Year: 2025
January 07, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders still giving conflicting guidance on reconciliation plans
Congressional Republicans are still waiting on more guidance from Donald Trump on their complex legislative priorities, as the incoming president is set to meet with senators on Wednesday. On...
January 07, 2025
Congress
New Dem additions to a plum panel are spurring private angst
An under-the-radar decision to add Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and about half a dozen other members to the House Energy and Commerce is causing some angst among House Democrats, according...
January 07, 2025
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Trump boasts foreign investments, blasts Biden administration
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted a new $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers, blasted the Biden administration for its final policies and promised to reverse...
January 07, 2025
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Coming soon: Gulf of America
Donald Trump said he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of...
January 07, 2025
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Trump slams Carter’s Panama Canal deal as he’s set to lie in state
President-elect Donald Trump slammed Jimmy Carter’s agreement to transfer ownership of the Panama Canal to Panama as a “disgrace” — on the first day the late former president is...
January 07, 2025
Congress
Johnson downplays debt cliff risks with one-track reconciliation push
Trying to raise the debt limit in a massive reconciliation bill could completely derail an already messy process. Speaker Mike Johnson is insisting it’s still his plan. Republicans were...
January 07, 2025
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Jordan plans meeting with Zuckerberg after Meta eliminates fact-check program
Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan told reporters that he's meeting with Mark Zuckerberg in the next few weeks, as the Meta CEO plans an upcoming visit to D.C. Meta announced...
January 07, 2025
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Kennedy to ask Democrats to confirm him as HHS secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead HHS, will meet with Senate Democrats on key health committees this week as he makes his case for why...
January 07, 2025
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Trump warns of new tariffs against Canada, Mexico, EU. And maybe Denmark, too.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico and Canada to pressure both countries to...
January 07, 2025
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Meet the new members: A Navy SEAL knocks out a Montana fixture
The new member: Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) How they got here: Sheehy won an incredibly expensive contest to oust three-term Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester by a 52.6 percent...