Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Month: May 2025

House Republicans plan major SNAP food aid overhaul in Trump megabill

House Republicans are preparing one of the largest overhauls to the country’s largest anti-hunger programs in decades, with a plan to limit future increases to benefits, implement new work...

FBI ‘butchered’ 2017 congressional baseball shooting probe, downplayed anti-GOP motives of gunman, blistering report concludes

The FBI botched its investigation of the 2017 congressional baseball shooting that wounded six — downplaying the gunman’s anti-GOP motives despite having handwritten evidence, a blistering House report found....

Capitol agenda: Trump secretaries start hitting the Hill

Democratic appropriators infuriated by the Trump administration’s disregard for Congress’ power of the purse are getting their first chance to cross examine the secretaries who have aided the president’s...

Trump administration restarts involuntary collections on student loan debt

Collections had been on pause since March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the restart is expected to impact roughly 5.3 million borrowers currently in default....

Bill enshrining ‘Gulf of America’ name change into law advances to full House vote

“Despite the claims … that Republicans are wasting time, the truth is that we’re moving forward with legislation that defends American interests,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said. “Despite the...

Transportation boss Sean Duffy pledges to fix ‘frail system’ that caused frightening Newark airport air traffic control outage: ‘This should’ve been dealt with’ by Biden 

“This should have been dealt with in the last administration – they did nothing,” the Trump administration official charged.   “This should have been dealt with in the last administration...

Kamala Harris attends Met Gala 2025 day after former VP, husband Doug Emhoff hit up NYC’s swanky Polo Bar

Harris, 60, debuted the look in a portrait for Vogue Magazine, shot by former White House photographer Cameron Smith. Harris, 60, debuted the look in a portrait for Vogue...

Speaker says House will vote ‘as quickly as possible’ on District of Columbia budget fix

Speaker Mike Johnson said he still intends to hold a vote House to vote to fix the District of Columbia’s $1 billion funding shortfall, after the stopgap government funding...

Thune open to changing Senate crypto bill to win over Dems

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he is open to amending landmark cryptocurrency legislation that GOP leaders hope to pass in the coming weeks on the floor, as...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders 20% reduction in four-star generals: ‘Less Generals More GIs’  

“We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,” Hegseth explained. “We're going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,” Hegseth explained.