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January 29, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Senior Republican Warns House Trump Expects Total Loyalty—or Else

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer had a grim warning for his colleagues.

January 28, 2025

Trump Handed First Major Loss as Judge Blocks His Funding Freeze

Donald Trump had ordered a halt on all government loans and grants.

January 22, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Budget Chief Pick Refuses to Answer Questions—and GOP Lets Him

Republican senators were apparently all too happy to let Russell Vought skate through.

January 21, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Elon Musk’s Efficiency Agency Turns Out to Be Just Another Scam

Donald Trump finally created DOGE.

January 17, 2025

Republicans Want to Punish Divorced People to Fund Tax Cuts

House Republicans are trying to find ways to save money.

January 15, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Most Terrifying Answer in Trump’s Budget Chief Hearing

Donald Trump nominated Russell Vought to run the Office of Management and Budget.

August 23, 2023

The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government

Partisan procedural brinkmanship is back, thanks to the House Freedom Caucus’s crusade against military policy.

February 22, 2021

No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore

It worked against Obama. But GOP attacks on the Democrats’ Covid stimulus bill are falling on deaf ears after four years of Trump.