Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is preparing to use the “nuclear option” to clear a logjam of Trump nominees due to unprecedented Democratic Party obstruction in the Senate. Thune is setting the stage to use the parliamentary maneuver in order to lower the filibuster threshold for confirming large batches of lower-level presidential nominees, marking … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed Friday that Democrats “will force votes” on President Trump’s tariffs after a disappointing August jobs report showed just 22,000 jobs added and unemployment rising to 4.3%. Schumer called the report “worse than the already low expectations,” adding the numbers are a “blaring red light warning to the entire … Read more
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino revealed this week that federal law enforcement has arrested thousands of suspects and seized large caches of firearms and narcotics as part of a massive summer crackdown dubbed “Operation Summer Heat.” The initiative, which launched in June, spans across multiple states and involves close coordination with local police, federal agencies, … Read more
The Trump administration has announced sweeping changes to AmeriCorps, the federal volunteer program created under the Clinton administration, after years of reported financial mismanagement and repeated audit failures. According to administration officials, roughly 75 percent of AmeriCorps’ full-time staff—around 535 of its 700 employees—have been placed on administrative leave as part of a plan to … Read more
Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance at the US Open in nearly a decade on Sunday, September 7, but his return to the tennis spotlight didn’t go quite as planned. As cameras panned to him during the men’s final in New York, Trump was met with loud boos from the crowd—a moment that … Read more
Vice President JD Vance stopped short of declaring that he would run for president in 2028, but did say that if he does his job properly, “the politics will figure itself out.” During an appearance on “My View” with Lara Trump on Saturday night, Vance — who won over the country with his strength in … Read more
Border Czar Tom Homan turned heads during an interview on Sunday when he revealed who he and other immigration authorities are looking at for potential prosecutions in the future. Speaking with Fox News host and former Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz on Sunday, Homan suggested that individuals and groups who are funding violent anti-ICE protests … Read more
The mayor of Bergen County, New Jersey’s fifth-largest municipality, formally switched parties on Thursday, announcing his support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli. Garfield Mayor Everett E. Garnto Jr. said he felt compelled to leave the Democratic Party, declaring that “the state is broken.” His announcement came during a rally at a Garfield gymnasium, where … Read more
The leader of the Minnesota Catholic Conference stated that Catholic and other nonpublic schools were in “urgent and critical need” of security upgrades in a letter that was resurrected and addressed to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The letter read, “Our schools are under attack.” The request was ignored, and two years later, a shooter opened fire … Read more
President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter who asked if he was “trying to go to war with Chicago,” after he posted a meme portraying the city as an Apocalypse Now–style war zone. During a terse exchange, the reporter asked the president about the meme, which depicted Chicago burning with a caption: “I love … Read more