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PoliticusUSA is ad-free and depends on readers like you for support. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats stayed true to their word. They did not support Speaker Mike Johnson’s CR and required Johnson to find enough Republican votes to pass it on his own. Johnson and

An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a street in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024.  Majid Asgaripour | Via Reuters Iran’s fortunes may look entirely different over the course of President Donald Trump’s

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and will never yield to any interest group or party. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. It is a notion that the mainstream media loves that drives Democrats crazy. The media insists on making Democrats responsible for doing the important work of governing even when Republicans are in charge of

DOGE chief Elon Musk said Monday that he is running his businesses “with great difficulty,” as shares of his automotive firm Tesla suffered their worst drop in a half-decade, and as his social media company X experienced several outages. Musk also said during an interview on Fox Business that he expected to remain in the

PoliticusUSA is ad-free, corporate-free, and never bending the knee. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. The House Freedom Caucus is once again doing its thing of throwing gasoline on every fire. The group of right-wing extremists has introduced a resolution that would strip Rep. Al Gteen of his committee assignments. Punchbowl News pointed

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi poses for a picture with leaders as Egypt hosts emergency Arab summit to discuss Palestinian developments, at Egypt’s New Administrative Capital in Cairo, March 4, 2025.  Egyptian Presidency | Via Reuters Arab states led by Egypt have accepted a roadmap to rebuild Gaza as the “comprehensive Arab plan,” countering President

Please consider supporting PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. Since the Trump trade war has rattled the US economy and is wildly unpopular with the American people, the administration needed a pretext for their tariffs. On Sunday, they announced that the trade war has become a drug war. According to Trump’s National Economic Council Director Kevin

This photo shows a general view of a screen broadcasting live footage of China’s President Xi Jinping attending the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) as seen outside a shopping mall in Beijing on March 5, 2025.  Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images China said it was prepared to fight “any type

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and does not bend the knee. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. Sen. Adam Schiff said on Sunday that he thought that Democrats should have had a more coordinated response to Trump’s speech before Congress and that he disagreed with the strategy floated by James Carville that Democrats should play

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger poses for a portrait in an undated handout image. U.S. Office Of Special Counsel | Via Reuters A top federal ethics watchdog who was fired last month by President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is dropping a lawsuit challenging his dismissal.

Thank you for reading PoliticusUSA To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Bernie Sanders has been making his way across the country when his Senate schedule allows on a national Fighting Oligarchy tour. As the actions of Trump and Elon Musk get more extreme, the crowds that Sen. Sanders is attracting continue to

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger poses for a portrait in an undated handout image. U.S. Office Of Special Counsel | Via Reuters A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove a top federal ethics watchdog from his office while a lawsuit challenging his

Please consider supporting PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. Donald Trump campaigned on being a champion of Social Security. Since returning to the White House, Trump has continued to claim that he won’t touch Social Security, which isn’t exactly true. On Friday, the Social Security Administration announced that anyone who is accidentally overpaid their benefits will

Rep. Al Green shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. Win Mcnamee | Via Reuters The House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump during the president’s speech to Congress earlier

PoliticusUSA is solely supported by readers like you. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) has been drafting new articles of impeachment against Donald Trump and there seems to be sizable public support for his effort. Free Speech For People announced: Impeach Trump Again, a nonpartisan campaign led by Free

A week since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heated expulsion from the White House, European leaders have upped the ante on defense spending plans as they seek to support Kyiv and fill a potential void of U.S. aid.   This week, the European Commission proposed measures for fiscal flexibility on defense spending and a plan to

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and independent thanks to the support of readers like you. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. When MSNBC pulled the plug on The Reid Out, it was strange because there was no warning that such a change could be coming for viewers. There was reportedly tension between Reid and her

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Major stock indices dropped sharply this week, as rattled investors struggled to get a handle on President Donald Trump‘s sweeping and shifting tariff policies.

PoliticusUSA is ad-free, corporate-free, and solely supported by readers like you. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. Trump is running an administration of the billionaire, for the billionaire, by the billionaire. Anyone who has been paying attention to the news can see that, but what isn’t so obvious in all of the policy

Gwynne Wilcox, attorney who was a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Courtesy: National Labor Relations Board A federal judge on Thursday reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.” The ordered reinstating