Month: March 2025
March 13, 2025
Congress
Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at 77
The 12-term Arizona Democrat had been under treatment for cancer.
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Politics
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...
March 13, 2025
Congress
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...
March 13, 2025
Congress
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...