House passes bill to rein in child care fraud after $325M in waste exposed

Trump says Bill Pulte won't be director of national intelligence permanently

Asked if Bill Pulte has the national security experience for the job, President Trump said he does because he's "smart."

Trump announces Bill Pulte won’t be permanent pick for director of national intelligence

President Donald Trump reiterated that his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, won’t be in the role permanently. Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that Pulte would replace Tulsi Gabbard and her original successor, Deputy Director Aaron Lukas. Pulte has rankled congressional Republicans over his lack of national security experience. “He’s very smart,” Trump told reporters of […]

House Oversight Committee releases Pam Bondi's Epstein testimony

The House Oversight Committee released on Thursday the full transcript of former Attorney General Pam Bondi's closed-door testimony last week, showing that Bondi was aiming to move away from the Department of Justice's handling of the release of the Epstein files.The transcript also revealed that she told lawmakers that Todd Blanche, her former deputy attorney general and current Trump nominee for attorney general, was responsible for overseeing the Epstein files, CNN reported.“He was in charge of the process and the entire release of the Epstein files,” Bondi said.Lawmakers asked Bondi why the additional 3 million documents had not been publicly released yet following the first batch of 3 million files. She said the DOJ was not withholding other documents and argued remaining files were "either duplicates or privileged materials, despite bipartisan criticism that Trump’s Justice Department has withheld or overreacted to documents, while accidentally sharing information of Epstein’s victims," according to CNN."To my knowledge, they’ve all been released," Bondi said.She told the congressional leaders that any questions surrounding further documents should be directed to FBI Director Kash Patel.President Donald Trump fired Bondi from her position as attorney general in April. She and the department had faced mounting backlash over the release of the Epstein files and the rollout of the documents, which included names and personal information of survivors.

House oversight committee releases interviews with Bondi, Epstein’s prison guard

The House oversight committee released two transcripts on Thursday detailing lawmakers’ interviews with former Attorney General Pam Bondi and Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guard, Tova Noel. Bondi was interviewed on May 29 by the committee, which is looking into the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files. HIGH-PROFILE CONVICTS LOBBY FOR RUMORED TRUMP PARDONS AHEAD OF […]

Senate bill includes provision limiting president’s ability to sever intelligence sharing with Israel

Deep within the proposed Senate Intelligence Authorization Act are provisions to enhance intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel. If passed, the bill would require all future presidents to document any determinations to suspend, reduce, or limit intelligence and security cooperation with Israel. Introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on May 20 in the […]

Inflation, Trump immunity, and Bill Pulte: Takeaways from Scott Bessent’s testimony

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spent the past two days testifying before lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. It was the first time he addressed the panels since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law in July […]

VA Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Trans-Identifying Sex Offender Who Exposed Himself to Women

‘The tip of the iceberg’: Medicaid fraud epidemic hits Ohio, charges allege $50 million lost to defendants

Todd Blanche confirms 14 accused in long list of schemes