Month: October 2025

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.” Speaking Tuesday at The Hill’s “Health Next Summit,” Marshall, a medical doctor, said he did not believe the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the formation of a new “barracks task force” to improve living conditions for U.S. service members during his Tuesday speech to new military recruits at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.  Hegseth said the Department of Defense (DOD) task force will be in charge of developing a “department-wide” barracks…
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A lawsuit filed Monday alleges that Miami Dade College violated Florida law in gifting land in downtown Miami for President Trump’s library.  The suit, filed by historian Dr. Marvin Dunn in the 11th Judicial Court of Florida and obtained by The Hill, says the board of the community college violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine…
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The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday said the Trump administration is “assaulting American citizens” amid President Trump’s increasing federal crackdowns on blue cities and states. “And here we are on the eve of what happened in Israel, October 7, and we’re dealing with what’s going on in Gaza,” Sharpton told MSNBC’s Ari Melber on “The…
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The Democrat emphasized to the people in the audience ― many of whom were creators — that “we are living history right now.”

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said on Tuesday that the president does not get to decide whether furloughed federal workers are entitled to back pay. “It’s not up to the president,” Kennedy told reporters, when asked at the Capitol about the Trump administration “not necessarily committing to back pay” for the federal workers. “I mean, his…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold back in blasting the Trump administration while at a writers’ summit in Los Angeles on Monday. At the “Day of Unreasonable Conversation” event held at The Getty Center, Harris talked about the political moment within the broader scale of history. “We are living history right now, and…
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Sanders said it was savvy for Trump to try to blame the shutdown on Democrats, but he still has to face the reality of America’s health care crisis.

The post, which included a reference to cops as “cocky motherf**kers,” ruffled the feathers of prominent Trump supporters.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) on Tuesday called the expected National Guard deployment in his city “illegal, unconstitutional,” and “dangerous,” as local officials await the arrival of federalized troops. In a press conference, the Democratic mayor told reporters that the Trump administration has not shared with his team any details about President Trump’s plans to…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday that President Trump could “literally collapse” the American health care system as a partisan battle rages amid the government shutdown. “I don’t mean to be overly repetitive, we have a broken health care system, everybody knows that. And Trump is not wrong, when he says the system is not…
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Sen Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday described the choice to have Bad Bunny perform during the NFL’s upcoming Super Bowl LX halftime show as political. “Why else would you pick, you know, some second-rate musician to play in our greatest sporting event?” Moreno told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. “It makes no sense whatsoever. I thought…
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump for signaling Monday that he could “take a look” at issuing a pardon for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. “I just want to add just how outrageous it was for Donald Trump, in today’s White House interview that he had with the press, to even, somehow, lean into…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has accused Trump of using troops as “political props” and “pawns.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, as he doubled down on his opposition to funding the government without addressing the expiring tax credits. In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Democratic leader read aloud from part of a social media…
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When politicians start ducking questions, it’s usually because they’re standing in the middle of a fire.   Many Democrats are convinced that Republicans are now using the government shutdown to stave off further scrutiny of President Trump’s relationship with the late pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. Now, House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing back against that connection.  “It’s…
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In the resignation letter announcing her departure from the Grey Lady in July 2020, opinion journalist Bari Weiss memorably lamented that “Twitter is not on the masthead of the New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.”  What Weiss meant was that the extremely progressive sensibilities of elite social media users — leftist…
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Trump called Thunberg a “troublemaker” after she was released from Israeli custody following the Global Sumud Flotilla’s mission to deliver aid to Gaza.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) warned on Monday that actions made by President Trump could be part of an effort to keep the commander in chief in power, among other things “you expect in a different country.” “He’s weaponizing the Department of Justice, he’s normalizing the military,” Rayfield said on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” “He’s…
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Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, a longtime ally of President Trump, cautioned the Trump administration against issuing a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on the social platform X, Loomer warned that there would be “no coming back” if the president issues a pardon.…
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The House minority leader appeared Monday on the “MeidasTouch Podcast” to discuss the ongoing government shutdown.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while maintaining past criticisms voiced about President Trump, has praised the commander in chief’s political prowess. “It is clear that this shutdown has got to end as soon as possible,” Sanders said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Monday. “But what‘s also clear is that Trump now understands that…
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Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker (Ill.) and Gavin Newsom (Calif.) are threatening to leave the National Governors Association unless the group agrees to condemn President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to their respective states. “This is precisely the federal and interstate overreach we warned against — gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized President Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over the shortage of air traffic controllers at Hollywood Burbank Airport on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a publicly available advisory Monday that Hollywood Burbank Airport, located near Los Angeles, experienced delays due to a shortage of air traffic…
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Except Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.