Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick To Join Liberal-Majority US Appeals Court
The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump’s first and only nominee to the Boston-based federal appeals court. Until recently, most of the justices on this court…
Trump Makes Unexpected Move in Shutdown Fight, Flipping Script On Dems
President Donald Trump appeared to gain leverage in the ongoing government funding standoff Thursday after Senate Democrats sought to link a funding deal to an extension of…
Senate Confirms Trump Envoys To UK, Turkey, Italy
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate approved three ambassadors appointed by President Donald Trump, stationing them in the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Italy, respectively. All three new ambassadors, Warren…
Pelosi Got Very Wealthy While In Congress: Here’s How
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California saw her wealth increase by at least 2,292% during her 37 years in Congress, much of it through stock trading. The…
Trump’s Former Government Phone Seized During ‘Arctic Frost’ Investigation, Raising Oversight and Constitutional Questions
As the federal government shutdown enters another week, a separate controversy is drawing renewed attention in Washington — the ongoing investigation overseen by Special Counsel Jack Smith….
Schumer and Moreno Clash Over ACA Subsidy Extension Amid Prolonged Government Shutdown
As the partial federal government shutdown stretched into its 39th day on Saturday, tensions in the U.S. Senate reached a boiling point. A brief but heated exchange…
Verdict Drops In Case of Former DoJ Staffer Who Threw Sandwich At Fed
A Washington, D.C., jury has acquitted a former Department of Justice employee who was caught on camera throwing a sandwich at federal agents before fleeing the scene….
USAID Encrypted Chats Raise Questions About Internal Coordination, Fueling Political Tensions
In an era dominated by social media, political interpretation often moves faster than verified facts. That reality was on full display this week as a series of…
FBI Finds Comey Handwritten Note Referencing ‘HRC Plan’ Before 2016 Election
Newly filed court documents show that former FBI Director James Comey wrote a 2016 note referencing “HRC plans to tie Trump” and “HRC health,” which investigators discovered…
Trump Ramps Up Pressure Over Shutdown, Health Insurance, and Senate Gridlock
After forty days of a partial federal government shutdown — the longest in modern U.S. history — Washington is showing the strain. What began as a dispute…