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When Paramount CEO David Ellison wanted to throw a Washington dinner party last month "honoring the Trump White House," he got a helping hand from Katie Miller, the MAGA podcaster and onetime White House strategist. She sent follow-up invites to top Trump aides to encourage attendance for the "intimate gathering" at the U.S. Institute of Peace ahead of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25.

I haven't seen it. I've been really busy the last couple of days, so I haven't seen the exact readout on how that discussion went, replied Johnson, who regularly feigns ignorance when pressed on Trump statements. The Louisiana Republican added, I've heard a couple of little comments offhand about what he said. He feels like they had a very productive meeting. They talked about some really important issues, and I'm awaiting to sit down with him and go through it in detail. We had an exchange of texts last night, but he's on the way back now, I think, and we'll sit down and go through it and we'll find out.

Every time Donald Trump has run for president, he has vowed to drain the swamp in Washington. But ever since he returned to the White House, not only has he not even tried to drain the swamp, he has pushed to gild it. Trump has used all the gold and glitz he can to cover up an increasingly putrid swamp a morass filled with million-dollar donors scrambling for access, criminals seeking to buy pardons, corporate executives appointed to high-level government jobs and billionaire sycophants sucking up to Trump.

A former political appointee at the Trump Justice Department has emerged as one of its most outspoken critics, accusing his former bosses, particularly acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, of "very sloppy" work, "sabotage," careerism and betrayal of the Trump agenda.

Blanche acknowledged as much Tuesday on X, writing that journalists "should not be surprised" if they receive subpoenas related to national-security reporting. "Prosecuting leakers who share our nation's secrets with reporters, in turn risking our national security and the lives of our soldiers, is a priority for this administration," he said. "Any witness, whether a reporter or otherwise, who has information about these criminals should not be surprised if they receive a subpoena about the ill

Patel told you that as long as you were not active on social media, didn't donate to the Democratic Party, didn't vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, that the vetting would not be an issue.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche warned reporters to expect subpoenas on Tuesday, one day after The Wall Street Journal reported that it had been subpoenaed in connection with criminal investigations launched by the Department of Justice. President [Donald] Trump privately complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about media leaks in the wake of the Iran war last month, according to administration officials familiar with the matter, prompting an aggressive push at the Justice Department to pursue those investigations, reported the Journal.

After 60 Days, Republican Patience for the Iran War Is Wearing Thin - The economic fallout from the Iran War increasingly strains Republican support, with moderate voters expressing growing dissatisfaction. Trump faces erosion of his coalition as the conflict's costs mount, particularly among younger voters and traditional Republicans seeking stability and economic relief from prolonged military engagement.

Lauren Boebert, they took her over to the Situation Room, said Massie. Like, this is where if they are trying to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden, this is where they are at the White House. They took her into the Situation Room and tried to whip her into taking her name off of the discharge petition.

Study this Chart! President DJT, wrote Trump. In the attached Length of Wars chart, Trump's Iran Excursion was listed at the bottom at just six weeks, even though the conflict has actually been going on for more than nine weeks.

The asylum claim is reportedly based on fears of reprisals in his country due to his democratic convictions and his staunch opposition to ICE. He also reports that those close to him have observed hostile behaviour against foreigners in the country. In his statement, the American expressed his intention to live and work in Mallorca, praising the climate of freedom in Spain in contrast to the direction in which his homeland, in his view, is heading.

Counterterror activities against state actors include offensive cyber operations against those planning to kill Americans or who support those plotting to do so.

The Trump administration, determined to relaunch the war on drugs, will increase pressure on Mexico and Colombia to implement tougher and more effective policies, according to its recently published National Drug Control Strategy 2026.

FDD's talking points on the US-Israel war on Iran have been picked up by the Trump administration, showcasing its influence on current policy decisions regarding Tehran.

The US Southern Command posted about the strike on social media Tuesday evening, alleging that the vessel struck on Tuesday was operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations that it did not identify.

The CDC director doesn't just guide public health—she/he shapes the conditions that determine whether scientific innovation actually reaches and protects people at scale.