The appearance suggests Vance's pre-2028 rebrand is more performance than substance
The viewing areas for the New York Knicks championship parade were all filled by 7:30 a.m., hours before the parade is due to start.
Vice President JD Vance has a lot riding on the deal to end the war in Iran. The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran came together at the outset of Vance’s book tour, but that’s not the only reason the vice president has been out front defending it while President Donald Trump […]
The New York Knicks will become the first champions of the National Basketball Association to accept an invitation from the White House under President Donald Trump.The team's owner confirmed the decision after the Knicks players participated in the championship parade through New York City on Wednesday.'Look, I invited the president to come down for the game. He is a friend. I've known him for 30 years.'James Dolan made the comments while appearing on a radio show on WFAN New York."Thank you for asking me that. We just did receive an invitation from the White House, which we accepted," Dolan said."We still have to figure out the details, et cetera, but yes, of course," he added. "Look, I invited the president to come down for the game. He is a friend. I've known him for 30 years, and I'm very proud to bring the team to the White House."Trump attended the third game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden and watched as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Knicks. The team bounced back to defeat the Spurs and take the title for the first time in 53 years.Every team that has won the NBA championship has declined to meet Trump, beginning with the Golden State Warriors in 2017. Warriors star Stephen Curry said he had no interest in going to the White House, prompting the president to retract the invite."Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team," the president replied in Sept. 2017. "Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"RELATED: Mayhem in Manhattan: Chaos, violence erupt outside New York Knicks Game 3 watch party The president is a New York City native and longtime Knicks fan."Well, I've been a Knicks fan for a long time, and I'm also a Jim Dolan fan," the president said. "He's a nice guy, OK? He spent a long time wanting to win, and he's a competitive guy. He's got a team that's amazing." Three other NBA championship teams visited the White House during former President Joe Biden's one and only term in office: the Bucks, Warriors, and Celtics.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) says President Trump's push to attach the Save America Act to a FISA extension may make both bills harder to pass. Budd also says he is "skeptical" of Trump's Iran memorandum but applauds the administration for pursuing diplomacy with a "difficult" negotiating partner. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
Republican Senators are refusing to come together to pass the SAVE America Act even though more than 70% of Americans back the voter ID bill. The post RINO Cornyn and Others “Pile-On” Mike Lee During Closed-Door Meeting Over His Push For SAVE America Act appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President Trump won't let go of the SAVE America Act voting bill, no matter how many times Senate Republicans make it known it's never going to happen.Why it matters: Trump's refusal to relent on his voter ID/proof of citizenship plan shows how far removed he is from the vote-counting realities of Congress — and how that disconnect is starting to carry real consequences.Driving the news: Trump dropped a bombshell Truth Social post early Wednesday declaring he wouldn't allow the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to be renewed until the SAVE America Act passes as well.It came as the Senate was moving to fast-track a plan to revive the lapsed federal surveillance powers.The move means that Bill Pulte, a Trump bulldog with no national security or intelligence experience, will likely take the helm as acting director of national intelligence on Friday.Senators had been eager to prevent that by quickly confirming Trump nominee Jay Clayton — the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York — in the intelligence job.Now it's anyone's guess when FISA, which lapsed June 12, will be renewed.Zoom in: Trump keeps searching for new leverage to force the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, despite repeated warnings that the votes aren't there. This year he has:Repeatedly demanded that the Senate kill or circumvent the filibuster in order to get it through.Vowed not to reopen the Department of Homeland Security barring its passage.Announced a legislative blockade, saying he wouldn't sign any other bills until the SAVE America Act was approved.Demanded Republicans include the act in a broader reconciliation package, despite Senate rules that likely prevent it.Trump also has loaded the SAVE America Act with proposals that don't have anything to do with voting policies, including a ban on transgender women playing in women's sports and restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for minors.Zoom out: Trump's relentlessness has put Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) in the impossible position of trying to placate the president without any realistic way of satisfying his demands."There are no easy ways to do this. Believe me, we've examined all the options," Thune said in March.On Wednesday, Thune told Punchbowl News that his relationship with Trump is "fine." "The president has his own mind, makes his own decisions," he said. "So do we."The latest: Senate Intelligence chair Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) postponed a Wednesday confirmation hearing for Clayton at Trump's behest."It's regrettable that the president has directed Jay Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing today," said Cotton, a close ally of Trump.The backstory: The SAVE America Act would require Americans to provide documentary proof of citizenship — such as a passport or birth certificate — when registering to vote in federal elections.Supporters say the measure would prevent noncitizens from voting and strengthen election integrity. (Noncitizens already are banned from voting in federal elections under a 1996 law passed by Congress.)Critics argue Trump's proposal could make voter registration harder for potentially millions of eligible Americans, including some married women whose legal names don't match the names on their birth certificates.The other side: White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement that the SAVE America Act has always been a top priority for Trump and that he looks forward to working with Thune and Senate Republicans to get it approved."This is commonsense legislation supported by the vast majority of Americans that will secure our elections for generations to come," she wrote.The bottom line: Trump thinks the SAVE America Act can be willed into law. Thune has the cold reality of Senate math to contend with.
Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt unloaded on Vice President JD Vance in a YouTube video published this week, zeroing in on Vance's interview on "The View" and pinpointing a key moment when one co-host tore a hole in his lies."Here's Vance explaining that you don't understand the Epstein files," said Schmidt. In Vance's reckoning, he said, "it was Donald, like a latter-day Magnum P.I. dropping the dime, narcing on [Epstein], as JD Vance says, communicating to the police the crimes of Epstein. You see, it was Trump that brought Epstein to justice like the Lone Ranger."However, Schmidt continued, "Ana Navarro was having none of it" — and he played a clip of Vance getting smacked down."What I disagree with is the idea that the White House wasn't committed to full transparency," said Vance. "I was inside the room when some of these decisions were made. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, the one that the president signed, the one that led to all these files that we're seeing, the emails ... you know, one of the things you see in the Epstein emails is that Jeffrey Epstein hated Donald Trump and that Donald Trump literally reported Jeffrey Epstein to the police. That's one of the things that came out."Navarro then cut in. "They were best friends for about a decade," she said. "And remember, he signed that Transparency Act under duress when some Republican women, Congresswomen like Lauren Boebert, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, did not give in to his pressure of not signing. He brought Lauren Boebert into the Situation Room to pressure her into caving on not voting for that bill."That was one of the biggest moments of humiliation for Vance, Schmidt said, but far from the only one: "it went on and on and the lying never stops."Ultimately, he concluded, "J.D. Vance is strange and corrupt" and trying to position himself to take over an America that has "lost a war" and is flooded with "masked agents" because of his boss. "Let's be clear ... things in America are not okay. Rather, they seem to be falling apart. Defiance is the cure to all of this. We must never get in line with this insanity. Not for an hour, not for a day." - YouTube www.youtube.com
“You need somebody who goes and doesn't trade stocks, but tries to get legislation passed that makes your life better,” said Vance.