Republicans

Politico reports: Senate Judiciary chair Chuck Grassley late Thursday released his committee’s proposals for the massive tax and spending package central to achieving President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, which would include a host of new fees for immigration applicants and tens of billions in funding for ICE. Among the new immigration fees, the Senate Judiciary bill would include a minimum …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser. Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing the pin that identifies lawmakers from civilians. “I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,” Greene said …

The Associated Press reports: Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo unexpectedly vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls — a conservative priority across the country and something that has long been on the governor’s legislative wish list. The move brings a dramatic end to one of …

The Bangor Daily News report: The video of Padilla’s takedown was “disturbing,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in a statement. She said she did not know what led up to the confrontation, but she thought he was handled roughly by police. “It’s hard to imagine a justification for treating him like that,” she said. In a statement, the Department of …

Politico reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said ”every single person who was involved in manhandling Senator Padilla should be held accountable to the full extent of the law.” Tensions flared on the House floor between purple-district Reps. John Mannion (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.). Mannion told Lawler to “shut up.” Later, Lawler [photo] posted on X telling Mannion to …

NBC News reports: The Republican-led House voted 214-212 on Thursday to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding. The “rescissions” package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. It is part of an effort …

Columbia, South Carolina’s NBC affiliate reports: Documents state that a forensic analysis of May’s phone showed he deleted Kik as well as other apps Telegram, Mega and Loki Messenger, within seconds of each other in April 2024. The memo states May’s Mega account was registered to the name “Eric Rentling,” which was an alias he allegedly used to create a …

The Texas Tribune reports: Andrew Mahaleris, an Abbott spokesperson, confirmed Wednesday that Texas National Guard soldiers “are on standby in areas where mass demonstrations are planned in case they are needed.” “Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles,” Mahaleris said in a statement. “Anyone …

South Carolina’s The State reports: State Rep. Robert “RJ” May of Lexington County, who founded a hard-line conservative House faction and ran campaigns against fellow Republicans, is in law enforcement custody facing potential federal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina, which has been investigating May after seizing various computer hardware at his house last year, declined comment. The …

“We have a policy that if you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you. You don’t have to sit there and …

Politico reports: Sen. Rand Paul says he and his family have been uninvited from the White House picnic for members of Congress, accusing the administration of targeting him over his opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s policies. “I think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic,” Paul …

Florida Politics reports: Florida law enforcement can look forward to serving a federal mission on the road in the foreseeable future. That’s according to Attorney General James Uthmeier, who said that “we’ll be sending any resources we have to California to help the President carry out his mission.” Uthmeier’s comments, made on the Sean Hannity radio show, preceded Gov. Ron DeSantis …

Florida Politics reports: Members of Florida’s congressional delegation are launching a push to bring NASA headquarters to Florida. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott led a letter to President Donald Trump signed by 24 members of the Florida delegation from both sides of the aisle encouraging a move. The letter bears the signatures of both Scott and U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, a Plant …

“The guy absolutely should be thanking President Trump right now for trying to restore order because the only thing Governor Newsom is good at right now is sucking at being number one at being a terrible governor. I mean, that is it. Why isn’t California thriving like the rest of the country? Well, because they have a blue state ran …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary — and his own 79th birthday — with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington. But one group of otherwise devoted Trump allies largely won’t be there to celebrate: congressional Republicans. Among the 50 GOP lawmakers surveyed by POLITICO, only seven said they planned to stay in Washington …

SEN. RAND PAUL: “Never been a big fan of goose-stepping soldiers in big tanks and missiles rolling down the street. So if you asked me, I wouldn’t have done it. I’m not sure what the actual expense of it is, but I’m not really — we were always different than the images you saw of the Soviet Union and North …

The New York Times reports: Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican endorsed last month by President Trump, easily won his party’s nomination on Tuesday to run for governor of New Jersey in November. Mr. Ciattarelli, 63, will now face the winner of the Democratic primary, Representative Mikie Sherrill, 53. Mr. Ciattarelli had been considered the front-runner for months, leading in most polls …

First, a reminder from Trump’s speech yesterday: President Donald Trump announced the renaming of several military bases and proposed jail time for flag burners during a military-themed speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Along with remarks honoring military members, including a 100-year-old World War II veteran, Trump noted that Los Angeles protesters have brandished foreign flags and burned U.S. …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed National Guard troops to San Antonio in advance of planned protests in the city against a Trump administration crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The San Antonio Police Department said Chief William McManus contacted state officials Monday night seeking to confirm the presence of guardsmen in the city. McManus “was able …

First, a reminder from Reason: Five years ago last Tuesday, The New York Times, after considerable internal turmoil, published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R–Ark.) advocating that the federal government unilaterally send military troops to quell the riots ripping through the country in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The piece led directly to the …