Month: April 2025
April 10, 2025
Congress
House Republicans hope to seal the budget deal today
House Republican who derailed a critical budget vote will meet Thursday morning to plot their next moves, as they try to extract deeper spending cuts in the framework for...
April 10, 2025
Politics
Dave Portnoy says he would ‘absolutely’ vote for Dems if economy doesn’t settle amid Trump’s tariff war
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy admitted he would "absolutely" vote for the Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections if President Trump continues to rattle the economy with his sweeping...
April 10, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: A brutal blow for Johnson and Trump
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson failed to convince enough deficit hawks to back the latest budget plan for the president’s agenda — forcing the speaker to punt his planned...
April 10, 2025
Congress
Dems plan more town halls in GOP districts for recess
Democrats are plotting a fresh round of town halls in GOP-held districts to hammer Republicans for scaling back open forums amid backlash to the Trump administration’s cuts. Top of...
April 10, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk’s DOGE discovers millions in taxpayer dollars wasted on unemployment claims for ‘fake people’
DOGE claimed it reviewed an initial survey of unemployment claims since 2020 that found that 9,700 people whose birth dates aren’t for another 15 years have claimed $69 million...
April 10, 2025
Politics
Canadian PM quickly pledges to negotiate ‘new economic and security relationship’ with US after Trump pauses tariffs on other nations
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Wednesday to negotiate a “new economic and security relationship” with the US – an announcement that comes on the same day President Trump...
April 10, 2025
Politics
House passes bill to limit ‘rogue’ judges from pausing Trump’s executive actions
The No Rogue Rulings Act cleared the lower chamber in 219-213 vote, with one Republican, Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), joining all Democrats in opposing the legislation. The No Rogue...
April 10, 2025
Politics
Speaker Johnson scraps vote on budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda just day after prez urged lawmakers to ‘stop grandstanding’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled with hardliners for about an hour before deciding that the GOP would have to punt the vote by at least one day so lawmakers...
April 10, 2025
Politics
Trump signs executive order undoing ‘dumb’ Obama-Biden showerhead regulation: ‘Makes America’s Showers Great Again’
Trump’s order will return showerhead water flow standards to the 2.5-gallons-per-minute rule that had been in place since 1992, according to the White House. Trump’s order will return showerhead...
April 10, 2025
Congress
House passes national injunction bill
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the...