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‘A Serious Blow to Trust in Our Government’: Dem Chair Rebukes Mayorkas, Wray for Skipping Senate Homeland Security Hearing 

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The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee criticized Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI director Christopher Wray for failing to testify at the committee’s annual public hearing on threats facing the United States. Mayorkas and Wray’s “refusal to speak publicly about their department’s work will only increase the concerns that

Matt Gaetz withdraws as attorney general nominee

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Washington — Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday that he is withdrawing his nomination for attorney general. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Gaetz to lead the Justice Department as the nation’s top law enforcement officer last week. He swiftly resigned his seat in the House and was on Capitol Hill with Vice President-elect JD Vance,

Matt Gaetz Withdraws From Trump Attorney General Consideration

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‘It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work’ of the Trump administration, Gaetz says. Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz wrote Thursday he is withdrawing himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for U.S. attorney general. “It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to

‘You Can Expect a Strong Response’: Republicans, Weeks Away From a Trifecta, Ready ICC Sanctions Following Bibi Arrest Warrant

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‘We will continue doing everything in our power to combat this pro-terrorist, illegitimate court,’ House GOP whip Tom Emmer tells Free Beacon Tom Emmer (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images), Lindsey Graham (Drew Angerer/Getty Images), Mike Waltz (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images) The International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former

‘Put Us To Work Right Now’: Trump Plans To Resurrect Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One: Report

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President-elect Donald Trump is planning to revive the Keystone XL oil pipeline on day one of his new administration, people familiar with his plan told Politico.  President Joe Biden rescinded Trump’s 2017 approval of the pipeline on his first day in office in January 2021, citing concerns that burning oil sands crude would worsen “climate change.”

Here’s where Elon Musk says his DOGE will aim to cut federal spending

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Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sharing details about how their newly created Department of Government Efficiency — which isn’t an official government department — plans to take aim at paring federal spending, with the two writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on Wednesday that they are aiming to cut $500 billion

Pennsylvania County Official Apologizes for Controversial Comments on Ballot-Counting

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Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia offered the apology during a meeting this week. The commissioner of a Pennsylvania county at the center of a weeks-long ballot-counting controversy issued an apology on Wednesday after the state’s Supreme Court ruled to block the counting efforts. At a Wednesday Bucks County Board of Elections meeting, Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia—one