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22-04-2026 Vol 19

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Senate confirms China hawk John Ratcliffe as Trump’s CIA director

Senate Majority Leader John Thune had called out Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy for delaying the vote on a "key national security position." Senate Majority Leader John Thune had called...

Pete Hegseth nomination clears key Senate hurdle as two Republicans signal opposition

Defense secretary-designee Pete Hegseth's nomination cleared a key Senate hurdle Thursday, inching him closer to getting confirmed in a significant win for one of President Trump's most embattled cabinet...

Trump revokes security detail for Mike Pompeo, years after Iran threatened to kill the then-secretary of State

“I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for...

Senate DOGE caucus takes aim at $1.8B government fund for candy, comic books: ‘Purely propaganda’

What is the Department of Homeland Security going to do without its coloring books? What is the Department of Homeland Security going to do without its coloring books?

Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders freeze on civil rights cases

Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration. Donald Trump’s new Justice...

Murkowski to vote against Hegseth, first Republican to oppose a Trump cabinet pick

Rarely has a Cabinet choice encountered such swirling allegations of wrongdoing. Rarely has a Cabinet choice encountered such swirling allegations of wrongdoing.

Judge blocks President Trump’s executive order doing away with birthright citizenship: ‘Blatantly unconstitutional’

A Seattle federal judge blasted President Trump’s day one executive order doing away with birthright citizenship Thursday, calling the action “blatantly unconstitutional.” Senior US District Judge John Coughenour made the decision to...

Trump to address anti-abortion March for Life by video, Vance in person

The announcements come amid mounting frustration from the anti-abortion movement that not one of the avalanche of executive orders Trump signed over his first few days in office has...

Senate panel advances Turner for HUD on party-line vote

If confirmed, the NFL veteran and former developer would run a department with a $70 billion budget and roughly 8,000 employees

Nancy Pelosi’s husband made $38M worth of stock trades in weeks leading up to Trump inauguration

Paul Pelosi's trades include purchase of shares of an artificial intelligence company that has seen its stock soar nearly 50% in the last week. Paul Pelosi's trades include purchase...