Saturday

19-04-2025 Vol 19

Year: 2025

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...