Amidst a war of words between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sen. Josh Hawley is pitching legislation that would install a special inspector general for Ukraine aid. Hawley, R-Mo., is reintroducing legislation he sponsored along with Vice President J.D. Vance, when Vance was in the Senate, Read More

: Democrats are planning to make Republicans in the Senate go on the record on Medicaid during Thursday evening’s ‘Vote-a-Rama’ as potential cuts to the program become a sore point in budget discussions, especially for Republicans in states that rely on it.  Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who just won re-election Read More

Two buses in a parking lot reportedly exploded in Israel Thursday night in what appears to have been a terrorist attack. No one was injured. Several other bombs were reportedly discovered on other buses, according to TPS-IL, an Israeli news agency. Israeli officials have ordered all bus and train services Read More

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., endorsed President Donald Trump in a Wednesday post on X, making the unorthodox announcement more than three months after Election Day 2024. When making the announcement, Paul pointed to Trump’s cabinet picks and a Truth Social post in which the commander in chief blasted Ukrainian President Read More

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance Wednesday to implement sex-based definitions across the federal government and partners to expand President Donald Trump’s executive order signed last month titled, ‘Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.’ HHS announced the Read More

Many pro-Trump Republicans took to social media on Thursday to celebrate Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would be leaving the Senate at the end of his term, with one commentator saying he has ‘done so much destruction’ to the Republican Party. At 83 years old, McConnell has Read More

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Ukraine needs to ‘tone down’ its criticism of President Donald Trump and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy needs to ‘come back to the table’ to work out an economic deal with the U.S. Waltz spoke on ‘Fox & Friends’ a day after Zelenskyy suggested Read More

The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director.  Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted ‘yes’ on the conservative firebrand’s confirmation, even while moderates Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted ‘no.’  A vote to invoke cloture and begin two hours of debate on the Read More

Democrats on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee claimed their GOP counterparts would ‘rue the day’ they confirm FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, who is slated for a final vote Thursday afternoon and is expected to be approved.  ‘There’s no question here he is unqualified and unprepared,’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to slash approximately 7,000 probationary workers in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. starting Thursday, according to reports.  The layoffs will affect probationary workers who have been employed for one year or less and have not been able to secure full civil Read More