North Carolina Republicans flex muscle as supermajority fades away
North Carolina Republicans are scrambling to shore up the authority they have before next year when they will not have their supermajority status to thwart moves by Democratic leaders in the state....
View ArticleMusk and Ramaswamy reveal top four things to know about DOGE
Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy laid out their road map for running the Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday, explaining the authority they believe they have and the goals they...
View ArticleNew Democrat Coalition elects Rep. Brad Schneider as new chair with big shoes...
The powerful center-left New Democrat Coalition voted Wednesday to elect Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) as its new chairman, with both members campaigning on the promise to continue current chair Rep....
View ArticleSay her name: The Laken Riley case and presidential politics
SAY HER NAME: THE LAKEN RILEY CASE AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. When President Joe Biden arrived in the House chamber to give the State of the Union address last March, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene...
View ArticleGaetz comemorates ‘zenith’ of US-El Salvador relations
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz led the El Salvador Caucus Celebration of Friendship, commemorating the "zenith" of the friendship between the United States and El Salvador. Formal relations between the United...
View ArticleGaetz is not the only Trump nominee who faces ‘danger’ in...
The Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher suggested there is more than one nominee for Trump’s Cabinet who faces “danger” in his confirmation, despite the brunt of attention being given to former...
View ArticleJudge rules Youngkin can’t pull Virginia out of greenhouse gas agreement
A Virginia court ruled that Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) cannot withdraw from a greenhouse gas agreement without the approval of the state legislature. Youngkin announced his plan to withdraw from the...
View ArticleSenate rejects Bernie Sanders’s effort to stop U.S. arms sales to Israel
The Senate failed to advance resolutions of disapproval brought by progressive members to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel. The result was expected, but the vote sent a...
View ArticleNikki Haley blasts Gabbard and RFK Jr. as Cabinet choices
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley tore into President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to his Cabinet. Haley served as Trump's...
View ArticleThe View descends into feisty confrontation over Trump’s education plans
The View co-hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin have been increasingly sparring with more intensity since the 2024 election, but tensions boiled over on Wednesday about President-elect Donald...
View ArticleThird time’s the charm: Nick Begich defeats Mary Peltola for Alaska’s lone...
Republican Nick Begich ousted incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) on Wednesday, a victory two weeks after Election Day that will help the GOP pad its narrow House majority. The Associated Press called...
View ArticleHHS Secretary Xavier Becerra eviscerated for mishandling of unaccompanied...
House Republicans pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday to provide an answer for losing track of thousands of unaccounted migrant children and fumbling the vetting...
View ArticleTrump names Michigan GOP Chairman Pete Hoekstra to be next ambassador to Canada
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Michigan Republican Chairman Pete Hoekstra to be the next U.S. ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra was a representative from Michigan for 18 years and was Trump's...
View ArticleJustice for Laken Riley is only beginning
The family of 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley received a measure of justice Wednesday when a judge found illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra guilty on all 10 counts he was charged...
View ArticleTrump successfully navigated abortion in the 2024 campaign
President-elect Donald Trump managed to thread the needle on abortion as he won a second term, though the challenge of governing lies ahead. Trump took credit for appointing most of the Supreme Court...
View Article‘Americans do not want World War III’ congressman writes to Biden after...
President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles in its war with Ukraine has proved to be quite controversial. Many have objected to the authorization, claiming it was an...
View ArticleYes, keep men out of women’s spaces — in Congress and everywhere else
Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-SC) resolution requiring members of Congress to use the bathrooms and other single-sex facilities that correspond with their biology caused quite a stir. Less than two days after...
View ArticleDemocrats turn back the clock on illegal immigration
You might expect a movement labeling itself as “progressive” to avoid using 19th-century, Confederate-style, and pro-slavery arguments to defend its positions. However, you would be underestimating...
View ArticleDOJ demands Google sell off Chrome in antitrust dispute
The Justice Department is telling Google to divest from its Chrome browser in an effort to be in compliance with antitrust law. “Google must promptly and fully divest Chrome, to a buyer approved by...
View ArticlePaxton investigates ad network Musk sued over X boycott
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the Global Alliance for Responsible Media over allegations of an anticompetitive boycott targeting social media platforms,...
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