Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner will testify before a Senate Appropriations Committee panel on President Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request. The Trump administration is seeking $73.5 billion for HUD in 2027, focusing primarily on tackling homelessness
U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday morning about President Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request and posture of the defense agency amid the Middle East conflict. The hearing comes as the temporary
Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is calling out Democratic opposition to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers around the country as “lunacy” and warning that taking a stance against AI is a “China first kind of policy.” “You know, people in
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 13 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: We’re going to have a discussion that’s about democracy, but a little broader than the
Senator Lindsey Graham wants Donald Trump to threaten to impose tariffs on China if they don’t drop their “dirtbag” friends. Speaking on Fox News’s Hannity Wednesday, Graham presented his own vision for the outcome of Trump’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The message sent by withdrawing troops from Germany will not land as intended.
Representative Frederica Wilson has yet to explain why she hasn’t voted on a single issue since April 17. The Florida Democrat has been missing in action for weeks, according to her documented voting record . She has so far failed to address her nearly four-week absence, though
Midsized cities in the U.S. saw their population steady as the national growth rate slowed, according to a Thursday release from the U.S. Census Bureau. Smaller cities outside of a high traffic metro areas outpaced their counterparts in residential gains. Places with
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are backing a bipartisan effort to come up with proposed reforms to combat sexual misconduct in the House. The effort, a partnership between the Republican Women’s Caucus and the Democratic Women’s
As Washington ratchets up the economic phase of its war with Iran, these informal channels are the regime’s financial lifeline.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that during the summit in China, President Trump and administration officials will try to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to take an “active role” in negotiations to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
COVID changed more than public health. It changed the emotional baseline of American life.
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . The unfairness created by Republican gerrymandering in states across the country ahead of the midterm elections is the latest sign of the deep flaws of the American
A majority of Republican voters support policies requiring AI models to undergo independent security testing, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey, shared first with The Hill from Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), found that 71 percent prefer a
President Trump told Fox News that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to purchase soybeans, energy and jets during the two leaders' bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday. According to Fox News, Trump told host Sean Hannity that Xi committed to helping the U.S. with Iran
President Trump during his trip to Beijing on Thursday formally invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the White House in September. “Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome, and tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you, Madam Peng, to
For a host of candidates running for office up and down the ballot in this year’s midterms, politics is a family business. The race for governor of Maine alone has drawn three candidates with well-known political ties: Angus King III, the son of Sen. Angus King (I-Maine);
That bargain is now fraying — and perhaps breaking.
Jeffries will hold a caucus-wide meeting Thursday morning to discuss next steps on the party's election security strategy.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday criticized the Chinese government and its allies, as President Trump visits with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a summit in Beijing. “You name the allies of China, they’re all dirtbags,” Graham, a foreign policy hawk, told Fox News
Chinese security blocked a U.S. Secret Service agent from entering Beijing’s Temple of Heaven with their weapon during President Trump’s bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday. According to the White House press pool, the entry into the event site was
When the government creates a broadly available state-funded benefit like Colorado’s universal preschool program, it cannot disqualify families and schools based on their religion.
President Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday, telling the leader, “It’s an honor to be your friend.” “There are those that say this is the biggest summit ever,” Trump told Xi during the public portion of their
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Trump about tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan during their bilateral meeting on Thursday, according to China's Foreign Ministry. “Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s economic goals in China ▪ Republican flips on war powers vote ▪ Warsh confirmed as Fed chair ▪ New trial for Alex Murdaugh When President Trump comes face to face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to talk trade deals this week, few groups have more
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Trump about tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan during their first meeting in Beijing on Thursday, according to China's Foreign Ministry. “Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest
Beijing is, perhaps, the Iranian regime's last best chance to wage its asymmetrical war against the U.S. on the global stage.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 14 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Republicans are growing
Of all President Donald Trump’s kleptocracy schemes, perhaps the most shameless are his financial legal claims against the same executive branch over which he presides. Now Trump is on the verge of settling one of these, a lawsuit he filed in January against the IRS seeking $10
A comment from President Trump dismissing the pocketbook concerns of millions of Americans is threatening to upend his party’s midterm messaging on affordability. Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he does “not even a little bit” think about Americans’ financial situation
President Donald Trump suggested earlier this week that Venezuela should be annexed by the United States. He reportedly told Fox News correspondent John Roberts—not to be confused with the chief justice—that he was “seriously considering a move to make Venezuela the fifty-first
Since it overturned his IEEPA tariffs in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump , Donald Trump has clearly had the Supreme Court on his mind. In addition to complaining about “his” justices voting against him even when they “knew where [he] stood, how badly [he] wanted this Victory
Axios, whose reporting is increasingly defined by minuscule “scoops” about the artificial intelligence industry, reported last week on the latest red alert from Anthropic about an impending “intelligence explosion.” The AI lab’s research arm released an agenda for tackling the
Senators are racing to reach an agreement on a cryptocurrency regulation bill before it faces a key hurdle in the upper chamber. The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill meant to give federal regulators clear guidelines for overseeing crypto
A letter from the Department of Defense outlining their policies for Stars and Stripes is renewing concerns from Senate Democrats over whether the outlet will remain independent under the Trump administration. An April letter from DOD obtained by The Hill was penned the same
Marty Makary's resignation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may help release some pressure by removing one of the Trump administration's more embattled health leaders. But the next head of the agency will have to navigate many of the same headwinds — political
House Republicans have an extra pep in their step after getting "seismic" court wins in redistricting battles in the last few weeks, turning courtesy positivity into some actual optimism about the prospects of keeping control of the House. “We’re putting ourselves in the best
House Republicans are split over the White House’s proposal to allocate $1 billion in security funding for a new White House ballroom and other Secret Service priorities. GOP lawmakers are looking to include the money in a second reconciliation package focused on funding
Republican senators are warning that any request from President Trump for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the Iran war will have a tough time passing the Senate, as patience wanes over what they say is the lack of a clear plan to end the conflict. GOP senators say
House Democrats are lining up against a gas tax holiday, creating additional barriers for President Trump as he struggles to battle inflation and the rising costs at the pump. The president this week proposed a moratorium on the federal tax, currently 18.4 cents per gallon, in
The fallout continues from Donald Trump’s startling rant admitting that he isn’t concerned with how the Iran war is impacting Americans’ finances. On Wednesday, JD Vance , Mike Johnson , and numerous other Republicans struggled to spin away the damage, but they appeared visibly
High-minded appeals to good government are out. Ruthless partisan tactics are in.
The two chambers have been stalled on a bipartisan housing package for months, and the House is finally making a move to vote on an amended package.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is introducing legislation aimed at protecting congressional oversight powers, a year after a scuffle at an immigration detention facility in her home state resulted in criminal charges against her. The measure would “permanently codify the
President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday local time that he wants to do business with China and emphasized his friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He boasted about the size of the delegation he brought, which
Former President Obama is making the case for diplomacy with Iran amid the ongoing conflict, pointing to the 2015 nuclear deal as evidence that Tehran’s program can be constrained without further military intervention. “We went about trying to negotiate a diplomatic agreement
President Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for his meeting with President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning local time. Soldiers holding red and gold flags lined up the street as Trump’s motorcade arrived. Scores of soldiers were lined up uniformly to greet
Senate Republicans on Wednesday shot down more than a dozen Democratic-backed measures to undo the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Democrats forced votes on multiple resolutions targeting rules and regulatory changes made
A transcript of the secretary’s interview with Congressional investigators lays out his interactions with the convicted sex offender.
Her win in a close race for a top Democratic midterms target was called a full day after polls closed.
