House inches forward on Trump’s rescissions request

Washington — House Republican leaders expected to vote Thursday on a package to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, but possible amendment votes to force the release of files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein stalled movement on President Trump’s request.  The House is facing a Friday end-of-day deadline

Bondi tours Alcatraz as part of Trump’s plan to reopen former prison

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took a tour of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Thursday morning as part of President Trump’s directive to revert the popular tourist attraction to a federal penitentiary. Bondi toured Alcatraz, currently part of the National Park Service, along with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, arriving on a Coast Guard vessel.