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Speaking to reporters at the White House Tuesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the White House Correspondents Association and a handful of media outlets will no longer have a monopoly over coverage of President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in other limited spaces within the administration. "For decades a group of DC based journalists, the White House Correspondents' Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore," Leavitt said. "All journalists, outlets and voices deserve a seat at this highly coveted table."
Get ready for "Musk Or Us" to meet "DOGE R Us." And the astroturfers whose finances are about to get shredded will not like the outcome.
The Protection Racket Media has seized (or is it pounced?) on protests at town-hall meetings over DOGE cuts to the federal bureaucracy. Politico gave us an example of the DOGE-is-unpopular media narrative this morning, in fact:
Rep. Jay Obernolte’s town hall in California last week was drowned out by shouts of “No king!” Rep. Glenn Grothman entered his Wisconsin town hall to boos and jeers, while Rep. Cliff Bentz of Oregon faced so much heckling that he threatened to leave.
But
FAFO, Associated Press style.
The White House won a temporary victory yesterday in the lawsuit brought by the AP over their exclusion from the briefing room and Air Force One. The judge in the case declined to issue a temporary restraining order, but seemed inclined to think that the AP would prevail on the merits. Judge Trevor McFadden questioned whether the Trump administration had conducted viewpoint discrimination, suggesting that the AP would win at trial. McFadden also noted pointedly that the White House allowed the White House Correspondents Association authority to grant credentials and access to the media spaces:
The House of Representatives passed the Republican spending bill in a 217-215 vote on Tuesday evening.
Rep. Massie was the only Republican to vote “no” on Trump’s “big beautiful bill” which boasts $2 trillion in cuts.
The budget package sets the stage for tax cuts, immigration reform, domestic energy expansion and Pentagon funding. (X Video) Speaker Johnson was confident ahead of Tuesday night’s vote – ‘There’s no Plan B’ Johnson said.
A Texas man arrested for allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” against law enforcement was “transitioning” genders, a police source confirmed to the Caller. The FBI’s Houston office announced Monday that it arrested Seth “Andrea” Gregori after he allegedly plotted an attack against police “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush.” In that 2016 attack, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five and wounding nine more in a mass shooting. Johnson was reportedly angry over white police officers shooting black suspects.
Top Dem senator accused of unsavory nonprofit
activity that enriched his wife, watchdog claims replies
activity that enriched his wife, watchdog claims replies
Sierra Marlee
Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), an ethics watchdog, is asking for an investigation into a Democrat senator.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, is being accused of violating ethics rules after reportedly backing legislation that helped enrich his own wife. FACT is asking the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to look into whether Sandra Whitehouse’s environmental organization financially benefitted from her husband’s political positions, and “whether he violated the Senate ethics rules on conflicts of interest.”
Mrs. Whitehouse has worked for consulting firm Ocean Wonks LLC as the president since 2017, prior to which she was a Senior Policy Adviser at Ocean Conservancy starting in 2008.
A 74-year-old Texas rancher has been killed after driving over an IED planted by a cartel on his land in Mexico, 80 miles south of the US border. Antonio Céspedes Saldierna died when his vehicle triggered the explosive device in Santa Rita, Tamaulipas, on Friday, police told ABC affiliate KRGV. The rancher lived just over the border from Mexico in the town of Brownsville. The explosion also killed a man in the same truck and injured a woman.
Antonio's son, Ramiro Céspedes, a US Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he was injured by an IED during his deployment. 'I consider this a terrorist attack
Republican Congressman Andy Ogles (TN) said he is drafting articles of impeachment against Amir Ali, a Biden appointee who just strong-armed the Trump Administration and ordered them to pay foreign contracts by 11:59 pm on Wednesday.
“I’m drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali. Yet another PARTISAN ACTIVIST attempting to weaponize his position to block President Trump from cutting wasteful foreign funding,” Congressman Ogles said.
“Accountability is key,” Rep. Ogles said.
House adopts blueprint for Trump’s ‘big,
beautiful’ agenda bill as prez open
to Senate version replies
beautiful’ agenda bill as prez open
to Senate version replies
House Republicans adopted a blueprint for President Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda package Tuesday night, managing to hold onto their slim majority despite repeated threats from recalcitrant members to derail it.
The framework cleared the House in a 217–215 vote, paving the way for the GOP to unlock the legislative process and begin drafting Trump’s marquee agenda.Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the sole Republican to oppose the measure.
The blueprint, also known as a budget resolution, features committee assignments to slash $1.5 trillion and potentially up to $2 trillion in spending while allowing for $4.5 trillion added to the deficit from tax cuts over 10 years and $300 billion in beefed-up spending
Conservative journalist and activist Nick Sortor ambushed California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell with the kind of hard-hitting questions the mainstream media refuses to ask.
While he has repeatedly smeared Musk as a “fascist” and a “national security threat,” he went silent when confronted by Sortor about his own compromised national security risk—his well-documented intimate ties to a Chinese spy.
According to Sortor, Swalwell met with lobbyists at the Four Seasons restaurant on Monday evening and allegedly boasted about cheating on his wife, orgies on Capitol Hill, and abusing his power as a Congressman.
