Month: June 2025
June 23, 2025
Congress
Thomas Massie says he’ll withdraw war-powers measure if Iran-Israel cease-fire holds
Rep. Thomas Massie told reporters Monday evening he won't advance a measure to block U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict if an apparent cease-fire announced by President Donald Trump...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Lee, Scott head to White House for megabill talks
GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida are separately headed to the White House Monday afternoon to meet with President Donald Trump about the pending...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Tom Cotton shares poll showing overwhelming GOP support for Iran strikes
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Monday shared with GOP colleagues results from a new poll that showed overwhelming support among Republicans for President Donald Trump’s strikes in Iran. The...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Trump announces Israel and Iran have agreed to cease-fire
President Donald Trump announced in a Monday evening post on Truth Social that Israel and Iran have agreed in principle to a ceasefire. President Donald Trump announced in a...
June 23, 2025
Congress
2 Ohio Republicans launch bids to unseat Kaptur
The hotly contested House seat will host a crowded GOP primary.
June 23, 2025
Congress
Lawmakers to Bondi: DOJ funding cuts threaten national security
Attorney General Pam Bondi came under bipartisan pressure Monday from lawmakers who argued that proposed funding cuts to the Justice Department, including the FBI, are unwise as the conflict...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Billionaire Dem donors Bloomberg, Diller slam ‘ineffectual’ DNC — say they won’t fork over more cash for now
“There is just a broad consensus that the DNC is ineffectual and not where we should be giving money," a longtime donor said. “There is just a broad consensus...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deporting migrants to third countries
In a 6–3 decision that broke down along ideological lines, the justices stayed a late April ruling by a Boston federal judge that temporarily stymied the rapid deportation effort....
June 23, 2025
Congress
House Democrats needle the GOP over Jan. 6 with replica plaques
Several House Democrats are posting replicas of a commemorative plaque for police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — needling Speaker Mike Johnson for...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Murkowski suggests she could become an Independent in the right circumstance
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics in the Senate GOP, said in a podcast on Monday that there are certain situations in which...