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Guest Column: 'Debanking' Is a Real Problem, but a Fix Must Come From Washington, Not Louisiana

Washington · Washington

Guest Column: 'Debanking' Is a Real Problem, but a Fix Must Come From Washington, Not Louisiana

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Guest column: Debanking can be a real problem, but the fix cannot come from Baton Rouge. Such regulation needs to come from the federal level. Here's why.See the Story

Littwin: Let’s Enjoy the Trump-Elon Breakup While We Can. In These Times, We Definitely Need the Laugh.

Republican Party · Washington

Littwin: Let’s Enjoy the Trump-Elon Breakup While We Can. In These Times, We Definitely Need the Laugh.

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

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They Were Blowing the Whistle on Him Long Before

Mike Johnson · Washington

They Were Blowing the Whistle on Him Long Before

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

White House staff must be pulling Joe Biden’s puppet strings, House Speaker Mike Johnson believes. That’s the only possible reason nobody is lifting a finger to stop the migrant invasion. Joe claims he doesn’t have the power to do anything on the border. That only makes sense when you factor in the fact that what progressives really want to do is expedite the flow. Joe really is powerless on that part. Legally, anyway. Staff running West Wing On…Read Article

House Adoption of GOP Budget Resolution for Trump Agenda

Research suggests the House passed a GOP budget resolution on April 10, 2025, to advance Trump's agenda, with a 216-214 vote.The evidence leans toward the resolution enabling tax cuts, military spending increases, and social program cuts, now under Senate review.It seems likely that this resolution sets the stage for significant fiscal policy changes, with potential controversy over debt and program impacts.Vote and PassageOn April 10, 2025, the…Taxes · Washington Read Article

Reporter's Notebook: How the House Is Technically Done with the 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

After the House voted to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," it is now up to the Senate to pass Trump's budget bill.Donald Trump · Washington See the Story

Advocacy Groups Call on Congress to Pass AI Whistleblower Protection Act

On June 10, a coalition of more than 20 technology safety and whistleblower advocacy groups sent a letter to Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, calling for the passage of the AI Whistleblower Protection Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) last month, provides anti-retaliation protections to AI insiders reporting safety concerns to regulators or supe…Whistleblower · Washington Read Article

The Slow Death of Green Industrial Policy

Donald Trump’s trade war has polarized Americans over trade policy. Echoing Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign rhetoric, most progressives depict Trump’s tariffs as a penalty on everyday consumption that will invariably redistribute wealth upwards. Conservatives, though also recognizing the near-term pain tariffs are likely to inflict at the checkout line, are somewhat more optimistic about their potential to boost domestic industry.What’s less clear…Donald Trump · Washington Read Article

Sen. Kennedy Just Gave Howard Lutnick Best Example Why Reciprocal Tariffs Don’t Work - Coalition For A Prosperous America

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) might not have meant to lampoon the concept of reciprocal tariffs. In fact, he may even be in favor of them. But he proved on Wednesday in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that reciprocal tariffs will never work. By the time the Committee hearing with Lutnick was over, it seemed pretty clear that the Trump administration has shifting ideas about reciprocity today, and are …Howard Lutnick · Argentina See the Story

Mike Johnson stymied investigations into House members by gutting watchdog: NYT

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) undermined ethics investigations into lawmakers by crippling a key watchdog for months, The New York Times reported on Friday afternoon.The result was that for three months, some 4,000 complaints sent to the Office of Congressional Conduct went unanswered and uninve...Mike Johnson · Washington See the Story

Don’t kill the ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ but do downsize the deficit growth

60% Center coverage: 5 sources

Defying the laws of political gravity, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wrangled a razor-thin Republican majority to pass the president’s “one big, beautiful bill” by a single-vote margin. The 215-214 score included most House Republicans, ranging from the SALT RINOs,…Mike Johnson · Washington See the Story

Northbound I-49 Back Open After Wednesday Morning Crash Near Washington

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: DOTD reports that the crash has been cleared. ORIGINAL STORY: WASHINGTON, La. (KLFY) -- Motorists heading north on I-49 in St. Landry Parish should seek an alternate route this morning. According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, all northbound lanes are blocked on I-49 just north of Washington. According to DOTD, the crash occurred at 7:52 a.m. just south of the exit to La. 10/La. 182. This story …Washington · Washington See the Story

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