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Senate Iran War Powers Vote Falls One Short as Murkowski Flips, Signaling Growing Republican Unease

Story Highlights A War Powers Resolution to halt the Iran war failed 50-49 on Wednesday, the closest vote yet, with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski...

CIA Conducted Targeted Assassinations of Cartel Members Inside Mexico, CNN Investigation Reveals

Story Highlights CIA operatives from the agency's elite Ground Branch unit have directly participated in multiple fatal operations against cartel members in Mexico since...

Vance Withholds $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Funds From California, Threatens All 50 States Over Fraud

Story Highlights The administration is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California, citing the state's alleged failure to take hospice and home health...

Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair in Most Partisan Vote in the Institution’s History

Story Highlights Warsh was confirmed 54-45, the most divisive Fed chair vote in modern history, with only Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania crossing...

Trump Taps Former Private Prison Executive David Venturella as New Acting ICE Director

Story Highlights David Venturella will become acting ICE director on June 1, replacing the departing Todd Lyons. Venturella previously worked for GEO Group, a...

Senate Republicans Push $1 Billion in Taxpayer Funds for White House Ballroom Security, Sparking Bipartisan Backlash

Story Highlights Senate Republicans included $1 billion for Secret Service security in an immigration enforcement spending bill. The Secret Service clarified that $220 million...

Trump Personally Pushed DOJ to Subpoena Wall Street Journal Reporters Over Iran War Leaks

Story Highlights Trump gave acting AG Todd Blanche a stack of news articles marked "Treason" before DOJ issued subpoenas to the Wall Street Journal. ...

Trump Arrives in Beijing for High-Stakes Summit With Xi Jinping on Trade, Iran, and Taiwan

Story Highlights Trump landed in Beijing on May 13, 2026, for a summit with Xi Jinping focused on trade, Iran, and Taiwan. The U.S....

One Year After DOGE Mass Layoffs, Federal Workers and Experts Ask: What Was Actually Saved?

Story Highlights Approximately 212,000 federal workers have left or been removed since DOGE began operations in January 2025 A Government Accountability Office analysis found...

Golden Dome Missile Defense Contracts Awarded as Program Costs Rise to $185 Billion

Story Highlights Twelve companies received up to $3.2 billion in combined contracts for space-based interceptor prototypes The official Golden Dome cost estimate has risen...

Maduro Narco-Terrorism Trial Advances in New York — Next Hearing Set for June 30

Story Highlights Maduro and Flores appeared for a March 26 pretrial hearing and are set to return to court June 30 The Trump administration...

Trump Proposes $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget — Largest Military Spending Request in American History

Story Highlights The $1.5 trillion FY2027 defense request represents a 42 percent increase over 2026 — the largest year-over-year jump since World War II ...

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