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Top Trump ally predicts Senate will blow past ‘big, beautiful bill’ deadline
A Senate fiscal hawk doesn’t believe Republicans can hit their own self-imposed timeline to pass President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Senate Republicans are racing against the clock to finish work on their version of the president’s colossal bill after the House GOP advanced its offering late last month. So…
Read More »‘Instincts for restraint’: Senate divided over who gets to declare war
Lawmakers are debating what role Congress should play as the White House weighs its options in Iran. Does the legislative body have sole power to declare war, or should that power be ceded to the president? The back and forth comes as President Donald Trump mulls whether to join Israel…
Read More »Trump downplays signs of MAGA unrest over possible military strike on Iran
President Donald Trump appears to be downplaying talk that some of his long-loyal MAGA supporters are breaking with him over the possibility that the president will order a military strike on Iran. This amid the nearly week-long daily trading of fire between the Islamic State and Israel, America’s top ally…
Read More »Vance defends Gabbard as ‘critical part’ of Trump team after president dismissed Iran nuke threat comments
Vice President JD Vance insists Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is still an essential team member in Trump’s ‘coalition’ after President Donald Trump said he ‘didn’t care’ what she’d previously told lawmakers about Iran’s nuclear threat. ‘DNI Gabbard is a veteran, a patriot, a loyal supporter of President Trump…
Read More »Ilhan Omar claims no one has ‘attacked Americans,’ but Iran’s deadly history tells different story
As lawmakers debate what role, if any, the United States should play in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, progressive ‘Squad’ member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., made the curious claim that no one has ‘attacked’ the United States. ‘No one is attacking or has attacked Americans. It’s time to…
Read More »‘Squad’ members, GOP lawmaker join forces to reject US involvement in Israel-Iran war
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a conservative fiscal hawk who refused to sign onto President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ is building an unlikely bipartisan coalition of lawmakers resisting the United States’ involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran. ‘This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must…
Read More »Poll position: Where Trump stands in the eyes of Americans five months into his second presidency
President Donald Trump touted his poll numbers while speaking with reporters on the White House lawn Wednesday. ‘My approval rating is the highest it’s ever been,’ the president declared, pointing to a newly released national survey. But five months into his second tour of duty in the White House, Trump’s…
Read More »GOP says Dems admit ‘guilt’ in Biden health cover-up by boycotting Senate hearing on ‘constitutional scandal’
Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee admonished Democratic colleagues for boycotting and walking out of a Wednesday morning hearing examining former President Joe Biden’s health decline while he was in the Oval Office. ‘I will note that few of my Democratic colleagues are here today,’ Republican Texas Sen. John…
Read More »Trump weighs striking Iranian nuclear facilities: ‘I may do it, I may not do it’
President Donald Trump said it’s up in the air whether he will sign off on military strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities — comments that come as his administration weighs U.S. involvement in the growing conflict between Israel and Iran. Trump told reporters outside the White House Wednesday that he hasn’t…
Read More »DAVID MARCUS: Trump’s base trusts him to play strong hand in Iran
Of all the ways to try to influence President Donald Trump, the absolute worst is to threaten him. And yet, there is a segment of MAGA world podcasters and influencers insisting that if the commander-in-chief takes direct action against Iran, it will divide and crush Trump’s base. Don’t count on…
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