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The fourth weekend of 2025 is quickly approaching.And the Senate is already at a disadvantage.That could trigger a weekend Senate session, as Senate Republicans seek to speed up proceedings on some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.Senators were unable to reach a time agreement to expedite the confirmation of CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe.Sen. Thune suggests staying until weekend to confirm Trump nominee after Democratic vote postponed: ‘It shouldn’t be difficult’So here are some Senate vocabulary words.Cloture, filibuster, and ripening.Senate Minority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday filed a motion for “closure” to overturn the filibuster against Ratcliffe and three…

President Trump on Wednesday redesignated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), four years after his first administration took similar action.In an executive order signed Wednesday, President Trump said terrorist organizations “pose a threat.”[s] The safety of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest partners in the region, and the stability of global maritime trade. ””With support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which arms and trains terrorist organizations around the world, the Houthis have fired on U.S. Navy warships dozens of times since 2023,” the order said. , putting…

The Republican Laken-Reilly Act is scheduled to go to President Donald Trump’s desk, making it the first bill signed into law by the party after the party retakes the House and Senate and the White House.The House passed the bill Wednesday by a vote of 263 to 156, marking the second time the House has introduced the bill this month.The bill passed the House of Representatives on January 7th by a vote of 264-159. Every voting Republican supported the bill, as did 48 Democrats. This is two more people than the most recent vote.President Trump repeals LNG moratorium to bring…

President Trump reveals China strategy for next four years Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Michael Pillsbury spoke on “The Ingraham Angle” about how Chinese President Xi Jinping is sending his vice president to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. FOX 1st: Republican senators are introducing a bill that would completely ban China from purchasing American land. The Another Inch Acre Ban Act, sponsored by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, and Republican Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama, is a Chinese Communist Party-owned law deemed national security. or the sale of land “affected” by the Chinese Communist Party. risk.…

President Donald Trump’s first actions from the Oval Office include rolling back health care policies put forth by former President Joe Biden, including expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.” was included. Shortly after taking the oath of office on Monday, President Trump moved quickly to rescind a long list of Biden executive orders covering a wide range of issues. Two of the rescinded orders involved Mr. Biden’s efforts to expand access to the ACA and return federal programs to their “pre-Trump state” for the first time.The move infuriated Democrats, who called it an “attack” on federal…

The Pentagon will deploy an additional 1,500 active-duty military personnel to the southern border by the end of this month, a U.S. official told Fox News on Wednesday.It was not immediately clear what kind of troops would be sent, but the Trump administration is expected to make a formal announcement later Wednesday.There are already 2,500 U.S. military personnel stationed at the southern border. The unit was ordered under Authority 10 in May 2023 under the Biden administration, approved by former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and will be deployed until the end of fiscal year 2025, according to a spokesperson…

Nearly 20 states are suing the Trump administration over its executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, calling it unconstitutional and “unprecedented.”The lawsuit by 18 Democratic-led states states that “the president does not have the power to amend the Constitution or rewrite or invalidate duly enacted statutes, nor do he have any other authority to amend the Constitution or to rewrite or invalidate any duly enacted statute. It is not even authorized by the source of the law.””If this unprecedented administrative action is left unaddressed, Plaintiffs and their residents will suffer immediate and irreparable harm.”Trump administration…

In an apparent attack on President Donald Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested the Los Angeles fires were a result of climate change and told skeptics, “If you don’t believe the science, trust your damn eyes.” urged.He wrote the words in a press release issued Tuesday in response to President Trump’s executive order on the environment, which has killed 27 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes and structures in California. combined with horrifying images of fires raging across the country. Mr. Trump, who was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, announced several changes…

A Biden-era executive order that called for phasing out the use of private prisons is repealed as the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) resigns and President Donald Trump seeks to overhaul the Department of Justice. It was done. .Colette Peters, who has led the BOP since August 2022, has stepped down as director of the beleaguered agency and been replaced by William Lothrop, who had been deputy director of the BOP.Peters was appointed in 2022 by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland as a reform-minded outsider tasked with rebuilding a government agency long plagued by staff shortages, widespread corruption, fraud and abuse.…

Congressional Republican leaders met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, and the president made several public remarks after the White House summit.Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana are scheduled to address reporters about what was discussed in their first meeting since the new president began his second term.Mr. Trump clashed with some Republican lawmakers late last year when the federal government faced a potential shutdown that was ultimately narrowly avoided. Other Republican leaders who attended Tuesday’s meeting included House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, House Majority Leader Tom Emmer of…