Former Democrat Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has died at age 86 after a battle with congestive heart failure. Frank, perhaps best known for taking part in the Dodd-Frank Act (something he said he was “very proud” of) during the financial crisis, had been in hospice care for congestive heart failure since April. He served in Congress from 1981 to 2013 and led the House Financial Services Committee from 2007-2011. At the time he entered hospice care in his home in Ogunquit, Maine, he said he felt “very good — no pain, no discomfort.” “At 86, I’ve made it longer than I…
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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech An amazing video has been making the rounds today. It shows a humanoid robot strides out in front of a crowd, busting moves to Michael Jackson’s 1983 smash hit “Billie Jean.” It starts out impressive enough, with the bot pulling off some deft footwork — but trouble starts when it boogies straight into a large step on the stage, sending it stumbling with jerky, inhuman movements. It almost seems as though the bot is going to recover as it regains its footing and…
Online writings linked to the gunmen in Monday’s deadly California mosque shooting show broad hatred for humanity that crossed political lines. Now-deceased teenage suspects Cain Clark and Caleb Velasquez wished death upon non-whites and women and described the right and left as beholden to malicious Jewish influence, according to a 75-page screed obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation that law enforcement sources said they are reviewing in comments to media outlets. Clark and Velasquez were found dead from self-inflicted gunshots after police say they killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego. (RELATED: Trump Assassination Plot That Took…
President Donald Trump delivers a commencement address to the graduating class of the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, May 20. The president’s remarks come after he and First Lady Melania Trump addressed the Congressional Picnic on Tuesday. Trump also took reporters on a tour of the construction site of the future White House ballroom on Tuesday.
Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Carlos A. Giménez (R-Fla.), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) hold a press conference on making the case for indicting former Cuban President Raúl Castro at 9 a.m. ET on May 20. …
Maureen Galindo via Facebook Maureen Galindo, who was chosen by Texas Democrats, terrifyingly with about 29% of the vote, to advance to the party’s primary runoff for the state’s newly redrawn 35th Congressional District, is under fire for inflammatory remarks that include a pledge to send ‘American Zionists’ to ‘internment camps.’ In an Instagram post last week, Galindo wrote, “When Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism and support of Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionists harming the Semites.” “She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officials…
Despite high-profile endorsements and multimillion dollar ad spends, Georgia Republican Supreme Court Justices Charles Bethel and Sarah Warren successfully fended off their Democratic challengers Tuesday. Bethel and Warren went up against attorney Miracle Rankin and former state Sen. Jen Jordan, both of whom had the endorsement of former President Barack Obama. Other high-profile endorsements included former Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, pro-abortion groups, and the state Democratic Party. (RELATED: Georgia Voters Force Runoffs In High-Stakes GOP Primaries)“State supreme court justices play a critical role in defending your rights and freedoms, which is why the election happening in Georgia right now is…
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Hamas terrorists secure an area before handing over an Israeli American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on Feb. 1, 2025. Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning four individuals associated with a pro-Hamas flotilla that is trying to access Gaza in support of the terrorist group, the department said in a May 19 statement.The flotilla is organized by the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), which has been classified as a specially designated global terrorist by the United States.We had a problem…
The Trump administration is suing Minnesota over the state’s ban on betting markets, contending that regulating such entities is the purview of the federal government and not the states.Betting markets, increasingly called “prediction markets,” have achieved national ubiquity since the 2024 election, when major sites such as Polymarket proffered themselves as viable alternatives to public polling. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., signed a ban into law this week, The Hill reported, resulting in the lawsuit. Specifically, the suit alleges that the federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should regulate prediction markets and that federal authority preempts the state regulation on the…
In the final minutes of Tuesday’s Katy Tur Reports, the MS NOW host discussed the Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy that had not been released as she and Democratic strategist Morris Katz minimized Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner’s controversies, including a Nazi tattoo, and then went after LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt’s style. After a discussion of what went wrong in 2024 for Democrats, Tur asked Katz about Platner, which she described as Democratic “hand-wringing”: Let me ask you about Graham Platner. There’s a lot of hand-wringing within the Democratic Party about what to do with him, because on the one hand, he’s a great speaker and he’s…
Back on May 11, the Alberta Independence movement had well over 300K signatures on their petition to trigger a referendum for independence when they submitted it to Elections Alberta for verification. Advertisement 🚨 BREAKING: 301,620 signatures have officially been announced for the Alberta independence petition.That is far beyond the required threshold to trigger the Alberta independence vote on October 19th.A massive day for the Alberta Independence movement. pic.twitter.com/RbeIDkNf7e— Rise Of Alberta (@RiseOfAlberta) May 4, 2026There was only one hiccup – in mid-April a judge had issued an interim injunction preventing Elections Alberta from verifying any of the gathered signatures thanks…
