Month: January 2025
January 29, 2025
Congress
Republicans go easy on RFK Jr. at confirmation hearing
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee offered Kennedy a chance to defend himself against Democrats’ attacks in his confirmation hearing Wednesday and suggested they would support him to lead...
January 29, 2025
Congress
Senate advances Zeldin toward confirmation
The Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to move to a final vote on Lee Zeldin's nomination to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Three Democrats — Sen. Mark...
January 29, 2025
Politics
White House receives 7,400 requests for ‘new media’ seat in briefing room
The seat made available by press secretary Karoline Leavitt has historically been occupied by White House staff. The seat made available by press secretary Karoline Leavitt has historically been...
January 29, 2025
Health Care
Warren pushes Kennedy on his financial gain from vaccine lawsuits
“You won't go to work for a drug company after you leave HHS, but you and I both know there's another way to make money,” Warren said. “You won't...
January 29, 2025
Politics
USDA inspector general escorted out of office after refusing to leave despite dismissal by Trump administration
Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her Friday, saying that she didn’t believe...
January 29, 2025
Congress
Jack Schlossberg launches hours-long X rant during RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing
We’re hours into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hearing now, and there’s one person who is ALL over it online: Jack Schlossberg. Schlossberg, the chronically online sensation and the only...
January 29, 2025
Congress
‘Bobby may play nice; I won’t’: RFK Jr.’s former running mate threatens senators with primaries
Nicole Shanahan vowed to fund challengers to senators who jeopardize Kennedy’s confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
January 29, 2025
Politics
Trump border czar Tom Homan mocks Joy Reid’s claim that deportation raids are ‘performative’: ‘Dumber than a box of rocks’
"What ICE did in Chicago is saved children. What we did in New York today is save children," Homan said in response to liberal commentator's claim that the raids...
January 29, 2025
Politics
Trump administration reverses federal loan, grant freeze after uproar
The instructions resulted in confusion about what programs were affected. The instructions resulted in confusion about what programs were affected.
January 29, 2025
Politics
Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi clears key Senate committee
US Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi advanced past the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line basis, teeing her up for a full-chamber confirmation vote. US Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi advanced...