Senate expected to vote on major housing bill after talks on controversial provisions

The White House UFC Event Was Loud, Patriotic, and Everything the Left Despises

Josh Hokit rants ‘Michelle Obama is a man’ in bizarre UFC White House scene

Josh Hokit made made sure he went viral on Sunday night at the UFC White House card.

Senate GOP fed up it can't kill Trump's zombie bill: 'It's like Night of the Living Dead'

Republican senators have been frustrated they can't escape the SAVE America Act — even after multiple attempts to kill the legislation.For months, the conservative voting bill has pitted GOP lawmakers in a battle over the legislation that would require voters to show photo ID in order to vote, and would change mail-in voting and require proof of citizenship to register to vote, according to a NOTUS report on Monday. The bill doesn't have the votes in the Senate to pass it."This has left members miffed — they want to finally turn the page, but are again faced with a zombie," NOTUS reported."It just keeps coming back," an unnamed Senate Republican told NOTUS. "It’s like the 'Night of the Living Dead.'"President Donald Trump has pushed Republicans to back the bill and made it a focal point throughout 2026. Right-wing influencers have also pressured conservative lawmakers in an ongoing campaign, NOTUS reported."Not only have they called for the bill to pass, but they have used it as part of a blitz to push Senate Republicans to nix the chamber’s 60-vote threshold and institute a 'talking' filibuster," according to NOTUS.That move tanked and a number of Republican senators said they would not try to weaken the filibuster."There is a frustration," the Senate Republican told the outlet. "It’s not just the president. We have other members who keep pushing this when they know … we don’t have the votes. I don’t know how you can be more clear than that.""I don’t know why they keep pushing something that’s basically not possible," the lawmaker said."It doesn’t get us votes. Literally, we lose votes with it," another unnamed Senate Republican told NOTUS.

Dana White on White House fight: ‘We’ll never do this again’

UFC CEO Dana White told reporters at a press conference early Monday morning that, while his Freedom 250 fights at the White House were successful, his company would not repeat them. “I can’t afford it,” White responded when posed a hypothetical scenario where President Donald Trump asks him to return to the South Lawn next […]

Trump Throws New Wrench in Efforts to Renew Key Spy Bill

Donald Trump has again upended efforts to renew a critical surveillance statute just as lawmakers had begun to reopen stalled talks.The president declared on Truth Social Monday that any work to renew FISA Section 702, a statute that allows federal agencies such as the NSA and the CIA to surveil foreigners on U.S. soil without warrants, must be passed alongside his voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act.That legislative measure sparked nationwide controversy earlier this year, particularly over a detail in the bill that would have made it more difficult for married women to vote. The backlash on Capitol Hill was grave, so much so that it gummed up efforts to fund Homeland Security for several months. Republicans eventually had to bail on the package to end the congressional gridlock.The SAVE America Act suggests numerous amendments to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, including line items that would abolish mail-in voting, require voters to bring proof of citizenship and proof of residency to register to vote, require voter ID, and mandate voter roll purges every 30 days—an enormous bureaucratic task that would place undue burdens on local election officials. The measure would also add a federal law to prevent men from competing in women’s sports, and a ban on “transgender mutilation surgery.”Last week, Democrats logjammed conservative efforts to renew the FISA section in direct protest against the president’s temporary pick to run national intelligence, real estate developer Bill Pulte, who they argued had run afoul of the law by accepting the position. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence explicitly, legally requires its chiefs to have national security experience.As a result, the spy bill expired on Friday, and Republicans were able to convince Trump to withdraw Pulte and nominate a new—if equally unqualified—candidate for the job. That man was Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, who would also come to Washington with zero national security experience.Yet as he gears up for his initial committee hearing Wednesday, Democrats have signaled that they might actually be willing to work with Clayton. Senate Intelligence Ranking Member Mark Warner—a Democratic lawmaker from Virginia—told CBS News on Sunday that he’s interested in confirming Clayton as quickly as possible to advance talks to renew the FISA section.

NYT editorial board pushes burned GOP Senators to tank 'unqualified' Blanche's nomination

The New York Times Editorial Board issued Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche a blistering rebuke Monday in urging the Senate – particularly Senate Republicans whose congressional careers had been cut short by President Donald Trump – to reject his confirmation for Attorney General.“President Trump has every right to select an attorney general who shares his policy views… But Mr. Trump has no right to expect that the Senate will confirm an attorney general with a track record of disdaining the law and using law enforcement as a partisan weapon,” the Times’ Editorial Board wrote.The Times chronicled Blanche’s history within the Justice Department (DOJ) that they argued had “already damaged the DOJ,” including by launching “politically motivated” investigations into Trump’s enemies, personally signing off on an agreement to grant Trump and his family broad immunity from tax audits, and by helping craft the $1.8 billion fund to award payouts to Jan. 6 rioters.With the slim GOP majority in the Senate, Blanche’s confirmation is far from certain. Further jeopardizing Blanche’s path to confirmation was a handful of GOP senators who have either demonstrated a willingness to buck Trump or have no reason not to, the Times noted, a list “plenty long enough to defeat Mr. Blanche.”“The group includes three senators whose political careers Mr. Trump has helped end: Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas,” the Times wrote. “It includes Mitch McConnell, who is also leaving Washington, and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky. It includes Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Ms. Collins is campaigning for re-election this summer by insisting that she can stand up to Mr. Trump. This nomination offers an easy test of that vow.”

Bette Midler Sings “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” to Protest Trump’s 80th Birthday — Meanwhile UFC Freedom 250 at the White House Was Peak Patriotism

Just months after The Gateway Pundit exposed Bette Midler’s deranged anti-Trump music video for her reworked Woody Guthrie protest song “All You Fascists (Bound to Lose),” the washed-up Hollywood has-been is back at it, this time weaponizing the same tired fascist smears to protest President Trump’s milestone 80th birthday. The post Bette Midler Sings “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” to Protest Trump’s 80th Birthday — Meanwhile UFC Freedom 250 at the White House Was Peak Patriotism appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The White House vs. Anthropic's New AI Model

The government says this is about national security. But given the history—and ongoing litigation—between the White House and Anthropic, something more may be going on.