October 22, 2025
Thune meets with GOP senators on post-shutdown path
Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible paths forward on health care once the government reopens. The group met to talk about ideas including what to do about soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies — the centerpiece of Democrats’ demands amid the three-week shutdown […]
October 22, 2025
Trump meets NATO’s Rutte as Ukraine peace talks take center stage after Zelenskyy visit
President Donald Trump is slated to meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday — days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House. NATO announced Tuesday that Rutte would visit Washington Wednesday, but the organization did not provide any additional details regarding the nature of the trip. However, it comes as Trump has said […]
October 22, 2025
Jack Smith defends subpoenaing Republican senators’ phone records: ‘Entirely proper’
Former special counsel Jack Smith is standing by his 2023 decision to subpoena several Republican lawmakers’ phone records, calling the move ‘entirely proper’ and consistent with Justice Department policy. Smith said through his lawyers in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital that the subpoenaed data, known as toll records, belonging to eight senators and […]
October 22, 2025
GOP leaders eye a spending punt into 2026
Republican congressional leaders are making plans for a new spending punt as the shutdown drags on, and any new version is likely to postpone the next deadline until 2026. House and Senate GOP leaders are debating a wide range of options for a new continuing resolution to fund the government, given that their current preferred […]
October 22, 2025
K Street rakes in hundreds of millions off of Trump upheaval
Some of Washington’s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But it’s the upstart firms with ties to President Donald Trump or his administration that have been drowning in lobbying fees, lapping their more established rivals on K Street as Trump’s second term continues to scramble the hierarchy of the influence […]
October 22, 2025
Crockett weighing Texas Senate run
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is “strongly” considering running for Senate, she said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of adding yet another marquee name to what is already a crowded Democratic primary. Crockett cited the Republican-led remap of the state’s congressional districts earlier this year as a reason she might seek higher office in an interview […]
October 22, 2025
Trump suggests DOJ owes him money for past cases
President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) owes him money for past prosecutions against him. In the Oval Office, a reporter asked Trump if he was seeking compensation from the DOJ over past federal investigations into him and, if so, how much he was seeking. ‘Well, I guess they probably […]
October 22, 2025
Hillary Clinton mocked for 2001 furniture scandal amid Trump ballroom meltdown: ‘At least he didn’t steal’
Conservatives and Trump supporters were quick to remind former first lady Hillary Clinton about her 2021 furniture controversy with former President Bill Clinton as she attempted to lambaste President Donald Trump for constructing a ballroom at the White House. ‘At least he didn’t steal the silverware,’ Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posted to X Tuesday lambasting […]
October 22, 2025
Vance hails ‘days of destiny’ as VP seeks to build on ceasefire agreement
Vice President JD Vance declared Wednesday that, ‘these are days of destiny,’ as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build on the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. ‘We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas but rebuild Gaza to make life better for the […]
October 22, 2025
Japan plans to tell Trump it will build up its military after years of 1% defense spending
After years of pressure to increase defense spending, Japan announced plans to do so just ahead of a trip by President Donald Trump to the region next week. ‘We are firmly preparing for President Trump’s visit,’ Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said. Trump is expected to meet with Japan’s new hawkish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who […]
October 22, 2025
Scammers target retirees with election tricks and fake polling updates ahead of Nov 4 vote
Election season should be about casting your vote and making your voice heard. But for scammers, it’s an opportunity to trick retirees into handing over personal details, money or even their vote itself. What many don’t realize is that public voter registration data is one of the biggest tools fraudsters use. With elections coming up […]
October 22, 2025
Hawley vows to hold Democrats’ ‘feet to the fire’ with new government shutdown funding bills
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is looking to hold Democrats’ ‘feet to the fire’ with new legislation seeking special funding for farmers and food assistance programs amid the government shutdown. Hawley’s bills would reinstate federal funding for the Farm Service Agency as well as the federal SNAP food program. Democrats have so far refused to work […]