A major showdown over corruption in Washington is finally taking shape — and it’s happening because President Trump and his America First allies have forced the issue into the spotlight. As part of a sweeping probe into insider trading on Capitol Hill, the House Administration Committee held a critical hearing titled “Taking Stock of the STOCK Act,” led by Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI). The goal: expose the unethical behavior in Congress and push forward long-delayed reforms that Trump and conservative lawmakers have championed for years.
The hearing brought in key witnesses from the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the Manhattan Institute, who laid out just how deep the insider-trading scandal runs in Washington. For the first time in years, Congress is being pressured to take responsibility for the corruption that Trump warned the American people about from day one. These organizations are now urging Congress to adopt real, enforceable reforms — not just cosmetic fixes.
Rep. Steil made it clear he intends to tear down the wall of protection that lawmakers have enjoyed for decades. “Members of Congress should never profit off insider information,” he said. Under Trump’s influence, Republicans have become far more aggressive about rooting out corruption and holding the political elite to account — something the pre-Trump GOP never had the backbone to do.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), one of the most consistent fighters for the Trump agenda, applauded the hearing and renewed calls for his Restore Trust in Congress Act. Roy’s bill would ban members of Congress — as well as their spouses and families — from trading stocks altogether. In other words, it would finally shut down a corrupt system that has let politicians get rich while Americans suffer under inflation, bad policy, and stagnant wages.
Roy rightly pointed out that trust in Congress has collapsed because Americans believe their elected officials are enriching themselves. “The American people should have faith that Congress is at work for the good of the country, not for their own bank accounts,” he said. And he is correct — nothing has shattered public trust more than watching lawmakers become multimillionaires on government salaries while blocking Trump’s reforms.
One of the biggest drivers of this public anger is Nancy Pelosi’s now-infamous history of wildly successful stock trades. Reports indicate Pelosi and her husband raked in roughly $130 million
during her political career — numbers that raised eyebrows across the political spectrum. Even CNN’s Scott Jennings mocked her astronomical returns, joking that Trump should “put her in charge of Social Security” because “we could all retire in 6 months” if she managed everyone’s money the way she manages her own.
Pelosi’s wealth explosion has become a symbol of the Washington Swamp Trump has fought so relentlessly. Social media erupted once again after the hearing, with users pointing out that her net worth has skyrocketed to more than
This is exactly why Trump’s push to “Drain the Swamp” remains more relevant than ever. Insider trading by elected officials is one of the most toxic, corrupting forces in Washington, and the establishment has spent decades ducking accountability. Now, with Trump back in the center of American politics, Republicans are being forced to confront the rot publicly.
Chairman Steil’s hearing is just the beginning. With Trump’s backing, pressure is mounting for Congress to finally ban stock trading for lawmakers and restore confidence in an institution that has all but collapsed under Democrat corruption. And conservatives are making it clear: the days of politicians using insider access to make themselves rich while betraying the American people must come to an end.
If Republicans continue following the America First model of transparency and accountability, Congress could finally adopt ethical standards worthy of the citizens they represent — not the political insiders who have turned Capitol Hill into their personal investment club. Trump started this fight, and now his allies are carrying it forward. The swamp is shaking — and for the first time in years, reform is actually on the table.
House Republican leaders are weighing harsh action against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after her recent remarks about the late Charlie Kirk drew widespread condemnation.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), who is running for U.S. Senate, is leading an effort to strip Omar of her committee assignments. Carter accused her and the “radical left” of normalizing the practice of meeting free speech with violence.
On Monday, the Georgia Republican introduced a motion to remove Omar from the House Budget Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, where she serves as the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Critics seized on Omar’s remarks last week in an interview with former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan, where she said Charlie Kirk’s death reminded her of his past positions on gun control.
“But what I do know for sure is that Charlie Kirk was someone who once said, ‘Guns save lives’ after a school shooting,” Omar said. “Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police … downplay slavery and what Black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist.”
Omar then disagreed with commentators who framed Kirk as “just wanting to have a civil debate,” which led Hasan to call falsely label their characterization a “complete rewriting of history.”
“Yeah,” Omar responded. “There is nothing more effed up than to completely pretend that his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.” She went on to accuse President Donald Trump of “incit[ing] violence against people like me,” though she has never been attacked or assaulted by someone on the right.
“These people are full of s**t,” Omar told Hasan about Republicans in general. “And it’s important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness, and have, you know, empathy, which Charlie said, ‘No, it shouldn’t exist,’ because that’s a newly created word or something.”
She later tried to walk back her remarks on X, but Carter and some other Republican lawmakers aren’t having it.
“Disparaging Charlie Kirk’s legacy, a God-fearing, honorable man, for boldly sharing his conservative beliefs is disgusting. The radical left has normalized meeting free speech with violence, and it must stop,
“No one who justifies the assassination of someone with different political views than them deserves to sit on a committee, and Ilhan Omar openly used language that incites violence toward her political opponents. Committees are for serious lawmakers, not hate-spewing politicians,” he added.
Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated last week during a campus speaking event at Utah Valley University, sparking national outrage, a massive manhunt, and renewed debate over political violence in America.
He was delivering remarks under a tent to a crowd of roughly 3,000 students and supporters on September 10 when a sniper-style shot struck him in the neck. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterward.