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Senate Republicans make it official and cut Trump ballroom funding

Senate Republicans removed $1 billion in Secret Service security funding for the White House and President Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-built East Wing ballroom from the party’s immigration enforcement bill, according to new legislative text released Wednesday. The move was in response to Republican opposition over the optics of taxpayers footing the $220 million bill for ballroom […]

Bill Pulte as acting DNI a ‘poor choice’: Byron York

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued the new face for the director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, lacks qualifications for the position.  “It seems like a pretty poor choice here,” York said on Fox News’s Special Report Tuesday.  President Donald Trump tapped Pulte for the position after the previous director, Tulsi Gabbard, resigned […]

Bessent confronts Ron Wyden at hearing with accusations his son met with Jeffrey Epstein

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) in a tense scene Wednesday on Capitol Hill over documents that appeared to show the senator’s son met with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2016. Bessent, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, clashed with Wyden, who is the committee’s ranking member, early on in the hearing. […]

Democrats under fire over New Jersey candidate’s ties to 1993 World Trade Center bombing: Guy Benson

Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson raised questions about New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy and his ties to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.  Benson argued that Hamawy’s earlier legal and international work revelations could pose political problems for Democrats.  In 1994, Hamawy volunteered in Bosnia with a Chicago-based nonprofit group called the “Benevolence International […]

Trump official deletes post suggesting new path to compensate victims of lawfare

A top Justice Department official deleted a social media post Wednesday that appeared to signal the Trump administration was exploring an alternative avenue to compensate people it believes were targeted by Biden administration-era “weaponization,” raising fresh questions about whether a controversial $1.8 billion reimbursement plan is truly dead. The post by Associate Attorney General Stanley […]

Bessent clarifies threat against Bill Pulte: He said he was going to ‘kick his a**’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed reporting of a highly publicized clash between himself and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte last year, although he said that such confrontations happen when working on a team. During a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Finance Committee to testify on President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, Bessent faced questions […]

‘I have no breasts, only scars’: Detransitioner Chloe Cole delivers testimony at Senate hearing

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing Wednesday about concerns over gender transition procedures for minors. Several senators, including Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), attended the hearing. Cassidy argued that healthcare professionals and their organizations profit from recommending […]

Johnson won’t disclose the ‘very common’ health issue that has sidelined Tom Kean Jr.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wouldn’t share the details of the illness that has kept Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) out of Congress for nearly three months, but told reporters his health condition is “very common.” “I do know what his health issue is, but he’s asked me not to disclose that, and I’m going […]

Mullin hopes World Cup will strengthen federal cooperation with sanctuary cities

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said on Wednesday he hopes the FIFA World Cup will help strengthen cooperation between the federal government and sanctuary cities. “Even in sanctuary cities, where we have some of these games, we’ve had great cooperation with local and state officials,” he said during sworn testimony in front of the […]

Aid group warns Ebola could have spread for three months before first cases were detected

The International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit global aid group, posted a warning Monday that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could have been spreading for three months before any cases were detected. ​In the press release published by IRC on Monday, the group cited “delayed detection and slow contact tracing” as […]
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