Month: April 2025
April 03, 2025
Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Chief of Staff Hayden Haynes pleads not guilty to DUI charges
Capitol Police arrested Hayden Haynes on March 4, about 45 minutes after the president’s address concluded, after he backed his Tesla into a parked Chevrolet Suburban. Capitol Police arrested...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Senate confirms Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
The former TV host has secured the votes needed to lead CMS. The former TV host has secured the votes needed to lead CMS.
April 03, 2025
Politics
Senate GOP’s blueprint for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ agenda includes tax cuts, border security and more — here’s what’s inside
Senate Republicans are poised to kick off the voting process for advancing the blueprint on President Trump's "big, beautiful" agenda package on tax cuts, border security, energy production and...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Whoopi Goldberg signs off ‘The View’ with call to anti-Trump ‘resistance’
"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg signed off Thursday's show by rallying the movement resisting President Donald Trump. "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg signed off Thursday's show by rallying the movement resisting...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Russia calls Trump threats to bomb Iran ‘illegal and unacceptable’
Trump has warned there could be direct conflict if Iran doesn’t halt its nuclear program. Trump has warned there could be direct conflict if Iran doesn’t halt its nuclear...
April 03, 2025
Health Care
Kennedy shutters several FOIA offices at HHS
The department plans to consolidate all agency FOIA offices into one. The department plans to consolidate all agency FOIA offices into one. Health Care
April 03, 2025
Politics
Pentagon watchdog launches probe of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Signalgate leak
The Pentagon’s official watchdog revealed Thursday that it is conducting an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in Signalgate. The Pentagon’s official watchdog revealed Thursday that it is...
April 03, 2025
Congress
Democrats take aim at Trump’s latest tariffs
After successfully engineering a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats want to do it again: They’re eyeing a new measure that could splinter Republicans and potentially undo...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Why Russia was left off Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs list
The Kremlin was among a handful of countries noticeably exempt from Trump's decision to slap a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the US, as well as higher...
April 03, 2025
Politics
Alina Habba wins bid to drop foreign bribery case citing Trump EO — after judge refused pause
The bribery case dismissed Thursday was brought in 2019 against two executives at Teaneck, NJ-based technology outsourcing company Cognizant who allegedly authorized $3.6 million in bribes to an Indian...