National Politics

This week, Democrats sent a counterproposal on immigration enforcement reform to the White House and Republicans, the most recent offer in negotiations over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a partial government shutdown. Funding for DHS, which manages Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security […]

The NAACP and other civil rights groups are requesting that a judge protect personal voter information that was obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia. The organizations wrote in a motion filed on Feb. 15 that Georgia residents entrusted the state with their “sensitive personal information” […]

Senators Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL10) have  introduced the bicameral Investing In Tomorrow’s Workforce Act. The bill increases federal investments in worker training and helps prepare workers for future jobs.  Sen. Warnock highlighted the need to bolster America’s workforce against technological encroachment in a statement. “The American worker […]

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) has formally proposed to amend House Resolution (HR) 7147 to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing warehouses that will serve as detention centers in Social Circle and Oakwood, Georgia.  HR 7147 is an appropriations bill, but it was excluded from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 due to […]

As of Feb. 12, a shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears imminent as federal officials in the House and Senate appeared ready to leave Capitol Hill for a 10-day recess, with talks between Democrats and the White House reaching a stalemate over Democrats’ demands for immigration enforcement reforms. Since Feb. 3, […]

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. agreed to prevent the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for his participation in a video where he urged troops to disobey unlawful demands. The judge granted the senator’s request for a preliminary injunction against Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a suit filed by Kelly accusing […]

On Feb. 12, White House Border czar Tom Homan announced the end of the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minnesota. The two-month-long immigration crackdown has resulted in thousands of arrests, mass demonstrations, and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizen activists. "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan shared […]

Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA01) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently celebrated the House of Representatives' passage of their Undersea Cable Protection Act, a bill strengthening national security and global connectivity by safeguarding the United States’ submarine cable infrastructure. Rep. Carter described it as the next step in advancing President Trump’s national security agenda. He then […]

Derek Dooley, the outsider candidate for the U.S. Senate, has called out Representative Mike Collins (R-GA) for allegedly using nearly one hundred thousand dollars in taxpayer money to pay for television ads promoting his Senate campaign. This is the latest in a series of allegations relating to the misuse of taxpayer funds by Congressman Collins’ […]

President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 11 that his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement with Iran remained unsettled, affirming that the US would continue to negotiate with the Islamic Republic. “There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) abruptly closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, for several hours on Feb. 11 due to an alleged drone breach by the Mexican Cartel, leading to a temporary grounding of flights and drawback from local officials who were upset for not being given advanced notice. The original restriction announced by […]

Republicans have waged war in the name of election integrity, and the Save America Act just barely received a nudge towards the finish line. In a 216 to 215 vote, the House has voted in favor of a rule to approve the Save America Act. The Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship […]

A long-running effort to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) reached a major milestone last week when President Donald Trump signed landmark federal PBM reforms into law. Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, the bipartisan package represents the most significant federal action on prescription drug middlemen in decades. The provisions aim to increase […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a Fulton County, Georgia, elections office in January, seizing voter records and ballots at the request of an attorney who worked with President Donald to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a newly unsealed affidavit written by an FBI agent and revealed on […]

The US Department of State (DoS) announced this week that it was barring two high-profile public officials from Palau and the Marshall Islands for “significant corruption,” as the US confronts Beijing’s efforts to grow its influence across the Pacific. According to a DoS statement, Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his immediate family have been […]

The U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced this week that it would impose new sanctions on Hizballah operatives accused of exploiting “Lebanon’s informal financial sector” to produce earnings for the Iran-backed terrorist group. “These actors have supported sanctions evasion schemes involving Hezbollah-controlled financial institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan (AQAH) and an Iran-based Hezbollah finance team operative,” the […]

The Department of War announced on Feb.9 that U.S. military forces “tracked and hunted” a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea. The Pentagon’s statement via the Department of War’s X account confirmed that it performed a "right-of-visit, maritime interdiction" after the vessel defied a quarantine order […]

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former confidante and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from Congress, invoking her Fifth Amendment right during a private virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 9. "This is obviously very disappointing," Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) told reporters following the deposition. "We had many […]