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Bessent confronts Ron Wyden at hearing with accusations his son met with Jeffrey Epstein

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) in a tense scene Wednesday on Capitol Hill over documents that appeared to show the senator’s son met with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2016. Bessent, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, clashed with Wyden, who is the committee’s ranking member, early on in the hearing. […]

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Bessent clarifies threat against Bill Pulte: He said he was going to ‘kick his a**’

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Bessent clarifies threat against Bill Pulte: He said he was going to ‘kick his a**’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed reporting of a highly publicized clash between himself and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte last year, although he said that such confrontations happen when working on a team. During a Wednesday hearing before the Senate Finance Committee to testify on President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, Bessent faced questions […]

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Rubio confronted in live hearing with video proving he 'lied to Congress'

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Rubio confronted in live hearing with video proving he 'lied to Congress'

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calf.) hammered Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he appeared in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday over questions about President Donald Trump's fitness for office. Rubio's reactions led Lieu to claim he was lying under oath. Lieu showed the footage of the December Cabinet meeting in which Trump appeared to doze off next to Rubio. "Oh my God," Rubio could be heard saying.Lieu asked whether Rubio had "been at more than one meeting where President Trump was asleep.""That's false," Rubio said. "That's false. I've never seen him fall asleep. On the contrary, the guy doesn't sleep, which is a big problem because he calls me at two in the morning. He calls me at five in the morning. And, you know, I like to sleep a little bit. You know, not 12 hours, but at least six."Trump's insomnia was addressed by CNN medical expert Dr. Jonathan Reiner. Reiner said that chronic insomnia can be “a severe illness," in large part because it can add "about 3-1/2 years to one’s age and [contribute] to a decline in mental functions.""Secretary Rubio, I'm going to show you in a moment that you just lied to Congress," Lieu cut in."Oh, ok," Rubio said. "This is a Cabinet meeting from last month where Donald Trump is sleeping while you are talking. Please show this video," Lieu said. "You are literally talking about issues of war and peace, and Donald Trump is sleeping right next to you."Rubio denied it again. Trump's disappearance from public view is raising questions, as he hasn't held any events or press conferences in about a week. Trump did speak to the New York Post on Tuesday in a interview that revealed a new medical malady."If Donald Trump cannot stay awake at these important meetings where the cameras are rolling, can you imagine what he is like when the cameras are not there? Have you been at classified meanings were Donald Trump has fallen asleep?" the congressman asked. Rubio replied again that he'd never been in any meeting in which Trump fell asleep. "So, you are lying again? Lying consistently to Congress," Lieu responded.He went on to say that Trump's drowsiness "caused other countries to perceive him differently." He claimed that Trump is mocked as "weak and feeble."Lieu then showed a clip from the French News in which Trump appears to fall asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony last month. His eyes appeared to be closed for a large portion of the ceremony. "There's something wrong with his cognitive acts, and the fact that on a number of occasions Donald Trump will contradict himself and literally — in literally the same meeting or interview," Lieu continued. He showed another clip in which Trump "says the Iranian military is both destroyed and not destroyed at the same time."Lieu closed by praising Rubio, saying that he's done a lot to travel around the world and trying to clean up the "mess that was left to you."

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Rubio Mocks Screeching Democrat Rep. as She Storms Out of Hearing (VIDEO)

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Rubio Mocks Screeching Democrat Rep. as She Storms Out of Hearing (VIDEO)

Democrats spent Wednesday morning shouting at Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a hearing over the State Department's budget. The post Rubio Mocks Screeching Democrat Rep. as She Storms Out of Hearing (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Scott Bessent kept in the dark about Trump's promotion of antagonist Pulte: report

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Scott Bessent kept in the dark about Trump's promotion of antagonist Pulte: report

