GOP leaves DC amid divide over 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenure

White House reportedly forcing Gabbard to resign, after she was largely sidelined from the roleUS politics - live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US emailTulsi Gabbard is leaving her post as US director of national intelligence following a tumultuous stint in which she was largely sidelined from the role as Donald Trump launched attacks on Venezuela and Iran.In a letter to the US president, she said she would resign and leave her post on 30 June. “While we have made significant progress ... I recognize there is still important work to be done,” she wrote. Continue reading...

Tulsi Gabbard steps down as DNI amid husband’s cancer diagnosis

DNI Tulsi Gabbard says she is stepping away from public service after her husband was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.

‘Now he wants a thank you?’ Trump's latest boast leaves critics dumbstruck

Critics were left dumbstruck on Friday after President Donald Trump characterized a taxpayer-funded settlement he reached as an act of selflessness, a remark that some noted had also severely undercut his own past remarks.On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump complained Friday morning that he “gave up a lot of money” after agreeing to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a nearly $1.8 billion settlement, with the funds earmarked for payouts to those who allege to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden administration’s Justice Department.Trump said that in lieu of a personal payout that could have been an “absolute fortune,” he instead opted to “help others” who were “badly abused by an evil, corrupt and weaponized Biden administration.” His remarks also come after he previously claimed to not be “involved” in the creation of the fund.Trump’s framing of securing a nearly $1.8 billion payout from taxpayers to potentially secure payments for the president’s donors or violent Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, critics argued, was stunning.“Not content to just rip us all off, he expects praise for it,” noted author Jennifer Erin Valent in a social media post on X.Others, like podcast host “Hal for NY,” whose videos on YouTube have amassed more than 71 million views, pointed to what appeared to be a glaring contradiction Trump made in his remarks.“Funny, because he told us he had nothing to do with it. Now he wants a thank you?” they wrote in a social media post on X to their nearly 18,000 followers.And Joanne Carducci, a prominent Democratic political commentator, wrote to her more than 1 million followers on X: “I thought he said he had nothing to do with the slush fund?”I thought he said he had nothing to do with the slush fund? 🧐— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 22, 2026

‘Deeply grateful’: Tulsi Gabbard leaving Trump administration June 30

'Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage — standing steadfast'

AOC ‘hypocritical’ for anti-billionaire rhetoric: Joe Concha

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for being a hypocrite after the congresswoman’s latest comments slamming billionaires. In an interview in early May, Ocasio-Cortez said, “You can’t earn a billion dollars.” Concha said the statement contradicted her actions, pointing to the congresswoman flying private to the Fight the Oligarchy rallies. […]

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.

House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Day in a Row

The cancellation comes just after four GOP senators joined Democrats to pass a Senate war powers resolution.