Sen. John Fetterman recently voted with Republicans to confirm Attorney General Pam Bondi. A potential swing vote for two of President Donald Trump’s nominees disappeared on Feb. 6 as Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) announced that he opposes Trump’s picks for national security adviser and health secretary. Fetterman said on the social media platform X that
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking assistance for recovery efforts after fires ravaged the Los Angeles area. California Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to Washington for a two-day trip on Feb. 5 to discuss fire recovery funding with President Donald Trump and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Newsom’s office said the governor “expressed his appreciation for
Lawmakers are finalizing the details of Trump’s bill, which includes trillions in tax breaks and government spending cuts. House Republicans are working to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a major budget package by Friday’s self-imposed deadline. The plan is expected to include approximately $3 trillion in tax breaks, significant cuts to government spending, and
It’s Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Donald Trump can’t stop making history. On Sunday, he will become the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. That’s kind of cool, but it’s nothing compared with his world-history-making triumph as the first politician ever to defeat the scourge of racism. The NFL announced this week that, for
It wasn’t long ago when Barack Obama’s young aides were the darlings of D.C. media. The “Obama 20-somethings,” the New York Times wrote in 2010, had “grown more comfortable and confident, reshaping the city around them in their image—idealistic, earnest, geeky, understated, wise-cracking.” Fifteen years later, Donald Trump is leading a youth revolution of his
Government health officials haven’t determined whether last month’s fire at the world’s largest lithium battery plant exposed nearby Monterey, Calif., residents to dangerous toxins—nor have they issued any precautions to the general public. But an agricultural toxicology specialist immediately sounded the alarm when he saw the results from one of the soil tests following the
The United States should be a ‘country of producers,’ says Jamieson Greer. Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top trade negotiator, vowed to recalibrate the global trade system and advance the new administration’s sweeping agenda. In November, the president chose Greer, 44, as the next U.S. trade representative. As trade representative