As the federal government prepares to shut down at midnight, the House of Representatives remains absent from the nation’s capital, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refusing to bring members back for emergency votes that could prevent the funding lapse. Johnson announced earlier this week that the House would remain out […]
Vice President JD Vance and other Republican leaders have recently asserted that Democrats are pushing government funding bills that would allocate as much as $1.5 trillion toward providing healthcare benefits for undocumented immigrants. This narrative has been prominent during government funding debates and related shutdown threats. Vance said, Democrats want […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of America’s top generals and admirals from around the world to Marine Corps Base Quantico with just days’ notice for what amounted to a military culture reckoning. The hastily arranged gathering on September 30, was both an ultimatum and a transformation announcement: align with […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday delivered a significant victory to the Trump administration, granting an emergency application for a stay that effectively allows the president to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress. In an unsigned order issued September 26, 2025, the Supreme Court stayed a lower court injunction […]
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it is initiating proceedings to potentially bar Harvard University from receiving federal funding across all government agencies. The HHS Office for Civil Rights has formally referred Harvard to the department’s suspension and debarment office, a rarely used but powerful mechanism […]
With just hours remaining until the federal government funding expires, negotiations between Congressional leaders and President Trump failed to produce a breakthrough on Monday. The government runs out of money at midnight on Sept. 30, marking the start of fiscal year 2026. Without Congressional action to pass either full-year appropriations bills […]
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice. The indictment came just days after Trump publicly demanded on Truth Social that Attorney General Pam Bondi move “now” to prosecute Comey and other political […]
The Trump administration announced Saturday the termination of the United States Department of Agriculture’s annual Household Food Security Reports, ending a three-decade-long survey that has served as the nation’s primary tool for measuring hunger in America. The USDA justified the cancellation by characterizing the reports as “redundant, costly, politicized, and […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the No Secret Police Act (Senate Bill 627) on September 20, making it illegal for federal and local law enforcement officers to conceal their faces with ski masks, balaclavas, neck gaiters, and similar face coverings while conducting official business. The law takes effect January 1, […]
President Donald Trump escalated his standoff with congressional Democrats on Thursday by threatening permanent mass layoffs of federal employees if the government shuts down next week. The Trump administration raised the stakes significantly when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a memo to federal agencies on Wednesday night, […]
