Author: Samantha-Jo Roth

More than a million federal employees complied with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments in the past week, according to the White House. “I can announce that we had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of again sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor…

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is reintroducing legislation that would prevent the Chinese Communist Party from purchasing farmland adjacent to federal property in an effort to protect national security. Lummis is teaming up with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and John Barrasso (R-WY) on the bill, which would bring heightened scrutiny to land deals implicating…

Republicans in both the House and the Senate are expected to begin teeing up votes on legislation that would undo a number of Biden administration-era rules as early as next week. The plan reported by Semafor comes as Republicans gear up to roll back legislation issued within the last 60 legislative days with a simple…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the two-time presidential candidate, is renewing his fight against the billionaires, holding town halls in Nebraska and Iowa this weekend in an effort to invigorate his fellow Democrats to fight back against President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk.  As the budget fight heats up on Capitol Hill, Sanders held…

Democrats are slamming the Trump administration after firing the country’s senior military officer as part of a major shake-up at the Pentagon on Friday night, alleging that the move was politically motivated. President Donald Trump announced Friday night he fired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the now-former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while…

A key panel advanced the nomination of Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department, voting 12-11 to send her nomination to the Senate floor. The nomination of the former Small Business Administration director and a longtime Trump ally advanced along party lines, with all Republicans voting in support and all Democrats…

Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Small Business Administration, was confirmed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday. Loeffler, who served as the co-chairwoman of Trump’s second inauguration committee, was confirmed 52 to 46.  The Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee voted 12-7 in early February to…

Democrats are raising concerns about safety after the Trump administration began firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees amid a series of plane crashes and other air-related incidents in recent weeks. Several hundred probationary workers at the FAA received word they had been fired in late-night emails on Friday, according to Dave Spero, president of…

The race for control of the Senate in 2026 has kicked off with incumbents up for reelection making decisions about their political futures, shaking up the map for next year’s midterm elections. Political handicappers like the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball have predicted that Democrats have few opportunities to claw back the majority.…

Many federal workers are struggling to grasp how they’ll comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring them to return to in-person work when they don’t have any designated office space.  Several agencies eliminated office space at the peak of the pandemic with personnel moving to work remotely or to a hybrid model. Others were…