Leavitt Spars With Reporter Who Suggests Trump Could Use Middle East Trip For Personal Profit
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sparred with a reporter who suggested that President Donald Trump was personally profiting from his time as president — specifically his upcoming trip to the Middle East — saying as Trump has in the past that he was likely losing money while he held the office. During Friday’s White […]
FORWARDING: Van Hollen, Warren Lead Colleagues in Pressing Bessent, Bondi on Oversight of Binance Following Reported Meetings with Company Executives and Administration Officials
May 09, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi for answers regarding the Trump Administration’s oversight of cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s legal obligation to exit the U.S. market, following its […]
White House fuzzy on Trump's proposal to tax richest Americans
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered little clarity on whether President Trump wants to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, declining to say if he wants the top rates to increase. Source link
Marjorie Taylor Greene Defiantly Rules Out a Senate Run in Georgia
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, said on Friday that she would not run for Senate in 2026.The revelation — a huge relief to Republicans who feared she would challenge Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and jeopardize their chance at defeating him — came 1,200 words deep into a screed against her party that Ms. […]
President Trump suggests 80% China tariff; Newark mayor arrested at an ICE detention facility
Trump has moved to fire three Democratic commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they objected to the administration’s efforts to lay off agency staff, the commissioners said.CPSC Commissioners Richard Trumka Jr. and Mary Boyle said they received emails on Thursday night saying that the president had fired them from the independent bipartisan agency. […]
Bill O’Reilly Slams the Ladies of ‘The View’ Over Joe Biden Interview: ‘They Live in a Delusional World’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit
Bill O’Reilly slammed the hosts of ‘The View’ this week after their interview of Joe and Jill Biden, calling them delusional. Bill took issue with Joe Biden claiming that Kamala Harris lost because of sexism and the hosts of the show accepting that ridiculous answer. He even suggested that it’s not necessarily a case of […]
Murray, Merkley grill FBI director over agency budget, politicization
Director Kash Patel showed little patience for the senators’ questions during an appropriations committee meeting earlier this week. Author: kgw.com Published: 6:46 PM PDT May 9, 2025 Updated: 6:46 PM PDT May 9, 2025 Source link
Murkowski gets onboard with Team Patel, the man she tried to block for FBI director
Screenshot In a political pivot, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who previously voted against the confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI director, now says she is actively working with him — praising parts of his approach while pushing for concrete action on longstanding justice issues affecting Native communities and public safety in Alaska. During a Senate committee […]
Thune on millionaire tax: 'I don’t want to see taxes go up on anybody'
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is making it clear that he’s not a fan of President Trump’s proposal earlier this week to raise taxes on wealthy income earners, but he’s willing to listen to what the president has in mind. “I don’t want to see taxes go up on anybody,” Thune said in an […]