US President Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed House Republicans at the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, opening his remarks by praising the party’s policy agenda.The remarks were delivered as Republican lawmakers gathered for a party retreat, marking the House’s return to session.During his address, Trump spoke about the US operation in Venezuela targeting Nicolás Maduro, asserting […]
How Republicans are coming after Pete HegsethPete Hegseth entered Donald Trump’s second administration as one of its most trusted loyalists — a Fox News star turned defence secretary who promised to bring ideological clarity, forceful military action and a Trump-first worldview to the Pentagon. Ten months later, the Republican establishment that backed him is now […]
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on the Justice Department to release all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 while facing sex-trafficking charges.In an interview on Tuesday with podcaster Benny Johnson, Mike said: “It’s a very delicate subject, but we should put everything out there […]
House Republicans have asked seven US universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers cite as “nefarious mechanism” which aims to steal technology for the Chinese government.The lawmakers sent letters on Tuesday to Dartmouth College, the University of Notre Dame and five other schools, warning them about their partnerships with the China […]
Beyond Biden and Trump: How gerontocracy is weakening US democracy After bombshell news of former US President Joe Biden‘s cancer diagnosis rocked the political landscape, a deeper crisis is confronting the Democratic Party: its longstanding reliance on ageing lawmakers and a rigid seniority system that critics say is choking fresh talent and weakening opposition to […]
