Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, May 19. The vice president will brief the media as White House Press Secretary is on maternity leave. Secretary of State Marco Rubio filled in for Leavitt previously for the White House briefing: Source link
Senate Republicans on Tuesday vented their frustration and disappointment over President Trump’s decision to endorse state Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn (R) in the Texas Senate Republican primary, a move that deals a crushing blow to Cornyn’s hopes of winning the May 26 runoff. “I don’t understand. He is an ethically challenged… […]
President Donald Trump has backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican race for U.S. Senate in Texas, praising Paxton as a loyal America First ally while criticizing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn as late to support Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Trump announced his endorsement in a lengthy Truth Social statement, calling Paxton, “The Highly […]
President Trump took the press pool on a tour of the White House ballroom and defense infrastructure that is being incorporated into the design itself. As noted by President Trump the ballroom will sit atop a sub-surface system of hardened rooms, research facilities and military operations that will form a hub of interconnected executive office […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said he will not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking from her work with Jeffrey Epstein. “I can commit to that,” he told senators Tuesday. He also said he’s willing to meet with Epstein victims, and indeed has met with their representatives before. “We […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, May 19. Blanche took over the Department of Justice (DOJ) as acting attorney general when President Donald Trump announced former AG Pam Bondi was leaving the role in April. Blanche has announced a number of major investigations since taking on the role, […]
A former prison guard who was on duty at the federal Metropolitan Corrections Center in New York when convicted Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 testified Monday that the late sex offender received “special treatment” at the jail, two members of the House Oversight Committee said. Democratic Reps. Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia and Melanie Stansbury of New […]
In a significant victory for election integrity, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, a 64-year-old longtime petition circulator from Marina del Rey also known as “Anika” or Brenda Brown, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony charge of paying individuals, including homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid […]
By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at RabobankStrikingTrump said that he had delayed a planned military strike on Tuesday, at the request of Qatar, Saudia Arabia, and the UAE. According to Trump, the leaders of the Gulf states had asked the US to call off the attack because “serious negotiations are now taking place,” […]
Six states are set to conclude primary voting Tuesday, with the spotlight on Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R) ugly primary battle in Kentucky and the highly competitive Senate and gubernatorial contests in Georgia. The Kentucky House primary marks the latest front in President Trump’s fight to oust GOP dissenters and another test of his influence among the party’s… […]
