House Republicans are pushing back stiffly against the idea of splitting up legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite the White House and Senate Republicans saying President Trump is open to doing just that. For weeks, GOP leaders have rejected the idea of funding most of DHS, including airport screeners and FEMA,…
President Trump announced Tuesday that he would endorse Sydney Gruters, the executive director of the New College Foundation and wife of Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Joe Gruters, if she decides to run for retiring Rep. Vern Buchanan’s (R-Fla.) seat in Congress. “A Highly Successful Civic Leader and Public Servant, Sydney has dedicated her life…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) bashed President Trump on Tuesday for voting by mail while simultaneously fighting to prevent others from doing the same. “For years, Donald Trump has been railing against voting by mail, only to turn around and vote by mail in the special election that’s taking place today in Florida,” Jeffries…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said prediction markets’ latest moves to restrict insider trading are “absolutely not enough” in a Monday post on social media. “Just on the policy piece alone, there are SO many individuals – staff, advisors, consultants, cabinet secretaries, spouses, and more – that can trade on insider information,” the New York Democrat…
Democratic lawmakers on Monday slammed the detainment of two individuals by federal immigration officers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an incident that occurred before officers were deployed to multiple airports to assist with security. Video of the incident shared on social media show officers holding a woman down against the floor. The law enforcement…
Congress is facing mounting pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown as flight delays and long security lines are worsening at airports nationwide. President Trump said this past weekend he would deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports to help manage the strain, a move…
President Trump told Republican lawmakers on Monday to not “worry about Easter” in order to stay in Washington to vote on a bill that ties Department of Homeland Security funding with voter identification requirements in the SAVE Act. Trump said that he’s “requesting that the Republican Senators do that immediately” and joked that lawmakers shouldn’t…