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Sen. Kennedy Pushes for Second Reconciliation Bill to Address Cost of Living as GOP Leadership Resists

Senator John Kennedy has a message for his own party: You’re wasting the majority you fought for. The Louisiana Republican wants Congress to use budget reconciliation again – the brutal legislative process that consumed months of 2025 and nearly fractured the GOP coalition. Republicans used it...

Maryland Democrats Defy Their Own Leader to Launch Reparations Commission

In a rare display of intra-party defiance, the Maryland General Assembly has bulldozed the objections of its own Democratic governor to force the state into a contentious debate over slavery reparations. By overriding Governor Wes Moore’s veto with supermajorities in both chambers, lawmakers have...

Moderate Republicans Side with Democrats to Save ObamaCare Handouts as Speaker Johnson Holds the Line

It is a rare moment in Washington when the procedural machinery of the House of Representatives completely breaks down in public view. On Wednesday morning, just hours before a scheduled vote on the Republican health care package, four moderate GOP lawmakers crossed the aisle to sign a discharge...

Epstein Files Explode Open As DOJ Starts Releasing Court Records

The Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files Friday afternoon, meeting a 30-day deadline imposed by a law President Trump signed in November after fellow Republicans pressured him to stop blocking their release. The files include new photos of Epstein with...

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Restoring $2.7 Billion in Federal Funding to Harvard

The battle between the White House and the nation’s wealthiest university is heading back to court. On Friday, the Trump administration formally filed an appeal seeking to overturn a federal judge’s order that restored $2.7 billion in frozen research funding to Harvard University . The move...

Appeals Court SLAMS Down Attempt to Kick National Guard Out of DC

The Trump administration has secured a significant legal victory in its effort to maintain a military presence in the nation’s capital. A federal appeals court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the President likely has the authority to keep National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C.,...

Who is Michelea Ponce? Nurse Faces Backlash After Confronting Target Employee Over Charlie Kirk Shirt

The modern town square is no longer a park or a courthouse steps; it is the aisle of a big-box store, and the weapon of choice is a smartphone camera. A viral incident involving a California nurse confronting an elderly Target employee over a political T-shirt has ignited a fierce debate about the...

Trump Slams the Door: Five New Nations Face Complete Emtry Restrictions

The borders of the United States tightened significantly on Tuesday evening. In a sweeping new proclamation, President Trump expanded his administration’s travel ban, adding five nations to the list of countries whose citizens face a total suspension of entry. This move marks a significant...

Federal Judge Declines to Halt White House Ballroom Construction But Issues Strict Warning on Future Work

In a federal courtroom just blocks from where the historic East Wing of the White House once stood, a judge delivered a warning that cuts through the noise of Washington partisanship. While declining to immediately halt construction on President Trump’s massive new ballroom project, U.S. District...

For six months, uniformed soldiers have patrolled the streets of America’s second-largest city against the express wishes of its governor. This standoff between the White House and the state of California has tested the very limits of presidential power during peacetime. Now, a federal judge has...

‘As Far as Trump is Concerned’: The President Blames a Murder Victim’s Politics for His Death

In a breach of presidential norms that has unsettled even some of his staunchest allies, President Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks against Hollywood director Rob Reiner , just days after Reiner and his wife were found murdered in their Los Angeles home. When offered a chance by...

For nearly a decade, the defining feature of Donald Trump’s political career has been the immovability of his base. No matter the scandal, the indictment, or the headline, the “MAGA” coalition stood as a monolithic block of support. But a new poll suggests that what prosecutors and political...

Two Republicans Break Ranks to Stop Trump’s Union Crackdown

The machinery of the federal government is usually the silent partner in American governance, turning the gears of policy regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. But that machinery is currently grinding loudly against its operator. A quiet but significant revolt is brewing in the Senate, where...

What the Reiner Case Reveals About Due Process Under Pressure

Nick Reiner, son of acclaimed director Rob Reiner, was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of murdering his parents. The 32-year-old is being held without bail after Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead with stab wounds in their Brentwood home. The arrest came five hours after firefighters...

The Epstein Ultimatum: Why Congress is Threatening to Hold a Former President in Contempt

The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has taken a dramatic and potentially historic turn. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has issued a blunt ultimatum to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton : show up in person next...

Can Congress Revive Elon Musk’s Abandoned DOGE Efficiency Efforts?

It was the buzzword that took Washington by storm earlier this year: DOGE . The “Department of Government Efficiency,” led by billionaire Elon Musk , promised to revolutionize the federal government, slash trillions in spending, and dismantle the bureaucracy. But as Musk’s tenure ended and...

Trump’s Cabinet Said Troops Must Disobey Illegal Orders

Six Democratic veterans in Congress recorded a video last month reminding service members of their legal duty to disobey unlawful orders. Donald Trump called it “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” The White House launched investigations. Trump-appointed FBI leaders pressured domestic...

Does New York’s AG Have the Power to “Silence” Parents? A School Board President Sues Letitia James

A school board president on Long Island has filed a federal lawsuit against one of the most powerful officials in New York State, accusing Attorney General Letitia James of using her office to threaten and silence local elected officials. The conflict centers on a guidance letter regarding...

Erika Kirk Slams “Evil” Conspiracy Theorists and “Mind Virus” Targeting Her Family

In the digital age, grief is not private. It is content. Erika Kirk, the widow of the assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has been forced to confront this reality head-on. In an emotional interview, she pushed back against a wave of “evil” online conspiracy theories that have...

13 Republicans Just Broke Ranks To Defend Federal Worker Unions

Thirteen House Republicans defied their party leadership Wednesday night to advance a bill reversing President Trump’s executive order that stripped collective bargaining rights from federal worker unions. The vote wasn’t supposed to happen. House Speaker Mike Johnson didn’t schedule it....