WASHINGTON – Donald Trump on Wednesday privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a source familiar with the tenuous negotiations on the package. Trump directly reached out to … Read more
WASHINGTON ― A key Democratic senator is calling on President Joe Biden to seek formal congressional approval for U.S. airstrikes against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen, signifying growing unease with the administration’s strategy in the region amid fears of broader U.S. entanglement in another Middle Eastern conflict. “I am eager to hear from the administration about … Read more
WASHINGTON ― The question of whether a U.S. president should have full immunity from prosecution, as Donald Trump has argued while awaiting a federal court ruling on his attempt to overturn an election he lost, divided Senate Republicans on Thursday. Some GOP senators flatly rejected the former president’s immunity claims, calling them antithetical to U.S. … Read more
Jelly Roll has come a long way since dealing drugs, but isn’t staying quiet about them. The Grammy-nominated singer appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to raise the alarm about America’s fentanyl crisis — and to open up about his own past. “I was part of the problem,” he … Read more
WASHINGTON ― A second Donald Trump presidency could be more unbound thanks to the changing face of the Republican Party, where traditional GOP stalwarts are gradually being replaced with hard-charging MAGA loyalists eager to defend and amplify his tactics. During his first term in office, Trump squared off with the likes of John McCain, Bob … Read more
WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress is shaping up to be the least productive in modern history, passing just over two dozen bills that became law in 2023. The Republican-controlled House was consumed by rancor and partisan brawls for much of the year, doing little more than passing symbolic resolutions, expelling a member and, for the … Read more
