Speaker Johnson rejects proxy voting for new parents in Congress
The House speaker opposes a measure that would allow new parents to vote on legislation from home for up to 12 weeks. His ...
Why did Speaker Johnson oust his own party’s Intelligence Committee chair?
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Donald Trump wasn't involved in the decision to oust the chair. There's reason to believe ...
Trump’s Treasury pick rejects minimum wage hike, champions tax breaks
Scott Bessent summarized the incoming administration’s perspective perfectly: Yes to tax breaks for the wealthy, no to ...
What members of Trump’s new Republican ‘blacklist’ have in common
The Republican released a written personnel "blacklist," and it’s fair to say there’s never been a presidential public ...
The critical question Pete Hegseth dodged in his confirmation hearing
Would Pete Hegseth carry out an order to shoot American protesters on American streets? His reluctance to give a straight ...
Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing brings overlapping failures into focus
Hegseth failed to prove that he’s up for the job; Republican senators failed to do their jobs; and Trump failed to choose a ...
Even now, Pam Bondi refuses to acknowledge Trump’s 2020 defeat
Four years after trying to overturn Trump’s defeat, the prospective attorney general nominee still won’t answer core ...
Elon Musk reportedly set to have office space in the White House complex
As if the billionaire megadonor doesn’t already have enough access to Donald Trump, Musk is reportedly poised to receive ...
The unexpected reason Kash Patel’s QAnon comments have come back to haunt him
Thom Tillis might not like Patel’s previous praise for QAnon, but to pretend it doesn’t exist is to overlook a key detail ...
Among Pam Bondi’s troubles: Failing to keep up with current events
Does the prospective attorney general nominee simply not keep up on the news, or were her confirmation hearing answers less ...
Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to receive a key perk on Inauguration Day
Incoming presidents do not generally want to be seen as rewarding the hyper-wealthy with special political perks. Team Trump ...
GOP House speaker completes Intelligence panel’s ‘MAGA makeover’
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.