This is a transcript from President Donald Trump’s Speech at West Point Commencement on May 24, 2025. Before the transcript, in bold, are notes about inaccuracies in the speech. Trump’s recruiting claims lack substantiation. He asserted that the military had set a “brand new peacetime recruiting record” and that “by […]
The following is a transcript from President Donld Trump’s May 26, 2025 Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. “Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Very special place and a very special day. Thank you to Vice President Vance, doing a terrific job. Thanks also to […]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided its analysis of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H. Con. Res. 14) on May 20, 2025, setting the stage for a contentious vote in the House just days later. The legislation narrowly passed the House of Representatives in a 215-214 pre-dawn vote. The […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling blocking the nation’s first religious public charter school, after the justices split 4-4 in a closely watched case involving the intersection of public education and religious freedom. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the decision, resulting […]
by Simon Carr, Sonya Dymova and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois May 16, 2025 SPRINGFIELD — A growing number of state lawmakers are moving to repeal a 2015 Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel to protest its policies toward Palestinians. Amid concerns about Israel’s ongoing war in […]
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to strengthen America’s leadership in renewable energy and rural economic development by expanding federal support for biorefineries, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing. The “Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2025,” sponsored by Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa […]
President Donald Trump signed a major executive order Monday aimed at dramatically expanding the powers, protections, and resources available to state and local law enforcement agencies across the United States. The order, titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens,” marks one of the […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old father of three, has never been charged with a crime. Yet, the Trump Administration sent him to an infamous prison in El Salvador. Trump has since defied judges at every level, including the Supreme Court, ignoring orders to provide Abrego Garcia his right to due […]
While American consumers continue to pay inflated prices for eggs, large-scale producers—especially industry giant Cal-Maine—are reaping enormous profits, according to a new report by Food & Water Watch. The report finds that since the bird flu outbreak began in 2022, egg prices have more than doubled at the retail level, […]
“The Trump administration is paying El Salvador to keep (Kilmar Abrego Garcia) at CECOT,” Senator Chris Van Hollen revealed after meeting with Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa on Wednesday. Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador in an effort to secure Abrego Garcia’s release, recounted that Ulloa made this assertion […]
