Rep. Al Green Removed from House Chamber After Heckling President Trump During State of the Union

Rep. Al Green Removed from House Chamber After Heckling President Trump During State of the Union

By: Chris Richardson (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after interrupting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address with a protest against proposed cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. As Trump spoke about his 2024 election victory and claimed he had been given a mandate by the American people, Green stood and shouted, “He has no mandate to cut Medicaid!” […]

March 5, 2025 15

D.C. Bureau

Trump, Zelenskyy clash in Oval Office blowup over peace negotiations

By Jennifer Shutt Shauneen Miranda, D.C. Bureau (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump appeared to even more decisively break with Ukraine and its resistance to the Russian invasion on Friday, when he got into a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House. Trump posted on social media afterward the discussion between the two leaders was a “very meaningful meeting” and that he learned much “that could […]

February 28, 2025 11

Arizona

Trump’s ‘Unleash American Energy’ order sparks concern about the Grand Canyon national monument

by Shondiin Silversmith, Arizona Mirror President Donald Trump’s executive order for “Unleashing American Energy” is sparking concern for the safety of federal lands within national monuments across the U.S., but especially in the Southwest, where Trump has targeted monuments before. During his first term, Trump eliminated environmental protections for two national monuments in Utah by reducing the sizes of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. The Biden administration restored both in […]

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