House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) unveiled a 10-part plan for House Democrats’ efforts to counter many of President Trump’s moves to upend the federal bureaucracy.
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“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to gut and reorganize the federal health department shocked many people tasked with making it happen, and left others fearful that everything from the safety…
“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to preserve chats that senior officials conducted on the Signal messaging app, including a now infamous exchange accidentally shared with a reporter…
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem appears to have worn a gold Rolex watch worth nearly $60,000 during her visit to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the New York…
“The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump’s advisers about a deal to avert the type of executive order that the White…
“Israel provided sensitive intelligence from a human source in Yemen on a key Houthi military operative targeted in an attack described by national security adviser Mike Waltz in a Signal…
The White House will withdraw the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Punchbowl News reports. The Trump administration has grown concerned…
Benjamin Wittes: “That Trump had authoritarian instincts was not in dispute among reasonable analysts. One needed only to listen to his speeches to establish that.” “But how would his authoritarianism…
Scott Cummings: “To understand what action to take requires clarity about the democratic assault now being advanced with brutal efficiency against the United States. Trump and his legal team have…
Wall Street Journal: “In past years, such a breach would likely have given rise to a separate and more thorough investigation by the FBI and Justice Department’s national security division…
Airline travel between Canada and the US is “collapsing” amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, with flight bookings between the two countries down by over 70%, The Guardian reports. Save to…
New York Times: “The onslaught of contested policies and language by the Trump administration in recent weeks is causing tourists around the globe to either cancel or reconsider travel to…
The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson writes that “one lesson from this story” is “how honest, consistent, and careful with national security the best reporters are compared to the people who…
Punchbowl News: “But before the Senate can begin considering a compromise budget resolution, Republicans need to have a ruling in-hand from Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on whether they can use…
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio broke ranks and admitted ‘someone made a big mistake’ by adding a journalist to a secret group chat about military action in Yemen,” the Daily…
Cook Political Report: “With Democrats just three seats short of a House majority, the party is looking for any opening to force Republicans on defense. Their first electoral test will…
Politico: “Two weeks after the Senate minority leader joined with Republicans to prevent a government shutdown, Democrats are still fuming over how he handled the standoff. But many in the…
“President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose heavier tariffs on Canada and the European Union if they work together to ‘do economic harm’ to the United States, hours after he…
A new Pew Research poll finds defunding NPR and PBS is very unpopular: Only 24% of adults say the government should stop the funding, while 43% say it should continue…
“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads, reshaping the nation’s health agencies and closing regional offices,”…
Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) said he’s “seriously considering” a 2026 Senate campaign against incumbent John Cornyn, or the winner of what’s expected to be a bruising GOP primary, the…
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