Hope on The Hill: After Forty-One Days, the Lights Come Back On — and Trump Looks Ahead

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The long pause is over. The lights will come back on. After forty-one days of stillness and strain, President Donald Trump said Monday that he will honor the deal to reopen the government, while his party moves toward a new vision for health care. “The government will fully reopen very quickly,” he said in the Oval Office. Asked about a clause requiring him to rehire federal workers dismissed during the shutdown, Trump waved it off. “I’ll abide by the deal. The deal is very good,” he said. The agreement gives Democrats what they wanted: a vote on extending Affordable Care

MAGAmorphosis: Trump Urges GOP to Scrap Filibuster, Unleash the Agenda [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump stood in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday, flanked by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and delivered his MAGA wishlist with a crisp urgency that left little doubt where his head is these days: The Senate filibuster. “You know the Democrats are going to [get rid of the filibuster]. So why aren’t we doing it? I think only a foolish person would be against that,” he declared. “I am totally in favor of terminating the filibuster and we would be back to work within ten minutes of that vote taking place,” he added. WATCH:

President Trump Celebrates Nancy Pelosi’s Retirement: ‘A Great Thing for America’

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After forty years in the marble maze of Washington, Nancy Pelosi is finally stepping off the stage. The former Speaker of the House announced on Thursday that she will not seek reelection. President Trump, her old adversary, wasted no time reacting. “The retirement of Nancy Pelosi is a great thing for America. She was evil, corrupt, and only focused on bad things for our country,” he told Fox News’s Peter Doocy. “She was rapidly losing control of her party.” He couldn’t resist one more jab: “I’m very honored she impeached me twice and failed miserably twice. Nancy Pelosi is a

Mamdani’s Promise, Reagan’s Warning: Mayor-elect Thinks Government Is the Solution

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It was meant as a promise, but it sounded more like a warning. Newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told cheering supporters on election night that “there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” The self-described Democratic socialist’s words rippled far beyond the ballroom, sparking alarm among critics who saw in them not confidence, but control. “I’m from the government and I’m here to help!” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shot back on X, invoking Ronald Reagan’s old caution that those were the nine most terrifying words

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