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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been frustrated by a Senate tradition that has negatively affected his appointments for U.S. attorney positions.The “blue slip” is a tradition in the upper chamber where home state senators of U.S. attorney and district court nominees either approve or disapprove of that person. Both state senators must return their blue slip for the nomination to be considered.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

Climate activists hold signs during a press conference with members of the House of Reps. Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether it will take up a pivotal climate lawsuit case that could have an enormous impact on energy companies—and energy costs—for all Americans.The Court has scheduled a conference on Dec. 12 to decide if it will grant review in the case of Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, one of more than 30 climate lawsuits now proliferating around the United States…

A newly revealed memo from August 2020 shows that some of Joe Biden’s own policy advisers warned his campaign that his proposed immigration policies could lead to “chaos” and a humanitarian crisis at the U.S. border. During the 2020 election, Biden staked out welcoming policies toward illegal immigration to differentiate himself from President Trump’s more hardline approach. The memo, written by Democrat policy advisers to Biden and his inner circle, was obtained by The New York Times.  It stated that a potential surge in border crossings could overwhelm processing capacities and jeopardize the new administration’s agenda. “A potential surge could…

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) had harsh words for the European Union (EU) and its recent unsuccessful attempt to force free speech limits on the X social media platform in the name of “European Democracy.” Monday morning, in a post on X, Lee described the EU’s version of democracy as “an arrogant bureaucratic regime” which he says is enabling  “an illegal immigration invasion against the will of Europeans while limiting their freedom of speech.” The world has seen that “European democracy,” as the EU practices it, is an arrogant bureaucratic regime enabling an illegal immigration invasion against the will of Europeans…

Good Monday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 2:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Roundtable News roundup: Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Palestinian state More frigid weather is on the way Scoop: Israel and Qatar hold secret meeting in New York to rebuild ties Judge: DOJ likely broke Constitution in using Comey lawyer’s seized emails 2026 World Cup schedule drops: Where to see Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé We’re Not Backing Down’: Owner of Pro-ICE Idaho Saloon Undeterred by Violent Threats Omar: Stephen Miller’s Rhetoric Reminds Me of ‘Nazis’ At Least 18 migrants Die as Boat Sinks Off Greek…

President Donald Trump has already begun making moves with his ongoing program to remove violent illegal immigrants from the United States. And his latest one brings him to Minneapolis, where he has recently sent more than 100 ICE agents into the city to arrest a large number of illegal Somalis. Trump felt motivated to move into the city following reports that a Somali terror group known as al-Shabab was “taking a cut” of millions in stolen taxpayer money in the state of Minnesota as part of a grander welfare fraud scheme. From this example, Trump has made it clear that…

It is hard now even for Democrats to defend illegal immigration, given that the Biden administration allowed in more than 10 million entrants. Among them were an estimated 500,000 criminals. No one believes that was wise or should ever be repeated. Worse, the message went out that there would be few, if any, deportations and no real ICE kinetic activity beyond the border. The world’s poor, sick, both law-abiding and criminal, young and old, understood that anyone could now enter the U.S. at will. Deterrence and legality were lost. In its place, the message went out that if it was…

The quietude of looking out the kitchen window on a December morning at a meadow dusted in snow is magical. A deer pauses at the edge of the wood, breath steaming in the cold air, grazing on whatever bits of green poke through the snow. It is a scene replicated on greeting cards and stamped on cookie tins. Part of the magic behind that tableau—from the roast in the oven to the cranberries on a plate, from the pine and hardwoods standing tall outside to the browsing fauna—is a phenomenon the establishment media ignore: CO₂-driven, NASA-acknowledged greening of Earth. Satellite data from…

Once again, the United States is using lethal force off its shores. In recent weeks, American drones and warships have sunk or disabled a string of speedboats in international waters off Venezuela. Washington says the vessels belonged to narcoterrorist networks tied to the Maduro regime and Tren de Aragua and that they were carrying cocaine and fentanyl precursors bound for the United States. At least 83 alleged traffickers and others are dead. Caracas calls this extrajudicial murder. Human-rights groups call it assassination. Cable-news panels and UN press releases are already rehearsing the same ritual question: Is this legal under international…

