GOP leaders met with President Trump today to discuss the contours of the next Covid19 relief package.
According to The Washington Post, this next, and final, round of stimulus will include another direct payment to individuals – potentially at …
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin informed congressional Democrats today he will not comply with requests to hand over President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns.
“I am informing you now that the Department may not lawfully fulfill the Committee’s request,” Mnuchin …
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Citing a humanitarian crisis on the southern border, President Trump declared a national emergency yesterday from the White House. The declaration would allow the President to repurpose funds for the construction of a border wall along the U.S. border with …
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Scandals continue to plague Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Kevin Chmielewski, a former deputy chief of staff for operations at the EPA is expected to testify before Congress in coming weeks about “secret” calendars used to keep meetings that …
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Massachusetts has become the latest state to allow law enforcement officials to remove firearms from individuals it deems to be a danger to themselves or to others. Governor Charlie Baker signed H. 4760 into law today, making The Bay State …
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has received a slew of negative publicity in recent weeks amid accusations of abuse of power and several senior-level resignations. Several people within the agency have characterized those departures as staffers abandoning a sinking …
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According to a new poll, 51% millennials blame baby boomers for making things worse for their generation. The survey also found that many baby boomers (36%), agreed with the sentiment. Only 13% of millennials felt baby boomers had made …
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A new study by the right-leaning Center for Immigration Studies found that the education levels for new immigrants has increased dramatically in the last decade, but employment and income have not kept pace by nearly as much.
The study found …
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Legislation was introduced this week in the Senate that would decriminalize the use of marijuana at the federal level and create dedicated funding streams for women and minority business owners to produce and sell the drug. The legislation was introduced …
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is not seeking reelection and will retire in January 2019, citing his responsibilities as a father.
“What I realized is, if I am here for one more term, my kids will only have ever …
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, endured a marathon session of questioning yesterday on Capitol Hill from a joint Senate committee looking to get to the bottom of the social media giant’s actions in several incidents where tens of millions of …
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President Trump has vowed to stop negotiating on a solution to the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program Sunday morning, citing what he considers a lack of desire on the part of congressional Democrats to get a deal …
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided not to appoint a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses by the FBI and the Department of Justice regarding the obtaining of FISA warrants to surveille the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential …
Continue ReadingFormer FBI Director Andrew McCabe is pleading with the nation’s young people not to be discouraged from going into careers in public service despite the “divisive politics and partisan attacks” that characterize the country’s national discourse. McCabe made his case …
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives has passed a bill giving patients the ability to try experimental drugs and treatments that have not been approved by the FDA, this week. The so-called right-to-try bill gives very ill and terminally ill patients the …
Continue ReadingTensions between President Trump and former high-ranking intelligence community officials have been rising in the wake of the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. McCabe was fired on Friday after an internal FBI investigation found he acted inappropriately in …
Continue ReadingFormer Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe believes his firing was political and that it has to do with his willingness to corroborate information former FBI Director James Comey has given to Congress as well as the special counsel about interactions …
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