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House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of slaves. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is co-leading the reintroduction of H.R.40, or the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, to Congress with Sen. Cory…

Marko Elez — who before resigning from the Treasury Department had been a member of Treasury’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) team — was ‘mistakenly’ given ‘read/write permissions’ on the Secure Payment System rather than ‘read-only,’ Joseph Gioeli III of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service declared in a court…

House Republicans have released their framework for a massive conservative policy overhaul to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, just as the Senate advances its own version of the plan. House and Senate GOP lawmakers have been at odds over how to go about executing Trump’s policy goals, and an earlier…

President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Jamieson Greer, advanced out of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday.  The vote was 15-12, with all Republicans on the panel voting for Greer, as well as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. His appointment now moves on to the full Senate for final…

An American is one of three hostages released from Belarus, the White House has announced.  The identity of the hostage has not been released as the person wishes to remain private, U.S. Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler said.  ‘He’s made bringing hostages home a top priority and people respect that,’…

Current and former state attorneys general are praising the Trump administration’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its ‘common sense’ decision to roll back a Biden-era climate rule requiring companies to disclose their carbon emissions. ‘We’ve led multiple common letters over the years against this radical Biden climate fiasco,…

Russian missiles struck Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said.  The barrage of ballistic missiles hit hours before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited the Ukrainian capital, the first Cabinet-level Trump official to do so, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aide Andriy Yermak wrote…

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was looking into a limestone mine in Pennsylvania, where the cost-cutting organization says federal employee retirements are processed manually using a system that could take months.  Musk told reporters about the mine on Tuesday during an appearance with…

President Donald Trump continued his successful Cabinet confirmation roll on Wednesday, with Tulsi Gabbard officially being approved by the Senate to become his director of national intelligence (DNI).  She became his 14th Cabinet confirmation following the 52-48 Wednesday vote. The vote was party-line, with the exception of former GOP Senate…

The Senate voted Wednesday to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to serve as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, sending him on a path to final confirmation. The vote to invoke cloture on Kennedy’s nomination ends debate and starts the clock ticking toward…