Month: May 2025
May 20, 2025
Politics
Marco Rubio warns Syria ‘weeks’ away from ‘collapse and full-scale civil war of epic proportions’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio bleakly warned that Syria appears to be weeks away from plunging into another civil war or collapsing altogether, elevating the risk of wreaking havoc...
May 20, 2025
Politics
Oncologist who worked with Biden calls for massive change in how White House doctors are selected after ex-prez’s cancer diagnosis
“We need an independent group of doctors -- three doctors -- not chosen by the president and not politicized," Dr Ezekiel Emanuel said. “We need an independent group of...
May 20, 2025
Congress
Massie unmoved on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after president’s personal pitch
President Donald Trump called Rep. Thomas Massie a “grandstander” during his visit to the Capitol Tuesday morning to whip support for his “big, beautiful bill,” after previously calling for...
May 20, 2025
Congress
Noem defends potentially suspending habeas corpus, defines it as ‘right the president has to … remove people’
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration potentially suspending habeas corpus, engaging in a public scuffle Tuesday with a Democratic senator over the definition of...
May 20, 2025
Congress
Senate will vote on nixing California clean-air waivers, Thune says
Senate Republicans will move this week to nix California’s vehicle emission waivers, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said, setting up a high-stakes fight over the chamber’s rules. Thune said...
May 20, 2025
Congress
Jared Golden opts for reelection bid in Trump-favored district
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) announced he would seek a fifth term in the House on Tuesday, ending speculation that he could run statewide instead. Golden has held a battleground...
May 20, 2025
Congress
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver faces felony assault charge in conflict at ICE facility, court filing shows
The complaint was presented to a U.S. magistrate judge shortly before New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, announced the charge.
May 20, 2025
Politics
Trump tells Rep. Mike Lawler to back off SALT cap fight in ‘big beautiful bill’
President Trump told the rep Tuesday to back off on his demand for a higher limit on state and local tax (SALT) deductions — as the ask threatens GOP...
May 20, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. calls for global health cooperation outside the World Health Organization
The health secretary also rejected a pandemic agreement member countries of the U.N. agency just adopted. The health secretary also rejected a pandemic agreement member countries of the U.N....
May 20, 2025
Congress
Trump appears to be losing patience with blue-state Republicans on SALT
President Donald Trump took a surprising swipe Tuesday at efforts to increase a key tax deduction — underscoring that the main beneficiaries would be Democratic “governors from New York,...