President Trump's decision to nominate Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence caught many of his closest advisors off guard and dealt a significant blow to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with whom the Federal Housing Finance Agency head has engaged in an ongoing power struggle.According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, Pulte, who leads the agency overseeing the country's mortgage market, personally approached Trump with an audacious proposal: ascending to the position of director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard's departure.The nomination appears rooted not in foreign policy expertise—Pulte has none—but in what Trump prizes most: unwavering loyalty, the Journal is reporting before adding that, in pitching himself to the president, Pulte promised to become an "unyielding advocate" for Trump's foreign policy agenda and signaled support for the administration's Iran war, according to sources familiar with the conversations.The move represents a major victory for Pulte in his internal administration battles. The Federal Housing Finance Agency director has become a deeply polarizing figure, clashing repeatedly with Trump advisers who have grown frustrated with his aggressive approach and willingness to bypass the chain of command to access the president directly.Trump has reportedly resisted efforts by administration officials to remove Pulte, telling confidants he values the FHFA chief's loyalty above all else.Trump "first raised the idea of appointing Pulte as intelligence director to aides over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the matter," the Journal is reporting before adding that the fact that president actually pulled the trigger on Pulte's nomination, "caught them by surprise."As for Bessent, one of the president's closest allies in the Cabinet, he was reportedly kept out of the loop, the Journal is reporting.Tensions between the Treasury secretary and Pulte reached a boiling point last year when Bessent threatened to punch Trump's housing chief "in the f------ face" after learning that Pulte had been disparaging him to the president, according to the Wall Street Journal.Treasury Department officials, including Bessent, learned of Trump's decision through social media like everyone else. An adviser broke the news to Bessent while he was preparing for a congressional hearing—a humiliating notification for one of the administration's senior economic officials, the report notes.

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Watch live: Bessent testifies before Senate on Treasury budget as affordability concerns rise

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Watch live: Bessent testifies before Senate on Treasury budget as affordability concerns rise

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Finance Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request for the department. The White House is seeking $11.5 billion in budget authority for the Treasury Department’s domestic programs in 2027, a 12 percent decrease from 2026. The hearing comes as affordability concerns and the…

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President Trump Orders Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to FREEZE and SEIZE Illegal Alien Bank Accounts in Historic Assault on the Cartel-Backed Border Invasion

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President Trump Orders Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to FREEZE and SEIZE Illegal Alien Bank Accounts in Historic Assault on the Cartel-Backed Border Invasion

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping new crackdown on the financial infrastructure supporting illegal immigration, revealing that his administration will move to shut down bank accounts used to facilitate illegal immigration, human smuggling, cartel activity, and even accounts used to store welfare benefits received by illegal aliens. The post President Trump Orders Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to FREEZE and SEIZE Illegal Alien Bank Accounts in Historic Assault on the Cartel-Backed Border Invasion appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Todd Blanche's biggest vulnerability isn't Epstein: legal expert

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Todd Blanche's biggest vulnerability isn't Epstein: legal expert

The biggest problem facing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche isn't the demand for the full release of the Epstein files, according to a legal expert. Blanche's biggest vulnerability is actually defending Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund, said Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney and legal commentator, during the latest episode of his podcast, Talking Feds. Critics of what Trump calls his anti-weaponization fund worry that it could pay Jan. 6 rioters and have grilled Blanche for answers."Epstein, I think they're trying to kind of bury and get away with that. All that remains in the public eye," Litman said. "But I think front and center will be the weaponization fund."Litman pointed out Cruz's description of the fiery meeting between Blanche and GOP senators who were outraged by the fund. It was "about the harshest, nastiest food fight," Litman said. "People were all over him, and moreover, it's such a nasty and corrupt kind of operation."Although Blanche is "gonna answer for it," the slush fund is really "unanswerable," Litman argued."Moreover, you have really continuing defections among the Republicans" over the fund. "So he's vulnerable there," Litman added."He's given basically no answer to questions like, 'Some of this money gonna go to January 6th offenders?' And how can you possibly justify it?" Litman asked. "That's front and center."

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Fired ‘60 Minutes’ star Scott Pelley accuses CBS of pushing ‘falsehoods and bias’

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Fired ‘60 Minutes’ star Scott Pelley accuses CBS of pushing ‘falsehoods and bias’

Pelley, who spent 37 years at CBS News, said "60 Minutes" had “lost its DNA” following the recent ouster of top producers and correspondents.

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