Republicans stuck in the mud on Trump tax bill

Congressional Republicans are halfway through a critical four-week stretch for passing President Trump’s legislative priorities — and they are behind the eight-ball. On the House side, leaders are struggling to find consensus on a host of hot-button issues, headlined by Medicaid cuts and the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. Top lawmakers are looking […]

DOGE’s plan for sensitive U.S. data is freaking out security experts

“Putting all your eggs in one basket means I don’t need to go hunting for them — I can just steal the basket.” Silver Platter Elon Musk’s ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government’s vast data reserves. They’re currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into […]

As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

The prices of strollers and car seats are skyrocketing as companies race to adjust to President Trump’s tariff policies. Federal support for a major campaign to promote safe infant sleep habits appears to have been cut. Measles outbreaks are terrifying parents of young children, even as the nation’s health secretary undermines vaccines. The Trump administration’s […]

COMMENTARY: DOGE’s swift but not-so-terrible sword

Critics swing between accusing the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency of overreach and declaring it a failure at cutting government. Here are some reality checks. DOGE-like efforts are not new. George H.W. Bush’s Council on Competitiveness was created to ease regulatory burdens. Led by Vice President Dan Quayle, it worked to slow or stop […]

‘The White House Already Knows’

Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of orchestrating a cover-up of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, signaling a sharp break from his usual alignment with the Trump administration. Since the death of Epstein in 2019 while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges, questions around the extent of his crimes, […]

White House Reveals Why it Fired Librarian of Congress

The White House has revealed why the administration fired the first female congressional librarian, Dr. Carla Hayden. On Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Hayden of putting “inappropriate books for children” in the library, which receives a copy of every book that is copyrighted in the United States each year. She also claimed […]

Anna Paulina Luna demands Pam Bondi swiftly release Jeffrey Epstein files

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to “stop stonewalling” and release more Jeffrey Epstein files. “The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein implicated the most powerful members of our society in one of the most horrific sex trafficking rings to be uncovered in this century,” the St. Petersburg Republican said. “The survivors of […]