Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that he wants the state legislature to redraw its congressional districts—a move that could help save Republicans’ House majority in 2026. Abbott released a legislative agenda for a special session of the state legislature set to begin July 21. In addition to…
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Going Rogue?: GOP’s Tillis Threatens Not to Confirm Some Trump Nominees
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, in an interview released Wednesday, threatened to vote down any of President Donald Trump’s nominees if they excuse the actions of Jan. 6, 2021, demonstrators at the Capitol. “The president should know if there’s anyone coming up for a nomination through any…
Maryland GOP Congressman Fighting Offshore Windmills Sees Victory on Horizon
Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s sole Republican congressman, is calling for the end to an offshore windmill project that would industrialize the state’s scenic Eastern Shore, a conservative region that depends on tourism and fisheries. Harris has long railed against the project, having represented the 1st Congressional District since…
‘Poverty’ Nonprofit That Smears Conservatives Has Millions in Offshore Accounts, IRS Records Show
Despite its penurious name, the Southern Poverty Law Center has an endowment of more than $700 million, compensates leadership handsomely, and possesses more than $30 million in offshore accounts—likely in the Cayman Islands, its most recent IRS filing reveals. “It’s very odd and frankly raises suspicion that a…
Cryptocurrency Legislation Gains Momentum in Hill Negotiations
Crypto is taking over Capitol Hill. President Donald Trump has repeatedly underlined a friendly regulatory regime for cryptocurrency as a legislative priority, and his administration’s preferred deadline for Congress to act is fast approaching. Early on in Trump’s second term, the administration set the August recess as a…
Congress’ Budget Fights Have Only Just Begun
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have delivered on the biggest legislative promises of the Republican Party with last week’s passage of the “big, beautiful bill”—extending the 2017 tax cuts and funding border security. But the Republican-controlled Congress’ budget fights are far from over….
Vance Rips NYC Mayoral Candidate’s ‘Bizarre Appeals’ to Identity Politics
Vice President JD Vance is criticizing New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of building a coalition of what Vance called “downwardly mobile, college-educated people” and carved-out ethnic blocs by pandering to shared hatreds. “This is a guy who won high-income and college-educated New Yorkers,…
Underemployment: The Statistic That Should Guide College Decisions
When parents and prospective students choose colleges, they come across numerous statistics that can help guide their decision. The most popular is probably the acceptance rate, which reflects how exclusive a school is. Many assume that the lower the acceptance rate, the better the school. Others may compare…
Trump Trade Team Extends Deadline on Tariff Deals
As President Donald Trump’s trade team works to sign new trade deals with foreign countries, the White House is giving trading partners an extended deadline to sign deals before being hit with the heavy tariffs the president introduced in April. The administration had previously set a deadline of…
Modest Cuts, Outsized Outrage: The Truth Behind the Big Beautiful Bill’s Budget Reform
An unspoken rule among the Washington establishment is that once Congress throws money at a spending program that decision should be treated as irrevocable. If a future Congress shows any fiscal conservatism and tries even to address some of its waste and abuse, left-wing lawmakers—and their allies in…
What Women Want
Do all women want a “unicorn”? In a pivotal scene in new movie “The Materialists,” the matchmaker heroine tells a handsome man he’s exactly the kind of man her clients are looking for. He’s wealthy, he’s tall, and he doesn’t have a drug problem. He is, she concludes,…
Dems Eye Senate Pickup Opportunity in Bruising Texas GOP Primary Battle
The 2026 Senate race in Texas will be another dramatic showdown, with Democrats again eyeing a major pickup opportunity amid Republican infighting. On Tuesday, Democrat former Rep. Colin Allred launched his 2026 Senate campaign, a comeback bid after losing to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by 8.5 points in…
Tech Is Advancing. Your Standard of Living Isn’t—Thanks to Government.
