Senate GOP drops ballroom funding from immigration bill
Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.
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Massie: ‘Dangerous when you shrink the tent’
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) issued a warning to President Trump after losing in the Kentucky primary on Tuesday evening to a challenger endorsed by the president. “I think it’s dangerous when you shrink the tent,” Massie told MS NOW after his concession speech. “I mean, I give him a lot of credit for growing the…
Raskin introduces bill to block Trump’s $1.776B after GOP shoots down effort to subpoena Blanche
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill Wednesday to bar the Justice Department’s (DOJ) new $1.776 billion compensation fund to be used for payouts to those who claim to have faced weaponization at the hands of the government. The “No Taxpayer-Funded 5 Settlement Slush Funds Act of…
Barry Moore and Jared Hudson head to runoff in Alabama GOP Senate primary
Hudson’s late surge helped him overcome Attorney General Steve Marshall, who fell short despite his long experience in local elected office.
House GOP cancels war powers vote
House GOP leaders are canceling a vote on an Iran war powers resolution they had previously scheduled tor Wednesday, according to three people granted anonymity to share private scheduling updates. Due to GOP absences and defections, the measure likely would have been approved if the vote were held today. Rather than take that risk, Republicans
Mace unveils amendment limiting Congress, judges to natural-born citizens
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is proposing a constitutional amendment that would prohibit foreign-born U.S. citizens from serving in Congress, becoming federal judges or holding Senate-confirmed positions. In a Wednesday statement shared to social platform X, Mace said she introduced a “long overdue joint resolution” for the constitutional amendment, noting, “This is the very same standard…
Speaker Johnson calls Massie was a ‘thorn in my side for a long time’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) celebrated Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) defeat in the Kentucky GOP primary, calling the fellow GOP lawmaker a “thorn in my side for a long time.” “I have nothing personal against Thomas Massie, but he votes with the Democrats a lot of the time and has been a thorn in my side…