Congressional lawmakers emerged from a classified Pentagon briefing Thursday, bitterly divided along partisan lines about whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s follow-up strike targeting drug boat survivors constituted a war crime or legitimate military action against narco-terrorists attempting to salvage their cargo. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton called the strikes “entirely lawful and needful,” and described seeing […]
Category: White House
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 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 […]
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 […]
Trump and Xi prepare for historic summit as breakthrough trade framework promises tariff relief and rare earth cooperation
President Donald Trump expressed confidence Tuesday, October 29, 2025, that his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea would produce a comprehensive trade deal as both nations projected optimism following weekend negotiations in Malaysia that established a framework for ending months of escalating tensions. Trump expressed hope for a grand deal between […]
Trump declares breakthrough as Treasury Secretary Bessent confirms 100% China tariffs ‘off the table’ ahead of Thursday Xi summit
President Donald Trump expressed confidence, Monday, that his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping will produce a comprehensive trade deal as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that Trump’s threatened 100% tariff increase on Chinese goods is effectively off the table. Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to Japan from Malaysia, Trump added […]
Trump embarks on high-stakes Asia trip as government shutdown enters day 25, threatens 10% tariff hike on Canada after terminating trade talks
President Donald Trump departed for Asia on Saturday for his first major diplomatic mission of his second term as the government shutdown entered its 25th day with no resolution in sight to the budget crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without paychecks. Trump is heading to the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center […]
Shutdown enters day 23 as Democrats signal openness to bipartisan worker pay deal while SNAP benefits face November collapse
The government shutdown entered its 23rd day Thursday, October 23, 2025, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressing cautious openness to a potential bipartisan Senate bill to pay federal workers even as Democrats maintained their core demands for Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions. Jeffries said House Democrats will consider in good faith anything bipartisan that […]
Trump nominee Ingrassia withdraws after racist text messages sink support among Republican senators
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel withdrew from consideration Tuesday night, October 21, after acknowledging he lacked sufficient Republican support following revelations about racist text messages in which he described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and called for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to be “tossed into the seventh […]
