Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-Ky.), whose committee will mark up a portion of the Senate budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement operations, says there’s a good chance that $1 billion in funding for the White House Ballroom will be removed from the bill before it reaches the Senate floor. Paul,… Source…
President Trump encouraged South Carolina Republicans to be “bold” and “brave” ahead of a vote on redistricting Monday after Tennessee Republicans approved a new map that threatens to oust the state’s only House Democrat. “South Carolina Republicans: Be bold and courageous, just like the Republicans of the great state of Tennessee were last week!… Source…
The Senate voted on Monday to advance the nomination of Kevin Wersh to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, allowing him to be confirmed later this week to replace Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Senate voted 49-44 to advance the nomination, a development that was expected after Senate banking… Source link
President Trump on Monday touted Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a “dream team” ahead of the 2028 presidential election, asking attendees at a White House event who they liked better and declining to endorse. “Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio? Okay. Looks like… Source link
Former FBI Director James Comey said Monday that he will not stop criticizing President Trump ahead of a criminal trial against him on charges of threatening the president. Comey told MS Now’s Nicole Wallace, “I will not be silenced. I will continue to speak out about what I believe.” “…Donald Trump has… Source link
Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Monday that the United States must accept its latest 14-point proposal or American taxpayers “will have to pay for it.” “There is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as set out in the 14-point proposal. Any other approach would be completely inconclusive; nothing…
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down Alabama Republicans’ decision to block congressional maps, potentially allowing it to be used for the midterms in the wake of the justices’ recent blockbuster ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act. The design would eliminate one of Alabama’s two majority-Black districts and give Republicans a better chance of winning…
A watchdog group on Monday asked the Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general to investigate Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s involvement in the reality series called “The Great American Road Trip.” The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), urged the IG to investigate who paid for Duffy and her family’s involvement… Source link
Virginia Democrats on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate their new congressional map, which would give the party up to four chambers in the midterms. In an emergency appeal, state officials asserted that Virginia’s top court committed “judicial contempt” by blocking the map last week. The court ruled that Democrats did not follow proper…
Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson on Sunday endorsed the city’s Democratic mayor, Karen Bass, for a second term. Bais social platform Source link
