Month: September 2025
September 18, 2025
Congress
Emmer casts doubt on nationwide crime bill in Congress
The No. 3 House Republican is casting doubt on whether Congress needs to pass a nationwide crime bill as the GOP seeks to project itself as the party of...
September 18, 2025
Politics
Ex-Biden chief of staff Jeff Zients called for post-debate cognitive test, said 46th prez’s memory grew worse in office: source
Zients told staff on the House Oversight Committee that he told White House physician Kevin O'Connor that Biden should have "a full medical workup" to include a cognitive exam...
September 18, 2025
Politics
Hunter Biden weighed in on pardons dad Joe signed, ex-WH chief of staff Jeff Zients tells lawmakers: source
"Toward the end of the Biden administration, Hunter Biden was involved with the pardon discussions and attended a few meetings," a source revealed of Zients' testimony. "Toward the end...
September 18, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel makes a controversial change to the childhood vaccine schedule
The panel voted to recommend against the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for young children. It postponed to Friday a vote on a recommendation to drop universal...
September 18, 2025
Politics
Olivia Nuzzi hired by Vanity Fair nearly a year after RFK Jr. sexting scandal
Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci said the magazine had been seeking out job candidates demonstrating a “certain fearlessness” for the last two months. Vanity Fair global editorial...
September 18, 2025
Congress
Senate GOP confirms 48 Trump nominees under ‘nuclear’ move
Senate Republicans confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees with one vote Thursday, days after changing the chamber’s rules along party lines to allow group consideration for most executive...
September 18, 2025
Congress
Eleanor Holmes Norton is facing her most serious political threat in decades
D.C. Council member Robert White, a former Norton aide, said Thursday he will challenge her in 2026.
September 18, 2025
Congress
GOP pummels DC officials on local crime
The top three elected officials in the District of Columbia were on Capitol Hill Thursday to defend their management of local law enforcement activities. They were also on hand...
September 18, 2025
Politics
Trump, Starmer sign $350B tech deal to spur AI, nuclear energy and quantum computing
The allied world leaders agreed that the Technology Prosperity Deal was a "win for both sides" and said it could create up to 17,500 new jobs. The allied world...
September 18, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders consider Senate jam plan after House CR vote
House Republican leaders are discussing a plan to pass a seven-week stopgap funding measure Friday then not bring the House back into session until after the Oct. 1 shutdown...