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Republican Tells Omar To Leave United States After She Defends Iran
Democrat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked President Donald Trump on Tuesday and defended Iran when she said that “no one is attacking or has attacked Americans,” even though there is a mountain of evidence that links Iran to attacks on Americans for decades. Her comments came before the United States dropped “bunker buster” bombs on…
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Trump Gives Bret Baier Big Update On Iran, Israel
President Donald Trump provided a major update as tensions are mounting between Israel and Iran. During a phone interview, Trump told Fox News’s chief political anchor Bret Baier that he was aware that Israel was going to conduct preemptive strikes on Iran before they happened. “I just spoke to President Trump. One thing the president was…
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Dem Goes On Profanity-Laced Tirade Against GOP Lawmaker On House Floor
Democratic Rep. John Mannion of New York directed a profane outburst at Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, also of New York, during a heated moment on the House floor Thursday. The incident occurred following the passage of a $9.4 billion rescissions package, which aimed to roll back spending previously flagged as wasteful by the Department of…
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Longtime GOP ‘Moderate’ Says She Could Become Democrat
A more moderate Republican senator who has frequently fought with President Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of leaving the party. In several media interviews on Monday to promote her new book, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) entertained the idea of departing from the GOP. In an interview with former FiveThirtyEight podcaster Galen Druke on…
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Ex-Biden Aide Admits To House She Was Authorized To Use Autopen
A top aide to former President Joe Biden testified behind closed doors for more than four hours on Tuesday as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into his mental fitness to serve and the White House’s use of an autopen, confirming she was authorized to use the automatic signature device while denying allegations of…
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Trump’s Top Diplomat in Africa Leaving State Department
President Donald Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take his position. “After a long and distinguished career, the Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Ambassador Troy Fitrell is retiring in…
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AOC Smacked Down By Fellow Democrat Fetterman On Impeaching Trump
Efforts by “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump over his strike on Iran slammed into a wall on Monday, with one key Democrat senator declaring the scheme “dead on arrival.” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who backed Trump’s bold move to strike Iranian nuclear targets on Sunday, shut down…
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Senate Confirms Rodney Scott To Lead Customs And Border Protection
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Rodney Scott as head of Customs and Border Protection. Scott formerly served as Border Patrol Chief and currently commands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) biggest enforcement department, which has approximately 65,000 workers. CBP consists of two divisions: the Border Patrol, which is in charge of protecting the nation’s borders…
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Team Trump Sets Sights On First GOP Incumbent to Primary
President Donald Trump and his political team are actively working to primary their first Republican incumbent: Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who has drawn Trump’s ire for questioning the president’s authority to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities without congressional approval and for voting against Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts legislation. As first reported by Axios, Trump’s…
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Bannon, Taylor Greene Vow Retribution Against J6’er Liz Cheney
Podcaster Steve Bannon and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s historic victory this week during a segment on his show Tuesday evening, as both vowed to go after Jan. 6 Committee co-chair Liz Cheney, now a former GOP lawmaker from Wyoming. “MTG, you’ve been with us from the beginning as a fighter.…
