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On Friday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” former Trump National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said that in Iran, “the nature of the regime hasn’t changed,” and “This pitch that there are moderates and revolutionaries and hardliners, I don’t buy it. All these diplomats and the speaker of the parliament were in the guard in their early years. They’re still assassinating and hanging and killing and executing women and young people in the streets.” Host and CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett asked, “Robert, the president says he believes the regime has changed in Iran. Based on what you’ve seen,…

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On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) criticized the prospect of a government bailout of Spirit Airlines in exchange for a stake in the company by saying, “I think it’s going to, ultimately, undermine the discipline of a free market.” And “imagine if they were Democrats who were in charge of this, we certainly wouldn’t want them investing and making decisions like this.” McCormick said, [relevant remarks begin around 4:05] “I’m sympathetic to the 14,000 jobs, and some of those jobs are in Pennsylvania, but I’m skeptical of the United States…

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Maternity leave meant some high-profile figures could be filling in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as she teased the possibility of “familiar faces” going all the way to the top. President Donald Trump’s second administration has been rife with pregnancy announcements from the second lady to advisers’ spouses. Friday, ahead of Leavitt’s expected delivery of her second child next week and her subsequent leave, the White House spokesperson teased that substitutes her team could be tagging in, including senior administration officials, Vice President J.D. Vance, or even Trump himself.” Leavitt shared a post from Politico’s White House bureau…

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Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli believes Virginia’s new congressional map will be struck down by the state Supreme Court. On Tuesday, Virginia residents voted in favor of a radical congressional map that strongly favors Democrats. A day later, Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. overturned the vote, calling the ballot language “flagrantly misleading” and complaining that Democrats hadn’t followed state constitutional rules when drawing the map. Asked about this on CNN yet another day later, Cuccinelli predicted the map doesn’t stand a chance in hell of surviving very long. Listen: WOW! Former VA AG @KenCuccinelli says the VA…

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A long-time cattle rancher said Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration understands his industry and what it needs to continue producing quality beef for the American people. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Director Steve Sikes told Breitbart News that under past administrations, ranchers were pressured by rules that made their work more difficult, but things have since changed. “We’ve got the EPA that is run pretty well, and in the past that was always a deterrent for ranchers because they were putting in rules that were almost impossible to cope with. They had a…

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Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., has introduced a bill that would fold Arlington and Alexandria back into Washington, D.C., undoing an 1846 decision that returned those areas to Virginia.In a statement, McCormick said the “Make DC Square Again Act” would reestablish the original ten-mile-square federal district and eliminate what he described as an unfair political edge for Virginia Democrats tied to an influx of federal workers. “The Make DC Square Again Act restores the original ten-mile-square District and ends the artificial advantage Virginia Democrats have recently gained from all the federal bureaucrats moving into Virginia,” McCormick said. The legislation comes shortly…

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On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) expressed his unease with a reconciliation bill on funding ICE and CBP for three years by stating that there have been issues with oversight and saying that there either need to be changes with oversight provisions or the bill should only fund things for one year. Amodei said, “[T]his last year hasn’t been a lot of fun from an Article I congressional perspective for oversight. … Hasn’t been a lot of fun on the oversight issue. And so, now, when you come to me and say, the way to find these…

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Biden Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, who was forced to resign and who served on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team, resurrected a bad, unused law to sue for so-called fairness over competition. Lefties and lawyers are giddy with joy. Khan is using the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) of 1936 to sue so-called monopolistic companies for CUTTING prices for consumers. They call it “predatory pricing” if you keep prices lower than those charged by competitors. They claim lower prices are to keep rivals from competing. A coalition called the Main Street Competition Coalition is led by a grocery store lobbyist, a Biden-era…

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On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) claimed that for “the last few presidents,” “It has been Democratic presidents always pulling a Republican economic crisis from the ground up, curing it and taking care of it.” Cisneros said, “Well, one of the first things we want to focus on is healthcare, right? That is why we have kind of, as the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives, focused on that policy, the Affordable Care Act subsidies, lowering the costs, making sure that we’re protecting Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring that people can get preventive care, rather…

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A federal appeals court blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order barring migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that the president lacks the authority under federal immigration law to create his own fast-track deportation procedures or to deny migrants the ability to apply for asylum, CBS News reported. Judge J. Michelle Childs, a Biden appointee, wrote for the majority that Congress never intended to hand the executive branch such expansive removal power through the Immigration and Nationality Act. Judge Cornelia Pillard joined the opinion. (RELATED: Biden Judge…

