US sailors and Marines aboard the USS Tripoli arrived in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area in the Middle East on Friday. CentCom said Saturday that the flagship also transported about 3,500 sailors and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group “along with transport and strike combat aircraft…” Source link
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas highlighted continuing divisions within the Republican Party over President Trump’s military campaign in Iran. The four-day convention, which ends Saturday in the Grapevine, offered an insight into how party leaders are balancing their support for Trump’s “America First” priorities amid growing concern among voters about conflict… Source…
Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Saturday called on his Senate colleagues to cut short their two-week recess and return to Washington, as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hangs in the balance. “If you don’t want to fight fires, don’t be a firefighter. If you don’t want to take dire votes in difficult…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) authorized Philadelphia bars to stay open until 4 a.m. during this year’s World Cup matches and Fourth of July celebrations in the city. “BREAKING: I just signed a bipartisan bill giving bars the option to stay open until 4am as we celebrate FIFA and America250 right here in Philadelphia…. Source…
Vice President JD Vance revealed in a new interview that he is “obsessed” with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, as he vowed to get to the bottom of the mystery before leaving office. “Trust me, anyone who’s curious about it, I’m more curious than anybody, and I’ve had a very difficult three years… Source link
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing to release files related to the investigation of Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.)’s conversations with a suspected Chinese spy, according to reports in the New York Times and Washington Post. FBI agents and other personnel in California have been instructed to collect and redact sensitive information… Source link
Congress and President Trump have made three separate attempts to direct government money toward the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a 43-day funding lapse with no end in sight. Funding for DHS stopped after Senate Democrats blocked a bill to keep the department running. He called for sweeping reforms… Source link
Vice President J.D. Vance is the favorite to capture the Republican nomination for president in 2028, according to a new straw poll conducted Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Vance received the support of about 53 percent of attendees who took a presidential preference survey at the annual gathering in Grapevine, Texas… Source…
The funding fight to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a rift between Republican lawmakers after the House voted against a Senate bill to partially fund the department. The Senate early Friday unanimously approved a bill to fund DHS, but not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol. Source…
A discharge petition for a proposal that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for immigrants from Haiti garnered enough signatures to force a vote on the House floor on Friday. Representative Mary Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signature on the petition, which also received support from four Republicans: Representatives Maria……
