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National News

Hawley Becomes First Senator Committed to Challenging Electoral College Results

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

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Trump Team Wants to Present ‘Specific Evidence’ on Jan. 6: Campaign Adviser Jason Miller

by USNN2020December 30, 2020January 12, 2021

National News

Betsy DeVos on 1619 Project: Revisionist History Indoctrinating Young American Minds

by USNN2020December 30, 2020March 27, 2025

National News

Trump Campaign Asks Supreme Court to Set Aside Wisconsin’s Election

by USNN2020December 30, 2020June 20, 2024

Economy

IRS and Treasury Begin Sending Stimulus Checks to Millions of Americans

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

National News

Arizona GOP Chair: ‘All on the Shoulders of Vice President Mike Pence’ in Elector Fight

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

Congress

Growing Number of GOP Senators Back $2,000 Stimulus Checks After House Passes Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020February 26, 2025

National News

72 Percent of Republicans See Trump as Model for Future of GOP: Poll

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

President Donald Trump called on GOP leaders in the Senate not to override his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the House was able to. “Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass. Say goodbye to VITAL Section 230 termination, your National Monuments, Forts (names!) and Treasures … 5G, and our great soldiers being removed and brought home from foreign lands who do NOTHING for us,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW! Senate should not approve NDAA until fixed!!!” The Senate is slated to take up the bill starting at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would slow down the NDAA veto override to get a vote on the $2,000 stimulus payments to people. The House passed the $2,000 stimulus check bill on Monday night. The NDAA was passed in the Senate in an 84-13 vote, meaning that Sanders’ efforts to fillibuster will likely be overcome. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he would join Sanders’ efforts to slow down the measure. “I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2,000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need,” Markey wrote on Twitter. About a week ago, Trump vetoed the NDAA because it failed to change or remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been flagged by him and other Republicans as an enabler of censorship by tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter. “Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement after vetoing the measure. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.” The NDAA, he said, goes against his foreign policy mandate. “Not only is this bad policy, but it is unconstitutional,” he added in a statement at the time. “Article II of the Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and vests in him the executive power. Therefore, the decision regarding how many troops to deploy and where, including in Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea, rests with him.”

Congress

Trump Calls on GOP Senators Not to Override Veto of Defense Spending Bill: ‘Get Better Leaders’

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Requires Lower Courts to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Count

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Healthcare

CDC Sets New Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations for People With Underlying Medical Issues

by USNN2020December 29, 2020March 1, 2025

Congress

House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

NATIONAL NEWS

Patel Says FBI Is Moving Out of Washington Headquarters

By Jack Phillips FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday morning confirmed that the FBI is leaving its Washington headquarters, known as the J. Edgar Hoover ...

Barclays Revises US Recession Outlook After China Trade Truce

By Katabella Roberts Barclays no longer expects the United States economy to fall into a recession later this year and has revised up its growth ...

New Jersey Train Engineers Go On Strike, Halting Service in New York City Area

By Oliver Mantyk NEW YORK CITY—New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike on May 16, halting service to 350,000 riders in the New Jersey ...

Supreme Court Wrestles With Nationwide Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Cases

By Sam Dorman The Supreme Court on May 15 grappled with how far federal judges could go in issuing sweeping blocks on policies such as ...

EPA Targets Engine Start-Stop Systems in Cars

By Tom Ozimek The Trump administration is taking aim at automatic engine start-stop systems—technology installed in millions of U.S. vehicles to reduce fuel use and ...

Republicans Release Sweeping Tax Plan, Key Component of Trump’s Agenda

By Andrew Moran The House Ways and Means Committee, which manages taxes, released the full 389-page text of the long-awaited multi-trillion-dollar Republican tax plan on ...

US Could Hit Debt Limit in August, Bessent Says

By Andrew Moran and Lawrence Wilson The federal government is likely to exceed its statutory debt limit in August, when Congress is slated for a ...

DHS Says House Democrats and Protesters ‘Stormed’ ICE Detention Center

By Tom Ozimek A confrontation erupted Friday at a New Jersey detention center after three Democratic members of Congress and a group of protesters entered ...

FEMA Confirms Acting Administrator Hamilton Has Been Replaced

By Jacob Burg Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has been terminated and replaced, the agency said on May 8. Politico ...

Army Presents Congress With Plan to Reorganize Fighting Forces, Adapt to Changing Battles

By Ryan Morgan U.S. Army leaders fielded questions from lawmakers on May 7 over their latest plan to prepare the fighting force and streamline their ...

FAA to Address Newark Airport Turmoil With Tech Upgrades, Staffing Push

By Bill Pan The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is taking immediate steps to address problems that have escalated flight delays and cancellations ...

Bessent, Greer to Meet Chinese Officials in Switzerland

By T.J. Muscaro Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts this week. The news was confirmed ...