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Republicans on the House floor erupted in cheers Wednesday night as the vote total crossed the threshold needed to pass. Democrats quietly exited the chamber. The final tally was 222-209. After 43 days – the longest government shutdown in American history – Congress sent a bill to President Trump’s desk to reopen the federal government.…

Former President Donald Trump mocked Rep. Ilhan Omar’s habit of citing the Constitution during a recent interview, caricaturing her as lecturing “what the Constitution says.” Omar fired back within hours. The spat is more than a viral clip. It encapsulates a deeper civic question: Who gets to define the Constitution in public life — elected…

A congressional staffer’s job is to serve the public by navigating the maze of federal bureaucracy. But a new, explosive letter from the Department of Homeland Security alleges that a staffer for a U.S. Senator crossed a profound constitutional line, moving from constituent services to criminal deception. In a formal letter to Senator Tammy Duckworth,…

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be lurching to a close, but the political war that caused it is far from over. Defeated in their initial standoff, House Democrats are now preparing to use a rare and powerful constitutional tool to keep their fight alive. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced a…

The Discharge Petition, The Delayed Swearing-In, And The Epstein Files Trump Doesn’t Want Released Adelita Grijalva won her congressional election on September 23. House Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore her in Wednesday afternoon – 50 days after her election was certified. Not because of vote counting delays or certification problems. Because Johnson refused to administer…

A federal lawsuit filed by a transgender officer at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) now puts one of the nation’s most familiar security routines at the center of a constitutional and workplace-rights storm. The suit alleges that after a February 2025 policy shift, the TSA barred transgender officers from conducting pat-downs of travelers—while still allowing all…

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has succeeded in getting the Supreme Court of the United States to review a major dispute over state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted if postmarked by Election Day but received days later. The case centers on whether such “grace period” rules run afoul of federal election-day statutes.…

The final leg of the conservative student organization Turning Point USA “American Comeback Tour” landed this week at University of California, Berkeley — a campus once synonymous with liberal protest and the Free Speech Movement. What unfolded was more than a showdown of ideologies: it was a test of how the Constitution protects speech, protest…

The Senate voted Monday night to end the longest government shutdown in American history. Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans to pass funding legislation that will reopen federal agencies, restore SNAP benefits, and send paychecks to hundreds of thousands of workers who’ve gone without pay for 40 days. The measure now heads to the House, where…

Former President Donald Trump has now taken one of his most politically explosive legal defeats to the nation’s highest court. After losing at trial and on appeal, Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a 5 million dollar civil verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll –…