Alan He
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CBS Newser on Capitol Hill
NEW via @cbsnews’s @JimLaPorta: Iran's president injured during Israeli strikes, U.S. intelligence sources say cbsnews.com/news/irans-pre…
Trump efforts to quiet Epstein fervor are not working - 10 R sponsors for compelling doc release - Rs forced to block Gallego - New Wyden report - House Rs scrambling behind scenes - Tillis: Release the damn files Sen. Rick Scott: “The public seems pretty interested in it"
PBS, NPR: Approps Chair @SenatorCollins Collins: she says during Approps process she will attempt to restore public broadcasting funding for local stations (but not National NPR which she says is biased )
Gallego is about to try and UC his resolution calling on DOJ to release Epstein files
WYDEN: There is an Epstein file down there at the Treasury Department, and it ought to be used as the foundation for a follow the money investigation.
Follow the dollars!!!: This Democrat Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either nytimes.com/2025/07/17/bus…
Follow the dollars!!!: This Democrat Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either nytimes.com/2025/07/17/bus…
Trump officials want to do a site visit at the Federal Reserve headquarters to check in on renovations, @russvought tells us at White House.
Group of former prosecutors are trying to make last-minute press on Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) to vote against Emil Bove’s nomination for judgeship Their memo to Tillis says, “We have previously commended your principled refusal to vote for Ed Martin because of his actions in…
“Of the estimated 100,000 people who were deported between January 1 and June 24 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 70,583 were convicted criminals, according to an ICE document obtained by CBS News. However, the data also shows that most of the documented infractions were…
CBS Exclusive from @margbrennan: Despite a vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions. READ ➡️ cbsnews.com/news/trump-adm…
Scoop: Internal friction with the Justice Dept team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in the Trump admin about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out the issues, sources told @CBSNews. Gail Slater, who in March took…
News: President Trump is NOT happy the Senate hasn't confirmed more of his ambassadors. Republicans might cut some recess for them "The administration would like us to perhaps cancel some of the August recess in order to get these through,” Sen. Barrasso said. "We may see that"
KENNEDY via @grace_kazarian &@ibrahimaksoya "If you fire the chairman of the Federal Reserve you will see the stock market crash and you will see the bond market crash..."
Noem teases liquid size changes for TSA at Hill Nation Summit thehill.com/homenews/admin…
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) a short time ago to reporters on Fed Chair Powell... "If you fire the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, you will see the stock market crash and you will see the bond market crash."
Speaker Johnson asked by @CHueyBurns if the President Trump can fire Jerome Powell: “Uh I’m really not sure…”
Tillis: Firing Powell would "destroy our reputation" as finance safe haven "It'd be a colossal mistake...The last thing we need are politically driven decisions in achieving our dual mandate...No one person drives the policy. It's gotta be consensus. People need to get educated"
Trump confirmed to reporters in the Oval Office today that he spoke to lawmakers about firing Powell. "I talked to them about the concept of firing him. I said, 'What do you think?' Almost all of them said I should. But I'm more conservative than they are," he said.
“I’m not thinking about that, fortunately we get to make a change on that in the next eight months or so,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office when asked if he’s planning to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.