Jeffries Defends Democrats as AI Scandal and Budget Clash Erupt

House Democrats escalate pressure over unauthorized AI use, citing criminal risks. Jeffries challenges progressive insurgency, reaffirming support for incumbents. Budget battles erupt as GOP resolutions draw fire over Trump-aligned trade policies. Oversight and political fault lines sharpen, signaling intensifying pre-midterm tensions.

By Writer April 21, 2025No Comments

House of Representatives

House Erupts in Proxy Voting Clash as Tech Hearings Expand

House Republicans clash over internal power amid Speaker Johnson’s failed proxy rule fight, while bipartisan hearings accelerate scrutiny into AI’s energy toll, State Department speech controls, and NASA’s lunar ambitions. A game-changing day reveals deepening partisan divides and sweeping legislative activity with national security, tech oversight, and family policy at the forefront.

By Writer April 2, 2025No Comments

On This Day in American History

1813 Americans under General Zebulon Pike capture York (now Toronto) from British regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives forcing a British withdrawal to Kingston; Pike is killed
1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from Union (US Civil War)
1861 US President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus (US Civil War)
1861 Confederate General Robert E. Lee orders Colonel Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson to take command of Harpers Ferry, Virginia [1]
1865 Steamboat “SS Sultana” explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history; most are paroled Union POWs on their way home.
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal troops from Louisiana, Reconstruction ends

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