Trump fires two Democratic FTC commissioners

President Donald Trump fired the remaining two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday at the agency that enforces consumer protection and antitrust laws. A White House official confirmed the firings of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya to the Washington Examiner. The move is another step by the president to remake the […]

Texas AG Ken Paxton hints at primary challenge...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has suggested he will mount a primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in 2026. Paxton has been a noted critic of Cornyn, especially after the senator threw barbs at him during his impeachment trial. After being acquitted, Paxton has increasingly eyed Cornyn’s Senate seat. In an interview with Punchbowl […]

Trump calls Musk critics people who ‘hate our...

President Donald Trump defended top ally Elon Musk’s efforts to return two stranded NASA astronauts during a Tuesday evening interview with Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle. The astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stranded on the International Space Station since June 2024 but returned to Earth on Tuesday. “When I came into office, I said Elon, […]

Pelosi backs Schumer’s leadership but swipes at his...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) weighed in on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) decision to help pass the GOP government funding bill that she and House Democrats vehemently opposed. Pelosi expressed her confidence Tuesday in Schumer remaining the party’s leader in the Senate despite activists and certain House members calling for him to step […]

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