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Schumer In Hot Water As Democrats Fume Over Support For GOP Funding Bill
Getty Images Democrat Senate Minority Leader and New York Sen. Charles Schumer is facing a significant challenge to his leadership role in the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are furious that Schumer caved into Republicans and voted to invoke cloture so that the continuing resolution to fund the government could be passed. Prior to the cloture…
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Supreme Court Sides With Trump In USAID Funding Dispute For Now
Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court order that directed the Trump administration to release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments by midnight on Wednesday. The dispute revolves around the administration’s retention of U.S. Agency for International Development funds. According to an emergency filing by the Justice Department, the…
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Judge Who Tried to Ground Migrant Gang Flights Hit With Impeachment
Getty Images A House Republican lawmaker has introduced articles of impeachment against the federal judge who blocked the Trump administration’s deportation flights conducted under the Alien Enemies Act, Fox News reported exclusively on Monday. “For the past several weeks, we’ve seen several rogue activist judges try to impede the president from exercising, not only the…
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DOJ Rips Judge’s ‘Digressive Micromanagement’ In Case On Deportation Flights
Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice accused a federal judge of “digressive micromanagement” Wednesday concerning a case involving deportation flights that sent Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador over the weekend. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the DOJ to submit answers to five questions after it insisted Tuesday that the flights did not violate…
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DOGE Uncovers ‘Magic Money Computers’ Issuing Payments From Treasury
Getty Images Elon Musk told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday that “magic money computers” within the U.S. government are generating payments “out of thin air,” leaving lawmakers clueless about federal spending. Speaking on Cruz’s podcast, Musk revealed that 14 such systems exist within the U.S. Treasury and other agencies, transferring large sums without the…
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