The Senate blocked President Joe Biden‘s renomination of the current chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Lauren McFerran. Sen. Bill Cassidy says, “I am glad the Senate rejected Democrats’ partisan attempt to deny President Trump the opportunity to choose his own nominees and enact a pro-America, pro-worker agenda with the mandate he has from the American people.”
The government of France has fallen for the second time this year, as a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom convened the special session and wants the state legislature to approve a $25 million legal defense fund for the state’s justice department. The goal of the fund would be to “Trump-proof” the state against legal challenges from the Trump administration.
Silicon Valley billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen accused the Democrats and the Biden administration of weaponizing executive agencies to pressure financial institutions to “debank” companies politically opposed to them.
“We have this thing called the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, CFPB, which was the – it’s sort of Elizabeth Warren’s personal agency that she gets to control,” he continued. “And it’s an independent agency that just gets to run and do whatever it wants, right? And if you read the Constitution, like, there is no such thing as an independent agency. And yet there it is.” “This is one of the reasons why we ended up supporting Trump.”
The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case on Friday delayed his sentencing indefinitely, in what the president-elect’s team called a “decisive win” as he prepares to return to the White House.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has filed to run for reelection in 2026 even as she is reportedly doing “terrible” after President-elect Donald Trump’s massive victory and Republicans taking the Senate and retaining the House majority.
President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he wants to use recess appointments to install Cabinet members, bypassing the typical confirmation process of hearings and votes. Trump demanded that the next leader of the upper chamber break with what has become the routine under both parties for years: scheduling pro forma sessions during extended off-periods, essentially keeping the Senate from entering a recess and thus preventing the president from making appointments in their absence.
A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his falsification of business records case. Instead, he told Trump’s lawyers he’d delay the ruling until Nov. 19 so that prosecutors can give their view of what to do in light of Trump’s impending return to the White House.
Nearly one week after Election Day, Republicans were projected to keep control of the House, completing a 2024 sweep that also included the GOP winning the Senate and President-elect Donald Trump securing another term in the White House.
Judge Tanya Chutkan canceled all deadlines and ongoing proceedings in the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ)’s election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump after a request from special counsel Jack Smith.
Florida Amendment 3 and Amendment 4, which focus on legalizing weed and protecting abortion rights, have seen the brunt of ire from the state after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration spent millions in ads opposing both measures.