House Ethics Committee Will Meet Wednesday to Discuss Results of Matt Gaetz Probe: Report

Matt Gaetz

Members of the House Ethics Committee will meet on Wednesday to discuss its investigation into allegations that former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, a source told NBC News on Monday.

The committee was expected to discuss the report last Friday, but postponed the discussion after Gaetz resigned from Congress last week after being nominated for attorney general. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz for the position last Wednesday. 

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Commentary: Matt Gaetz Is the Right Choice for Attorney General

Matt Gaetz

You could almost hear the audible gasp by establishment Washington, D.C. when they learned that former Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz was going to be appointed attorney general by President Donald Trump. Truthfully my first reaction was not positive either.

But sometimes first reactions are wrong.

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Vast Majority of Americans Want to Outlaw Child Sex Changes

Almost three-fourths of voters say it should be illegal to subject children to transgender medical interventions, according to a new poll from Napolitan News Service.

The percentage of voters surveyed who oppose child sex changes—which include so-called puberty blockers, hormone regimens, and irreversible surgeries—increased by 10 points since August.

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GOP Pushes for Nuclear Energy, Natural Gas to Combat the Left’s ‘Green New Deal’

Nuclear Energy

While the Democratic Party has often controlled the narrative on the issue of climate change, the Republicans have been promoting alternative options that they argue are more cost-effective and could improve the environment while at the same time strengthening America’s energy independence. 

Democratic elected officials have put up some solutions to climate change such as the “Green New Deal” and staying in the Paris Climate Accord, the international treaty that has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Trump’s Choice for FCC Chairman Vows to End Promotion of DEI, Dismantle ‘Censorship Cartel’

Brendan Carr

Brendan Carr, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has promised to end the agency’s promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies as part of his agency.

“The FCC’s most recent budget request said that promoting DEI was the agency’s second-highest strategic goal. Starting next year, the FCC will end its promotion of DEI,” Carr said.

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Pentagon Still Can’t Pass Audit Despite Years of Trying

Pentagon Money

The U.S. Department of Defense’s annual audit once again resulted in a disclaimer. 

That means the federal government’s largest agency – with a budget of more than $840 billion – can’t fully explain its spending. The disclaimer this year was expected. And it’s expected again next year. The Pentagon previously said it will be able to accurately account for its spending by 2027.

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Pro-Lifers Share How Trump Can Protect Pregnancy Help Centers Undermined by Biden DOJ

Alternatives Pregnancy Center

The forthcoming Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to protect pro-life pregnancy resource centers that have been targeted, ignored, and undermined by the Biden-Harris Justice Department.

“President Trump, more than almost anyone, understands what it’s like to have the entire weight of the federal law and investigatory power of the federal law against him,” said Chelsey Youman of Human Coalition, which supports pregnancy help centers. “The pro-life movement feels that weight, that burden, as well.”

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Chinese Summer Camps Teach American Kids to Be Like Red Army Soldiers and ‘Little’ Police Officers

Chinese Kids

Thousands of American kids are being sent to camps run by a Chinese influence and intelligence agency that promote Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda and even train some children to act like “Little Overseas Chinese Police,” a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

The Chinese government advertises the “Root-Seeking Summer Camp In China” as an opportunity for ethnically Chinese children living in the U.S. and other countries to immerse themselves in Chinese language and culture. However, a DCNF review of Chinese government announcements and the program’s website discovered the camps are overseen by a Chinese influence and intelligence service.

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Trump Confirms He Will Declare National Emergency, Use Military Assets for Mass Deportation

CBP arrests

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he will declare a national emergency and use military assets to help him carry out his mass deportation plans.

“True!!!” the president-elect posted on Truth Social early Monday morning in response to a post by Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch. Fitton had posted about reports indicating the incoming Trump administration was “prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”

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Laken Riley’s Alleged Killer Arrived in Georgia on ‘Humanitarian Flight,’ Roommate Testifies

Jose Ibarra

Jose Ibarra, the alleged murderer of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, traveled from New York City to Georgia after requesting a humanitarian flight, his roommate testified Monday.

Ibarra is currently standing trial after being charged for the murder of Riley, who died in February from blunt force trauma to the head outside of the University of Georgia’s campus. Ibarra’s roommate, Rosbeli Elisber Flores-Bello, testified that she and the suspected murderer arrived at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City and requested a humanitarian flight to Athens, Georgia, in September 2023.

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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Votes to Count Illegal Ballots Because ‘People Violate Laws Any Time They Want’

The two Democratic members of the Bucks County Commission voted to count ballots the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined are illegal in a previous ruling, with the county specifically giving election workers orders to count mail-in votes returned with an incomplete, incorrect, or missing date.

