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December 18, 2025
Politics
President Trump creates two new federal holidays around Christmas
Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump. Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump.
December 18, 2025
Congress
House passes major GOP-led permitting overhaul after late drama
The House passed bipartisan legislation by a 221-196 vote Thursday aimed at overhauling federal permitting reviews in a bid to accelerate the construction of new energy and infrastructure projects...
December 18, 2025
Congress
Loudermilk looks to early 2026 for first Jan. 6 hearing
The new Republican-led subcommittee investigating the events around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have its first hearing next month, panel Chair Barry Loudermilk said Thursday....
December 18, 2025
Politics
New York Times columnist David Brooks, Google co-founder Sergey Brin among new faces in Jeffrey Epstein photo release
Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the estate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the...
December 18, 2025
Politics
MTA honcho boasts of anti-subway surfing effort ‘success’ — but death toll tells different story
MTA boss Janno Lieber celebrated the transit agency’s efforts to curb subway surfing Wednesday — but the annual death toll shows the deadly stunt is as big a problem...
December 18, 2025
Politics
Trump’s $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ to service members came from military housing fund
The Independence Day-themed $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks President Trump announced during his prime-time address to the nation are funded by military housing supplement money, a senior administration official told...
December 18, 2025
Politics
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claps back at protesters who boo’d him at dinner in DC
"You are ignorant," the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, mocking the faux-toast from the protester by raising his wine glass in response. "You are ignorant," the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,...
December 18, 2025
Congress
Johnson, Steil brief lawmakers on new plan to address insider trading on the Hill
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) briefed a group of GOP members Thursday about their new plan to address insider trading among lawmakers — indicating...
December 18, 2025
Congress
‘No path’ for another GOP party-line bill, Ways and Means chair says
House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith is swatting down his some of his colleagues' hopes for a party-line policy bill next year, even as Speaker Mike Johnson publicly...
December 18, 2025
Politics
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claps back at protesters who interrupted his dinner in DC
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clapped back at left-wing protesters who rudely interrupted him while he was dining in DC Wednesday night. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clapped back at left-wing...