Senate in limbo as Thune eyes long-haul until shutdown ends
The Senate is in for a rare weekend session as the chamber remains in limbo while lawmakers try to find a way out of the government shutdown. Behind the scenes,…
Trump urges Senate Republicans to redirect funds from Obamacare-backed insurers, pay Americans directly
President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to abolish Obamacare and reroute federal health care spending directly to individual Americans. In a Truth Social post Saturday morning, Trump wrote: ‘I…
Patriot or ‘Pathetic RINO’? Maverick Republican Thomas Massie trades ‘America First’ label for ‘America only’
Rep. Thomas Massie — a Republican fiscal hawk facing a President Donald Trump-backed primary challenger in Kentucky — has previously described himself as ‘America First,’ but now he says he…
Socialist wave spreads coast to coast as progressive Democrats rally around Zohran Mamdani’s NYC win
New York Democrats embraced socialism when they elected Zohran Mamdani to lead the nation’s largest city, but the verdict is still out on whether New York City’s shift to the…
State Dept says G20 boycott tied to South Africa’s ‘government-sponsored discrimination’ against Afrikaners
The Trump administration on Friday intensified its dispute with South Africa, saying no U.S. government official will attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg in protest of what it describes as…
Supreme Court blocks lower court order forcing Trump administration to fully fund SNAP program
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary block on Friday on a lower court’s order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program amid…
Appeals court denies Trump administration request to block SNAP funding order during government shutdown
A federal appeals court on Friday denied a Trump administration request to temporarily block a lower court ruling requiring the government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
Dems block GOP bill ensuring federal worker, military paychecks continue during shutdown
Senate Democrats again blocked a plan by Republicans to ensure that federal workers and the military would receive a paycheck as the shutdown back and forth revs into high gear.…
Brennan, Strzok, Page subpoenaed as part of federal Russiagate probe: Sources
: A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, among others as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into…
Schumer, Dems unveil alternative shutdown plan, ask for one-year extension to Obamacare subsidies
Senate Democrats unveiled their alternative to Republicans’ plan to reopen the government that would see an extension to expiring Obamacare credits for one year, asking that Republicans just say ‘yes.’ …