Senate Republicans on Thursday lamented President Trump’s call for the ouster of five GOP members who voted with Democrats and dealt him a blow on the Venezuela war powers resolution, indicating the president's angry rant was a mistake as the party enters an election year.
The Trump administration said Thursday it is considering the addition of a second floor for the West Wing in an effort to create "symmetry" amid the reconstruction of the East Wing ballroom. “We’re considering the idea of a modest one-story addition to the West Wing,” architect
Vulnerable Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) clapped back at President Trump on Thursday over his irate social media post blasting the “stupidity” of GOP senators who voted for a war powers resolution and declaring that they “should never be elected to office again.” “The president
Vice President Vance announced Thursday the Trump administration is establishing a new assistant attorney general position focused on investigating fraud. The announcement follows the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into allegations of mass welfare fraud in
White House officials on Thursday presented their plans for the presidential ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and defended the demolition of the East Wing, citing structural concerns that made any attempt at renovations "not feasible." Architect
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) took a swing at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in his city, saying “she knows her narrative about domestic terrorism is bulls‑‑‑.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday stood by his tenant adviser as she faced sharp blowback for calling home ownership a “weapon of white supremacy” in resurfaced social media posts from 2019. Mamdani did not address the substance of Cea Weaver’s “white
Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley (D) on Thursday rebuked the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota after a woman was shot and killed by one of the agency's officers Wednesday. Renee Nicole Macklin Good was fatally shot by an
In criticizing Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and vetoing a bill that would fund a water project in the state, President Donald Trump has claimed that people are leaving the state "in droves," but that's not what the available data show. The post Trump Waters Down Colorado’s
President Trump thinks that any Republican who dares to push back on his senseless incursion into Venezuela should “never be elected to office again.” “Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight
Did President Donald Trump actually cut Tulsi Gabbard out of the White House’s preparations to invade Venezuela? Starting last summer, the White House began excluding Trump’s director of national intelligence from the government’s plans to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ripped President Trump in his last annual address as governor, touting the Golden State as an alternative “blueprint” for the rest of the country. “The federal government, respectfully, it's unrecognizable, protecting the powerful at the
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), who has served as a top Democratic leader for more than two decades, warned Thursday that America is moving down a dark road, away from the democratic traditions that have made it unique and onto a path toward self-destruction. In a speech on the House
The House on Thursday failed to override President Trump’s vetoes of two previously uncontroversial bills concerning a Colorado water project and expanding lands of a tribe in Florida. The move showcases House Republicans’ loyalty to the president and support for his political
Vice President Vance called the War Powers Act “fundamentally fake” and unconstitutional, ridiculing the law passed in 1973 shortly after senators on Capitol Hill voted to advance a bipartisan measure to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) justified voting with Democrats to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “With regard to Venezuela, my read of the Constitution is that if the President feels
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, rejecting its presence in local communities after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis the day before. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D)
The Senate is expected to take up the so-called “minibus” next week.
The House on Thursday passed three appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support, moving lawmakers closer to avoiding an end-of-month shutdown. The bills would fund the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, key science agencies and other related entities; the
Vice President Vance lashed out at the news media during a White House press briefing on Thursday over its coverage of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shooting and killing a woman in Minnesota. “The way that the media by and large has covered this story
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday was previously injured in June while attempting to arrest an immigrant who entered the country illegally, according to officials. The officer was apprehending a person
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday took a swing at President Trump's moves in Venezuela, comparing the administration's latest actions to imperialism. “You’re talking about old-fashioned imperialism. And all that that is, throughout the history of the world — England,
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday pushed the Trump administration to work with his state on an investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. “Yesterday, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension — the BCA —
New York State Assembly member Claire Valdez (D) launched a campaign Thursday for retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez’s (D-N.Y.) seat in Congress, on the heels of fellow democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s landmark win in the New York City mayoral race. “I’m a union organizer,
The Trump administration is sticking with ICE. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday vehemently defended a federal agent’s decision to kill Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, shifting blame to practically every entity beyond the ICE agent that held the gun—including Good herself.
A federal judge on Thursday disqualified the top federal prosecutor in upstate New York and blocked subpoenas his office issued to state Attorney General Letitia James (D). John Sarcone III's service as acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York "was and is
A Minnesota hotel accused by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of refusing service to federal immigration officers will no longer participate in a government program that offers federal employees and military officers discounted room rates, according to the General
JD Vance had a complete meltdown Thursday over the media’s coverage of an ICE shooting in Minneapolis that left a U.S. citizen dead. At a White House press briefing, Vance’s remarks went off the rails while he lectured the press about not writing headlines the way he wants them
Ruben Gallego often embodies the worst tendencies of Democrats. In one of his first acts as a U.S. senator, the Arizonan endorsed the Trump-backed Laken Riley Act, which makes it easier for the government to detain undocumented immigrants if they are accused (but not yet
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to Minnesotans protesting the federal immigration crackdown in the state, telling them not to “cross that red line.” "MINNESOTA: Peacefully protesting is a sacred American right protected by the First Amendment," Bondi wrote in a post
House Republicans on Thursday said they are summoning top health insurance executives to testify later this month as part of a series of hearings about health care affordability. The move from the leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees comes
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) is leading in a wide-open Illinois Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), new polling shows. A new Emerson College Polling/WGN-TV survey found 31 percent of Prairie State Democratic primary voters backed
Kash Pate’s FBI is restricting Minnesota investigators from accessing evidence related to ICE’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday in Minneapolis. While the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was originally set to investigate Good’s killing, the FBI’s
The White House is floating a novel scheme in its quest to annex Greenland : outright bribery. U.S. officials are reportedly mulling over the possibility of paying Greenlanders up to $100,000 each in order to acquire the Arctic outpost, according to four insiders that spoke
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) on Wednesday said if Americans obey orders from federal officers, "you get to keep your life," hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a Minnesota woman. "The bottom line is this: When a federal officer gives
Top Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding a series of investigations into Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, saying the tragedy was the direct result of a bellicose campaign by the Trump administration to menace blue cities
House Homeland Security Committee Democrats are demanding the panel’s Republican majority call Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before Congress after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting that killed a Minneapolis woman Wednesday. Noem has defended
Vladimir Putin has been lying to Donald Trump and the world about the war in Ukraine, and his false claims have proven costly for both Ukraine and Russia.
We arrested an illegitimate leader and removed him from his country and have no intent to try to build democracy. You don’t secure freedom by negotiating oil first and rights later.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem reiterated her stance that the woman fatally shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was committing an act of “domestic terrorism.” Noem said at a press conference Thursday that the woman,
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared an edited clip from the animated comedy series "South Park" on Wednesday that facetiously "flipped" the food pyramid as he debuted his upside-down food pyramid featuring updated dietary guidelines. On the social
Why do so many progressives absolutely love the idea of imprisoning their political enemies for expressing ideas they dislike or think are wrong? For example No. 8,057 (yes, I made up that number), see Mehdi Hasan, a well-known leftist commentator and founder of the progressive
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Thursday his Wisconsin office was targeted by “an individual fueled by anti-ICE rhetoric” in the hours after the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman during an immigration enforcement operation. Van Orden alleged in a post on social platform
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he’s ruling out serving as head coach or general manager of the Miami Dolphins, in a facetious nod to jokes about the many positions he holds in the Trump administration. The lighthearted remark came shortly after Rubio’s hometown football
President Trump lashed out at the five Republican senators who voted with Democrats on Thursday to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act that would block the administration from using military force against Venezuela, saying they should not be reelected. Sen.
One day after a woman was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota investigators said the FBI has cut them out of their joint investigation into the incident. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced during a Wednesday press conference that the Minnesota Bureau of
Democrats are taking advantage of voter dissatisfaction with the Trump administration's failure to reduce consumer prices, and are proposing a range of policies to increase affordability, while economists warn of the potential downsides of such policies.