POLITICS

House GOP Releases Budget Blueprint to Advance Trump’s Legislative Plan

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The resolution’s text does not achieve deficit neutrality on its own; instead, it assumes that economic growth will increase and thus lead to more tax revenue. The House Budget Committee released on Feb. 12 a budget blueprint to start the process of passing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda looking at securing the border, cutting taxes,

House Speaker Says DOGE Has Found Shocking Government Spending Not Approved by Congress

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Mike Johnson’s comments run counter to claims made by some Democratic lawmakers who accuse the organization of illegally proposing cuts to federal agencies. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found a “shocking” number of federal government expenditures that Congress did not approve, House Speaker Mike Johnston (R-La.) said this past week. Republicans

Senate voting on Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation as intel chief

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Washington — The Senate is voting Wednesday on Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation for director of national intelligence, after her nomination survived a crucial committee vote last week and cleared a key procedural hurdle Monday. Gabbard, 43, is a former Democratic congresswoman who represented Hawaii in the House from 2013 to 2021, and sought the party’s nomination for

Hegseth Says Ukraine Regaining Pre-War Borders is ‘Unrealistic’

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Hegseth reiterated Trump’s calls for negotiations to end the Russia–Ukraine war and signaled U.S. focus will shift to other security concerns beyond Europe. Meeting with Ukraine’s network of international backers in Belgium on Feb. 12, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that retaking all territory that Ukraine has lost to Russia since 2014 is an

U.S. sending “low-risk” migrants to Guantanamo, despite vow to send “the worst”

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Washington — While the Trump administration has highlighted transfers of dangerous criminals and suspected gang members to Guantanamo Bay, it is also sending nonviolent, “low-risk” migrant detainees who lack serious criminal records or any at all, according to two U.S. officials and internal government documents. When he ordered officials to convert facilities inside the U.S.