Year: 2025
September 19, 2025
Politics
AFT boss Randi Weingarten promotes her book suggesting Trump is a fascist in wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination
“Democracy is people power. But fascists want one leader or a small group of elites to have all the power. And that is what’s happening in the United States...
September 19, 2025
Congress
Senate approves new path for member security funding
The Senate greenlit a rules change Thursday night to allow Senators to use official office funds for personal security measures — a move driven by concerns about lawmaker security...
September 18, 2025
Congress
Senate eyes Friday votes on dueling funding bills
Senators are expected to vote Friday on competing plans to temporarily fund the government past the end of the month as a partisan standoff ratchets up the chances for...
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.