The Trump administration is marshalling federal agents from an array of departments to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest and deport illegal immigrants. Police from the Justice Department’s U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of Prisons, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations have […]
The House Rules Committee advanced the One Big Beautiful Bill Act early Wednesday morning after hours of debate, with a long day ahead for Republicans as they try to pass the legislation before the self-imposed deadline of July 4. The committee approved a rule for the tax and spending legislation in 7 to 6 vote, […]
President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk have reignited their feud that they had supposedly worked past, with the president now threatening Musk’s companies’ government contracts. It’s unclear how serious the president is about possibly canceling government contracts with Musk’s companies, but the legal complexities involved in a complete disentanglement would presumably be extensive […]
Powerful storms in the Washington, D.C., area have disrupted the air travel of House lawmakers looking to make it back on Wednesday to vote on President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The storms are forcing lawmakers to find creative solutions to their air travel problems, with several driving hours and hundreds of miles […]
The Trump administration is pushing for the lifting of all previous nationwide injunctions that restricted President Donald Trump‘s agenda after a major Supreme Court ruling in favor of executive authority. A White House official told the Washington Examiner that, in light of the ruling, all pending nationwide injunctions will face new scrutiny. “[The administration] began working immediately […]
According to a newly declassified FBI letter obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the FBI headquarters shut down a 2020 investigation into allegations that China attempted to interfere in the 2020 presidential election by shipping fake driver’s licenses to the United States after concluding that the intelligence would contradict then-director Christopher Wray’s sworn testimony to Congress. A June 27 letter to Grassley, sent by Assistant FBI Director […]
President Donald Trump said Israel “agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize” a 60-day ceasefire in the country’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza. The Israel-Hamas war will pass the two-year mark later this year, with two ceasefires to date: one in November 2023 and earlier this year from January to March. “My Representatives had a […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed Elon Musk’s criticisms of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the Senate recently passed. Musk has consistently complained that the tax legislation will contribute to the national debt. As a former adviser to President Donald Trump, Musk has advocated against the bill, pledging to create a new political party […]
President Donald Trump thanked Colorado and artist Vanessa Horabuena for displaying a new painting of himself in the state’s capital. The fresh portrait comes after Trump decried the last one displayed of him, which he claimed had been “purposefully distorted.” Trump’s new portrait, painted by Horabuena, is on display at the Colorado State Capitol and […]
Senate Republican leadership secured the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” by brokering a last-minute deal between hard-line fiscal conservatives and moderates like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who demanded key concessions on energy and rural healthcare. Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote after three Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), […]
