An investigation from House Judiciary Democrats concluded the Justice Department has approved more than a million dollars in payments to fired FBI agents, and accuses the Trump administration of “improperly shower[ing] government cash” on employees who were dismissed after alarming conduct. “You have now proceeded behind closed doors to order the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Two Democratic Senators on Monday joined Republicans in voting to advance the nomination of Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, backing President Trump’s nominee for chair of the Fed. The upper chamber voted to advance Warsh’s nomination to the Fed's board, setting him up to be confirmed in the coming days to...
The Wall Street Journal on Monday said it received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for reporters' records over media leaks connected to the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. The Journal received those subpoenas on March 4, which referred to reporting published on Feb. 23 that said that Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is introducing a bill on Tuesday that proposes allowing the death penalty for people convicted of distributing fentanyl that results in fatalities, Fox News reported. The bill, the Deal Death, Face Death Act, proposes amending the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to say that convicted fentanyl dealers “shall be sentenced, if...
Rod Stewart praised King Charles III following the British monarch's trip to the United States — which included an address to a joint meeting of Congress and a visit to the White House -- telling him that he put "that little ratbag in his place" during the American tour. "May I say, well done in the...
President Trump ripped The New York Times on Tuesday morning over a report detailing the ballooning cost of his project to repair and renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “The Failing New York Times, which is one of the worst newspapers anywhere in the World, and is losing subscribers on an hourly basis, is now...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be on Capitol Hill for budget hearings in both chambers on Tuesday morning. The testimony comes as President Trump’s snap decision to pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany isn’t moving the needle in pushing European nations to enter the U.S. war in Iran or help Washington reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and...
President Trump has been treating Washington as his personal property, making radical changes to the city and renaming historic buildings after himself, while also proposing expensive and unnecessary projects, all in an attempt to rebrand the nation's capital in his honor.
Some of the biggest primary battles of the year have reaffirmed President Trump’s grip on Republicans, despite the party facing tough midterm odds — but more tests are coming. Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) for Senate last week, and an apparent offer to businessman Nate Morris to be an ambassador, led to Morris’s prompt withdrawal from the race —...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning on the President Trump's fiscal 2027 $1.5 trillion budget request for the Pentagon. The hearing comes as the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire is under pressure, with both sides rejecting proposals to end the war....
President Trump on Monday urged the House to pass a sweeping housing affordability bill that has stalled in the lower chamber amid divisions over certain provisions, including a ban on large institutional investors buying single-family homes. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aimed at lowering housing costs, overwhelmingly passed the Senate in an 89-10...