Since the widespread rollout of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, the world has begun to grapple with a wave of technological progress unlike anything seen since the advent of the internet. The pace of innovation is accelerating, self-driving cars are becoming more commonplace, and Tesla is developing a…
Inside the Last-Minute Fight to Pass the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine is a bit tired after the multi-day battle to pass the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill through the House of Representatives, but he thinks it was worth the all-nighters. “Snoozing on my couch isn’t my idea of a good time. But you know…
House Passes ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ in Legislative Triumph for Republicans
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a massive 10-year budget framework, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, on Thursday in a triumph for the agenda of President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. “If you’re for a secure border, safer communities, and a strong military—this bill…
House Advances Big, Beautiful Bill
The House of Representatives passed a rule to bring a massive 10-year budget framework—known as the one big, beautiful bll—to the floor, as Republican leadership attempts to send it to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature by Independence Day. The bill would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and…
Turning Up the Heat: China Continues Its Years Long Military Pressure Campaign Around Taiwan
“Taiwan is, of course, a country,” proclaimed the island’s President Lai Ching-te on June 22. In his first of a series of 10 lectures, Lai reaffirmed that Taiwan’s sovereignty derives from its 23 million people, earning him a swift rebuke from Beijing. True to form, Beijing resorted to…
UPenn Settlement With Trump Admin Over Trans Athletes Seen as Big Win for Women’s Sports
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports. The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn…
It’s Not Over Till It’s Over: ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Battle Returns to House
After the Senate’s narrow 51-50 passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act on Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote, Republican senators celebrated finally getting the massive 10-year fiscal framework across the finish line there. The bill passed the Senate despite the “no” votes from Republican…
Trump Tours Florida’s New Illegal-Alien ‘Alcatraz,’ Where Guards Take ‘Form of Alligators’
President Donald Trump toured a new detention center for illegal aliens referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday. “I mean, you don’t always have land so beautiful and so secure,” Trump said of the location of the detention facility after stepping off Air…
Senate Passes Big, Beautiful Bill in Tie-Breaking Vote
After weeks of negotiations, the Senate has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a ten-year fiscal package which would serve as the vehicle for fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on tax cuts and border security. Despite intra-party debates on overall deficit levels, healthcare reform and how to…
Whip Emmer: Support Our Cattlemen With Big, Beautiful Tax Cuts
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is touting an endorsement from a major cattle rancher organization as he pushes for Republicans in Congress to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would extend and expand on President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a…
What Sen. Tillis’ Retirement Could Mean for GOP
Sen. Thom Tillis announced Sunday that he would not be seeking reelection, just one day after President Donald Trump threatened to support a primary challenger against the North Carolina Republican owing to his vote against proceeding with the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act. There could be major implications…
Iranian Women Hold Babies Aloft as Symbolic Sacrifice in Ritual While Chanting ‘Death to America, Death to Israel’
Hundreds of Iranian mothers lifted their babies above their heads in a symbolic act of sacrifice during the annual Hosseini Infants Ceremony in Tehran on Friday. The ceremony, with similar celebrations held across Iran on June 27, takes place on the first Friday of the Islamic month of…
Senate Fiscal Hawks Seek Partial Obamacare Repeal in One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Senate fiscal hawks are seeking a major concession in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a partial repeal of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The fiscal conservatives managed to introduce the amendment after withholding their vote on a motion to proceed with the massive 10-year budget framework. Now,…
What Would Trump’s Reindustrialized America Look Like?
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to restore America’s manufacturing base. But what exactly is his vision of a reindustrialized America? “I’m proclaiming that by the end of my term, the entire world will be talking about the ‘Michigan miracle’ and the stunning rebirth of…
$828 Billion Short, NATO’s Path Back Starts With 5 Percent—and a Long Memory
At its 2025 summit this week, NATO announced a new military spending target of 5 percent—something President Trump referred to as a “monumental change” for America and its allies, praise that has been echoed by other foreign dignitaries. At the summit, alliance members pledged to allocate 3.5 percent…
Move to Bar Medicaid Funding of Trans Surgeries Nixed by Senate Parliamentarian, Drawing GOP Wrath
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act—the main legislative vehicle for fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promises—would not prevent taxpayers funds from going to transgender surgeries, unless Senate Republicans take action. Democrats on the Senate Committee on the Budget announced Thursday that Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough—essentially, the chamber’s rules…
Rep. Norman Puts Foot Down on Big, Beautiful Bill
Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the House of Representatives’ hard-line fiscal conservatives, is making it clear that he and a number of others in the House would have difficulty accepting any Senate “big, beautiful bill” that increases deficits. “If it’s more spending and more deficit spending, it’s a…
Could Artificial Intelligence Regulation Fight Doom ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’?
Among the most unexpected developments in the debate over the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is how fierce the debate over artificial intelligence deregulation has become, with lawmakers on both sides of the issue fighting to determine how the technology will shape the world by 2035. Currently, the…