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January 22, 2026 7:02 PM ET The House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a measure Thursday evening that would eliminate $1.3 billion in earmarks from a government funding package. Lawmakers voted 291 to 136 on the amendment offered by leading fiscal hawk Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, falling well short of a majority. Norman’s amendment

January 22, 2026 6:51 PM ET House Republicans refuted a unified Democratic caucus in defeating a resolution on Thursday evening directing the removal of United States Armed Forces in Venezuela. The new resolution comes only eight days after a similar bill was defeated in the Senate with a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President JD

January 22, 2026 6:20 PM ET The House of Representatives narrowly approved a spending bill Thursday funding the Department of Homeland Security — and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — over the vast majority of Democrats’ fierce objections. Lawmakers voted 220-207 to approve the standalone bill with just seven Democrats supporting the measure. House Democrats

Former special counsel Jack Smith made major admissions during his public testimony Thursday, including about former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s credibility as a witness. Republicans grilled Smith on everything from search warrants he obtained for members of Congress’ phone records to his litigation decisions, while Democrats told Smith he did “everything right.” Smith secured two

January 22, 2026 4:52 PM ET Toni and Kevin Link’s youngest son reportedly killed himself in 2024.  A photo of their son, Joshua A. “Nomad” Link, wearing a french maid outfit, a collar around his neck, accompanies an online obituary for the young man.  “The Links said [Joshua Link] was fired from [his] job as

January 22, 2026 4:18 PM ET The National Institutes of Health banned the use of aborted fetal tissue in all agency-funded research Thursday — a policy shift announced just one day before the annual March for Life descends on the nation’s capital. The ban, first reported by the Daily Wire, covers all “NIH grants, cooperative

January 22, 2026 3:57 PM ET Several Planned Parenthood affiliates have notified the Trump administration that they are refusing millions in grants that were recently unfrozen as part of a federal lawsuit, the Daily Caller has learned exclusively. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) were

January 22, 2026 3:46 PM ET President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s putting Secretary of State Marco Rubio in charge of the U.S. bid to bring the 2035 World Expo to Miami, stacking a new assignment onto the former Florida senator’s already-high-profile role running America’s top diplomatic shop. Trump said Florida wants the Expo

January 22, 2026 10:56 AM ET A House resolution to repeal a Biden-era regulation on public lands in Minnesota passed Wednesday with a narrow 214-208 vote. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Minnesota Rep. Pete Stauber, opens the door to mineral development on federal lands in the state, which boasts rich deposits of gold, silver, copper

January 20, 2026 10:08 AM ET Republican Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow entered her state’s 2026 Senate race Tuesday to unseat GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy just days after President Donald Trump publicly urged her to run, Politico first reported. Trump announced in a surprise Truth Social post Saturday that Letlow would have his “Complete and Total