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Hanna Trudo, who most recently worked as a senior political correspondent at The Hill, is considering jumping into the Democratic primary to replace Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., as Pappas runs for Senate next year.Trudo, who is a New Hampshire native, wrote in a memo that she is “exploring running” in the primary in New Hampshire’s […]
Senate Republicans on Monday grew increasingly nervous after President Trump’s comments over the weekend that some of his tariffs could be permanent and that things would be “OK” even if the U.S. experienced a short-term recession. Republicans have been on edge for weeks as the Trump administration’s hemming and hawing on tariffs have created instability […]
California High-Speed Rail Authority California’s high-speed rail project is a lesson in the inefficiency of big government. The project was started nearly twenty years ago and they have not even started laying down tracks. One of the reasons it’s in the news right now is because it has gone way over budget and the people […]
Nike, the self-proclaimed champion of sports apparel and athletes, has been exposed for funding a horrific study on “trans adolescents” — a term that’s as absurd as it is dangerous. The New York Times Magazine dropped this bombshell in an April 20 piece about transgender athletes in women’s college sports, and the silence from Nike […]
Secretary Hegseth’s emphasis on warfighters has dramatically transformed the Department of Defense in just the first hundred days of his tenure. When President Donald Trump was elected, he promised the American people a consequential cabinet with brash picks that would change the executive branch and Washington, D.C. for good. With his first big-name choice, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April 29 and […]
Shira Perlmutter (L); Carla Hayden (R) The battle against the entrenched Deep State has entered a new chapter — this time inside the hallowed halls of the Library of Congress. Conservative watchdog group The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) is calling on President Donald Trump to remove Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and U.S. Copyright Office […]
The White House on Friday revealed President Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2026, which includes cutting a quarter of the discretionary funding designated to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In a letter addressed to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought […]
Four prominent defense hawks on Capitol Hill on Friday slammed President Trump’s 2026 budget request as inadequate, arguing it would freeze defense funding for the second year in a row at a time when the nation faces growing threats from China, Russia and other adversaries. House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said Friday […]
