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GOP senator blocks Trump DHS nominees until Noem testifies before Senate

A Senate Republican intends to block President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nominees until Secretary Kristi Noem appears on Capitol Hill. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told reporters that he was putting holds on future nominees for the agency because Noem had not yet committed to appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. ‘My chairman

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‘Tip of the iceberg’: Senate Republicans press Gov Walz over Minnesota fraud scandal

The entire Senate GOP demanded that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz provide a paper trail on the state’s role in the Minnesota fraud scandal, cranking up the scrutiny in Washington, D.C. in the process.  In a letter led by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Republicans reiterated that Congress controls the flow of taxpayer dollars that are alleged

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President Trump says there won’t be a ‘second Wave of Attacks’ against Venezuela due to their ‘cooperation’

President Donald Trump announced in an early Friday morning Truth Social post that he has ‘cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks’ against Venezuela in light of the ‘cooperation’ between the foreign nation and the U.S. ‘Venezuela is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of ‘Seeking Peace.’ This is a very

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Inside the sea war to contain ‘dark fleet’ vessels — and what the US seizure signals to Russia

The U.S. seizure of the tanker formerly known as Bella I marks a rare escalation in sanctions enforcement against Russia’s so-called ‘dark fleet,’ but experts say the move is unlikely to trigger a broader confrontation with Moscow, at least in the near term. Analysts largely agree that the interdiction — one of the most direct U.S.

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Key Republican negotiator details bipartisan Obamacare fix as abortion dispute remains sticking point

A bipartisan cohort of senators is nearing a final plan to tackle rising healthcare costs, but the issue of more-stringent restrictions preventing taxpayer-funded abortions remains a major hurdle in the way to sealing the deal. The working group, led by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, has held several meetings since dueling, partisan

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Russia fires new hypersonic missile in massive Ukraine attack, Kremlin says

Russia said on Friday it used its new hypersonic Oreshnik missile in an attack against Ukraine, according to reports. The Kremlin said that the strike was carried out in response to what it said was an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, something Kyiv has denied, according to Reuters. 

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DAVID MARCUS: How Trump’s team of former rivals is saving America

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are the central and most popular members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, but they have something else in common: All three are harsh former critics of their current boss. Much has been made, especially on

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Trump’s Venezuela push runs into hard realities for US energy giants

The dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has handed President Donald Trump a rare strategic opening — one that could reshape Venezuela’s crippled oil industry, redirect global crude flows and weaken the foothold that rivals like Russia, China and Iran have built in the Western Hemisphere. But unlocking the world’s largest oil reserves won’t

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Trump pauses oil exec summit to peek at White House ballroom’s progress

President Donald Trump briefly paused his meeting with nearly two dozen oil executives Friday afternoon to walk over to a window at the White House to check out updates on the ballroom’s construction. ‘Today, I’m delighted to welcome almost two dozen of the biggest and most respected oil and gas executives in the world to

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Grassley presses FBI over Trump Arctic Frost probe name, calls change ‘anything but random’

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is demanding answers on the process of how the FBI determines code names for its investigations, after receiving records that show agents ‘renaming’ the Arctic Frost investigation into President Donald Trump, with the senator calling the move ‘anything but random.’  Grassley penned a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi

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