Lucy Strathmore

3 days ago | 2paragraphs.com | Lucy Strathmore

A video of MAGA Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) dismissing the use of a walking cane by her Democratic colleague Rep. Al Green (D-TX) is circulating as Harshbarger considers running for governor of the Volunteer State. Note: Since undergoing emergency abdominal surgery in February 2024, Green has been using a cane.

3 days ago | 2paragraphs.com | Lucy Strathmore

U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was asked on Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press if he would support President Donald Trump removing Jay Powell from his position as Federal Reserve Chairman. (Trump appointed Powell during his first term, but has consistently criticized him during his second administration.)Note: White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday that the Trump administration would “continue to study” whether Trump could fired Powell.

5 days ago | 2paragraphs.com | Lucy Strathmore

President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, a New York real estate investor and attorney, was in Paris, France this week with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. As seen in the video below, during a meeting at the historic Élysée Palace in Paris, in the Salon des Ambassadeurs (“Ambassadors Room”), Witkoff compared the room to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

6 days ago | 2paragraphs.com | Lucy Strathmore

Taking a shot at a questioner whom she said was being “brainwashed by the news that you’re watching,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reiterated her support for the work of DOGE under Elon Musk‘s leadership and doubled-down unambiguously on her pledge that “we are not cutting Social Security, we are not cutting Medicare.” [NOTE: In the remarks she shared below, Rep.

1 week ago | 2paragraphs.com | Lucy Strathmore

The New York Times reported today that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) “is said to be considering whether to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status” after the Trump administration said it is cutting off $2.2 billion in federal funding for the university which refused to comply with a list of the government’s demands. Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, the Charles W.