The GOP-led House Budget Committee voted to reject a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda on Friday, dealing an embarrassing setback to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republican leaders. The vote in the Budget Committee was 16-21, with a band of conservative hard-liners who are pushing for steeper spending cuts joining all Democrats in voting against the multitrillion-dollar legislation, leaving its fate uncertain.

The Defense Department will start screening troops for gender dysphoria during their annual physicals as part of the agency-wide effort to kick transgender service members out of the U.S. military, according to a new memo published Thursday.  The document, signed by the Pentagon’s acting head of personnel and readiness, orders senior officials to “immediately commence the identification of affected Service members” via the Defense Department’s Periodic Health Assessment.

President Donald Trump is right that Americans pay too high a price for many pharmaceuticals. In a May 12 speech and signing of an executive order aimed at rectifying the problem, Trump correctly diagnosed the reasons for high prescription drug costs. However, Trump’s legally unenforceable executive order slapping effective price controls on medicines is the wrong prescription for this predicament. To understand what Trump got right, it’s important to note what he got...

A preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis said that a Republican legislative proposal that makes changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act would leave “at least 8.6 million” people without health insurance by 2034. But many Democrats have exaggerated the figure, claiming that 13.7 million would lose their insurance under the proposal. That higher number includes a CBO estimate for insurance losses under a separate matter — the scheduled expiration of expanded ACA tax credits....

Australia has become the first country to implement a nationwide ban on social media for children under the age of 16. The new law requires social media companies, including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and X, to take "reasonable steps" to prevent anyone under 16 from creating an account. Companies failing to comply could face fines of up to $33 million. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the responsibility now lies with social media platforms to enforce the age restrictions. However,...

The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly reviewing a pitch for a reality TV show in which immigrants compete for the chance to fast-track their path to U.S. citizenship. Newsweek contacted DHS for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Friday. Why It Matters President Donald Trump's administration has shut down asylum as it looks to remove millions of migrants without legal status as part of a mass deportation policy. If the plan proceeds, it...

Breathtaking. Literally.

The Globalists’ agenda is based on spurious claims that the world is overpopulated.  Their aims were formalised in a document given to participants of the 1992 Earth Summit.  This disturbing document advocated […] The post What is China’s population, and why does it matter? first appeared on The Expose.

It's possible Comey intentionally put out the inflammatory message so he could cry "free speech" after he's hauled in for crimes against the United States.