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Miranda Devine: New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shutdown any Hunter Biden laptop discussion

The conversations, withheld by the FBI under Director Chris Wray, show that senior leadership issued an internal “gag order” on the laptop. 

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs on Canada in bid to roll back presidential emergency powers

Four Senate Republicans joined forces with the chamber's Democrats to reject President Trump's emergency justification for implementing tariffs against Canada, dealing the president the first legislative loss of his second term.

Why voter ID won in Wisconsin

Hours after Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) finished breaking former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history, Wisconsin overwhelmingly voted in favor of adding voter identification requirements to the state’s constitution on the same night its voters sent a Democrat to the state’s Supreme Court. The Wisconsin voter identification win […]

Booker says he hoped floor speech would be something that ‘would unify our caucus’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Wednesday he hoped to unify the Democratic party with his marathon floor speech this week after the caucus grew bitterly divided in debates over the continuing resolution last month. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber,” Booker described those tense moments behind closed doors last month,...

Vance, Harris seen as top 2028 White House contenders

Vice President JD Vance and former Vice President Kamala Harris are seen as top contenders for the White House in 2028 by their respective parties, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. The poll, released Wednesday, asks Democrats and Republicans whom they would consider supporting in the 2028 presidential election and asks which person would be...

Trump says Al Green should be forced to take IQ test

President Trump on Thursday said that Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be forced to take an IQ test after the congressman was removed from his joint address and later censured by the House. “[He] should be forced to pass an IQ test because he is a low IQ individual, and we don’t need low IQ...

Fewer Americans sympathetic toward Israel: Gallup

Americans are becoming less sympathetic toward Israel in its war against Hamas, the results of a recent survey suggest. A Gallup poll released Thursday shows 46 percent of respondents said they back Israel over the Palestinians when it comes to the "Middle East situation." Another 33 percent said the opposite. A similar survey conducted in...

CDC rehiring some laid-off workers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday notified approximately 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago that they can return to work, according to The Associated Press. Two federal health officials briefed on the tally, but not authorized to speak publicly, told the AP that roughly 180 people received emails...

Trump likely to make more exemptions from Canada, Mexico tariffs: Lutnick

President Trump is likely to announce more exemptions from his new tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday. In an interview with CNBC, Lutnick said Trump is likely to exempt Canadian and Mexican goods and services from tariffs that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the North American Free Trade...

Judge declines to immediately spare USAID contractors from firings

A federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately spare U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors from mass firings, letting move forward a core part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the agency. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said that USAID’s personal services contractors failed to prove they face irreparable harm and a likelihood...

Walz on leader of Democratic Party: ‘The voting public’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who ran to be vice president on the Democratic ticket alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris, said he believes the next leader of the party is going to be “the voting public.” Walz appeared on CNN on Wednesday to discuss President Trump’s joint address to Congress and the future of...

Bill to pay troops during shutdown filed as funding deadline looms 

Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) reintroduced a bill Thursday to ensure that members of the military get paid during a government shutdown, a move that comes as a March 14 deadline ticks closer without a deal to extend funding. The Pay Our Troops Act would direct existing unappropriated Treasury Department funds to be made available to...

Europe is still dithering about defense

NATO is strongest when its members contribute equally and Europe is still not doing enough to meet the challenges ahead.

Jeffries bashes GOP for ‘illegal immigrant’ smear again House Democrat: ‘Disgusting’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering the Republicans’ campaign arm for falsely characterizing a Hispanic member of Congress as “an illegal immigrant.” The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) on Wednesday blasted a message on social media attacking Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), who is a U.S. citizen, over his critical response to President Trump’s...

Utah becomes first state to pass app store age verification law

Utah passed a bill on Wednesday that will require app stores to verify users' ages and receive parental consent for minors to download applications, making the Beehive State the first in the country to pass such a measure. The bill, titled the App Store Accountability Act, now heads to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R)'s desk....

More Americans tapping 401(k)s to pay for financial emergencies

More Americans than ever before are tapping their 401(k)s early to cover financial emergencies.

New Google feature flags when you might be getting scammed in real time

Google is rolling out new, AI-powered tools to help stop scammers in their tracks, before they get your data or money.

Trump may have already planted the seeds of his political collapse

If history is any predictor, Trump's second term trajectory may already be set — right off a cliff, pedal to the floor.

Trump has ‘lost his patience’ with Hamas: Rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that President Trump has “lost his patience” with Hamas and advised the administration to turn up the pressure on the Palestinian militant group to release the remaining hostages. In an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Rubio described the president’s “last warning” to Hamas earlier that day to...

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