Year: 2025
September 16, 2025
Politics
Top Judiciary Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin calls for unity: ‘Republicans are not Nazis and Democrats are not evil’
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Tuesday for all lawmakers "to bring down the temperature" and help unify the country in the...
September 16, 2025
Congress
House CR to be released Tuesday, GOP leaders say, setting up Friday vote
House GOP leaders said they plan to release a stopgap funding bill after a Republican conference meeting Tuesday, setting up a Friday vote on the short-term punt. Majority Leader...
September 16, 2025
Congress
FBI chief, under fire, tells senators to ‘bring it on’
Embattled FBI Director Kash Patel defended his leadership of the nation's top law enforcement agency in opening remarks Tuesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I’m honored to be...
September 16, 2025
Politics
Trump reveals US sank third Venezuelan drug-running boat
President Trump revealed Tuesday morning that the US military sank a third alleged drug-running boat off the Venezuelan coast. President Trump revealed Tuesday morning that the US military sank...
September 16, 2025
Politics
Bondi takes heat from the right after vowing to prosecute ‘hate speech’: ‘We will absolutely target you’
Attorney General Pam Bondi raised eyebrows Monday by declaring that her team will "absolutely" target people spewing "hate speech" in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, roiling defenders of...
September 16, 2025
Politics
DA Fani Willis loses bid to appeal Trump’s Georgia election interference case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday lost her bid to get back on the Georgia election interference case against President Trump and his allies. Fulton County District...
September 16, 2025
Politics
New FBI files released by Sen. Chuck Grassley show more Biden bribery allegations
Then-Vice President Joe Biden met directly with Ukraine's president "to protect the interests" of his son -- which included those of Burisma's owner, Mykola Zlochevsky, who was paying Hunter...
September 16, 2025
Education
Police: 2 Pembroke Pines schools placed on ‘precautionary Code Secure’ due to suspicious people in area
Two schools in Pembroke Pines were placed on a “precautionary Code Secure” Tuesday morning after police received a report about two suspicious individuals who were spotted in the area,...
September 16, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: GOP prepares a weekend jam for Democrats
Republicans are bracing for weekend work to push through a stopgap funding bill. The first step: reaching consensus on new money for member security. The debate around the cost...
September 16, 2025
Congress
The Senate’s doomsday scenario
The latest "nuclear" standoff raises questions about whether a future president will be able to staff up in a split government.