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Presented by Becker & Poliakoff {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Greg Nash Trump Cabinet coming into focus after Gabbard, RFK Jr. nominations advance PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ONE STEP CLOSER to getting his desired team in place after Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received backing from Republicans on key Senate committees...

Donald Trump Jr., President Trump’s adult son, and a group he was with have been accused of hunting a protected duck in Italy. Andrea Zanoni, an Italian politician, said in a post on Facebook this week that he observed a video from the Venetian Lagoon in which Trump Jr., as part of a recent hunt,...

Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to probe what’s driving the price hikes in rent and housing costs for military families. Specifically, 15 Democrats — led by the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) — wrote a letter on Monday asking the Department...

Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday cleared crucial hurdles toward winning Senate confirmation, handing President Trump a key win as he looks for an early display of loyalty from GOP lawmakers. Gabbard and Kennedy overcame high-stakes committee votes that went down to the wire in their bids to lead the U.S. Intelligence...

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council and from participating in UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Trump also directed the U.S. to review its participation in the U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the body that uses culture and history as...

The Marine Corps has passed an audit for the second year in a row, the only military service to do so, the branch announced Tuesday. “Independent auditors verified that the Marine Corps’ financial records are materially accurate, complete, and compliant with federal regulations and issued an unmodified opinion for Fiscal Year 2024,” Marine Corps officials...

President Trump said the tariffs might result in short-term disruption, but Democrats claim American households will pay the ultimate price.

The Center for Immigration Studies released a proposal for a small change in current tax law that would allow private citizens to sue employers who hire illegal labor.

President Donald Trump has racked up a number of wins on getting other countries to cooperate with his border security efforts, using both diplomacy and tariff threats.