Germany to Boost Raw-Materials Fund to Reduce Reliance on China

Reconciliation Bill Funding Top Trump Priorities Can't Reach Floor, Thune Sends Senate on Early Recess

'We'll never know if he could have been saved.' The gaps in Trump's rural health fund

Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it's not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina's Martin County to reopen its only hospital.

Trump, who claimed he "wasn't involved" in $1.7B fund, now says he allowed it

President Trump on Friday defended the Justice Department's $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization" fund and said he "gave up a lot of money" by allowing its creation.

Trump rips Tillis after compensation fund criticism: ‘Nitpicker’

President Trump tore into Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Friday morning after the Republican lawmaker criticized the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) newly debuted “anti-weaponization fund.” “I called him a ‘Nitpicker,’ always fighting against the Republican Party, and ME, mostly on things that didn’t matter,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The president referred…

Trump says he ‘gave up a lot of money’ so ‘anti-weaponization’ fund could help others

President Donald Trump defended his $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund on Friday, despite Republican uproar. “I gave up a lot of money in allowing the just announced Anti-Weaponization Fund to go forward,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I could have settled my case, including the illegal release of my Tax Returns and the equally illegal BREAK […]

Tillis: ‘Stupid’ Trump compensation fund ‘beyond the pale’ 

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Thursday slammed the Trump administration’s announcement of a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, joining other Republican senators in criticizing it both privately and publicly.  The GOP senator called on his Republican colleagues to “speak up” to oppose this move.  “This is beyond the pale,” he told reporters in comments aired…

MAGA lawmaker spews conspiracy theories when pressed on Trump slush fund

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) broke with a number of his Republican congressional colleagues to enthusiastically endorse President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to pay out $1.776 billion to his allies who believe they were unfairly persecuted by the government — but when a reporter asked him about whether January 6 rioters would be eligible, things went off the rails.When asked about "people who assaulted police," Norman, who is currently running for governor of South Carolina, replied, "Look, January 6 is an issue that was made up in the first place.""People were convicted of assaulting police," the reporter said."Well, I know," he said. "That was a staged thing from day one.""What about it was staged?" asked the reporter."Well, you had police officers let people in the building," said Norman. "We had people who have not been prosecuted, Ray, I forget his name. There's no excuse for that.""Your Republican colleagues ran for their lives and barricaded themselves in their chamber. Do you think they were acting?" said the reporter."No, there was a riot there, but it was a self-made riot by the members who hate Trump. It was made up," said Norman.

‘Remove Thune!’ RINOs block reconciliation bill, senators sent home without funding DHS

Anger is brewing after Senate Majority Leader John Thune adjourned the Senate on Thursday without moving forward on a budget reconciliation bill that would have fully funded […]