell doom for administrative state

The Supreme Court is set to reexamine a landmark decision about the president’s ability to fire members of independent agencies, and the outcome could expand executive power and have far-reaching implications. The high court revealed in an order last week it would revisit Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 decision that Hans von Spakovsky, […]