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The Associated Press reports: The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously been appropriated. Trump’s aides …

“Let’s just talk about how insane it is to elect someone to any major office who hasn’t even been a US citizen for ten years—much less a radical leftist who actually hates everything about the country and is here specifically to undermine everything we’ve ever been about. Deport.” – New York City Council member Vickie Paladino, above a 2019 tweet …

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire reports: Republican Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller introduced a resolution on Tuesday declaring June as “Family Month,” a bid to reclaim the first month of summer from LGBTQ ideology, The Daily Wire can first report. The resolution is supported by a number of parental rights advocacy groups, including Moms for America, the American Family Project, the Family …

Politico reports: Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling on chair Jim Jordan to condemn the detainment of a Congressional aide by Department of Homeland Security authorities. A staffer for Rep. Jerry Nadler — the former senior Democrat on the Judiciary panel — was handcuffed in the member’s district office last week, amid protests outside the building of …

Bangor’s ABC affiliate reports: Sen. Susan Collins, Maine’s only Republican lawmaker in Congress, says she is still considering how she will vote on the budget bill narrowly passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives. “I’m still looking at it because it kept changing up until literally the very minute it passed,” Collins said. Collins specifically expressed concern with the …

The Hill reports: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points in the state’s Republican Senate primary, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey, which was conducted by pollster Robert Blizzard on behalf of the Educational Freedom Institute and first obtained by Punchbowl News, showed Paxton leading Cornyn 50 percent to …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Rand Paul, a libertarian Republican from Kentucky, calling his ideas “actually crazy” over his criticism of the big tax bill for its potential impact on the bloating U.S. debt pile. “Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming,” Trump posted to Truth Social …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump on Monday implored voters in New Jersey’s primary for governor to support Republican Jack Ciattarelli when early in-person voting begins Tuesday and said the state was ready for a change after years of Democratic control. The president, who has golf clubs around the state and frequently stays at his Bedminster property, announced his …

Raw Story reports: A Texas bill that could slap warning labels on popular snack foods like Doritos and M&Ms is one step away from becoming law – and is poised to be among “the most substantive victories yet for the Make America Healthy Again movement.” Texas Senate Bill 25 would require that packaged foods sold in the Lone Star State …

Politico reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who has been vocal in opposing what he sees as major cuts to Medicaid, spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday about the issue, he said in a social media post. “Just had a great talk with President Trump about the Big, Beautiful Bill. He said again, NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS,” Hawley wrote on …

“Congressman Randy Fine of Florida. And he said this the other day on Fox News last week, quote: ‘In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis. We did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here in Gaza. …

“The Federalist Society and Leonard Leo were indispensable partners through all four years of the Trump-Pence administration. With @FedSoc support, we confirmed over 220 principled judges, including three Supreme Court Justices, committed to the Rule of Law, Religious Liberty and the Right to Life. Conservative Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the more than 60,000 Lawyers, Law Students & …

Axios reports: Gov. Spencer Cox issued a statement Sunday acknowledging Pride Month — but again eschewed mention of LGBTQ+ communities in favor of a celebration of “building bridges.” Pride Month proclamations have become an annual point of controversy for Cox, drawing complaints from across the political spectrum. Conservatives complain the statements are “woke,” while progressives decry wording that falls short …

Politico reports: Private insurers and state officials are warning of utter chaos in the insurance markets if a last-minute change to the House GOP’s megabill survives in the Senate. The policy could lead to higher premiums for people who shop for plans on the Obamacare exchanges and cause massive turmoil for actuaries, and leave brokers and state officials with little …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is assigning blame for a terror attack in Colorado on the media. “I do think that there’s a lot that goes on, quite frankly, in some of the lies that get spread in the media that probably get some of these guys wound up,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Sarasota. It is …

The Naples Daily News reports: Home security and safety blog SafeHome.org released their annual report of the best and worst states for LGBTQ+ safety, noting hate crimes have risen for the fourth year in a row and 71% of LGBTQ+ adults have avoided a public space due to fear of discrimination or violence. Experts ranked the 50 states on a …

Axios reports: The Supreme Court said Monday it would take on an Illinois case challenging the validity of mail ballots that arrive past Election Day. Republicans have worked to restrict mail-in voting for years. Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.) challenged a state electoral regulation following his reelection. He was joined by two other presidential electors. The current Illinois election law allows …

USA Today reports: When members of Congress return to Washington on June 2 after a weeklong break, the upper chamber will dig into the more than 1,000-page bill that would extend income tax cuts, implement new tax breaks for tipped wages and overtime, overhaul Medicaid and food stamps, and put more money toward Trump’s deportation plan. Some Republican senators, such …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas would further cement its role in enforcing immigration laws under a bill the state Legislature sent to the governor Sunday that would require most sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled support for such an idea, and President Donald Trump — whose administration could receive a big personnel …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) drew fierce blowback on Sunday over his social media post about 22-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Graham shared a news article about Thunberg’s presence on a flotilla that is headed to Gaza and whose occupants want to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, amid the monthslong, starvation-inducing Israeli blockade. “Hope …