Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Wednesday he is “not on social media at all” after New York magazine reported in May that a former aide had said social platform X was often a focus of the senator. “I’m actually not on — I’m not on social media at all,” Fetterman said at a Wednesday event…
Wednesday’s Hill Nation Summit was packed with lawmakers and major figures on both sides of the aisle, and made clear that President Trump has an iron grip on the Republican Party. Republican speakers were notably deferential to and confident in Trump, while Democrats struggling to coalesce around a strategy to come back from their crushing…
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) was hospitalized Wednesday, likely putting Democrats down a vote during the vote-a-rama on the rescissions package that is expected to last into the evening. Smith’s staff revealed on social media that the 67-year-old senator felt unwell while at the Capitol earlier Wednesday and subsequently went to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and…
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was fired on Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), according to multiple news outlets. Maurene Comey worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell that have troubled the…
President Trump said the Coca-Cola Company has agreed to use real cane sugar, at his request, in the American version of their flagship drink. “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so. I’d like to thank all of those…
Officials in the community of King Cove, which has about 870 residents and is on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, sent an alert calling on those in the coastal area to move to higher ground.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) butted heads on Wednesday over the safety of the New York City subway system and the accuracy of crime data statistics. In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Duffy warned Nadler not to call him a liar after the congressman said Duffy has “misrepresented”…
The House set a new record for the longest vote in the history of the chamber Wednesday night, surpassing seven hours and 24 minutes on a vote to advance a trio of cryptocurrency bills as Republican leaders worked behind the scenes to get a handful of GOP holdouts on board. The chamber officially broke the…
President Trump on Wednesday sidestepped a question on appointing a special counsel to investigate the case involving disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. As the president was leaving after giving a speech at the White House, a CNN reporter asked whether he’d consider appointing a special counsel in the matter. “I have nothing…
Senate Republicans are warning President Trump that it would be a big mistake to follow through on his threat to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying it would likely send a “shock wave” through the financial markets and roil the broader economy. GOP senators, including lawmakers closely allied with Trump, warn that any move…
