Haley Byrd Wilt

1 week ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

As President Donald Trump weighed whether to get involved with Israel’s war against Iran, Republican senators spent Wednesday morning airing their grievances about the last president’s performance. A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about former President Joe Biden’s mental acuity — officially intended to explore constitutional questions surrounding an aging president in decline — devolved into bitter recriminations and arguments among senators about what qualifies as a constitutional crisis.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt |John Seward

Israel’s strikes against Iran are splitting President Donald Trump’s supporters, who are divided over whether assisting Israel in the conflict is in line with an “America First” foreign policy or not. Trump ran on and continues to espouse a more isolationist worldview, saying he wants to avoid wars and intervention abroad. But some lawmakers and activists within the Republican Party are fearful he won’t stick to that approach now because of Israel’s close relationship with the United States.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

When Democrats saw their colleague, California Sen. Alex Padilla, shoved out of a Los Angeles press conference and handcuffed by law enforcement, some wondered aloud if this was the start of outright fascism in America. “It had me thinking: Is this what it felt like to be in Germany in 1933?” Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California told reporters from a jostling crowd of Democratic lawmakers on the Capitol steps, in the sweltering D.C. heat.

2 weeks ago | deepnewz.com | Haley Byrd Wilt

Daily market recaps with key events, stock movements, and global influences5 posts • GPT (4.1 mini)Published Jun 9, 2025, 11:24 PMSince 2023, more than four dozen members of the U.S. Congress, along with their spouses, have participated in trips to a villa overlooking Lake Como, Italy, funded by the Aspen Institute. These trips, hosted at a property owned by the Rockefeller Foundation, focus on discussions around policy issues such as food insecurity, climate change, and artificial intelligence.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt |Anna Kramer

Lake Como, Italy, is a world-renowned vacation destination, with lush greenery, glittering blue water, quaint towns stacked on sun-drenched mountainsides, delicious food and wine and, of course, George Clooney’s villa. And increasingly, members of Congress are going there for free.