Tuesday

14-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: April 2025

Capitol agenda: What’s next in the GOP budget saga

Senate Republicans have a new budget blueprint to jump-start President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, and Majority Leader John Thune wants to adopt it by Saturday. It’s looking like he’ll...

House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agenda

Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.

Trump invites president of El Salvador to White House: ‘Your support of my efforts to combat illegal immigration is greatly appreciated’ 

Trump has invited Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to join him at the White House on April 14. Trump has invited Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to join him at the...

Trump imposes new tariffs on cheap Chinese goods sold by companies like Temu and Shein

Trump, 78, argued that the so-called de minimus exception allowed shippers from the People’s Republic and Hong Kong to “hide illicit substances” in packaging and products.  Trump, 78, argued...

Senate passes bipartisan resolution to try to block Trump’s Canada tariffs

“There's two arguments,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said. “One is the constitutional argument, but the second argument is an economic argument – tariffs are just bad.”  “There's two arguments,”...

Ex-Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra launches Calif. governor bid – potentially putting him on a collision course with Kamala Harris 

“It makes no difference to me who’s in or not,” Becerra said Wednesday. “It makes no difference to me who’s in or not,” Becerra said Wednesday.

One takeaway from POLITICO’s Health Care Summit: Trump has broken open America’s partisan divide on health

Republicans painted a picture of a corrupt, broken system. Democrats said Trump’s cuts were putting millions of lives at risk. Republicans painted a picture of a corrupt, broken system....

Wall Street braces for wild ride on stock prices after Trump reveals tariffs on most imports

Stocks took a hit in after-hours trading after the commander-in-chief slapped a 10% baseline tariff on all exporters to the US as well steeper rates for nations he accuses...

Brad Lander tells Cuomo to ‘get the f–k out of here’ after ex-gov accuses NYC mayoral opponents of being antisemitic DSA ‘disciples’

Andrew Cuomo painted several of his mayoral opponents as antisemitic DSA "disciples" -- sparking outrage from the city's highest-ranking Jewish elected official, who told the ex-gov to "get the...

Senate Republicans finally unveil budget blueprint for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ agenda

Senate Republicans moved ahead of the House to propose a $5 trillion increase to the debt limit and make 2017 federal tax cuts permanent. Senate Republicans moved ahead of...