Below is State of the Day, a morning newsletter by Daily Caller Editor-at-Large Geoff Ingersoll. Sign up here. __________Greetings, Dear Reader, Let’s talk about women today. Some interesting data has been coming out lately. Has it helped us figure out what they actually want yet, guys? WOMEN’S STUDIES Like many wayward, bumbling, hyper-male idiots before me, I took “women’s studies” in college to be around “chicks, duuuude.” It was 2003, well more than a decade before the explosion of cultural Marxism became a dominant force. Nonetheless, the markers were there. The course was abject torture. The men in the class, of…
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Ugandan Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani gave press passes to women who endorse the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly at the hands of Luigi Mangione. They give these types of people press passes, so they can influence the court and a culture. The far-left likes the chaos. They don’t care that Thompson was murdered and think it’s okay to use violence under some conditions. They are supporting murder. Mr. Thompson was not only murdered. He was executed. Ashley Rojas is one of the women, and she said she is glad Thompson’s children no longer have to live with him.…
President Donald Trump participates in the 145th commencement ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Academy at 10:45 a.m. ET on May 20. …
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday sought to throw out a firearms licensing scheme in Illinois. Illinois requires anyone to obtain a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID) before they can possess any firearm or even ammunition, according to the Illinois State Police Firearms Service Bureau. The New Civil Liberties Alliance announced the litigation in a Tuesday release, bringing the action on behalf of several Illinois residents including a Navy veteran and a restaurant owner. (RELATED: Appeals Court Puts Stake Through Heart Of New York’s Anti-2nd Amendment ‘Vampire Rule’)“By absolutely prohibiting Illinoisans from exercising a fundamental right unless and until they apply…
Two Georgia Supreme Court justices secured victories Tuesday against Democratic-backed challengers Tuesday in a rare set of GOP victories during the 2026 election cycle. Incumbent GOP-appointed justices Charles Bethel and Sarah Warren defeated liberal challengers Miracle Rankin and former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan, multiple outlets reported. Former Republican Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal appointed both Bethel and Warren to the Court in 2018. (RELATED: Thomas Massie Goes Down To Trump-Backed Foe After Groups Went Deep In Their Pockets To Oust Him)A third GOP-appointed incumbent justice, Benjamin Land, ran unopposed Tuesday, giving Republican appointees a clean sweep in Tuesday’s state Supreme…
This year, as America remembers those who shaped our nation over the last 250 years, Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson should be honored for her dedicated fight for life. Born in Texas, the only child of a Methodist minister and a school teacher, Mildred would follow the town doctor on his rounds. From his horse and buggy, he told her that if she wanted to be a doctor, she should “just go right ahead” and do it. So in 1951, after graduating from a segregated public high school, Jefferson became the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School. She…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, May 20, 2026Armenians gathered at Saint Anna church in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, to celebrate Artsakh Republic Day on September 1, 2024. | ANTHONY PIZZOFERRATO/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesConstruction is underway on what organizers say will be the world’s largest statue of Jesus Christ, with the project now targeting a 2027 completion date after years of delays, a forced relocation and sustained opposition from the Armenian Apostolic Church.Recent photographs published by Radio Free Europe show work progressing on a mountaintop pedestal on Mount Hatis, a peak rising 8,202 feet roughly 18.6…
Has surging Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt broken the code for defeating the slew of progressive activists backed for elective office by big-money outsider forces in American politics today? By doggedly keeping the focus on local concerns and refusing to engage in the polarizing national agendas of their opponents, Pratt has racked up numbers that suggest any common-sense political candidate can ensure a baked-in advantage to appeal to disaffected voters. An example of the kind of candidate who may be vulnerable in the Pratt climate of 2026 is Mallory McMorrow, who is running for the Democratic nomination for the…
A Democrat running for Texas’ 35th Congressional District said she will turn an immigration detention center into a “prison for American Zionists” if she wins her race, according to NBC News. Maureen Galindo made the comment in a May 13 Instagram post, according to NBC News. In the same post, Galindo took aim at her opponent, Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Johnny Garcia. Galindo alleged that Garcia “wants Jews and Mexicans in warehouses,” and accused him of being “paid by Zionist terrorism and trafficking: Israel, ICE, and prison industry profits.”“Johnny Garcia is being paid to put Jews and Mexicans in concentration…
BIG DECISION … TRUMP FINALLY MAKES AN ENDORSEMENT IN TEXAS SENATE RACE: KEN PAXTON … DONALD TRUMP: The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, an America First Patriot, and someone who has always been extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT, is running for the United States Senate, to represent a place I love and WON, BIG, three times, with 6.4 Million Votes in 2024 (The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR)! I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER!…
