Month: April 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a decisive defeat Tuesday after he staged an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns. Nine of his own Republicans joined all Democrats in rejecting his plan, 206-222, in a dramatic vote…

Senate Democrats have lost any real leverage over Trump’s agenda. So deploring it in words may be the only path ahead for now.

Luigi Mangione, who is charged with murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will face the death penalty in his federal case.