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SCOOP: Resolution punishing Al Green circulates House after Dem is thrown out of Trump speech

FIRST ON FOX: A resolution by Rep. Troy Nehls, R-TX, is being circulated among Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to punish the House Democrat who was thrown out of President Donald Trump’s speech for protesting. Nehls is leading the censure resolution against Rep. Al Green, R-TX, and is expected to make it public sometime today, a source with knowledge of the document told Fox News Digital. It accuses Green of having “willfully disrupted the joint session, remained defiant,” and “brought disrepute to the United States Congress,” according to a draft text viewed by Fox News Digital. The 77-year-old Democrat was removed from Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night after repeatedly disrupting the beginning of the president’s speech. ‘SHE’S REALLY THIS DUMB’: HOUSE DEM RIPPED AFTER CALLING TRUMP ‘ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES’ He shouted, “You have no mandate,” at Trump as he touted Republican victories in the House, Senate and White House. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, had Green removed by the U.S. Sergeant-At-Arms. Green remained defiant when he stopped to speak with the White House press pool on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol after being thrown out of the second floor House chamber, where Trump was speaking. “I’m willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me. I didn’t say to anyone, don’t punish me. I’ve said I’ll accept the punishment,” Green said, according to the White House press pool report. “But it’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.” Republicans, meanwhile, responded to Green and other Democratic attempts to disrupt the speech with fury. The House Freedom Caucus announced on Wednesday morning that it would be filing its own censure resolution against Green. “What they’ve shown is ridiculous to the American people,” House GOP Policy Committee Chair Kevin Hern, R-OK, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday night. “I can’t see how any American would think that’s right.” Rep. Buddy Carter, R-GA, told Fox News Digital, “The Democrats’ behavior last night was disappointing. There must be consequences for Rep. Al Green’s outburst, which displayed a clear lack of decorum and respect for the Office of the Presidency.” STATE TROOPERS, NYPD DESCEND ON AOC’S ‘RED LIGHT’ NEIGHBORHOOD TO CLAMP DOWN ON RAMPANT PROSTITUTION, CRIME House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-LA, told Fox News Digital that leadership would be “looking at” whether to punish Green. Johnson signaled to reporters on Tuesday night that such a move would have his support. Fox News Digital reached out to Green’s office for a response but did not immediately hear back.