Former Rep. Barney Frank, (D-Mass.), who helped the United States through financial collapse, died Tuesday night. He was 86. Frank was known for his biting wit, liberal politics and mastery of financial policy. He served in the House from 1981 to 2013. Jim Segel, Frank’s former campaign manager and close friend, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. “I have been trying to decide, by the way, personally, whether it’s better to be an icon or an emoji,” Frank, with his caustic wit, told CNN’s “State of the Union” in a May 3 interview. He was in hospice for congestive heart failure. He…
President Donald Trump will participate in the 145th commencement ceremony of the United States Coast Guard Academy at 10:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday. . Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and …
(CN) — A full court press against incumbent U.S. Representative Thomas Massie by President Donald Trump that included a visit from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and millions in spending from political action committees was enough to see Ed Gallrein win the most expensive primary in U.S. political history.A shoe-in to win the general election in November, Gallrein will face Melissa Strange, who won the Democratic primary in the overwhelmingly red 4th District.The former Navy SEAL referenced himself in the third person and heaped praise on Trump during his victory speech.“The winner of the race tonight is not so much Ed…
Former Rep. Barney Frank in a July 22, 2010, file photo. Alex Brandon/AP PhotoFormer Democratic Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for three decades, died on Tuesday night at the age of 86, family members and his former campaign said.Frank died late on Tuesday, his former campaign manager, Jim Segel, and members of his family told media outlets on Wednesday.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
LIVE NOW: House Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing on TSA, Security, Travel ReformsMay-20-2026The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 20 on the Transport Security Administration and key security and travel reforms nearly 25 years after 9/11.
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President Donald Trump departs on May 20 for Connecticut, where he is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. …
The Baby Boomer generation overwhelmingly voted for Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein, who ousted seven-term incumbent Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in a GOP primary Tuesday night. Seventy-two percent of voters between the ages of 26 and 35 supported Massie, while 16.2% backed Gallrein, according to a Quantus Insight poll from May 13. A majority of voters ages 66 to 75, 61.8%, supported Gallrein and 27.1% of that age group supported Massie.Massie also held a 37-point lead among voters ages 36 to 45 and a 16-point lead among those ages 46 to 55, according to the poll. Gallrein led among voters…
As many times before, Medicaid fraud, particularly in Minnesota and California, dominates the domestic news cycle. The Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments and halting approval of new home healthcare services as well as hospice services. Vice-President Vance was visibly angry when he announced the need to have a nationwide crackdown on fraud in the healthcare system. The fraud process in Minnesota was straightforward. Scammers allegedly created fake healthcare service companies, contracted with Medicaid for those services and were paid in advance. Instead of paying for and delivering services, the fraudsters allegedly kept the money and bought personal luxury items, travel…
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Five-term Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. Rabb secured the Democratic nomination for the seat held by retiring Rep. Dwight Evans after securing 44.3% of the vote, according to projections from NBC News. The Pennsylvania state lawmaker’s primary victory comes after he unveiled “parody legislation” in October 2021 to “require all inseminators to undergo vasectomies within six weeks from having their third child or 40th birthday, whichever comes first.” (RELATED: Ousted ‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush Attempts Political Comeback In Missouri)“As long as state legislatures continue to restrict the reproductive rights…
After losing his primary to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, incumbent U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is about to have a lot more time on his hands to hate Jews and pretend he cares about Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. While it’s glorious that this self-regarding narcissist lost, even more glorious is that he got himself humiliated by a ten-point margin — ten points — 55 to 45 percent, with 99 percent of the vote counted. Wait, there’s more… If you want to understand President Trump’s ability to deliver votes, the math is pretty remarkable. In his 2024 primary battle, Massie won…
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation Tuesday banning the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs through the mail in Iowa The new law would require women seeking chemical abortions to obtain the dangerous baby-killing pills only after an in-person visit with a physician. The bill, House File 2788, takes effect July 1. It mandates that drugs such as mifepristone and misoprostol be prescribed and dispensed only in a health care setting following an in-person appointment. The measure also clarifies that treatments for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies cannot be construed as abortions under state law. REACH PRO-LIFE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE! Advertise with LifeNews to reach…
Former 16-term Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at the age of 86. First elected to the House in 1980, Frank is known for being the co-author of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) as well as being the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay. Just over two weeks before his passing, he appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash” while receiving hospice care at his Maine home — where he warned that his lifelong party was lurching too far leftward.“[A]s…
