President Trump will meet at 3 p.m. today with Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the House Freedom Caucus, Punchbowl News reports.
Trump is expected to tell hardline conservatives that he wants the GOP’s reconciliation bill to pass the House today.
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“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, after an allergic reaction,” CNN reports. Save to Favorites
“The Justice Department lost 4,000 employees in the Trump administration’s controversial government downsizing initiative, and critics worry those cuts will impact safety in U.S. communities,” CBS News reports. “The so-called…
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Donald Trump may project strength, but the defining feature of his presidency is weakness. He’s routinely overruled — by courts, state officials and lawmakers in his own party. That shouldn’t…
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Wall Street Journal: “Trump is considering a range of options, including a potential U.S. strike against Iran, as he meets with top advisers in the Situation Room on Tuesday.” Save…
“Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with ‘Marxists’ and the state’s Democratic governor,” Politico reports….
President Trump dismissed March testimony from his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who told Congress that the intelligence community believes Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, Politico reports….
“The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s second-term legislative agenda would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper reported Tuesday, when taking into account interest…
New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by ICE at immigration court Tuesday, Fox New York reports. Apparently, Lander has been accompanying immigrants exiting immigration court…
President Donald Trump says the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding but doesn’t want him killed “for now,” the AP reports. He also called for…
“A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday to determine whether President Trump, against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom, can keep using California’s National Guard to protect immigration enforcement…
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