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JUST RELEASED: When President Nixon met President Clinton for the first time at the White House on March 8, 1993. Courtesy: William J. Clinton Presidential Library @WJCLibrary42 pic.twitter.com/iR3RBpHWsD — Richard Nixon Foundation (@nixonfoundation) April 21, 2025
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1910695152542154902 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump officially handed his endorsement to Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott’s “Sunshine Protection Act,” locking the clocks on Daylight Savings Time, which began March 9. “The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day,” the president said Friday morning. “Very popular and, most …
Some House GOP budget holdouts cave after White House meeting, but not enough https://t.co/JmQ5jSssko — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 9, 2025 A handful of Republicans withholding support for a GOP budget resolution changed their minds after meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, but not enough movement to secure passage in the House. Before the …
"For all of 2025, [analysts] see profits rising 9.4%, compared with a projection of 12.5% at the beginning of the year."@NKniazhevich pic.twitter.com/bArD2ic1wC — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) April 9, 2025 DELTA CEO: GROWTH HAS ‘LARGELY STALLED’ WITH TRADE UNCERTAINTY || TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT MARGINS, CASH FLOW || TO REDUCE PLANNED CAPACITY GROWTH IN H2 TO …
The Trump administration is threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill to give Congress the ability to review new tariffs, protecting President Donald Trump’s claim of unfettered power in the early stages of a trade war that is sinking financial markets. Trump’s veto threat comes as a handful of Senate Republicans have signed onto a …
On this day of 1996 , Nancy Pelosi a US member of Congress could have drawn the line to say to the President of the United States, do something about this US-China trade relationship that is a job loser for the United States.” Thirty years later and our annual trade deficit is now approximately $300 …
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed his support for a bill banning what he called weather modification “nonsense” before it hits the Senate floor on Thursday. SB-56, dubbed the so-called “chemtrails bill” after its sponsor pointed to the conspiracy theory while defending the bill in committee, prohibits “the injection, release, or dispersion, …
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire leftist Bill Gates’ nonprofit may be in danger of losing its tax-exempt status. The news surrounding the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also involves two other organizations facing accusations of breaking the law when it comes to their scholarship and career programs, the Times of Indiareported on Thursday. “The American Alliance …
.@realDonaldTrump's team says he's never felt more confident. He’s on a mission to right the Swamp’s wrongs before the end of his term. The vision? Turn the country into a place with thriving main streets and hometowns, where American workers made American products sold to the… pic.twitter.com/jx8PZ5SE4u — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) April 5, 2025 .@VDHanson …
Pesticide giants are copying big pharma’s playbook and seek immunity from lawsuits in Florida. • HB 129 in Florida is giving pesticide companies the same liability shield vaccine makers got decades ago. • HB 129 grants immunity to pesticide makers by restricting products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law unless certain unobtainable conditions are …
You would think ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections would be common ground. A civic no-brainer. But not in Washington. Not now. Not with this crowd. Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries just called it “voter suppression” to require proof of citizenship before casting a federal ballot. That’s not a fringe activist …
Colorado’s House Bill 25-1312 has pierced through committee like a freight train. Every Democrat signed off. Every Republican pushed back. The lines are no longer blurred. They’re painted in bold. One side says this is about protection. The other calls it coercion dressed up in compassion. This bill doesn’t just speak. It roars into the …
Far-left Maryland lawmakers, sitting high in their Annapolis castle, are completely detached from reality. They masquerade as public servants but are merely progressive activists who cannot govern properly. Instead of addressing the state’s incoming financial crisis and worsening power crisis, these woke lawmakers have focused on condoms for kids and other disastrous left-wing policies. It’s …
Those junk mail envelopes come with prepaid return postage. If everyone sent them back stuffed with their own junk mail, the original senders would be stuck footing the bill for the return postage. If everyone did this it would annoy the junkers a little. Right?? — Austin Spitler (@fedmykidkorn) April 1, 2025
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The Colorado legislature is close to final passage of Senate Bill 25-003, to impose one of the most restrictive licensing systems in the nation on many, but not all firearms. Legislators and the public should understand that the bill would apply to all semiautomatic centerfire handguns. The kinds of handguns that Coloradans typically choose—from companies …
Wow, even Bill Maher knows that NPR and PBS are far-left radical outlets. You know it's bad when even he can't defend them. "I mean, they’re crazy far-left." pic.twitter.com/oyOaZxf4c5 — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 30, 2025
HOMEOWNER LOSES HOUSE OVER $400 HOA DISPUTE – A North Carolina woman, Sanders, lost her 3,300-square-foot home after an unpaid $400 HOA fee escalated into foreclosure. Despite claiming she never received notices, the HOA filed a lien in 2021, demanding over $1,200 with late fees and legal costs. By 2022, her home was sold for …
Thomas Massie has introduced a bill requiring elected officials to reveal whether they hold dual citizenship. He argues that if dual citizens can run for federal office, voters deserve full transparency about their foreign ties. h/t External-Noise-4832
In just one year, over a million migrants in Britain received more than (British Pound) 7.6 billion in welfare, an analysis of government data has found. The Centre for Migration Control (CMC) estimates that around 1,158,000 foreign nationals received universal credit for low income individuals, after collating Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data. The …
BATYA UNGAR SARGON IS NOT AFRAID TO DEFEND TRUMP. Bill Maher was not expecting this answer.pic.twitter.com/pY59mHVfAl — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 15, 2025
https://twitter.com/toobaffled/status/1899023253630578925 Gates argues that creating a “new religion” would also keep humans occupied in the AI-dominated near future. According to Gates, “if all goes well,” members of the general public will soon have a lot of time on their hands when machines have replaced them in the workplace. Gates argues that artificial intelligence will ensure …
NATO has been hijacked. What was once a defensive alliance, aimed at keeping peace and stability, is now a tool for interventionism, global meddling, and, as some critics would say, a vehicle for war-mongering. The transformation of NATO into a force that perpetuates conflicts, rather than preventing them, is a stunning and troubling development. It’s …
JD Vance: “Bill Gates, you know, like, maybe he’s a good guy. I’m highly skeptical. I don’t know him very well. But he’s getting rich off of all of this stuff that he’s supporting in the name of health or in the name of climate.” “Our inability to just ask ourselves, who’s getting rich from …
This new bill in Ohio—demanding men have the “intention to become fathers” when having sex—is beyond ridiculous. It’s a direct attack on pro-life values, but it misses the mark on every level. Who’s going to enforce this? Will we have to carry “intent” certificates to prove we’re not violating the law? It’s a nonsensical political …
A bill called the “Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025,” introduced by Republican Congressman Buddy Carter from Georgia, outlines the details of the name change. If the purchase goes through, the Interior Secretary will oversee the implementation of the new name on all official documentation and maps. Trump wants to rename Greenland to Red, …
Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett NEW: Today @SenatorHagerty introduces his stablecoin bill in the Senate. The bill is called the GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation in U.S. Stablecoins) Act and aims to provide clear regulations for stablecoins. Here are the highlights of the bill which is based off a discussion draft Hagerty rolled out in October. …
