Following a closed-door Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on Operation Epic Fury on March 10, 2026, Senate Democrats escalated their demands for public accountability on the Iran war — a conflict now in its second week that Congress never authorized.
On March 9, 2026, a group of Senate Democrats escalated their opposition to the Trump administration’s undeclared war on Iran by announcing they would force a series of repeated War Powers Act votes unless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to testify …
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On March 4, 2026, the U.S. Senate voted 47-53 to reject a War Powers Resolution that would have required President Trump to seek congressional authorization before continuing military strikes on Iran. The resolution was introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and co-sponsored by 26 colleagues …
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On March 3, 2026, the Senate voted on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and co-led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA). The resolution, which had been introduced on January 29, 2026 - weeks before the strikes began - sought …
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The United States Senate voted 50-45 on February 25, falling ten votes short of the sixty-vote threshold needed to advance DHS funding legislation and end the department’s shutdown, now entering its second week. It was the second failed vote on DHS appropriations, with no signs of movement …
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President Trump announced on Truth Social that he will issue an executive order “shortly” laying out “legal reasons” for national voter-identification requirements for the 2026 midterm elections, declaring “There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether …
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DHS entered a partial shutdown at 12:01 a.m. after Congress failed to pass funding legislation, becoming the only federal agency affected while all others received full-year fiscal 2026 funding. Democrats withheld votes for DHS seeking reforms to immigration enforcement following the fatal shootings …
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Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a motion to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, putting Washington on the brink of a partial government shutdown affecting more than 260,000 federal employees. The motion, which required 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, …
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On Friday, January 30, the Senate voted 71 to 29 to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package funding federal agencies through September, while stripping out full-year Department of Homeland Security funding and replacing it with a two-week continuing resolution extending DHS funding through February …
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In a court filing, the Department of Justice admitted it had released only 12,285 documents (approximately 125,575 pages) of the 5.2 million pages under review—less than 1% of Epstein-related materials. This represented a massive violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required …
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer confirmed that the Department of Justice had violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s requirement to report to Congress within 15 days. The law required DOJ to provide: (1) all categories of information released and withheld, (2) a summary of any …
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Twelve bipartisan senators write to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The letter is led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), with additional …
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Lawmakers from both parties immediately condemned the Department of Justice’s December 19, 2025 Epstein files release as violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which had passed the House 427-1 and the Senate by unanimous consent before President Trump signed it into law on November 19, …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum explicitly directing federal prosecutors to pursue “tax crimes where extremist groups are suspected of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service,” specifically targeting organizations and donors labeled as “Antifa” or …
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On November 20, 2025, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling for the arrest, trial, and execution of six Democratic members of Congress who had released a video two days earlier reminding military personnel of their constitutional duty to refuse illegal orders. Trump wrote: …
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On November 18, 2025, six Democratic members of Congress—all military and intelligence veterans—released an extraordinary video directly addressing active-duty service members and intelligence community personnel, reminding them of their constitutional obligation to refuse illegal orders. The …
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On November 18, 2025, the House of Representatives voted 427-1 to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, delivering a stunning bipartisan rebuke to President Trump’s months-long opposition to transparency. The only dissenting vote came from Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA), a Trump …
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Senate Republicans voted 51-49 to block Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s effort to force a vote requiring full release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files, with only Senators Josh Hawley and Rand Paul breaking ranks. The vote prevents Congressional action on releasing Treasury Department …
On September 1, 2025, President Trump initiated a massive purge of federal Inspectors General, firing approximately 17 independent watchdogs across multiple agencies. These dismissals, explicitly outlined in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, violated federal law requiring …
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The Trump Administration officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner valued at approximately $400-500 million from the government of Qatar on May 21, 2025, to serve as a new Air Force One presidential aircraft. The acceptance of what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer characterized as …
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In an unprecedented move, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) secured access to the U.S. Treasury’s federal payment system, sparking intense controversy among Democratic senators who view this as a potential risk to national financial infrastructure and personal data …
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Trump implements 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, 10% on China effective February 4, 2025, with plans for universal 10% tariffs. Senate Democrats later call for SEC investigation after Trump posts “GREAT TIME TO BUY” before announcing tariff pause in April, raising his net worth by $415 …
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Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, is confirmed by the Senate on February 6, 2025, in a 53-47 party-line vote to serve as OMB Director under President Donald Trump. Vought’s confirmation represents a critical step in executing Project 2025’s blueprint for federal agency …
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On the second day of Trump’s impeachment trial, House managers led by Jamie Raskin, Stacey Plaskett, and Eric Swalwell presented a devastating 13-minute video compilation synchronizing Trump’s January 6 rally speech with the violent assault on the Capitol that followed. The video …
On January 25, 2021, exactly two weeks after the House voted to impeach Donald Trump and five days after President Biden’s inauguration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmitted the single article of impeachment—charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection”—to the Senate. The nine …
On October 26, 2020, the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48, installing her on the bench just eight days before the November 3 presidential election and while millions of Americans had already cast their ballots. Barrett’s confirmation created a 6-3 …
In a rare moment of unanimous Senate action, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve a resolution rejecting Vladimir Putin’s proposal to interrogate U.S. officials—a direct and powerful rebuke of President Trump’s consideration of the Russian offer during the Helsinki summit. The vote …
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On April 6, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked the “nuclear option”—a parliamentary procedure to change Senate rules by simple majority vote—to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster requirement for Supreme Court nominations, lowering the threshold to a simple 51-vote …
House passes Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act requiring disclosure of corporate political spending, but Republican leadership blocks Senate consideration to protect dark money donors
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President Reagan signs the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act in the Rose Garden, calling it “the most important legislation for financial institutions in the last 50 years.” The Act removes Depression-era constraints on thrift asset holdings, allows S&Ls to make high-risk …
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