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Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Trump after heated lunch

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Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark. In a symbolic gesture, Senate Republicans took another vote on the Iran war Wednesday night, flipping two senators Trump singled out at the lunch for siding with Democrats. The […]

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Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai reportedly spared from tough Senate hearing on child safety

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Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai reportedly spared from tough Senate hearing on child safety

The White House reportedly helped Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai avoid facing a difficult Senate hearing on their corporations’ child online protection guidelines. Instead, lower-level company executives will appear at the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), agreed to let them testify in return […]

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'Utterly amazing': Trump stuns by running from one of his few successes while in office

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'Utterly amazing': Trump stuns by running from one of his few successes while in office

President Donald Trump torpedoed his own Republican Party's moment this week by abruptly canceling the signing of a major housing bill that could have boosted the GOP ahead of midterms, The New York Times reported Thursday.Carl Hulse, New York Times chief Washington correspondent, revealed that the growing ruptures between Trump and Republicans "have crippled the G.O.P. at what should be the peak of its power." Trump instead signaled he would not sign the bill until Republicans passed his elections legislation, the SAVE America Act."Just as Republicans were pointing to the measure as proof that they could deliver big things with their majority, President Trump scuttled his party’s big moment by disparaging the legislation and refusing to sign it unless he got a new bill to impose voting restrictions," Hulse wrote."It was just the latest twist in an increasingly tortured relationship between Mr. Trump and his fellow Republicans, who were left dumbfounded and wondering if, for some reason, the president was trying to sabotage their chances in November and cost them their majorities," Hulse explained. "And it reflected how profoundly Mr. Trump had crippled his once vaunted governing trifecta, now all but paralyzed by his whipsawing demands and pronouncements."Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) commented on the moment."It’s utterly amazing," Schumer said. "Trump is running away from one of the very few accomplishments that could actually help the American people."Trump could still sign the housing legislation, Hulse added. But the repercussions could remain for GOP lawmakers, who were frustrated over the bill and left Washington, D.C. They will return in mid-July, "leaving multiple consequential matters hanging." "Mr. Trump may yet sign the legislation or allow it to become law, but he has already significantly diminished its political impact by dismissing it as minor, questioning its benefits and ditching the signing ceremony," Hulse wrote.

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Vance hosted GOP senators for dinner following Iran blowup

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Vance hosted GOP senators for dinner following Iran blowup

In another war powers resolution later in the evening, Sen. Bill Cassidy and Sen. Rand Paul changed their yes votes.

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Iran strikes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz, endangering Trump’s peace

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Iran strikes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz, endangering Trump’s peace

Iran attacked a cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, possibly upending President Donald Trump‘s diplomatic end to the war with Iran. A U.S. official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “struck it with a drone.” The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations reported the attack Thursday afternoon, writing […]

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Markwayne Mullin Goes Off on Screeching Purple-Haired Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro in Heated Exchange (VIDEO)

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Markwayne Mullin Goes Off on Screeching Purple-Haired Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro in Heated Exchange (VIDEO)

Department of Homeland Security Chief Markwayne Mullin on Thursday testified before the House Appropriations Committee during a DHS Oversight hearing. The post Markwayne Mullin Goes Off on Screeching Purple-Haired Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro in Heated Exchange (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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James Talarico, Running for Senate as a Crusader Against Billionaires, Holds Big-Ticket Fundraiser With Billionaire Hyatt Heir JB Pritzker

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James Talarico, Running for Senate as a Crusader Against Billionaires, Holds Big-Ticket Fundraiser With Billionaire Hyatt Heir JB Pritzker

Left-wing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who says "billionaires" are "destroying this country," held a big-ticket Chicago fundraiser with billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir and Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker (D.), where attendees were encouraged to contribute as much as $13,500 to attend. The post James Talarico, Running for Senate as a Crusader Against Billionaires, Holds Big-Ticket Fundraiser With Billionaire Hyatt Heir JB Pritzker appeared first on .

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Trump Throws Tantrum, Holds Housing Bill Hostage

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Trump Throws Tantrum, Holds Housing Bill Hostage

"This bill is a major step toward reducing housing costs for millions of American families, and Donald Trump just doesn't care," Elizabeth Warren told HuffPost.

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Republican chairman intervenes against Markwayne Mullin at heated hearing

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Republican chairman intervenes against Markwayne Mullin at heated hearing

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Amodei (R-NV) intervened on behalf of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) during a particularly heated segment of a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Order at the committee broke down when DeLauro, the ranking member of the full House Appropriations Committee, began criticizing Mullin’s Department of Homeland Security over […]

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