The pampered class is whining hysterically about Trump calling Ilhan Omar and her 80,000 Somalis in Minnesota “garbage.” Remember when Joe Biden called Trump and his supporters “garbage?” Well, that was different, of course, because … reasons. Hitler. Fascist. Russia collusion. January 6. Argh! Given the extraordinary accomplishments of Trump in the first 10 months of his second term, I find it remarkable that the anti-Trump hysteria has not ended. If anything, the volume has been notched up to 11. But here’s a prediction for the time capsule. In the fullness of time, which I reckon will be sometime in…

Social media has a sickly smell about it, like that of rotten peaches. Maybe that smell was the last sensation several people had in a jewelry plant in 1988, when someone used the wrong chemical to clean a tank of zinc cyanide, and the fumes killed four people almost instantly, choking off their ability to process oxygen. At least it was quick. Imagine instead a cyanide-like fume, sickly, mingling the sweet and sour, that does not kill you but gnaws at your insides over months and years so that your bones turn to chalk, your lungs wheeze like a busted…

One of the more bizarre artifacts of the Israel-Hamas War—which Hamas started just over two years ago, when it attacked, murdered, and kidnapped more than 1,000 Israeli civilians—is the exposure of the rabid and rampant antisemitism among the Irish, especially Irish Catholics. One might expect that Catholics—whose popes have denounced antisemitism off and on since the sixth century and have clearly and repeatedly condemned it since the 1930s—would be understanding of the Jewish people’s plight and willing to listen to Pope Pius XI’s admonition that “Antisemitism is inadmissible. Spiritually, we are all Semites.” In the case of many Irish Catholics,…

A Utah company found rare earth minerals that could allow the U.S. to stop relying on China for critical resources, a recent report shows. Ionic Mineral Technologies, which produces nanosilicon for lithium-ion batteries, found the host of minerals in the clay of the land it had been leasing, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday.Ionic MT said this may be the most significant critical mineral reserve in the U.S., as it found high grades of 16 different types of minerals, ranging from germanium to niobium. (RELATED: Trump Proves How Feckless Europe Is As Continent Caught In Limbo, World…

Amanda Seyfried refused to back down or change course after she criticized Charlie Kirk shortly after his death, according to an interview published Wednesday. Seyfried faced immediate backlash in September after commenting on an Instagram post about Kirk’s death by calling him “hateful,” but Seyfried made it clear she issued the comment without regrets during an interview with “Who What Wear.”“I’m not f*cking apologizing for that. I mean, for f*ck’s sake, I commented on one thing,” the actress said. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 01: Amanda Seyfried promotes the upcoming film “The Housemaid” at the Lionsgate presentation during CinemaCon, the…

The federal government’s head watchdog is stepping down before the end of the year amid investigations into the Trump administration, and he chose the chief operating officer (COO) of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to be his acting successor Wednesday. After 15 years of public service at the agency, GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro will take his final leave by Dec. 30, replaced by COO Orice Williams Brown will step in, Politico reported. The new comptroller will undertake the ongoing investigations into President Donald Trump’s administration withholding billions of dollars in federal funds.[embedded content] Past GAO probes pertaining to the…

Actor Andy Dick slurred his words and refused to seek professional help after reportedly overdosing on crack cocaine, according to footage. The video was shot days after bystanders tried desperately to revive Dick when he was found slumped on a Hollywood street from an apparent overdose, according to TMZ. The actor told the outlet he was smoking crack cocaine when the overdose occurred. A Wednesday interview inside his Los Angeles home captured his detached and alarming responses to questions about his health and ongoing battle with addiction.When asked if he was considering going to rehab, Dick mouthed the words, “Fuck…

