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August 03, 2025 1:04 PM ET President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday after bipartisan negotiations over a package to confirm dozens of his executive branch nominees collapsed ahead of the August recess. President Trump calls Chuck Schumer’s demand for $1 billion in exchange for confirmations “political extortion.” This

August 03, 2025 10:17 AM ET Former Fox News host and longtime New York prosecutor Jeanine Pirro was confirmed Saturday as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after a contentious, party-line battle in the Senate. “I am blessed to have received a Senate confirmation vote this evening of 50 to 45 to be

Senate Republicans are mulling various strategies to circumvent Democrats’ unprecedented roadblocks slowing the confirmation process of President Donald Trump’s nominees.  Trump has urged Senate GOP leadership to make significant progress clearing the backlog of roughly 150 nominees awaiting floor consideration or forgo the traditional August recess to continue plowing through confirmation votes. Many Senate Republicans

To typo is human. To falsely attribute quotes in a legal opinion is what’s alleged of U.S. District Court Judge Julien Neals.  Neals delivered an opinion June 30, 2025, which caught the eye of attorney Andrew Lichtman. Lichtman had appeared before Neals on behalf of defendants in a recent civil suit.  Lichtman issued a letter

Members of Maryland’s Democratic congressional delegation staged a sit-in at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building used to temporarily hold individuals facing deportation Monday afternoon after being denied a tour of the facility. The Maryland Democrats, including Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, attempted to inspect the facility after accusing ICE of

Democrat Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett threatened to bar The Atlantic from publishing a profile about her after a reporter for the outlet reached out to several of her congressional colleagues without her permission. The Atlantic’s Elaine Godfrey reached out to dozens of Democrat congressmen, including members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, to give

Former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is aligning himself with one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes as he mounts a campaign to flip North Carolina’s open Senate seat blue. Cooper sent a joint fundraising email with Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff just an hour after announcing his Senate bid Monday, telling supporters that

Conservative lawyer Paul Dans is expected to announce an official bid against Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday. Dans presented his reasons for challenging the 22-year incumbent in an interview with Charleston-based The Post and Courier released Monday. In the interview, Dans criticized Graham — who has the endorsement of President Donald Trump

The Trump administration unveiled sweeping new guidance Monday aimed at strengthening religious freedom protections for federal employees, marking one of the most significant moves in decades to support religious expression within the civil service. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent a government-wide memo titled “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace” to all federal

Some California House Democrats are less than enthused by former vice president Kamala Harris’s widely speculated potential bid for governor, with one claiming her “baggage” would only excite the Golden State’s Republicans during the 2026 midterms.  Harris, who is reportedly deciding between a race for California’s governor’s mansion in 2026 and another presidential bid in