Year: 2025
January 09, 2025
Congress
Two months later, Dems are still squabbling over lessons learned from Trump’s win
Jeffries and Schumer are laying the groundwork for portraying the GOP as the party of the ultra-wealthy.
January 09, 2025
Politics
Federal judge halts Biden admin’s rewrite of Title IX to include ‘gender identity’
Lexington, Ky. US District Chief Judge Danny Reeves ruled Thursday that the Education Department had exceeded its constitutional authority Lexington, Ky. US District Chief Judge Danny Reeves ruled Thursday...
January 09, 2025
Politics
Biden honors Jimmy Carter’s faith, character in state funeral attended by all living presidents: ‘Dear friend and a good man’
"Throughout his life, he showed us what it means to be practitioner of good works, a good and faithful servant of God and of the people," Biden said of...
January 09, 2025
Politics
Senate advances Laken Riley Act, letting states sue DHS for illegal immigration effects
The bill is named after and was inspired by a Georgia nursing student who was attacked and brutally murdered while jogging by an illegal immigrant in February 2024. The...
January 09, 2025
Politics
Trump unveils ambitious 100-executive order plan to Senate Republicans focusing on border, energy
Trump has said he will sign at least 25 executive orders on the first day of his second term, The Post has calculated. Trump has said he will sign...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Senate Finance eyes Jan. 16 hearing for Bessent
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, on Jan. 16, according to three people familiar...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Congress could wait until mid-March to consider new wildfire aid
Congress may not consider new aid for California to deal with its devastating spate of wildfires until mid-March, when Capitol Hill faces its next government funding deadline. Lawmakers see...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Fetterman to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is planning to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the first Democrat in the upper chamber to publicly make the trek after the 2024...
January 09, 2025
Politics
House passes bill to sanction ICC for arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu
The House of Representatives green-lit a bill to slap sanctions against individuals involved in the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others. The...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Background check delays Rollins confirmation hearing
Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump's Agriculture secretary pick, is among a handful of nominees whose confirmation hearings are slipping past their targeted dates due to delays with FBI background checks...