Share Copy Link   Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) broke with President Donald Trump’s decision to send high-powered NVIDIA chips to China as part of an effort to push it to reopen its soybean and other markets to American farmers. “What was your reaction to the administration’s decision to allow the sale of the NVIDIA chips, the H200 chips, this week?” journalist Matthew Continetti asked the close Trump ally at the Aspen Institute this week. The U.S. traditionally banned the sale of advanced technology to China and other adversarial countries that can use it for military purposes. “I’m concerned. I’m not clear…

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) scolded Secretary for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for “smiling” as she detailed how 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by ICE amid President Donald Trump’s deportation drive. The clash came as Noem testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Thursday. Ramirez began her turn to question Noem by rolling back a clip of the secretary claiming that “no American citizens have been arrested or detained” and arguing that ICE raids are focused on “those that are here illegally.” The committee member began as the video ended: “Secretary Noem, you lie and you lie…

Share Copy Link   Screenshot MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell announced his intention to run for governor of Minnesota as a Republican on Thursday. Lindell made the announcement on Steve Bannon’s War Room. The CEO vowed to “stand against rampant fraud” under current Gov. Tim Walz (D). Lindell continued: I’m still standing; MyPillow is still standing; and now I want you to know that I will stand for you as the next governor of the state of Minnesota. I will stand for you against the rampant fraud under Governor Walz. I will stand with you against a crime that…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pounced on top Democrat Bennie Thompson’s (D-MS) assertion that the shooting death of a National Guardsman and wounding of another in Washington, D.C. before Thanksgiving was an “unfortunate accident.” Noem appeared for a Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats on Thursday, when Thompson addressed her and a representative of the National Counterterrorism Center. “Madam Secretary, you and the gentleman NCTC, referenced the unfortunate accident that occurred with the National Guardsmen being killed,” said Thompson. “You think that was an unfortunate accident?” Noem retorted. “It was a terrorist attack!” Thompson sputtered, “I mean, wait, wait. I’ll…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing today amid escalations in Trump’s ongoing war against drug traffickers and terror after the US seized a Venezuelan oil tanker on Wednesday. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the US Coast Guard, with help from the Navy, seized the oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Trump later told reporters, “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized action — and other things are happening. So you’ll be seeing that later. And you’ll be talking about that later with some other…

Turncoat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is earning her “traitor” nickname from President Donald Trump, posing with her new friend Susan “Medea” Benjamin, co-founder of the terrorist allied communist front group, Code Pink. Code Pink last made headlines by ambushing Trump at a D.C. restaurant in September, calling him “the Hitler of our time.” Benjamin posted a photo of Greene meeting with Code Pink at her Congressional office on Capitol Hill Wednesday with the statement, “We visited Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene today to thank her for becoming such a strong anti war voice in congress and tell her we will…

Citizenship candidates take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2017. The media attempts to create outrage by accusing the U.S. government of employing discriminatory immigration policies that favor some nations over others. But discriminatory immigration is actually the fairest way to issue visas and manage immigration. Countries with a higher propensity to obey the law are given priority, while countries whose citizens are more likely to overstay, get arrested, rely on public benefits, or commit crimes or acts of terrorism are subjected to higher scrutiny, restrictions, or bans.…

Rep. Bennie Thompson described the horrific Thanksgiving Eve attack on National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, that killed one young National Guardswoman as an “unfortunate accident” during a disgusting line of questioning against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.  Noem testified alongside National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent and FBI National Security Branch Operations Director Michael Glasheen before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday. “Madam Secretary, you and the gentleman from NCTC referenced the unfortunate accident that occurred with the National Guardsmen being killed,” Thompson, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said. Noem responded, “You think that was an unfortunate accident?…

Senate Democrats today blocked a Republican health plan that would defund abortion by ensuring that Obamacare subsidies are not used to fund killing babies in abortions. Democrats blocked the Crapo Cassidy bill on a 51 to 48 vote, with 60 votes necessary for the measure to move forward for debate and a final vote. The vote was remarkable in the sense that over 50 Republican Senators agreed to the pro-life healthcare plan that would ensure that abortions are not funded with taxpayer dollars. Republicans are unlikely to agree to a pro-abortion healthcare plan put forward by Democrat leader Chuck Schumer.…

By Katelynn Richardson A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s “immediate release” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Thursday. “Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority,” U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, wrote in her opinion. Xinis wrote that […] The post Judge Orders ICE To Release Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared first on Liberty Unyielding.

