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House GOP Rejects Senate’s DHS Funding Deal
NOTUS: “House Republican leadership said Friday that they will not vote on the Senate’s funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security, and the Senate has already skipped town for…
Mike Johnson Stays Mum on DHS Funding Deal
Politico: “Speaker Mike Johnson declined to say Friday whether he will keep the House in over the weekend to pass the Department of Homeland Security funding agreement the Senate approved…
Iran Expected to Respond to U.S. Peace Proposal
CBS News: “The Iranian response to the U.S.’ 15-point framework for a peace deal is expected on Friday.” “President Trump and top White House officials have been told that Iran’s…
Jill Biden’s Secret Service Agent Shot Himself
CNN: “A US Secret Service special agent on former first lady Jill Biden’s security detail accidentally shot their own leg at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, an agency official…
Trump Moves Suggest Escalation of the Iran War
Robert Pape: “Since February, the United States has surged more than 150 aircraft, two carrier strike groups, over a dozen warships, and tens of thousands of personnel into the region….
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The Largest Protest In History?
USA Today: “With more than 3,100 events planned nationwide to protest President Donald Trump’s actions and policies, organizers expect the No Kings protests to draw millions of Americans into the…
Big Majority Say U.S. Is On the Wrong Track
A new Fox News poll finds 64% of Americans are dissatisfied with how things are going in the U.S. Save to Favorites
Iran Eyes Second Strait
Politico: “It’s not just Hormuz. There’s a second strait in the Middle East vital to global energy markets that Iran is threatening to close if President Donald Trump fails to…
Iran Is Seeking to Cash in on Strait of Hormuz
Financial Times: “Iran is working to establish a system of approved passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a tightening of control over the crucial waterway that Tehran suggests…
Oil Shock Ripples Through Other Industries
Energy Common Sense: “Ethylene, methanol, and petrochemical feedstocks, the inputs that underpin manufacturing, agriculture, and industrial systems, are tightening. More than half of global refining capacity has been impacted, along…
Democratic Lawmaker Guilty of Ethics Violations
A special panel of the House Ethics Committee has found that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) was guilty of more than two dozen ethics violations, Punchbowl News reports. The full Ethics…
Trump’s Net Worth Grew by $1.4 Billion
Forbes says Donald Trump is now worth $6.5 billion, which is roughly $1.4 billion more than he was worth last year. Save to Favorites
A Third of Iran’s Missiles May Still Be Operative
Reuters: “The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the U.S. and Israeli war on the country…
Trump Is ‘Getting a Little Bored’ with the Iran War
“Nearly one month after the U.S. began strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to potentially fight in a war he said…
Democrats Flipped the Shutdown Playbook
Senate Republicans blinked. In a rare overnight session, the chamber voted to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security — but carved out immigration enforcement, leaving ICE and Border…
GOP Effort to Repeal Redistricting Law Fails
“The Republican-led effort to put Utah’s redistricting law back on the ballot fell below the required threshold in one state Senate district on Wednesday after a signature removal campaign by…
One in Eight Trump Voters Have Buyer’s Remorse
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds 13% of Americans who cast ballots for Donald Trump in 2024 say they regret how they voted in the last election. Among Kamala…
Scott Brown Isn’t Leaving New Hampshire’s Senate Race
Scott Brown (R) told Semafor “he’s not dropping his Senate campaign in New Hampshire, despite the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Leadership Fund, and President Donald Trump endorsing his opponent,…
Powerful House Republican Joins Retirement Wave
Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, is pulling his plans to seek re-election for his Missouri seat, joining dozens of other lawmakers who are…
