Illinois Democrat Juliana Stratton pledges to block every Trump nominee, reject Schumer as leader

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, the Democrat favored to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin, told a progressive YouTube commentator that she would refuse to confirm any Trump nominee or appointee and would not support Sen. Chuck Schumer for another term leading the Senate Democratic caucus. Every single one. Cabinet, Supreme Court, or "anywhere else." That is […]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she was kicked out of Arkansas restaurant after employees claimed discomfort

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a Little Rock restaurant while having lunch with two other mothers after the owner told her security detail that her presence made employees uncomfortable. Sanders said the owner of The Croissanterie approached a member of her State Police Executive Protection Detail and demanded the governor's party […]

Mullin Clears Senate Committee for DHS Secretary as Fetterman Breaks With Democrats, Rand Paul Votes No

Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 19 in a narrow 8-7 vote. The margin came down to an unlikely split: Sen. Rand Paul, the committee's Republican chairman, voted against the nominee, while Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, voted […]

Hawaii Democrat Elle Cochran switches to GOP, giving Republicans their largest caucus in nearly two decades

Hawaii State Representative Elle Cochran announced Monday that she is leaving the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans, a move that boosts the House Republican Caucus to 10 members in the 51-seat chamber. It marks the party's largest showing in nearly two decades. Cochran, who was elected to her seat in 2022, told constituents during […]

Markwayne Mullin faces a fiery Senate confirmation hearing for DHS secretary, clashes with Rand Paul

Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, teared up during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday after recounting how the President personally reached out to his family during his son's battle with a traumatic brain injury. The emotional moment was only one act in a hearing that swung from personal […]

House passes Deporting Fraudsters Act 231-186, as 186 Democrats vote to shield illegal immigrants who commit welfare fraud

The House voted 231-186 on Wednesday to pass the Deporting Fraudsters Act, a bill that would make welfare fraud an explicitly deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Every single one of the 186 votes against it came from Democrats. As reported by Fox News, the bill contains a direct provision that mandates deportation […]

Top counterintelligence official Joseph Kent resigns, accuses Israel of pushing U.S. into Iran conflict

Joseph Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned from his post in protest over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, accusing Israel and what he called "its powerful American lobby" of pressuring the United States into war. In a resignation letter addressed to President Trump, Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier […]

Forty House Republicans move to block Senate bills until SAVE Act advances

Forty House Republicans staged a direct challenge to the Senate's legislative priorities, attempting to block or stall Senate-backed legislation until Senate Majority Leader John Thune advances the SAVE America Act. The revolt targeted a Senate-passed measure from Sen. Joni Ernst involving two small-business innovation programs, though that bill nonetheless passed the House 345-41 under suspension […]

Chief Justice Roberts warns that "personally directed hostility" toward the Court must stop

Chief Justice John Roberts told an audience at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston on Tuesday that criticism aimed personally at Supreme Court justices crosses a line that threatens the judiciary itself. "Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop," Roberts said. The remarks arrived days after President Trump singled […]

Iran's wounded supreme leader reportedly flown to Moscow for surgery at Putin's personal residence

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, has reportedly been smuggled out of the country aboard a Russian military plane and underwent leg surgery at one of Vladimir Putin's presidential residences, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. The operation was allegedly arranged by Putin himself during a phone call on Thursday, with Khamenei transported to Moscow that […]
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