Trump admin under fire: Over 300 protests sweep 44 states; Texas Democrats outraged over Republicans’ push to redraw maps

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Pro-democracy activists and labor organizations held hundreds of rallies across the United States on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration’s support for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of Republicans.Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke spoke at one such event in Texas, where dozens of Democratic lawmakers had left the state […]

Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls

[ad_1] new video loaded: Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls By Annie Karni, Gabriel Blanco, Nikolay Nikolov and Claire Hogan•August 5, 2025 The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican […]

Scrap H-1B visa exception: Republicans introduce new bill for prioritizing Americans in universities, ending ‘backdoor hiring’

[ad_1] Republican lawmakers introduce a new proposal to end H-1B exception for higher education staff. Amid ongoing aspersions against the H-1B visa program, a new Republican proposal was introduced by Rep Tom Tiffany and Rep Andrew Clyde proposing to scrap the H-1B visa exception for higher education staff. Currently, there is a 65,000-person cap for […]

Congressman dozes off during Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ vote and misses it, grilled by fellow Republicans: ‘I’m going to strangle him…’

[ad_1] Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino Long Island Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino is facing heavy criticism after missing the final vote on US President Trump’s major tax legislation, all because he fell asleep during an all-night session in the House.Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Thursday that Garbarino missed the vote, which passed 215-214, after nodding […]

Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’: Only two Republicans vote ‘No’ — who are they?

[ad_1] Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky (Photo: X) Two Republican lawmakers from Greater Cincinnati broke ranks with their party this week, voting against what US President Donald Trump has dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.The bill is a sweeping House proposal aimed at reforming taxes, immigration, and federal benefits, reports […]

Epstein client list: Kevin Spacey, Stephen King baffle Internet as Republicans block release

[ad_1] Kevin Spacey and Stephen King shocked the Internet with their Epstein takes. While the Donald Trump administration has made it clear that there is no Epstein’s list, the Republicans voted down an attempt by Democrats that would force the administration to release Epstein-related files. The FBI and DOJ tussle continued, though Donald Trump played […]

Epstein files row: Is MAGA loyalty slipping away from Trump? Steve Banon’s new warning for Republicans

[ad_1] Donald Trump (left), Steve Bannon (AP) A former White House aide of US President Steve Bannon on Friday warned that Republicans could “lose 40 house seats” in next years mid-term elections, over the handling of Jeffrey Epstein case files. “You’re going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent […]

Cape? Check. Muscles? Photoshop: White House posts picture of ‘Superman Trump’; Republicans react

[ad_1] In a post that “woke” up the netizens with a jolt, White House on Friday shared a poster of President Donald Trump reimagined as “Superman,” complete with the slogan: “The symbol of hope. Truth. Justice. The American way. Superman Trump.”But while the cape was bold, the reactions were bolder, with many netizens, including Republicans, […]

‘Nefarious mechanism’: Republicans issue stern warning to US universities against Chinese scholarship program; call it security threat

[ad_1] 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 […]

‘Don’t go too crazy!’ Trump warns ‘cost-cutting’ Republicans as debate for big bill continues, says ‘you still have to get reelected’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump warned ‘cost-cutting’ Republicans as the debate is underway in the Senate , wrestling over the administration’s Big Beautiful bill. “For all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, REMEMBER, you still have to get reelected,” he wrote. “Don’t go too crazy! We will make it […]