The U.S. Senate is once again poised for a dramatic procedural showdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has signaled that he is prepared to deploy the so-called “nuclear option” in an effort to speed up the confirmation process for dozens of President Donald Trump’s stalled nominees. If executed, the maneuver would mark another major … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel took to the X platform on Thursday to reveal thousands of arrests related to a summer-long nationwide law enforcement push. “Operation Summer Heat” was designed to “let good cops be cops,” Patel wrote in an X post that contained a video clip of him reviewing the push in an interview. He … Read more

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Thursday that Democrats bear the blame for the pain of a government shutdown, as President Donald Trump and his budget chief moved forward with identifying federal programs to cut. “This is the way the system works. This is [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer’s decision, is to hand … … Read more

The Justice Department has dismissed Michael Ben’Ary, a senior national security prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, marking the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the office. Ben’Ary, who led the district’s national security unit, was removed from his post on Wednesday, just hours after a conservative commentator highlighted his prior work … Read more

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is meeting with Russ Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget and “of Project 2025 fame,” to discuss eliminating what he called Democrats’ “scam” agencies and weighing whether the cuts should be temporary or permanent. “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of … Read more

President Donald Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski says Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be in attendance at the 2026 Super Bowl. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,” Lewandowski, an adviser and special government employee in the Department of Homeland … Read more

A U.S. immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a proxy for the partisan power struggle over immigration policy. The judge in Baltimore on Wednesday rejected an application to reopen Abrego Garcia’s 2019 asylum case, but that is not the final word. Abrego Garcia has 30 … Read more

Streaming giant Netflix saw its shares drop 2.4% this week, or the equivalent of more than $15 billion in only a few days, following the call for a boycott of the company from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Forbes reported on Thursday. Musk, billionaire and former White House adviser, urged his 227 million followers on X … Read more

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday, telling Newsmax that Democrats handed President Donald Trump a political victory by forcing a partial government shutdown. “This is insanity on Chuck Schumer’s part. Malpractice really on Chuck Schumer’s part,” Scalise told “The Record with Greta Van Susteren.” “What is … Read more

With the Oregon National Guard’s deployment into Portland now expected to begin later in the week, protests outside the city’s ICE facility have continued. The demonstrations, which officials say have frequently included noise disturbances and projectiles, have drawn frustration from nearby residents as well as DHS and ICE personnel. This is what happens when Democrats … Read more