Youngkin to draft sanctuary city ban, making state funding contingent on ICE cooperation
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will announce a plan to institute a sanctuary city ban and withhold state funds for policing to such jurisdictions.
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Schumer Says Senate Will Vote on Social Security Fairness Act
The House version of the bill passed in November, with strong bipartisan support. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) said on Dec. 11 that he will bring the Social Security Fairness Act before the Senate for a vote. The bill removes rules that reduce Social Security benefits in certain cases, such as those receiving pensions
Reporter’s Notebook: A DOGE in the fight
Congress hasn't voted to create DOGE, and there's been no executive order, but President Trump-elect advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are spearheading the enterprise anyway.
House Approves Bill to Expand Federal Judiciary
The bill allows for the addition of dozens of judgeships over a decade. Biden has pledged to veto the legislation. The Republican-led House of Representatives approved a bill on Dec. 12 to expand the number of seats in the federal judiciary. The bill, known as the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of
Trump Says Transgender Bathroom Issue Less Important Than Others
‘I don’t want to get into the bathroom issue,’ the president-elect said. ‘Because it’s a very small number of people we’re talking about.’ President-elect Donald Trump stated that there were more important issues than the transgender bathroom debate when he was asked about the topic in a Time magazine interview published Thursday. Trump was named
Marc Elias’s Law Firm Linked to Network of Dem Super PACs Behind Deceptive Text Message Operation
Super PAC network sent texts with inaccurate polling place information and voter registration data (Wikimedia Commons) The law firm of Democratic fixer and election denier Marc Elias is linked to a network of super PACs whose deceptive text messages infuriated and baffled voters across the country, a Washington Free Beacon review has found. Evidence for
Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure
Pete Hegseth's luck seems to be turning around in the Senate despite several controversies he has faced as he seeks to become defense secretary in the next Trump administration.