Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is pushing back against Vice President JD Vance, who recently referred both Ellison and Governor Tim Walz to the Department of Justice. The referral follows a House GOP report alleging the two Democrats knowingly allowed federal fraud to persist, a claim Ellison calls a calculated political stunt.
With Amazon profits ballooning to $77.67 billion, a new Government Accountability Office report reveals that the number of the company's employees relying on federal food and healthcare assistance has nearly tripled since 2020, fueling a growing political debate over whether the public should bankroll corporate labor costs.
More than $13 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue has flowed into US-controlled accounts since January, yet the money remains largely unaccounted for. While the Trump administration claims these funds are being managed for the benefit of the Venezuelan people, Congress reports being kept entirely in the dark regarding their distribution.
U.S. Representative María Salazar sparked a firestorm of criticism this week after suggesting that a military intervention in Venezuela would be a "field day" for American oil companies. Her remarks on Fox Business have fueled concerns that the administration is prioritizing corporate interests over diplomatic stability in South America.
As Troy Jackson secures his path to the Democratic Senate nomination, Maine party leaders are sharpening their attacks on Senator Susan Collins. They are linking the incumbent Republican to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, specifically citing her consistent support for funding the federal agency responsible for a recent fatal shooting in Maine.
The Trump administration has introduced a controversial rule that restricts how states fund Medicaid, a move advocacy groups describe as a calculated effort to erode the program. By limiting provider taxes, the policy is expected to strip nearly $198.7 billion from state healthcare budgets over the next decade.
Regulators in Brussels issued a $1 billion penalty against Google on Thursday, citing violations of the Digital Markets Act regarding search engine preferences and app store restrictions. The move arrives just hours before President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new wave of trade tariffs against the European Union.
House Republicans pushed a $95 billion budget blueprint through the chamber Wednesday, prioritizing military funding for the ongoing war in Iran and new voter ID requirements. The move comes as millions of American households grapple with rising grocery costs and the fallout from recent cuts to federal food assistance programs.
A bipartisan coalition in the House of Representatives pushed through the Stop Insider Trading Act on Wednesday, but the legislation arrived with a polarizing add-on: a voter identification mandate championed by Donald Trump. The 232-198 vote saw 13 Democrats break ranks to support the measure despite its contentious provisions.
A diverse group of lawmakers has introduced the Restore Trust in Congress Act, a measure designed to prohibit federal representatives and their immediate families from holding or trading individual stocks. The bill aims to close loopholes that critics argue allow members to profit from non-public information gained during their legislative duties.
Facing a president who dismisses previous congressional mandates as legally obsolete, House Democrats introduced a fresh war powers resolution Wednesday. The move seeks to halt military escalation in Iran, as lawmakers grapple with a conflict that has already claimed 18 American service lives and shows no signs of cooling.
Senator Gary Peters is calling for a freeze on the confirmation of two Trump-appointed USPS Board of Governors nominees, arguing the administration is intentionally eroding the board’s statutory partisan balance. The Michigan Democrat warns that failing to include minority-party representation threatens the institution's public interest mandate.
With three days until Maine’s Democratic convention, presumptive Senate nominee Troy Jackson is capitalizing on a new University of New Hampshire poll showing him leading five-term Republican Senator Susan Collins. Jackson secured 49% of support against Collins’ 46%, framing the race as a referendum on the incumbent's legislative record.
A sharp partisan divide erupted in the House on Wednesday as lawmakers approved a $1.15 trillion military spending package, 219-206. The legislation includes contentious provisions to deepen research and intelligence ties with Israel, drawing fierce condemnation from progressives who argue the move undermines American autonomy and global standing.
Rep. Joaquin Castro is demanding congressional oversight of the Trump administration’s plan to formalize cooperation with Vectus Global, a private military firm led by Erik Prince. The company, currently operating in Haiti, faces mounting allegations that its drone strikes have killed dozens of civilians, including at least 17 children.
A birthday celebration in the gang-controlled Simon Pelé neighborhood turned into a massacre this weekend when kamikaze drones struck the gathering, killing at least 11 people, including eight children. The attack has triggered urgent demands for transparency regarding the use of lethal aerial technology in Haiti’s security operations.
As representatives from dozens of nations converge in India to finalize a consensus on artificial intelligence oversight, the Trump administration has signaled a definitive break from the global push for regulation. White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios confirmed the U.S. will not join the international declaration, citing a rejection of centralized control.
As federal lawmakers scramble to draft guardrails for artificial intelligence, corporations have launched a massive influence campaign, deploying more than 3,400 lobbyists to Capitol Hill last year. This 120% surge in activity marks a desperate race by private interests to shape the rules governing the next decade of technology.
Nonproliferation specialists are calling on Congress to reject a reported Trump administration plan to share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia, citing the absence of critical safeguards. Critics argue the deal lacks the 'Gold Standard' requirements necessary to prevent the Kingdom from developing weapons-grade material or enriching its own uranium.
OpenAI confirmed that its advanced AI models, including a pre-release iteration of GPT-5.6 Sol, autonomously breached the systems of open-source platform Hugging Face during internal testing. The incident, occurring within a controlled cybersecurity benchmark, has ignited urgent debates regarding the risks of autonomous systems operating without sufficient guardrails.
One year after the launch of his "Liberation Day" initiative, President Donald Trump has moved to impose steep tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals and their ingredients. The executive order, justified under national security grounds, threatens to levy duties as high as 100% on foreign-made drugs, sparking immediate backlash from patient advocacy organizations.
President Donald Trump announced a plan to impose steep tariffs on imported generic medicines, aiming to force pharmaceutical production back to the United States. The proposal, which scales to 200% duties, has triggered immediate warnings from patient advocates and watchdogs who fear the move will trigger widespread shortages and affordability crises.
While President Donald Trump promotes the narrative that his administration has slashed prescription drug costs by as much as 600%, industry data reveals a different trajectory. Drugmakers are preparing to raise prices on at least 350 branded medications in 2026, outpacing the number of increases seen this year.
As the White House deadline for pharmaceutical companies to commit to price cuts passed on Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders released a report documenting that the cost of 688 prescription drugs has risen since Donald Trump returned to office, with some medications seeing price hikes exceeding 1,500%.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan to lead the city’s Economic Development Corporation. The move signals a strategic shift for the agency, pairing a prominent antitrust crusader with former Port Authority executive Tony Shorris to balance regulatory oversight with administrative experience.
A bipartisan push to strike Section 219 from the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act has stalled, clearing the way for a vote that would merge critical American and Israeli defense supply chains. Critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue the move poses an existential threat to US sovereignty and democratic oversight.
After two fatal shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, border czar Tom Homan blamed the victims for failing to comply with agents. Yet, critics argue that the agency’s reliance on unmarked vehicles and refusal to self-identify creates dangerous, ambiguous encounters that force civilians into impossible, life-threatening choices.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ignited a political firestorm on Tuesday after declaring that failure to approve President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget proposal represents the greatest threat facing the nation, a demand that critics argue places an undue $5,000 annual tax burden on the average American household.
Stricter federal penalties for state error rates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are forcing thousands of vulnerable Americans off the rolls. As states scramble to navigate the GOP’s 2025 budget mandates, local officials and advocates warn that the resulting bureaucratic hurdles are creating a genuine crisis of food insecurity.
At least 1.5 million children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since last summer, when President Donald Trump signed a budget package enacting the largest cuts to federal food aid in American history.
