NEWS: THE PENTAGON has invited some House Republicans for dinner tomorrow night with Sec Def @PeteHegseth.
Comes as the Pentagon is lobbying the Hill for hundreds of billions of dollars in new funding.
It’s happening:
@henrymcmaster will appoint Darline Graham Nordone to fill out the rest of her brother’s Senate term this year, per a Repub familiar
https://t.co/cUyj64NGNs
The 2nd opinion is Wolford. The court holds Hawaii’s law barring licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner’s express authorization violates the 2nd and 14th Amendments
https://t.co/KVe3PlUahe
🚨 In a 2-1 vote, the D.C. Circuit has restored the Trump administration's 2025 expansion of expedited removal for noncitizens, allowing the DHS to apply expedited removal nationwide to the full extent Congress authorized.
.@MarkWarner, vice chair of Senate Intelligence, has a new bill that would make explicit the line of succession for DNI.
It would make it impossible for someone like Bill Pulte — with no intelligence expertise — to be in the role.
https://t.co/OlFVZqgbso
SCOOP: @PressSec isn't fully back from maternity leave yet, but she will be soon — WH is having discussions about holding her first briefing back as soon as next week... She'll also travel with President Trump today to his speech in PA
TOP: CAN THUNE win the Trump meeting?
JOHN THUNE had absolutely no idea that RICK SCOTT was inviting TRUMP to his Wed steering meeting.
But it gives Thune a rare opportunity to have lawmakers make their case that they don't have 50 to pass SAVE America Act and blow up the filibuster.
TSA Federal Air Marshals, working with state and federal partners, have seized over 300 drones during @FIFAWorldCup events thus far. Flying a drone in a restricted zone is a federal crime and can result in fines up to $100,000, prison time, and drone confiscation.
“Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi is charged with one of the biggest Medicare scams in history - allegedly orchestrating a massive $3.7 BILLION scheme to defraud Medicare. He’s been on the run since May of 2025 - but we got him.
Thanks to outstanding work from FBI Miami, the Justice Department, and our partners in Turkey, Hilmi was apprehended overseas and after a Foreign Transfer of Custody, he is back in the U.S. to face justice.
This is yet another massive win for this FBI’s war on fraudsters with the White House Task Force led by VP Vance - and a monumental victory for the Trump administration showing that any criminal actor who steals from the American taxpayer will be caught, no matter where they try to hide.
Special thanks to Ambassador Tom
Barrack who continues to be an invaluable partner to us - this case could not have been accomplished without his tireless work.
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
Vance shaking off Trump's joke that he'll blame VP if negotiations sour: "I think the president was joking, as he often does" ... "Now, I have seen some progressive criticisms of me personally saying, what experience does the Vice President of the United States have with hostile, high-stakes negotiations, and I would point those progressive critics to the fact that just two days ago I spent over an hour on The View, so I actually have great experience in very hostile negotiations."
وتدخل مذكرة تفاهم إسلام آباد حيز التنفيذ فوراً، حيث ستقوم الجمهورية الإسلامية الإيرانية، كخطوة أولى، بإعادة فتح مضيق هرمز على الفور، فيما سترفع الولايات المتحدة الأميركية فوراً إجراءات الحصار البحري.
وقد وقع المذكرة فخامة رئيسا البلدين، كما صادقتُ عليها بصفتي الوسيط، ويعكس توقيع هذا الاتفاق على أعلى المستويات القيادية في البلدين التزام الجانبين بالتوصل إلى تسوية دبلوماسية للنزاع.