The center-left New Democrat Coalition (NDC) voted on Nov. 20 to elect Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) as chair to lead the effort to push for the moderate policies the House caucus promotes in the 119th Congress. Previous NDC Chair Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) praised Schneider as a practical, commonsense leader “needed more than ever.” Under
Gary Gensler was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2021. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Nov. 21 that its chair, Gary Gensler, will leave the agency on Jan. 20, 2025. “It has been an honor of a lifetime to serve with
President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to cut government spending by reasserting the presidential power of impoundment, a move certain to spark a court battle and one that could redefine presidential power for decades to come. Impoundment occurs when the president chooses not to disburse funds authorized by Congress; instead leaving them unspent in
During her 2024 congressional race, Rep. Chavez-DeRemer was endorsed by 20 labor unions. Outgoing U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), who narrowly lost her reelection bid for Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District earlier this month, is being considered for the role of labor secretary in the incoming Trump administration. The congresswoman will reportedly travel to Mar-a-Lago this
The transportation secretary replied to comments from the heads of two major carriers expressing hope for less regulatory oversight in the future. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said airline chiefs should use more energy worrying about their passengers than their regulators. During a Nov. 21 news conference, Buttigieg—in an apparent response to Delta Air
‘I don’t know who supports that,’ former White House press secretary says Jen Psaki (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday questioned the popularity of taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries for illegal immigrants in federal custody—a policy that Vice President Kamala Harris supported and that advocates have called a “fundamental right.” “There
Without the funds, ‘our ability to respond to new disasters could be jeopardized,’ FEMA’s Deanne Criswell says. The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Wednesday that her agency needs more disaster-related funding due to back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton. In a Senate hearing, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said that FEMA has