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House Dem fumes over Musk’s DOGE crackdown during fiery interview: ‘I’m pissed’

House Dem fumes over Musk’s DOGE crackdown during fiery interview: ‘I’m pissed’


February 14, 2025
Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts blasted Elon Musk on Wednesday and argued that his DOGE efforts are undermining the ‘values’ of the United States, and promised to ‘fight’ against them.  Elon Musk has probably never stepped into a public school, his kids will get private tutors, he doesn’t understand it, he has no idea […]
Indian Prime Minister Modi takes page from Trump, says ‘make India great again,’ or ‘MIGA’

Indian Prime Minister Modi takes page from Trump, says ‘make India great again,’ or ‘MIGA’


February 14, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a page from President Donald Trump’s playbook during a joint press conference Thursday, saying he wants to make India great again, or ‘MIGA.’ Modi met with Trump at the White House, where the world leaders discussed a range of issues, including trade, the economic relationship between India and the […]
RFK Jr. sworn in as Health and Human Services secretary

RFK Jr. sworn in as Health and Human Services secretary


February 14, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the new secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), hours after being confirmed in the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday by a close vote of 52-48 that was almost entirely along party lines. Kennedy stood in the Oval Office alongside his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, and accompanied by his […]
Trump’s Justice Department order to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams sparks resignations

Trump’s Justice Department order to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams sparks resignations


February 14, 2025
Several senior Justice Department officials resigned in protest Thursday rather than comply with an order to drop a bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  The resignations came amid President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the agency, which he said has been weaponized against political opponents. The six resignations include Acting Manhattan U.S. […]
Senate Majority Leader Thune says this is the reason why he and Trump are working well together

Senate Majority Leader Thune says this is the reason why he and Trump are working well together


February 14, 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is getting a tough job done. ‘Senate Republicans have been committed to getting President Trump’s nominees through,’ Thune, who’s been on the job steering the Senate for six weeks, told Fox News in an exclusive national digital interview. Thune was interviewed ahead of Brooke Rollins’s confirmation as secretary of agriculture, […]
Trump budget bill with $4.5T in tax cuts survives key hurdle despite House GOP infighting

Trump budget bill with $4.5T in tax cuts survives key hurdle despite House GOP infighting


February 14, 2025
A mammoth bill advancing a broad range of President Donald Trump’s policy goals survived a key hurdle on Thursday, putting Republicans closer to their goal of passing a bill by sometime in May. The legislation passed the House Budget Committee on a party-line 21 to 16 vote and is expected to be taken up by […]
How Saudi Arabia’s crown prince became a central player in US-brokered peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

How Saudi Arabia’s crown prince became a central player in US-brokered peace talks between Russia and Ukraine


February 14, 2025
Saudi Arabia has emerged as a central player in the pursuit of a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, in large part due to the political capital it wields with its massive oil reserves.  President Donald Trump suggested Riyadh as a meeting place to kick off face-to-face talks between himself and Russian President Vladimir […]
House GOP’s budget impasse thaws just as winter storm sacks Capitol

House GOP’s budget impasse thaws just as winter storm sacks Capitol


February 13, 2025
It is said that talk is cheap.  And that’s why House Republicans have done so much of it as they attempted to forge an internal agreement on a budget plan to slash taxes and cut spending.  It is now the middle of February. House Republicans struggled to finalize plans for what President Donald Trump terms […]
Judicial pushback against Trump’s agenda will likely lead to one final face-off, experts say

Judicial pushback against Trump’s agenda will likely lead to one final face-off, experts say


February 13, 2025
President Donald Trump’s agenda has been met with a wave of lawsuits since he took office in January, and legal experts say many of them will likely end up in the Supreme Court’s hands.  ‘President Trump is certainly being aggressive in terms of flexing executive power and not at all surprised that these are being […]
EPA administrator Zeldin demands return of $20B in taxpayer money wasted by Biden administration

EPA administrator Zeldin demands return of $20B in taxpayer money wasted by Biden administration


February 13, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that his team has located $20 billion in tax dollars that the Biden administration purposely wasted. ‘An extremely disturbing video circulated two months ago, featuring a Biden EPA political appointee talking about how they were ‘tossing gold bars off the Titanic,’ rushing to get billions […]
Senate to hold final vote on RFK Jr nomination to serve as Trump’s Health secretary

Senate to hold final vote on RFK Jr nomination to serve as Trump’s Health secretary


February 13, 2025
The Senate is expected on Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. The final showdown over Kennedy’s controversial nomination was set in motion after the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday – in a 53-47 party-line vote – invoked cloture, which started the clock ticking […]
Kash Patel’s nomination to lead FBI faces first major Senate hurdle

Kash Patel’s nomination to lead FBI faces first major Senate hurdle


February 13, 2025
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to advance Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director to the Senate floor after a fiery confirmation hearing last month. The vote is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET. If Patel passes through committee, his nomination will be up for a full Senate vote.  Democrats had […]
DOGE subcommittee holds first hearing slamming $36T national debt, as House Republicans declare ‘war on waste’

DOGE subcommittee holds first hearing slamming $36T national debt, as House Republicans declare ‘war on waste’


February 13, 2025
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held its first ever hearing Wednesday, as Republicans criticized the soaring $36 trillion national debt, as well as Democrats’ condemnation of Elon Musk’s effort to slash waste. In her opening statement, Chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-S.C., said the committee must be ‘brutally honest about how this […]
DOGE boasts dozens of contract cancellations on Wednesday, totaling over $150M in savings

DOGE boasts dozens of contract cancellations on Wednesday, totaling over $150M in savings


February 13, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of at least 58 contracts on Wednesday, resulting in more than $150 million in savings for the American taxpayer. In a Wednesday evening post on X, the agency headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk said the contracts canceled fell under the media, DEI and consulting categories […]
SENS. BERNIE SANDERS AND JOSH HAWLEY: Cap credit card interest rates at 10%

SENS. BERNIE SANDERS AND JOSH HAWLEY: Cap credit card interest rates at 10%


February 13, 2025
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In his ‘Divine Comedy,’ Italian poet Dante Alighieri reserved a special place in the Seventh Circle of Hell for people who charged usurious interest rates. Seven hundred years later, ‘usury’ doesn’t come up much in common parlance, but the problem hasn’t gone away. Last year, both Republicans and […]