Month: May 2025
May 13, 2025
Congress
Senate Republicans move toward vote on California emissions waiver
Senate Republicans could vote as soon as next week on a controversial proposal to nix federal waivers allowing California to set its own emissions standards — potentially bringing a...
May 13, 2025
Politics
House Republicans propose bill that would set aside $5 billion for private school vouchers
House Republicans look to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools. House Republicans look to set...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk pitches Trump, Saudi royals on ‘tens of millions’ of ‘humanoid robots,’ autonomous cars
"We're headed to a radically different world." "We're headed to a radically different world."
May 13, 2025
Politics
‘Rusty’ Biden napped during debate prep while advisers hoped he’d be ‘game-day performer’: book
In the mock debates, the authors write, "Biden’s performance ranged from bad to passable ... His voice was hard to hear, his delivery was halting, and his answers were...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Biden forgot names of longtime aides Jake Sullivan, Kate Bedingfield halfway through his term, new book says
"Steve," Biden beckoned twice to Jake Sullivan in December 2022, his top national security adviser of nearly a decade. "Steve," Biden beckoned twice to Jake Sullivan in December 2022,...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Trump takes golf cart ride with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince MBS ahead of state dinner
The use of the golf cart likely was a point of personal diplomacy to cap off the shows of affection to Trump. The use of the golf cart likely...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Dem lawmakers, donors threw a fit after Biden’s debate flop: ‘Who the hell is running the country?’
“We’re going to lose our f--king democracy because of you!” Hollywood director Rob Reiner shrieked at second gentleman Doug Emhoff minutes into a Los Angeles watch party. “We’re going...
May 13, 2025
Congress
CBO: 7.6 million would go uninsured under GOP Medicaid bill
The Medicaid portions of the GOP megabill would lead to 10.3 million people losing coverage under the health safety net program and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Paranoid Kamala Harris aides held ‘mock soiree’ to practice her socializing skills, book claims
“Original Sin” co-authors Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper note that Harris advisers made it a literal dry run -- deciding not to serve wine to see if the veep could...
May 13, 2025
Politics
Judge who ruled against Trump funding freeze has ties to taxpayer-funded homeless org
A Rhode Island federal judge who blocked President Trump's sweeping freeze on federal assistance earlier this year has been slapped with a complaint from a conservative legal group alleging...