Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Month: January 2025

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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.

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...

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.

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...