SCOTUS rules on nearly $2 billion in frozen USAID payments

ALT 1 – SIDING WITH USAID GROUPS : The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court’s order for the administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid money, delivering a near-term reprieve to international aid groups and contractors seeking payment for previously completed projects. In a one-paragraph ruling, the Court noted that the Feb. 26 deadline imposed by the lower court had already expired, so that court must now present new instructions. “Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines,” the Court said. Chief Justice John Roberts had agreed last Wednesday to pause a lower court’s decision requiring the Trump administration to pay by 11:59 p.m. all outstanding invoices to foreign aid groups, an amount totaling roughly $1.9 billion – a timeline the Justice Department had argued was “impossible” to comply with.    Roberts did not give a reason for agreeing to pause the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, though the chief justice had widely been expected to refer the matter to the full court for review.  Importantly, the pause prevented foreign aid groups from filing a motion of civil contempt against the Trump administration— a legal maneuver that employees from the affected groups said in interviews this week could have expedited their process to claw back the unpaid debt. TRUMP TEMPORARILY THWARTED IN DOGE MISSION TO END USAID At issue is how quickly the Trump administration needs to pay the nearly $2 billion owed to aid groups and contractors for completed projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), at a time when the administration has issued a blanket freeze on all foreign spending in the name of government “efficiency” and eliminating waste. In a new court filing Monday, Acting U.S. Solicitor General Sarah Harris said that while the plaintiffs’ claims were likely “legitimate,” the time U.S. District Judge Amir Ali gave them to pay the outstanding invoices was “not logistically or technically feasible.” Harris also argued Monday that the order could be a violation of executive branch authorities granted by the Constitution to an elected president. Ordering the Trump administration to make payments on a timeline of the lower court’s choosing, and “without regard to whether the requests are legitimate, or even due yet,” Harris said, “intrudes on the president’s foreign affairs powers” and executive branch oversight when it comes to distributing foreign aid. HERE’S WHY DOZENS OF LAWSUITS SEEKING TO QUASH TRUMP’S EARLY ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT ARE FAILING Plaintiffs, for their part, rejected that notion in full. They argued in their own Supreme Court filing that the lower court judge had ordered the Trump administration to begin making the owed foreign aid payments more than two weeks ago – a deadline they said the government simply failed to meet, or to even take steps to meet – indicating that the administration had no plans to make good on fulfilling that request. The Trump administration “never took steps towards compliance” with Judge Ali’s order requiring the administration to unfreeze the federal funds to pay the $1.9 billion in owed project payments, attorneys for plaintiffs argued in their own Supreme Court filing.  They also rejected the administration’s assertion in court last week that it would need “multiple weeks” to restart the payment system. Rather, they said, the Trump administration had moved too quickly to dismantle the systems required to send payments to foreign aid groups in the first place— and to purge the many USAID staffers who could have facilitated a smoother, faster repayment process. “All of these invoices have already been approved by the front-line managers at USAID, and it’s really these payment bottlenecks that the government has itself created” that have caused the problems with repayment, one individual with knowledge of the USAID payments and contractors affected told Fox News Digital in an interview. LAWSUIT TRACKER: NEW RESISTANCE BATTLING TRUMP’S SECOND TERM THROUGH ONSLAUGHT OF LAWSUITS TAKING AIM AT EOS The high court challenge comes as many of the foreign aid groups who sued the administration earlier this year have already been stripped of the bulk of their funding. This aligns with President Donald Trump’s stated plans to cut some 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, and to slash an additional $60 billion in foreign aid spending. The White House has not yet released a list of which contracts and grants were scheduled for elimination or those to be continued. But critics have argued that the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. investment and presence around the world risks economic harm, reputational damage, and new security risks, both at home and abroad. Scott Greytak, a director at the group U.S. Transparency International, said in a statement that cutting such a large amount of U.S. foreign aid carries significant economic and security risks. The elimination of U.S. funding for certain projects, especially in countries with higher risks for corruption, could “open the door for increased cross-border corruption, fraud, and other crimes,” he said.  This could create new obstacles for U.S. businesses seeking to open or expand into foreign markets, said Greytak, whose group has active chapters in more than 100 countries globally, and could serve “as an invitation for U.S. competitors, especially China, to fill the vacuum created by the absence of U.S. engagement.” This is a breaking news story. Check back soon for updates.

EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk PAC thanks Trump for ‘saving the American Dream’ in new million-dollar ad

FIRST ON FOX: Elon Musk’s PAC is going live on the national airwaves for the first time with a $1 million spot thanking President Donald Trump for delivering on his campaign promises, such as deporting illegal immigrants and “draining the swamp” with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk himself was tapped to lead.  This is the first-ever television ad buy from Musk’s PAC.  “After four long years of humiliation, of failure at home and embarrassment abroad, our long national nightmare is finally over,” the ad from America PAC says while displaying past viral footage of former President Joe Biden, such as him tripping on the stairs of Air Force One.  “Strength is back. Common sense is back. AMERICA IS BACK,” it continues.  GOP REBELS FIRE WARNING SHOT IN SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: NO DOGE, NO DEAL Trump led his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, echoing this. “Members of the United States Congress, thank you very much. And to my fellow citizens, America is back,” the president said, and was immediately met with a chorus of Republican cheers.  “Thank you, President Trump, for saving the American Dream,” the ad from America PAC concludes.  SENATE BID TO PREVENT BOYS FROM PLAYING GIRLS’ SPORTS GETS STUCK ON FILIBUSTER The 60-second ad is airing in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country during the week after Trump’s address. It is backed by a $1 million television ad purchase.  The spot goes through various areas of accomplishments for the new president in his first several weeks, during which Trump’s team has debuted countless executive orders and hit the ground running on key policy items. The group was founded by Musk last year in order to back candidates who support conservative agenda items, like lower spending, secure borders and free speech. FLASHBACK: DEM SENATOR EMBROILED IN CONFLICT OF INTEREST ROW TARGETED SCOTUS IN ETHICS CRUSADE Musk is notably the owner of X, as well as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. More recently, he became a special government employee as he continues to guide DOGE through aggressive auditing of federal entities.  He was recognized by Trump during the Tuesday joint address for his assistance in taking on the federal bureaucracy and spending. “I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, perhaps you’ve heard of it — perhaps — which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight. Thank you, Elon. You’re working very hard.” The billionaire Trump ally and DOGE head has quickly earned the ire of Democrats for his unapologetic and aggressive approach to slashing spending and transforming the executive branch and its agencies. In fact, Musk’s image was featured in demonstrations against Trump during his address on Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers holding signs that read “Musk steals.”  SEE THE STAR-STUDDED LIST OF TRUMP ALLIES DESCENDING ON DC TO CHART FURTHER 100-DAY WINS He was even mentioned in the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s address, delivered by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-MI.  “Is there anyone in America who is comfortable with him and his gang of 20-year-olds using their own computer servers to poke through your tax returns, your health information, and your bank accounts? No oversight, no protections against cyberattack, no guardrails on what they do with your private data,” she said.  “We need a more efficient government. You want to cut waste? I’ll help you do it. But change doesn’t need to be chaotic or make us less safe.” 