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DOJ Slams Fulton County for Lengthy Jail Stays in ‘Inhumane’ Facility as D.A. Fani Willis Struggles with 40,000-Case Backlog

Fulton County Jail

The report issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) condemning the abysmal conditions at the Fulton County Jail comes as Fulton County faces a backlog of more than 40,000 cases, which may have contributed to the concerns raised in the report about the lengthy jail stays experienced by those incarcerated at the troubled facility.

The 97-page report containing the findings from the DOJ investigation that began last year accused the jail of violating the U.S. Constitution through the physical conditions at the jail, the county’s inability to guarantee the safety of inmates, and alleged violations of laws designed to protect Americans with disabilities, but also noted inmates “spend long periods detained in the Jail.”

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As Matt Gaetz Faces Opposition, Trump’s Other DOJ Picks Could Anchor His Confirmation

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., faces considerable opposition for the post of attorney general, but some of President-elect Donald Trump’s other picks for top Department of Justice officials could serve to assuage concerned senators. A conservative firebrand, Gaetz’s appointment has ruffled feathers among the Senate GOP and sent Democrats into a frenzy.

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Nicaraguan Ortega Regime Bans Priests from Public Hospitals

Priest

In a harsh escalation against religious freedom in Nicaragua, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo prohibited Catholic priests from entering public hospitals to give patients the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

“They are prohibiting the entry of priests into hospitals to carry the Holy Oils for the Anointing of the Sick,” said lawyer and author Martha Patricia Molina, who wrote, “Nicaragua: a persecuted Church?”

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Harvard Economist Warns of ‘Resurgence of Inflation’

Grocery shopping

Federal pricing data released this week for consumer and producer prices shows that inflation rose last month.

Harvard professor and former economic advisor to President Barack Obama Jason Furman said the consumer data could show a “resurgence of inflation” not to the ultra high levels in recent years but to more recent elevated data.

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Sanctuary Cities Freed Tens of Thousands of Criminal Aliens Wanted by ICE During Biden Era, Data Shows

Illegal Immigrants

Sanctuary jurisdictions have freed tens of thousands of criminal migrants during President Joe Biden’s time in the White House, federal law enforcement data show.

Sanctuary cities and other localities across the U.S. have freed more than 22,000 criminal migrants wanted by federal immigration authorities since January 2021, according to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). The numbers pertain to ICE detainer requests ignored by local law enforcement agencies, instances when the enforcement agency provided insufficient notice to ICE or early releases of migrants subjected to detainer requests.

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Commentary: Trump’s Story Is a Powerful Lesson for All Americans

Donald Trump

The remarkable story of President Donald Trump is a powerful lesson for how we can achieve success in our own lives. Trump convinced America that it can be great again.

In this incredible moment in history, we are witnessing something much bigger than the opportunity to protect our borders, to enhance our economy or to preserve conservative values. Trump shows all of us, Democrat and Republican, that we are capable of greatness in our own lives.

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Trump Will Need Cooperation from Maduro Regime for Mass Deportations, Experts Say

Illegal Immigrants

President-elect Donald Trump could reach an immigration agreement with the Maduro regime, in an attempt to advance his mass deportation plans, according to experts.

Venezuela is not currently accepting deportees from the United States, but Trump’s plans could force Maduro to reach a deal, said Ryan Berg, who directs the Future of Venezuela Initiative, a Washington, D.C. think tank at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.

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Investment Advisors Warn Top Corporations Diversity Initiatives Are ‘Now a Liability’ Under Trump Admin

Dozens of investment advisors warned America’s biggest corporations Friday that their diversity programs will be a liability under the incoming Trump administration.

Americans “overwhelmingly rejected the ideological takeover of political and civic life by narrow-minded identity politics” in the Nov. 5 election, a coalition of 38 financial officers wrote in letters warning companies that the new administration will “hasten the demise of DEI.”

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‘DOGE-Ball’: Here’s How the Trump Administration Hopes to Slash the Government

Elon and Vivek

President-elect Donald Trump has an ambitious agenda to reduce the size of the federal government, uproot the federal bureaucracy, and limit Washington’s intrusion into the daily lives of the average American citizen. Such goals have long been the aim of many a Republican executive, though few have managed to materially advance them. 

Trump himself struggled to restrict the government in his first term, encountering significant resistance from entrenched executive agencies and congressional Republicans alike. Indeed, newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Co-Chief Elon Musk on Thursday reshared a meme commenting on Republican apprehensions toward budget cuts.

