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September 10, 2025
House Republicans will take up DC crime bills to bolster Trump's federal crackdown
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2025, 5:07 PM ET House Republicans are gearing up to consider more than a dozen bills that would further limit Washington, DC’s self-governance, impose tougher punishments and roll back criminal justice reforms in the wake of President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown. The House Oversight Committee will take up the bills Wednesday in a move aimed at bolstering the president’s push, which has drawn the ire of many city residents and Democrats who argue it’s unwarranted f ...
Go to discussionIn new book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to let Biden make reelection decision on his own
“In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.” That is the assessment that the former vice president makes in her forthcoming memoir of her abbreviated 2024 run, in a significant break from the dutiful stance she took toward her old boss throughout their time in office and since. “‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d ...
Go to discussion'He's a nut': Hill Republicans sour on Trump housing official Bill Pulte
09/09/2025 03:41 PM EDT Republicans on Capitol Hill are privately expressing growing discontent with a top Trump administration housing official who has thrust himself to the center of the president’s campaign against the Federal Reserve. Bill Pulte has parlayed a niche regulatory job — director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency — into celebrity status within President Donald Trump’s orbit by becoming one of his most vociferous social media attack dogs. But his antics are aggravating some ...
Go to discussionTrump's Oval Office redesign includes $58 Home Depot plastic spray-painted gold, internet sleuths say
Tuesday 09 September 2025 15:32 EDT President Donald Trump’s brag that he transformed the Oval Office into a “24-karat gold” paradise, dripping in ornate decor, has seemingly been debunked by Internet sleuths who say the new furnishings are actually cheap plastic bought at Home Depot. As shiny gold vermeil figurines were placed on the mantel, medallions on the fireplace, and gold eagles on the side tables, some eagle-eyed sleuths zeroed in on the Oval Office’s wall and fireplace trimmings. Ac ...
Go to discussionDemocratic Sen. Ruben Gallego seeks to block Ashli Babbitt from military funeral honors
Updated on: September 9, 2025 / 6:46 PM EDT Sen. Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, will seek to block the Pentagon from offering full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, a member of the crowd that rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Gallego, who has criticized the Pentagon for agreeing recently to provide Babbitt with an honorary military funeral, will attempt to pass legislation this week to prevent the honor from being conferred. He told CBS News, his legislation "comes f ...
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