Wednesday

11-03-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2025

House Oversight Committee launches probe into deadly plane crash

In wake of the January crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people, leaders of a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee are launching a bipartisan...

FBI’s new taskforce arrests 214 criminals, including Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangbangers, in two weeks

“This is the first-in-the-nation, FBI-led interagency task force established to strike at the violent criminals and illegals harming our citizenry and our way of life," FBI Director Kash Patel...

Putin rejects Trump-proposed cease-fire, demands US stop arming Ukraine ahead of Witkoff meeting in Moscow

“We agree with proposals to cease hostilities , but this cessation must lead to a long-term peace and eliminate the root cause of the initial crisis," Russia's leader...

Trump’s FDA and NIH picks clear committee, teeing up final Senate confirmation

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya's nomination to be NIH director in a 12-11 vote and backed Dr. Martin Makary's bid to be...

Johnson taps Boeing exec Curtis Beaulieu as top tax adviser

House Speaker Mike Johnson is naming Boeing official Curtis Beaulieu his top tax adviser, sources familiar with the decision say, filling a big hole on his staff as a...

White House withdraws CDC director nominee

Dave Weldon had faced growing scrutiny over his anti-vaccine views.

White House yanks Trump pick Dave Weldon for CDC director 

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of vaccine skeptic and former Republican Congressman Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hours before he...

Capitol agenda: Senate Dems’ last-minute shutdown gambit

Senate Democrats are still not committing to helping Republicans pass a seven-month funding stopgap, edging the country closer to a government shutdown as they attempt to force a vote...

Tim Walz takes blame for ‘mess’ the Democratic Party is in after election loss to Trump

The 60-year-old Minnesota governor claimed America "wouldn't be in this mess" if he and former Vice President Kamala Harris won the 2024 election in November. The 60-year-old Minnesota governor...

Trump’s Capitol Hill agenda in limbo

House and Senate Republicans are sinking deeper into an impasse over how to advance President Donald Trump’s vast legislative agenda.