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The House side of the Capitol complex is getting a major overhaul of its restaurants, with vendor Sodexo out after a 10-year run. Beginning in August, Metz Culinary Management will take over, bringing a slew of new eateries with it, according to an email sent to staffers — with online ordering available at each location. Construction will start that month, but “rest assured that Members and staff will still have options for grabbing breakfast, lunch and coffee throughout the construction process,” the memo continues. There has been a long push for expanded brand-name food options as Sodexo’s generic cafeteria options,…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the strikes are a warning against violence toward the Druze community Israel said on Friday that it conducted airstrikes near the presidential compound in Syria, in response to violence against the Druze minority.“A short while ago, warplanes attacked the area near Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa’s palace in Damascus,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a brief statement.Al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, led a coalition of Islamist forces that toppled President Bashar Assad in December 2024. The rapid seizure of the capital and other cities in western Syria was accompanied by massacres of…

Eric Swalwell / Screenshot Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has stoked a conspiracy theory Elon Musk used his Starlink satellite network to rig the 2024 presidential election for Trump. During an appearance with a left-wing podcaster, Swalwell was asked about the integrity of the previous election and the role that Starlink may have played. The host remarked: The enemies allegedly stole U.S. data. The leak came through Elon Musk’s Starlink. I mean, I’m sure you’ve heard people, based on all of this information that’s happened since then, wonder if 2024 was secure. But more importantly, Representative, about 2026 and 2028, can…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 05: Cory Sandhagen prepares to fight Rob Font in a 140-pound … More catchweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Bridgestone Arena on August 05, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC is in Des Moines, Iowa, for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card. In the main event of the UFC Des Moines fight card, former interim UFC bantamweight title challenger Cory Sandhagen faces ex-UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo in a 135-pound matchup. In the high-stakes co-main event, Reiner de Ridder faces Bo Nickal…

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 30: (L-R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump, … MoreGetty Images The job report for April showed 177,000 new positions — 33% higher than the median forecast of 133,000 from economists polled by Dow Jones. The unemployment rate was 4.2% and average hourly earnings increased by 3.8% year-over-year. Employment for February and March were revised down by 58,000. The larger gains were in healthcare, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and social assistance. Federal government employment declined but much less than the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) suggested. Most Numbers…

A 16-year-old who recently returned to Sweden from Somalia has been arrested following an apparent gangland hit that left three dead in the city of Uppsala this week. The 16-year-old boy, whose name has been withheld from the public, is suspected of killing two teenage boys and a man in his 20s in a hair salon in central Uppsala on Tuesday at around 5 pm when violent clashes had broken out on the street, forcing bystanders to flee. By the time the police arrived on the scene, the three victims were found having been slain. According to Swedish broadcaster TV4 two…

The left “always wants to empower those individuals” —  speaking of rogue activist judges — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said while discussing the ongoing issue of lawfare against the Trump administration and attempts to thwart the MAGA agenda. The role of these judges is “not to be President of the United States,” Jordan said, noting that there are about 700 federal district judges who “think somehow they put their name on the ballot and they got elected, and they get to decide what — and make the rules and policy like the President does.” “That is not what their job…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard of its tax exemption. The request from Schumer and Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was first reported by POLITICO less than two hours before President Donald Trump announced he would proceed with revoking Harvard’s exemption. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” he wrote on Truth Social. Ahead of the announcement, the Democrats noted that Trump had…

Donald Trump’s team will work “very hard” to broker a ceasefire, the vice president has said The Trump administration is prepared to dedicate another 100 days to mediating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, US Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News in an interview published on Wednesday. He said the US has made progress by getting both sides to present their ideas for resolving the conflict.“We’ve got this first step,” the vice president said, reflecting on the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term.“We’ve got the peace proposal out there and issued, and we’re going to…

Elon Musk and the DOGE team join Jesse Watters on ‘Primetime’ to unveil explosive findings of government waste. (Screenshot: Fox News) In a jaw-dropping exposé aired on Jesse Watters Primetime, Elon Musk and members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force revealed that the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) — a taxpayer-funded agency supposedly devoted to promoting global peace — has been caught red-handed in what amounts to a stunning abuse of power, resources, and common sense. It can be recalled that in March, tensions boiled over when Musk’s efficiency squad, backed by FBI agents and D.C. Metro…