U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) achieved what many thought impossible on Thursday morning by securing the passage of a budget that incorporates most of the changes preserved by Senate Republicans. In a tightly contested 216-214 vote, only two Republicans—Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Victoria Spartz (R-IN)—broke ranks to support President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” … Read more
Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer expressed support for aspects of President Donald Trump’s strict tariff policy during a speech in Washington on Wednesday, indicating a divergence from the Democratic Party’s strong opposition to Trump’s trade agenda. “I understand the motivation behind the tariffs,” Whitmer, viewed as a potential contender for the Democratic nomination in 2028, … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s days in Congress may be numbered, according to a shocking new poll. A survey by Data for Progress indicates that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is ahead of Schumer by 19 points in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic primary contest. Although Schumer still retains his title as leader of his party in … Read more
California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, who spent years pushing the false claim that Donald Trump and Russia “colluded” to “steal” the 2016 election, has a new conspiracy theory about the 45th and 47th president. In a new video posted to his social media accounts, Schiff essentially accused Trump of using his foreign tariffs strategy to … Read more
A GOP lawmaker is pushing for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, to be formally censured by the House for allegedly mocking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s disability. Rep. Randy Weber, a fellow delegate from Texas, told Fox News Digital that he would soon introduce a resolution to censure Crockett. “The story of our great governor of Texas … Read more
California Democrat Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for years over her controversial and well-timed stock trades. Now, several of her Democratic allies are joining Republicans to introduce legislation this week banning U.S. lawmakers and members of the executive branch from owning stock while in office. Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York … Read more
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to step down, the Treasury Department announced Tuesday after disagreeing with the decision to share tax data on illegal immigrants with federal law enforcement. Commissioner Melanie Krause will become the third IRS leader to leave the agency since the start of the year, which has been … Read more
The Trump administration plans to begin fining illegal immigrants subject to a deportation order $998 a day if they do not leave the United States. “Illegal aliens should use the CBP Home app to self-deport and leave the country now. If they don’t, they will face the consequences,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox … Read more
First-term GOP Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas is calling on the Trump administration to send Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) back to her homeland of Somalia. “America would be a better place if @IlhanMN were deported back to Somalia,” Gill wrote Tuesday on the X platform. Included in Gill’s tweet was a video clip featuring Omar, … Read more
President Donald Trump sounded off this week on those trying to stop his agenda, calling them “traitors” guilty of committing “treason.” While speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner on Tuesday, Trump spoke about how the Democrat Party was “not afraid” that the Trump administration’s America First policies would fail, but that they … Read more