President-elect Trump tapped Kari Lake as the next director of the Voice of America, a state-funded U.S. government broadcaster. ‘I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the…
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Conservatives tout victory after stopping last-minute Schumer push to confirm key agency head: ‘Outstanding’
Republicans and conservatives on social media are taking a victory lap after Senate Democrats failed in a last-minute attempt to keep control of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday after narrowly losing a…
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland praised FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday as a leader who served the U.S. ‘honorably and with integrity’ for two decades in the hours after Wray announced his plans to…
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Marine critic of Afghan withdrawal to lead rank-and-file enlistees in Senate visits promoting Hegseth
A Marine lieutenant colonel from Ohio who publicly spoke out against the Afghanistan withdrawal will lead rank-and-file service members door-to-door in the Senate next week in support of defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Stuart Scheller, who…
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Longtime Biden confidante and former senior adviser Anita Dunn criticized the president’s handling of his son Hunter’s pardon on Wednesday, saying that she disagreed with the ‘timing’ and the ‘rationale’ while describing it as an…
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, signaled he is not finished with his oversight of FBI Director Christopher Wray’s handling of the bureau, even after the intelligence official announced he was stepping down. Jordan…
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Roughly half of Americans approve of how President-elect Trump is handling his transition to a second term in the White House, according to two new national polls. Fifty-five percent of Americans said they largely approve…
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124 Dems oppose historically bipartisan defense bill over restrictions on transgender treatments for minors
The House voted Wednesday to pass its yearly defense bill that would give junior enlisted troops a significant pay bump and work to eliminate DEI programs at the Pentagon. It passed 281-140, with 16 Republicans voting…
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It’s been painful to see the FBI I served with pride for over 24 years be transformed into a political weapon by idealogues and anti-Trump partisans. Now the FBI faces the prospect of a new…
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Patel ‘ready to serve’ as FBI director, seeks ‘smooth transition’ after Wray resignation news
President-elect Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, said Wednesday that he is seeking a ‘smooth transition’ to replace Christopher Wray, who had announced just moments earlier that he plans to step down from his…