Category: Politics

Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated the Epstein Files Transparency Act could pass the Senate “as soon as tonight,” a comment he made to reporters and that journalist Lisa Desjardins first relayed on X. Thune said the House’s overwhelming 427–1 vote Tuesday afternoon left little reason for senators to pursue…

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers announced Monday he was stepping back from all public commitments following newly released emails showing continued contact between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a statement. Summers, who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, expressed “deeply ashamed” of his actions…

Americans are “so damn lucky” to have President Donald Trump in office after four years of massive government spending, inflation, record high interest rates, and a burgeoning housing crisis, Trump said in a speech Monday. “You probably would have had a bankrupt country: You are so damn lucky that I…

President Donald Trump hosted an elaborate White House dinner Tuesday evening for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, drawing a high-profile guest list that included tech executive Elon Musk, who returned to the East Room after months of public tension with the administration. The White House held a black-tie dinner…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., shared a video on social media Tuesday urging members of the U.S. military and intelligence community to “stand up” to the Trump administration and reject what she and other Democrat lawmakers called “illegal orders.” The video—titled “Don’t Give Up the Ship”—features six Democrats who previously served…

A majority of immigrants, including those in the country illegally, would still choose to come to the United States even as concerns rise over President Donald Trump’s stepped-up enforcement efforts, according to a new KFF survey. The poll found that immigrants, whether here legally or not, are increasingly anxious about…

Boise Mayor Lauren McLean faced criticism for issuing a statement that did not reference immigration after an 8-year-old girl was killed by a man identified by federal authorities as an illegal alien. The incident involved Mora Gerety, who was struck and killed by a pickup truck. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

By Newsmax Wires | Tuesday, 18 November 2025 12:40 PM EST House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he will vote to advance a Democrat-led discharge petition compelling release of the remaining Jeffrey Epstein files — even as he sharply criticized the measure as dangerously flawed and warned that carelessness could…

A federal judge in Virginia has given President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice more time to fight the unusual release of grand jury records to former FBI Director James Comey, briefly slowing a ruling that sharply criticized prosecutors and investigators in the high-profile case. U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff intervened…

Sen. Tommy Tub Tuberville, R-Ala., said he opposes a new provision added to the short-term government funding bill allowing senators to sue the federal government for unlawful surveillance, warning that it risks sticking ordinary taxpayers with the bill instead of holding the true wrongdoers accountable. Tuberville, speaking on “National Report,”…