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Pressure is mounting on the House of Representatives to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would prohibit institutional investors from buying single family American homes. The legislation passed the U.S. Senate in March by an 89-10 vote, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) can put the bill on the House floor with suspension of the rules, which requires two-thirds support. Considering it had nearly 90 percent support in the Senate, the bill would likely exceed the threshold to suspend the rules, which requires 284 members’ support, given five vacancies. President Donald Trump called for the passage of…

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said Republican-led redistricting efforts were “about diluting the black vote.” Co-host Ana Navarro said, “The reason this is happening is because Trump knows he’s going to lose the House, which means that there will finally be oversight and accountability of the abuses of power by his misadministration, and that is why he’s trying to change the rules in the middle of the game and give himself more Republican districts, and it’s going to be a backlash because the voters don’t have to take it and are not going to take it. And…

House Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger said Tuesday he “fully expect[s]” Congress to have completed work on a sweeping party-line policy package by August recess. “The speaker is fully briefed on our ideas,” the Texas Republican said in an interview of the RSC’s framework for a budget reconciliation bill, which would follow the GOP’s tax and spending megabill last year and the immigration enforcement funding legislation President Donald Trump wants on his desk by June 1. “We are starting our meetings in earnest this week and I expect that we’re going to have some very good discussions.” Pfluger added…

Fishing crews say soaring diesel prices have wiped out incomes and forced boats to stay in port for months A surge in global oil prices linked to energy supply disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israel war on Iran, has nearly doubled diesel costs for Indonesian fishermen. The spike has forced much of the country’s fishing fleet to remain docked according to a report by RT’s Indra Mapong.The impact of the war in Iran is now being felt thousands of kilometers away in Indonesia, where soaring fuel prices have left much of the country’s…

Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, commander of the foreign operations Quds Force unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Sunday for meetings with Iran-controlled politicians and militia groups — a clear attempt by Iran to influence the new government that is taking shape in Iraq. The National reported on Tuesday that Qaani gave some “red lines” to Iran’s puppets and proxies in Iraq, including “no concessions to Washington on disarming armed factions” and no “tilting too far towards the White House.” WATCH — This Is What Happened When Iran Didn’t Listen to the U.S.: In…

It was pretty clear to the founders that the United States of America was “God’s idea in history,” Eric Metaxas, author of the upcoming book Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday. Speaking with Host Matthew Boyle roughly two months from America’s semiquincentennial celebration, Metaxas walked through what he believes Americans must do to ensure that America lives on another 250 years and beyond. “I think the one thing that comes out which is kind of – it’s going to be shocking to some people, certainly…

A key moderate Republican lawmaker said Tuesday he would not support a White House security funding request that could pour as much as $220 million into President Donald Trump’s controversial ballroom project. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) dismissed the prospect that the House would approve $1 billion in new Secret Service spending as part of a pending party-line bill that otherwise funds immigration enforcement agencies. “Not happening here,” he said in an interview. Pressed on whether he supports the idea, he responded directly, “No.” Fitzpatrick’s vote and those of like-minded centrists will be crucial to getting the overall $70 billion package…

The Missouri Supreme Court enacted the state’s Republican-drawn gerrymander on Tuesday, allowing it to likely take effect for the midterms by handing the GOP victories on two major redistricting cases. The court ruled that the state’s new map — which Republicans in the Legislature drew to break up a Kansas City-area Democratic seat and shift the delegation from 6-2 Republican to a 7-1 advantage — did not violate the state constitution’s redistricting clause. The court also ruled against Democrats in the state who filed a petition seeking to force a referendum on the map, declaring the filing of the petition…

The US president stressed that he would “do whatever is necessary” to settle the Ukraine conflict US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, prior to departing for an upcoming summit in China, the US president was asked if he could visit Russia in 2026.“I could… I will do whatever is necessary. That war… I’ve settled eight wars,” Trump said.“That war is getting closer. Believe it or not, it’s getting closer. And we think we’re going…

Spanish companies operating in Cuba are reportedly assessing the potential risks of continuing to do business in the country after the U.S. sanctioned GAESA, the Cuban communist regime’s tourism conglomerate. GAESA, or Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., is a branch of the Cuban regime operated by its military that controls as much as 40 percent of Cuba’s entire economy. GAESA operates the nation’s tourism industry — one of the few areas that the ailing regime invests time and resources in maintaining, as it represents one of the main sources of income for its repressive apparatus. In addition to tourism, GAESA manages other key…