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Watch: House Democrats speak out against Trump agenda, mass layoffs
House Democratic leaders gave remarks Tuesday morning in opposition to President Trump's moves to overhaul the federal government. Democrats have taken to holding town halls in GOP districts and ...The Hill - 2d -
Watch live: Senate Dems speak out against Trump's 'senseless' tariff agenda
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is leading the charge against looming "Liberation Day" tariffs set to be announced by President Trump on Wednesday. During an event in the Senate ...The Hill - 1d -
House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs
House Democrats led by Rep. Brad Schneider (Ill.) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on mass layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday letter requesting the Trump ...The Hill - 16h -
Watch live: Democrats to call out layoffs at Social Security Administration
Democrats in both chambers of Congress are railing against executive actions from the Trump administration that target social programs such as Social Security and Medicaid. Senate Democratic Leader ...The Hill - 2d -
Watch live: Jeffries speaks as GOP seeks to force Trump legislative agenda forward
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will hold his weekly press conference Wednesday morning as his GOP colleagues in the Senate seek to advance President Trump's legislative agenda. ...The Hill - 1d -
McMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have ...The Hill - 2d -
Democratic group to track state impacts of Trump agenda
A major Democratic super PAC on Monday launched a new database to track the state-by-state impacts of the Trump administration’s agenda. American Bridge 21st Century, which is the Democratic ...The Hill - 4d -
Helldivers 2 Boss Calls Out CEOs For Mass Layoffs
2024 was a brutal year for the video game industry, with thousands of jobs lost due to massive layoffs . So far, that trend has continued in 2025 with recent layoffs at Eidos Montreal and ...GameSpot - 2d -
HHS staff to brief House committee following massive agency layoffs
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce committee are demanding a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F Kennedy Jr. about the massive layoffs happening at his agency. ...The Hill - 17h -
Senate Democrat warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences to Trump tariffs
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) warned Tuesday of “catastrophic” consequences to President Trump’s tariff plans. “To have an all out war with Canada, with every country in the world, who was a major ...The Hill - 2d -
Senate GOP races toward vote on Trump agenda blueprint
Senate Republicans are racing to consider a compromise budget resolution as they look to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda, with a vote potentially taking place this week. House and ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump rolls out sweeping tariffs as he deems deficits a 'national emergency'
Trump made his way back to the White House in no small part because of his promise to better the economy. He's staking a large part of his agenda on broad-based tariffs.ABC News - 1d -
House Republicans bash Senate's Trump agenda blueprint: 'This is offensive'
The Senate GOP budget plan designed to usher President Trump’s sweeping domestic priorities into law is getting an ice-cold reception from Republicans in the House, where conservatives are balking ...The Hill - 2h -
Watch live: White House holds press briefing one day before tariffs deadline
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Tuesday afternoon, a day before President Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and certain product imports are set to take ...The Hill - 2d -
Jobless Claim Rate Stays Stable Despite Mass Federal Layoffs
New Labor Department data show private businesses are avoiding mass firings, but the many federal layoffs haven’t translated into new claims.Inc. - 19h -
5 things to know about Republicans’ new blueprint to pass Trump's agenda
Senate Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a 70-page blueprint to advance President Trump’s tax agenda, along with directions that could pave the way for more than a trillion dollars in cuts to ...The Hill - 1d -
House Intel Democrats call for damage assessment on Signal chat
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday requested an independent assessment into Trump administration officials' use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, asking that Director of ...The Hill - 3d -
How HHS job cuts will impact how government handles disease prevention
The Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services aiming to cut around 10,000 full-time jobs. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez details how this could ...NBC News - 2d -
House Democrat: Trump not 'imagining a democratic election for his third term'
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) compared President Trump's suggestion he could run for a third term to Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently in his fifth term, saying Trump is not "imagining a ...The Hill - 3d -
Morning Report — Trump unpacks tariffs; voters speak in two states
In today’s issue: It’s the moment of truth for President Trump’s long-teased global trade agenda. He’ll describe new U.S. tariffs and international products to be targeted as levies take effect ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrats’ deference to Biden was a disaster. They still haven’t learned their lesson | Norman Solomon
Conformity and fear of party leadership are impairing Democrats’ ability to fight Trump and drive a progressive agenda. Joe Biden’s insistence on running for re-election was certainly disastrous. ...The Guardian - 22h -
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House in an exclusive interview with NBC News.NBC News - 4d -
Watch live: Trump signs executive orders at the White House
Watch live coverage as President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to protect fans from ticket scalping and reform America’s live entertainment ticketing industry.NBC News - 3d -
Dem attorneys general use new media to mount Trump resistance
Court proceedings might often unfold behind closed doors, but the Democratic attorneys general challenging President Trump’s expansive agenda want to bring their work to your feed. Democratic ...The Hill - 2d -
House Dems look to expand access to gender-affirming care amid Trump crackdown
More than two dozen House Democrats are looking to protect and expand availability to gender-affirming care for transgender youths and adults as the Trump administration takes steps to sharply curb ...The Hill - 3d -
Democrats Sue Trump Over Executive Order on Elections
The lawsuit accuses President Trump of vastly overstepping his authority to “upturn the electoral playing field in his favor and against his political rivals.”The New York Times - 3d -
Democrats decry 'sloppy and rushed' release of JFK files during task force hearing
House Democrats on Tuesday decried the Trump administration’s rollout of records related to the 1963 assassination of former President Kennedy, raising concerns about the release of personal ...The Hill - 2d -
Senate Republicans unveil budget resolution key to unlocking Trump agenda
Senate Republicans unveiled a budget resolution as the GOP seeks to move forward with the budget plan that will enable them to implement President Trump's agenda later this week.CBS News - 1d -
Senate Republicans vote to advance a massive budget blueprint for Trump's agenda
The Republican-led Senate voted 52-48 on Thursday to begin debate on a budget blueprint for a multitrillion-dollar package to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.NBC News - 13h -
US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs
Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling . Experts in everything from mine safety to smoking and infertility were hit by mass layoffs ...The Guardian - 2d -
Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump rips Democrat's resolution on Canada tariffs
President Trump on Tuesday bashed Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) over a resolution that would undercut the basis for tariffs on Canada and urged Republicans to vote against it. Kaine has put forward a ...The Hill - 2d -
Carville on Trump tariffs: 'It’s just his ego playing itself out in public'
Democratic strategist James Carville said he believes President Trump’s tariffs are not motivated by policy but instead just represent the president's "ego playing itself out in public." Carville ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump expected to announce plans for reciprocal tariffs
Watch live coverage as President Trump is expected to announce his plans for reciprocal tariffs at a White House event.NBC News - 1d -
Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House?
The Colorado senator, raised to revere the world’s greatest deliberative body, seems ready to give up on Washington.Politico - 5d -
Russia reportedly begins rare earth metals talks with US; Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin – Russia-Ukraine war live
Pro-Kremlin newspaper reports Washington and Moscow talks have started; US president speaks out against Russian president. Here are some fuller comments from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov , ...The Guardian - 3d -
House Democrat: Trump team has 'done nothing' to assure Signal leak won't be repeated
Rep. Seth Moulton has criticized the Trump administration for its response to the use of Signal by high-level officials to discuss military plans, saying they have done nothing to prevent a repeat ...The Hill - 2d -
Education secretary hijacks House Democrats' presser after closed-door meeting
Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.ABC News - 18h