Many pro-Trump Republicans took to social media on Thursday to celebrate Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would be leaving the Senate at the end of his term, with one commentator saying he has ‘done so much destruction’ to the Republican Party. At 83 years old, McConnell has been in the Senate for […]Read More

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Ukraine needs to ‘tone down’ its criticism of President Donald Trump and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy needs to ‘come back to the table’ to work out an economic deal with the U.S. Waltz spoke on ‘Fox & Friends’ a day after Zelenskyy suggested Trump is in a ‘disinformation space’ […]Read More

The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director.  Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted ‘yes’ on the conservative firebrand’s confirmation, even while moderates Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted ‘no.’  A vote to invoke cloture and begin two hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47 earlier […]Read More

Democrats on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee claimed their GOP counterparts would ‘rue the day’ they confirm FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, who is slated for a final vote Thursday afternoon and is expected to be approved.  ‘There’s no question here he is unqualified and unprepared,’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said outside the FBI headquarters […]Read More

Democrats on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee claimed their GOP counterparts would ‘rue the day’ they confirm FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, who is slated for a final vote Thursday afternoon and is expected to be approved.  ‘There’s no question here he is unqualified and unprepared,’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said outside the FBI headquarters […]Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to slash approximately 7,000 probationary workers in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. starting Thursday, according to reports.  The layoffs will affect probationary workers who have been employed for one year or less and have not been able to secure full civil service protection, The Associated Press reported, […]Read More

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday. McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as Senate majority leader under President Donald Trump’s first administration. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, and he announced his retirement on […]Read More

Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, revealed she will not back President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, Kash Patel.  ‘The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI comes to the Senate against the backdrop of recent personnel actions at the Department of Justice, including the resignations of […]Read More

The Senate voted to advance the confirmation of FBI director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday.  A vote to invoke cloture and begin up to 30 hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47.  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month, 12 to 10, to advance Patel to the full floor […]Read More

The top Republican on the House Committee on Small Business is calling for President Donald Trump’s new Small Business Administration (SBA) chief to do what he says the Biden administration wouldn’t – and provide answers on alleged taxpayer-funded electioneering in swing states and the failure to actively recoup fraudulent or misappropriated COVID relief funds. Rep. […]Read More