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How liberal psych ward MS NOW can seriously bet against the U.S. economy in a war with an already decapitated and floundering Iranian regime is a whole new level of brain hurt. MS NOW reporters Julia Jester — talk about an ironic last name — and David Rohde couldn’t help making themselves look utterly foolish with their April 24 headline, “Trump vowed to break Iran. His own economy may break first.” As Jester and Rohde teased, “A race is on to see whose economy breaks first in the war with Iran.” Really, is that why CNBC just reported Thursday that the…

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A partner at the prestigious Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has issued a formal apology to a federal bankruptcy judge after discovering that a court filing contained numerous fabricated legal citations and other errors generated by AI. Business Insider reports that a senior partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, sent a letter last week to Chief Judge Martin Glenn in Manhattan acknowledging that a previous filing submitted by the firm contained inaccurate citations and what he described as AI hallucinations. The filing was made on behalf of Prince Global Holdings, the bankrupt firm that Sullivan & Cromwell represented in the…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Amid Tesla’s disappointing first quarter earnings report, a one-sentence disclosure tucked into the financial statement is raising more questions than answers. First spotted by Business Insider, the brief passage pointed to Tesla’s acquisition of a mysterious — and extremely expensive — business entity. “In April 2026, [Tesla] entered into an agreement to acquire an AI hardware company for up to $2.00 billion in Tesla common stock and equity awards, of which approximately $1.8 billion is subject to certain service conditions and/or performance milestones…

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Please Follow us on Truth Social, X , Youtube , Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab Posted Zero Hedge Update (1050ET): The White House is now expecting ‘swift’ confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh after the DOJ dropped its criminal probe into current Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed’s building construction project.  On Tuesday, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) made clear that he would block Warsh’s nomination unless the Powell inquiry was dropped.  Thom Tillis still refuses to blame Trump for anything: “The problem I have is that some US attorney or assistant US attorney with a dream thought it would be cute to bring…

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The far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) paid a member of a white nationalist group over $1 million to be an informant, even after the nonprofit said the group had become “almost irrelevant,” according to reports. The SPLC is accused of paying the individual, who was a member of the National Alliance, to engage in activities such as breaking into the group’s headquarters to steal documents which the member later handed over to the SPLC, Fox News reported on Friday. The news comes after the SPLC on Tuesday was charged by a federal grand jury in Alabama with several counts…

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Microsoft has announced a voluntary buyout program for longtime employees in the United States, impacting thousands of older and more experienced workers as the company hopes to trim its payroll without conducting a layoff. Business Insider reports that Microsoft is implementing an early retirement buyout initiative targeting long-serving employees in the United States, according to an internal email obtained by Business Insider. The program could impact approximately 8,750 workers, representing up to 7 percebt of the company’s 125,000-strong US workforce. The voluntary separation program is designed for employees whose combined age and years of service at Microsoft total 70 or more.…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this reptile is the offspring of a surprising parent duo: a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) mother and a Loggerhead sea turtle father (Caretta caretta). That makes the sea turtle in question, named Earl Grey, a first-generation hybrid sea turtle.  Kemp ridleys are the world’s smallest and most endangered species of sea turtle, and they only nest in two locations…

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By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, April 25, 2026Ericka Kirk speaks at TPUSA’s Faith Forward Pastors’ Summitt in Grapevine, Texas, on April 22, 2026. | Courtesy TPUSAGRAPEVINE, Texas — Pastors and ministry leaders gathered this week in North Texas to confront cultural compromise in the Church and honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder assassinated last September while speaking at a college outreach event in Utah.The TPUSA Faith Forward Pastors’ Summit at Fellowship Church featured several speakers, including Kirk’s widow and TPUSA CEO, Erika Kirk, along with a number of pastors and evangelists who…

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By Jonathan Feldstein, Op-ed contributor Saturday, April 25, 2026IDF soldier in Lebanon breaking statue, April 20, 2026. | Photo used under section 27A of the copyright lawIn times of prolonged conflict, perspective can be hard to maintain. After more than two and a half years of war involving Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran, we have grown accustomed to a constant stream of accusations, images and narratives. There is often a reflex to condemn Israel over any allegation, whether true or false. Our experience has shown that not every viral image or report reflects reality, and judgment is sometimes…

