Month: January 2025
January 28, 2025
Congress
Johnson vows ‘no daylight’ between Congress and Trump on tariff-immigration threats
DORAL, FLORIDA — Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday celebrated President Donald Trump's weekend trade war threat against Colombia, adding there will be "no daylight" between Congress and Trump on...
January 28, 2025
Congress
Sen. Paul subpoenas 14 agencies over Covid origin
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee subpoenaed 14 agencies in mid-January about the origin of Covid-19 and risky research conducted at a lab in China with U.S....
January 28, 2025
Congress
Committee chair launches sanctuary cities investigation
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer is launching an investigation into sanctuary cities as the new Trump administration launches a deluge of executive actions to crack down...
January 28, 2025
Congress
Sean Duffy clears key Senate vote to head DOT
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, cleared a key procedural vote in the Senate on Monday, setting up a final vote on his nomination in the...
January 27, 2025
Politics
Trump calls China’s AI DeepSeek breakthrough ‘a wakeup call’ — but ‘positive’ if true
"I've been reading about China and some of the companies in China, one in particular, coming up with a faster method of AI and much less expensive method," Trump,...
January 27, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. says he’s open to seizing drug patents
Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week. Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week. Health...
January 27, 2025
Politics
Ex-hedge fund manager Scott Bessent confirmed as Trump’s Treasury secretary
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent — who has vowed to crack down on off-the-rails federal spending and help avert a “crushing $4 trillion tax hike” on Americans by year’s...
January 27, 2025
Education
Broward schools guide principals on how to deal with new immigration policy
Many school principals around the country are preparing for the possibility of having to deal with President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies. On Monday, Angela R. Fulton, a Broward...
January 27, 2025
Politics
Colombian president’s daughter shades Trump’s deportation feud: ‘For every Colombian deported, we will return a gringo’
The first daughter of Colombia's president has waded into the short-lived standoff between her father and President Trump over deportations – suggesting the Latin American nation should send back...
January 27, 2025
Politics
JD Vance blasts ‘broken’ FEMA for ‘holding up’ billions in hurricane relief: ‘Not doing the American people’s will’
At least $4 billion is earmarked for hurricane response in Virginia but only $47 million has been distributed so far, the vice president said. At least $4 billion is...