Senate confirms Lt. Gen Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in late night vote
The Senate confirmed that retired Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Cain became the next chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff on Friday, filling the position almost two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor. Trump appointed Kane to become a top US military officer in February after suddenly firing his second black […]
Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Eliminate Department of Education
Senate Republicans formally introduced a bill Wednesday to remove the Department of Education. This was introduced in line with President Donald Trump's executive order mandating the dismantling of the agency. Minecround Senator (R-SD) has been reintroduced Returning education to our state lawHe first introduced it in November 2024. The bill will remove the Department of […]
Senate Continues Dismantling Biden’s Green Energy Agenda By Voting To Repeal Gas Water Heater Ban
Senate Republicans continued their campaign Thursday to roll back strict energy regulations issued during the final months of President Joe Biden's term. The Senate vote 52-42 Abolish the Biden Department of Energy Regulation Prohibited By 2029 there will be several natural gas water heaters. The resolution will be headed to President Donald Trump's desk for […]
Sen. Jim Justice supports Trump’s energy EO in Senate appearance with viral star Babydog
BabyDog is back at Capitol Hill. This time, she places emphasis on the future of America's energy. On Thursday, the constant companions of beloved British Bulldogs and Sen. Jim Justice, RW.VA., made their official debut before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. “She humanizes us,” Justice told the committee when she puts baby […]
Senate confirms Dan Caine to lead Joint Chiefs in late-night vote
The Senate voted early Friday morning to confirm President Trump's choice to be chairman of the Co-Chief of Staff. From 60 A Democrat led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blocked the quick passage of Caine's nomination to protest Trump's February 21st shooting by General Brown Jr. after 25 votes came. However, despite Brown's unexplained firing, […]
Texas Senate Passes Legislation Banning Red Flag Laws
The Texas Senate passed a law Wednesday banning the enforcement of red flag laws in municipalities across Lone Star. The law, SB 1362, means that small governments in the state will be prohibited from enforcing the Red Flag Act unless the state legislature passes a statewide bill. It has been reported. CBS Austin It's attracting […]
Lawmakers fear losing hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud unless Senate acts
The hands of federal law enforcement are linked to the expiration of restrictions laws for prosecuting fraud in Covid-era unemployment programs. Congress extended the pandemic-era business relief fraud restrictions law in 2022, but the window to prosecute fraud in individual relief programs ended Thursday. “There's a huge amount of fraud that law enforcement officials are […]
Senate Republican questions FDA chief on counterfeit weight loss drugs
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) hopes the Food and Drug Administration will look into the ingredients of active foreign-made medicines that say they contain online weight loss drugs. In a letter to FDA committee member Sarah Brenner, the bank warned that it was seeing a surge in drugs with foreign-made ingredients that could pose health risks […]
Arizona Senate leader calls for federal meeting on DEI ‘window dressing’ at state colleges
Exclusive: Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is writing to State Education Secretary Linda McMahon for a meeting to discuss what he characterized as a campus crisis of Day's proliferation in Grand Canyon. R-Gilbert's Petersen will tell McMahon that the Trump administration is right to end the ubiquitous “non-American propaganda” on campus, including its main priorities, […]
Senate Republican chair challenges Trump over emergency funding move
Sen. Susan Collins (R Maine), the head of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and her Democratic counterpart, are challenging the Trump administration to handle emergency funds included in the law passed earlier this month. in letter President Trump's budget premier Russell Vert, Collins and Sen. Patty Murray (Washington), the top Democrats on the Funding Committee, […]