Month: May 2025
May 06, 2025
Congress
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...
May 06, 2025
Politics
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....
May 06, 2025
Congress
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...
May 06, 2025
Politics
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....
May 06, 2025
Politics
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...
May 06, 2025
Politics
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...
May 06, 2025
Politics
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...
May 06, 2025
Congress
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...
May 06, 2025
Congress
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...
May 05, 2025
Politics
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.