Israel Funds Summit For 1,000 US Pastors Overseen By Amb. Huckabee Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com as posted at ZeroHedge A group of more than 1,000 American Christian Zionist pastors and influencers has spent a week in […] The post Israel Funds Summit For 1,000 US Pastors Overseen By Amb. Huckabee first appeared on The Liberty Beacon.

On the campaign trail, Vice President JD Vance repeatedly chastised the Biden administration for allegedly losing track of some 320,000 minors who had crossed the border unaccompanied. “Our government, under the policies of Kamala Harris, has lost thousands of innocent children to sex trafficking, to drug trafficking, to human trafficking,” Vance said. One year later, the fate of most of those children remains unknown. While the Trump administration has all but stopped the crush of migrants that occurred during Biden’s term, neither the government nor the nonprofits that were largely responsible for resettling this vulnerable population of unaccompanied minors have…

The litany of reasons California is broken is well documented. The highest cost of living and the highest taxes. The highest percentages of homeless people and people living in poverty. Unaffordable homes and unaffordable rent. High crime and failing schools. A hostile business climate and record migration out of state as people and businesses flee. But not often enough are we reminded of the countless small things that have gone wrong. Small things that add up to a big problem: a state legislature that is out of touch with the people it represents; a state legislature that, for all practical…

In the latest wave of fearmongering surrounding President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the U.S. Department of Education, a coalition of states that sued to stop mass layoffs at the department in March is now challenging recent decisions to transfer many of the DOE’s core functions to the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies. The attorneys general from 20 blue states and the District of Columbia, along with several teachers’ unions, argue in an amended complaint filed on Nov. 25 that federal laws require the U.S. Department of Education to implement its own programs. The lawsuits focus on the…

A federal appeals court sided with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, upholding the Trump administration’s exclusion of transgenders from military service.The 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a previous injunction issued by Biden-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes, who had blocked the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning persons “who express a false gender identity divergent from their sex” from military service. “A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of…

President Trump said Monday that he is scrutinizing the career prosecutors handling the January 6 Pipe Bomb Case at the Department of Justice, particularly Jocelyn Ballantine, who led the 2023 Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial resulting in excessively long sentences for five leaders. Virginia man Brian Cole Jr., reportedly an autistic “Brony” who lives with his mother, faces charges for planting the pipe bombs, with phone records placing him nearby. Some conservatives have expressed skepticism regarding Cole’s culpability and are convinced that Blaze News correctly identified the culprit last month. “Why does this Jocelyn Ballantine still have a job in…

U.S. Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby has gone to bat for President Trump’s recently released National Security Strategy (NSS) calling it a “common-sense, America First, Peace Through Strength agenda.” In a post on X, he stated that the NSS is a “realistic approach to advancing our nation’s interests, above all by ensuring we are always operating from a position of strength.” Sec. Colby says the 33-page document prioritizes the U.S. national interest and how U.S. policy will benefit Americans first, saying, “to focus on everything is to focus on nothing. America’s core national security interests shall be our focus.”…

Good Tuesday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 3:15 PM THE PRESIDENT attends the Vice President’s Christmas Reception 6:10 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks on the Economy News roundup: A fire in an office building in Indonesia’s capital kills at least 17 people IMF approves $1.2 billion for Pakistan, citing progress on economic, climate reforms Judge orders top DOJ attorney to testify about Alien Enemies Act deportations Trump to allow certain Nvidia chip sales to China for 25% U.S. cut 2 businessmen detained over scheme to smuggle Nvidia chips to China, DOJ says Women in corporate America…

