The newly declassified annex to former special counsel John Durham’s final 2023 report ties George Soros to the Russiagate scheme by placing a key grantmaking entity of the Democratic megadonor at the advent of the FBI investigation. According to the 29-page document declassified Thursday, intelligence gathered from foreign actors indicated that a Soros associate knew […]

House lawmakers have requested billions of dollars for special community funding projects, or earmarks, whose approval hinges on Congress’s ability to pass all 12 appropriations bills by the end of September. So far, the House has passed two appropriations bills: Military Construction/Veterans Affairs and Defense. The chamber has had difficulty passing all 12 bills in […]

Millions of dollars in disaster relief are released by the Federal Emergency Management Administration each year.  While the Trump administration has floated outright dismantling FEMA, the agency continues to provide needed aid to devastated regions. Though approving or denying federal disaster relief can seem random, or at times political, it appears the agency continues to […]

Senators are forgoing the first days of a monthlong August recess to grind out confirmations for President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees who have faced what the GOP calls “unprecedented” obstruction by Democrats. Pressure from Trump, coupled with procedural delay tactics by Democrats, has complicated the upper chamber’s ability to embark on its extended break. Lawmakers […]