WHEN THE GOVERNMENT’S $5 MILLION MISTAKE LEADS TO A COVID SCAM AND A HOUSE MEMBER’S INDICTMENT. Did you know that a Democratic member of the House is under federal criminal indictment? It didn’t receive a lot of news coverage, but the Justice Department announced last Wednesday that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida and three co-defendants have […]
Time is running out to find the next solution to get service members paid during the government shutdown, as the $8 billion the Trump administration found to cover troops’ paychecks is due to run out at the end of the month. After Senate Democrats on Thursday sank a vote on Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) bill...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the United States will not be able to pay service members by the middle of next month if the government shutdown is prolonged. “We were able to pay the military employees from excess funds at the Pentagon, middle of this month. I think we'll be able to pay them...
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) said Sunday that President Trump told him that he plans to brief members of Congress on possible military action in Latin America, including potentially shifting attacks targeting Venezuela from the sea to land. Graham, speaking to Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s "Face the Nation," said land strikes are “a real...
Gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University late Saturday, killing one person and wounding six others as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at the historically Black school, authorities said.
Vice President Vance criticized New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s remarks on Islamophobia in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. “According to Zohran, the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks,” Vance said Saturday on the social platform X, responding to a video of Mamdani’s...
The Washington Post editorial board praised President Trump’s controversial demolition of the East Wing of the White House. “The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification. In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the...
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer touted progress on a trade agreement with China but said he thinks the deal’s ultimate success depends on President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Greer was asked how close U.S. officials are to getting the deal “across the finish line.” “It's really...
Senate Republicans are considering ending the filibuster to end the government shutdown, which would have devastating and permanent consequences for the country.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called on President Trump to appoint a select group of bipartisan senators to a commission tasked with addressing the expiring health care subsidies — the issue at the core of the ongoing shutdown standoff. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” the libertarian senator suggested Democrats could agree to reopen the...
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) said he and his fellow senators were presented with evidence “that does not back up” the Trump administration’s claims that targeted boats in the Caribbean Sea are smuggling fentanyl into the U.S. “We were presented some evidence that does not back up the story that the White House is telling...
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), a libertarian Republican, on Sunday said the Trump administration is carrying out “extrajudicial killings” by striking alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Paul said no evidence has been presented to Congress to justify the president’s military operations against vessels that officials say are...
The government shutdown has had a dire and growing impact on the housing sector, with USDA and HUD-184 loans frozen, appraisals expiring, rate locks lapsing, and approvals vanishing, causing delays and losses for buyers and sellers alike.
A staffing shortage in Southern California’s airspace triggered a ground stop affecting Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights on Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The restriction applies to flights departing from airspace managed by the Los Angeles and Oakland air traffic control centers that are scheduled to arrive at LAX, according to...
