Senate votes unanimously to withhold members' pay during future government shutdowns
The United States Senate passed a resolution Thursday by unanimous consent to dock senators' pay during any future government shutdown, a move that came only after two record-setting funding lapses left federal workers scrambling and Americans fuming at a Congress that kept cashing its own checks. The measure, sponsored by Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy, […]
Senate GOP holds the line, defeats Democrat push to restore CFPB regulatory power
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked more than a dozen Democrat-backed measures designed to reverse the Trump administration's sweeping changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, handing the White House a clean legislative win on one of its most aggressive deregulatory fronts. The votes, forced by Democrats in a marathon session, targeted rules and regulatory changes […]
Trump taps ICE veteran David Venturella to lead agency as pressure mounts on enforcement
The Trump administration has installed a longtime immigration enforcement official at the helm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons with David Venturella, a career operator who served at the agency under two previous presidents and spent more than a decade in the private detention industry. The Department of Homeland Security […]
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns after 13 months as administration names acting replacement
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary stepped down Tuesday after a turbulent 13-month tenure, pushed out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid mounting pressure from pro-life groups, pharmaceutical executives, and Republican lawmakers who said the agency had drifted from the administration's agenda. Kyle Diamantis, the FDA's deputy commissioner for food, will serve […]
New polling shows Mike Rogers leading all three Democrats in Michigan Senate race
Republican Mike Rogers leads every potential Democratic opponent in Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate race, a new Glengariff Group poll for the Detroit Regional Chamber found. The numbers mark a clear step forward for the GOP's effort to hold, and expand, its 53-47 Senate majority by flipping a seat Democrats have controlled since 1979. Rogers topped […]
Trump floats making Venezuela the 51st state, citing $40 trillion in oil reserves
President Donald Trump told Fox News he is "seriously considering" making Venezuela a permanent part of the United States, floating statehood for the South American nation months after U.S. military officials captured former dictator Nicolas Maduro and the administration began managing the country's vast oil sector. The remark, delivered during a phone call with Fox […]
