Pentagon wants $1.5 trillion budget for Golden Dome, drones, troop raises
President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request includes a new “presidential priorities” category, earmarking $750 billion for the likes of the Golden Dome missile defense system, drones, artificial intelligence and building up the defense industrial base, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. With a 42 percent increase in the Defense Department’s funding from last year, the requested…
Read MoreBig Tech designed it to keep your child scrolling. Congress is finally fighting back.
The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act) is a federal bill that aims to protect minors online by requiring tech companies to take meaningful steps to prevent harm, provide parental controls, and address the risks associated with AI chatbots.
Read MoreIllegal immigrant Israel Flores Ortiz gets 360 days for groping girls at Fairfax County Va. High School
Israel Flores Ortiz, 18, was convicted of groping female students at Fairfax High School and sentenced to 360 days by a Fairfax County judge.
Read MoreSen Chris Murphy says he ‘should give up on sarcasm’ after backlash over one-word Iran blockade post
Sen. Chris Murphy faced backlash over a sarcastic post about Iran-linked ships reportedly bypassing a U.S. naval blockade, sparking a White House response.
Read MoreUS interdicts stateless sanctioned tanker sailing from Iran to China
U.S. forces boarded the M/T Tifani, a stateless sanctioned crude oil tanker tied to Iran, marking the second naval interdiction in as many days.
Read MoreRFK Jr. says he did not speak to Trump about CDC nominee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not speak to President Trump about nominating Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he told lawmakers Tuesday. Kennedy told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee that he met with Schwartz on “multiple occasions” prior to her being tapped as the new nominee, including to discuss her views on…
Read MoreBolton: Trump ‘afraid’ of making bad Iran deal ‘because he’ll look like’ Obama
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday accused President Trump of being “afraid” of making a bad deal with Iran as the end of the two-week ceasefire approaches “because he’ll look like” former President Obama. Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Trump is “really desperate to get out” of the conflict with…
Read MoreWhich Bible passage is President Trump reading during marathon event?
President Trump is one of several Republicans participating in the marathon reading of the Bible.
Read MoreHouse GOP resists passing Senate DHS bill until after ‘skinny’ ICE, Border Patrol funding
House Republican leaders are resisting calls to bring up a bipartisan Senate bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until after passage of a “skinny” bill to fund immigration enforcement — despite grumbles in the Senate GOP and pressure from the White House as DHS runs out of options to…
Read MoreLieu on Trump Cabinet shakeups: ‘Kash Patel is next’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said FBI Director Kash Patel is “next” following the recent departures from President Trump’s cabinet. “The reality is that this cabinet’s out of control incompetence and corruption have made it the worst cabinet since 1776, and Kash Patel is next,” Lieu said during a Tuesday morning press briefing on Capitol Hill….
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