Author: Emily Hallas

The Senate is beginning a marathon voting session known as a vote-a-rama that will feature votes on dozens of proposed amendments and may bring additional last-minute changes to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax cuts bill. The process is set to start at 9 a.m. Monday, when members will start a session in which they may offer…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) filed a lawsuit against Fox News, alleging the network defamed him by misconstruing a phone call he held with President Donald Trump.  “No more lies. I’m suing Fox News for $787 million,” the governor announced as he demanded a formal retraction and an on-air apology from Fox News host Jesse Watters,…

President Donald Trump’s lawyers sent letters to the New York Times and CNN threatening to sue them for reporting leaked intelligence that suggested his strikes on Iran did not destroy the regime’s nuclear facilities.  Trump authorized seven B-2 bombers to drop 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites on June 21, seeking to wipe…

The Senate parliamentarian axed new measures on gun control and school vouchers from President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” on Thursday evening, ruling that they and other provisions violated budget reconciliation rules. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough responded to several challenges Senate Democrats made to provisions in the bill, arguing that the measures were unrelated to…

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign denied a report claiming he will drop out of New York City’s mayoral race after suffering a devastating loss during the Democratic primary to socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani.  Cuomo last month formed the Fight and Deliver party, which would allow him to run as an independent in the…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pressed the Democratic Party to champion the socialist policies espoused by New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who recently clinched a victory in the Big Apple’s Democratic mayoral primary.  Mamdani has been accused of holding an antisemitic worldview and favoring policies Republicans believe are widely out of touch with the majority of…

New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani achieved a surprise victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo during New York City‘s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday through a disciplined campaign that embraced a progressive push to move on from the party’s old guard. The socialist shocked pundits by emerging as the leading contender in the millennial-versus-baby boomer race, as he defeated Cuomo, the more…

State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani‘s upset victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo during New York‘s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday puts establishment Democrats in a tough position. A self-proclaimed socialist with less than five years of legislative experience under his belt, Mamdani, 33, built a grassroots campaign centered on affordability that promised to bring working-class voters…

Attorney General Pam Bondi is presenting the budget request for the Department of Justice as she provides testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee. PAM BONDI SAYS DOJ HAS ‘COUNTLESS’ THREAT CASES AGAINST THE US AMID IRAN CONCERNS Bondi is set to deliver her testimony at 10 a.m. She will likely be pressed on the suspected Iranian terrorist…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday condemned U.S. strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, characterizing the action as “absolutely unprovoked aggression” that has “no basis or justification.”  Putin’s comments came during a meeting in Moscow with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who hand-delivered a letter to the Russian president from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…