President Trump’s decision to lift hefty tariffs on most U.S. trading partners with a 90-day pause even while keeping in place a 125 percent on…
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Glimmers of optimism surrounding President Trump’s tariffs quickly faded on Tuesday as the White House dug in on the threat of new levies, the markets…
Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed law firms coming to deals with President Trump in an interview that aired Sunday. “What do you make of the law…
Vulnerable House Republicans are being put on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Members…
House Republican leaders are urging their members to adopt the Senate’s version of the budget resolution that will tee up President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda,…
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan said it’s premature for Democrats to talk about Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) potentially running for president in 2028, saying news…
A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership’s effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents and delivering a blow…
Hilary Perkins was the Food and Drug Administration’s top attorney for less than 36 hours before she resigned. Perkins joined the Department of Justice…
Democrats are seeing signs of growing energy on the grassroots level, raising questions about the possibility of a Tea Party-style movement from the party’s progressive…
Republicans are facing mounting voter frustration with Trump administration cuts made under tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The anger has spilled…
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) launched a whistleblower portal to document President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts to overhaul the federal government and its…
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) have challenged the legality of a recent order of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) leadership…
Senate Republicans want Elon Musk to stop talking about Social Security, and the Department of Government Efficiency to leave it alone. Musk’s statement that Social…
A group of Senate Democrats is calling on President Trump to reverse the firings of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he believes Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts knows “the danger of a president” who doesn’t “respect the…
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said it’s clear that Russia “remains the obstacle to peace” following a highly anticipated phone call between President Trump and Russian…
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of President Trump on Tuesday amid an escalating battle between the executive and judicial branches…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a Sunday podcast episode that “damage” from President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk could be “much…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday put the onus on Republicans to avert the looming government shutdown. “Everybody knows that Donald Trump is president, that…
Republicans in Congress are racing to pass a GOP stopgap funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)…