Author: Press Room

It used to be the congressional equivalent of a five-alarm fire: Members of the House Freedom Caucus were holding out, refusing to go along with Republican leaders’ plans for high-stakes legislation. But when Speaker Mike Johnson brought the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” to the House floor this week, few were surprised when the band of hardcore conservatives threatened once again to take down the bill. And even fewer took their threats seriously. “They do this every time — every dadgum time,” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), a hard-right member who himself has occasionally held out on GOP leaders. The endgame…

Kiev’s accession to the bloc would drag both Brussels and Budapest into conflict with Moscow, the Hungarian prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that Ukrainian membership of the EU would destroy both the bloc’s and his country’s economy.Ukraine was granted EU candidate status in 2022, but Orban has argued that allowing the country to join the bloc would draw all members into a direct conflict with Russia. The stance has increasingly put Kiev at odds with Budapest.“Ukrainians are increasingly attacking Hungary because we stopped Ukraine’s EU accession in Brussels,” Orban wrote in a Facebook post…

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) melted down after the House of Representatives passed President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Thursday. The House of Representatives passed the reconciliation bill 218-214 on Thursday after a night of drama with several GOP holdouts. Two Republican lawmakers – Massie and Fitzpatrick – voted ‘no.’ The Big Beautiful Bill included: Tax cuts – no tax on tips Cuts to SNAP (food stamps) and work requirements Border spending: ICE and Border Patrol will be flooded with billions of dollars. More than $45 billion will be allocated to the border wall. AOC was on the verge of…

British singer and actress Lily Allen laughed about being unable to remember how many abortions she has had. “I can’t remember exactly how many,” the 40-year-old “Lost My Mind” singer said, adding, “I want to say five.” “Abortions, I’ve had a few, but then again, I can’t remember exactly how many,” Allen sang to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s 1969 hit, “My Way,” during her Monday appearance on BBC’s Miss Me? podcast. Watch Below: “Really?” 41-year-old Miss Me? podcast host Miquita Oliver asked, to which Allen replied in a more serious tone forgoing the singing, “I can’t remember, yeah. I think maybe, like, I want to say…

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons is praising final passage of President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, mainly for its “unprecedented funding” toward federal immigration enforcement. On Thursday, the House approved final passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — a piece of landmark legislation that not only covers immigration enforcement but also tax cuts, child tax credits, and no tax on tips or Social Security, among other things. After final passage, Lyons issued a statement thanking Trump for his commitment to expand ICE funding as the agency is equipped with arresting and deporting millions of illegal aliens,…

Planned Parenthood has vowed to take the Trump administration to court over a provision in the newly-passed megabill that would “defund” the nonprofit for up to one year. Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the organization, said on Thursday the reconciliation bill is an “unlawful” and “targeted attack” on the organization and its patients. “Everyone deserves access to high-quality, affordable health care. That’s what we’ve been fighting for the last century — and we’ll never stop,” McGill Johnson said in a statement. “We’ll be suing the Trump administration to stop this unlawful attack. See you in court.” The bill,…

Fewer American missiles being sent to Kiev could speed up the end of the conflict, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The freeze in US aid to Ukraine, apparently caused by production issues, could hasten the end of hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.Reports earlier this week revealed that the United States has halted deliveries of critical munitions to Kiev, including Patriot and Hellfire missiles, GMLRS rockets, and thousands of 155mm artillery shells.The White House confirmed the development, saying that the “decision was made to put America’s interests first,” while Washington’s envoy to NATO…

The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) faces a dire threat as Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, a lawyer with far-left credentials, is set to join the Federal Constitutional Court, the nation’s highest judicial body. Her nomination, backed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and, shockingly, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ostensibly center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), establishes a troubling precedent which could imperil the broader conservative cause. Brosius-Gersdorf’s ascent to the Karlsruhe-based court, where she is a leading candidate to become president, raises alarms for defenders of free speech, religious liberty, and traditional values. During a 2024 talk show, she championed Germany’s “defensive democracy,” advocating for…

On Wednesday, Border Patrol agents announced the discovery of seven illegal aliens concealed in a sweltering hidden compartment under a flatbed trailer in South Texas. The discovery followed the driver of a truck pulling the trailer crashing into a ranch fence near Laredo in a bid to escape. The aliens were found sealed into the poorly ventilated compartment during one of the hottest weeks of the summer thus far. The Border Patrol released photos that show the illegal aliens trapped in the concealed compartment underneath the flooring of the flatbed trailer. According to the agency, the driver managed to escape…

Hakeem Jeffries has long portrayed the Senate filibuster as an obstacle to progress and repeatedly called for its elimination, but now he is invoking his own version of procedural delay by using the House’s ‘magic minute’ to stall a final vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill. In 2013, Jeffries posted: “The time for Senate #FilibusterReform is now.” By 2021, his rhetoric had intensified. In May, he declared: “The filibuster is a racially tinged artifact of the Jim Crow era. We cannot let it stand in the way of progress.” In June, he added: “Now might be a good time…