The White House has requested Congress pass a supplemental spending bill for $87.6 billion, roughly $67 billion of which would go to the Pentagon to cover the cost of the Iran war. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday detailing […]
The White House on Wednesday officially asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding to pay for the Iran war, curtail the ongoing Ebola outbreak and provide aid to U.S. farmers, among other requests, according to a copy obtained by The Hill. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), White House Office of…
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war.
President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly cancel a bill-signing ceremony on Wednesday for a widely popular piece of legislation raised red flags for one political analyst. Trump announced on Truth Social that he was canceling the signing event for a bipartisan housing affordability bill, and said it won't be signed until the SAVE America Act is passed, a bill that would fundamentally transform how American elections are conducted. John Heilemann, a journalist and MS NOW political analyst, warned during a segment on "Deadline: White House" that Trump used a phrase to remember in his Truth Social post announcing the cancellation, one that will become more important as the 2026 midterm elections draw near. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT," Trump wrote in a pithy post.Heilmann warned that the post revealed Trump's strategy for interfering in the 2026 midterm election. "Donald Trump is starting to broadcast his strategy for interfering with, intervening in, and trying to steal the 2026 election," Heilmann said. "'National emergency' is a phrase that you should remember because I think we're going to start to see it more and more in Donald Trump's communications, both on social media and his language when he talks about these things on the stump. That is how you get to a justification for starting to seize control of the election apparatus and mechanisms ... by which we hold elections. 'National emergency.' He said it right there. I think we are going to hear it again."
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Donald Trump had an explosive argument with Republican senators during a private meeting in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday over limitations on his powers to direct the war with Iran.
President Trump blew up at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during an intense meeting behind closed doors in the Capitol Wednesday after the Republican senator accused the president of not being forthright with the American people about the Iran war. The argument got so loud and intense between Trump and Cassidy that a senator next to…
Long before a single shot was fired at Lexington or Concord, a revolution was already underway. It was waged with ink rather than arms. As America prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence, it is worth honoring the force that made that independence imaginable: the colonial press.