Year: 2025
February 20, 2025
Politics
Trump FBI pick Kash Patel set for Senate confirmation after clearing final procedural hurdle
The Senate voted 51-47 to end debate on the Long Island native's nomination, with final confirmation expected Thursday afternoon. The Senate voted 51-47 to end debate on the Long...
February 20, 2025
Politics
Trump Education pick Linda McMahon clears committee, setting up confirmation vote
McMahon, who led Trump's Small Business Administration during his first term, was approved in a party-line vote by all 12 Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
February 20, 2025
Politics
Mitch McConnell not running for eighth Senate term in 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving leader in the upper chamber’s history, will not seek re-election in 2026, the Associated Press reported Thursday. McConnell (R-Ky.), 83, will have served seven...
February 20, 2025
Congress
Senate HELP Committee advances Linda McMahon’s nomination
Linda McMahon’s nomination to lead the Education Department cleared a key procedural hurdle Thursday. The Senate HELP Committee advanced McMahon’s nomination to the Senate floor in a 12-11 party-line...
February 20, 2025
Congress
McConnell to announce retirement from the Senate
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former majority leader and the most consequential Republican senator of his generation, will announce Thursday he will not seek re-election next year, according...
February 20, 2025
Politics
Trump says he and Elon Musk ‘will be very upset’ if Fort Knox gold was stolen
The Kentucky installation holds 147.3 million ounces of gold — more than half of the Treasury Department's reserves, officials say. The Kentucky installation holds 147.3 million ounces of gold...
February 20, 2025
Politics
George Santos names fellow New Yorker as smelliest member of Congress: ‘The dude just stinks’
Santos claimed the congressman "would waddle down that aisle and crop dust." Santos claimed the congressman "would waddle down that aisle and crop dust."
February 20, 2025
Congress
Fresh executive order targets sanctuary cities, federal aid for undocumented migrants
The action marks Trump’s latest attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.
February 20, 2025
Congress
Valadao treads lightly on Medicaid as Obamacare vote haunts him
The California representative publicly pushed Speaker Mike Johnson not to slash the benefit in a letter signed by seven other House Republicans.
February 20, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: The Senate vote-a-rama is on
Senate GOP leaders are coming dangerously close to defying President Donald Trump, moving forward on their budget resolution today despite his explicit demand for “both Chambers to pass the...