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‘We Must Hold the Line and Support ICE’: House Republicans Say Schumer’s Demands Are ‘Non-Starter’

January 29, 2026 support, ‘We, Schumer’s, “ICE, ‘NonStarter’, Republicans, House, must, Demands, line, Hold0 comment

Republicans accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of “trying to handcuff” immigration enforcement as Democrats refused to advance a bill to keep government open on Thursday. “Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are trying to handcuff ICE because their party is committed to open borders,” Rep. Andy Barr told The Daily Signal. “We must hold the line and support ICE.” Schumer, motivated by the immigration enforcement involved fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, laid out demands for keeping the government open on Wednesday. Schumer has demanded an end…

Oversight Project Demands DOJ to Act on Trump Reversal of Biden Autopen Clemency

December 18, 2025 Project, Reversal, autopen, Clemency, Biden, oversight, Demands, Trump0 comment

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – The Oversight Project is calling for the Justice Department to keep incarcerated prisoners whose Biden autopen clemencies were voided by President Trump. The watchdog group shared a video with The Daily Signal that focused on two individuals whose sentences Biden had commuted. The Oversight Project was the first to call attention to the mass number of presidential actions taken via autopen. This prompted a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee inquiry that found senior Biden White House officials were unclear if Biden was aware…

Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

November 2, 2025 reject, shutdown, Filibuster, trumps, scrap, Senate, Republican, leaders, Demands0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move. Trump pushed his Republican Party to get rid of the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections and gives the minority Democrats a check on GOP power. In the chamber that’s currently split, 53-47, Democrats have had enough votes to keep the government closed…

Fastest Growing MoveOn Petition of the Year Demands ABC and Disney Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and Resist Government Censorship

September 19, 2025 resist, Kimmel, Disney, Censorship, year, MoveOn, Demands, Fastest, Jimmy, growing, government, reinstate, Petition0 comment

A new MoveOn petition, on track to be MoveOn’s fastest growing of the year, is calling on ABC and Disney to immediately reinstate late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after his suspension, which came following pressure from the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans. Petition organizers say the move is a dangerous escalation of authoritarian censorship in the U.S. See the MoveOn petition here. The petition also calls for ABC and Disney to commit to standing up against government censorship and demonstrate to its audiences that they value free speech over political pressure. “Whether you are…

‘FULL AND COMPLETE FILES’: Bondi Demands FBI Give Her Missing Epstein Documents

February 27, 2025 'Complete', Epstein, Bondi, missing, Demands, files, give, Full, documents0 comment

Attorney General Pam Bondi is demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel turn over additional documents related to the activities of human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, after social media influencers received some documents related to his case Thursday. Saying she had requested “the full and complete files related to Jeffrey Epstein,” Bondi alleged in a letter to Patel dated Feb. 27 that she had learned she had not received all the files. “Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands…

Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands

December 21, 2024 shutdown, trumps, after, averted, Congress, Deadline, debt, Demands, just, government, Limit, Rejects0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season. But the day’s outcome was uncertain after Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal…