Daniel Chaitin

A high-profile member of the “Squad” is taking on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he announced on Thursday that he would not vote to stop a Republican-backed stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown. CNN reported that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is mobilizing Democrats against Schumer’s plan and noted that some of ...

With Democrats threatening to force a partial government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is being confronted with a warning he delivered just last year. The “Rapid Response” account on X for President Donald Trump’s White House posted on Thursday a “flashback” clip of Schumer’s remarks from September — when the top Democrat pinned ...

At the end of this week, Senate Democrats may force a partial government shutdown rather than allow a final vote on a GOP-backed stopgap bill that already has passed the House. Republicans are warning of a “Schumer Shutdown,” named after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who said on Wednesday that the Senate majority lacks the ...

President Donald Trump scored a majority victory on Monday evening when the Senate, led by Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), confirmed his union-backed nominee to lead the Labor Department. With members voting 67-32 in favor of former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (D-OR), the upper chamber has given its blessing to all secretaries in Trump’s second-term Cabinet. ...

Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly trans-identifying member of Congress, was once again called “mister” — a move that elicited an irate response from a fellow Democrat. It happened Tuesday during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, when Chairman Keith Self (R-TX) called on McBride to speak. “I now recognize ...

On Tuesday, the GOP-led House narrowly passed another stopgap bill to prevent a partial government shutdown by the end of this week, marking a victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). The 99-page continuing resolution, which provides funds to various federal agencies and programs through September 30, prevailed in a 217-213 ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed late on Sunday that Mahmoud Khalil, who was a student-activist who helped lead anti-Israel protests at Columbia University last spring, was detained in New York City over the weekend. “On March 9, 2025, in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism, and in coordination with the Department ...

Passing a stopgap bill to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government at the end of this week is the “most fiscally responsible thing we can do at this moment,” Texas Congressman Chip Roy told Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro. Joining The Ben Shapiro Show for an interview Monday, Roy argued in favor ...

Over the weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly detained an activist who participated in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University last spring. Fox News’ Alexis McAdams posted on X that sources told her that Mahmoud Khalil, identified as a lead negotiator for the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” who graduated in December, was taken into ...

A detente may have been on the menu when President Donald Trump brought together Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend. The New York Times reported that Rubio confronted Musk over staff cuts spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort overseen by the ...