WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi marked the fifth anniversary of the American Rescue Plan on Tuesday with a blunt political message, arguing that President Joe Biden “saved lives and revived our economy after Trump left it in shambles,” while accusing Republicans of trying to damage the economy again. 5 years ago, President Biden…
WASHINGTON — A new watchdog report is fueling fresh scrutiny of Defense Department spending after finding that the Pentagon spent $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in September 2025 alone, the highest single-month total for any federal agency since at least 2008, according to Open the Books. The nonprofit’s review says nearly $50.1 billion of…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of pouring wartime money into the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran while Republicans in Congress continue pursuing deep health care cuts at home. Her post tied together two separate fights now colliding in Washington: the mounting cost of the Iran war and the political…
WASHINGTON — Viral posts claiming President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “bring back insane asylums” are overstating what the order actually says. Trump did sign a July 2025 executive order aimed at homelessness, mental illness and public disorder, but it does not literally reopen the old asylum system or outlaw modern community care….
WASHINGTON — A new claim that Americans will pay $1.5 billion more at the gas pump just this week is rooted in the sharp rise in fuel prices following the U.S.-Iran war, though the figure is best understood as an analyst estimate rather than an official government total. National average gasoline prices climbed to $3.539…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk to the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors, adding the Turning Point USA CEO and chair to a federal advisory body that reviews the academy’s morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, fiscal affairs and other institutional issues. The Air Force Academy’s website now lists Kirk among the…
AUSTIN, Texas — A resurfaced podcast clip of Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is drawing attention online after Republican accounts circulated a short exchange in which he appears to say he loves “trans children.” The clip comes from a 2023 appearance on A Superbloom Podcast. During the interview, the host asked Talarico to…
WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Monday, calling him “a con man with no plan and failing the American people” in a social media post that tied Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict to rising fuel-price fears. The attack came after Trump dismissed concerns about higher oil…
WASHINGTON — A California congressman’s claim that the Trump administration “deported a 6-year-old deaf child without his hearing device” has added to the growing debate over who is actually being swept up in the administration’s immigration crackdown. The broad outline of the case is not really in dispute: a Bay Area mother and her two…
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comment that immigrants are “going to be here regardless of what the president says” is drawing fresh attention online, but the fuller context points to a fight over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Somali communities, not a blanket declaration that immigration law does not matter. Omar made the remarks…
WASHINGTON — A fresh round of political panic over a possible U.S. military draft erupted this weekend after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted that “psycho Republicans” want to draft “your sons” and “your daughters,” tying that warning to White House comments about the possibility of U.S. ground troops in Iran. But the current facts…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday sharply escalated the fight over Republican-backed election legislation, calling the SAVE Act “Jim Crow 2.0” and warning it could disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans if it becomes law. The comments came after President Donald Trump said he would not sign other legislation until Congress passes the measure….
WASHINGTON (Now Rundown) — A viral social media post is putting Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family history back under the spotlight, with a blunt line now spreading across X: “She wasn’t a refugee of war. Her family created the war.” The claim is tied to renewed scrutiny of Omar’s late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, who has…
Vice President JD Vance is escalating Republican midterm messaging with a blunt prediction: if Democrats win back the House in 2026, President Donald Trump will face impeachment again. Vance made the remark in a Fox News interview with Jesse Watters, saying, “I’m sure he’ll get impeached,” while arguing Democrats are focused more on Trump than…
WASHINGTON — A disruption at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing over the U.S. military campaign involving Iran is ricocheting across social media after video showed a former Marine being forcibly removed while shouting, “No one wants to fight for Israel,” and appearing to suffer an injury during the struggle. The protester was identified by…
WASHINGTON (Now Rundown) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is drawing fresh attention — and a fresh wave of online backlash and support — after posting a clipped warning about what she called a growing gap between the Trump administration’s campaign messaging, its written defense strategy, and its widening use of military force. “The policy of the…
Former President Barack Obama is wading into a fast-moving redistricting fight in Virginia, warning that “free and fair elections” are under attack as both parties escalate a broader, state-by-state scramble over congressional maps ahead of the next midterms. Obama’s message centers on a Virginia ballot question tied to a Democratic-backed plan to temporarily redraw the…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on Congress to reject any new Pentagon spending tied to the expanding U.S. conflict with Iran, arguing that the military has already been funded at near-record levels and that President Donald Trump is now seeking hundreds of billions more. “We just gave the Pentagon nearly $1 trillion. Then…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says “Sharia Law will be completely banned in Texas” next legislative session after Republican primary voters overwhelmingly backed a nonbinding ballot proposition calling for such a ban. In a post Wednesday, Abbott said 95% of Republican primary voters supported banning Sharia law and added he is “100%” certain it will be…
Former Georgia lawmaker Vernon Jones accused Democrats of “white supremacy” and “cheating” after Texas Democrats nominated state Rep. James Talarico for U.S. Senate over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a claim that circulated widely online as election officials in Dallas County faced scrutiny over voting-site confusion on primary day. “White supremacy at an all time high…