Wednesday

22-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: March 2025

Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at 77

The 12-term Arizona Democrat had been under treatment for cancer.

Senate Dems prepare to filibuster GOP plan to avert govt shutdown — despite trying to defang tactic under Biden

Back in 2022, then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down "talking filibuster" on two pieces of voting...

Arizona Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva dead at 77, second House Dem to pass away this Congress

The staunch Democrat revealed his cancer diagnosis last year, but was optimistic about treatment and chose to run for a second term. The staunch Democrat revealed his cancer diagnosis...

Trump administration demands UN agencies disclose any ‘anti-American’ ties

The Trump administration is demanding U.N. humanitarian agencies that receive or disburse U.S. funding fill out a questionnaire disclosing any ties to communism, socialism or anti-American beliefs. The Trump...

Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, 89, bankrolling US ‘working families’ group opposed to Trump tax cuts

An upstart progressive advocacy group claiming to support "working families" and opposed to President Trump's plans to "give more tax cuts" to billionaires is, itself, funded by billionaires. An...

Trump says ‘you have to keep NATO strong’ — as alliance chief hails prez for ‘staggering’ boost in military spending

"You have to keep NATO strong. You have to keep it relevant," Trump said in the Oval Office while hosting NATO secretary general Mark Rutte. "You have to keep...

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed...

Trump to use wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport illegal migrants from ‘enemy nations’: sources

The president had campaigned on invoking the centuries-old law to remove illegal migrants from "enemy nations" if they are deemed a threat to the US -- a move that...

Sarah McBride says she lives ‘rent-free’ in Republicans’ heads

LEESBURG, Virginia — Rep. Sarah McBride said she lived to “rent-free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues” amid a controversy about GOP lawmakers referring to her...

Senate confirms Pulte as top housing regulator, with market’s future at stake

The Senate on Thursday voted 56-43 to confirm Bill Pulte as the nation's top housing regulator, putting him at the center of a fight over the future of two...