The First Republican to Say No: Curtis Draws a Line at Sixty Days
Senator John Curtis became the first Republican to publicly declare he will not support military operations in Iran beyond the sixty-day War Powers window, hitting April 29.
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Day Fifty: Trump Signs Order to Pay Workers He Simultaneously Proposes to Eliminate
The DHS shutdown hit day fifty -- the longest in American history -- as Trump signed an order to pay DHS employees while his own budget proposes cutting TSA funding and privatizing screeners.
Three Reports, One Verdict: The United States Is No Longer a Full Democracy by Any Major Index
Freedom House at 81/100, V-Dem dropping the U.S. to 51st and reclassifying it as an 'electoral democracy,' and Bright Line Watch at 57/100 -- three reports, one verdict.
'KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?': The President's First Words After an American Jet Was Shot Down
On the day Iran shot down an F-15E and an A-10, with one crew member missing and feared captured, the president's first public statement was a four-word Truth Social post about oil.
The SAVE Act Passed the House. Trump Tied It to DHS Funding. The Senate Has Not Moved.
The SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship to vote passed the House 218-213 in February; Trump has since tied it to DHS funding, creating a standoff the Senate shows no sign of resolving.