President Trump on Wednesday said he was happy with his Cabinet and specifically downplayed reports that he was frustrated with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “I read these same stories that I’m unhappy with this one or that one, and
Over half of Californians both approve of Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) performance in office and worry the state is heading in the wrong direction, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released on Monday. Newsom's job performance was backed
It’s not clear if House Democrats will coalesce behind the bipartisan two-year subsidy extension proposed by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Jared Golden.
President Trump indicated he'd like to see CNN be sold off as its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, prepares to undergo a megamerger with either Netflix or fellow conglomerate Paramount. "It's imperative that CNN be sold," the president told reporters at the White House
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI turn over all documents and communications related to its investigation into six lawmakers who reminded members of the military they have the right to refuse illegal orders. The FBI
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the ranking member on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, asking him to clarify his use of the phrase “G2” to describe the U.S. and China. In the letter,
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday he’s glad Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) entered the race for Senate in Texas, arguing it’s good for the GOP to have her emerge as a face of the Democratic Party. At a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, the Speaker rubbed
Eileen Higgins is set to become Miami's first Democratic mayor since 1997 and the first woman ever to lead the city, after Tuesday night's victory over Trump-backed Republican candidate Emilio Gonzalez to replace term-limited incumbent Mayor Francis Suarez (R). Higgins and
The Department of Homeland Security just paid nearly $140 million to be in charge of managing its own deportation flights. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has signed a multi-million dollar contract to purchase six Boeing 737 aircrafts from Daedalus Aviation Corporation,
The House on Wednesday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing it up for a final vote after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) managed to win over several holdouts in a dramatic vote. The vote on the rule, which sets up debate and final passage of the bill, was
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (Ala.), will end the panel’s inquiry into the U.S. military’s controversial Sept. 2 alleged drug boat attack in the Caribbean, where the two survivors were killed in a follow-up strike. The classified briefings
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fiercely defended Democrats’ push to redraw congressional maps in Maryland — saying he expects the issue to take on new importance if Republicans succeed at redistricting in Indiana. In a podcast interview on The New Republic’s “The Daily Blast With
A machine-learning analysis found Texas border cities carry the highest migrant risk scores.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would pull the United States out of the NATO alliance. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would co-sponsor the bill, while Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced companion legislation in the upper chamber.
Now that the 2025 elections are over, we can definitively say: this was a very good year for Democrats. According to an analysis by Daniel Nichanian for Bolts , Democrats flipped 21 percent of Republican-held state legislative seats—a huge upset and a harbinger of midterm doom
President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the latest escalation in what has become an increasingly tense relationship between the two countries. "We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. A large tanker, very
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies and consulates to use Times New Roman font for diplomatic communications, reversing the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri. “Typography shapes how official documents are perceived in terms of cohesion,
President Trump on Wednesday afternoon welcomed business leaders to the White House for a roundtable discussion. The event comes a day after Trump touted his economic agenda in Pennsylvania. It was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EST. Watch live above.
The feds worked for a year to extradite a Belarusian woman accused of smuggling millions of dollars of U.S. aviation equipment into Russia for its war on Ukraine. But now that she’s finally in the United States, where she can face charges, the Department of Homeland Security is
CNN host Jake Tapper pressed Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Tuesday about remarks made last year in a Vanity Fair article, when she said the way Latinos talk about immigration reminds her of the “slave mentality.” “The immigration thing has always been something that has
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the COVID-19 vaccines were associated with any deaths across all age ranges. "FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines," Health and Human
The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely. Earlier this year, President
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is giving remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation's central bank made its final interest rate decision of 2025. The committee responsible for setting borrowing costs cut the baseline interest rate to a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, a
Emboldened Democrats are expanding their target lists for the House and state legislatures after a series of notable wins and overperformances on Tuesday. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) both
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will host a Menorah lighting ceremony Wednesday afternoon to commemorate Hanukkah. The Jewish holiday begins on Dec. 14 and runs through Dec. 22. The
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is making electability the focus of his gubernatorial campaign message.
Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes's 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House's first female chief of staff, is ranked 66th on the Forbes list, behind figures like pop star Taylor Swift, television host Oprah
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Wednesday that it reached an agreement to purchase Boeing 737 planes for deportation proceedings. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on the social platform X that the planes will allow Immigration and Customs
Health professionals are noting a surge in a norovirus called “winter vomiting disease,” which spreads through contaminated food and water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) wastewater surveillance testing has indicated that the virus is spreading earlier
The coughing, sneezing and sniffling is all around us, as both influenza and COVID-19 start to spread.
The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 is critical to addressing the current nursing shortage, providing resources for education and recruitment, practice and retention, and supporting nursing care in rural and underserved communities.
The European Union has hit Elon Musk’s X with millions of dollars of fines, and conservatives are very angry about it — in my view, they’re right to be upset.
A new poll found that 45 percent of small business owners cite inflation as one of the biggest challenges they currently face. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Small Business Index also found that while nearly 7 in 10 small businesses report being in “somewhat” or
The U.S. government is threatening new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it changes its founding document to guarantee that it won’t prosecute President Trump or other administration officials. Reuters, citing an unnamed White House official, reports that if
The Democratic Party has the opportunity to regain control of the House and Senate in 2026 and the White House in 2028 by listening to voters, developing new ideas, and creating an economic agenda that meets the needs of Americans.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for the third time this year, while the House is voting on the annual Defense policy bill and Trump has admitted his "s---hole" remark.
House Speaker Mike Johnson just unveiled Republicans’ plan to address spiking health care costs—and it’s a disaster. As Affordable Care Act tax credits are set to expire in just a few weeks, sending health care costs surging for more than 20 million Americans, Republican
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) on Wednesday unveiled an expanded target map for statehouses after notching key wins in the 2025 elections. Democrats are hoping to capture the majority of both chambers in the Arizona and New Hampshire legislatures, while
House lawmakers will convene Wednesday afternoon for debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026. The mammoth defense spending bill advanced through the House Rules Committee late Tuesday, despite some GOP pushback over some compromises made
The United States must provide sustained support to Syria's transition to a new political order, including humanitarian assistance, in order to ensure regional stability and U.S. national security.
A majority of Americans who said grocery prices are hard to afford blamed the Trump administration for putting them in that situation, according to a new poll. The Politico Poll, conducted in mid-November, asks those who said grocery prices are “difficult” or “very difficult”
A driverless Waymo vehicle turned into a temporary birthing center.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California, rejecting the notion that recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol amounted to rebellion. “The founders designed our
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling sequels, died Monday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed fear Tuesday that President Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war” with Venezuela in the wake of recent tension between the U.S. and the South American country. “I’m afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us
Trump’s plan demands full Palestinian demilitarization while imposing hardly any limitations on Israeli military power.
House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike