Senate Republicans push back against Trump’s calls to end ‘blue slips’

by admin | Aug 25, 2025 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is once again upping the pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to do away with a century-old Senate tradition that places some constraints on the president’s...

DC students head back to school amid Trump’s law enforcement surge

by admin | Aug 25, 2025 | Politics

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Despite more than 2,000 National Guard troops authorized by President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said students in the nation’s capital will not be aided by their...

Former CIA Director Petraeus says Putin is ‘the obstacle to peace’ in Ukraine

by admin | Aug 24, 2025 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Former CIA Director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that he’s dubious that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet to discuss ending the war in...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee

by admin | Aug 22, 2025 | Politics

Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March before being brought back to the U.S., has been released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, an attorney for Abrego...

RNC elects longtime Trump loyalist, Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, as new chair

by admin | Aug 22, 2025 | Politics

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee on Friday elected President Donald Trump’s candidate of choice, Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, by unanimous voice vote.Gruters’ ascendency underscores the RNC’s...