(Background) FRANKFORT, KY - JANUARY 16: The Capitol Building is seen at night during a snowstorm on January 16, 2021 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Supporters of President Trump are at state capitol buildings throughout the nation to protest the presidential election results and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) / (L) photo of Rep. Sarah Stock (D-Ky.) from the official Legislative Research Commission livestream

Kentucky: Dem lawmaker tells Gen. Assembly’s Interim Joint Cmte. she ‘doesn’t feel good about being White,’ suggests White kids should ‘feel bad’ too

A Kentucky Democrat lawmaker faced massive backlash and mockery after proclaiming that she “doesn’t feel good about being White,” while pushing to keep diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the state’s public schools at a Tuesday meeting.

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White House Border Czar Tom Homan speaks with the press outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, November 14, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Homan pushes back on Catholic Church’s opposition to mass deportations: ‘Illegal migration is not a victimless crime’

Border czar Tom Homan pushed back on the Catholic Church for condemning the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, calling on church leaders to spend a day with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to see “why illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.”

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 1: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternative Crop) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pauses while speaking to reporters off the Senate floor after the Senate passes President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance was the tie-breaking vote as President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act passes in the Senate. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses hesitancy after Trump demands end to ‘Blue Slip scam’ allowing Dem Senators to block GOP appointees

President Donald Trump asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune to terminate the Senate’s “Blue Slip” tradition — an informal courtesy allowing home-state senators from either party to block or withhold approval for certain presidential nominees, such as federal judges and U.S. attorneys, by not returning a “blue slip” form to the Judiciary Committee.

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