Saturday

14-03-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2025

Capitol agenda: A brutal blow for Johnson and Trump

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson failed to convince enough deficit hawks to back the latest budget plan for the president’s agenda — forcing the speaker to punt his planned...

Dems plan more town halls in GOP districts for recess

Democrats are plotting a fresh round of town halls in GOP-held districts to hammer Republicans for scaling back open forums amid backlash to the Trump administration’s cuts. Top of...

Elon Musk’s DOGE discovers millions in taxpayer dollars wasted on unemployment claims for ‘fake people’

DOGE claimed it reviewed an initial survey of unemployment claims since 2020 that found that 9,700 people whose birth dates aren’t for another 15 years have claimed $69 million...

Canadian PM quickly pledges to negotiate ‘new economic and security relationship’ with US after Trump pauses tariffs on other nations

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Wednesday to negotiate a “new economic and security relationship” with the US – an announcement that comes on the same day President Trump...

House passes bill to limit ‘rogue’ judges from pausing Trump’s executive actions

The No Rogue Rulings Act cleared the lower chamber in 219-213 vote, with one Republican, Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), joining all Democrats in opposing the legislation.  The No Rogue...

Speaker Johnson scraps vote on budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda just day after prez urged lawmakers to ‘stop grandstanding’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled with hardliners for about an hour before deciding that the GOP would have to punt the vote by at least one day so lawmakers...

Trump signs executive order undoing ‘dumb’ Obama-Biden showerhead regulation: ‘Makes America’s Showers Great Again’

Trump’s order will return showerhead water flow standards to the 2.5-gallons-per-minute rule that had been in place since 1992, according to the White House. Trump’s order will return showerhead...

House passes national injunction bill

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the...

Elon Musk, Chuck Schumer trade verbal blows as DOGE boss suggests senator profits from government fraud

Business tycoon Elon Musk floated the idea that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is somehow profiting off of government fraud, though the lawmaker has pushed back. Business tycoon Elon Musk floated the...

Appeals court rules Trump administration can fire thousands of probationary federal workers

The Trump administration was given the green light to fire thousands of federal workers by an appeals court on Wednesday in a 2-1 ruling. The Trump administration was given...