Month: November 2025

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) blasted the Trump administration’s reported plans to open up new drilling off California’s coasts as “dead on arrival.” “As it relates to offshore oil drilling, it’s overwhelmingly opposed by members of all political parties in the state of California,” Newsom said during a press conference at the COP30 climate conference…

The controversy over President Trump’s proposal for a 50-year mortgage is highlighting deep affordability concerns in the housing market. The president kicked off a debate over housing costs last weekend when he floated on social media a longer-term mortgage — which would presumably mean lower monthly payments for the average homeowner, compared with a standard 30-year home…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) went after Democrats “celebrating” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has been at odds with her party in recent weeks, calling her “crazypants.” “MTG is quite literally the last person in America that I’m going to take advice — or to, to get their kinds of my leadership and values from….

Top Trump administration officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are slated to speak alongside biotech executives and influencers at an all-day “Make America Healthy Again” summit on Wednesday that has not been publicly disclosed. According to an agenda seen by The Hill, the event will feature many of…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday said he’s still “stunned” by the eight senators who voted with Republicans to reopen the government, a deal his office previously called a “surrender.” After holding a rally in Houston last week to tout California’s redistricting measure’s victory and criticize Texas Republicans’ own move to redrew district maps,…

With less than a year to go before the 2026 midterms, lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are making decisions as campaign season inches closer. In total, 47 congressional lawmakers, 20 Democrats and 27 Republicans, are not seeking reelection. Of that group, 20 are retiring, while 27 are seeking a higher — or different —…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself on Tuesday after President Trump said the Georgia Republican has “lost her way” as her public criticism of the GOP on multiple issues has grown more frequent. “I haven’t lost my way,” Greene said in a statement, provided to The Hill by her office. “I’m 100% America first and…

“This took 3,000 years to get to this point,” President Trump proclaimed last month as he heralded the agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of the last Israeli hostages. It was indeed a significant agreement, a long time coming. But whether it was an achievement for the ages will depend on what…
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A senior federal judge in Massachusetts, appointed by former President Reagan, said he resigned Friday in protest against President Trump. U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf wrote in The Atlantic that he stepped down because he “no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.” Wolf…

The deal struck between Senate Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government allows for federal paychecks and other funding components to resume with senators also set to hold a vote on health care tax credits. On Monday, the Senate voted 60-40 to pass a bill to fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shot back at President Trump after he mocked her for quoting the Constitution and becoming involved in the nation’s politics. In an interview Monday on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Trump invoked Omar when railing against the Democratic Party. “I look at somebody that comes from Somalia, where they don’t have…
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Jon Stewart is shredding Democrats who voted to end the government shutdown, calling the move a “world-class collapse.” “They f‑‑‑ing caved on the shutdown,” Stewart said Monday while hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” “Tonight’s show will be brought to you by ‘I can’t f‑‑‑ing believe it,’” he cracked. “Not even a full week removed from the…
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President Trump is visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday morning where he will deliver remarks and take part in a wreath-laying ceremony to honor veterans. The president’s Veterans Day speech comes a day after the Senate advanced the stopgap funding bill to reopen the government after more than 40 days. The House is expected to…
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The recent meeting between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping might as well have been called the walk-back summit.   Both parties declared a mutual truce in what has been an ominous, gradually escalating trade war. Beyond exercising national self-restraint by not further exacerbating the economic confrontation, they agreed to roll back recent actions: Trump would soften his tariffs and China would soften its response. But, in a larger sense, Trump’s America First…
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Democratic strategist David Axelrod predicted on Monday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will not retain his leadership post after next year’s midterm elections. “I think he’s been in trouble. I think he is in bigger trouble now,” Axelrod told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, when asked if Schumer is “in trouble here with the left…
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The president argued during a recent Fox News interview that voters have been lied to about this widespread concern.

Despite the Senate advancing legislation to bring the record-long government shutdown to an end, do not expect air travel to immediately revert back to normal.  The 42-day funding lapse, which has caused air traffic controllers to miss two consecutive paychecks as of Tuesday, has led to chaos at airports nationwide. Controllers have missed work at…
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Flight reductions across American airports went up to 6 percent on Tuesday, with cancellations and delays slowly growing within the early hours. A total of 745 flights have so far been delayed on Tuesday, with 1,180 flights canceled, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. These numbers do not distinguish between those caused by the FAA’s reduction…
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The Senate on Monday night voted to reopen the federal government, advancing the funding package to the House for consideration and opening a rift among Democrats as eight senators made a deal with Republicans. House lawmakers will make their way back to Washington after nearly two months out of session in time for a vote…
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A Utah judge on Monday rejected a Republican-approved congressional map in favor of an alternative that will create a Democratic-leaning district in the Beehive State. Third District Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling that the map, which had a finalizing deadline on Monday, “does not comply with Utah law.” Republicans’ House map, known as…
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The Trump administration says it’s working on a plan that could make 50-year mortgages a reality, a move aimed at helping younger Americans buy homes. “A 50 Year Mortgage is simply a potential weapon in a WIDE arsenal of solutions that we are developing right now,” Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte wrote on…
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Politics is not an exact science. The results of some elections are hard to read. But not last week’s.  The results from the four major races on Nov. 4 — a governor’s race in Virginia and New Jersey, a mayor’s race in New York City, and an initiative campaign in California — leave no doubt.…
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Trump is unlikely to be happy with this particular comparison…

The Texas congresswoman courted controversy with her eyebrow-raising remarks about the voting technology company.

Most “MAGA loyalists will go wherever Trump leads,” argued The Washington Post’s Max Boot.