Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Month: January 2025

Capitol agenda: Big day for Trump nominees, questions on plane crash

Several of President Donald Trump’s toughest confirmation fights are playing out in the Senate today. Here’s a rundown of what we’re watching. Tulsi Gabbard: Trump’s pick to serve as...

‘Using the devil’s own tools against them’: Abortion opponents turn to environmental laws

Several states are trying to curtail abortion medication by claiming mifepristone could contaminate drinking water. Several states are trying to curtail abortion medication by claiming mifepristone could contaminate drinking...

Dems launch group to hit Trump on tax cuts

Organizers say the nonprofit will be backed by an eight-figure funding campaign

Ex-NJ Sen. Bob Menendez says ‘Trump was right’ about politically-charged prosecutions as he panders for pardon in bribery scheme

“President Trump was right,” Menendez declared Monday. “This process is political and is corrupted to its core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity...

Trump says collision between American Airlines jet and Army helicopter ‘looks like it should have been prevented’ 

President Trump argued Thursday that it appears to him that the collision between an American Airlines jet and Army helicopter over the Potomac River “should have been prevented.”  President...

Vance claims Biden admin knew whereabouts of criminal migrants but did nothing about it: ‘It should shock the conscience of the American people’

“What is shocking to me is that many of these violent criminals – we knew their addresses, we knew their names. We just needed to send somebody to go...

Trump orders defunding of K-12 schools that promote ‘radical’ gender and race ‘indoctrination’

Trump, 78, argued that students in schools teaching CRT and promoting transgenderism “are forced to accept these ideologies without question or critical examination.” Trump, 78, argued that students in...

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine group sees vindication in his Senate testimony

Mary Holland, head of Kennedy-founded Children's Health Defense, spoke to POLITICO after attending his confirmation hearing. Mary Holland, head of Kennedy-founded Children's Health Defense, spoke to POLITICO after attending...

New EPA chief Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda — and a plan to keep courts from overturning it

Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda for the Environmental Protection Agency, even beyond undoing years of damage from President Joe Biden and various states — but he’ll be consulting lawyers...

Trump reinstates executive order protecting monuments to deter ‘pro-Hamas-related vandalism’

Trump, 78, issued the directive in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, over apparent concerns that "pro-Hamas-related vandalism” could tarnish the nation’s sesquicentennial.  Trump, 78, issued...