Trump Honored in GOP Bills as Legal Crackdown Expands

Senate Republicans launch aggressive bills to honor Trump mid-presidency, while Democrats fracture over Schumer’s leadership and rally behind Sanders. Senator Daines’ rare China visit signals foreign policy recalibration, as Trump targets opposition law firms in a sweeping legal crackdown. These developments underscore a rapidly polarizing political climate with global and constitutional stakes.

By Writer March 23, 2025No Comments

Senate Activities

Senate Passes GOP-Led Budget as Schumer Faces Backlash

The Senate approved a last-minute GOP-backed spending bill, averting a government shutdown but deepening Democratic divisions. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to support the measure sparked fierce backlash from his own party. Meanwhile, lawmakers advanced tough fentanyl legislation, setting the stage for further fiscal battles and political realignments in the coming months.

By Writer March 15, 2025No Comments

On This Day in American History

1751 The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America; New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC
1781 French fleet occupies Tobago during American War of Independence
1845 Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris Jr. are the first African Americans to open a law practice in the US
1854 Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University), in Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, making it the 1st degree-granting Black college in US
1861 Maryland’s House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War)
1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi

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