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MS NOW’s Chris Hayes welcomed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to a special town hall edition of All In on Friday to celebrate his first 100 days in office. According to Hayes, all of the worries about Mamdani have been shown to be hysterical, but it helped that he simply declined to mention some of Mamdani’s more radical moments. Hayes began his introduction by gushing, “This was the front page of The New York Post the day Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. ‘The Red Apple,’ they’re good at that. The culmination of one of the…

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has arrested Said Jama Ahmed, an illegal alien from Somalia with a “prior piracy-related history,” the agency said on Friday.”Ahmed had outstanding warrant for falsely making, using, and forging a passport, as well as a fingerprint match linking him to a 2012 national security threat. This threat occurred during an encounter when the U.S.S. Halsey responded to a distress call from a vessel that had been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden,” CBP announced on X. “Ahmed first illegally entered our nation under the Biden administration in 2022. He was issued a…

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A joint operation on April 20 intercepted a Go-Fast vessel with 3.2 tons of marijuana, the largest load of marijuana ever stopped in Colombian waters. Courtesy of the Joint Interagency Task Force/XAround 10,000 pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine were seized by U.S. authorities in two separate incidents in recent weeks.“A joint operation on April 20th led by @ArmadaColombia intercepted a Go-Fast vessel with 3.2 tons of marijuana, the largest load of marijuana ever stopped in Colombian waters, preventing drug-trafficking organizations from reaping the profits,” the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South said in an April 23 post on X. Armada…

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The Jolly Green IIs will be modified for VIP airlift and continuity of government ops, replacing aging UH-1N Twin Hueys in these roles. Public Domain he U.S. Air Force has shared new details about how it will modify a subset of HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters to perform the so-called Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) mission set. AFDW HH-60Ws will be tasked with ferrying VIPs around the nation’s capital, as well as supporting continuity of government plans. In the latter role, the Jolly Green IIs will be poised to spirit senior U.S. officials and lawmakers to safety…

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Epoch Times readers responded to the president’s move to establish a pathway to use psychedelic drugs to treat mental illness, and other topics.Add to My ListSaveBy Jacki Thrapp|April 25, 2026Updated:April 25, 2026The Trump administration will accelerate research and approval of psychedelic treatments to help Americans combat mental illness.President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 aimed at establishing a pathway to give people easier access to psychedelic drugs, including controversial ibogaine compounds.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Democrat House Leader Hakeem Jeffries was extremely dismissive when directly confronted about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s reported net worth bizarrely plummeting from $30 million to under $100,000 in a matter of days, followed by the sudden dissolution of a mysterious “ghost winery.” When asked about the scandal point-blank by a Lindell TV reporter, Jeffries immediately waved it off as a “right-wing conspiracy theory.” The reporter asked whether Omar’s financial implosion and the closure of her reported winery warranted a House Ethics investigation. “Leader Jeffries – Omar’s net worth went from $30 MILLION to under $100K. She’s dissolving a fake winery. Does…

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According to a just-released 2026 “State of the Air” survey by the American Lung Association, California has the most polluted air. The report is a product of The American Lung Association. It’s not only the air that’s polluted. Polluted Water & Poopy Streets California’s waterways are facing significant pollution challenges, particularly from toxic substances and legacy pollutants. The state has implemented various programs and initiatives to address these issues, including the Stream Pollution Trends Monitoring Program and collaborative efforts with local, regional, and federal agencies. The situation in San Francisco has been alarming, with reports of human feces on the streets…

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    This fall, the Victims of Communism Foundation is hosting an Anti-Communist Film Festival. The idea for the festival came to me last year, and the Victims of Communism Foundation is the perfect sponsor for the event. Advertisement     Over the past year, I’ve written on Hot Air and elsewhere the celebrities I’d like to invite to the festival – stars like James Woods, George Clooney, and Gary Oldman. There are two additional names I’d like to add to the list: Adam Driver and George Pelecanos.     Most people know Adam Driver as the A-List actor who has appeared in everything from Star Wars movies to…

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Former Vice President Al Gore is still making climate doom predictions, 20 years after his warnings from An Inconvenient Truth proved false — this time invoking the science fiction film The Day After Tomorrow for a rapt Hollywood audience. Gore joined the first-ever Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event Thursday, organized by The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, for a keynote conversation with The West Wing star Bradley Whitford. The pair reminisced about the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, conspicuously omitting its failed prophecy that Earth’s ecosystems would reach a “tipping point” of no return, thanks to human industrial activity, in only ten years. That deadline that came…

