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Trump's $5,000 Promise Could Cost Over $1 Trillion, but Congress Has Yet To Approve the Payments

Trump's $5,000 payments could cost over $1 trillion, but Congress has yet to approve the plan or establish how the money would be distributed.

International Business Times UK · Oct 13

Anti-Sharia rhetoric surges in US as Muslim Americans push back against attacks on faith

Texas politicians, including Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott, have renewed their focus on anti-Sharia rhetoric. Muslim leaders argue that Sharia represents personal guidance and does not conflict with American values. Prominent figures like Sabeel Ahmed are working to educate the public about Sharia's true nature. Despite increased political…

The Economic Times · Sep 25

Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat

The House easily cleared a stopgap spending bill Tuesday that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 11, avoiding the risk of a partial government shutdown this fall. On a lopsided vote of 370-48, the House sent to President Donald Trump’s desk a short-term funding patch despite objections from hard-line…

Roll Call · Sep 1

Dashed dreams for consensus group ahead of stock-trading vote

An upcoming vote on reining in stock trading by members of Congress is serving as a painful reminder of what could have been for a bipartisan working group who hoped to ban stock ownership by lawmakers entirely.  Members who spent months working on the effort described lingering frustration this week…

Roll Call · Jul 21

Budget resolution faces dicey House vote after committee approval

The House Budget Committee approved a fiscal 2027 budget resolution Thursday as the first step toward passing a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill to provide tens of billions of dollars for defense, farm aid and voting restrictions. The panel advanced the GOP-backed budget resolution on a strictly party-line vote of 20-14 after…

Roll Call · Jul 16

Trump Administration Accused of Withholding Deportation Data as Supporters Question Numbers

Supporters of President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda are increasingly questioning whether his administration is on pace to meet its signature immigration promise after a conservative watchdog filed a lawsuit seeking records it says could reveal discrepancies in the government's deportation figures.

Latin Times · Jul 16

Full List of 13 House Republicans Who Tanked Trump's Voter ID Defense Bill Rule

Thirteen Republicans plus Steve Scalise sank Speaker Mike Johnson's procedural rule 198-224 on 30 June, blocking Trump's SAVE America Act path through the NDAA.

International Business Times UK · Jul 1

Supreme Court ends Trump’s birthright citizenship change

The Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped out President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship, an effort to restrict American citizenship without Congress that cut against more than a century of legal precedent. The 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing a five-justice majority opinion,…

Roll Call · Jun 30

‘The Senate sucks’: Chambers clash over voter ID bill inaction

Emboldened by President Donald Trump, a core group of House conservatives redoubled their calls for the Senate to pass the voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act this week, bringing other business to a standstill and tension between the two chambers to a boiling point. The sweeping voter…

Roll Call · Jun 25

A staffer’s guide to winning and losing the speakership

When John Leganski walked into Kevin McCarthy’s office as an intern in 2012, he’d barely heard of the man who would come to define his political career.  But now, Leganski’s something of an expert — so much so that he could write a book about the former speaker.  Which is…

Roll Call · Jun 22