Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to meet with Israel Defense Forces personnel and deliver an address to the remaining leadership of Hamas. Netanyahu, joined by Defense Minister Israel Katz, gave a video address from the war zone in which he vowed to finish the dismantling of Hamas in the […]
The House on Tuesday passed legislation mandating the Department of the Interior to increase the frequency of geothermal lease sales and accelerate the permitting process in order to meet energy demands. In a 244 to 171 vote, the House passed Rep. Russ Fulcher’s (R-ID) Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act, also known as the CLEAN […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) vowed to vote in support of all of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, stressing a need to get to work as soon as possible. In the two weeks since Trump won the election against Vice President Kamala Harris, the president-elect has been busy nominating people and lawmakers for various positions in […]
Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said her comments about ignoring a Pennsylvania Supreme Court precedent were taken out of context. Ellis-Marseglia said people misinterpreted an “inartfully worded statement on my part” when she voted to ignore the court’s directive to disqualify ballots that were not signed or dated properly. Ellis-Marseglia’s comments have attracted criticism from […]
President-elect Donald Trump moved at breakneck speed in announcing members of his second administration. While many have been met with widespread approval, Trump’s recent Cabinet-level announcements are causing some consternation among Republicans on Capitol Hill. None more so than former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect tapped as his attorney general. Other controversial nominees […]
A hacker accessed damaging testimony regarding sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz. A person with knowledge of the breach told the New York Times that a user, going by the name of “Altam Beezley,” accessed 24 exhibits related to the allegations on Monday, including testimony from a woman who claimed she had sex […]
Walmart has signaled price hikes should be expected if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his plan to implement a broad tariff regime. The retailer’s CFO John David Rainey said the company would likely have to raise its prices, which is against its model and wishes. “We never want to raise prices,” he told CNBC. “Our model […]
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) called out federal programs for their biases against Republican voters when it comes to rendering services to them. Cammack condemned the Federal Emergency Management Agency for “saying the quiet part out loud” regarding its bias against Trump supporters but lamented that it is not the only agency guilty of doing so. […]
Senate appropriators increasingly expect that Congress will punt government funding into early next year despite appetite on Capitol Hill for a full-year spending deal. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say time is running short for party leaders to come to an agreement before a Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Congress will soon be on […]
Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for the most recent group of immigrants to enter his city via the Pacific Ocean. After the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 21 immigrants headed for California, O’Neill took to Fox News’s The Faulkner Focus on Tuesday to rail against the state’s sanctuary […]
