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Firestorm grows over Virginia school’s alleged secret abortion arrangement for minor student amid senator’s probe 

A scandal over a Virginia public school allegedly arranging abortions for minor students intensified this week, as the chairman of a key Senate committee launched a federal inquiry into… Read More

September 26, 2025
President Donald Trump, Uncategorized
Senate confirms 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in single vote

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Senate confirmed four dozen of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote on Thursday following Senate Republicans unilaterally changing the upper chamber’s… Read More

September 19, 2025
Politics
Senator slams ‘obstructionist’ Democrats blocking Trump’s nominees

(The Daily Signal) – It’s “imperative” that the Senate approves President Donald Trump’s nominees as soon as possible, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told … Read More

August 1, 2025
Government
Senate hands Trump another win as funding for NPR, foreign aid on chopping block

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package early Thursday morning after rejecting a series of Democratic measures to protect certain… Read More

July 17, 2025
Government
Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial pick to replace Obama appointee

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Senate Republicans are turning their focus to confirming President Donald Trump’s judicial picks. Read More

July 15, 2025
Politics
Chuck Schumer threatens government shutdown over spending cuts

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he could plunge the country into a partial government shutdown if Republicans move forward with rescinding just… Read More

July 10, 2025
Government
Senate GOP slashes spending in ‘big, beautiful’ bill as fiscal hawks push for more cuts

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Senate Republicans are nearing a vote to slash more than $1.6 trillion in government spending over a decade within President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful”… Read More

June 30, 2025
Politics
Schumer inadvertently makes pro-life case for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

(The Daily Signal) – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unintentionally explained why pro-lifers should support President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill. “Under the Republican bill, 200… Read More

June 18, 2025
Government
Senate includes school choice in ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill draft 

A national school choice plan is moving forward after a Senate committee included it in a draft of its “big, beautiful” budget bill. The Senate Finance Committee released… Read More

June 17, 2025
Government
Got whole milk? Senate panel moves to end low-fat-only rule in school lunches

(The Daily Signal) – The Make America Healthy Again movement claimed another win this week when the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would once… Read More

June 9, 2025
Government
Catholic bishops urge improvement to national school choice plan before Senate passage

Catholic bishops in the U.S. are supporting the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) but are calling for key changes before it receives final approval. The measure, which… Read More

May 23, 2025
Government
‘Unjustified burdens’: Senate passes resolution to repeal Biden-era appliance rule

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Senate passed a joint resolution to repeal a Department of Energy (DOE) appliance standard on Wednesday by a margin of 52-46, further advancing… Read More

May 1, 2025
Politics
No. 2 Senate Democrat announces retirement

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced his retirement after 44 years in Congress on Wednesday. Durbin, 80, was… Read More

April 23, 2025
Government
Sen. Schmitt proposes legislation to make Easter a federal holiday

(The Daily Signal) – Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar, should have its own federal holiday, according to a Republican senator. Sen. Eric… Read More

April 15, 2025
Government
Dan ‘Raizin” Caine confirmed as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Ret. Lt. Gen. Dan “Raizin’” Caine was confirmed to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the Senate early Friday morning. Read More

April 11, 2025
Politics
Popular Republican won’t run for Senate in New Hampshire 

Republicans won’t be getting help from a popular politician as they seek to hold or expand their slight majority in the U.S. Senate. Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris… Read More

April 10, 2025
Government
Senate GOP advances Trump’s tax cuts, border security funding after marathon session

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Senate voted largely along party lines early Saturday morning to pass a budget blueprint encompassing many of President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities, including… Read More

April 7, 2025
Government
Cruz, Banks seek to give school choice to military families in new bill

(The Daily Signal) – Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill aimed at giving … Read More

April 3, 2025
Government
Joni Ernst unveils legislation to track bureaucrats’ work for unions on taxpayer time

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Republican Rep. Scott Franklin of Florida introduced legislation Friday to mandate that the Office of Personnel Management… Read More

March 24, 2025
Politics
‘Pure conviction’: Schumer defies his own party’s criticism, refuses to step down

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York pushed back against calls for him to step aside as Senate minority leader during an interview that… Read More

March 24, 2025