Wednesday

15-10-2025 Vol 19

Year: 2025

Musk says DOGE might not be able to cut $2 trillion, actually

Trump-ally Elon Musk promised last year that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency would cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal budget. Wednesday, he said the real figure...

Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Former president gets 21-gun salute as casket leaves Capitol

Follow live updates from President Jimmy Carter’s national funeral service at Washington National Cathedral, where President Biden will deliver a eulogy and President-elect Donald Trump is expected to attend....

Google gives $1million to Trump inauguration

Google has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, the company confirmed to POLITICO Thursday, matching contributions from Meta, Amazon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO...

What we’re watching: Trump attends Carter’s funeral

🗓️ What we're watching As congressional Republicans look to President-elect Donald Trump to decide how to enact his legislative agenda, he’s instead punting the decision back to them. Trump...

How the ‘Biden brand’ was used to rake $30 million for Joe and the first family, detailed in James Comer’s book

A Congressional probe led by James Comer found 170 suspicious bank transactions for the Bidens filed with the Department of the Treasury. A Congressional probe led by James Comer...

Alito confirms phone call with Trump — but says they didn’t discuss Supreme Court cases

Justice Samuel Alito confirmed he spoke Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump but insisted the conversation revolved around his former law clerk seeking a job in the incoming Trump administration...

Virginia man arrested after trying to set car on fire outside the Capitol as Trump paid respects to Jimmy Carter and met with GOP senators

The disturbing incident unfolded in front of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial just before 5:30 p.m. – at the same time Trump, 78, was arriving at the Capitol Building.  ...

Senate Dems receive secret testimony from disgruntled ex-employee of veterans group ahead of Pete Hegseth confirmation hearings: report 

A 2014 performance review obtained by the Washington Free Beacon shows that Kat Dugan, a former state director at Concerned Veterans for America, received poor marks at the organization...

Biden cancels Italy trip over the raging Los Angeles wildfires

Biden, 82, had been planning to head to Rome Thursday immediately following the Washington, DC, funeral for the late former President Jimmy Carter. Biden, 82, had been planning to...

Senate Judiciary Committee schedules Bondi confirmation hearings

The Senate Judiciary Committee has officially slotted two days for confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi. The former Florida attorney general who served...