Month: December 2025

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) took his criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a step further Friday, claiming the Pentagon chief’s recent decisions have “ruined his credibility.” “I’ve been on the record already,” he told Politico’s Dasha Burns, who also hosts “Ceasefire” on C-SPAN. “After Signalgate, I think I’ve seen enough. What I really wanted to…

The office tackles global issues such as the administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean, which lawmakers and experts say could involve war crimes. Dozens of officials have left this year.

Gasoline prices are down while electric and natural gas costs are up, turning the issue of energy affordability into a political Rorschach test. Democrats are lambasting the White House for high power bills, while President Trump and his allies tout low prices at the pump. “Energy — gasoline — we’re now at about $2.50 a…
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Members of Congress are seeking more answers on the controversial attack and the legal underpinnings of the president’s military campaign in international waters.

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith blasted President Trump for calling the affordability crisis a Democratic “con job,” saying that he “wants to act as if there’s no concern.” “He has to say that right now because it’s an issue and a concern for the American people,” the host of SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.”…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump was furious with her after she signed a House petition compelling the release of all government files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “We did talk about the Epstein files and he was extremely angry at me that I signed the discharge petition…

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Friday that a National Guardsman injured in last week’s shooting in Washington is “slowly healing” and that his parents reported he has begun to “look more like himself.” In a message posted on the social platform X, Morrisey announced that a vigil would be held for U.S. Air…

President Trump praised a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) panel’s vote to change guidance for hepatitis B vaccinations as a “very good decision” in a Friday night post on his social platform Truth Social. “Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast…

“We want Europe to remain European,” a new national security plan reads.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Friday a “very aggressive” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer used pepper spray against her during a raid in Tucson, Ariz. According to Grijalva, community members in Tucson had stopped approximately 40 ICE officers, most of whom were masked, in the middle of a street near Taco Giro, which Grijalva…

“These Somalians have taken billions of dollars out of our country. They have destroyed Minnesota,” Trump said Wednesday.

Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) said Friday he will lift his remaining holds on President Trump’s nominees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department approved disaster recovery funds for his state. Budd had holds on Sean Plankey, who was nominated to be director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Pedro Allende,…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Trump’s voters may be an issue for the Republican Party during next year’s midterms because this “big pool” of people may not show up to vote without him on the ballot.  “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but…

It could be the light, but in addition to the now-familiar bandage covering the bruise, the president’s hand appeared more than a little swollen.

Vice President Vance shared a list of the three progressive politicians who he said, in an interview with NBC News published Thursday, he has come to appreciate. In a wide-ranging interview that touched on his marriage, his chances of running in 2028 and antisemitism in the United States, Vance said he has come to appreciate…

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release jury transcripts from Florida’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith made the order in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the DOJ to release all of its information on Epstein. President Trump signed…

The New Democrat Coalition on Friday urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over an unclassified inspector General report that found he endangered service members by communicating about sensitive military intelligence in a Signal group chat.  “Time and time again, the Secretary has lied, dodged, deflected, and shockingly scapegoated his subordinates,” New Democrat Chair Brad…

Pawlenty acknowledged there is danger in “stigmatizing any ethnic group, any racial group, any religious group.”

The new map splits Indianapolis into four to help the GOP potentially win all nine Indiana congressional seats.

“The numbers are beyond any numbers,” Trump said in his acceptance speech.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is expressing concern about Netflix’s planned acquisition of moviemaker Warner Bros., saying the deal could raise major questions about antitrust and competitive imbalance. “This deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare,” Warren said Friday in a statement. “A Netflix-Warner Bros. would create one massive media giant with control of close to half…

Will the justices throw out a bedrock legal principle that has defined American citizenship for over a century?

The Indiana state House passed a new set of congressional lines Friday that would add two Republican pickup opportunities ahead of 2026. The new map, which was only introduced by Republicans just days ago, passed by a 57-41 vote and would favor Republicans in all nine congressional districts. Specifically, it would weaken the 1st Congressional…
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday condemned President Trump’s remarks about Somali immigrants in which he described the group as “garbage.” Walz said it was “unprecedented for a United States president.” “We’ve got little children going to school today who their president called them garbage,” he added, according to The Associated Press. Minnesota is…

President Trump was honored Friday with the first FIFA Peace Prize, an award created by the global soccer governing body ahead of next year’s World Cup, which will take place partly in the United States. FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who has spent months ingratiating himself with Trump, bestowed the award during a drawing to determine…