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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Wednesday, April 22. Bessent will answer questions as the hearing reviews the requested budget for the Department of the Treasury. Last week, the Treasury secretary lauded the successes of Donald Trump’s tax policies in helping American families. Read the full article here
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) said that while he likely wouldn’t campaign with Hasan Piker, “if someone feels like that’s a choice they want to make and they’re comfortable with it, they should do it.” And “if others want to, they can.” After Subramanyam said that Democrats are a big tent, guest host Batya Ungar-Sargon asked, “Does that include Hasan Piker?” Subramanyam responded, “I don’t know, is he running — I don’t think he’s running for anything, right?” Ungar-Sargon followed up, “You mean tent just in terms of politicians, not in terms of influencers and…
Aleksey Dedov made the statement to RT while inspecting damage to civilian and medical infrastructure in the Islamic Republic’s capital The US and Israel have committed war crimes in Iran, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Aleksey Dedov has declared while inspecting the ruins of a hospital in the Iranian capital destroyed in the strikes.The diplomat made the remarks to RT on Monday during a visit to damaged residential areas alongside a group of foreign ambassadors.According to RT correspondent Saman Kojouri, the hospital was hit without prior warning while patients and staff were inside. It was not immediately clear how many people…
Argentine President Javier Milei has long been an unabashed supporter of Israel. He confirmed that once more Tuesday night as he sang and lit a ceremonial torch at Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations. He was selected to light a torch at the annual ceremony — the first time the honor has been bestowed on a foreign leader – as he doubled down on relations with Israel as it continues to work alongside the U.S. in confronting Iran’s violence across the Middle East and the contested Strait of Hormuz. Milei was welcomed with cheers and applause as he joined an upbeat, energetic…
Monday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said FBI Director Kash Patel should immediately be called before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Host Erin Burnett said, The FBI director, Kash Patel. He’s filed a lawsuit today against The Atlantic over their story that I know you saw, Senator, which alleges that he drinks to excess. He has unexplained absences, doesn’t show up. It was damning. She asked, “Senator, you’re on the Senate Judiciary Committee. So in that role, you oversee the FBI. So if this reporting holds and Patel does not step down, it would seem this is a national security crisis.…
Virginia just delivered the moment Hakeem Jeffries has been waiting for. Voters approved a new congressional map that adds up to four Democratic-leaning districts, handing the party a stronger chance of retaking the House. The minority leader is leaning in, taunting Republicans and vowing “maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” “Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight,” Jeffries said in a statement Tuesday evening. “We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next.” Jeffries has staked much of his credibility as a party leader on the effort, pouring time, money and political capital into a nationwide push to…
A Canadian national was fatally shot by a lone gunman and 13 others, including a Russian visitor, sustained injuries in Teotihuacan A lone gunman has killed a Canadian tourist and wounded several others, including a Russian national, at the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The assailant took his own life after being injured and surrounded by security forces, according to the Mexican authorities.The UNESCO-protected pre-Columbian archaeological site near Mexico City is one of the country’s top tourist attractions, drawing around 2 million visitors annually.At around 11:30 AM on Monday, the man, armed with a handgun, ordered a group…
The Italian government on Tuesday summoned the Russian ambassador to Rome after Moscow’s diplomatic propagandist Vladimir Solovyov hurled a barrage of vulgar insults against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a television broadcast. La Stampa reports that Solovyov, a notorious Kremlin propagandist, delivered the insults during a broadcast of his show Polnyj Kontakt (“Full Contact”), branding Meloni as a “fascist, certified idiot, a nasty little woman” and referring to her as “PuttaMeloni” (“Whore Meloni”). Sky TG24 detailed that Solovyov also condemned Meloni as a “disgrace to the human race, a natural beast, a certified idiot, a wicked little woman.” “This Meloni, a fascist scoundrel, who…
Monday on MS NOW’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said that after Democrats win the midterm elections, they will investigate the Trump administration. Ossoff said, “I think people across the political spectrum are feeling outrage that while families in Georgia are made to pay more and more for everything, the first family is pocketing vast sums of money from all over the world. You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner, the guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more…
Americans’ disapproval of Congress has matched an all-time high, a new poll from Gallup finds, as the beleaguered institution grapples with scandals, expulsions and its role as a co-equal, independent branch of Congress. The survey released Wednesday shows that only 10 percent of Americans approve of Congress, just barely above 2013’s all-time low of 9 percent. In contrast, 86 percent of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing — matching the historic high in the over 50 years Gallup has been asking Americans for their opinions on the legislature. The last time 86 percent of Americans disapproved of Congress…