Year: 2025
February 04, 2025
Politics
Phil Murphy and JB Pritzker want to be progressive superheroes — and they’re willing to lie to look good
The Democratic governors think they are fighting for justice, but they're really sending a message that laws are meant to be broken — by them. The Democratic governors think...
February 04, 2025
Politics
Trump lays out goal for Education Secretary: ‘I want her to put herself out of a job’
President Trump revealed that his top objective for Department of Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon is for her to see the elimination of the position altogether. President Trump revealed...
February 04, 2025
Congress
Schumer: Dems will insist on Trump undoing ‘bad things’ in spending deal
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reaffirmed that Democrats have a red line in the upcoming spending talks: No more federal funding freezes. And he took it a step further,...
February 04, 2025
Congress
Senate Judiciary Dems eager for a second hearing with Kash Patel
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are looking for a second go at probing President Donald Trump's pick to run the FBI, Kash Patel. In a letter first shared with POLITICO,...
February 04, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson’s budget plan is at risk of collapse
The Senate is itching to move as the speaker struggles to unify House Republicans.
February 04, 2025
Politics
Trump floats plan to send criminal US citizens to foreign jails: ‘Frankly, they can keep them’
El Salvador's president offered to house American citizens in the Central American nation's prisons on Monday. El Salvador's president offered to house American citizens in the Central American nation's...
February 04, 2025
Congress
Dr. Oz makes the rounds in the Capitol
Mehmet Oz, the doctor and TV personality known as Dr. Oz, has started meeting with senators to garner support for his nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and...
February 04, 2025
Politics
Trump claims he ordered ‘obliteration’ of Iran if he’s assassinated in chilling warning: ‘I’ve left instructions’
“If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end,” Trump said in the Oval Office as he signed an order to reimpose maximum pressure on Tehran....
February 04, 2025
Politics
AOC mocked after calling Elon Musk ‘one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met’
“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live video session. “This...
February 04, 2025
Politics
FBI agents sue to halt Trump’s DOJ from blacklisting those who worked on Jan. 6, classified docs cases
Nine FBI agents allege acting Attorney General James McHenry and other DOJ officials are retaliating against them by distributing surveys asking about their involvement in the former probes of...