Month: February 2025
February 24, 2025
Congress
Winning over budget holdouts ‘won’t be that difficult,’ Arrington says
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington said Monday he is not expecting substantial alternations to the fiscal blueprint he muscled through his committee earlier this month as Republicans try to...
February 24, 2025
Politics
Virginia Dem ripped after invoking famous Holocaust quote in attack on DOGE: ‘First they came for …’
"Comparing the loss of some government jobs to the Holocaust is an insult to the memory of the millions who were slaughtered ," state House Minority...
February 24, 2025
Politics
Macron vows Europe will ‘more fairly’ contribute aid after Trump meeting — warns Ukraine peace must be ‘checked and verified’
The French president was the first leader to meet with Trump since the American president referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a 'dictator' and suggested that Kyiv had...
February 24, 2025
Congress
Jordan uses first subpoena of new Congress to target Biden admin
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed the FBI for a trove of new materials related to the Biden administration’s activities, including investigations around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and...
February 24, 2025
Congress
Democrats plot difficult votes for Energy and Commerce Republicans
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will on Tuesday adopt its oversight plans for the new Congress — and Democrats might make it all about Medicaid. Members of the...
February 24, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk’s ‘justify your job’ emails are ‘voluntary’ after key agency heads ignore them: federal personnel office
OPM also instructed multiple HR departments that failure to reply to the email did not mean automatic termination -- despite the Tesla and Space X boss' warning to the...
February 24, 2025
Politics
NY Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announces he’s leaving ticket following public breaks with Hochul
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Monday he won’t run for reelection as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s number two in 2026. New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Monday...
February 24, 2025
Politics
Trump admin backs Russia in opposing UN resolution blaming Moscow for Ukraine war
"I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self-evident," President Trump told reporters when asked about the UN vote in the Oval Office on Monday. "I...
February 24, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk’s ultimatum email to federal workers sets up power struggle in DC, among top Trump officials
Elon Musk is finding himself locked in a power struggle with top Trump administration officials over an out-of-the-blue email blast to federal workers Saturday demanding that they list their...
February 24, 2025
Politics
My US ballerina girlfriend is locked up in a Russian prison – I beg President Trump to bring her home
“My message is simple: Ksenia is proud to be an American citizen and loves America very much. I beg President Trump to bring Ksenia home" said boxer Chris Van...