On Saturday, June 21, President Donald Trump took action against Iran’s three main nuclear facilities without Congressional involvement. This evening, Local 3 sat down with Tennessee Representative Chuck Fleischmann to discuss how the decision was made, what it achieved, and possible next steps. The decision To begin, Fleischmann described the operation as a military success…
Washington — The House on Thursday passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” which would codify an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office. In a 211 to 206 vote, all but one Republican supporting the measure, which was introduced by GOP Rep….
Washington — The House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” which would codify an executive order signed by President Trump on his second day in office. But the bill is facing pushback from at least one Republican — Rep. Don Bacon of…
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the more frequent stock traders in Congress. Just before Trump’s tariff pause sent markets soaring, she bought thousands of dollars in stock. Democrats have speculated that some…
NEW YORK (AP) — Give Marjorie Taylor Greene credit where it’s due: As stocks tanked on tariff fears, she showed her faith in the president not just with words but dollar bills. The Republican congresswoman, an avid supporter of the Trump administration’s trade policies, not only bought stocks last week as others dumped them in…
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A woman is dead after police in Georgia received an email from a Russian IP address claiming the sender had left a pipe bomb in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mailbox. A police officer responding to the scene hit another car, killing its driver, the Republican congresswoman confirmed on X. “I’m heartsick right now,” Greene wrote. The…
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, supporters of President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday to react to President Joe Biden‘s reported authorization of Ukraine to use U.S. ATACMS rockets to launch strikes into Russian territory. According to Reuters, who spoke to three sources familiar with the decision on Sunday, Biden will authorize Ukraine…
Even though we’ve lately had a surfeit of voting results and dissections thereof, here come some more. In last week’s Attention-Whore Index competition, top honors went to the incoming First Felon, Donald Trump (44.3 percent). Two increasingly bizarre objects of Trump’s bromantic affections were next, Elon Musk (17.1 percent) and Tucker Carlson (14 percent). It’s…