Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing Military Spouse Commission
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump launched the President’s Military Spouse Commission by signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Aug. 3. Military leaders’ spouses...
With Congress Stymied, States Step up Push for Campaign Finance Reform
CHICAGO—Twenty-five state legislatures have adopted resolutions urging federal lawmakers to consider a constitutional amendment to “restore” congressional and state authority in regulating election spending...
Sens. Cornyn, Tillis Announce Support for Blanche as Attorney General
Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Aug. 3 released a joint statement saying they will back acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s...
RFK Jr. Clashes With CNN Host on COVID-19 Pandemic Handling, Vaccines
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his agency’s response to measles outbreaks, criticized how the United States handled the...
Education Secretary Urges University Leaders to Reform Their Institutions
Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Aug. 3 sent a call-to-action letter to all U.S. university presidents and governing boards asking them to...
Michigan Senate Race Becomes Frontline in Battle for Future of the Democratic Party
DEARBORN, Mich.—Hundreds of voters who packed into an event hall in Dearborn, Michigan, on July 31 to support Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate...
Back-to-Back August Primaries Test Battleground Democrats’ Priorities
Democratic voters in two Midwestern battlegrounds will choose nominees over the next nine days in primaries that have become two of the party’s most...
Senate Leaders Reach Deal on Bill to Fund Government Past Midterm Elections
The leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Aug. 2 announced an agreement on the text of a bipartisan stopgap funding bill that would...
Trump Signs Major New Executive Order at the Oval Office
President Donald Trump delivers remarks and signs a new executive order at the Oval Office at 1:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 3. …