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Today, the narratives expressed in “The Originals” reflect what we are seeing on battlefields from Lebanon to Ukraine to Iran. Source link

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant is testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee panel on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The request, unveiled last week, calls for $11.5 billion in discretionary spending for the department’s domestic programs — a $1.5 billion reduction from 2026. The decline includes cuts to Community Development Financial Institution funding and ……

U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee about President Trump’s trade agenda on Wednesday morning. The hearing comes just two months after the Supreme Court struck down large portions of Trump’s global tariffs. In response, the President imposed a 10 percent global tariff which also faced… Source link

Representative Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is running to replace retiring Senator Joni Ernst (R), is pushing to expand access to birth control as the race for the open Senate seat heats up. The Iowa congresswoman has long supported efforts to improve access and late last month re-introduced legislation specifically aimed at reducing barriers to contraception……

AL DABA, Sudan – The al-Afad camp in northern Sudan is a brutal refuge for some of the 11.6 million people fleeing the horrors of the country’s civil war, which entered its fourth year on April 15. Many of the camp’s 25,000 residents traveled some 745 miles – a month’s walk –… Source link

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel turn over information to Congress related to allegations that he regularly overdosed while leading the counterintelligence agency. “It would be worrying to see this reflection of your relationship with alcohol in an FBI agent; for us… Source link

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Congress on Tuesday that he has not faced pressure from the White House to tone down his vaccine skepticism, even as a top Trump health adviser acknowledged “ongoing conversations about where to prioritize.” This denial contradicts the growing reporting from inside sources… Source link

{Beacon} Watch Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Court guts Trump’s anti-renewability moves A federal judge on Tuesday scaled back enforcement of several Trump administration policies that were otherwise expected to hinder renewable energy. © AP Judge Dennis Casper, appointed by Obama, in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction to stop the…

The Hill {Beacon} Health Care Click for more news from health care The Big Story HHS posts, then removes notice to remake preventive services task force Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to remake an influential but little-known task force that determines what preventive medical services insurers must cover for free. © Jacqueline Martin,…

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), including bank and wire fraud, charging the group in connection with a now-defunct program that used paid informants to monitor extremist groups. The charges include six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of…