Thu Jan 9, 2025 AT 9:43 AM EST
President-elect Donald Trump said on day 1 of his administration the border will be closed and criminals deported, calling it “common sense,” The Washington Times reports.
“It’s going to be closed very strongly. It’s going to be closed and we’re going to have to take people out that are criminals,” Trump told reporters Wednesday evening.
“We have people from jails from all over the world and from mental institutions, and as you know, they’re going to have to be removed,” he explained. “We’re going to get a country back again and we’re going to be really governed by common sense.” Read Full Story
Tue Jan 7, 2025 AT 10:06 AM EST
President-elect Donald Trump will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday at the invitation of Senate Republican leadership, according to sources.
One of the big questions that needs to be hashed out is whether to move Trump’s agenda in a single budget reconciliation package or break it up into two packages. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has spoken in favor of splitting it into two.
The first would beef up border security and expand fossil fuel production domestically. The second package would be devoted to extending the expiring Trump tax cuts and reducing spending.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans prefer to tackle all of Trump’s major agenda items in a single package. Read Full Story
Thu Jan 2, 2025 AT 9:21 AM EST
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is asking the Senate Homeland Security Committee to call on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify after the Jan. 1 New Orleans attack.
Hawley sent a letter to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., incoming chairman of the committee, emphasizing Biden administration officials “cannot shirk public accountability” as President Joe Biden’s term ends.
Hawley stressed he wants a “full account of this attack” and any failures by their departments highlighted. Read Full Story