House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for endorsing New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, warning that Democrats would share responsibility for his progressive agenda. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, ran on sweeping economic reforms, including rent freezes and free childcare, which Johnson called harmful and politically risky ahead of the 2026 midterms. [...]

SCOTUS Allows Trump Policy Requiring Passports To Match Biological Sex The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to require that the sex designation on U.S. passports align with a traveler’s biological sex, a blow to transgender and nonbinary Americans who had argued the policy is unconstitutional. The unsigned order marked another victory for [...]

House Passes Bill Blocking Future Presidents From Banning Oil Drilling Without Congress’ Approval Legislation was passed 226 to 188 by the Republican-controlled House to prevent future administrations from prohibiting oil and gas drilling without the consent of Congress, giving President Donald Trump another significant win. The “Protecting American Energy Production Act” forbids the president from [...]

Senate Convenes on Shutdown Deal as Trump Pushes Filibuster Demands The Senate is meeting to consider a potential deal to end the record-breaking government shutdown, now in its 37th day, as President Donald Trump renews his push for Republicans to eliminate the filibuster — a move he argues is essential to reopen the government and [...]

Supreme Court Issues Decision In Religious Freedom Case The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously decided in favor of a postal worker from Pennsylvania in a significant religious liberty case involving the appropriateness of employers’ accommodation of religious preferences in the workplace. Christian mailman Gerald Groff of Pennsylvania requested the court rule on whether the U.S. [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Eric Tung, a prominent conservative attorney and former clerk for Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and the late Antonin Scalia, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a move that further reshapes one of the nation’s most influential — and historically liberal [...]

In a night charged with emotion, history, and defiance, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a fiery victory speech late Tuesday at Brooklyn’s Paramount Theatre, declaring his election “a mandate for change” and promising to reshape New York City around the needs of its working people. Mamdani, 34, made history on multiple fronts: he will become the [...]

Senate Confirms Edmund LaCour as Federal Judge in Alabama In a narrow 51–47 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Solicitor General Edmund “Eddie” LaCour Jr. to the federal bench for the Northern District of Alabama, filling the vacancy left by Judge L. Scott Coogler’s retirement. The largely party-line vote followed hours of heated debate, with [...]

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a fiery victory speech late Tuesday, promising to deliver on his progressive agenda and declaring his election a historic mandate for change. Mamdani, 34, who will become New York City’s first socialist, first Muslim, and first mayor of South Asian descent, claimed victory at Brooklyn’s Paramount Theatre, The New York Post reported. [...]

A new political crisis has erupted in Washington after revelations that former President Donald Trump’s government-issued phone was seized under Operation Arctic Frost, a sweeping surveillance program launched during the Biden administration. The disclosure has ignited alarm across party lines, raising questions about executive privilege, surveillance overreach, and constitutional limits on federal power. Originally described [...]