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Elbridge Colby confirmed to top Pentagon policy post after hesitation from GOP hawks

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Elbridge Colby confirmed to top Pentagon policy post after hesitation from GOP hawks

Elbridge Colby will now assume the Pentagon’s number three post after a contentious Senate battle ended in a vote to confirm him to the role.The Senate voted 51 to 45 to confirm the national security strategist as Defense Department undersecretary for policy, with three Democrats joining most Republicans in voting in his favor. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was the lone Republican no vote. Colby successfully overcame skepticism from GOP hawks like […]

todayApril 8, 2025

Colorado Dems ram abortion, transgender bills through on limited Sunday session debate: ‘Unprecedented’

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Colorado Dems ram abortion, transgender bills through on limited Sunday session debate: ‘Unprecedented’

The Colorado Democratic House majority pushed through a slate of controversial gender and abortion bills on Sunday, curtailing floor debate in what Republican lawmakers called an "unprecedented" tactic."It should alarm every American that Colorado's Majority used a Sunday — a day typically reserved for family and prayer — to force through four of the most extreme bills of the session," Republican House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese told Fox News Digital […]

todayApril 7, 2025

Reporter’s Notebook: Power player on Capitol Hill

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Reporter’s Notebook: Power player on Capitol Hill

Whether or not congressional Republicans are able to pass President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" of tax and spending cuts may hinge on one person. Not a swing vote. Not someone like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., or Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who occasionally bucks their party. But someone you’ve probably never heard of.After all, Washington is stocked with power players. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, […]

todayApril 7, 2025

JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching 10 years sobriety

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JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching 10 years sobriety

Vice President JD Vance honored his mother, Beverly Aikins, at the White House Monday to commemorate her reaching 10 years of sobriety. "I remember when I gave my (Republican National Committee) convention speech, which was the craziest thing, and I even said during the speech that we would have your 10-year medallion ceremony at the White House," Vance said in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, according to the Washington Examiner. VANCE'S ‘AMERICA […]

todayApril 7, 2025 1

Maryland lawmakers closer to passing roadblock to ICE deportation effort

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Maryland lawmakers closer to passing roadblock to ICE deportation effort

The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill that will prohibit agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) from entering sensitive locations without a warrant.The legislation, Senate Bill 828, which will ban ICE agents from schools, libraries and churches unless the agency is able to obtain a warrant, passed the Democratic-dominated House of Delegates on a 98-39 vote. It now returns to the state Senate where, if approved […]

todayApril 7, 2025 2

Harris team crafted federal judge ‘death-pool roster’ to swear her in should Biden die as president, book says

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Harris team crafted federal judge ‘death-pool roster’ to swear her in should Biden die as president, book says

A communications director for former Vice President Kamala Harris created a so-called "death-pool roster" of federal judges appointed by a Republican that could swear in Harris as president – in the event that President Joe Biden suddenly died, according to a new book.The book, "Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," published Tuesday by William Morrow and Company, claims that Harris’ White House communications director Jamal Simmons crafted […]

todayApril 7, 2025 1

Campus activists push for anti-Trump ‘mutual defense compact’ of major universities

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Campus activists push for anti-Trump ‘mutual defense compact’ of major universities

A group of universities, many of which receive significant federal funding, could soon rebel against President Donald Trump's executive orders clamping down on progressive initiatives in public education, if campus activists have their way.Members of a Rutgers University advisory board recently passed a resolution for establishing a "Mutual Defense Compact" to pool legal and policy resources of the member institutions within the Big Ten Academic Alliance in opposition to the […]

todayApril 7, 2025

GOP candidate rips blue state directive meddling in police force’s cooperation with ICE: ‘Handcuffed’

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GOP candidate rips blue state directive meddling in police force’s cooperation with ICE: ‘Handcuffed’

FIRST ON FOX: An email sent to New Jersey State Police staff revealed that officers were asked not to comply with federal arrest warrants, bringing attention to the state’s "sanctuary" policies.The email sent on March 24 was made public by Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who said he does not fault the head of the department, Col. Patrick Callahan, but the state’s policies that are in place, as well as […]

todayApril 7, 2025 1

Trump hints he’d back longtime critic’s bid to flip Dem Senate seat in 2026: ‘I hope he runs’

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Trump hints he’d back longtime critic’s bid to flip Dem Senate seat in 2026: ‘I hope he runs’

It appears that President Donald Trump has buried the hatchet when it comes to former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who for years was a top Republican critic of the former and current president.Trump now says that if Sununu runs for the Senate in 2026 for the seat currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, his former antagonist would have his full support.Sununu, who in January completed his fourth […]

todayApril 7, 2025