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Trump nominee to be top general denies wearing MAGA hat
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied on Tuesday that he has ever worn a [Read More…]

Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest ‘crisis’ he says Trump and Musk created
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday morning was still speaking on the Senate floor, staging a filibuster he started at 7 p.m. Monday night, in what he called [Read More…]

Democrats renew push to expand IVF access for military service members
Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats are renewing their push to expand in vitro fertilization access for military service members by introducing legislation that would require the Department of Defense’s health care program to [Read More…]

GOP eyes its House majority in special elections in Florida to replace Waltz, Gaetz
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, FL) — A pair of special elections in Florida for the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to fill vacancies left by former Republican Reps. Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz has [Read More…]

Wisconsin Supreme Court election that broke spending records could serve as litmus test for Trump, Musk
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MADISON, WI) — Voters head to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin for a hot-button race that could offer a barometer on how Americans are feeling at this point in President Donald [Read More…]

Trump administration reviewing alleged antisemitism at Harvard University
Leonid Andronov via Getty Images (BOSTON) — The Department of Education and other agencies are reviewing Harvard University for fostering antisemitism on its campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday. “Harvard’s failure to protect students on [Read More…]

Trump’s tariffs could cause a recession, experts say. Here’s how.
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. stocks seesawed between gains and losses on Monday in the lead up to a promised fresh round of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on April 2, [Read More…]

State Sen. Randy Fine says he doesn’t think he disagrees with Trump on anything
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Florida state Sen. Randy Fine, the Republican candidate in Tuesday’s special U.S. House election for the seat vacated by former Rep. Mike Waltz, said on ABC News Live on Monday that [Read More…]

Eric Adams pushes judge to dismiss charges before ballot deadline
Graeme Sloan for The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Monday to drop criminal corruption charges before a political deadline this week [Read More…]

Trump officials’ Signal chat ‘could have ended with lost American lives’: Sen. Warner
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said on Sunday that if information had been leaked from top Trump national security officials’ Signal chat discussing plans to bomb the Houthis in [Read More…]

Southwest border mission has cost $330M so far — with over $40M for Guantanamo Bay alone: Sources
A photo released by the Department of Homeland Security of the first flight of migrants who were part of Tren de Aragua, preparing to takeoff for Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 4, 2025. Via DHS. (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Emotional Education Department ‘clap-outs’ celebrate departed federal employees
Former Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona joins supporters of the Department of Education workers during a clap-out event in front of the Department of Education building in Washington D..C., March 28, 2025. Via Arthur Jones [Read More…]

udges temporarily block Trump orders targeting Jenner and Block, WilmerHale law firms
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal judges in D.C. on Friday partially blocked two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump targeting the Jenner and Block and WilmerHale law firms — temporarily halting Trump’s attempts [Read More…]

Trump weighs in on House special election races in Florida as GOP fights to keep majority
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pair of back-to-back rallies held over the phone on Thursday night, President Donald Trump praised the two Republican candidates in the upcoming special elections [Read More…]

Another law firm targeted by Trump, Jenner and Block, suing to block executive order
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The law firm Jenner and Block filed suit against the Trump Administration Friday seeking to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that targeted its attorneys’ [Read More…]

Vice President Vance and wife Usha head to Greenland amid US takeover controversy
Chesnot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are making their way to Greenland on Friday morning for a scaled back visit to the Pituffik Space Base. The couple boarded [Read More…]

HHS to cut about 10,000 full-time employees
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Thursday that about 10,000 full-time employees will soon lose their jobs, on top of the nearly 10,000 who have already left [Read More…]

Republicans raise concerns about Florida special election as candidates vie to replace Mike Waltz
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Some Republicans are raising concerns ahead of a key special election in Florida on Tuesday in what appeared to be a safe U.S. House district for the party as Republican [Read More…]

Atlantic story on Yemen chat reportedly showed rare instance of Vance breaking with Trump
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid the fallout from The Atlantic’s Monday article reportedly detailing the Signal group chat discussing the U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen, Vice President JD Vance appearing to [Read More…]

US projected to default this summer absent congressional action
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Congressional Budget Office warned on Wednesday that the government could run out of money to pay its bills as early as August or September if lawmakers fail to address [Read More…]