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GOP in turmoil over new $1.776-billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted
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GOP in turmoil over new $1.776-billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted
Trump’s allies and critics are already applying for a share of his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. More than a dozen people in Minnesota are charged in a Medicaid fraud investigatio...
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Senate Republicans blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Thursday over the Trump administration’s proposal to set up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate MAGA allies prosecuted by the J...
Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren to discuss Donald...
Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter int...
Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter int...
House Republicans abruptly pulled legislation to curb President Donald Trump's ability to continue the war with Iran on Thursday.
Some Republican senators openly expressed their concerns about the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization fund" in a tense meeting Thursday with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Some Republican senators openly expressed their concerns about the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization fund" in a tense meeting Thursday with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to…
GOP postpones vote on Trump's war powers to June as its struggles to muster support to defeat resolution; House Democratic leader calls Republicans 'cowardly' for pulling bill
Former CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Thursday questioned whether he should receive compensation from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “anti-weaponization” fund. “[Presi...
WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a rare split...
Thursday on MS NOW's "The Weeknight," Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said President Donald Trump should be impeached over the Department of Justice's so-called anti-weaponization fund.
Cancellation, which avoids embarrassment for Trump, is latest signal of diminishing congressional support for war House Republicans canceled a scheduled Thursday vote on a war powers resolu...
Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impa...
Republicans in both the House and Senate are quickly moving to stop the DOJ/IRS settlement with President Trump that establishes a $1.776 billion victim’s compensation fund for those target...
WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar package to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term faced new delays Thursday as Senate Republicans showed a rare split...
House GOP leadership pulled a scheduled vote Thursday to rein in President Trump's military campaign in Iran after it became clear they did not have the votes to defeat it. Why it matters:...
The House rejected legislation Thursday to green-light construction of a Smithsonian women's history museum on the National Mall, as six Republicans helped Democrats sink the measure.
The House rejected legislation Thursday to green-light construction of a Smithsonian women's history museum on the National Mall, as six Republicans helped Democrats sink the measure.
Republicans are currently battling over a fund that could pay people alleging legal system was 'weaponized' against them
The Senate has gone on recess without passing a bill to fund U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The catalyst for leaving without passing a bill President […]
The discord marked a potential turning point for Congress, which has been largely sidelined under the second Trump administration on the war in Iran and other issues.
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