Washington — Congressional Republicans are racing to meet a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline to send a massive tax and domestic policy bill to President Trump as he dials up pressure on lawmakers, even as several major disputes have yet to be resolved. On his way to The Hague …
Read More »President Trump’s flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats. The pardons absolved hundreds of convicted criminals from having to pay for damages and restitution caused by their crimes. Victims have not …
Read More »The Army commemorated its 250th anniversary with a festival and parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday — which is also President Trump’s 79th birthday. The event included about 6,600 soldiers, as well as about 150 vehicles and over 50 aircraft taking part. Large crowds of people lined up along the parade route to …
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct military forces sent to the Los Angeles protests to arrest civilians — a request that would exceed authorities invoked by President Trump when he deployed the National Guard. In a letter sent Sunday, obtained first by the San Francisco …
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Federal prosecutors charged a Southern California man with allegedly threatening to kill President Trump on Facebook after last year’s election. The man — identified as 73-year-old Thomas Eugene Streavel of San Bernardino County — was indicted last week on three counts of making threats against a president-elect, the Justice Department …
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Washington — President Trump praised Elon Musk for his work through the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency as the billionaire’s tenure as a “special government employee” comes to an end, saying his work “has been without comparison in modern history.” “He’s one of the greatest business leaders and innovators …
Read More »Helsinki, Finland— President Biden on Thursday declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has already lost the war” in Ukraine. Mr. Biden was wrapping a four-day long European trip which included the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the alliance reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine. But as Mr. Biden celebrated Finland’s …
Read More »The Pentagon has launched a formal investigation into a strike in Syria, following allegations that the strike may have killed a civilian, not the senior al Qaeda leader the U.S. had targeted. “The civilian casualty credibility assessment process has become an AR 15-6 investigation,” U.S. Central Command said in a …
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Officials for the PGA Tour have agreed to testify next month before a Senate subcommittee which is investigating the organization’s controversial plan to join with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. In a letter Wednesday addressed to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ron Johnson said that the Senate Permanent …
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For more than three years, tens of millions of Americans haven’t had to make federal student loan payments because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the deal reached to address the looming debt limit crisis guarantees the end of that payment pause. But it does not end the president’s effort to …
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