President Donald Trump signed legislation late Wednesday night to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, which lasted 43 days and affected roughly 900,000 federal employees. The House of Representatives passed the funding package on Wednesday evening in a 222-209 vote. The shutdown began on October 1, after Congress failed to […]
A provision in the government funding bill signed by President Donald Trump on November 12 allows senators to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 per violation if their phone records were subpoenaed without prior notification. The language applies retroactively to January 2022 and appears specifically designed to benefit […]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford issued an emergency order freezing flight reductions at 6% at 40 major airports nationwide on Wednesday. This halts a planned 10% increase scheduled for the end of the week. The decision followed what officials described as a […]
House Democratic leaders unveiled a healthcare proposal on Tuesday that would extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years, offering Republicans what they framed as a final opportunity to prevent millions of Americans from facing skyrocketing medical costs. The amendment was introduced by House Democratic Leader Hakeem […]
Illinois lawmakers have approved mental health legislation that would establish minimum reimbursement rates for behavioral health services. The legislation tackles a longstanding problem that has left countless Illinois residents unable to find mental health providers who accept their insurance. Low reimbursement rates have driven behavioral health professionals out of insurance […]
The Illinois General Assembly has passed Senate Bill 642, a bipartisan measure that would expand property tax relief for senior citizens on fixed incomes, and the legislation now awaits Governor JB Pritzker’s signature. The bill addresses the burden of Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property tax rates by significantly raising income eligibility thresholds […]
The Supreme Court extended an administrative stay Tuesday that continues to block full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from reaching more than 42 million low-income Americans, setting a new deadline of 11:59 p.m. EST on November 13, 2025. The order extends the temporary hold originally issued by Justice Ketanji […]
The 2025 Annual National Snapshot, based on responses from 511 museum directors across the country, shows both attendance and financial performance trending downward for the first time since pandemic closures. More than half of museums—55%—are currently seeing fewer visitors than in 2019, a significant setback from last year when 49% […]
House Judiciary Committee Democrats revealed Sunday that Ghislaine Maxwell is preparing a commutation application for President Donald Trump while allegedly receiving unprecedented preferential treatment at a Texas minimum-security prison camp. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for child sex trafficking and related offenses connected to Epstein’s abuse […]
President Donald Trump issued a forceful demand Monday morning for all air traffic controllers to return to their posts immediately, threatening substantial pay cuts for those who fail to comply while promising $10,000 bonuses to workers who remained on the job during the United States government shutdown. In a lengthy […]
