Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., endorsed President Donald Trump in a Wednesday post on X, making the unorthodox announcement more than three months after Election Day 2024. When making the announcement, Paul pointed to Trump’s cabinet picks and a Truth Social post in which the commander in chief blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘A few people may have noticed that I ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance Wednesday to implement sex-based definitions across the federal government and partners to expand President Donald Trump’s executive order signed last month titled, ‘Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.’ HHS announced the department will also be working ‘to implement policies protecting children from ...
Many pro-Trump Republicans took to social media on Thursday to celebrate Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would be leaving the Senate at the end of his term, with one commentator saying he has ‘done so much destruction’ to the Republican Party. At 83 years old, McConnell has been in the Senate for 40 years. Known as a ...
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Ukraine needs to ‘tone down’ its criticism of President Donald Trump and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy needs to ‘come back to the table’ to work out an economic deal with the U.S. Waltz spoke on ‘Fox & Friends’ a day after Zelenskyy suggested Trump is in a ‘disinformation space’ regarding peace talks with Russia. ...
The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted ‘yes’ on the conservative firebrand’s confirmation, even while moderates Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted ‘no.’ A vote to invoke cloture and begin two hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47 earlier Thursday. Members of the Senate ...
Indiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks is set to deliver a speech to conservatives on Thursday declaring victory over ‘wokeness’ and making the case that the ‘Golden Age of America’ ushered in by President Trump will mean the ‘death’ of DEI. ‘Despite how extensively DEI polluted our institutions, President Trump, with the swipe of his pen, dismantled this Marxist ideology from ...
Democrats on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee claimed their GOP counterparts would ‘rue the day’ they confirm FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, who is slated for a final vote Thursday afternoon and is expected to be approved. ‘There’s no question here he is unqualified and unprepared,’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said outside the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to slash approximately 7,000 probationary workers in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. starting Thursday, according to reports. The layoffs will affect probationary workers who have been employed for one year or less and have not been able to secure full civil service protection, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday. McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as Senate majority leader under President Donald Trump’s first administration. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, and he announced his retirement on his 83rd birthday. ‘Seven times, ...
Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, revealed she will not back President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, Kash Patel. ‘The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI comes to the Senate against the backdrop of recent personnel actions at the Department of Justice, including the resignations of several career federal prosecutors who ...