The “big, beautiful bill” that President Trump signed into law earlier this month will add nearly $3.4 trillion to the nation’s deficits over roughly the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday. The analysis released by the nonpartisan budget scorekeeper projected the bill would add $3.394 trillion to the…
The Justice Department on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order blocking President Trump’s punitive executive order against the law firm Jenner & Block. The notice of appeal is the Trump administration’s second such challenge to Big Law firms’ legal victories against orders that sought to undercut their business as retribution for ties to the president’s political…
The Trump administration on Monday released hundreds of thousands of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., fulfilling a pledge from President Trump despite some reluctance from the civil rights icon’s children. The release makes more than 230,000 pages of files digitally available. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the documents…
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday blocking a Mississippi law prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in public schools and colleges, citing First Amendment grounds. “This Court finds that each day the statute remains unclarified, undefined, and under a threat of open interpretation, exacerbates the suppression of protected speech,” Judge Henry…
Hunter Biden on Monday claimed actor George Clooney had threatened to pull out of a Los Angeles fundraiser last summer, an event that was the basis of a New York Times op-ed Clooney later wrote alleging then-President Biden didn’t recognize him. The claim came as part of a wide-reaching interview Hunter Biden gave to YouTube…
The House will not vote on a resolution calling for the release of some documents related to Jeffrey Epstein before the August recess, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Monday, despite growing GOP outcry over the Trump administration’s handling of the case. The news came after the House Rules Committee advanced the measure last week,…
The Trump administration’s inability to clearly answer whether hiring a Holocaust denier as a faculty member highlights the dangers of the administration’s “ideological litmus test” approach to viewpoint diversity in higher education.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) said it raised $8.6 million in the month of June, marking half of the Republican National Committee’s $16.2 million haul during the same period. The RNC has $80.78 million in the bank while the DNC has $15.22 million. Democrats note that the RNC had more transfers this cycle and touted…
Immigrants detained in federal sites in Florida have faced inhumane conditions, including substandard medical care, abuse and neglect and overcrowding, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.
Obama pushed intelligence officials to exaggerate the evidence for Russian malfeasance in the 2016 presidential election.
