Category: Politics

Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., questioned President Donald Trump’s decision to allow the export of Nvidia’s H200-class artificial intelligence chips to China as part of broader negotiations on agricultural market access. At the Aspen Institute this week, McCormick expressed concern about the administration’s policy, stating: “I’m concerned. I’m not clear on…

U.S. officials have reported that the administration is moving toward more assertive maritime interdictions targeting Venezuela’s sanctions-evading crude trade. This shift follows recent operations in international waters, during which U.S. Coast Guard and Navy personnel seized the tanker Skipper. The seizure targeted vessels allegedly transporting sanctioned Venezuelan and Iranian crude…

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Thursday, December 11, 2025 02:15 PM EST Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings for the third quarter of the year reveal that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent nearly $50,000 in Puerto Rico between June and September on lavish hotels and meals. The records also show a total…

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana state Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, told reporters on Thursday she was “devastated” by her colleagues’ decision to reject a House-backed congressional redistricting plan. Analysts were confident that the plan could have given Republicans as many as two additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. The…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is granting a full pardon to Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado clerk who became prominent among election-integrity activists after her criminal conviction related to a 2021 security breach involving county voting equipment. The pardon followed a formal request from Peters’ attorney, Peter…

Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott denounced Jew-hatred and urged leaders across the political spectrum to consistently condemn antisemitism and bolster pro-Israel policies on Capitol Hill during a speech at the Jerusalem Post Washington Conference. Scott argued that “anti-Israel voice is not the voice of America,” referring to the dramatic rise…

By Sam Barron | Thursday, 11 December 2025 05:32 PM EST Indiana state senators voted against a proposal to redraw the state’s congressional maps, a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump by his fellow Republicans. Senators voted 31-19 to reject the map, even though Republicans hold a 40-10 majority in…

By Michael Katz | Thursday, December 11, 2025 A Democrat-backed Senate bill aimed at extending Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at year’s end received support from four Republicans on Thursday but fell short of the 60-vote threshold required for advancement. Democrats secured a promise of a Senate vote…

By James Morley III | Thursday, 11 December 2025 01:12 PM EST CNN has denied reports that it banned White House official Stephen Miller, stating the network simply declined his offer to appear on a program. Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, Miller said CNN refused to book…

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has been restored to his position as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security following President Donald Trump’s recent pardon of the congressman in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. “We got ratified,” Cuellar told reporters after Democrats voted to reinstate him…