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Tulsi Gabbard grilled on Snowden, warrantless wiretaps, Assad meeting in fraught DNI confirmation hearing
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National, National Review

Tulsi Gabbard grilled on Snowden, warrantless wiretaps, Assad meeting in fraught DNI confirmation hearing

By Audrey Fahlberg | National Review U.S. senators’ private concerns with Tulsi Gabbard’s history of unconventional national security views burst into public view on Thursday when the director of intelligence nominee — a former Hawaii congresswoman, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve — sat before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a tense confirmation hearing that did little to dispel the narrative that her path to confirmation remains narrow. Senate Republicans have a 53-seat majority this Congress and Vice President JD Vance can break a tie in a confirmation vote on the floor. But she must first clear the Senate Intelligence Committee, where Republicans have a one-seat majority and a single defection could cost her a favorable...
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Costco board members donated heavily to Democrats in 2024 election cycle
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Fox Business, National

Costco board members donated heavily to Democrats in 2024 election cycle

By David Spector  | Fox Business Costco's chairman of the board donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats in the last election cycle, and multiple other board members heavily donated to Democrats as well, according to data from the Federal Elections Commission.  The grocery wholesaler is grappling with a public backlash after the board overwhelmingly came out in favor of the company's controversial DEI policies.  Chairman of the Board Hamilton E. James gave $100,000 to the Harris Action Fund in May 2023. Hamilton, who was formerly with the Blackstone Group, donated $150,000 to the Harris Victory Fund in October 2024, FEC data reveals.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
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Kittle: New York Magazine crops out truth with young conservative hit piece
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Commentary, National, The Federalist

Kittle: New York Magazine crops out truth with young conservative hit piece

By M.D. Kittle | Commentary, The Federalist Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A leftist “news” reporter walks into a conservative event and omits some key details in a hit piece attacking President Donald Trump and his supporters.  Even for New York Magazine, one of the bigger jokes in American journalism, the fact-fractured story headlined, “The Cruel Kids’ Table,” is a lesson in the excesses of the Pravda press.  The hit job, written by the mag’s feature reporter Brock Colyar, is supposed to be a first-person account of inauguration weekend parties filled with “young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on America.” It’s the same tired — and false — screed portraying the MAGA movement as privil...
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Democrat critics of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the big pharma, healthcare dole for millions of dollars
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Breitbart, National

Democrat critics of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the big pharma, healthcare dole for millions of dollars

By Sean Moran | Breitbart During Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Senate Democrats criticized the healthcare nominee for chasing money and influence, while they have received millions of dollars from the healthcare industry. Sen. Ron Wyden said that Kennedy, who Trump nominated to be his Health and Human Services Department Secretary, is “someone who chases money and influence wherever they lead, even if that may mean the tragic death of children and other vulnerable people.” Although Wyden attacked Kennedy for allegedly chasing “money and influence,” it appears that Wyden has raised significant sums from the healthcare industry, which has a vested stake in the potential confirmation of Kennedy. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
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Military helicopter collides with airliner at Regan National — no survivors, says fire chief
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Breitbart, National

Military helicopter collides with airliner at Regan National — no survivors, says fire chief

By Paul Bois and Bob Price | Breitbart An airplane has reportedly crashed at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, DC, grounding all takeoffs and landings. Update: 8:20 a.m. ET: Fire Chief John Donnelly reports the mission is moving from a rescue phase to a recovery phase. He confirms there were no survivors from the Wednesday night crash. The chief said they had recovered 27 bodies from the airliner and one soldier from the helicopter. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
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Trump nominees to testify in high-stakes trio of Senate hearings
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National, Washington Examiner

Trump nominees to testify in high-stakes trio of Senate hearings

By Samantha-Jo Roth | Washington Examiner Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees will testify before the Senate on Thursday in what could be a make-or-break moment for the trio of administration picks. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tapped to be Trump’s health and human services secretary, will appear for his second day of testimony, while Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel, nominated for intelligence chief and FBI director, respectively, will face senators for the first time in a committee setting. Each has made controversial statements that could imperil their nomination with the handful of centrist Republicans who will decide their fate. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration
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Fox News, National

Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration

By Fox News President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.  The measure, which advanced through the House and Senate in January, directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft-related crimes, or those accused of assaulting a police officer.  The law also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused to their citizens because of illegal immigration. READ THE FULL STORY ON FOX NEWS
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Health officials told to stop working with WHO immediately after Trump withdrawal
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National, Washington Examiner

Health officials told to stop working with WHO immediately after Trump withdrawal

By Annabella Rosciglione | Washington Examiner Health officials working at agencies housed within the Department of Health and Human Services have been told to suspend their work with the World Health Organization immediately after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the country out of the organization. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official John Nkengasong sent a memo to senior agency leaders Sunday night in which he said that all agency staff who work with the WHO must stop their collaborations effective immediately and “await further guidance.”  “All CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual,...
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Trump proposes abolishment of federal income tax, bringing U.S. back to ‘richest period’ in history
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Fox Business, National

Trump proposes abolishment of federal income tax, bringing U.S. back to ‘richest period’ in history

By Kristen Altus  | Fox Business Pitching a monumental and potentially controversial proposal to his Republican allies, President Donald Trump is seemingly floating the idea of scrapping federal income taxes altogether. "We had no income tax. The income tax came in…1913. As I said in my speech last week, instead of taxing our citizens to enrich foreign nations, we should be tariffing and taxing foreign nations to enrich our citizens," Trump said during his conference address in Doral, Florida, on Monday. "It's time for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever before," he added. "You know, the United States in 1870 to 1913, all tariffs. And that was the richest period in the history of the United States, relatively speaking." READ...
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What will the Fed do with interest rates and how will Trump react?
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Fox News, National

What will the Fed do with interest rates and how will Trump react?

By Eric Revell  | Fox Business The Federal Reserve is set to announce its next interest rate move on Wednesday, which could prompt a reaction from President Donald Trump, who recently called for the Fed to lower interest rates. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are expected to leave the target for the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% — which would be the central bank's first pause in this rate-cutting cycle following three consecutive cuts that brought rates down from 5.25% to 5.5%. The Fed's anticipated pause could prompt Trump to renew his criticism of the central bank and Fed Chair Jerome Powell, following the president's call for lower interest rates last week. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FOX BUSINESS
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