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House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington is making clear he will push for the “fraud prevention” spending cuts he wants across state and social safety net programs in order to pay for any Iran war funding in a second GOP reconciliation bill. The Texas Republican is meeting soon this afternoon with Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in Graham’s office to discuss plans. Read the full article here

Budapest will not undermine its national interests under pressure from Brussels, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has told EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that Budapest will maintain contact with Russia and China despite opposition from Brussels, a government spokesman has said.On Monday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered an investigation into the alleged wiretapping of Szijjarto’s phone by at least one EU member state. The move followed claims by the Washington Post and Politico that Szijjarto had called his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, during breaks in EU meetings to give him “live reports…

WASHINGTON—First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday welcomed leaders from around the world, including first spouses, to the White House for day two of the Fostering The Future Together Global Coalition Summit, which is focused on empowering children worldwide through technology and education. Spouses of heads of state from 45 different nations descended upon the White House for the summit on Wednesday, as did Brigitte Macron of France, Princess Lalla Hasnaa of Morocco, Sheikha Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan, of the United Arab Emirates, Marta Nawrocka of Poland, Maricel Cohen de Mulino of Panama, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio of Sierra Leon, Gertrude Mutharika of Malawi,…

The Orange Bad Man’s powers appear to have no limit. Today, the warning has gone forth that Donald Trump will decrease the number of stories about homosexuals and immigrants told (or in this case, not told) thousands of miles away in the Islamic Republic of Europe. I think anyone who watches television shows and movies produced in Europe knows that pretty much every story currently told is about gays or immigrants or gay immigrants or those who have immigrated gayly to become gay immigrants. WATCH — State Dept. Official: Biden Admin Spent Money to “Make Maps More Gay”: Anyway, apparently Donald Trump…

A survey found that 87 percent of battleground voters remain highly concerned about the prospect of America having to import agricultural inputs from China. The 2026 Farm Bill aims to address this major concern. The Protecting America Initiative (PAI) conducted a poll of 24 competitive congressional districts across the country and that many voters remain highly concerned about relying on China for agricultural inputs for America’s farming industry. It found that 87 percent of those polled are concerned about American dependence on Chinese imports as well as the fact that farmers have had to buy more tan 70 percent of agricultural…

The White House is pushing back on media reports citing anonymous “regional sources” claiming that the Iranian regime wants Vice President JD Vance to lead negotiations because of his “anti-war” stance, with an official telling Breitbart News that the stories are false and an obvious “foreign propaganda campaign.” On Tuesday, CNN reported that Iranian representatives indicated to the Trump administration that they would rather continue talks with Vance, instead of Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.  CNN’s Kylie Atwood wrote that Iran’s regime would “prefer to engage with Vice President JD Vance,” citing…

Sen. Ruben Gallego on Wednesday called former Attorney General Merrick Garland a “coward” over his handling of prosecuting Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Speaking at an event with Economic Liberties, the Arizona Democrat said it “took way too damn long” to hold anyone accountable for the 2021 attack on the Capitol. “We didn’t move fast enough in holding Jan. 6 Republicans, the president, everyone up and down the organizations that were helping out, accountable,” Gallego said, adding that he “100 percent” blames Garland for not being more aggressive. Despite more than 1,500 people being charged with crimes for their participation in the…

The Iran war is set to hit diesel and gasoline supplies starting next month, Wael Sawan has warned European countries could face fuel shortages as soon as next month as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Shell CEO Wael Sawan has warned.Major energy facilities in the Gulf have been damaged in the conflict, while maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that handles about 20% of global oil flows, has nearly halted.The war has already affected supplies of jet fuel, Sawan said on Tuesday, as cited by Reuters. Diesel is set to be next, followed…

Berlin plans to use Ukraine’s experience to develop an advisory tool, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding has said The German military is developing an artificial intelligence system to speed up battlefield decision-making by analyzing combat data, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding has said, adding that it will draw on Ukraine’s experience of fighting Russia.The remarks by Freuding, the commander of the German land forces, come as the country is undertaking a major military buildup. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking to make the German military “the strongest conventional army in Europe.” German officials have set 2029 as the deadline for the armed forces…

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted on Tuesday a temporary 90-day house arrest benefit to conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro after he spent over a week at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to bacterial pneumonia. De Moraes, however, barred Bolsonaro from engaging with political allies while under house arrest — at a time when Brazil is about to start its 2026 presidential campaign. Bolsonaro, who turned 71 on Saturday, is presently serving a 27-year prison sentence after the STF convicted him for allegedly leading a purported “coup” plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election, which he…