President Donald Trump called for a clean extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act following a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Though Trump has long blamed FISA for the federal surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign, the White House has in recent days rejected calls from some conservative lawmakers to reform the program […]

Freedom 250 unveiled details on Tuesday about the Great American State Fair set to mark 250 years of U.S. independence in the capital this summer.  The landmark celebration in Washington, D.C., will highlight all 56 U.S. states and territories “in a single World’s Fair-scale event,” according to Freedom 250, the organization President Donald Trump spearheaded […]

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) may be resigning under a cloud of scandal, but he is still eligible for a taxpayer-funded congressional pension. According to a National Taxpayers Union analysis obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, the 45-year-old Swalwell would be eligible to receive a taxpayer-funded pension of roughly $22,000 per year starting at age 62.  […]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday a suspension of the federal tax on gasoline and jet fuel until Labor Day, a move that comes just one day after he secured the Liberal parliamentary majority. Carney said the temporary suspension, expected to take effect Monday and run through the peak summer travel months, would […]