NEW — From President Trump: "BALANCE BUDGET NOW??? LETS GIVE IT A SHOT. LOTS OF MONEY COMING IN FROM TARIFFS. DO IT! DJT"

WATCH — National Security Advisor Mike Waltz: "President Trump has said how much he loves the Ukrainian people. He was the first to arm them in his first term. We have done A LOT to make Ukraine safe... Now he is doing what he should do as a leader and pushing tough diplomacy..."

BREAKING 🚨 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week terminated 243 employees as President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce. (Bloomberg)

HUNGARY 🇭🇺 Head of the Foreign Ministry, Péter Szijjártó, says he will not support the extension of sanctions against Russia, since, in his opinion, Russian-American negotiations should be "given time".

NOW — Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) votes YES for Kash Patel.

NOW — Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted yes on Kash.

UPDATE 🇺🇸🦅 Kash Patel advances to FINAL VOTE on his FBI Director nomination, scheduled for 1:45 PM ET.

NEW — From Robby Starbuck:

"MASSIVE news: I contacted PepsiCo to let them know that I planned on doing a story about their woke policies. When I contacted them, they were ready to make some BIG changes. I can now exclusively tell you what’s changing:

• @PepsiCo will no longer have a DEI Officer.

• PepsiCo will no longer have a DEI team.

• PepsiCo will END DEI representation goals.

• PepsiCo will no longer participate in the woke @HRC CEI social credit system survey. Woke trans agenda activists at the HRC are losing influence and power by the day.

• They will END ALL DEI trainings.

• ALL PepsiCo sponsorships must align with their business going forward."

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1892623881682276386

You could hear a pin drop. #PanicInDC

NOW — Those who oppose Kash Patel’s nomination for Director of the FBI state: "He was [questioning what] the FBI [was] doing planning January 6th for a year. Mr. Patel was the one who created a list of Deep State individuals, half of which are Republicans. . . he called this list "Government Gangsters."' #ConfirmKash

CURRENT Kash Patel CONFIRMATION VOTE TALLY:

34 YES
18 NO

CURRENT Kash Patel CONFIRMATION VOTE TALLY:

41 YES
33 NO

CURRENT Kash Patel CONFIRMATION VOTE TALLY:

42 YES
42 NO

CURRENT Kash Patel CONFIRMATION VOTE TALLY:

47 YES
47 NO

CURRENT Kash Patel CONFIRMATION VOTE TALLY:

48 YES
47 NO