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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks at a news conference on the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Senators with the Senate Judiciary Committee held the press conference to discuss Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard Durbin's (D-IL) upcoming ethics bill. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP Sen. Tillis to retire as Trump vows support for primary challengers

GOP Senator Thom Tillis announced his retirement from the Senate at the end of his term, following President Donald Trump’s pledge to back his primary challengers.

(L) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) listens to testimony from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine during a Defense Subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tuesday was the first time Hegseth testified before Congress since his confirmation hearings in January and "Signalgate," in which he and other national security officials discussed detailed military plans in an unsecured text chain that inadvertently included a prominent journalist. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he testify before the Defense Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tuesday was the first time Hegseth testified before Congress since his confirmation hearings in January and "Signalgate," in which he and other national security officials discussed detailed military plans in an unsecured text chain that inadvertently included a prominent journalist. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House approves over $450B in VA funding, military construction and more as Democrats highlight ‘potential issues’

House Republicans advanced their first appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026 on Wednesday, authorizing over $450 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction, and related programs.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 04: Roastee Roseanne Barr onstage during the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr at Hollywood Palladium on August 4, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

‘Roseanne Barr is America’ premieres in DC

At the national press club today, film-maker Joel Gilbert premiered a new biographical documentary about writer, comedian and actress Roseanne Barr that delves into the tv star’s experience as one of the most high profile victims of cancel culture due to the Democrat’s and the media’s negative portrayal of a 2018 tweet about an Obama staffer.

Waymo driverless vehicles charge at a Waymo charging station in Santa Monica, California, U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo

Uber, Waymo launch autonomous ride-hailing service in Atlanta

Uber is beginning autonomous ride-hailing in Atlanta with Alphabet unit Waymo after offering the service in Austin, Texas, since March.

OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN - MARCH 27: A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber proceeds to an undisclosed location after completing a mission over Iraq March 27, 2003. The Pentagon has announced its intention to almost double the military ground strength in the Gulf to about 200,000 troops over the next month. (Photo by Cherie A. Thurlby/U.S. Air Force/Getty Images)

U.S. used B-2 bomber flights as decoy ahead of Iran bombing

During a press briefing on Sunday morning from the Pentagon, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disclosed that the United States utilized decoy tactics as a key component of the successful ‘Operation Midnight Hammer.’

A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Law enforcement agencies captured a suspect in the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who were shot at their home on June 14th. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said during a press conference that the shooting "appears to be a politically motivated assassination." (Photo by Steven Garcia/Getty Images)

FBI: Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker attacks was a ‘prepper’

New court filings have revealed that the man charged in connection with the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses was a “prepper” and had at some point given his wife a “bailout plan” in case of “exigent circumstances.”