Red state sheriff credits Trump’s border policies for already helping his small county: ‘Big impact’

South Dakota Sheriff Pat West told Fox News Digital he is already feeling the impact of Trump’s crackdown on border security ahead of President Donald Trump‘s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. West, the Meade County sheriff and a guest of Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D. for Trump’s speech, said the supply of drugs crossing the southern border is no longer meeting the high demand for drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl in South Dakota, which he said proves “the impact that’s already taking place with that secure border.” “We are seeing a big impact on the border. Methamphetamine and fentanyl [are] our biggest problems that we’ve had in the past, and it’s been running rampant. The shutdown of the border recently has already made an impact on us up north in South Dakota,” West said.  Johnson touted Trump’s progress in his first six weeks in office to secure the border.  THEME OF TRUMP’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS REVEALED ‘SHE’S REALLY THIS DUMB’: HOUSE DEM RIPPED AFTER CALLING TRUMP ‘ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES’ “I know that people think that the federal government never gets its work done, but we have seen illegal border crossings down 95% just in the last 40 days of the Trump administration. That has been the White House and Congress working together. Great law enforcement officers like Sheriff West are seeing those impact in South Dakota communities,” Johnson said.  Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told CBS News last month that illegal crossings at the southern border are down 94% from the same period last year. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, echoed that statistic in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), saying known “gotaways” are down 95% at the southern border.  “Overall our drug problem is connected to a lot of our other crimes that we have in the community. By controlling the border, it eliminates the amount of unnecessary methamphetamine and fentanyl that is coming across the border and then ultimately getting to South Dakota,” West added.  West said he hopes Trump continues to fund border security “because that’s extremely important for our home front.” “The other thing is to continue to support law enforcement and military. I’ve got two boys in the United States Marine Corps, so that gets pretty close to me. But he’s putting the right people in the right positions to support the military and keep us secure.” West solved a sex trafficking case in South Dakota last year when he found a missing 13-year-old girl who had been abducted by a 33-year-old male sex offender. He also arrested a man who was in possession of approximately 2 grams of methamphetamine and 20 grams of fentanyl, which is about 200 pills.  “Illicit drugs, especially fentanyl and methamphetamine, continue to be a scourge on our communities. The devastation these drugs cause can’t be measured. We will continue to do all we can to get this poison off the streets in Meade County and hold those who bring this poison here accountable,” West said in a statement following the arrest. 

