Month: May 2025
May 15, 2025
Congress
Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill
More than a dozen House Republicans are urging party leaders to undo key rollbacks of Democrats’ clean energy credits that the Ways and Means Committee pushed through Wednesday as...
May 15, 2025
Congress
House Ag urges industry groups to back megabill farm spending
GOP staff for the the House Agriculture Committee is warning industry groups that they need to get behind the panel’s megabill package of $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts...
May 15, 2025
Politics
Putin skipping part of delegation heading to Turkey for Ukraine-Russia peace talks, Kremlin says
Despite proposing the direct talks in Istanbul, Putin’s name did not appear on a list released by the Kremlin on Wednesday of Russian officials who would be attending the...
May 15, 2025
Politics
What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to weaken limits on some harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized the first-ever...
May 15, 2025
Politics
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani endorsed by ex-‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman in move bashed by Jewish activists: ‘Very on brand’
Ex-"Squad" Rep. Jamaal Bowman endorsed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor Wednesday, an embrace from a former two-term congressman who was tossed from office by voters last year after...
May 14, 2025
Politics
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested protesting Senate hearing: ‘RFK kills people’
Ben Cohen was among seven arrested after they disrupted the hearing, Capitol Police say. Ben Cohen was among seven arrested after they disrupted the hearing, Capitol Police say.
May 14, 2025
Politics
Air traffic controllers’ union throws wrench in Sean Duffy’s bid to boost hiring: sources
The FAA is currently 3,000 short of its staffing goals. The FAA is currently 3,000 short of its staffing goals.
May 14, 2025
Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson throws his weight behind bid to bar congressional stock trading
“You want me to tell you my honest opinion on it? I’m in favor of that, because I don’t think we should have any appearance of impropriety here.” “You...
May 14, 2025
Politics
House Democrat pulls Trump impeachment resolution after backlash from own party
Rep. Shri Thanedar announced plans to bring impeachment articles late last month, shortly after Michigan legislator Donavan McKinney launched a Democratic primary challenge. Rep. Shri Thanedar announced plans to...
May 14, 2025
Congress
White House considers plan B as DOGE cuts hit a wall on the Hill
The Republican Senate has been skeptical of codifying DOGE’s massive cuts.