Tag: Executive Branch

Country Singer Brad Paisley Performs for National Governors Association Members

Country music singer Brad Paisley performs following a dinner reception for National Governors Association members in the East Room of the White House at 9 p.m. ET on Feb. 11. …


These Republicans May Be Angling to Run for President in 2024

News Analysis With November 2024 more than a year and a half away, Republicans are quietly positioning themselves for the presidential primary season. It’s a delicate dance, now that former President Donald Trump has entered contention. To many GOP voters, challengers from within the party still look like betrayers, particularly if they talked up their…


US Imposes Sanctions on 6 Chinese Firms Over Spy Balloon Programs

The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it found to have aided Beijing’s surveillance balloon programs in the wake of one such balloon that floated over the United States for a week gathering intelligence. In a statement issued on Feb. 10, the Commerce Department identified five companies and a research institute involved in efforts…


Sen. Rick Scott Proposes Bill to Protect Social Security and Medicare

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare on Friday after President Joe Biden claimed that Republicans in Congress aim to reduce funding for these programs. The proposed bill, named the Protect Our Seniors Act, would rescind funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for 87,000 new IRS…


DHS Hires Outside Legal Counsel Ahead of Possible Mayorkas Impeachment

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired outside legal counsel in anticipation of potential impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “The Department of Homeland Security has retained outside counsel to help ensure the Department’s vital mission is not interrupted by the unprecedented, unjustified, and partisan impeachment efforts by some Members of Congress, who…


State AGs Seek Answers From FBI, DOJ Over Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 19 other Republican state attorneys general expressed “outrage and alarm” Friday following the Feb. 8 leak of an internal FBI memo that characterized Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” Seeking answers, Miyares pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland for information on how the…


PREMIERING NOW: Kash Patel: Biden Administration Diverts Attention From National Security Failures—From Chinese Spy Balloon to Fentanyl Crisis

“I can tell you without equivocation that during my tenure, there was not one shred of intelligence that came across that showed that even the possibility of a balloon from the Chinese Communist Party or otherwise was going to cross the territorial waters of the United States of America,” says Kash Patel. Defense officials have…


Kash Patel: Biden Administration Diverts Attention From National Security Failures—From Chinese Spy Balloon to Fentanyl Crisis

“I can tell you without equivocation that during my tenure, there was not one shred of intelligence that came across that showed that even the possibility of a balloon from the Chinese Communist Party or otherwise was going to cross the territorial waters of the United States of America,” says Kash Patel. Defense officials have…


Sen. Rick Scott Invites Biden to Debate Medicare and Social Security

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) invited President Joe Biden for a debate after the president insisted congressional Republicans were wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare. “Since you can’t stop talking about me and lying to Floridians about Social Security and Medicare, I’m sure you’ll accept my invitation to debate the issue,” the senator wrote Thursday on…


PREMIERING 8PM ET: Kash Patel: Biden Administration Diverts Attention From National Security Failures—From Chinese Spy Balloon to Fentanyl Crisis

“I can tell you without equivocation that during my tenure, there was not one shred of intelligence that came across that showed that even the possibility of a balloon from the Chinese Communist Party or otherwise was going to cross the territorial waters of the United States of America,” says Kash Patel. Defense officials have…