Month: June 2025
June 23, 2025
Politics
Trump confirms ‘early notice’ of ‘very weak response’ by Iran on US base in Qatar
President Trump said Monday that Iran gave the US an "early notice" of its plans to retaliate by launching an attack on the US military base in Doha, Qatar...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Trump has ‘no intention’ of striking back after Iran’s ‘failed retaliation’: sources
President Trump does not plan to take further action against Iran following its “failed retaliation” strike on a US base in Qatar Monday night, a military official told The...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Fetterman scoffs at AOC’s push to impeach Trump after Iran strikes: ‘That’s not going anywhere’
"I think if you throw that term around, that actually diminishes what the severity of what impeachment is really reserved for," the Pennsylvania Dem said. "I think if you...
June 23, 2025
Politics
White House insists Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t pick up the phone to be alerted about Iran strikes
"The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn't be reached,'' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. "The White...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Trump federal court nominee Bove to testify Wednesday
Emil Bove will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for his nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump nominated Bove, his principal associate deputy attorney...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Oz nudges Senate Republicans to ease off on Medicaid cuts
CMS chief Dr. Mehmet Oz just indicated to a group of GOP chiefs of staff that they should stick with language closer to the House megabill’s Medicaid language, especially...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Democrats set to target multiple Senate GOP tax provisions
Senate Finance Committee staff is expected to meet Monday with Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Monday, with Republicans and Democrats presenting competing cases for whether health provisions of the pending...
June 23, 2025
Congress
GAO is targeted by House Republicans in new spending bill
House Republicans are aiming to slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government by nearly half in the next fiscal year, according...
June 23, 2025
Congress
Senate GOP unlikely to release revised megabill text Monday
Senate Republicans are unlikely to release full revised text of their sweeping domestic-policy bill Monday as they had hoped, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics,...
June 23, 2025
Politics
Ex-Clinton national security official admits Kamala Harris ‘would not have had the courage’ to order ‘bold’ Iran strike
A former National Security Council official under the Clinton administration, Jamie Metzl who claims to have voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris, lauded President Trump's airstrikes on Iran....