Captain Ed Gallrein, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, defeated Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in the election for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Gallrein received 45,623 votes, or 54.4 percent of the vote, while Massie received 38,245 votes, or 45.6 percent of the vote, according to the Associated Press. The Associated Press called the race at 7:54 p.m. Prior to the election, a Quantus Insights poll, conducted between May 11-12 that surveyed 908 likely Republican voters, found that 48.3 percent of respondents supported Gallrein, while 43.1 supported Massie. Trump has rallied his support for Gallrein, describing him as being a…
Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Democrats. Marlow said, “It’s too far back. None of us even know what she’s talking about. None of us who support President Trump want anyone picking cotton.” The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, broadcasts coast to coast on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on the Salem Radio Network stations. You can listen to the radio show online here. The show also airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel. Marlow’s podcast, The Alex Marlow Show Presented by Breitbart News, is…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) responded to complaints from Republicans that Massachusetts has nine Democratic representatives despite the state voting about one-third Republican in the last presidential election by saying that “we have a system that’s run by the state legislature. They try to make sure that there’s comparability between the districts. Some of these districts in the western part of the state are very rural. They try to cluster those because they have similar economies and similar interests. So, we’re not hearing complaints from here in Massachusetts in terms of that whole process.” And…
Michael Caputo, a former official of the first Trump administration, filed the first known claim under the Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” Caputo seeks $2.7 million in restitution, according to a letter to the Justice Department that Caputo posted on X. He says he was targeted during “Crossfire Hurricane,” an FBI investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. “The machinery of government was clearly politically weaponized against my family,” Caputo states in the letter. Caputo was spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services during Donald Trump’s first…
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 20 to examine betting, focusing on protecting sports integrity in America. Panel 1: Nick Loris — president, C3 Solutions Adam Stein, Ph.D. — director of nuclear energy innovation, The Breakthrough Institute Patrick White, Ph.D. — …
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech We’ve long known that internet memelord Elon Musk is a big fan of 420. Well, he also reportedly really loves ketamine, but we’re talking about the dumb meme number, and not necessarily his alleged drug habits. And while anyone who willingly works under the guy may well share his juvenile sense of humor, something tells us that xAI employees no longer find their boss’s obsession with the weed number all that funny. Bloomberg reports that Musk’s AI company promised to pay workers $420…
The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 20 on the Southern Poverty Law Center.Witnesses:Tyler O’Neil — senior editor, The Daily SignalCarol Swain — author, commentator, former professor at Vanderbilt UniversityAdditional witnesses may be announced.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People launched a campaign on Tuesday calling for Black athletes, recruits, fans, and alumni to withhold athletic and financial support at public universities in states that the NAACP said have moved ‘to limit Black voting representation.’ [That’s a misrepresentation!] The “Out of Bounds” campaign’s primary goal is to call on top football and basketball players recruited by programs from select states to withhold their commitments until “fair congressional maps” are restored in those states, the NAACP’s statement said. “The NAACP will not watch the same institutions that depend on Black athletic prowess…
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on May 20 on the results of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. Witnesses Clark Saunders, adoptive parent of two and public school teacher Sultan Stipho, server, Buck and Rider Restaurant Darcy Michalek, owner, Michale…
“implemented a series of support measures designed to help immigrant and international students continue attending school” The post Augsburg University Expanded Support System for Immigrant Students in Response to ICE first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
By Wayne Allyn Root Thank you God for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He is manna from heaven for Republicans. His new brand should be, “World’s Best Republican Salesman.” Why do you think President Trump was so nice to Mamdani when he visited the White House? It was like the cat being nice to the mouse. Or the wolf being nice to the sheep. Or Democrats being nice to middle class voters while campaigning. It was all an act by President Trump. It was a setup. Like me, Trump wants Mamdani to be Mamdani…to be the radical communist he truly is…to…
Ordering ‘Zionists’ into camps? Demanding to sterilize them? Something about Maureen Galindo’s platform has a familiar ring to it. Add in some Totenkopf imagery, and the picture becomes complete. Advertisement Oh, wait …It’s not just Maine Kampf for Democrats in this cycle. Galindo may win a runoff election next week in Texas’ new 35th congressional district, representing part of San Antonio. Galindo won the plurality of the vote in the March primary in an otherwise tight four-way race. She faces Bexar (pronounced ‘bear’) County sheriff Johnny Garcia in the runoff next week; Garcia only trailed Galindo by 1200 votes. Galindo apparently…
The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on “FY2027 Budget Request: State Department Adjacent Entities” at 10 a.m. ET on May 20. …