Senate Republicans and Democrats are in a high-stakes staring contest over funding the Department of Homeland Security , with Democrats refining their demands to include "guardrails" on money authorized in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act . Why it matters: More insults were traded Wednesday than actual counteroffers . - The one offer that was delivered — from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — was quickly dismissed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). - "It's not even close to being real," Thune barked. "They know better." But Schumer is holding firm. "Democrats sent Republicans our counteroffer on legislation to reopen DHS, pay TSA workers, while at the same time rein in ICE with commonsense guardrails," Schumer…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and some of his rank-and-file members are articulating increasingly discordant ideas of what "due process" looks like for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.). Why it matters: Those divisions could spill out into public view very soon, with Cherfilus-McCormick — who has denied all wrongdoing — set to face a public House Ethics Committee hearing Thursday. - Some Democrats are prepared to call for Cherfilus-McCormick to resign or be expelled as soon as the Ethics Committee makes its determination, Axios reported Wednesday . - But Jeffries and his leadership team have signaled they will continue to defend Cherfilus-McCormick until the resolution of her federal criminal trial, which…
Former Trump adviser Roger Stone said on Newsmax on Wednesday that he feels “vindicated” as renewed attention falls on the Russia investigation following the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the special counsel probe into alleged 2016 election interference. Stone told “Bianca Across the Nation” that “I feel vindicated, because 18 months after […] The post Roger Stone to Newsmax: ‘I Feel Vindicated’ appeared first on StoneZone .
Former Trump adviser Roger Stone said on Newsmax on Wednesday that he feels “vindicated” as renewed attention falls on the Russia investigation following the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the special counsel probe into alleged 2016 election interference. Stone told “Bianca Across the Nation ” that “I feel vindicated, because 18 months after I was convicted, a lawsuit by BuzzFeed forced the Department of Justice to disgorge the full, unredacted Mueller report.” Stone said that “Mueller admits that he found no evidence of Russian collusion. WikiLeaks collaboration or any other crime on my part. The judge withheld that information from my defense attorneys at trial, because it would have made their…Open
KENT SPEAKS: After resigning as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent is asked by NEWSMAX's Rob Schmitt about his motivation to do so, U.S. military action in Iran, his take on Israel's involvement, and consequences for the U.S. — plus his curiosities about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Senior Advisor to the Attorney General Alina Habba ripped Democrats amid the DHS funding standoff: "They don't even know what the hell they stand for."