After Trump speech, AOC tells Democrats to organize in GOP districts against Medicaid cuts

Socialist firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is calling on Democrats to organize in GOP-heavy districts to push back against the Trump agenda and what she claims will be drastic cuts to Medicaid. Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live late Tuesday night to rebut President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session ­of Congress and told her followers that Trump spewed a lot of misinformation but, ultimately, he and Republicans are coming for Medicare to buttress the pockets of billionaires like Elon Musk, who she labeled as an “a—hole.” She said that Trump craftily didn’t mention cuts to Medicare in his speech because that is his goal, and Democrats should host town halls and various other events in GOP districts to resist such cuts and expose local lawmakers.  STATE TROOPERS, NYPD DESCEND ON AOC’S ‘RED LIGHT’ NEIGHBORHOOD TO CLAMP DOWN ON RAMPANT PROSTITUTION, CRIME “These Republicans, I’m telling you all, they are getting scared,” Ocasio-Cortez said to her 8.7 million followers on the platform in the 54-minute video.  “Trump not mentioning Medicaid at the State of the Union is the game. He doesn’t talk about it. [It’s] what he fears and he knows it’s dynamite. The House Republicans know that it’s dynamite for them and that’s why they’re talking about not hosting town halls.” “We need to be creatively organizing in Republican districts. And I don’t want to hear, okay, Republicans don’t listen. They are afraid of this. I’m telling you.” Ocasio-Cortez called on Democrats to host town halls in Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ districts of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York, Rep. Mike Lawler’s district of Westchester County in New York and Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s district in New Jersey.  AOC’S ‘RED LIGHT DISTRICT’ PLAGUED BY CRIME AS DEMOCRAT WHO HELPED HER RISE TO POWER SAYS SHE ‘DISAPPEARED’ “If you’re near a Republican, if you are in a Republican district and your Republican is not hosting a town hall, it’s time to do community town halls,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “It’s time to do community teachings. It’s time to do community town halls. It is time to start advertising their absence.” Medicaid has quickly emerged as a political lightning rod as House Republicans negotiate on a massive bill to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Trump has said he is committed to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. The White House has emphasized reforms aimed at reducing waste within these programs. Some Republican lawmakers are worried about the level of spending cuts being sought by fiscal hawks to offset the cost of Trump’s policies, arguing the current deal could force potentially unworkable cuts on Medicaid and other federal safety net programs. WATCH: Trump talks creation of DOGE, praises Elon Musk in speech to Congress Ocasio-Cortez emphasized that Democrats should take advantage of these doubts and hammer home the pitfalls of potential cuts to Medicaid. “If Democrats can step on a rake, Republicans can step on a rake. And I am telling you, they are stepping on one of the biggest rakes in modern American history,” Ocasio-Cortez said.   “They are messing with social security y’all. I need you to understand how much of a political no-go that has been for both parties for a very long time, for a reason. Because your stuff will collapse.” Ocasio-Cortez said that for those who say the U.S. doesn’t have enough money to pay for social safety nets, they should look at Musk and other billionaires making bank by getting government contracts. “We let a–holes like Elon Musk cut Medicaid and cut social security in order for him to pay for his own tax cuts and his own billion dollars in private federal contracts.” “This guy takes billions and billions of your tax dollars, of your public funds. And it’s not just Elon. All these guys, a lot of a lot of these tech guys that were standing behind Trump at the inauguration.” She likened them to defense contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin and said she believes that healthcare is a human right.  “They are robbing us of the tiny slivers of what we have left in our collective public social safety net in order to get $1 billion defense contracts… They fund propaganda for it and they buy platforms like Twitter and, yeah, Meta, and all these other things.” She said the stakes are high, and it will take people going out and speaking to Republicans and convincing them of the Democrat message. “We cannot give up on winning the hearts and minds of our fellow Americans.” Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. 

‘Squad’ member delivers real-time whiteboard responses to Trump: ‘No king!’

“Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., used a whiteboard to deliver real-time responses to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. While other Democrats held up pre-printed signs, Tlaib scribbled several messages throughout the evening. As President Trump delivered his 100-minute-long speech, Tlaib scribbled several messages on a mini-whiteboard, including, “No king!,” “What about the immigrants that worked for you?,” and “That’s a lie!” Tlaib’s actions seemed to be against House Democrat leadership’s wishes, as several reports say that party members were urged to not use pops and to show proper decorum. TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM TRUMP’S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS The “Squad” member’s whiteboard and keffiyeh-like jacket garnered a slew of reactions. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Sc., called Tlaib the “poster child” of Trump derangement syndrome (TDS), a term coined online that refers to those who automatically reject anything that comes from Trump.  Additionally, Rep. Mace tweeted an apparently photoshopped image of Tlaib with a blank sign and encouraged her followers to “fill in the blank.” Unsurprisingly, this became a pattern with several social media users posting memes of Tlaib and her whiteboard with various phrases poking fun at the congresswoman and Democrats. Some criticized Tlaib for wearing a keffiyeh-like jacket, pointing out that one of the guests attending the joint session was Noa Argamani, who was taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and was rescued by Israeli troops in June 2024. SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLODES AFTER DEMS DO NOT STAND FOR YOUNG CANCER PATIENT Tlaib was not the first Democrat to disrupt or protest the president’s speech. The first protest sign of the night was held up before Trump even reached the front of the chamber. As Trump walked into the room and lawmakers flocked to the aisle to greet him, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-Nm., held up a sign reading “this is not normal.”  While Rep. Stansbury held her sign in silent protest, the first real interruption occurred when Rep. Al Green, D-Tx., began heckling President Trump less than 10 minutes into the address. Rep. Green objected to President Trump saying he was given a “mandate” after winning the popular vote and the Electoral College. Democrats were widely panned for their behavior over the course of the evening, with many calling them out for not applauding several of the guests Trump highlighted in his speech. This included DJ, a young brain cancer survivor who dreams of being a police officer, and the mothers of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray, both of whom were killed by alleged illegal immigrants. Meghan McCain said she was “disgusted” and that the lawmakers needed to “get a grip.” Meanwhile, Fox News Channel contributor Ari Fleischer said the Democrats were “embarrassing themselves” with the displays. In addition to the signs and lack of cheers, multiple Democrats walked out of the address, some wearing political shirts. One of them was Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fl., who wore a shirt with “No kings live here” written on the back. Others held up paddles throughout the speech that were reminiscent of the one Tlaib used to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Messages on the paddles included “Musk steals,” “Save Medicaid” and “False.”

Dem Rep. Al Green, booted from Trump’s address to Congress, doubles down on impeachment

Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas doubled down on impeaching President Donald Trump following his disruption and removal from the president’s address to Congress on Tuesday night. Green, a longtime critic of Trump, told reporters after being removed that he was working on articles of impeachment against the president and defended his outburst at the start of Trump’s speech. “This president is unfit,” Green said. “He should not hold the office.” Green said it was worth being removed from the joint session of Congress to make his point, which he said was to object to Trump saying he had a “mandate.” SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER HOUSE DEM AL GREEN INTERRUPTED TRUMP’S ADDRESS: ‘EMBARRASSING THEMSELVES’ “I was making it clear to the president that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid,” Green said, referring to the health care program used by 80 million Americans. “I have people who are very fearful. These are poor people, and they have only Medicaid in their lives when it comes to their health care.” “But it’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security,” he said. Green’s outburst saw the congressman wave his walking cane as he stood up and shouted at the president. Republicans drowned him out with chants of “USA! USA!” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., issued a warning for order, banging the gavel and saying, “Take your seat, sir!” When Green remained standing, Johnson ordered the Sergeants-at-Arms to restore order by removing the long-serving congressman from the chamber. TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM TRUMP’S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS When reporters asked Green if shouting during Trump’s speech was the best way to get his point across, the congressman did not waver. “It is the best way to get that across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility,” Green said of Trump. “He is a person who has consistently used incivility against civility.” Johnson said afterward that Green should be censured by the House – among the more severe reprimands his colleagues could mete out. “He’s made history in a terrible way,” Johnson told reporters after the session. “If they want to make a 77-year-old heckling congressman the face of their resistance, if that’s the Democrat Party, so be it,” Johnson said. “But we will not tolerate it on the House floor.” Green told reporters that he is “willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me.” “I didn’t say to anyone, don’t punish me,” Green said. “I’ve said, I’ll accept the punishment.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Kedarnath, Hemkund Sahib ropeway projects worth Rs 6811 crore approved, to reduce travel time by…

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