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GOP senator demands FBI reveal if surveillance went beyond Jack Smith’s phone tracking

GOP senator demands FBI reveal if surveillance went beyond Jack Smith’s phone tracking


October 9, 2025
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., is demanding information from the FBI on whether she has been subjected to additional surveillance, following revelations that former Special Counsel Jack Smith tracked her phone calls, calling the action ‘one of the most serious infringements on the separation of powers in American history.’  Fox News Digital first reported Monday that […]
Ardently pro-Israel Dem Sen. John Fetterman congratulates Trump for ‘historic peace plan’

Ardently pro-Israel Dem Sen. John Fetterman congratulates Trump for ‘historic peace plan’


October 9, 2025
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a staunch supporter of Israel, congratulated President Donald Trump on Wednesday shortly after the commander in chief announced in a Truth Social post that Hamas and Israel agreed to phase one of a peace plan. Fetterman said that he and the president are both unflinchingly committed to the U.S. […]
Israel-Hamas peace deal reached soon after Trump says it’s ‘very close’ in White House note pass with Rubio

Israel-Hamas peace deal reached soon after Trump says it’s ‘very close’ in White House note pass with Rubio


October 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed him a note indicating the United States is ‘very close to a deal in the Middle East,’ a revelation he made Wednesday at the White House during a roundtable on Antifa. ‘Yeah, I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that […]
Tense confrontation between House speaker, Senate Dems caught on camera over shutdown

Tense confrontation between House speaker, Senate Dems caught on camera over shutdown


October 9, 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., got into a tense confrontation with two Democratic senators outside his office on Wednesday as anxiety runs high on Capitol Hill on Day 8 of the government shutdown. Sens. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., gathered reporters outside Johnson’s office in a bid to publicly pressure the House speaker […]
Ardently pro-Israel Dem Sen John Fetterman congratulates Trump for ‘historic peace plan’

Ardently pro-Israel Dem Sen John Fetterman congratulates Trump for ‘historic peace plan’


October 9, 2025
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a staunch supporter of Israel, congratulated President Donald Trump on Wednesday shortly after the commander in chief announced in a Truth Social post that Hamas and Israel agreed to phase one of a peace plan. Fetterman said that he and the president are both unflinchingly committed to the U.S. […]
House committee withdraws James Comey subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein testimony

House committee withdraws James Comey subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein testimony


October 8, 2025
The House Oversight Committee has dropped its subpoena for former FBI Director James Comey, after he said he had no knowledge relevant to the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, The Hill reported, citing a letter Comey sent to the committee. In the Oct. 1 letter sent to Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky, Comey said he […]
Cruz clashes with Nigeria over his claims 50,000 Christians killed since 2009 in religious violence

Cruz clashes with Nigeria over his claims 50,000 Christians killed since 2009 in religious violence


October 8, 2025
A diplomatic battle is being waged between leading Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Nigerian government officials. Cruz has warned he will hold those officials accountable for the reported ‘mass slaughter’ of tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. Officials have claimed Cruz is lying, with one claiming that despite even the pope publicly calling […]
Government limps deeper into shutdown crisis with no deal in sight

Government limps deeper into shutdown crisis with no deal in sight


October 8, 2025
The Senate remains deadlocked on a path to end the shutdown as it nears its second week, and Republicans’ meager support across the aisle to reopen the government may be crumbling. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., needs at least eight Senate Democratic caucus members to join Republicans to reopen the government, given that Sen. […]
Senate stalls on shutdown vote amid warning furloughed workers may lose pay

Senate stalls on shutdown vote amid warning furloughed workers may lose pay


October 8, 2025
An expected sixth vote to reopen the government didn’t come to fruition on Tuesday, but lawmakers face a new wrinkle: the possibility that furloughed employees won’t be paid.  The government shutdown marched into its seventh day with both Senate Republicans and Democrats still at odds on a path forward, and no real clear end in […]
Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues

Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues


October 8, 2025
Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues. Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm the batch of 107 of Trump’s nominees, a move that whittled down the remaining pending nominees on the Senate’s calendar to double digits. It also came as the upper chamber […]
Trump meets former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander on Oct. 7 anniversary

Trump meets former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander on Oct. 7 anniversary


October 8, 2025
President Donald Trump met with Edan Alexander, who was freed in May from captivity with Hamas, on Tuesday — exactly two years after Hamas attacked Israel.  This marks the second time Alexander, a 21-year-old American–Israeli who spent nearly 600 days as a hostage after Hamas abducted him after its initial attack on Israel, will visit […]
Comey to be arraigned in federal court after being indicted for alleged false statements, obstruction

Comey to be arraigned in federal court after being indicted for alleged false statements, obstruction


October 8, 2025
Former FBI Director James Comey will be arraigned in federal court Wednesday morning after being indicted on charges of alleged false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. Comey has said he is innocent. The former FBI director is set to have his first court appearance at 10 a.m. Eastern Time in the Albert V. […]
Pope’s top diplomat blasts Israel’s Gaza offensive as ‘ongoing massacre,’ condemns Hamas attacks

Pope’s top diplomat blasts Israel’s Gaza offensive as ‘ongoing massacre,’ condemns Hamas attacks


October 7, 2025
The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ ‘inhuman and indefensible’ Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s ‘ongoing massacre’ in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a ‘largely defenseless population.’ Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, spoke in an interview marking […]
Kennedy claims Democrats want millions for foreign LGBT projects, electric buses to end shutdown

Kennedy claims Democrats want millions for foreign LGBT projects, electric buses to end shutdown


October 7, 2025
A Senate Republican argued that Senate Democrats are demanding tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid for LGBT projects, pastry cooking classes, electric buses and more in exchange for reopening the government. Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have remained steadfast in their position that unless a deal is struck […]
Schumer’s shutdown holds as Senate Dems block GOP bid to reopen government

Schumer’s shutdown holds as Senate Dems block GOP bid to reopen government


October 7, 2025
A weekend away from Washington did little to soften Senate Democrats’ resolve as they again blocked Republicans’ effort to reopen the government, ensuring the shutdown will last at least a week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most of his caucus are adamant that unless a deal is struck on expiring Affordable Care Act […]