Year: 2025
June 23, 2025
Congress
Lawmakers to Bondi: DOJ funding cuts threaten national security
Attorney General Pam Bondi came under bipartisan pressure Monday from lawmakers who argued that proposed funding cuts to the Justice Department, including the FBI, are unwise as the conflict...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Billionaire Dem donors Bloomberg, Diller slam ‘ineffectual’ DNC — say they won’t fork over more cash for now
“There is just a broad consensus that the DNC is ineffectual and not where we should be giving money," a longtime donor said. “There is just a broad consensus...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deporting migrants to third countries
In a 6–3 decision that broke down along ideological lines, the justices stayed a late April ruling by a Boston federal judge that temporarily stymied the rapid deportation effort....
June 23, 2025
Congress
House Democrats needle the GOP over Jan. 6 with replica plaques
Several House Democrats are posting replicas of a commemorative plaque for police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — needling Speaker Mike Johnson for...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Murkowski suggests she could become an Independent in the right circumstance
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics in the Senate GOP, said in a podcast on Monday that there are certain situations in which...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Trump confirms ‘early notice’ of ‘very weak response’ by Iran on US base in Qatar
President Trump said Monday that Iran gave the US an "early notice" of its plans to retaliate by launching an attack on the US military base in Doha, Qatar...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Trump has ‘no intention’ of striking back after Iran’s ‘failed retaliation’: sources
President Trump does not plan to take further action against Iran following its “failed retaliation” strike on a US base in Qatar Monday night, a military official told The...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Fetterman scoffs at AOC’s push to impeach Trump after Iran strikes: ‘That’s not going anywhere’
"I think if you throw that term around, that actually diminishes what the severity of what impeachment is really reserved for," the Pennsylvania Dem said. "I think if you...
June 23, 2025
Politics
White House insists Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t pick up the phone to be alerted about Iran strikes
"The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn't be reached,'' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. "The White...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Trump federal court nominee Bove to testify Wednesday
Emil Bove will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for his nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump nominated Bove, his principal associate deputy attorney...