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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that under President Donald Trump, the alleged \u201cweaponization\u201d of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal agencies against American citizens has come to an end. In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Bondi accused the Biden administration of targeting Trump and his family through politically motivated prosecutions, calling it the \u201cultimate weaponization\u201d of federal power.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are investigating so many things at the Department of Justice,\u201d Bondi said. \u201cWhat they did to President Trump, what they did to his family \u2014 that was the ultimate weaponization. No longer.\u201d Bondi promised accountability for those she claims misused government power, stating, \u201cNo one in this country is above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amid rising concerns about urban crime, a new AP\/NORC poll shows 81% of U.S. adults view crime in major cities as a serious issue. In response, Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act to take temporary control of the city\u2019s police. The move has received bipartisan support in Washington, including from Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Police Union.<\/p>\n
Support is growing for federal law enforcement to assist local police, with 55% of Americans approving military or National Guard involvement. The poll also found Trump\u2019s handling of crime receives higher approval (53%) than his performance on immigration, the economy, or foreign policy.<\/p>\n
As Trump pushes to expand federal crime-fighting efforts, Republicans in Congress are backing legislation to tighten control over D.C. and restore public safety.<\/p>\n
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Newsmax on Monday that once the government shutdown ends, House Republicans are readying ideas to tackle rising healthcare costs.<\/p>\n
The House on Sept. 19 passed a clean continuing resolution 217-212 that would fund the federal government through Nov. 21, but the measure quickly stalled in the Senate amid a broader fight over Affordable Care Act subsidies.<\/p>\n
The pandemic-era subsidies, which were created by Democrats, are scheduled to expire at the end of the year,\u00a0the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
During an appearance on \u201cThe Record with Greta Van Susteren,\u201d Speaker Mike Johnson declined to specify when the House might consider a bipartisan Senate proposal to fund the federal government through January 30.<\/p>\n
The Senate advanced the measure Sunday night by clearing a key procedural hurdle, though a final vote is still expected to take place in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Johnson noted that House Republicans had included provisions to address rising healthcare costs in their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but said Democrats ultimately removed them during negotiations<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is that we are subsidizing very wealthy insurance companies,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThat is not helping costs go down. It\u2019s driving premiums up even higher. So, Republicans want to fix the broken system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want to throw good money at a broken and failing system. And the Affordable Care Act has been that since it was signed into law, passed by the Democrats alone back in 2010,\u201d the Louisiana Republican added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to reduce the cost of healthcare and the cost of living, and Republicans are the ones that have the ideas to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Johnson stated that the OBBB included a provision which, according to him, would have decreased healthcare premiums by 12.7%.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the Democrats fought to take it out of the bill,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, if they cared so much about healthcare costs, they shouldn\u2019t be fighting provisions like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re putting together some ideas that will drive the premiums down because healthcare is too expensive in this country. It\u2019s too expensive because the Democrats built a system that doesn\u2019t work. So, we need to look at the root causes of the costs that have skyrocketed and address that for the people,\u201d Johnson told Van Sustren.<\/p>\n
\u201cMerely subsidizing something is not the is not the answer. When the government subsidizes something, it almost always means it\u2019s not working. And that\u2019s the problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
With the subsidies set to expire on Dec. 31, Johnson said, \u201cit\u2019s an urgent matter for us, and it has been, which is why we put it into the bill that we passed in the early summer. And the Democrats fought to take it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we\u2019re reintroducing some of these ideas,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of ideas on how to drive the cost down, and we have November and December to work on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to get a bipartisan consensus on some of this. And so, we\u2019ll be presenting our ideas and putting them on the table,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Democrats, this is very important to point out, they don\u2019t have any reform ideas at all. Their argument is they want a completely unreformed continuation. They would do it permanently, most of them on government just subsidizing the insurance companies. And that is not the solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to be educating the population, and along the way, as we do this, come up with reforms that will actually solve the problem and not make it worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnson, in a separate interview with Fox News, urged GOP members of the House to return to Washington before an expected vote on a measure to reopen the government on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to plan on voting, on being here, at least by Wednesday,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt is possible that things could shift a little bit later in the week, but right now we think we\u2019re on track for a vote on Wednesday. So we need you here.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a fiery Senate showdown that left the chamber buzzing, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana took direct aim at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during a heated debate over proposed Trump-era spending cuts. The tense exchange, which some aides later described as \u201cthe moment Schumer froze,\u201d quickly became the talk of Capitol Hill \u2014 a verbal sparring match that highlighted growing divisions not just between parties, but within the Democratic ranks themselves.<\/p>\n
The confrontation began as the Senate reconvened to discuss a revised federal spending plan that included partial restorations of Trump-era budget caps. Kennedy, known for his sharp wit and southern drawl, took the floor and immediately challenged Schumer\u2019s leadership on fiscal responsibility. \u201cMr. Leader,\u201d he said, turning toward Schumer, \u201cyou keep saying we can\u2019t cut a penny without hurting people, but the American people are already hurting because Washington won\u2019t stop spending.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schumer, initially smiling, attempted to respond with statistics about job growth and social investment. But Kennedy interrupted with his trademark humor. \u201cChuck, you could balance this budget if you just stopped paying consultants to tell you how to spend more,\u201d he quipped, drawing laughter from Republicans and awkward silence from several Democrats. Reporters in the press gallery noted that Schumer paused for several seconds \u2014 long enough for Kennedy to add, \u201cI\u2019ll take that silence as agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n
What followed was an unusually candid back-and-forth between two of the Senate\u2019s most recognizable figures. Schumer defended Democratic spending priorities, arguing that the proposed cuts would \u201ccripple essential services, harm working families, and roll back progress made since 2020.\u201d Kennedy countered that the nation\u2019s $35 trillion debt was \u201ca bipartisan monument to cowardice\u201d and accused Democrats of \u201ctreating taxpayer money like Monopoly cash.\u201d<\/p>\n
At one point, the Louisiana senator cited statements from former President Donald Trump advocating for targeted spending reductions to protect Social Security and defense while trimming bureaucracy. \u201cEven Trump got this part right,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cYou don\u2019t fix Washington by pouring more syrup on bad pancakes.\u201d The jab elicited chuckles across the chamber \u2014 even from a few Democrats who tried to hide their smiles.<\/p>\n
For several minutes, Schumer appeared visibly frustrated. He shuffled his papers, attempted to pivot to infrastructure funding, and eventually yielded the floor without his usual closing remarks. Aides later downplayed the moment, saying the Majority Leader \u201csimply wanted to move debate forward.\u201d But within minutes, clips of the exchange flooded social media under the tag\u00a0#SchumerFroze<\/strong>, garnering millions of views.<\/p>\n Political commentators quickly seized on the spectacle. Conservative outlets praised Kennedy for \u201cslicing through Washington doublespeak,\u201d while liberal pundits accused him of \u201cgrandstanding over substance.\u201d Yet even some Democrats privately admitted that the senator\u2019s performance was, in one staffer\u2019s words, \u201ca masterclass in Senate theater.\u201d<\/p>\n As the debate closed, Kennedy summed up his case in one final soundbite: \u201cWe don\u2019t need more speeches about compassion \u2014 we need receipts for how you\u2019re spending our money.\u201d The chamber fell quiet. Whether or not Schumer truly \u201cfroze,\u201d the moment captured a growing public frustration with both parties\u2019 handling of the nation\u2019s finances \u2014 and reminded Washington that sometimes, one sharp tongue can silence an entire room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that under President Donald Trump, the alleged \u201cweaponization\u201d of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal agencies against American citizens has come to an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}