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House Republicans are sticking with their plan to hold a crucial committee vote needed to launch their party-line tax and spending package for floor debate — despite last-minute objections from fiscal hawks. The House Budget Committee will hold its morning markup Friday, as scheduled, and GOP leaders expect the panel to approve the bill after members deliver their opening statements. Speaker Mike Johnson and his team spoke with holdouts across the Republican Conference throughout the night to shore up the votes to approve the megabill central to enacting President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. There was extensive back-and-forth over a series…

President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Monday, May 12, 2025, in the Roosevelt Room. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long demonized by the corporate media and Big Tech for daring to question vaccine safety, now finds himself at the helm of one of the most powerful agencies in the federal government — and he’s using that power to protect America’s most vulnerable. The HHS is reportedly going to eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)…

Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” finally debuts at No. 60 on the Country Airplay chart, two months after … More hitting No. 1 on every other Billboard-published country list. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 25: Chappell Roan attends the premiere of Netflix’s Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour at NYA EAST on October 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Getty Images Chappell Roan surprised many of her newer fans earlier this year when she returned with more music. The singer, who was recently named Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammy Awards, dropped the single “The Giver,” which…

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 06: The U.S. Department of Education headquarters is seen on March 06, 2025 … MoreGetty Images The Department of Education revealed on Thursday that 96% of income-driven repayment requests for more than two million student loan borrowers remain unprocessed, as loan servicers struggle to work through a massive backlog of applications. And the situation may be about to get much worse. The information was unveiled in a court-ordered filing this week in an ongoing legal challenge brought by a national teacher’s union over stalled IDR applications. The union and the department had reached an agreement whereby…

The man arrested over three suspected arson attacks involving properties connected to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister is a Ukrainian national, London’s Metropolitan Police have said. 21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national resident in south-east London suburb Sydenham has been identified as the man arrested, as previously reported, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said he was charged on Thursday evening with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning and, per The Daily Mail appeared in a prison-issue track suit with a Ukrainian-language interpreter. He spoke to confirm his name…

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Thursday on CNN’s “The Source” that former FBI Director James Comey’s social media post about President Donald Trump that featured a photo of seashells arranged to read, “86 47,” was not criminally chargeable. Kaitlan Collins said, “Listen to what the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard – just to give you a sense of what administration officials are saying – what she just said tonight.” Fox News host Jesse Watters said, “Do you believe Comey should be in jail?” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said, “I do. Any other person with a…

House Republicans are steamrolling toward Friday morning’s scheduled Budget Committee markup even as a growing number of issues threaten to block progress on their “big, beautiful bill.” GOP leaders went back and forth overnight with conservatives after they threatened to tank the bill over key disagreements around Medicaid work requirements and IRA tax credits. Other holdouts are pushing to postpone the markup until all the Congressional Budget Office scores are released, which could take days. And even if they do strike an agreement in time for the 9 a.m. markup, it could be more or less a handshake. Republicans won’t…

The push has reportedly been inspired by US Senator Lindsey Graham, who proposed slapping 500% levies on Russian exports Ukraine’s European backers are considering imposing “punitive tariffs” on Russian exports as part of potential new sanctions set for discussion at the European Political Community summit in Albania on Friday, Politico has reported, citing EU officials.Western countries have imposed widespread sanctions against Russia since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 in a bid to isolate the country, but have held back from a total trade embargo. The restrictions include a ban on Russia’s seaborne oil shipments, cutting the country…

Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey has deleted his entire Instagram account after a firestorm erupted over a cryptic post that many patriots believe was a blatant call to assassinate President Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States. The now-infamous post, featuring seashells arranged to form the numbers “8647,” has sparked outrage across the nation, with top Trump allies and lawmakers demanding immediate action against the disgraced ex-FBI chief. The controversy exploded Thursday when Comey, a known Trump critic who was unceremoniously fired by the President in 2017, posted a photo captioned, “Cool shell formation on my…

LONDON (AP) – Two firefighters and a civilian were killed in a blaze at a former British military base that is now used to commemorate the history of aviation and motor sports, officials said Friday. The fire broke out Thursday in a large warehouse at the former Royal Air Force base in Bicester, near Oxford. Giant plumes of smoke could be seen for miles and witnesses reported hearing explosions. Two other firefighters were hospitalized with serious injuries, Oxfordshire County Council said. “Devastating news,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on the X social media platform. “The bravery of our firefighters is…