Senate Republicans, frustrated with Democrats’ refusal to fast-track any of President Donald Trump’s nominees, are considering last-ditch options for ending the blockade, including changing the chamber’s rules or allowing recess appointments. Their first choice is to cut a deal with Democrats to advance some of the growing backlog of nominations by voice vote or unanimous […]

President Donald Trump has emerged as the most powerful president of either party in decades, wielding enormous clout within the GOP especially on Capitol Hill, where Republicans have rammed through his legislative agenda. Trump has passed much of his domestic legislative agenda, crammed into his “big, beautiful bill,” faster than most lawmakers on Capitol Hill thought […]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is set to introduce legislation that would formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, financially crippling the global Islamist group and sanctioning its violent offshoots worldwide.  The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025 adopts “a new modernized strategy” for designating the organization, which preaches terrorism against Israel, the […]

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday extending a federal hiring freeze, ending subsidies for green energy sources, and pushing back the deadline for his “Liberation Day” tariffs.  Trump extended the tariffs deadline until Aug. 1, exempted military personnel and positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, and public safety from the federal civilian hiring freeze, and ended clean […]

Since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, the Border Patrol, Secret Service, and Coast Guard agencies have been flooded with applications.  “Under President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem’s leadership, our men and women in uniform are respected again and empowered to do their jobs,” said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. “These numbers are a stunning reversal over the […]