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Rubio to Testify Before Senate, Arguing for Budget Amid Iran War and Pressure on Cuba
The secretary of state has played a key role in the Iran deliberations, as well as in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
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Graham Platner bails on interview with friendly media outlet amid sexting scandal
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Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner reportedly cancelled an interview with MS NOW amid new sexting allegations, according to Mediaite. Platner’s former political director Genevieve McDonald reportedly told […]
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Trump ‘suddenly taking losses’ from ‘own friends’ as key leverage crumbles: report
President Donald Trump has increasingly faced pushback from his “own friends and allies” in recent weeks leading to a series of “losses,” Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday, a dynamic that the outlet attributed to the president’s most powerful point of leverage crumbling in real time.“President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends and allies, especially on Capitol Hill,” Punchbowl News’ report reads.For instance, Trump’s White House ballroom project is in “serious jeopardy” as GOP senators sour at the $1 billion ask for ballroom security. Trump’s proposal for the creation of a new battleship fleet named after himself also hit a speedbump as Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee expressed a “wave of skepticism,” Punchbowl News reported on Monday.Trump’s $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has also sparked fierce pushback from GOP lawmakers, and this week, House Republicans may end up supporting a bill to provide $600 million in aid to Ukraine, a bill that Punchbowl News reported “Trump is certain to oppose.”The cause for the recent uptick in GOP defiance, Punchbowl News argued, was the primary election season wrapping up around the nation. Trump’s endorsements – “worth more than ever in GOP primaries,” Punchbowl News’ report reads – are no longer a threat for lawmakers who’ve made it past their primaries unscathed. As such, GOP lawmakers are “suddenly finding it advantageous to oppose” the president.Punchbowl News flagged the wave of GOP opposition to Trump’s $1.7 billion fund – established to award payouts to his supporters who claim to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden administration’s Justice Department – as a key example of Trump’s leverage on his own party having waned. “At least a dozen GOP senators said Monday that the White House’s attempt to quell the uproar over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund wasn’t enough to win their support for advancing the immigration-centric package – something that should unify them,” Punchbowl News’ report reads.
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Graham Platner, Ken Paxton and the populists’ scandal dilemma
People may debate whether Graham Platner or Ken Paxton is more unfit to serve in the United States Senate. But the answers will mostly depend on one’s partisan preferences. For a few folks, their own particular detestation of certain vices might be material. You may think that Paxton is worse because many of the allegations…
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White House distances itself from Freedom 250 amid concert controversy
The White House is putting distance between itself and Freedom 250 amid growing controversy surrounding the organization’s planned National Mall concert series, even as President Donald Trump remains a central figure in its celebrations and the administration promotes the group as part of its efforts to celebrate the nation’s birthday. The White House said on […]
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(VIDEO) “I Don’t Know Who He Is” – DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin Calls Former Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino “Irrelevant” Amid Criticisms – Bovino Responds!
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin snubbed the legendary former Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino during a press conference on Monday, saying he's "never met the guy" and describing him as "irrelevant." Bovino resigned as Border Patrol Chief in March after he was pulled out of Minneapolis, following the fatal officer-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The post (VIDEO) “I Don’t Know Who He Is” – DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin Calls Former Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino “Irrelevant” Amid Criticisms – Bovino Responds! appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Trump speaks to NBC News amid Iran talks and administration's apparent abandonment of $1.8B fund
President Trump said he would be 'okay' if the Iranian regime refused to return to talks. The administration also appeared to abandon its $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. NBC News' Garrett Haake reports.
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Bernie Sanders defends Graham Platner after reports of sexually explicit text messages
Other progressive members of Congress who endorsed Platner, the leading Democratic candidate for the Senate in Maine, are also coming to his defense.
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Democratic Senate candidate faces new scandal
Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, is speaking out following his latest controversy over sexually text messages he sent to half a dozen women while married. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports.
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