DAILYCALLER (Francis Kapper) - China Reportedly Holds Pentagon Talks Hostage Over Trump’s Taiwan Arms Package
Trump 'will make a determination'
DAILYCALLER (Arianna Hooker) - Elon Musk On Track To Be World’s First Trillionaire After Latest Move
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - ‘Conservatives’ Ally With Far-Left ‘Greens’ in ANOTHER UK Town in Desperate Ploy to Stop Farage’s Reform UK.
Nigel Farage's Reform Party has assumed minority leadership of Bradford Council, but the Conservative Party has helped block them from taking control of key posts, empowering the far-left Green Party instead.
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party has assumed minority leadership of Bradford Council, but the Conservative Party has helped block them from taking control of key posts, empowering the far-left Green Party instead. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK became the largest party on Bradford Council following local elections earlier this month, securing 28 seats, but fell short of an outright majority. Reform Councillor Stephen Place was elected leader of the council on Tuesday, but opposition parties, including the notionally center-right Conservatives (Tories), abstained from voting for him, and subsequently blocked Reform’s attempts to secure key committee positions. DETAIL: Reform UK accused the Conservatives of forming…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Emily Brooks, Alexander Bolton, and The Hill) - Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over 'anti-weaponization' fund
Senate Republicans have cancelled plans to begin voting this week on a budget reconciliation package that would provide approximately $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029 amid a furious disagreement within their conference over the Trump administration’s proposal to establish a $1.8 billion compensation fund for MAGA allies. Senate Republicans emerging from a [...]
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Faith leaders, GOP lawmakers unite to fight child trafficking in D.C. | Bianca Across the Nation
GOP lawmakers, faith leaders, and advocacy groups gathered to address the devastating reality of child trafficking in the United States. NEWSMAX Correspondent Alana Austin has more on “Bianca Across the Nation.”
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Cuban American lawmakers unifying behind Castro indictment
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban President Raúl Castro with murder Wednesday, a move that coincides with the country’s independence day and a threat from President Trump to invade the island. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to join prosecutors in South Florida to announce the indictment “in conjunction with a ceremony to honor the victims of the Brothers to the Rescue.” #Cuba #CubanAmericans #RaulCastro #Castro #FidelCastro #CastroIndictment #MarioGiazBalart
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Big: FBI Indicts 15 in $90M Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Scheme
DAILYCALLER (Hudson Crozier) - Trump Greases Wheels Of Deportation Machine With New Immigration Judges
'The largest immigration judge class in agency history'
WASHINGTONPOST (John Hudson) - U.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show
Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defense Department data.
AXIOS (Justin Green) - Trump's "anti-weaponization fund" torpedoes ICE funding deal
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund " on Thursday. Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters. - The package for ICE and Border Patrol funding was on track to pass by the weekend. - But senators left town without voting on Thursday after a heated two-hour meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. - "Somebody described it as a galactic blunder, and I think that's probably true," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told CNN . The bottom line: I'm not sure the fund should exist," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, who…
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund " on Thursday. Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters. - The package for ICE and Border Patrol funding was on track to pass by the weekend. - But senators left town without voting on Thursday after a heated two-hour meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. - "Somebody described it as a galactic blunder, and I think that's probably true," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told CNN . The bottom line: I'm not sure the fund should exist," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, who…Open