Day: March 19, 2025

Progressive leader says Schumer faces ‘uphill’ climb to win back Democrats’ trust

6:30 pm March 19, 2025

The co-founder of a leading progressive group says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces a difficult challenge in winning back the trust of Democrats following his controversial support last week of a Republican-crafted federal government funding bill that averted a government shutdown. The move by Schumer, the longtime lawmaker from New York and top Democrat […]

Pentagon to cut up to 60K civilian jobs, but fewer than 21K have voluntarily resigned

6:27 pm March 19, 2025

Approximately one-third of the employees the Department of Defense (DOD) will dismiss are voluntarily leaving through the deferred resignation program, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. “More than 20,000, nearing 21,000 of the applications from employees that volunteered to participate in deferred resignation program. So those will actually be achieved over time,” the […]

Former Israeli hostage has message of thanks for President Trump: ‘I am eternally grateful’

6:21 pm March 19, 2025

I, like many of us, woke up on Tuesday to the terrible news that the ceasefire collapsed. The same ceasefire that enabled my return. Yesterday was also my 32nd birthday – my 31st was spent in captivity. I have only one wish for my birthday: that all my brothers and sisters return home from captivity. […]

GOP lawmaker urges Trump to pull funding for school accused of making girls change in front of trans student

6:14 pm March 19, 2025

Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., has called on President Donald Trump to “pull all federal funding” from one district in the state after one mother alleged that her daughter and other students were forced to change in front of a transgender student in the girls’ locker room. Miller posted a message on social media Tuesday, calling […]

Israeli official thanks Trump administration as the country resumes war in Gaza

6:11 pm March 19, 2025

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire ended on Monday when Israel announced it was resuming airstrikes in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on its X account that it was “conducting extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.” Israel pointed to Hamas’ repeated refusal to accept a hostage release […]