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Munition used in Sept. 2 boat strike was intended to kill people, top Democrat says
Sen. Mark Warner speaks to reporters as he walks into the Senate Chamber, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, [Read More…]
National Trust for Historic Preservation sues to try to stop White House ballroom construction
Demolition work continues where the East Wing once stood at the White House on December 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the privately funded nonprofit [Read More…]
Trump claims to pardon jailed Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, but state officials contend it’s unconstitutional
Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters is in the rally at west steps of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images [Read More…]
Growing number of House Republicans sign on to effort to force vote on ACA subsidies — defying Speaker Johnson
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a Hanukkah reception at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. T. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As House [Read More…]
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted about veteran in contentious hearing over deportations
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Department of Homeland [Read More…]
Competing Democrat, Republican health care proposals both fail in the Senate
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks on as senators speak to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty [Read More…]
Senate poised to cast votes on competing health care proposals
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks on as senators speak to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty [Read More…]
Rubio orders State Department to change official memo font, citing DEI issue: Official
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, November 18, [Read More…]
US seizes tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with farmers in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce a $12 billion [Read More…]
House Republican drops his inquiry into Sept. 2 boat strikes
Rep. Mike Rogers speaks to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol, December 10, 2025. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alabama Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman [Read More…]
Eileen Higgins, after win in runoff race, set to be Miami’s 1st female mayor, 1st Democrat in almost 3 decades
Miami Mayoral-elect Eileen Higgins speaks to supporters as she celebrates her victory at her election night party held at the Miami Women’s Club on December 09, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MIAMI) — [Read More…]
Trump ramps up anti-immigrant rhetoric, embraces phrase ‘s—hole countries’
Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump ramped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric in a speech on Tuesday night, repeatedly attacking Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar and complaining about immigration outside [Read More…]
GOP lawmakers issue subpoenas over Gov. Shapiro’s home security upgrades
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sits for an interview at the Pennsylvania State Capitol on June 11. (Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Editor’s note: The story’s headline has been [Read More…]
Group of Democratic senators pen letter to Navy secretary condemning Sen. Mark Kelly review
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote a [Read More…]
Trump administration moves to end major student loan forgiveness plan: ‘We won’t tolerate it’
Linda McMahon, US education secretary, during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images [Read More…]
Supreme Court weighs role of IQ scores in debate over execution of disabled people
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 20 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled people convicted of capital crimes as “cruel and unusual” punishment forbidden by the Eighth Amendment. [Read More…]
County GOP leader Bruce Blakeman announces run for New York governor, taking on fellow Trump ally Elise Stefanik
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announces the formation of a Long Island Coalition of Business and Political Leaders against proposals to increase New York’s corporate tax rate in Mineola, New York, on Nov. 17, 2025. [Read More…]
Trump backtracks on releasing boat strike video, distances himself from controversy
Pete Marovich/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump, after initially saying he had “no problem” with releasing the video of the Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea that killed two survivors, [Read More…]
Trump to speak in Pennsylvania to start selling his economic agenda ahead of midterm elections
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid criticism that he’s been focused heavily on foreign policy rather than an “America First” agenda, President Donald Trump will kick off what will be a year focused on domestic [Read More…]
Supreme Court hears major challenge to campaign spending limits
A poll worker helps a voter cast their ballot for Tennessee’s 7th district election at Charlotte Park Elementary School on December 2, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As candidates and political [Read More…]