POLITICS

‘The Best Fundraising Text I’ve Ever Seen’: Graham Platner’s ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Is Funneling Money to Influencers To Fawn Over Him

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Left-wing Democrat Graham Platner’s “grassroots” campaign for Senate in Maine has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a left-wing consulting firm that pays a “network of powerful online messengers”—better known as influencers—to promote Democratic candidates and causes on social media, campaign finance disclosures reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. One of the firm’s

House GOP pulls Iran war resolution vote that appeared to have enough support to pass

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House Republicans on Thursday pulled a vote on a measure that would compel President Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying action on the issue as the Trump administration struggles to maintain congressional backing for the war. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would

Navy’s acting secretary says Taiwan arms sale put on “pause” over Iran war

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The acting secretary of the U.S. Navy said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on “pause” to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations. Asked at a congressional hearing about the stalled $14 billion weapons purchase by Taiwan, Acting Secretary Hung Cao said that “right now we’re

GOP senators press Blanche on “anti-weaponization fund” in tense meeting

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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.  “You could call it a curveball right at the end, and nobody could hit it,” Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told reporters after the meeting, in reference to the compensation fund.