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 Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed as untrue Democratic claims that the “big, beautiful bill” narrowly passed by the chamber last week, containing much of President Donald Trump’s agenda, includes cuts to current Medicaid beneficiaries. In an interview with NBC’s Kristin Welker, Johnson clarified what the president and Republicans have been saying for days…

 Getty Images The campaign of progressive California Rep. Maxine Waters has agreed to pay a $68,000 fine after an investigation revealed that it broke many election regulations. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) stated in a batch of documents that the longtime House lawmaker’s 2020 campaign group, Citizens for Waters, violated many campaign finance regulations. The FEC accused…

 Screengrab Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has been a lightning rod for her party, and Republicans are more than willing to let her be the face of the progressive agenda heading into the next election. Former Republican Congressman and Fox News host Trey Gowdy loves the fact that Rep. Crockett has emerged as one of…

 Getty Images FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino turned heads late last week when he announced that the bureau is “closing in” on suspects connected to the placement of two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 — signaling that the long-running, four-year investigation may be nearing a breakthrough after lying dormant throughout…

 Getty Images Federal authorities say the man arrested for a suspected terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday was prepared to conduct mass murder using homemade explosive devices and a self-fashioned “flamethrower.” In addition, the FBI says that the suspect, Mohamed Soliman, an Egyptian national in the U.S. illegally, admitted that he intended to “kill”…