Day: January 23, 2025

Homeland Security Committee says ‘national security blunders’ of past 4 years have emboldened terrorists

2:30 pm January 23, 2025

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., said Wednesday the “national security blunders of the past four years” have “emboldened” foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and homegrown violent extremism. The committee on Wednesday morning released an updated version of its Terror Threat Snapshot assessment, highlighting threats posed by homegrown extremists inspired by foreign jihadist networks […]

Trump’s ‘shock and awe’: Forget first 100 days, new president shows off frenetic pace in first 100 hours

2:30 pm January 23, 2025

Buckle up. President Donald Trump is back in the White House and moving at warp speed. In his inauguration address, the new president vowed that things across the country would “change starting today, and it will change very quickly.” And moments later, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich took to social media to […]

Biden Justice Department ‘manipulated’ crime data to fit Democrats’ narrative: retired police officer

2:30 pm January 23, 2025

A law enforcement expert is poking holes in the now-former Biden administration Department of Justice’s repeated claims that violent crime sank to a 50-year record low, saying the agency “manipulated data” to reach its conclusion. In 2024, the Biden administration repeatedly claimed that violent crime was at a 50-year low, based on FBI statistics. The […]

‘Ultra-right’: Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought faces fire from Dem senators

2:30 pm January 23, 2025

Democratic lawmakers grilled President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on a series of issues Wednesday, ranging from abortion to the constitutionality of the Impoundment Control Act. While Republicans argue that Russell Vought is qualified for the role because he served as Trump’s OMB director during the president’s first […]

‘Totally prepared’: Trump allies say he’s better positioned than ever to enact agenda

2:30 pm January 23, 2025

President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House say he is better positioned than ever to enact his legislative agenda, entering the White House armed with nearly a decade’s worth of knowledge about Washington. “The first time, he was a great businessman, but he didn’t know Washington. He’s got it down now,” said Rep. Jeff […]