Author: Christian Datoc

President Donald Trump backed the idea of sending violent U.S. criminals to be held in foreign prisons as opposed to U.S. jails Tuesday afternoon. The president’s comments came as he was signing two executive orders in the Oval Office regarding the Middle East, including one expanding his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. FULL LIST OF…

Less than two hours after starting, Kash Patel’s Senate confirmation hearing skewed off the rails, with Republicans and Democrats both shouting down Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The incident started with a line of questioning from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), pressing Patel about a line of controversial statements President Donald Trump‘s nominee for…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) railed against the Steele dossier, a discredited document central to the Russia investigation of President Donald Trump, during the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI. Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, where he faced tough questioning from Democrats but a warm welcome from…

The mother of the 22-year-old nursing student who was killed by an illegal immigrant last year, Laken Riley, joined President Donald Trump during the signing of the immigration reform bill named after her. Trump signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which will allow federal authorities to detain illegal immigrants who have committed theft-related crimes…

The White House Office of Management and Budget circulated a new memo Tuesday afternoon clarifying which programs will be subject to the pause on federal grant funding President Donald Trump ordered Monday night. Trump’s move ignited backlash Tuesday morning among Democrats and nonprofit organizations, as the administration did not provide guidance on which specific programs…

The Trump White House says former President Joe Biden is to blame for skyrocketing egg prices. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first briefing in her new role Tuesday, during which inflation and egg prices specifically were raised on multiple occasions. FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS…

President Donald Trump‘s decision to pause federal grant funding set off shockwaves in states, nonprofit organizations, and the political world, with opponents calling the president’s Monday night move unconstitutional and immoral. Trump’s acting Office of Management and Budget director, Matthew Vaeth, wrote a memorandum that sets a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for all agencies to…

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance got some stern advice Tuesday from a Washington, D.C., bishop during the traditional, post-inauguration national prayer service. The Washington National Cathedral hosts the interfaith service on the morning after every inauguration dating back to 1933 as a sign of unity. Episcopal Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered…

President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment. The ERA, which would be the 28th Amendment, began its path to ratification in the 1970s, with…

The White House consistently claims that President Joe Biden will go down in history as one of the most effective legislative negotiators. That, based on the events of the past six months, almost certainly won’t prove true, but the president was able to enact several landmark legislative bills, both with and without help from the…