Year: 2025
May 14, 2025
Politics
Air travel will be ‘worse’ this summer, lawmakers warn — as FAA gives infuriating update on system fixes, staffing issues
Air Traffic Organization deputy COO Franklin McIntosh revealed in an exchange with Klobuchar that the agency is only on track to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers by the end...
May 14, 2025
Politics
Reps. Blake Moore, Debbie Dingell, Jan Schakowsky doze off during grueling overnight committee work
At least three House lawmakers were caught snoozing in the middle of marathon committee work that bled into Wednesday morning to stitch together President Trump's "big, beautiful" agenda bill....
May 14, 2025
Congress
The Library of Congress is in limbo as GOP leaders question a Trump takeover
Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.
May 14, 2025
Congress
Alaska Republican supports GOP SNAP plan — that hits his home state hard
Alaska’s lone House lawmaker says he supports Republicans’ plan to pay for their megabill by shifting some food aid costs to states — a move that hits Alaska and...
May 14, 2025
Congress
Democrats grill Noem on Abrego Garcia and two deported US children
A House Homeland Security Committee meeting on reconciliation devolved into a slew of criticism on Trump’s biggest immigration controversies this term.
May 14, 2025
Health Care
Democrats confront RFK Jr. on budget cuts, but will need Republican help to stop them
Post Content Health Care
May 14, 2025
Congress
Hamstrung House ethics watchdog was flooded with messages in Q1
A new report shows the House's ethics watchdog received thousands of messages from the public during the first three months of 2025 — while it was prohibited from opening...
May 14, 2025
Politics
RFK Jr. says ultra-processed food is a ‘genocide’ on Native Americans
"One of my big priorities will be getting good food, high-quality food, traditional foods onto the reservation, because American Indians, because processed food for American Indians is poison," he...
May 14, 2025
Congress
House tax writers advance GOP bill after marathon, contentious hearing
The legislation now heads to the full House, but with a major blank to fill in on how much to expand a deduction for state and local taxes.
May 14, 2025
Congress
Dems go after GOP online fundraising after Trump attacks ActBlue
The three congress members' inquiry into platforms like WinRed and a Trump-affiliated cryptocurrency come after Republicans targeted the Democratic small-dollar fundraiser ActBlue.