Hawaii Democrat Elle Cochran switches to GOP, giving Republicans their largest caucus in nearly two decades

Hawaii State Representative Elle Cochran announced Monday that she is leaving the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans, a move that boosts the House Republican Caucus to 10 members in the 51-seat chamber. It marks the party's largest showing in nearly two decades. Cochran, who was elected to her seat in 2022, told constituents during […]

Markwayne Mullin faces a fiery Senate confirmation hearing for DHS secretary, clashes with Rand Paul

Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, teared up during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday after recounting how the President personally reached out to his family during his son's battle with a traumatic brain injury. The emotional moment was only one act in a hearing that swung from personal […]

House passes Deporting Fraudsters Act 231-186, as 186 Democrats vote to shield illegal immigrants who commit welfare fraud

The House voted 231-186 on Wednesday to pass the Deporting Fraudsters Act, a bill that would make welfare fraud an explicitly deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Every single one of the 186 votes against it came from Democrats. As reported by Fox News, the bill contains a direct provision that mandates deportation […]

Top counterintelligence official Joseph Kent resigns, accuses Israel of pushing U.S. into Iran conflict

Joseph Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned from his post in protest over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, accusing Israel and what he called "its powerful American lobby" of pressuring the United States into war. In a resignation letter addressed to President Trump, Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier […]

Forty House Republicans move to block Senate bills until SAVE Act advances

Forty House Republicans staged a direct challenge to the Senate's legislative priorities, attempting to block or stall Senate-backed legislation until Senate Majority Leader John Thune advances the SAVE America Act. The revolt targeted a Senate-passed measure from Sen. Joni Ernst involving two small-business innovation programs, though that bill nonetheless passed the House 345-41 under suspension […]

Chief Justice Roberts warns that "personally directed hostility" toward the Court must stop

Chief Justice John Roberts told an audience at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston on Tuesday that criticism aimed personally at Supreme Court justices crosses a line that threatens the judiciary itself. "Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop," Roberts said. The remarks arrived days after President Trump singled […]

Iran's wounded supreme leader reportedly flown to Moscow for surgery at Putin's personal residence

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, has reportedly been smuggled out of the country aboard a Russian military plane and underwent leg surgery at one of Vladimir Putin's presidential residences, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. The operation was allegedly arranged by Putin himself during a phone call on Thursday, with Khamenei transported to Moscow that […]

Congressional Democrats push criminal referral against Kristi Noem over testimony they call perjury

Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Dick Durbin fired off a letter to the Department of Justice on Monday seeking criminal charges against Kristi Noem, accusing the former Homeland Security Secretary of lying under oath during congressional hearings earlier this month. The top Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees allege Noem's testimony violated criminal […]

Greg Bovino, the face of Trump's interior enforcement operations, announces retirement after reassignment

Greg Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol commander who became the most visible figure in the Trump administration's interior immigration enforcement campaign, announced his retirement over the weekend in an interview with Breitbart. The Department of Homeland Security, however, says it hasn't been notified and that Bovino has not submitted any retirement paperwork. The disconnect is […]

Senate to vote on SAVE America Act, forcing Democrats to go on record against voter ID

Senate Majority Leader John Thune will bring the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor this week, setting up a showdown that will force every Democrat to publicly declare where they stand on requiring proof of citizenship to vote. The legislation, which already passed the House, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote […]
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