Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Month: February 2025

Schumer: Dems will insist on Trump undoing ‘bad things’ in spending deal

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reaffirmed that Democrats have a red line in the upcoming spending talks: No more federal funding freezes. And he took it a step further,...

Senate Judiciary Dems eager for a second hearing with Kash Patel

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are looking for a second go at probing President Donald Trump's pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel. In a letter first shared with POLITICO,...

Mike Johnson’s budget plan is at risk of collapse

The Senate is itching to move as the speaker struggles to unify House Republicans.

Trump floats plan to send criminal US citizens to foreign jails: ‘Frankly, they can keep them’

El Salvador's president offered to house American citizens in the Central American nation's prisons on Monday. El Salvador's president offered to house American citizens in the Central American nation's...

Dr. Oz makes the rounds in the Capitol

Mehmet Oz, the doctor and TV personality known as Dr. Oz, has started meeting with senators to garner support for his nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and...

Trump claims he ordered ‘obliteration’ of Iran if he’s assassinated in chilling warning: ‘I’ve left instructions’

“If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end,” Trump said in the Oval Office as he signed an order to reimpose maximum pressure on Tehran....

AOC mocked after calling Elon Musk ‘one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met’

“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live video session. “This...

FBI agents sue to halt Trump’s DOJ from blacklisting those who worked on Jan. 6, classified docs cases

Nine FBI agents allege acting Attorney General James McHenry and other DOJ officials are retaliating against them by distributing surveys asking about their involvement in the former probes of...

Gabbard nomination heads to Senate floor

The Senate Intelligence Committee approved Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence in a private vote Tuesday, sending her to the full Senate floor for consideration. While the panel...

Health agencies sued after taking down data following Trump order

It’s the latest lawsuit pushing back on the Trump administration’s shakeup of the federal government. It’s the latest lawsuit pushing back on the Trump administration’s shakeup of the federal...