U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to require Congress to sign off on any deployment of federal troops to the polls, as President Donald Trump and his administration refuse to rule out the idea. Fears of troops or other federal agents at voting sites have long loomed over the approaching midterm elections in November. […]
President Donald Trump is trying to stop the confirmation process for his own nominee to head the nation’s intelligence agencies.
Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down efforts to keep federal troops from getting involved in federal elections.
Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee first killed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, proposed by Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin, that would have prohibited using Pentagon funds to deploy the military to seize ballots, voting machines, voter…
Three Democratic senators introduced a bill Monday to kill Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund.
Senators Adam Schiff of California, Mark Kelly of Arizona, and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan introduced the “Drain the Fund Act,” which they said would block taxpayer dollars from being funneled to Trump and his allies, including individuals convicted in connection with the…
Prospective presidential candidate Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is set to travel to Canada on Saturday for a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and other center-left politicians focused on “how to battle right-wing politicians on affordability,” as Carney’s government deepens economic ties with China and Canada prepares to receive its first shipment of Chinese-made electric…
WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s legal team is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that allows the former Navy captain to keep his retirement rank and pay while his First Amendment case against the Pentagon moves forward. Benjamin C. Mizer, partner at Arnold & Porter, wrote in a brief filed April […]
Democratic Iowa congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott wrote in an opinion piece published after criticism of her 2021 reading of a Muslim prayer in the Iowa Senate that the September 11 attacks made her more aware of “anti-Muslim bigotry” and the “harm” it caused.
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Democrat Senators are pressing the Office of Personnel Management to reverse course on implementing two rules that would impact federal employees.
Next week, senior officials from the Department of War are scheduled to appear at the annual Defense Software & Data Summit at The Anthem on March 10, 2026, hosted by Govini in Washington, D.C. Govini markets itself as a cutting edge analytics firm helping the Pentagon secure its supply chain, but the company and its […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must explain to a circuit court before the end of March exactly why it appealed a lower court’s ruling that allows Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly to keep his retirement rank and pay while a First Amendment case about the “Don’t Give Up The Ship” video plays out. The U.S. […]
Donald Trump is dropping his attempt to prosecute six congressional Democrats who made a video urging federal law enforcement and members of the military not to obey illegal orders.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., led by Jeanine Pirro, had sought to indict lawmakers two weeks ago, but a federal grand jury issued a rare denial. Pirro has subsequently decided to stop pursuing the…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro's office is allegedly halting a case against several Democrats who took part in a video and encouraged military members to disobey orders, according to a report.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday, blocking the Department of Defense from downgrading Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank as a retired Navy captain for appearing in a video where he and other lawmakers reminded members of the military they aren’t required to follow illegal orders. Senior Judge Richard J. Leon […]
VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence says the department is staffing up at sites preparing to use the new Electronic Health Record later this year.
Fresh off a campaign swing with Sen. Cory Booker, Roy Cooper’s U.S. Senate bid is being sold as a centrist alternative for North Carolina. But FEC records show that Cooper’s campaign is being propped up by the most radical, Trump-obsessed, open-borders Democrats in Washington, and by billionaire megadonors who have made “Abolish ICE” politics their […]
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday pulled down a social media post depicting former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys after members of Congress from both political parties expressed dismay and called it racist. A White House spokesperson told States Newsroom around noon that a “staffer erroneously made the post” […]
Senator Elissa Slotkin has denied an interview request from the Justice Department regarding its sham investigation into her participation in a video message telling troops they should “refuse illegal orders.”
Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, joined five other military and intelligence veterans in Congress last fall to urge service members to refuse illegal orders. The video angered President…