Lawmakers press Mexico to deliver on water treaty Mexico’s slow delivery of water to the United States under the terms of a 1944 treaty is prompting lawmakers to explore new enforcement options. 04/22/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
House tees up votes on Ukraine and Israel aid as Speaker Johnson defies his right flank The foreign aid package moved forward with the support of an extremely rare bipartisan coalition, with Democrats helping to carry the "rule" in committee and on the floor. 04/19/2024 - 4:12 am | View Link
Calif. Dems Tout Ties to Criminal Leniency Group The mayors of California's three biggest cities have rankled some progressive activists in recent months by joining a wave of fellow Democrats renouncing ... 04/18/2024 - 8:36 pm | View Link
It’s a GOP House. But Dems have big leverage now. Dingell, who had passed out Sanders chocolates Monday ahead of the election, told reporters she’d work as a “girl team” with co-chairs Escobar, Underwood and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.). The ... 04/16/2024 - 10:30 am | View Link
Greg Abbott’s Cruel Moves on Immigration Were, Unfortunately, Genius At CinemaCon this year, the Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said the organization is going to work with Congress to establish and enforce a site-blocking legislation in the ... 04/9/2024 - 10:45 pm | View Link
During a Supreme Court hearing on Idaho abortion law, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Justice Samuel Alito clashed over fetal protections under federal law EMTALA. Prelogar argues women deserve necessary medical care, challenging Alito's focus on "unborn child" protections.
Twice impeached and four times indicted, former President Donald Trump issued a desperate plea for help to his Republican allies on Truth Social amid his hush-money case. Trump wrote at 2:00 AM, so he isn't getting much sleep. It shouldn't be called a hush-money case, though, since it's about Donald interfering in the 2016 election.
Republican Voters Against Trump made a powerful ad. Donald Trump was charged with 88 felonies and was found liable for sexual assault. He could not get a job in a retail store for minimum wage. If the former president is too big a liability to get a job at a local mall, he is too big a liability to lead the United States.
Trump is making history this week, as the first ex-president to have a criminal trial.
Two new high-quality polls suggest an electoral dagger could be coming for Donald Trump—if their findings persist. Both polls, from Marist College and NBC News, show third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. siphoning more support away from Trump than President Joe Biden.
The potential emerging trend was first spotted by The Washington Post's Aaron Blake.
In the NBC poll, Biden trailed Trump by 2 points in the head-to-head matchup, 44% to 46%.
This morning, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case brought by the state of Idaho, which wants the nation’s highest court to rule that its abortion ban preempts federal law when it comes to emergency abortion care.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, requires that hospitals receiving Medicare funding provide stabilizing care for all ER patients—including abortion care, even if it conflicts with a state’s own stricter abortion rules.
Enter Idaho.