Politics

President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Democrats for the partial government shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats have yet to reach a deal on Department of Homeland Security funding, while he also touted what he deemed as wins for his administration on issues such as the economy and crime.Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump boasted of "great financial numbers" such as low inflation and falling fuel prices."Great financial numbers, […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is ready to put Senate Democrats to the test on voter ID legislation.The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has earned the backing of 50 Senate Republicans, including Thune, which is enough to break through a key procedural hurdle.Whether it can pass from the Senate to President Donald Trump’s desk is, for now, an unlikely scenario if lawmakers take the traditional path in […]

One of Rep. Eric Swalwell's, D-Calif., top Democratic opponents in the race for California governor unleashed a "savage" campaign ad using Swalwell's own words against him.Billionaire gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer, who was also unsuccessful in running for president in 2020, used multiple videos Swalwell posted on social media during the 2025 government shutdown by the pool and at the gym as an attack on his missed votes in Washington, D.C.The […]

EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is accusing Democrats of being hypocritical in their opposition to Republicans' latest election integrity bill.The No. 3 House Republican ripped the rival party after nearly all of them voted against the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act last week, specifically over its provision mandating federally accepted photo identification at the polls. It's also sometimes referred to as the "SAVE Act.""These guys are […]

Senate Republicans now have enough support within their conference to pass Trump-backed voter ID legislation, but a major hurdle remains.The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has secured the backing of 50 Senate Republicans, following a pressure campaign by the White House and a cohort of Senate conservatives over the past several weeks.Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has led the charge in the upper chamber, ramping up his efforts last […]

Democrats were mocked for leaving one of their most popular presidents off their party’s Presidents' Day message after Republicans noticed that former President Bill Clinton was absent.The former Arkansas governor and 42nd commander in chief was missing from a "Happy President’s Day" image that included John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.The only Democratic presidents missing between Roosevelt and Biden’s tenures were Clinton […]

The NAACP formally asked a federal judge to protect voter information seized by the FBI from an election warehouse in Atlanta on Sunday.The NAACP and other organizations say the documents contain "sensitive personal information," and asked the judge to impose limits on how the FBI can use the data. Their motion argues the seizure from the Fulton County elections building "infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right […]

Democrats are sticking to their skepticism about President Donald Trump’s performance on the economy, blasting the country’s "unaffordability" even as the reporting from January exceeded expectations on inflation and the job market.January’s inflation report, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed just a 2.5% increase in prices over last year — a number that inches the economy closer to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.Similarly, the U.S. jobs report […]

A House GOP lawmaker has become the first member of his party to support a Democrat-led effort to limit presidential pardon power.Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., signed on in support of legislation led by Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., to establish a congressional review process for presidential pardons.It comes after President Donald Trump pardoned five ex-NFL players guilty of various charges including perjury, drug trafficking and counterfeiting. "Across multiple administrations, we’ve seen legitimate […]