President Trump said he hopes Texas Republicans will pick up five seats in the House from a redistricting plan they hope to enact in a special legislative session later this month. Trump told reporters that it’s “OK” if other Democratic-leaning states like California or New York also seek to redraw their congressional district lines to…
President Trump told reporters Tuesday that Ukraine should not target Moscow with military attacks and that the U.S. was not looking to give long-range missiles to Kyiv in its ongoing war against Russia. “No, he shouldn’t target Moscow,” Trump said of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he departed the White House for a trip to…
The latest attempt by House Democrats to force a vote on releasing files related to the disgraced, late financier Jeffrey Epstein failed on Tuesday. Democrats unsuccessfully urged the chamber to oppose a routine procedural vote — known as the motion on ordering the previous question — since failure would have triggered a vote on Rep. Ro Khanna’s…
Just three percent of Americans say they’re satisfied with the amount of information the federal government has released in the case involving disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a CNN/SSRS survey released Tuesday. Meanwhile, 50 percent of U.S. adults say in the poll that they are dissatisfied with the amount of…
The frigid waters that surround Antarctica may be inhospitable to human inhabitance, but they are churning with the manmade relics of toxic chemical production, a new study has found. Certain types of “forever chemicals” are present in ocean areas west of the Antarctic Peninsula at levels comparable to those in the North Atlantic, according to…
Twelve hardline House Republicans tanked a procedural vote on Tuesday over concerns with cryptocurrency legislation the chamber is preparing to consider, bringing the floor to a standstill and dealing a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leadership. The vote on the rule — which governs debate for legislation — fell short of the majority…
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans Tuesday that the White House is on board with a substitute amendment to the rescissions package that would exempt PEPFAR, the global anti-AIDS initiative from cuts. Vought said that the president could accept the substitute amendment to exempt the President’s…
Inflation moved up in June, due partially to businesses passing tariff costs onto consumers. Despite the uptick, President Trump is on the warpath for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, a move that would stimulate markets and investment, but that could also push inflation higher. As tariff-induced inflation threatens to become the dominant narrative…
The new national survey indicates that Trump’s “big bad budget” is unpopular with Americans, and Democrats now have the opportunity to build a new foundation for the party by proposing innovative policies and programs to fix the problems created by Trump’s policies.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that Democratic voters are “fully caffeinated, double espresso” when it comes to involvement in politics at the moment. “If you look at every special election and every primary, Democratic turnout since 2024 is way up on a comparative basis, and it’s very, very — Democratic voters…
