House Republican leaders have a mega-problem that could be made much worse after next year’s midterm elections, should they go according to history and the party in power in the White House loses seats: Right now, the GOP caucus already isn’t big enough to allow much margin of error on any legislation, but especially those that are … Read more

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing new federal scrutiny as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launches an investigation into whether the state unlawfully directed taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants. The probe, led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office in Los Angeles, centers on California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants … Read more

President Donald Trump’s 17th week in office will be spent preparing for his journey to the Middle East, his first big overseas trip of the second term. “President Trump will return to [the Middle East to] re-emphasize his continued vision for a proud, prosperous and successful Middle East where the United States and Middle Eastern … Read more

The Democratic National Committee’s credentials panel voted Monday to void activist David Hogg’s election as vice chair of the party. Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was elected to the position in February. However, his plans to spend $20 million targeting veteran Democratic House … Read more

President Donald Trump supports U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, following accusations that he communicated specifics of a March raid on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a chat group with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth’s use of … Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration dismissed the nation’s top copyright official just days after removing the Librarian of Congress. Shira Perlmutter, who led the U.S. Copyright Office—an agency under the Library of Congress—was abruptly terminated, according to Fox News. The U.S. Copyright Office told the outlet that Perlmutter had gotten an email from the White House which … Read more

President Donald Trump promised to bring “FAIRNESS TO AMERICA!” by drastically lowering prescription medicine prices in an executive order he planned to sign Monday morning. Trump vowed to impose “most favored nation” pricing, which would reduce pharmaceutical and prescription medicine prices “almost immediately, by 30% to 80%,” in a Truth Social post Sunday night. “I … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up challenges of state and local lawsuits against oil companies that seek to compel them to compensate for alleged climate change-related damages. Energy-producing states, oil companies, and industry groups filed two challenges to waves of climate lawsuits. Critics assert that the states are using these lawsuits to impose … Read more

The United States and China have reached a trade agreement aimed at easing tensions in the ongoing dispute between the world’s two largest economies, senior Trump administration officials announced Sunday. The deal was struck during negotiations between the two countries in Switzerland over the weekend, though specific details have yet to be released. Officials indicated … Read more

A flotilla of Trump-supporting fishermen swarmed around Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Sunday, mocking his fishing technique with Trump impersonations as he appeared to struggle to reel in a catch during the 77th Governor’s Fishing Opener. Wearing a white cap pulled low over his face, the Democratic governor tried to ignore the hecklers drifting just … Read more