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‘Get on the phone!’ Thune snaps back after Leavitt says Trump’s patience is running out
BS BRIEF: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared President Trump's "patience is running out" over the Senate's failure to advance the SAVE America Act before the August recess, intensifying pressure on Senate Republicans. Senate Majority Leader John...
‘Uh…’ Trump won’t say if Jeanine Pirro keeps her job after Reflecting Pool debacle
Just days after publicly blasting one of his closest political allies, President Donald Trump is still refusing to say whether Jeanine Pirro will survive the controversy surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool prosecution. Speaking with reporters before...
Todd Blanche nomination hits GOP roadblock as Republicans demand answers
BS BRIEFING The Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly postponed a scheduled vote on Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General after Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina refused to support advancing the nomination without...
‘I’m not looking to kill people’: Trump says Iran peace deal is imminent after pulling back massive strike
BS BULLETIN President Trump says U.S.-Iran negotiations are set to begin Monday after he says he called off what he described as a massive military strike in favor of diplomacy. Iran, however, disputes Trump's account and says no direct U.S. talks are currently...
Anne Hathaway’s old ‘whiteness’ speech explodes online as conservatives torch Hollywood lecture
BS BRIEF: An eight-year-old speech by Anne Hathaway has gone viral again after clips from her 2018 Human Rights Campaign acceptance speech spread across X, drawing millions of views and a fresh wave of criticism from conservative commentators. Elon Musk, Buck Sexton,...
BS political cartoons of the week: The fruits of Communism
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Trump EPA moves to let New Hampshire scrap car emissions tests as public comments close Friday
Public comments close Friday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to let New Hampshire leave a Northeast air pollution zone that requires car emissions testing. The EPA’s proposals, published Aug. 11, would grant New Hampshire’s petition to leave the Ozone...
Gun manufacturer slaps Connecticut with suit over gun ban
Glock and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) sued to block Connecticut’s ban on the manufacturer’s popular pistols Monday. Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the legislation into law in May, according to the Connecticut General Assembly’s...
DHS refutes claims made about ICE Austin shooting
(The Center Square) – After a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting in Austin on Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security is pushing back against claims made about the incident. Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot and injured...
America’s emergency oil stockpile is running low as winter nears
America’s emergency oil stockpile has fallen to 284.6 million barrels — and the Trump administration is counting on oil companies to repay what they borrowed. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve lost about 405,000 barrels in the week ending Sept. 18 and held about 121...
China lags on $17B farm pledge as Xi visit nears tariff deadline
(The Center Square) – China remains behind on its May pledge to buy U.S. farm goods as President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping, with a trade truce set to expire Nov. 10. The talks could decide whether suspended higher tariffs on some Chinese...
McCormick calls for doubling NIH budget within five years
(The Center Square) – Arguing that the U.S. is “underinvesting in discovery,” U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., is calling for changes to the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, which include increased investments from the federal government. “Rather than cut...
