Republicans are tearing themselves to pieces over a filibuster scheme that could backfire in order to pass legislation addressing a nonexistent problem www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Would Democrats really wither under the burden of a “talking filibuster”?
I asked the current world-record holder for longest Senate floor speech
NEW: Even the strongest anti-abortion advocates don't want to punish people for pregnancy loss. Police and prosecutors are finding ways to do it anyway.
Here's what happens when miscarriage is recast as murder:
NEW -- Trump could declare victory and bring our aircraft carriers home tomorrow or next week.
But the chaos and high oil prices he's caused with his war on Iran? Those consequences will be with us for much, much longer.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
It's now too late in the election calendar for most GOP-led states in the South to rig their maps for the midterms if/when the Supreme Court buries the Voting Rights Act www.huffpost.com/entry/voting...
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UPDATE: the Hegseth fundraiser has been postponed www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
In a statement, Zach Nunn, the Iowa Republican hosting the fundraiser with Hegseth, said he's focused on coordinating the return of killed and wounded soldiers based out of Iowa.
“We will have more to share about Operation TOP NUNN when the time is right.”
Fun fact about Markwayne Mullin: Everywhere he goes, he carries a lil rubber ball that he bounces around
Kristi Noem, welcome to the resistance
Pete Hegseth will take a break from his new war to serve as “wingman” at a Republican House member’s campaign fundraiser this month www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
Tony Gonzales takes "full responsibility" for having had affair with staffer who died by self-immolation.
Also Gonzales: "From day one, this has been about power and money."
And: "You cannot hate the media enough."
ok bro
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) made the vote happen. She told me the subpoena will be for a closed-door deposition.
“They’re not giving Congress all the information, all the documents, and they’re obfuscating, and I’d like to ask questions about that," Mace said.
Breaking: House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Pam Bondi over missing Epstein files www.huffpost.com/entry/oversi...
I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-wa...
Mike Johnson: “We’re not at war right now”
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Trump & Hegseth have, in the run-up to this war, taken a sledge-hammer to the teams inside the U.S. military that were focused on limiting civilian casualties in combat & investigating potential war crimes: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
I asked Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of the Senate Armed Services Cmte, if Trump had adequately explained the Iran war.
He said nothing. Then he answered another reporter's question.
I asked him again. He got on an elevator and stood silently until the door closed.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Iran war could further split a MAGA coalition that already cracked over the Epstein files www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Contradicting most everyone else in his Cabinet, Trump just said: "No, I might have forced their hand," when asked if Israel pulled the U.S. into war with Iran.
In case you haven't been following: The Texas Ag Commissioner is rapidly devolving into a knife fight, with incumbent Sid Miller, fresh off endorsements by Trump and a weightlifter named Tiny Meeker, attacking his opponent Nate Sheets over his alleged porn addiction and whether his honey is organic.
Exclusive: Democrats press Pam Bondi on Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer -- point out the Epstein Files Transparency Act specifically requires release of all files related to Maxwell
www.huffpost.com/entry/ghisla...
NEW– Trump's war on Iran boosts the global view of the US as a rogue actor, fueling instability, acting illogically+illegally & risking innocent lives
Combined with his broader agenda + US record from Gaza to Iraq, international wariness of America is at new heights
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Howard Lutnick is testing the strength of the MAGA protection bubble against Epstein consequences.
w/ @paulblumenthal.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffre...
Does the president still want the Nobel Peace Prize or has he given up on that?
Trump has launched a new war against Iran for regime change and to obliterate the nuclear program he previously said was obliterated.
He said today it will be “totally again obliterated”
Democrats set to grill Bill Clinton alongside Republicans today:
“We have real questions that deserve serious answers from former President Clinton, and we have said from day one that Democrats want to talk to anyone," Rep Robert Garcia (D-Calif) said.
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-c...
Republicans ran out of way to ask Hillary Clinton if she knew Jeffrey Epstein so they started asking about UFOs and Pizzagate www.huffpost.com/entry/hillar...
Hopefully the committee can get to the bottom of this clear violation of House rules.
Chuck Schumer calls presser on missing Epstein Files:
“There is a massive cover up going on in the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein.”
Says Senate Dems will visit unredacted files site.
