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13-03-2026 Vol 19

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President Trump creates two new federal holidays around Christmas

Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump. Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump.

House passes major GOP-led permitting overhaul after late drama

The House passed bipartisan legislation by a 221-196 vote Thursday aimed at overhauling federal permitting reviews in a bid to accelerate the construction of new energy and infrastructure projects...

Loudermilk looks to early 2026 for first Jan. 6 hearing

The new Republican-led subcommittee investigating the events around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have its first hearing next month, panel Chair Barry Loudermilk said Thursday....

New York Times columnist David Brooks, Google co-founder Sergey Brin among new faces in Jeffrey Epstein photo release

Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the estate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the...

MTA honcho boasts of anti-subway surfing effort ‘success’ — but death toll tells different story

MTA boss Janno Lieber celebrated the transit agency’s efforts to curb subway surfing Wednesday — but the annual death toll shows the deadly stunt is as big a problem...

Trump’s $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ to service members came from military housing fund

The Independence Day-themed $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks President Trump announced during his prime-time address to the nation are funded by military housing supplement money, a senior administration official told...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claps back at protesters who boo’d him at dinner in DC

"You are ignorant," the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, mocking the faux-toast from the protester by raising his wine glass in response. "You are ignorant," the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,...

Johnson, Steil brief lawmakers on new plan to address insider trading on the Hill

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) briefed a group of GOP members Thursday about their new plan to address insider trading among lawmakers — indicating...

‘No path’ for another GOP party-line bill, Ways and Means chair says

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith is swatting down his some of his colleagues' hopes for a party-line policy bill next year, even as Speaker Mike Johnson publicly...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claps back at protesters who interrupted his dinner in DC

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clapped back at left-wing protesters who rudely interrupted him while he was dining in DC Wednesday night. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clapped back at left-wing...