Thursday

09-04-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2026

GOP Nebraska Sen. Dan McKeon faces historic expulsion vote over sexual misconduct allegations

If lawmakers vote next week to expel the 59-year-old Sen. Dan McKeon, a Republican in the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature, it will be the first time the body has...

Steny Hoyer set to announce retirement from Congress

The former second-ranking House Democrat has held his seat since 1981.

Gavin Newsom confronts $18B budget disaster he helped create

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is waking up to a $18 billion budget hangover — and fixing it won’t be pretty. After years of surpluses, the Golden State is facing...

Trump greenlights tough Russia sanctions bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham announces

"After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that I have been working on for months...

Trump orders flags to half-staff in honor of ‘true American patriot’ CA Congressman Doug LaMalfa

In honor of a "true American patriot," President Donald Trump ordered flags be flown at half-staff across the country for the late California Congressman Doug LaMalfa. In honor of...

Trump has ‘greenlit’ Russia sanctions bill, Lindsey Graham says

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday after meeting with President Donald Trump that the Senate could vote as soon as next week to impose new sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia...

House Oversight panel to issue more subpoenas in Epstein case

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will subpoena Les Wexner, the longtime friend and client of Jeffrey Epstein, along with two men who worked for the late convicted...

Trump pulls US out of ‘racist’ UN forum that pushed ‘global reparations agenda’

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to pull the US out of a UN coalition that State Department officials believe has been pushing unconstitutional and racist policies...

House 1 step closer to passing 3-bill spending package

The minibus is headed toward double-barrel final House votes Thursday before moving to the Senate.

Marco Rubio making moves on Greenland as Trump ‘extremely serious’ about buying island valued at $3.3 billion: sources 

The price tag starts at least $3.3 billion, per the World Bank, but rare-earth mineral valuations could bring it up into the trillions of dollars. The price tag starts...