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Democrats Gutted Anti-Hezbollah Legislation Days Before Attack on Israel

Efforts to slash U.S. funding to Iranian terror group blocked by House Dems

U.S. Capitol

Just days before the Iranian-funded terror group Hezbollah waged a terrorist attack on Israel’s northern border, congressional Democrats gutted legislation that would have halted U.S. funding to the Lebanese military, which is almost entirely controlled by the terror group.

A Free Press Can’t Expect a Free Lunch

The perils and pitfalls of a government bailout for local media

Still from His Girl Friday

Among the endless provisions in House Democrats' hastily passed stimulus bill, one has drawn surprisingly little scrutiny. Some 800 pages in, the bill's authors have buried a dramatic expansion of the pandemic loan program, making hundreds of local news stations eligible for loans.

Senate Passes $500 Billion More for Coronavirus Bailout

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved $484 billion in additional coronavirus relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals treating patients sickened by the pandemic, sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week.

Trump Urges Congress to Approve Small Business Funding

President Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers On Capitol Hill On Coronavirus Plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the funding measure to help small business should be approved by Congress with no additions, as a partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed $250 billion in new assistance.

Impeachment Hearings Are Boring. No One Cares. Get Over It.

The media doesn't matter as much as the media thinks. Cry more, lib.

The journos are at it again. They are paid to pretend that politics is fascinating and meaningful, that they are indispensable members of an indispensable institution without which democracy itself would cease to exist.