By SARAH EWALL-WICE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 10:15 EST, 27 February 2025 | Updated: 10:32 EST, 27 February 2025 Republican Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville invented a new word to describe a triangle while advocating for spending cuts at the Defense Department. The conservative lawmaker appeared on Fox News Wednesday night where he discussed the
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., reacted to Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ spat with President Donald Trump over the issue of transgender inclusion in women’s sports. Trump signed the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order earlier this month to ensure that no transgender athletes compete against women or girls in sports. Some states, like Maine, have
David L. Boren, a popular reform-minded Democrat who led Oklahoma as its governor and then represented it for three terms in the United States Senate, where he was an influential voice on national intelligence, died on Thursday at his home in Norman, Okla. He was 83. The death was confirmed by Clark Brewster, his lawyer.
A key Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is reportedly on the fence about one of President Donald Trump’s Defense nominees over his stance on a nuclear Iran – a potential roadblock to his confirmation given the GOP’s slim Senate majority. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is reportedly hesitant about the nomination of former Defense
EXCLUSIVE: In commemoration of Presidents Day, a top DOGE senator is seeking to claw back $400 million sitting in a “slush fund” set up to help presidential candidates that hasn’t borne fruit since Y2K. Through the Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act, Sen. Joni Ernst said she hopes to defund an account
The White House slammed Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy as a “moron” on social media after the Connecticut lawmaker posted an expletive-riddled admonishment against a Lara Trump parody account he seemingly believed belonged to the president’s daughter-in-law. “You are a moron, Chris. It is obvious this page is not affiliated with President Trump, his family, or
Senator Fatima Payman has called out what she claims is a ‘double standard’ in the outrage over two Sydney nurses caught on camera making vile anti-Semitic remarks. Senator Payman spoke out on Sunday, after nurses Ahmed ‘Rashid’ Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh told Israeli influencer Max Veifer they would kill their Jewish patients in a video that
A senator has warned that President Donald Trump’s blackout of ‘critical’ health information could cause a ‘deadly pandemic.’ Last month, President Trump put a 90-day pause on some communications from authorities like the CDC, FDA, and National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CDC was also told to stop working with the World Health Organization ‘immediately.’Â
By SARAH EWALL-WICE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 10:48 EST, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 14:45 EST, 14 February 2025 Powerful Senator Roger Wicker said newly minted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a ‘rookie mistake’ during his remarks about the war in Ukraine and its borders this week. Wicker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., debuted his annual book of “federal fumbles” that he believes can provide additional ideas for the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as it continues to aggressively slash federal agency spending. The founding Senate DOGE Caucus member filled 26 pages with examples of what he believes are