Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a record-breaking marathon speech on the Senate floor, which started Monday evening and continued more than 25 hours before wrapping up Tuesday night, in a protest against the Trump administration’s policies. The speech now marks the longest on Senate record, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute
President Trump has argued that some of the tariffs he’s imposing this week could help the government raise over $1 trillion in the next year or so, helping to reduce the national debt and even potentially offset some income taxes. But economists are skeptical that these tariffs can bring in as much as Mr. Trump
PBS has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to the Trump administration, amid Republican threats to scrap federal funding for the public news outlet. Ballard Partners will lobby for PBS on “advocacy related to funding,” according to lobbying disclosures filed with Congress on Tuesday. Brian Ballard, the firm’s founder, is registered as one of
Republicans’ slim majority in the House grew a little larger Tuesday after the GOP candidate in Florida’s 6th Congressional District won his special election. Another seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District is also on the ballot today, and polls in that district have not yet closed. Republican state Sen. Randy Fine is the winner over
The victory gives Republicans one additional seat in Congress, bringing their majority to 219–213. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Republican state Sen. Randy Fine beat Democrat Joshua Weil in Florida’s 6th Congressional District in a special election on Tuesday to replace Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Fine’s win, which increases the GOP’s
Booker’s marathon Trump protest continues Booker says he’ll speak on Senate floor as long as he physically can in Trump protest 03:38 As Sen. Cory Booker delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor in protest of President Trump’s policies, questions emerged about how the New Jersey Democrat was surviving the feat of endurance without
Health and Human Services says it is evaluating the organization and others to make sure they have not violated their grant agreements. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has halted Title X government funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s top abortion provider. Title X provides funding for “natural family planning methods, infertility services,