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Indiana House Republicans pass Trump-backed map, setting up high-stakes Senate fight

Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday at the behest of President Donald Trump, advancing the legislation to the state Senate, where it is unclear if enough lawmakers will support its final passage. Lawmakers in the Republican-majority House voted 57-41 in favor of the map, which splits the city of Indianapolis into four districts to help the GOP potentially win all nine Indiana congressional seats. While Trump and many other Republicans are celebrating the passage, the map faces its […]

todayDecember 5, 2025

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Can MAGA resignations lead to Democrats taking control of U.S. House before 2026 elections?

After Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives effective Jan. 5, following a very public breakup with President Donald Trump, the former MAGA loyalist confirmed reports that several other Republicans could also exit amid growing dissatisfaction with their jobs on Capitol Hill. An exodus of just a handful of Republicans before next year’s midterm elections on Nov. 3, 2026, could result in them losing their already slim majority in the U.S. House and […]

todayDecember 3, 2025

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White House targets Somali migrants after Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar

The White House is targeting Somali immigrants following a report of a fraud scandal committed by dozens of Somali nationals in Minnesota. During Monday’s press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called out the New York Times report in the Trump administration’s latest effort to justify its crackdown on immigration enforcement policies. “Somalian migrants in Minnesota have defrauded nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funded benefits under Democrat Governor Walz leadership,” said Leavitt. “In the wake of last week’s atrocity, it is […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

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White House calls Trump’s MRI ‘preventive’ after the president said he ‘had no idea’ what it was for

The White House released a medical summary of President Donald Trump‘s mysterious MRI which he previously divulged to the press in October, telling reporters that it was out of an “effort of transparency” amid scrutiny of the 79-year-old’s health. In a memorandum released on Monday, White House Physician Sean P. Barbabella said the MRI was a part of Trump’s annual comprehensive executive physical. “Men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health,” Barbabella said […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

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White House says admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a September U.S. military operation that has come under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered the justification for the Sept. 2 strike as lawmakers announced there will be congressional review of the U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and the […]

todayDecember 2, 2025

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Federal judges block Texas’ new US House map in 2026 midterms, citing racial discrimination

Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to have GOP lawmakers in multiple states redraw their maps to help the party preserve its slim House majority in the potentially difficult 2026 midterm elections. “The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role […]

todayNovember 18, 2025

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House passes bill to end historic government shutdown, sending measure to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families. House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation’s capital this week after nearly eight weeks away. Republicans used their slight majority to […]

todayNovember 12, 2025

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Democrats seize on docs tying Trump to Epstein, as White House dismisses ‘manufactured hoax’

Democrats are seizing on the latest document dump from the FBI files on Jeffrey Epstein, which ties President Donald Trump to the sex trafficking pedophile. The White House slammed the release as done by Democrats in “bad faith” and dismissed emails mentioning Trump as a “fake narrative.” But Democrats say the latest docs provide more justification to release the entire FBI files on Epstein, who was federally charged and died by suicide in 2019 before going to trial. As theGrio […]

todayNovember 12, 2025

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Epstein alleged in email Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ with sex crime victim

House Democrats released another batch of documents in the FBI files related to Jeffrey Epstein‘s criminal sex trafficking case, revealing that Epstein alleged that President Donald Trump knew of the conduct and even spent “hours” with one of his victims. “BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes. Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES,” read […]

todayNovember 12, 2025