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Analysis: Helene Gave Way to ‘Hurricane SNAFU’ in the Carolinas

FEMA Worker

It wasn’t as if the Tar Heel state didn’t see Hurricane Helene coming. On Sept. 25, one day before Helene stormed ashore, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as the storm’s path showed it churning northward toward Appalachia after making landfall in Florida.

Yet that advance declaration was not followed by any state evacuation orders, and the population largely sheltered in place as Helene hit the steep, wooded hills of western North Carolina, squatting over the area, unleashing more than an inch of water an hour for more than a day. The unprecedented, relentless downpour, falling on ground already saturated by rain the week before, tore old pines and hardwoods out by the roots, creating arboreal torpedoes that rocketed down the steep inclines; water that turned photogenic stony creeks into whitewater torrents, lifting ancient streambed boulders and tossing them like chips on to roads and into homes and buildings. The storm left 230 people dead, nearly half of them in North Carolina, with dozens still missing as of early November.

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Florida Sues Former FEMA Officials over Hurricane Helene, Milton Failures

Ashley Moody

The state of Florida is suing current and former federal employees personally for allegedly ignoring storm victim households solely because of their political affiliation.

Attorney General Ashley Moody sued current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for “conspiracy to discriminate” against Florida hurricane victims because they expressed support for President-elect Donald Trump.

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Democrat House Leader Concedes ‘Bitterly Disappointing’ 2024 Election Loss

Axios   House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday conceded what he said was a “bitterly disappointing” 2024 election loss. The AP called the House for Republicans on Wednesday, securing President-elect Trump’s total control of Congress. Democrats have been engaged in an intra-party blame game since Nov. 5. “The American people have spoken…

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Trump Chooses Spokesman Steven Cheung as Communications Director

Washington Examiner   President-elect Donald Trump tapped campaign spokesman Steven Cheung as his incoming director of communication and Sergio Gor as director of the presidential personnel office. “Steven Cheung and Sergio Gor have been trusted Advisors since my first Presidential Campaign in 2016, and have continued to champion America First principles throughout my First…

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Justice Department: Fulton County Jail Conditions Violate the Constitution

The deaths of at least four Georgia men with mental disabilities at the Fulton County Jail are “symptomatic of a pattern of dangerous and dehumanizing conditions,” the U.S. Department of Justice said.

The 97-page investigation also said inmates were not protected from harm by other inmates and the living conditions were “unsanitary and dangerous.” The conditions violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Justice Department said in a release.

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North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer Demands Answers from Corporate Media Networks Over ‘Biased’ 2024 Election Coverage

Donald Trump

North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer demanded in a Thursday letter that corporate media networks answer for their “biased” coverage of the presidential election.

The Republican’s letter, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation, was addressed to top network executives at Fox, CBS, Disney and NBCUniversal. Cramer’s letter called out the networks for biased coverage of President-elect Donald Trump.

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ISIS-Linked Houston Man Indicted, Planned 9/11 Style Terrorist Attack

US Atty Alamdar S. Hamdani

A 28-year-old man in Houston, Anas Said, has been indicted and arrested on charges he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a federally designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

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Texas Officers Apprehend Human Smugglers, Rescue Unaccompanied Children

Texas DPS rescues unaccompanied minor

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers continue to apprehend human smugglers and rescue unaccompanied minors at the border through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.

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Commentary: Barack Obama Is Perhaps Not the Political Genius He Tells Us He Is

President Barack Obama

Every few months, a sanitized report appears on the post-presidency activities of Barack Obama’s public advocacy. It’s a narrative that conveniently ignores the inherent problems in having a person with no constitutional role or congressional oversight take an active role in executive decision-making.

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Commentary: Trump’s Win Is a Victory for American Prosperity and Practical Energy Solutions

Oil Rig

Donald Trump’s win is a big victory for the American energy industry and for all Americans. The climate crazed don’t want to recognize the fact that more than 80% of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas. They don’t want to admit that the use of all three are at record highs and are continuing to grow. Or that a thriving economy needs reliable, affordable, and abundant energy. Because the cost of energy is built into everything that we do, consume or use, even watching Netflix.

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Georgia Secretary of State Makes Push for National Photo ID, Citizenship Verification in Voting

Georgia Sec State Brad Raffensperger

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced “Georgia Plan” for Congress to establish national election rules on Thursday, arguing the Peach State should serve as a model for to establish nationwide regulations that enhance election integrity.

“Voters nationwide deserve to participate in elections that have both security and integrity, along with easy access for eligible voters and quick and accurate reporting of results,” said Raffensperger in a statement, after citing Georgia’s successful early voting period for “a record turnout election that was safe, secure and accurate.”

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