Newsletter Archive

November 2025

Surprise Jobs Report Adds to Economic Confusion

Good evening. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden and former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle were among the mourners who gathered Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of…

Trump Admin Steps Up Push to Dismantle Education Department

Happy Tuesday! After a monthslong fight, the House and Senate passed a bill requiring the Justice Department to release files in the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A 427-1 vote in the House was followed by quick Senate…

Trump Promises $2,000 Tariff Refund Checks by Mid-2026

Happy Monday! House lawmakers are back for their first full workweek in the Capitol since mid-September. Members are expected to vote tomorrow on a bill requiring the release of more files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Then…

Trump Slashes Food Tariffs Amid ‘Affordability’ Worries

Good evening. With the government shutdown over, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has exploded back into the headlines. Following the release of new emails that shed more light on the relationship between President Trump and Epstein, the…

Two Huge Fights Still Facing Congress

Happy Thursday! Big news today! No, we don't mean the government reopening. We mean that an aged Swiss Gruyère has been crowned as the best cheese in the world for 2025.

Breaking: House Votes to End Government Shutdown After 43 Days

Happy Wednesday! The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is about to end after nearly 43 full days. With the House of Representatives back and the government set to reopen, the political world is also picking up the story that had…

Trump Hails ‘Very Big Victory’

Good evening and a happy Veterans Day to those who served. Our thanks go out to you. Tomorrow, on Day 43 of the government shutdown, the House will be back in session to take its first vote since September as it considers the Senate-passed…

Senate Kicks Off Series of Votes to End Shutdown

Happy Monday! The Senate is taking a series of votes tonight to reopen the government. It took 40 days, but senators on Sunday cleared a path to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history via a deal that is deeply dividing…

Republicans Reject Schumer Proposal to End Shutdown

The shutdown fight continued without a resolution on Friday as frustrations mounted from Capitol Hill to the nation's airports and beyond. Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats on a compromise to reopen the government, and…

Trump Strikes Deal to Slash Weight-Loss Drug Prices

Happy Thursday! Lots of history was made on this date: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president; in 1956, Dwight Eisenhower won a second term in office; in 1984, Ronald Reagan won 49 states en route to his own second term; and in…

Trump Blames Shutdown for GOP Losses; Dems Dig In to Fight

Wednesday brought the first fallout from Tuesday's elections, in which Democrats swept key races by large margins. President Trump, clearly bothered by the election results, voiced growing frustration with the government shutdown, which is…

White House Walks Back Trump Threat to Withhold SNAP Benefits

It's Election Day! Voters are having their say in closely watched contests in New York City, California, New Jersey and Virginia. And the government shutdown is about the become the longest ever. Here's your Tuesday update.

October 2025

Trump Admin Ordered to Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

Happy Friday! Two federal judges today said the Trump administration is required to use emergency Department of Agriculture funds to help pay for November food stamp benefits. And President Donald Trump, just back from his trip to Asia,…

Federal Workers' Union Calls for Immediate End to the Shutdown

Good evening. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan for the second leg of a diplomatic tour through Asia. Trump met with Japan's Emperor Naruhito ahead of a planned meeting Tuesday with Sanae Takaichi, a conservative who just became the…

Trump to Use $130 Million Anonymous Donation to Help Pay Troops

Good evening. It's Day 24 of the government shutdown, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers missed their first full paychecks today while Congress was out. Speaker Mike Johnson announced that House members will be home again next…