Author: Ashleigh Fields

Former Vice President Harris said Democrats are “doing the right thing” by holding firm on their demands amidst the government shutdown.Senate Democrats have blocked a stopgap bill from advancing 10 times in an effort to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies. Harris said Democrats “are doing the right thing by standing up for working people and not allowing the Republicans to carry a tax cut for the wealthiest people in our country on the backs of working people in America,” in an interview published Saturday by The Associated Press. She blamed her counterparts over the federal funding lapse, which has…

President Trump on Friday endorsed a potential challenger to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has tussled with the GOP over the last several months. Trump threw his full support behind Ed Gallrein as a contender in Kentucky’s 2026 GOP primary. “I hope Ed gets into the Race against Massie, who is now polling at about 9% because the Great People of Kentucky are wise to him — He only votes against the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left,” the president wrote in a Friday post on Truth Social. “Unlike ‘lightweight’ Massie, a totally ineffective LOSER who has…

President Trump signed a Friday proclamation intended to offset the impact of auto tariffs with an expansion of credits for eligible car manufacturers.  Automakers who import car parts to the U.S. will receive 3.75 percent offset from the vehicle’s listed retail price until 2030 under the Friday order. Originally, the program was set to expire in 2027. The White House said the percentage reflects the expected tax when a 25 percent tariff is applied to 15 percent of the value of a U.S.-assembled automobile. The Friday executive order also set a 10 percent tariff on imports of buses and implemented…

Stephen A. Smith on Thursday said he thinks Secretary of State Marco Rubio would best Vice President Vance if the two face off in the 2028 presidential election’s Republican primary. “I got to be honest with you, if this Israel-Hamas deal comes out to be more positive than anything else, I don’t think anybody be able to compete with Marco Rubio who Trump called ‘maybe the greatest Secretary of State in American history,’” Smith said during a Thursday episode of his “Straight Shooter” podcast on SiriusXM.  “Marco Rubio gets things done. He’s a former senator, now secretary of State and…

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Friday criticized the Trump administration over the indictment against former national security adviser John Bolton.  Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of transmitting and retaining national defense information, making him the latest Trump critic to be criminally charged.  “It’s hard to know what to say about this other than there is no way that had Bolton not broken with Donald Trump, he would be facing these charges today,” Raskin said during a Friday appearance on CNN’s “News Central.” The Maryland representative said Bolton would have a very strong claim of “selective”…

FBI Director Kash Patel doubled down on statements that FBI agents will receive pay following previous remarks in the Oval Office. “FBI special agents will keep getting paid, because we prioritize the people who protect this country,” Patel wrote in a statement on X on Thursday. “President Trump made sure our men and women in law enforcement and the military won’t miss a paycheck during the shutdown. America’s security doesn’t stop. Neither do we,” he added. His post included a screenshot of a CBS article that referenced his Wednesday remarks to President Trump. The FBI director told Trump the agency…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said President Trump’s ability to successfully broker a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas provides hope for an end to the war in Eastern Europe.  “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well—including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in a statement on the social platform X, after a congratulatory call to Trump.  Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to the Middle East, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner both worked alongside the Qatari and Egyptian governments to help solidify a peace deal. The president is expected…

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would have required sweeping changes on campus in exchange for a funding advantage in federal grant awards. The 10-point memo was provided to nine higher learning institutions last week, requiring reforms such as a rewiring of the admissions process by adjusting the consideration of race or ethnicity, student grading and demanding that transgender women be excluded from women’s locker rooms and sports teams.   The document “includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression…

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “politics over peace,” early Friday, after the panel did not select President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will,” Cheung wrote in a statement on social platform X, referring to Trump. “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” he added. Trump and several of his allies have for weeks campaigned for the president to win the prestigious award, citing his…

The government shutdown has now lasted for about four days in a faceoff between Republicans standing strong on their non-negotiables and Democrats holding firm to their demands to prioritize funding for health care. House GOP lawmakers returned to their districts on Friday for designated “work periods” at the direction of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who reaffirmed Republicans’ commitment to resume legislative sessions when Senate Democrats vote to fund the government. “The House will come back into session and do its work as soon as Chuck Schumer allows us to reopen the government,” Johnson said on Friday, blaming the Senate minority…