Category: Politics

By Jim Thomas | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 07:17 PM EDT Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of yielding to the Democratic Party’s most extreme left during the ongoing government shutdown crisis on Newsmax. The Senate failed for the sixth time on Wednesday to advance…

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday and challenged the chamber’s top Democrat to sign onto a short-term extension of the Obamacare subsidies. Lawler was waiting for Jeffries as he emerged from a Democratic leadership press conference and…

The Trump administration is examining the potential use of the Insurrection Act, a 19th-century law that grants the president authority to deploy federal troops within the U.S. to suppress rebellion, insurrection, or civil unrest when state or local authorities fail to maintain order or enforce federal law. Recent discussions about…

By Sam Barron | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 09:22 PM EDT The shutdown is attributed to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., catering to the left flank of his party, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax Wednesday. Appearing on “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Marshall dismissed claims by Democrats that the shutdown…

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday and challenged the chamber’s top Democrat to sign onto a short-term extension of the Obamacare subsidies. Lawler was waiting for Jeffries as he emerged from a Democratic leadership press conference and…

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., stated on Wednesday that he does not anticipate the partial government shutdown ending this week, accusing Democratic leaders of intentionally dragging out the impasse to satisfy the far left of their party. “Based on the way Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are conducting themselves, unfortunately, I…

By Newsmax Wires | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 08:20 PM EDT Senate Republicans accused Democrats of deliberately delaying government funding votes to avoid backlash from progressive activists organizing a nationwide “No Kings” protest. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Newsmax on Wednesday that the Democratic Party has been taken over by…

By Jim Mishler | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 06:47 PM EDT Publix, one of Florida’s largest grocery chains, now allows customers to openly carry guns in its stores after a recent state court ruling. Florida’s open-carry restrictions were lifted on Sept. 25 following the 1st District Court of Appeal striking…

By Michael Katz | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 09:22 PM EDT The Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a bid by Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., to block President Donald Trump’s expanded U.S. military strikes on drug traffickers in international waters. The Senate voted 51-48 against the joint…

By Michael Katz | Wednesday, 08 October 2025 07:28 PM EDT Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Indiana on Friday to engage with state leaders as the White House intensifies efforts for Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Multiple sources, including two…