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United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011
The new White House ballroom is being paid for primarily by private donors and President Trump, with the administration saying no taxpayer dollars will fund construction . The White House released a l...
The White House says President Trump plus private donors paid for the $200–$300 million ballroom project and released a list of 37 corporate and individual contributors . Major tech, defense, finance,...
Multiple provided analyses claim that a small group of U.S. senators—most commonly Rick Scott, Mark Warner, and Pete Ricketts—rank among the wealthiest in 2025, but the underlying figures and addition...
"Sae Joon Park" appears in reporting as two distinct public figures: a U.S. Army veteran, Purple Heart recipient who self‑deported to South Korea under a removal order, and a name similar to Korean ac...
Federal law and agency practice allow ICE agents to operate in plainclothes and to cover their faces in some circumstances, but recent reporting and multiple state and federal policy pushes show inten...
The Born in the USA Act was introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen and a slate of Senate Democrats to block implementation of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order targeting birthright citizen...
Available reporting identifies the MEALS Act and related child‑nutrition bills as having bipartisan sponsors and co‑sponsors, and shows Rep. Ilhan Omar played a visible role advocating extensions and ...
The Trump administration’s actions in 2025 reshaped veterans’ mental-health and suicide-prevention efforts through personnel changes, proposed large cuts to VA staffing (tens of thousands), and policy...
The term “Born in America” has been used in two separate contexts in 2025 reporting: a Democratic-sponsored Born in the USA Act (Senate S.646 / House H.R.3368 and related House cosponsor materials) th...
The available reporting and roll-call compilations show ; instead, coverage describes negotiations, promises of future votes, and party-line opposition to major fiscal packages. Contemporary reporting...
ProPublica documented more than where people later identified as U.S. citizens were held by immigration agents between 2020 and 2024, prompting and renewed scrutiny of ICE practices; however, official...
New England’s 12 Senate seats in 2025 are , making the region markedly more Democratic than the country as a whole, where Republicans hold a narrow Senate majority. Nationally the Senate is reported a...
A range of reforms from academics, legal groups, and Democratic lawmakers would narrow when and how a president may invoke the Insurrection Act, add time limits and reporting or congressional-approval...
Several bipartisan packages and standalone bills in both chambers of Congress seek to create permanent‑residency paths or other reentry routes for deported veterans; principal sponsors include Sen. Ta...
Public reporting identifies Clark Construction as the lead builder selected for the 2025 White House ballroom/renovation project, with design and engineering partners named as McCrery Architects and A...
U.S. officials and allied U.S. politicians have publicly supported a robust sanctions toolkit while simultaneously pursuing negotiated deals and selective restraint, producing mixed signals: the admin...
The identities of primary firms tied to the White House Ballroom project are reported consistently: McCrery Architects (initial lead architect), Clark Construction (lead builder), and AECOM (engineer)...
Several U.S. politicians have publicly or pledged to forgo pay, and this practice spans presidents and members of Congress over many decades rather than being unique to any single officeholder. Histor...
Multiple legislative and expert proposals seek to narrow and check presidential authority under the Insurrection Act by clarifying when troops may be deployed domestically, inserting time limits, requ...
The White House has publicly said about $200 million has been pledged so far toward the ballroom project, while separately announcing a list of 37 donors without attaching dollar amounts to most entri...