Like moths to a flame, Republicans have once again flirted with a big immigration compromise, only to get their wings singed. This time it was Sen. James Lankford who thought he could thread the needle, finding a sweet spot for a bipartisan deal that angers the right and left but appeals to a middle majority. […]
A deal to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals to Virginia is dead, according to Democrat state Sen. L. Louise Lucas. Two bills to establish a stadium authority in Virginia are sitting in the state’s legislature: one in the House of Delegates and one in the Senate. The House’s version passed through committee on Friday. […]
Diamondback Energy will buy rival Endeavor Energy Resources in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $26 billion to create a drilling giant in the Southwestern United States. Growing confidence in an economic recovery, particularly in the U.S., has driven massive deals in the energy sector in recent months, including Chevron’s $53 billion acquisition of Hess […]
The Senate on Wednesday will hold a separate vote on a more than $110 billion national security package with aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, but only if the same legislation paired with a bipartisan border security deal fails. A senior Senate Democratic aide said the contingency plan is meant to show Republicans’ hand on […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean defense contractor LIG Nex1 will export its Cheongung mid-range surface-to-air missile system to Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at $3.2 billion, Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense announced Tuesday. The second Middle Eastern sale for the system, following a 2022 deal with the United Arab Emirates, marks another win […]
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. CAIRO — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed ahead with a diplomatic tour of the Middle East on Tuesday, meeting Egyptian leaders as part of […]
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) was a chief architect of the “bipartisan border deal” Republicans everywhere have been verbally disemboweling since the text first came out. Of course, the border deal is anything but and is legitimately awful, but that hasn’t stopped Sen. Sinema and others like Sen. James Lankford […]
The “terrible” Republican-Democrat border deal is an “unserious” attempt to fool Americans while not in the least solving the disastrous border crisis, according to two GOP congressmen. As of Jan. 27, the border deal worked out by senators including James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was so leftist […]
Former President Donald Trump gave the Senate’s bipartisan border deal the kiss of death Monday, calling it a “death wish” for Republicans. “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill, which only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE […]
Sen. Steve Daines, the Montana Republican whose job is to get Senate GOP candidates elected, came out in opposition Monday to a southern border security deal with Democrats tied to a $118 billion aid package with money for Ukraine and Israel. The disapproval from Mr. Daines, the highest-ranking leadership member so far to oppose the […]
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