FARRINGTON REPORT

Senate Democrats voted for a 12th time on Wednesday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21. Democrats blocked the funding measure — a clean continuing resolution that would prolong Biden-era funding levels — after liberal Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23…

The Senate again downed the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government in a vote Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as he held the floor overnight in protest of President Trump’s agenda. With no progress on the funding bill, Republican leaders are raising the issue…

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump announces new Russian oil sanctions The Trump administration on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions on major Russian oil companies as efforts to end the war in Ukraine have stalled. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File The Treasury Department said it was hitting Russia’s two largest…

President Trump said Wednesday he felt it was the right time to slap sanctions on Russia as a part of the administration’s effort to push Moscow to end its war with Ukraine.  “I just felt it was time. We waited a long time. I thought that we’d go long before the Middle East,” Trump told…

Hunter Biden said his father would not have pardoned him had President Trump not won the 2024 election. Former President Biden’s son spoke with Mediaite editor Tommy Christopher on Monday about the recent slew of federal indictments against President Trump’s perceived political enemies. “Well, look, I think that, and I’ve said this before, is that…