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Head count. Pixabay “Thanks to habitat restoration efforts, Central California Coast coho salmon have enjoyed a run of fruitful spawning migrations. In 2025, 30,000 adult salmon returned to Mendocino Coast rivers to breed, up from 15,000 the year before and 3,000 a decade ago,” reports The Doomslayer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration describes the improvement: During the 2024–2025 spawning season, endangered Central California Coast coho salmon (CCC coho) migrated to Mendocino Coast rivers in numbers few scientists thought they would see in their careers. Monitoring teams estimated that more than 30,000 adult coho returned, double the previous season’s record-breaking…

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Please Follow us on Truth Social, X , Youtube , Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab Posted Zero Hedge For years, the privacy advice was simple: clear your cookies, use incognito mode, or click “Reject All” on those annoying consent banners. That advice is now outdated. A groundbreaking study published last year has delivered the first peer-reviewed proof that the $600 billion online advertising industry has moved on from cookies. The new tracking method is called browser fingerprinting, and it works even if you never log in, never accept cookies, and have legally opted out under privacy laws. Researchers from Texas A&M University and Johns Hopkins University built…

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Wolf in an Italian forest – photo by Gianluca Congi/Wiki Commons The wolves are at the door, and some frightened people are having the wrong ideas. We have been reporting here on TGP about the problem caused by surging lupine populations in Europe, and the ongoing efforts to deal with this danger to human beings, pets and farm animals. Be it because of rewilding efforts reintroducing the species, or hunting bans, the fact is: a danger has returned from the past. Read: European Union Lowers Protection for Surging Wolf Populations Due to Danger to Farmers and Livestock; BRAM THE MENACE…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Police drones are fast becoming a fact of life across the United States, where they’re showing up in podunk towns, sprawling cities, and everywhere in between. So far, media coverage tends to highlight their role in finding lost puppies or catching cat burglars in the act. In Los Angeles, however, drones are increasingly being used to surveil peaceful anti-Trump protestors — an ominous preview, in all likelihood, of things to come nationwide. According to new reporting by the Intercept, the Los Angeles Police…

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Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler speaks during an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” at her office in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Small Business Administration (SBA) has referred 562,000 loans suspected to be fraudulent to the Treasury Department for collection, the agency said in an April 24 statement.The borrowers of these loans “are tied to $22.2 billion in delinquent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) loans,” the SBA said.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our…

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — When President Donald Trump tried to cancel five massive offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast, it wasn’t just environmentalists who cried foul. Nine Republicans in the U.S. House sent a letter to administration officials demanding an explanation.“America’s energy policy should be grounded in facts, fiscal responsibility, and the national interest — not ideology or politics,″ they wrote.One of the lawmakers is Rep. Jen Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot who represents a coastal district in Virginia where an $11.5 billion wind farm is expected to create 1,000 jobs. Her support for an initiative targeted by Trump shows the scrambled…

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Californians line up to vote in the Nov. 4, 2025, special election regarding the Proposition 50 redistricting plan at the California Museum in Sacramento. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch TimesCalifornia voters have the opportunity to decide this November whether or not to require photo identification at polling places, as the secretary of state certified that supporters had collected more than enough valid signatures to put the question on the ballot.California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced this week that the proposed constitutional amendment had met the threshold for the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The measure will be formally certified for…

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‘Hindus have nothing to apologize for’ By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, April 25, 2026Dattatreya Hosabale, right, general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), with scholar Walter Russell Mead at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2026. | Screenshot/YouTube/Hudson InstituteWASHINGTON — A leader of a prominent Hindu nationalist paramilitary organization in India that has been flagged by international religious freedom watchdogs denied claims that his group is anti-Christian earlier this week.Dattatreya Hosabale, who has served as general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since 2021, said during an interview at the Hudson Institute on…

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A roommate faces two murder charges after a missing USF doctoral student and his girlfriend vanished earlier this month, authorities said.TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against the roommate of a doctoral student from Bangladesh who disappeared with his girlfriend earlier this month from the University of South Florida, authorities said Saturday.Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon (premeditated) in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, students at USF, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.Limon’s remains were found on the Howard Frankland bridge Friday morning, but Bristy…

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Credit: Wikimedia Commons A citizen-backed Voter ID initiative has officially qualified for the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot. The Secretary of State’s office confirmed today that the Voter ID and Citizenship Verification Initiative (Proposition 1984) has officially qualified for the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot after grassroots warriors delivered a staggering 962,106 valid signatures, blowing past the required threshold of 874,641 with room to spare. This was a true grassroots effort led by Reform California, Assemblymember Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego), and state Sen. Tony Strickland. Thousands of dedicated volunteers braved the leftist strongholds, the harassment, and the endless…