Roberta Flack started out as a little girl with big dreams and tremendous talent, whose life took unexpected turns. Those turns led to a prolific and storied music career, and whether you are a Baby Boomer, Gen X, or a Millennial, her songwriting and ballads have been a pivotal part of the soundtrack of our lives.
An ALS diagnosis later in life stilled Flack's voice, and the memory of her dulcet tones is all that is left in the silence. On Monday, Roberta Flack died at the age of 88. [Tweet]
“The world has lost a musical great with the passing of the timeless Roberta Flack.
Washington—President Trump announced Tuesday that the US government will soon begin selling $5 million “gold cards” that convey both green-card residency status and a path to American citizenship to foreigners — predicting 1 million cards will be sold and saying the initiative could quickly pay down the national debt.
“It’s somewhat like a green card, but at a higher level of sophistication. It’s a road to citizenship for people, and essentially people of wealth or people of great talent,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
“We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that’s going to give you green card privileges-plus,” the president added
Washington—More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”
The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under President Donald Trump’s administration were political ideologues who
President Donald Trump has called on the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline to return to America and finish the project. And he's promising a fast-track process to get the job done.
On his first day in office, former President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that included revoking “permits signed over the past 4 years that do not serve the U.S. national interest, including revoking the Presidential permit granted to the Keystone XL pipeline.”
Trump, who made a return to American energy independence a cornerstone of his presidential campaign, took to Truth Social
Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20 his deportation task force, led by Border Czar Tom Homan, has wasted no time getting to work by green lighting Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids all over the country. But leaks from inside the Department of Homeland Security have often foiled plans and allowed dangerous criminal aliens to get ahead of law enforcement. (Video) Given the dangerous nature of the raids, tipping off criminals can turn into a lethal operation for agents. Homan vowed to get to the bottom of the leaks
Fox News star Kat Timpf has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer just hours before giving birth to her first child.
The TV star, 36, continued working on air through much of her third trimester, but recently revealed some of the harshest comments she had received from viewers about her growing baby bump. In a heartbreaking Instagram post this Tuesday, she shared the news of her son’s birth last week.
Just 15 hours before she gave birth to her first child with her husband, Cameron Friscia, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. "Last week, I became a mother. Just 15 hours before I went into labour,
Things in South Texas look a little sketchy. A Texas rancher was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, and the warning from the Texas AG Commissioner is stark: (warning in pdf) Meanwhile Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is proposing changes to the Mexican constitution in order to protect the Cartels from the designation as terrorists by the United States.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting Mexico’s sovereignty after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Vivek Ramaswamy officially announced his run for Ohio governor. In his announcement, Ramaswamy outlined his vision for the state, emphasizing a platform of economic growth, limited government, and a commitment to conservative values. His decision to enter the race has generated significant attention, positioning him as a fresh voice in Ohio's political landscape as he seeks to challenge the status quo. His gubernatorial run garnered the support of several high-profile individuals in Washington, including President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
During Tuesday's White House briefing to the White House Press Corps, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided an update on the Trump administration's efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration and to bring the border under control. Thumbnail: It's all working. [Tweet, video]
The press secretary reports:
Fox recently reported that a San Diego migrant shelter is closing its doors after saying they have not received new asylum-seeking families or individuals since January 20th. We all know what happened on January 20th, don't we?
The White House announced Tuesday it would “give the power back to the people,” but the establishment media want it back.
Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich took to social media Tuesday to protest a White House announcement that the White House would open up access to the press pool covering President Donald Trump and his administration.“For decades, a group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. “Not anymore.”
A 28-year-old Indiana man is accused of making violent threats against Elon Musk on social media.
The suspect, David Cherry, was arrested by Indiana State Police on Tuesday after law enforcement officials in Texas alerted them to the situation, Fox 7 reported Friday. (X) “In an affidavit filed Thursday in Harrison County, Indiana Superior Court, investigators identified several posts made on social media platform X under the username @effective_pawn,” the report said.
President Donald Trump surprised guests at the first White House tour of the year Tuesday, drawing a "USA!" chant after thanking them for visiting.
"I want to thank you very much for coming. The tour is so great... the First Lady worked very hard in making it perfect and I think you are going to really love it," Trump was heard telling the group in a video shared by the White House. "And I heard you were here and I said ‘let’s stop by and say hello.’"
"It's a group of very smart looking people I must say, very smart, maybe someday you'll be here as the president, right?"
With the notorious “far-right” Alternative für Deutschland winning 20.7 percent of the vote in the German elections -- up from 10.4 percent in 2021 -- and becoming the number two party, it is clearly the end of the world as we know it. But really, dear moderate German leaders, what do you expect a couple of days after another knife attack by an “asylum seeker?” Of course, maybe there wasn’t a knife attack. Maybe the whole thing was disinformation by bad actors on social media financed by operatives of USAID. Where are those three earnest German prosecutors dug up by 60 Minutes when you need them?
FBI Director Kash Patel has launched an investigation into former Director James Comey’s secret “honeypot” operation involving 2 female undercover agents who targeted President Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to The Washington Times.
Last October it was revealed that according to an FBI whistleblower, former Director James Comey inserted two female agents inside the Trump campaign in 2016.
The Washington Times reported that the female agents were directed to act as “honeypots” and travel with Trump and his staff.
This was an “off-the-books” operation and was separate from Comey and Obama’s Crossfire Hurricane operation