Month: September 2025
September 03, 2025
Congress
House Republicans help kill effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver
Some House Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to sink an effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver over her involvement in a chaotic May scuffle outside an immigration detention...
September 03, 2025
Congress
House votes to establish a new committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack
House members voted largely along party lines Wednesday to formally establish a new panel to investigate the events around the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. It's the...
September 03, 2025
Congress
House approves symbolic signal of support for Oversight’s Epstein investigation
The House approved a symbolic measure that would affirm the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the handling of case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The...
September 03, 2025
Congress
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation
House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker’s effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.). Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is...
September 03, 2025
Congress
Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files
The Kentucky Republican is defending his approach as his leadership tries to undermine the effort.
September 03, 2025
Politics
Trump says Putin and Xi ‘were hoping I was watching’ Beijing parade
The Chinese military parade marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat by the US military in World War II. The Chinese military parade marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's...
September 03, 2025
Congress
House releases first trove of Epstein files
The materials, most of which are already publicly available, were produced as a result of a congressional subpoena.
September 03, 2025
Congress
RFK Jr. will face ‘hard questions’ over CDC shakeup, Thune says
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face "hard questions" over a recent shakeup of top health officials...
September 03, 2025
Politics
Lisa Cook told Biden admin, Senate of mortgage issues ahead of Fed confirmation, her lawyers say
Trump announced Aug. 25 that he was removing Cook from the Fed board over claims she improperly listed both an Atlanta condo and a Michigan home as her primary...
September 03, 2025
Politics
Trump’s return to office mandate is working — with employees in DC twice as likely to work on-site
The number of federal workers in DC who are in the office full-time stands at 46%, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The number of federal workers in...