Author: Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) continued on Sunday to stand by his vote to reopen the government, citing approval from his constituents. Kaine was one of eight Democratic senators to side with Republicans on an agreement to fund the government and end the shutdown a week ago. Since the government reopened on Wednesday, Kaine has become…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit the Philadelphia Mint Wednesday to commemorate the last production of the penny in the United States. Treasurer Brandon Beach nine months after President Donald Trump called to halt production on the one-cent coin. Trump explained that the decision was part of an effort to “rip the waste out of…

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg condemned President Donald Trump’s criticism of air traffic controllers. Buttigieg responded to Trump’s Truth Social post Monday after the president floated a “$10,000 bonus” for air traffic controllers who continued working through the now 41-day government shutdown, and gave those who walked off the job a “negative mark.” “The President…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced that she is suing for defamation after American Airlines filed an incident report involving her recent travel out of Charleston International Airport. The case is seeking “damages for defamation per se and reputational harm, as well as a full public correction and/or retractions for the allegedly false reports” from the…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris admitted that former President Joe Biden “greatly disappointed” her, which complicated their relationship. During a media tour for her book, 107 Days, Harris appeared on the Diary of a CEO YouTube series on Thursday, during which host Steven Bartlett posed the question, “Are you friends with Joe Biden?” “Yes, it’s…

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) nominated the late Charlie Kirk for the newest statue in the National Garden of American Heroes on Thursday. “For young Americans, Charlie Kirk represents the vital role that positive civic engagement and dialogue play in our democracy,” Cassidy wrote on X. “Proud to nominate him for inclusion in the National Garden…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to recognize that the government shutdown “is hurting them and the country” and to bring it to an end. “I think [the shutdown] will end when enough Democrats see what they are doing to the country,” Graham said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends…

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) yelled at a reporter Wednesday for asking why the National Guard was delayed on Jan. 6, 2021. Pelosi was just outside the U.S. Capitol when LindellTV reporter Alison Steinberg approached the former Speaker of the House. Other reporters were also at the scene asking questions, but Steinberg was the only one…