After the recent gruesome attack on two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., there should be no further argument about how we need to stop not only all illegal immigration but also reverse mass immigration as well. The United States of America is not a commonwealth of immigrants but a nation of settlers and citizens. For too long, We the People have been guilt-tripped into thinking that we must become the battered women’s shelter for the entire world or that we are the only viable asylum for the world’s religious dissidents and persecuted minorities. American citizens are facing persecution from the…

Watch out, world. Here comes the god-spin on climate change inspired by the UN’s 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30). COP30 wrapped up last month with an offering of the usual suspect socialist solutions for acolytes to advocate. According to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, during the “high-level closing event at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025,” accomplishments include “an impressive scorecard of real-world climate actions that will also mean stronger economies, more jobs, and better lives for many millions.”  Read “Climate and People Control via Government Power.” Regardless of the official positive spin, the European…

White House border czar Tom Homan revealed Sunday that the Trump administration has rescued over 62,000 migrant children who had been smuggled into the United States during the Biden administration and were at risk of or already subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Homan pointed out that “over half a million children were smuggled into this country under Joe Biden” and his administration “lost track of 300,000.” A Department of Homeland Security report last year concluded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released some 291,000 migrant children without notices to appear in…

Photo Credit:JB Pritzger anxelli84 wikim cc4Pritzger’s signature on Illinois state HB 1312 puts him in open rebellion against the federal government.

Photo Credit:ChatGPT ChatGPTLike McCarthy, Ryan, and Liz Cheney before her, Marjorie Taylor Greene is choosing ego over country, proving she’s MTG First, not America First—and risking the House for the Deep State’s applause.

Photo Credit:Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Gage SkidmoreIt’s happening right now. And it may explain some of Trump’s perplexing foreign policy decisions.

Photo Credit:Bill Clinton kristopher harris via wikim cc2The fix was in, the steal was real, and now it’s time to unleash the strike force.

Photo Credit:Benjamin Williams Leader, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons WikiKnown for his gentle personality and subtle humor, Roger Scruton combined philosophical rigor with warmth, making him a unique voice in contemporary political discourse.

Photo Credit:ChatGPT ChatGPT President Trump’s template to achieve peace is pragmatic: tie peace to prosperity, use trade and investment as leverage, and bring wealthy and influential backers into the process.

A new book, “For Christ and Country: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk”, asks one question that hangs over Americans like a moral thundercloud.

For all the hoopla about antisemitism on college campuses, too many Jewish students still aren’t in safe environments.

Indianapolis reaches out to multiple quarterbacks but no backlash follows omission of former national anthem and American flag protestorPublishedDecember 11, 2025 7:00 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 10, 2025 10:07 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkWhen the Indianapolis Colts, in desperate need of a viable quarterback, reached deep into their emergency contacts list to sign Philip Rivers, it was surprising because he was retired and hadn’t played since 2020.And you know what has been equally surprising in the wake of this move? No one of note complained Colin Kaepernick wasn’t an option.Colin Kaepernick (Getty Images)No Kaepernick Complaint WhatsoeverKaepernick didn’t get a workout with the Colts, wasn’t…

A hiring sign at a grocery store in Ellicott City, Md., on March 24, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu /The Epoch TimesThe number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits has slipped to its lowest point in 10 months, the Department of Labor reported on Dec. 11.For the week ending Nov. 29, continuing jobless claims declined by 99,000 to 1.838 million—the lowest reading since early April. This is down from the previous week’s downwardly revised 1.937 million.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

What did we here in America do before all the Somalis came here in the past two or three decades?

Megan Moroney is releasing a new album in 2026.PublishedDecember 11, 2025 4:00 AM EST•UpdatedDecember 10, 2025 10:25 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkMegan Moroney knows the game she’s playing, and continues to crush it.Moroney is one of the most famous women in country music, and is currently probably one of the top three female acts in the genre.She’s not slowing down. The “Tennessee Orange” singer’s new album “Cloud 9” comes out February 20.There’s no question the talented singer is keeping her foot on the gas.RELATED: Country Star Rocks Tiny Bikini In Spicy PhotoMegan Moroney has turned into a legit superstar in the country…