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Senate Republicans, do the right thing on Trump’s unfit judicial nominee

Senate Republicans, do the right thing on Trump’s unfit judicial nominee


July 17, 2025
This week, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will once again be asked to draw the line between what is permissible and impermissible for a Trump nominee, when they decide whether Emil Bove’s nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals should receive a full Senate vote. Confirming Bove would mean redrawing that line […]
Trump accuses ‘scam artist’ Schiff of lying about Maryland home to commit mortgage fraud

Trump accuses ‘scam artist’ Schiff of lying about Maryland home to commit mortgage fraud


July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Tuesday morning, amplifying 2024 claims that Schiff committed mortgage fraud by lying about his primary residence for over a decade, which the senator denies. Trump, in a Truth Social post, labeled Schiff a ‘scam artist’ and claimed he obtained a mortgage for a […]
House GOP subpoenas Biden aide to testify about former president’s concerning mental fitness

House GOP subpoenas Biden aide to testify about former president’s concerning mental fitness


July 16, 2025
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a subpoena to have former President Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff appear before the committee on Friday to provide testimony regarding her former boss’s mental state while serving in the Oval Office. Comer, who leads the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent interview requests […]
Democrats capitalize on GOP Jeffrey Epstein fallout with new demands for Jim Jordan

Democrats capitalize on GOP Jeffrey Epstein fallout with new demands for Jim Jordan


July 16, 2025
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are seizing on Republican fractures over the Jeffrey Epstein case, demanding a public hearing on the issue. A letter from Democrats states, ‘To that end, we request that the Committee invite — and, if necessary, subpoena — Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Federal Bureau of […]
Senate GOP agree to strip cuts to HIV, AIDS prevention program from Trump’s clawback bill

Senate GOP agree to strip cuts to HIV, AIDS prevention program from Trump’s clawback bill


July 16, 2025
Senate Republicans agreed to make changes to President Donald Trump’s multi-billion-dollar clawback package to help win over holdouts, but by shrinking the overall size of the cuts in the process. Lawmakers left a meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Tuesday afternoon and announced that about $400 million in proposed cuts […]
National security experts raise concerns after Microsoft program exposed as possible avenue for Chinese spying

National security experts raise concerns after Microsoft program exposed as possible avenue for Chinese spying


July 16, 2025
A new ProPublica report accused Microsoft of allowing China-based engineers to assist with Pentagon cloud systems with inadequate guardrails in an effort to scale up its government contracting business, raising espionage concerns from national security experts.  The report cited current and former employees and government contractors who worked on a cloud computing program deployed by […]
Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump’s clawback bill for hourslong debate

Senate GOP blows through 2nd hurdle of the night, teeing up Trump’s clawback bill for hourslong debate


July 16, 2025
Senate Republicans again coalesced behind President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar spending clawback package and propelled the legislation through its final procedural hurdle, again with the aid of Vice President JD Vance.  Lawmakers will now go back and forth through 10 hours of debate on the bill, where Senate Democrats are expected to bleed time and slam […]
Huckabee demands Israel ‘aggressively investigate’ murder of Palestinian-American killed in ‘terrorist act’

Huckabee demands Israel ‘aggressively investigate’ murder of Palestinian-American killed in ‘terrorist act’


July 16, 2025
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, on Tuesday called on Israeli authorities to ‘aggressively investigate’ the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian-American who was reportedly beaten to death by a gang of extremist settlers in the West Bank village of Sinjil on Friday. ‘We have asked Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of […]
Trump’s $9 billion clawback passes first Senate test, while more hurdles await

Trump’s $9 billion clawback passes first Senate test, while more hurdles await


July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump’s clawback of billions in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting narrowly passed through its first hurdle in the Senate, but it still faces a rocky road ahead with dissent among the Senate GOP ranks. Senate GOP leaders hoped that an agreement to carve out $400 million in global HIV and AIDS […]
‘It’s sort of scary’: Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts

‘It’s sort of scary’: Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts


July 16, 2025
When senior State Department officials set out to trim the agency in the ‘biggest reorganization since the Cold War,’ they couldn’t get a total headcount on employees — for months, they say. ‘It took us three months to get a list of the people that actually work in the building,’ one senior State Department official told […]
Loyal Jill Biden aide’s deposition date comes with no sign if he’ll appear

Loyal Jill Biden aide’s deposition date comes with no sign if he’ll appear


July 16, 2025
A former top White House advisor to ex-first lady Jill Biden was subpoenaed to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior advisor to the first lady, was compelled for a July 16 closed-door deposition after missing a previously agreed-upon interview date late last month. House […]
Biden chief of staff reportedly gave approval for autopen pardons on final day in office

Biden chief of staff reportedly gave approval for autopen pardons on final day in office


July 15, 2025
Former President Joe Biden’s chief of staff issued final approval for multiple high-profile preemptive pardons during Biden’s final days in office, according to a new report.  Biden’s alleged use of the autopen has become a sticking point for months, as President Donald Trump has said thousands of pardons Biden signed were void and claimed that […]
‘One more’: Senate Republicans eye tackling another reconciliation bill

‘One more’: Senate Republicans eye tackling another reconciliation bill


July 15, 2025
Senate Republicans are planning to take another crack at the budget reconciliation process after narrowly passing President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ earlier this month. The $3.3 trillion legislative behemoth, which permanently extended many of the provisions of the president’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and included reforms and work requirements for Medicaid and […]
Democrats seize on Epstein files drama with new transparency calls

Democrats seize on Epstein files drama with new transparency calls


July 15, 2025
Democratic lawmakers are lining up with new vigor to demand the release of all files on Jeffrey Epstein as the topic continues to fracture the right. Some prominent figures within the GOP’s rightmost flank are up in arms after a leaked Department of Justice (DOJ) memo reportedly showed there was little more to Epstein’s case […]
Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict

Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict


July 15, 2025
The Pentagon is reportedly pressuring Indo-Pacific allies Japan and Australia to clarify what roles they would play in the event of a war with China over Taiwan. Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, raised the question during recent meetings with Japanese and Australian defense officials, the Financial Times first reported. While the United States has […]