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Trump’s achievements embolden him to be even more aggressive

From an analytical standpoint President Trump has been on an absolute terror these past two weeks. Here's a closer look at the White House's winning streak.

North Carolina’s cellphone-free school bill is a good example for the nation

North Carolina is poised to join a growing list of states to enact commonsense measures to reduce mental illness and improve education outcomes for their children and adolescents.  The North Carolina legislature passed a bill on Wednesday requiring public school districts to ban the use of cellphones in almost all instances during instruction time. Passed […]

18 GOP senators vote to raise taxes on the rich to pay for rural hospital fund

Eighteen Republican senators, including former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted to advance an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on ultra wealthy income earners to help rural hospitals facing steep Medicaid cuts. The GOP senators voted for a motion to waive a budget point-of-order against Collins’s amendment to establish...

Senate defeats Collins proposal to raise taxes on highest earners to help rural hospitals

The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to create a new top marginal tax rate for the nation’s wealthiest income earners and use the money to double the size of a proposed rural hospital relief fund from $25 billion to $50 billion. Senators voted 22 to...

Republicans scrap deal in ‘big, beautiful bill’ to lower restrictions on states’ AI regulations

A deal between Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Ted Cruz over how states can regulate artificial intelligence has been pulled from President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill.

Axelrod: Ernst response to Medicaid remarks ‘insensitive,’ ‘politically stupid’

Sen. Joni Ernst faced backlash for her sarcastic apology video after making insensitive remarks about Medicaid cuts and death at a town hall, with political analysts David Axelrod and Scott Jennings agreeing that her video was not wise.

Reporter says she was fired from Trump-friendly outlet after criticizing Hegseth

The former chief Pentagon correspondent for conservative outlet One America News Network (OANN) said she was fired from her position after criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Substack post on Memorial Day. A self-described “MAGA girl,” Gabrielle Cuccia began her post last week by stressing that “I was (and still am) unapologetically defiant in...

Don’t know what DC club to join? Ask Groucho.

Washington's private clubs are a source of stress and anxiety for young professionals and politicians, but there are plenty of free alternatives to join and socialize with the political elite.

Cornyn trailing Paxton by 22 points in Texas GOP Senate primary: Poll

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points in the state’s Republican Senate primary, according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey, which was conducted by pollster Robert Blizzard on behalf of the Educational Freedom Institute and first obtained by Punchbowl News, showed Paxton leading Cornyn 50 percent to 28...

Ukraine says it has struck bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives

Ukrainian officials said Tuesday they struck a bridge that connects Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detonated incendiaries at 4:44 a.m. local time and continued to strike the area for three hours, using 1,100 kilograms of explosives to hit the overpass used as a supply route by Russian forces....

Live updates: Senate looks to make its mark on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

The Senate is set to dive into President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Tuesday, as lawmakers in the upper chamber indicate they intend to make their mark on the sprawling legislation. The measure narrowly passed the House before lawmakers in both chambers left for the Memorial Day recess, and any changes the Senate makes could...

Trump vows ‘large scale fines’ after transgender athlete wins California track and field events

President Trump vowed to impose hefty fines on California after a transgender athlete won a high school track and field championship, stirring up national controversy. Trump called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) over the situation, saying he knows the administration could enforce penalties for allowing the athlete to compete. “A Biological Male competed in...

End US tax breaks that enrich Chinese companies

Unless the Senate takes action to fix this legislation, the American taxpayer will be on the hook for funding our foremost adversary.

2 rescued after plane crashes into ocean off coast of Connecticut

By the time rescue crews from other areas responded to the scene, the plane had fully submerged, according to local fire officials.

Police at Newark airport rescue 2-year-old from luggage system, X-ray machine

Quick action by airport police prevented what could have been a dangerous situation after a toddler entered the checked baggage conveyor belt system.

Trump must take on his own administration’s isolationist wing 

The key to U.S. hegemony without being overstretched is relying on and supporting alliances.  

This small but influential think tank is charting a controversial course for Trump’s populism

The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. Controversial think tank American Compass is working to make sure President Trump's economic populism lasts well beyond his term — infuriating segments of the conservative establishment along the way. Oren Cass, the group's founder and chief economist,...

Bannon: Graham giving Ukrainians ‘false hope’

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, a key MAGA insider, doubled down late Monday on his criticism of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the lawmaker's vocal support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia. In an interview on NewsNation’s “CUOMO,” Bannon said Graham was giving Ukrainians “false hope” by meeting with the country’s president,...

Presidential health cover-ups are as American as apple pie

Many of American leaders have suffered potentially crippling health problems that could have incapacitated them in a crisis. To one extent or another, they were kept from the public.

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