Brazilian federal prosecutors revealed Monday February 17 that the expanded investigation into Petrobras corruption has uncovered an additional $12 billion in illicit payments beyond the original $2 billion scandal that toppled President Dilma Rousseff in 2016, demonstrating how state-owned oil companies operating across multiple countries become systematic vehicles for political corruption that dwarfs even the […]
Category: Congress
Caught: DC’s quiet move handing billions to Wall Street while retail investors miss 40% gains from policies buried in committee hearings
The Department of Defense’s February 3 announcement redirecting $47 billion in procurement spending toward domestic semiconductor manufacturing triggered the largest one-week rally in chip stocks since 2020, yet most retail investors missed the move because they weren’t monitoring obscure House Armed Services Committee hearings where the policy shift was telegraphed three weeks earlier. VanEck Semiconductor […]
Democrats release Epstein photos showing Trump alongside convicted pedophile at multiple events, White House dismisses images as “nothing new”
Congressional Democrats released hundreds of previously unpublished photographs Thursday, showing President Donald Trump posing with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at social events throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, reigniting questions about the depth of their relationship despite Trump’s repeated claims he barely knew the financier. The images, obtained from Epstein’s personal email account and […]
Trump calls for execution of Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to disobey illegal orders as Cheney funeral unites Washington establishment
President Donald Trump called Thursday, November 20, 2025, for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers who released a statement urging military personnel to refuse illegal orders, escalating his authoritarian rhetoric to unprecedented levels that even some Republicans characterized as dangerous incitement to political violence. Trump called for the arrest of lawmakers who urged troops to […]
Lone Republican voted to protect pedophiles as house passes Epstein files bill 427-1 as Trump caves to political pressure after months of resistance
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, November 18, to force the Justice Department to release all information about the case it built against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delivering a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump who spent months fighting to kill the legislation. The 427-1 vote came after a long campaign to circumvent House Republican […]
Federal workers return to chaos as agencies scramble to process back pay, October jobs and inflation data likely lost forever
Federal employees returned to their offices Thursday, November 14, 2025, confronting mountains of paperwork and uncertainty about when they’ll receive back pay for the 43 days they worked without compensation during the longest government shutdown in American history. The government shutdown is over, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 […]
Federal government reopens after 43 days as Trump signs bill, furloughed workers ordered back to offices Thursday morning
President Donald Trump signed legislation late at night, formally ending the longest government shutdown in American history as more than 650,000 furloughed federal workers received orders to return to their offices Thursday morning. The federal government is set to reopen after being shut down for a record-setting 43 days after the House on Wednesday evening […]
Senate advances shutdown deal after eight Democrats betray progressive base, House vote expected Wednesday to end 43-day crisis
Eight moderate Senate Democrats defied party leadership late Sunday night, November 9, 2025, to advance a funding deal that would reopen the government without guaranteeing extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies, putting Congress on a path to end the longest shutdown in American history. The agreement, reached by a group of Democrats who teamed up […]
Centrist Democrats betray progressive base as eight senators strike shutdown deal without healthcare guarantees, ending 43-day crisis
Eight moderate Senate Democrats defied their party leadership Thursday, November 6, to advance a funding deal that would reopen the government without guaranteeing extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies, putting Congress on a path to end the longest shutdown in American history after 43 days. A critical bloc of eight Senate Democratic centrists on Sunday […]
Democrats sweep off-year elections as shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history, Trump blames Republican losses on budget crisis
The government shutdown officially became the longest in American history Tuesday night, November 4, 2025, as voters delivered devastating defeats to Republicans in off-year elections that both parties characterized as a referendum on President Trump’s agenda. Today marks day 36 of the ongoing government shutdown, making it the longest in U.S. history, taking the title […]