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As President Reagan might say, “Well, there they go again.” The “they” in this formulation is the laughably self-regarding “in crowd” of media who belong to the White House Correspondents Association – aka the “WHCA.”  The “cool kids” of the media who will be in attendance at the their annual glitzy black-tie dinner this weekend. To make sure their self-regard is noted, an “open letter” signed by over 250 journalists was released that said in part, the following, with bold print supplied for emphasis. “The dinner has long served as a symbol of the vital and irreplaceable role of a…

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At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California.“Turn and burn,” top Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino called the strategy, with relentless displays of force and teams of agents descending on restaurant kitchens, bus stops and Home Depot parking lots.In December, arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents peaked at nearly 40,000 nationwide and were nearly as high the next month, according to data provided to UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project and analyzed by The Associated Press.In late January, the killings in Minneapolis of…

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Progressive prosecutor Sarah George By Harold Hutchison Police in Vermont blasted a local prosecutor for her decision not to file charges against six people who took part in a violent clash with law enforcement in March. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George announced Wednesday that she would not file charges against six people arrested during a violent protest opposing an operation by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Burlington-area TV station NBC5 News reported. Police and public safety officials criticized George for the decision, saying that while ICE caused “harm” to the community, attacking law enforcement shouldn’t be tolerated.…

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Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter, Youtube In this explosive episode of The Truth with John Gordon, John Gordon breaks down the biggest political, cultural, and global stories shaping America today.🗳️ Virginia redistricting battle heats up — what’s at stake, who benefits, and how it could reshape future elections.🚨 Controversy surrounding the Southern Poverty Law Center — new allegations tied to its past reporting and the broader implications for media credibility and political narratives.💰 Questions surrounding Ilhan Omar’s finances and net worth — what’s being claimed and why it’s drawing national attention.⚔️ Donald Trump on…

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s staff is hiding the criminal records of migrants receiving free legal aid after the Daily Caller News Foundation previously exposed serious charges. Krasner cannot disclose the foreign defendants’ charges because it no longer keeps such a list, his team told the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Tuesday in response to a DCNF information request. Krasner created an immigration counsel role in 2018 to help foreigners avoid convictions that lead to deportation, one of many soft-on-crime reforms he implemented after leftist megadonor George Soros supported his first and second campaigns with $1.9 million.“Larry Krasner’s office has repeatedly…

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s staff is hiding the criminal records of migrants receiving free legal aid after the Daily Caller News Foundation previously exposed serious charges. Krasner cannot disclose the foreign defendants’ charges because it no longer keeps such a list, his team told the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Tuesday in response to a DCNF information request. Krasner created an immigration counsel role in 2018 to help foreigners avoid convictions that lead to deportation, one of many soft-on-crime reforms he implemented after leftist megadonor George Soros supported his first and second campaigns with $1.9 million. “Larry Krasner’s office has…

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A screenshot from footage of a boat strike targeting drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific on April 24, 2026. U.S. Southern CommandThe U.S. military said it struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on April 24, killing two people, in the latest action under the Trump administration’s campaign to combat drug smuggling.U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a post on X that a “lethal kinetic strike” was launched after intelligence confirmed the vessel was moving along known drug-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or…

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Screencap of Twitter/X video. No one should be surprised that radical socialist NY Zohran Mamdani’s first veto in office jettisoned a bipartisan bill aimed at combatting antizemitism. The bill, Intro 175-B, would have required the NYPD to create and publicize plans for protest-free security perimeters (buffer zones) around schools and educational institutions during protests. It was part of the New York City Council’s Five-Point Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism, introduced after multiple incidents of antisemitic protests near Jewish schools, yeshivas, and institutions especially following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. In a statement on Friday, Mamdani claimed the bill was…

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Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Machine Counting Will Produce a Democrat Congress after Midterms Retired CIA operations officer Gary Berntsen has asked President Donald Trump to transition by executive order to secure, hand-counted paper ballots before the midterms. Anyone who opposes this is putting politics above US liberty using bogus, bad-faith spin. To preserve our constitutional republic, we must ensure that only US citizens vote and that votes are properly handled and counted. Not doing so invites giving power to those who will commit crimes to obtain and maintain it. This negates the consent of the…

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