Speaker Johnson rejects proxy voting for new parents in Congress
The House speaker opposes a measure that would allow new parents to vote on legislation from home for up to 12 weeks. His ...
Trump’s Treasury pick rejects minimum wage hike, champions tax breaks
Scott Bessent summarized the incoming administration’s perspective perfectly: Yes to tax breaks for the wealthy, no to ...
Why did Speaker Johnson oust his own party’s Intelligence Committee chair?
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Donald Trump wasn't involved in the decision to oust the chair. There's reason to believe ...
What members of Trump’s new Republican ‘blacklist’ have in common
The Republican released a written personnel "blacklist," and it’s fair to say there’s never been a presidential public ...
The critical question Pete Hegseth dodged in his confirmation hearing
Would Pete Hegseth carry out an order to shoot American protesters on American streets? His reluctance to give a straight ...
GOP House speaker completes Intelligence panel’s ‘MAGA makeover’
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
Elon Musk reportedly set to have office space in the White House complex
As if the billionaire megadonor doesn’t already have enough access to Donald Trump, Musk is reportedly poised to receive ...
The unexpected reason Kash Patel’s QAnon comments have come back to haunt him
Thom Tillis might not like Patel’s previous praise for QAnon, but to pretend it doesn’t exist is to overlook a key detail ...
Even now, Pam Bondi refuses to acknowledge Trump’s 2020 defeat
Four years after trying to overturn Trump’s defeat, the prospective attorney general nominee still won’t answer core ...
Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing brings overlapping failures into focus
Hegseth failed to prove that he’s up for the job; Republican senators failed to do their jobs; and Trump failed to choose a ...
On Trump and Greenland, Fetterman ignores Democratic line (again)
As the senator praises Trump’s pursuit of Greenland, it’s worth appreciating the differences between the old John Fetterman and the new John Fetterman.
As a TikTok deadline approaches, the political lines get messy
Plenty of politicians have been inconsistent on TikTok, but few have been as brazen as Donald Trump and his new White House national security advisor.