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Top Republican urges new SBA chief take ‘DOGE’ actions against Biden-era electioneering, COVID loan claims
House Small Business Committee chairman Roger Williams of Texas will send SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler a key letter on Thursday demanding fixes for Biden-era issues.
Trump says he and Elon Musk ‘will be very upset’ if Fort Knox gold was stolen
The Kentucky installation holds 147.3 million ounces of gold — more than half of the Treasury Department’s reserves, officials say.
Mitch McConnell not running for eighth Senate term in 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the longest-serving leader in the upper chamber’s history, will not seek re-election in 2026, the Associated Press reported Thursday. McConnell, 83, Read More
Trump Education pick Linda McMahon clears committee, setting up confirmation vote
McMahon, who led Trump’s Small Business Administration during his first term, was approved in a party-line vote by all 12 Republicans on the Senate Health, Read More
Hegseth Tells Pentagon To Shift $50B From ‘Woke Programs’ To Trump Priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to find $50 billion to redirect from “woke programs” to President Donald Trump’s top priorities within the Read More
Jared Polis: DOGE is ‘tearing down the old without necessarily having a more efficient way of doing it’
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is all for “making government more efficient” — just not the way the federal government is going about it. That Read More
Kash Patel’s confirmation as Trump FBI pick ‘will haunt you,’ Senate Dems warn GOP ahead of vote
Democrats warned that their Republican colleagues would be haunted for their votes to support Trump’s FBI pick, Kash Patel.
George Santos names fellow New Yorker as smelliest member of Congress: ‘The dude just stinks’
Santos claimed the congressman “would waddle down that aisle and crop dust.”
Delta Airlines Offers $30K Payments To Passengers On Plane That Crash-Landed
Delta Airlines is offering $30,000 payments to all passengers from Flight 4819 that crash-landed and flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. Read More