Year: 2025
January 23, 2025
Politics
Senate DOGE caucus takes aim at $1.8B government fund for candy, comic books: ‘Purely propaganda’
What is the Department of Homeland Security going to do without its coloring books? What is the Department of Homeland Security going to do without its coloring books?
January 23, 2025
Politics
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases
Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration. Donald Trump’s new Justice...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Murkowski to vote against Hegseth, first Republican to oppose a Trump cabinet pick
Rarely has a Cabinet choice encountered such swirling allegations of wrongdoing. Rarely has a Cabinet choice encountered such swirling allegations of wrongdoing.
January 23, 2025
Politics
Judge blocks President Trump’s executive order doing away with birthright citizenship: ‘Blatantly unconstitutional’
A Seattle federal judge blasted President Trump’s day one executive order doing away with birthright citizenship Thursday, calling the action “blatantly unconstitutional.” Senior US District Judge John Coughenour made the decision to...
January 23, 2025
Health Care
Trump to address anti-abortion March for Life by video, Vance in person
The announcements come amid mounting frustration from the anti-abortion movement that not one of the avalanche of executive orders Trump signed over his first few days in office has...
January 23, 2025
Congress
Senate panel advances Turner for HUD on party-line vote
If confirmed, the NFL veteran and former developer would run a department with a $70 billion budget and roughly 8,000 employees
January 23, 2025
Politics
Nancy Pelosi’s husband made $38M worth of stock trades in weeks leading up to Trump inauguration
Paul Pelosi's trades include purchase of shares of an artificial intelligence company that has seen its stock soar nearly 50% in the last week. Paul Pelosi's trades include purchase...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Trump attacks MSNBC, says network ‘shouldn’t have a right to broadcast’
President Trump said MSNBC "shouldn't have a right to broadcast." President Trump said MSNBC "shouldn't have a right to broadcast."
January 23, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Nominee battles, reconciliation problems, abortion bill
If you work in the Senate, we're sorry about your weekend plans for the foreseeable future. Majority Leader John Thune appears to be making good on his threat to...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Trump tears into violent migrant gangs with ‘tattoos all over’ their faces ‘pouring’ into America
President Trump claimed violent gang members with "tattoos all over their faces" are pouring into America at the southern border as he plans to crack down on illegal immigration...