Новости за 12.05.2026

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said Monday he is going to introduce legislation to suspend the federal gas tax, saving drivers 18.4 cents per gallon at a time when many Americans are feeling pain at the pump amid the war against Iran. Republicans on Capitol Hill have increasingly eyed suspending the gas tax, with Republican members...

FBI Director Kash Patel will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday afternoon on the agency's fiscal 2027 budget request. President Trump's request includes $12.5 billion to fund FBI salaries and expenses, according to the White House. The Trump administration, per the release, also "remains committed to dismantling the web of weaponization spun by...

Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) holds a slim lead in hypothetical matchups against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) in the state's Senate race, according to a recent survey. The poll, conducted by the Glengariff Group, found that 43.8 percent of 600 likely general election voters in the Wolverine State...

An investigation from House Judiciary Democrats concluded the Justice Department has approved more than a million dollars in payments to fired FBI agents, and accuses the Trump administration of “improperly shower[ing] government cash” on employees who were dismissed after alarming conduct. “You have now proceeded behind closed doors to order the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine are on Capitol Hill for budget hearings on Tuesday morning. The top GOP House appropriators seemed dubious of plans to fund the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request as Congress waits to receive a supplemental request for tens of billions of dollars to fund the...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary will announce his resignation on Tuesday, amid mounting reports of President Trump's growing dissatisfaction with the physician’s tenure.  Politico Pro was first to report on Tuesday that Makary is resigning from his role, set to be replaced by Kyle Diamantas, who will serve as acting director. A source familiar with the development...

The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors and also voted to advance his nomination to serve as chairman of the central bank, where he will have significant influence over future interest rates. The Senate voted 51 to 45 to confirm Warsh to the Fed’s board of governors...

ATLANTA - Louisiana voters may face confusion at the ballot box Saturday, as House primaries are on hold but the Senate primaries are moving forward after a Supreme Court decision last month. A ruling that the state's new House map was an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander" prompted Gov. Jeff Landry (R) to delay those races while new district...

I, for one, would like to do more than just hope it will be fine. Personally, I’d prefer to quarantine everybody until we could be certain that they did not have the virus.

A recent televised interview with former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) about his campaign for California governor got off to a rocky start when the former state attorney general immediately questioned the intentions of the sit-down. “By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?”...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would oppose advancing a long-stalled Senate-passed housing bill if it came to the floor, despite President Trump’s push for the House to pass the measure.  Luna, in an interview with The Hill on Tuesday, cited her frustration with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for not doing more...

Current federal marijuana policy is not based on scientific evidence and risks bypassing the scientific and regulatory processes designed to protect public health, as seen in the rise of illegal marijuana shops and the lack of clear guidance for families and young people.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday defended the amount of money reportedly spent on President Trump's revamp of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and told critics to "stop the henpecking." The New York Times cited federal records that showed the actual cost of the project to repaint the bottom of the pool "American flag blue"...

Federal prosecutors have filed the first criminal charges against the operator of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore over two years ago. The wreck, which left six people dead and caused the bridge to collapse, resulted in $5 billion in damages, prosecutors alleged in a 47-page indictment unsealed...

Presented by Google Cloud {beacon} It’s Tuesday. Get your summer clothes out of storage. Twenty-two states will feel record heat over the next few days. ☀️ Inflation jumps 3.8 percent Trump’s disapproval hits whopping 70 percent DOJ targets Iran war leaks with journalist subpoenas Hegseth testifies on $1.5 trillion budget request Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers and Oliver join Colbert’s ‘Late...

Vice President Vance will visit Maine on Thursday, as the Senate race between incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and likely Democratic nominee Graham Platner rolls on. Vance’s office said Tuesday that the vice president will visit Bangor, the third-most populous city in the state. While there, he will deliver remarks on the Trump administration’s “efforts...

The ongoing renovations to the reflecting pool on the National Mall have emerged as the latest flashpoint in President Trump’s effort to overhaul some of the most recognizable landmarks in the nation’s capital. Trump announced plans to repair and renovate the 2,028-foot reflecting pool at the base of the Lincoln Memorial during an unrelated event...

Two Democratic Senators on Monday joined Republicans in voting to advance the nomination of Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, backing President Trump’s nominee for chair of the Fed. The upper chamber voted to advance Warsh’s nomination to the Fed's board, setting him up to be confirmed in the coming days to...

The Wall Street Journal on Monday said it received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for reporters' records over media leaks connected to the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. The Journal received those subpoenas on March 4, which referred to reporting published on Feb. 23 that said that Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman...

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Tuesday introduced a bill that proposes allowing individuals convicted of distributing fentanyl that results in death to receive the death penalty.  The bill, the Deal Death, Face Death Act, proposes amending the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to say that convicted fentanyl dealers “shall be sentenced, if death results from the use of such...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is warning reporters who receive leaks of classified information about potential investigations, as concerns grow about the federal government's cracking down on media outlets critical of the administration. "Prosecuting leakers who share our nation’s secrets with reporters, in turn risking our national security and the lives of our soldiers, is...

The top Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday seemed dubious of plans to fund the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request as Congress waits to receive a supplemental request for tens of billions of dollars to fund the war in Iran. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chair of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, pressed...

A large majority of U.S. voters disapprove of President Trump's handle on the economy, with many saying they expect a recession next year, according to a new poll. The CNN survey, released this week, shows that 30 percent of respondents approve of Trump's handle on the economy, with 70 percent saying they disapprove. During his...

Reports that President Trump is considering a deal that would allow China to invest $1 trillion in the U.S. are setting off alarm bells among conservative Republicans. China last October reportedly offered to ramp up investment in the U.S. in exchange for the Trump administration rolling back national security restrictions on Chinese deals and providing...

Files released include images from U.S. military reports on UAPs and archival imagery from NASA’s Apollo missions.