House votes to overturn Trump's Canada tariffs after six Republicans defect

Six House Republicans crossed party lines Wednesday evening to hand Democrats a 219-211 vote terminating President Trump's emergency powers behind his 25% tariff on Canadian goods. The resolution of disapproval passed after Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York forced the vote — an opening that existed only because House Republican leadership failed to pass […]

Fetterman breaks with Democrats, says voter ID is 'not unreasonable' as House advances SAVE Act

Sen. John Fetterman told Newsmax on Wednesday that most Americans have no problem showing identification to vote — and that his own party's apocalyptic rhetoric about the practice is wildly overblown. The Pennsylvania Democrat's comments landed as the House adopted a closed rule for consideration of the SAVE America Act by a razor-thin 216-215 vote […]

House passes critical mineral supply chain bill as Trump administration builds global resource strategy

The House passed the Securing America's Critical Mineral Supply Act on Wednesday by a vote of 223-206, directing the Department of Energy to assess vulnerabilities in the U.S. critical mineral supply chain and develop strategies to fix them. According to the Washington Examiner, the bill, authored by Rep. John James (R-MI) and co-sponsored by Reps. […]

Nancy Guthrie's son-in-law vanishes from sight as a legal loophole allows warrantless searches of his home

Tommaso Cioni, the last person to see Nancy Guthrie before she disappeared from her Tucson home, hasn't been spotted in public since February 3. Meanwhile, police have searched the house he shares with his wife — Nancy's daughter Annie — multiple times without a warrant, exploiting a quirk in Fourth Amendment law that allows one […]

Colombian President Gustavo Petro claims he survived an assassination attempt on a helicopter

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced during a live cabinet meeting that he survived an assassination attempt on Monday night after his helicopter was unable to land along the country's Caribbean coast. The aircraft diverted to open sea, where it remained for four hours before landing at an unplanned location. Petro told his cabinet that unnamed […]

House clears bipartisan housing bill 390-9, targeting regulatory barriers and HUD reform

The House passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act on Monday by a vote of 390-9 — a margin so lopsided it barely qualifies as a vote and more closely resembles a consensus. The bill, co-sponsored by House Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-AR) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), aims to cut regulatory […]

White House stands behind Commerce Secretary Lutnick as Democrats and Massie demand resignation over Epstein ties

The White House fired back Tuesday against mounting calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to step down, with spokesman Kush Desai dismissing the pressure campaign as a distraction from the administration's policy agenda. Desai, in an email to CNBC, framed the cabinet as unified and operational: "President Trump has assembled the best and most transformative […]

Federal judge pauses her own order to unfreeze $16 billion Hudson Tunnel funding

A federal judge in New York hit the brakes on her own ruling — just days after issuing it. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas on Monday temporarily stayed her Friday order that would have forced the Trump administration to restore federal funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, giving the Second Circuit Court of […]

Epstein victims air Super Bowl ad targeting AG Bondi as DOJ withholds millions of pages

Numerous women who say they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation appeared in a Super Bowl ad Sunday, demanding Attorney General Pam Bondi release the full trove of case files — a direct, nationally televised challenge to a Department of Justice that has released only half of what it holds. The ad, produced by […]

Jeffries digs in on all 10 Democrat demands as DHS shutdown deadline looms

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN on Sunday that Democrats will not accept anything less than their full slate of 10 demands from Republicans, with the Department of Homeland Security five days from a funding shutdown. Asked whether Democrats would consider scaling back their list, Jeffries stated: "Not at this point." That's the negotiating […]
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