Democrats grill Kash Patel on accusations of excessive drinking and other personal behavior

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Democrats grill Kash Patel on accusations of excessive drinking and other personal behavior – CBS News Watch CBS News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s budget request of $1.5 trillion on Tuesday. At a separate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel faced questions about his alcohol use and personal behavior. link.lazyload { position: absolute; }

Trump administration to name David Venturella as interim ICE chief

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The Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, who is leaving the agency at the end of the month, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson and two U.S. officials told CBS News. Venturella has worked at ICE

Pfluger bullish on timeline for Recon 3.0

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House Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger said Tuesday he “fully expect[s]” Congress to have completed work on a sweeping party-line policy package by August recess. “The speaker is fully briefed on our ideas,” the Texas Republican said in an interview of the RSC’s framework for a budget reconciliation bill, which would follow the GOP’s