GOP senator jabs Jeffries as ‘butt hurt’ over Trump-Schumer deal

A Senate Republican suggested Wednesday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., had his feelings hurt by not being included in the Trump-Schumer deal to fund the government.  The House passed the five-bill funding package, along with a two-week funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on Tuesday. Jeffries and most House Democrats, … Read more

Government shutdown ends as Trump signs bill, but DHS funding deadline looms

President Donald Trump has signed legislation ending the partial government shutdown that started Friday at midnight.  The legislation Trump signed funds agencies, including the Departments of State, Treasury and War and others, through the end of September and the end of the fiscal year.  However, it only funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through … Read more

Netflix co-CEO grilled by US senators over Warner Bros Discovery merger

While most focused on competition issues, Josh Hawley accused Netflix of promoting trans content to children Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos faced tough questioning over whether the streamer is “overwhelmingly woke” or killing competition on Tuesday afternoon during a congressional hearing focused on its pending acquisition of the film and streaming assets of Warner Bros … Read more

Trump unveils new rendering of sprawling White House ballroom project

President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared a new rendering of the planned White House ballroom, touting the project as a historic addition he said would “serve our Country well” for “Centuries into the future.” “This is the first rendering shown to the Public,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump said the rendering, shown … Read more

New York to create team of legal observers to document ICE raids

Attorney general Letitia James says observers will monitor if Trump enforcement ‘remains within bounds of the law’ New York is creating a team of legal observers that will don purple vests to monitor and record the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement officers as they seek to detain and deport migrants, the state’s attorney general said on … Read more

US shoots down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier, navy says

Shahed-139 drone approached USS Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent’ as US warships headed towards Iran The US military says it has shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent” when it was shot down … Read more

Senator calls out ‘grassroots’ anti-ICE groups, urges DOJ investigation into ‘coordinated national operation’

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling out what he described as anti-ICE agitators “presenting” as grassroots organizations across the country Tuesday, urging a Justice Department investigation into what he said reporting suggests is actually a “coordinated national operation.” Hawley called for the investigation in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained … Read more