DHS Shutdown Comes Into Play as Lawmakers Respond to Attack on Iran
Congress is divided largely along partisan lines as it prepares to debate and vote this week on a war powers resolution on U.S. military action in...
Congress Added $34 Billion in ‘Backdoor Earmarks’ for the Pentagon: Report
Congress approved 1,090 increases for Pentagon procurement and research projects in the fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill. Those increases cost...
FEMA Warns of Dwindling Disaster Aid Fund
As the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security reaches the two-week mark, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday that it spent...
Trump Admin Halts $260 Million in Medicaid Payments to Minnesota
The Trump administration is freezing nearly $260 million in funding for Minnesota’s Medicaid system, citing concerns about fraud in the program. The...
Trump Doubles Down on Tariffs in His Long SOTU Speech
President Trump’s record-long State of the Union Tuesday night — a 108-minute marathon of more than 10,000 words — was a triumphalist effort to...
Supreme Court Hits Trump Where It Hurts: His Tariffs
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a large set of President Trump’s tariffs, ruling that he does not have the broad authority he asserted to...
Trump Says US Will Contribute $10 Billion to his Board of Peace
President Trump on Thursday announced that the United States will contribute $10 billion to his “Board of Peace,” the organization formally...
Despite Trump’s Tariffs, US Trade Deficit in Goods Hit Record High in 2025
The U.S. trade deficit barely changed from 2024 to 2025, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Despite President Trump’s campaign to reduce the...
Trump Admin Restricts FEMA Deployments as DHS Shutdown Drags On
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday dismissed Democrats’ latest proposal on DHS funding and reform as “very unserious.” Speaking...
Dems Send Counteroffer, but DHS Shutdown Set to Drag On
It’s Day 4 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown — and it’s understandable if you hadn’t noticed, especially since congressional lawmakers...