546 articles in the Politics category.
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate confirmed Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on March 23, 2026, by a 54-45 vote. Mullin, a sitting senator who has represented Oklahoma in Congress for 13 years, was nominated by President...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has shifted to a new strategy to resolve the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began Feb. 14, 2026, by funding all DHS agencies through budget reconciliation. Kennedy and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had initially proposed a...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to combine the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act with the Department of Homeland Security funding bill during a roundtable event in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 23, 2026. Trump argued that voter...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump reiterated on March 22, 2026, that he will not support any agreement to end the ongoing partial government shutdown unless Democrats agree to pass the SAVE America Act. In a Truth Social post, Trump stated he would not make any deal with Democrats “unless,...
By RWTNews Staff
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Deporting Fraudsters Act on March 18, 2026, in a 231-186 vote, with 186 Democrats opposing the legislation that would make welfare fraud by illegal immigrants a deportable offense. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio), the bill...
By RWTNews Staff
The Senate voted 54-46 on March 22, 2026, to advance Markwayne Mullin’s nomination for a key administration post, clearing the way for a final confirmation vote. Mullin, the Oklahoma Republican senator, was nominated earlier this year for a position in the Trump administration’s...
By Tommy Flynn
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has seized more than 650,000 ballots from California’s November 2025 special election on Proposition 50, launching an independent investigation into alleged vote-count discrepancies in defiance of orders from the state’s top elections...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump confirmed on March 22, 2026, that ICE agents will begin deploying to U.S. airports on Monday to assist with security and enforcement amid the ongoing DHS funding standoff. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: “On Monday, ICE will be going to airports to...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump threatened on March 20, 2026, to reassign Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. airports to handle security and begin immediate arrests of illegal immigrants if Democrats continue blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security....
By Tommy Flynn
Senate Democrats on March 20, 2026, blocked a Republican-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the fifth time since the partial government shutdown began on February 14. The latest rejection came on a motion to proceed, with the vote falling largely along...
By Rick Hallman
How crazy is it, that elected officials refuse to pass the Save Act that has 80% support from the people who elect them to office.
By Brett Rowland
(The Center Square) – As Republican-led states move to lower or eliminate income taxes, President Donald Trump's economic advisers have suggested moving ahead with broader state sales taxes to boost economic growth and wages for workers. Meanwhile, Democrat-led states are...