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More House Republicans appear to be losing patience with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leadership in the lower chamber of Congress after multiple bills failed to clear a majority this week.Politico reported Wednesday that a "Tuesday night meltdown" led to widespread consternation from multiple House Republicans. A bill that would have made it easier for employers to curtail overtime hours narrowly failed after several Republican members

Federal agents have reportedly shot another person in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting victim is currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.Minneapolis-based Fox affiliate KMSP reported Wednesday that the shooting occurred at roughly 7:30 PM local time, in the 600 block of 24th Avenue North in Minneapolis. While the specific federal agency involved in the shooting has not yet been named, KMSP reported that no local law enforcement agencies were involved in the non-fatal shooting.

One of the more high-profile changes to the federal government that President Donald Trump made early on in his second term was to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. The total cost could be in the nine-figure range.That's according to an estimate released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and posted to X by CBS reporter Scott MacFarlane. The CBO estimated the cost under two scenarios — a per-person approach and a per-organization approach. MacFarlane crunched the numbers and estimated that the name change could cost anywhere from $10 million at the low end to $125 mill

One high-ranking Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire was recently seen advocating for racially segregated public schools in her state, according to a new report.In a Wednesday article, Granite Post – the New Hampshire-based website for the liberal Courier Newsroom media brand – reported that state representative Kristin Noble (R), who is the vice chair of the House Education Policy and Administration Committee, posted favorably about separating students by race in a group chat for Republican lawmakers.

One of President Donald Trump's Cabinet members is attracting a wave of mockery after suggesting Americans worried about the rising cost of groceries should simply stick to a menu that struck social media users as similar to food eaten in prisons.During a Wednesday interview on the conservative NewsNation network, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that while the Trump administration is "asking Americans to reconsider what they're eating," the administration is adamant that Americans don't need to spend more money to improve their diets."We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a

A Michigan-based Ford worker who went viral for heckling President Donald Trump has now received a flood of financial support after being suspended from his job.The Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday that two separate crowdfunding campaigns on the GoFundMe platform for suspended Ford employee T.J. Sabula �

President Donald Trump's rhetoric about potentially deploying the U.S. military to occupy Greenland is worrying several Republican senators, who believe the president may end up torpedoing the NATO alliance over the Danish territory.Semafor reported Wednesday that Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are working behind the scenes to end-run Trump should he commit military resources to taking Greenland. Murkowski – who leads the Senate's Arcti

Overnight and without warning, the Trump administration slashed around $2 billion from mental health and addiction programs, leaving organizations, front-line providers, and possibly millions of patients without immediate recourse.The cuts were announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The scope is “vast,” STAT reported.“Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, home

Writer E. Jean Carroll is now urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to halt President Donald Trump's last-ditch attempt to overturn a verdict in Carroll's favor. Newsweek reported Wednesday that Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, recently submitted a filing to SCOTUS in opposition to a motion filed by Trump's legal team in November to overturn a verdict that ordered Trump to pay Carroll $88.3 million in damages. That amount stems from a

One unnamed U.S. Border Patrol agent who is reportedly "outraged" at the conduct of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents is now leaking sensitive details of secret operations that, according to one journalist, show how President Donald Trump's administration is targeting both immigrants and U.S. citizens. In an article published to his Substack on Wednesday, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein published a 15-page document revealing details of 21 different "major" ICE operations across the country. The document is marked "LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE" and includes codenames of the various operations