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Trump pressures 4 GOP senators ahead of anti-Canadian tariff vote, accusing them of ‘TDS’

President Donald Trump pressured Sens. McConnell, Paul, Collins, and Murkowski in a Truth Social post ahead of an upcoming vote to scuttle his Canadian tariffs.

Lawmakers take action after report shows Biden-era SBA failed to probe 2 million alleged COVID aid fraudsters

Small Business Committee chairs Joni Ernst and Roger Williams plan to launch an effort to help bring COVID fraudsters to justice by extending the statute of limitation a decade.

Inside the UN’s censorious underbelly

Whether the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who sadly withdrew her nomination for the post last week, or another qualified individual, the message from the Trump administration has already been made clear to bureaucrats at the global body that the United States will not be going along with radical […]

McMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have been vocal about trying to eliminate entirely.   Rep. Mark Takano (Calif.) and at least ten other Democratic members will meet with McMahon at 9:30 a.m....

As Colorado River declines, states are failing to tap an alternate resource

Five out of seven Colorado River basin states are failing to maximize a critical resource that could help alleviate the region’s longstanding water crisis, a new report found. Across all the states, just 26 percent of treated municipal wastewater is being reused, according to the research, released by the University of California Los Angeles, along...

Federal tax credit could steer $10 billion to private school scholarships

Nonprofit agencies that dispense private school scholarships to low-income families say they expect Congress to pass tax credit legislation giving them $10 billion for another 2 million students.

Democrat-led states sue Trump administration to block $12 billion cut to health grants

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for clawing back roughly $12 billion in health grants awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s pick for Joint Chiefs chairman strikes a humble, apolitical tone in Senate hearing

President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine, told senators Tuesday that he understands he is an unknown and unconventional nominee - but that the U.S. is facing unconventional and unprecedented threats and he is ready to serve in its defense.

House GOP leaders make move to quash proxy voting for new parents

House GOP leaders are using a procedural tactic to try to quash an effort from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to force a House rule change to allow new parents to vote by proxy while taking time away from Washington to care for infants in their first 12 weeks of life.

Trump agenda upended after GOP rebellion shuts down House floor

A procedural vote that would have allowed the House of Representatives to consider two bills backed by the Trump administration went down in flames on Tuesday afternoon.

Former Romney adviser bankrolled by left-wing groups ripped for leading anti-DOGE charge: ‘Paid puppet’

Prominent economist Oren Cass is facing criticism for his long history of criticizing both Elon Musk's DOGE efforts and President Donald Trump's tax cuts, two pillars of the administration.

Anna Paulina Luna forces House leadership’s hand on proxy voting as GOP war escalates

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is pushing a bill to allow new parents to vote remotely.

Trump Labor Department secures eye-popping sum to return to taxpayers amid DOGE push

The Labor Department announced this week that it is returning more than $1 billion of coronavirus funding back to the taxpayers with more savings potentially on the way.

Man listed as Cory Booker staffer arrested for allegedly carrying pistol without license at Capitol

A staffer was arrested by Capitol Police on Monday after allegedly carrying a pistol without a license.

Wave of court orders blocking Trump’s agenda are a ‘judicial coup d’etat,’ Gingrich says

President Donald Trump is facing a "judicial coup d'etat' against him by federal judges across the country, former Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday.

Musk says Social Security scammer who allegedly ripped off 400K Americans faces imminent arrest

Elon Musk claimed in a town hall aimed to rally support for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election that an alleged Social Security scammer is facing imminent arrest.

Trump’s transgender military ban dealt legal blow after appeals court ruling

A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration’s request to enforce its transgender military ban, keeping a lower court’s injunction in place for now.

Trump pick for Joint Chiefs chair tells Senate element of surprise ‘likely lost’ amid Signal chat leak

The element of surprise in the Yemen airstrikes was "very likely lost" as a result of the controversial leaked Signal chat, Lt. Gen. Dan Caine told a Senate committee Tuesday.

Karoline Leavitt says ‘evil forces’ tried to take down Trump

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says she believes in "spiritual warfare" and that "evil forces" tried to take down President Trump during the campaign.

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