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Blanche meets with possible GOP holdouts as Cassidy warns of 'lawfare' under acting AG
Blanche has already worked to appease Texas Sen. John Cornyn and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis in the committee phase by providing a written statement saying the so-called Trump IRS Anti-Weaponization Fund had been closed.
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House Democrats refer Energy Sec. Wright to DOJ for prosecution for allegedly lying to congress
The decision on whether to prosecute Wright will be made by the Department of Justice. Lying to Congress is a federal crime usually prosecuted as making a false statement (18 U.S.C. § 1001) or as perjury (18 U.S.C. § 1621) if the person spoke under oath. Both offenses carry a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.
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Watch Live: Trump delivers economic speech in Las Vegas
The speech is part of the president's two-day trip to the West Coast, where he also spoke at a Republican National Committee fundraiser on Tuesday night.
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Comer asks Government Accountability Office to probe Army Corps rental rates for marina operators
Comer emphasized that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) rental calculations are imposing excessive costs on marina operators and asked acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown to investigate USACE’s rental rate methodology.
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Hegseth blisters predecessor Lloyd Austin in Senate testimony
Hegseth appeared in front of the panel to discuss his department's $80 billion supplemental funding request, which includes $67 billion for the conflict with Iran, but also addressed larger plans for the war.
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Trump says direct flights between US-Lebanon can resume for first time in over 40 years
President Ronald Reagan's administration suspended direct flights between the U.S. and Lebanon in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
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Senate Intelligence panel advance Clayton's nomination for Director of National Intelligence
President Donald Trump nominated Clayton, who was serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York at the time, for the role last month. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is currently serving as acting DNI in the interim.
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'Worst of the worst': Latest ICE roundup nabs murderers, pedophiles
The roundup is part of DHS's "Worst of the Worst" initiative, which aims to highlight the criminal nature of many illegal aliens deported under the administration.
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Nonprofit alleges DEA contractor faced retaliation for backing fentanyl whistleblower
A whistleblower alleges a pattern of institutional retaliation designed to silence people who raised alarms about a deadly government practice, suggesting that the fentanyl-walking scandal in New Mexico may have been compounded by efforts to punish those who spoke out.
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Trump directs agencies to waive NDAs for former employees involved in UFO investigations: report
The nondisclosure agreements have proved an impediment to government investigations into UAPs, also known as UFOs, and the directive is intended to ease this source of reluctance.
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Speaker Johnson supports expanding ban on lawmakers having sexual relations with staffers
This proposed ban would apply even to aides who aren't subordinates in a personal office or on a committee.
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IRS chief Frank Bisignano denies WSJ report saying he spied on colleagues while working at JPMorgan
The piece alleges, among other things, that Bisignano used his authority over the security department and position to access sensitive information and internal communications without a business justification.
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Like FBI on terrorism after 9-11, Trump is pressing feds to stop fraudulent payments beforehand
The Treasury Department, via its Bureau of the Fiscal Service, recently screened over 885 million payments totaling about $2.77 trillion and flagged roughly 4,900 payments tied to deceased individuals as part of the expanded "Do Not Pay" system.