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Cruz on Blanche's Senate GOP meeting: 'Fireworks at an epic level'

22 May 2026 at 21:34
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says that about half the Senate Republican conference blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche at an explosive meeting in the Capitol on Thursday, summing up his GOP colleagues’ anger over a proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund as “fireworks at an epic level.” Cruz said he was surprised by the outpouring of...

Trump praises vulnerable GOP Rep. Mike Lawler as ‘fantastic’ during a joint rally in New York

22 May 2026 at 21:10
President Donald Trump defended his economic record and praised Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who is seeking re-election in a very competitive New York district.

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President Donald Trump praised vulnerable GOP Rep. Mike Lawler during an event at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., on May 22.
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    Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Friday floated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as a possible successor to outgoing Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, saying the House Republican would likely have no trouble getting through the confirmation process. “Stefanik would make a great replacement for Tulsi as DNI. Easily confirmable too,” Banks wrote in...
     

GOP senator floats Stefanik to replace Gabbard as DNI

22 May 2026 at 20:58
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Friday floated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as a possible successor to outgoing Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, saying the House Republican would likely have no trouble getting through the confirmation process. “Stefanik would make a great replacement for Tulsi as DNI. Easily confirmable too,” Banks wrote in...

WHO: 'Violence and insecurity' hampering response to 'worrisome' Ebola outbreak

22 May 2026 at 20:42
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Friday that "violence and insecurity" have hampered the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, which he called "deeply worrisome." Fires erupted at an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara after people were stopped from retrieving a local man's body, The Associated Press reported. Bodies infected with...

Florida biologist awarded $485K after firing over Charlie Kirk post

22 May 2026 at 20:23
Florida officials have reached a settlement in which they will pay $485,000 to a biologist who was fired from her state job over a social media post criticizing conservative influencer Charlie Kirk after his assassination. Brittney Brown lost her job at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in September after reposting a message...

Burchett ‘disappointed’ in Senate as Congress leaves DC: ‘We’ve wasted a whole week’

22 May 2026 at 20:17
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Thursday he was “disappointed” in the Senate for heading on a weeklong recess without holding a vote on a reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration agencies, joining a chorus of House Republicans frustrated with the upper chamber’s inaction. “I think it’s stupid,” Burchett told reporters. “I think we should have stayed...

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