Politics

Trump-backed bills on activist judges, non-citizen voting heading for House-wide votes

Two key bills backed by President Donald Trump are set to get a vote this week after advancing through the…

5 months ago

DOGE cuts $51M from US African Development Foundation, including $229K to market shea butter

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced $51 million in cuts from the U.S. African Development Foundation, which included hundreds…

5 months ago

DOGE helps State Department eliminate Biden admin’s DEI performance evaluation requirement

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the State Department called out practices under the Biden administration that required diversity,…

5 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: Trump tax cuts ‘top priority’ for Congress, says top House GOP leader

EXCLUSIVE – Following President Donald Trump’s "liberation day" tariffs announcement, a top House GOP leader is pushing for Congress to…

5 months ago

Supreme Court grants Trump request to lift stay halting Venezuelan deportations

The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s request to vacate a lower court's ruling barring the administration from…

5 months ago

House conservatives ready to oppose Senate GOP framework for Trump tax cut package

There is serious consternation among House conservatives about the updated budget framework the Senate approved early Saturday morning for the…

5 months ago

Elbridge Colby clears hurdle, moves to final vote to become Pentagon’s top policy strategist

The Senate voted Monday to invoke cloture on Elbridge Colby’s nomination, moving the national security strategist one step closer to…

5 months ago

Reporter’s Notebook: Power player on Capitol Hill

Whether or not congressional Republicans are able to pass President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" of tax and spending cuts…

5 months ago

Thousands of USAID terminations to take effect by September in agency’s final leg of ‘drawdown’

Thousands of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees will be terminated by September as the Trump administration restructures…

5 months ago

Harris team crafted federal judge ‘death-pool roster’ to swear her in should Biden die as president, book says

A communications director for former Vice President Kamala Harris created a so-called "death-pool roster" of federal judges appointed by a…

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