Some Senate Republican aides say there is growing support within the Senate GOP conference for ousting the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled against a proposal to provide $1 billion for the White House ballroom, a move that would drastically change how the upper chamber operates. The ruling infuriated President Trump, who claimed last week… […]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GOP runoff. Paxton is projected to garner about 64 percent support with over 95 percent of the vote reported early Wednesday, according to Decision Desk HQ The state’s attorney… […]
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Apparently, former Attorney General Pam Bondi has been battling thyroid cancer since her departure from Main Justice. Axios is reporting today that President Trump has appointed Bondi to an advisory committee role on artificial intelligence. [Axios via MSM] – President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to an advisory committee focused on AI […]
Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the absolutely flabbergasting claim that President Donald Trump was the “most corrupt president in American history.” Booker said, “What President Trump is doing is a moral outrage from his corruption, his crypto schemes, his ballroom, the monuments to his ego, to all the kleptocracy […]
A three-judge panel on Tuesday morning blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map the panel ruled racially discriminatory and ordered the state to use a remedial map aimed at giving Black Alabamians a chance to elect their preferred leaders. The order comes almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court substantially weakened Section 2 […]
Earlier today the New York Post (Murdoch Inc.) was reporting a cabinet meeting was scheduled to take place tomorrow at Camp David, in Maryland. The unusual location for this meeting stemmed from information the Post obtained via an anonymous “White House official.” For some reason, every media report felt it was important to emphasize that […]
In the wake of this month’s Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, and as a ‘paused’ but still looming major US-approved weapons deal and transfer to Taipei is set to go forward, China is stepping up military patrols near and around the self-ruled island of Taiwan.Taiwan’s military is currently on high alert, having on Tuesday dispatched ships and […]
A group of nine Democrats urged President Trump to commute the sentences of people serving time for nonviolent marijuana offenses, following his decision to reclassify the drug last month. “The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by capacity issues, both overcrowded and understaffed. While it won’t solve the structural issues that have led us here,… […]
President Donald Trump says he “checked out perfectly” in his latest physical examination at Walter Reed Military Medical Center on Tuesday. Trump took to Truth Social during his ride home from Walter Reed in the early afternoon. “Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you […]
