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July 27, 2025
'NO PRO FORMA SESSIONS': Trump Heats Up Recess Battle With Mike Lee, Thomas Massie Accusations Against GOP Leaders
Jul 26th, 2025, 7:42 pm President Donald Trump has increased the pressure on the U.S. Senate to skip recess and instead to stick around to confirm the “backlog” of 135 appointees yet to be confirmed to their respective posts, echoing Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee and other Republicans. Trump quoted Lee indirectly calling out majority leader Sen. John Thune, whom Trump was already pressuring, over pro-forma sessions that frequent Trump foil Rep. Thomas Massie says are meant to thwart any poten ...
Go to discussionGovs. Walz, Kelly to leave National Governors Association citing lack of bipartisan initiatives: Sources
July 26, 2025, 8:37 PM Sources say two prominent Democrats are stepping away from a national bipartisan organization that brings together the chief executives of all 50 states, citing a lack of pushback to Trump administration policies and to some recent threats to state funding and operations. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), will be leaving the National Governors Association (NGA) at the end of the month, a source familiar with her thinking t ...
Go to discussionDemocrats desperately look for a redistricting edge in California, New York and Maryland
07/26/2025 04:00 PM EDT Updated: 07/26/2025 09:44 PM EDT Democratic leaders are feeling pressure to join a brewing redistricting battle that is threatening to upend the midterms landscape — an effort that is likely to slam into legal and political reality. As Texas Republicans pressed forward with a redistricting blitz designed to increase the number of red seats in the state, officials in the biggest Democratic states scrambled for a response. In New York, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffri ...
Go to discussionTrump is trying to 'rig' the next election with a blatant 'power grab': lawmaker
July 26, 2025 5:41PM ET President Donald Trump appears to be trying to rig the 2026 primary election, according to one Democratic lawmaker. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) made the comments on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" with Al Sharpton on Saturday. The conversation occurred at a time when numerous states led by both Democratic and Republican legislatures are considering whether to redraw their electoral maps, a process known as mid-cycle redistricting. "Congressman, how bad of a crisis ...
Go to discussionBongino vows to uncover 'truth' in cryptic message: 'We cannot run a Republic like this'
07/26/25 3:41 PM ET FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed on Saturday to uncover the “truth” in a cryptic post on the social platform X, proclaiming that “we cannot run a Republic like this.” Bongino said that he and FBI Director Kash Patel are committed to “stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations.” “It is a priority for us. But what I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigation ...
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