Politics

A Vermont lawmaker stood firm behind comments made during a recent Ways & Means hearing about the government’s role in the economy that drew the attention of state Republicans."Right now, our system is rigged against working people, our poorest neighbors, and the most vulnerable members of our communities," said state Rep. Teddy Waszazak, D-Barre. Fox News Digital asked him about comments made during a discussion on property tax brackets and […]

An accused MS-13 leader will remain in federal custody after a judge found probable cause to support the government’s case against him.U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter of the Eastern District of Virginia made the ruling Tuesday during a detention hearing for Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a 24-year-old Salvadoran national arrested last week in suburban Virginia.The FBI announced Santos’s arrest on March 27 in Woodbridge, just south of Washington, D.C. He […]

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis poked fun at President Donald Trump with an April Fools' Day post seemingly aimed at the commander-in-chief's anger regarding his official portrait at the state Capitol, which was eventually removed. "No one likes an unflattering photo or painting of themselves, which is why I went in a different direction for my official portrait," Polis said in a post on X that featured an animated image of himself […]

Mass layoffs reportedly began Tuesday in Health and Human Services agencies as part of the department's "restructuring" to align with President Donald Trump's executive order, "Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative," as agencies undergo merges and significant downsizing.The restructuring is expected to bring down 82,000 federal health employees to 62,000.The department has been preparing to make major cuts in recent weeks across its health agencies, especially […]

Voters in two states are casting general election ballots for the first time since November, when they sent President Donald Trump back to the White House.Wisconsin will choose a new justice on the state Supreme Court, which has a 4-3 liberal-leaning majority. Florida is holding special elections in two deep-red districts last held by Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz.At stake: court decisions over abortion, unions and voting rights in […]

A normally sleepy procedural vote ended in drama for the House of Representatives after a rebellion by nine Republicans against their own party forced chamber proceedings for the week to grind to a halt.It puts the future in question for two key bills backed by the Trump administration that were slated to get a vote on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that votes were canceled for […]

A well-known economist who was believed to be trying to influence the Trump administration's economic policies in the lead-up to the inauguration is facing criticism for his opposition to President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts in line with the resistance from some of his group's top donors. "Elon Musk is not actually a popular person, and the frame of politics that the DOGE crew is pushing is not […]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is forcing a vote on legislation to enable new parents serving in Congress to vote remotely in the weeks surrounding the birth of their child.Luna introduced the measure as a "privileged resolution" on Tuesday, which gives House leaders two legislative days to take up the measure.It’s the latest in an increasingly high-stakes fight between Luna and House GOP leaders, who have teamed up with some […]

Schools should be following President Donald Trump’s executive order "ending radical indoctrination in K-12," say two New Jersey lawmakers who put forward a bill to repeal the Garden State’s countervailing law.Assembs. Gregory McGuckin, R-Brick, and Paul Kanitra, R-Point Pleasant Beach, have put forward bill A-5560, which would repeal the 2021 state law requiring instruction on DEI and topics like unconscious bias, gender identity tolerance and disability tolerance.Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic […]