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Organizers for Freedom250 disputed a story claiming over 30 gallons of fuel spilled onto the National Mall last month, saying the actual amount was about 2.5 gallons.NBC News reported on Monday that during Freedom250’s “Rededicate 250” prayer service last month, over 30 gallons of fuel spilled out of commercial generators... Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday ripped four “bad” Republicans who joined Democrats in passing legislation that effectively forces the president to end American military operations in Iran.The House passed legislation to “remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran unless explicitly authorized” by Congress, delivering a high-profile foreign policy defeat... Read more

The White House is being implored to step in and help Congress extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after negotiations have been upended by President Donald Trump’s appointment of housing finance guru Bill Pulte as the nation’s spy chief.Fresh from Republican blowback over the White House’s proposed... Read more

Scott Bessent traveled to the Reagan National Economic Forum last week and delivered a message that would have been almost unthinkable from a Republican treasury secretary a decade ago: America got globalization wrong.Speaking before an audience of Reagan Republicans, Bessent argued that both parties spent decades sacrificing industrial capacity, supply-chain... Read more

After establishing dominance as the undisputed head of the GOP, President Donald Trump this week has run into a string of losses ranging from the Iran war to the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization fund to East Wing ballroom funding to his first major electoral loss of the cycle.The latest setback came... Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday making it easier to remove thousands of senior federal employees, prompting backlash from federal worker unions that accused the administration of attempting to politicize the civil service.The order reclassifies roughly 8,000 federal positions into a new category known as “Schedule Policy/Career,” affecting... Read more

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is “very proud” of the decision to strike Iran, arguing that the resulting war has not derailed the economy and has coincided with record stock market gains.Speaking to reporters, Trump pointed to the market’s resilience despite the military campaign.“I’m very proud of that... Read more

President Donald Trump surprised reporters with a new chart in the Oval Office on Wednesday comparing one of his D.C. renovation projects to other notable American landmarks.The president’s comments came during an unscheduled executive order signing ceremony, his first public appearance in a week, amid heightened tensions regarding ceasefire negotiations... Read more

President Donald Trump has suggested that the UFC arena under construction at the White House for the looming MMA event could be a permanent fixture.Trump made the unusual remark in a TikTok video late Tuesday, comparing the UFC “claw” stage on the White House South Lawn to a famous landmark... Read more

President Donald Trump appeared uncertain Wednesday about the future of the Justice Department’s proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which has caused some consternation on Capitol Hill.A day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the DOJ would not move forward with the fund, Trump was equivocal on whether the... Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly annoyed with the Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee during his Wednesday testimony, openly voicing his exasperation in several exchanges.Rubio appeared before the committee to provide updates on the war with Iran and other foreign policy developments. Nearly every exchange with Democrats... Read more

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued the new face for the director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, lacks qualifications for the position. “It seems like a pretty poor choice here,” York said on Fox News’s Special Report Tuesday. President Donald Trump tapped Pulte for the position after the previous director,... Read more