The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of September 14, 2026
Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Protecting American Consumers from Costly Climate Mandates In 2023, the Biden Administration issued a
America’s Big Political Problem Isn’t Polarization
Being fixated on polarization and neutrality are flawed ways of covering American politics today, says professor Shannon McGregor.
Transcript: America’s Big Political Problem Isn’t Polarization
Academics and journalists do the far right favors when they describe American politics as polarized and desperately seek to seem neutral, says professor Shannon McGregor.
US Domestic News Highlights: Politics and Personal Stories
This news summary covers a variety of domestic stories, including the FCC’s rulings on political interviews, ongoing inflation concerns, a plane emergency landing involving US Rep. Tom Tiffany, the commemorative event of Brielle Saracini at Yankee Stadium, judicial action against a Trump administration policy, Trump’s financial proposals, and vandalism of a statue of activist Charlie Kirk.
Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China
While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify.
Trump says he’s lifting a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey because ‘everybody’s been bugging me’ about it
DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the tro…
Donald Trump caps Irish visit with whiskey tariff announcement after two day visit
US President Donald Trump has made a surprise announcement to remove tariffs on Irish whiskey as he brought his two-day visit to Ireland to a close.
Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ strips another layer of shame from American politics
Among the questions now: just how gullible are American voters, and when will more Republicans realize they’re being made fools of?
Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey.
Trump says he’ll consider releasing 9/11 records after families’ request
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the…