US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed calls from members of both parties to release additional files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted associate Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the Justice Department has “done its job” in providing the records and that it was “time to end” the push for more transparency. In…
The Republican-led Congress has passed a sweeping $4.5 trillion bill, dubbed the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ by President Trump. The legislation, which includes significant tax cuts and spending reductions, narrowly passed the House with a vote of 218-214. Trump hailed it as ‘the biggest tax cut in history’, addressing issues of security, border control, and various…
Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen has come under the ire of the White House after the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, posted pictures on X of him meeting and shaking hands with an alleged MS-13 gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that was formed…
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history. His feat of endurance was aimed at showing Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker broke a record…
ROSEVILLE, Minn: Republicans will start the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House after a Democrat decided not to appeal a judge’s decision that he failed to establish residency in the suburban district he was elected to represent. That means Republicans will have a slim 67-66 majority in the House when…
The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the-wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Democratic-controlled Senate, in an 85-11 vote, passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight. The government did not invoke…