Author: Samantha-Jo Roth

Tulsi Gabbard is one step closer to joining the Trump administration as the new director of national intelligence after a key Senate committee advanced her nomination. The vote was 9 to 8, with all Republicans voting to advance Gabbard’s nomination and all Democrats voting against it during a Senate Intelligence Committee panel vote behind closed…

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) announced that he would support Tulsi Gabbard‘s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community, guaranteeing her advancement to the Senate floor Tuesday. “American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals…

Congressional Democrats are protesting President Donald Trump’s efforts to shutter a federal humanitarian aid agency, calling the move illegal as Republicans give the new administration leeway. Democrats attempted to enter the closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday, only to be denied entry as X CEO Elon Musk, the head of…

President Donald Trump’s roller-coaster Monday of looming trade threats had Democrats on their heels trying to land their defense of two of America’s biggest trading partners. Democrats started Monday armed with a strategy that Trump’s planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada would jack up the price of guacamole and beer in time for the Super…

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced she will vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community, Tulsi Gabbard, raising the prospects that the former Democratic congresswoman will be able to advance out of the critical Senate intelligence panel. Gabbard’s nomination will be considered voted on behind closed doors on Tuesday by the…

Lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia believe the recent commercial jet collision with a military helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday will discourage any further flight expansions in one of the nation’s most congested air corridors. While congressional members are hesitant to jump to conclusions until an in-depth investigation is completed by the National Transportation…

Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refused to call National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a traitor during her confirmation hearing on Thursday, which some Republicans are privately admitting could threaten her chances of advancing out of committee. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle gave President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S intelligence community more than…

Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees will testify before the Senate on Thursday in what could be a make-or-break moment for the trio of administration picks. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tapped to be Trump’s health and human services secretary, will appear for his second day of testimony, while Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel,…

President Donald Trump has found a fight that he does not want to pick after backlash to his sweeping freeze on federal aid threatened to consume the start of his second term. In less than 48 hours, the Office of Management and Budget issued and then rescinded a memorandum that instructed departments to pause all…

Tulsi Gabbard will attempt to cast her unorthodox political career as a strength at Thursday’s confirmation hearing, using her opening statement to tout her “consistent record of independence” as she vies to become President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief. Gabbard, who served in the Hawaii Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq with a medical…