Category: News

Former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, met on Friday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower in New York City and said if he wins, there would be a “fair” and “rapid” deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Ivy League School Suspends Conservative Professor Amy Wax for a Year on ‘Zero Evidence’ of Discrimination

Six years after the University of Pennsylvania sanctioned a tenured law professor for allegedly lying about the academic performance of black students but never itself providing the supposedly correct figures, the Ivy League school seems to be daring another one to quit or sue.

Feds Sue Two Wisconsin Towns for Switching to Paper Ballots, Without Voting Machines for Disabled

The U.S. Justice Department sued two rural Wisconsin towns after they switched from including electronic voting machines to using only paper ballots in their elections and counting them by hand.

Biden-Harris Admin on Track to Oversee Massive $1 Trillion in Improper Payments, Watchdog Group Finds

September 27, 2024September 26, 2024 Daily Caller News Foundation

If current trends persist, the Biden-Harris administration will have made over $1 trillion in improper payments by the time President Joe Biden leaves office, according to a report released by the watchdog organization Open The Books on Thursday.

An improper payment is a disbursement “made by the government to the wrong person, in the wrong amount or for the wrong reason,” per federal guidelines. The Biden-Harris administration, between 2021 and 2023, oversaw $801.4 billion in such payments after adjusting for inflation, according to the report.

Congress Probing FCC’s Quick Approval of Radio Stations to Soros Group

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee opened an inquiry Thursday into the Federal Communications Commission’s expedited approval of a deal that would give Democrat megadonor George Soros a large stake in more than 200 U.S. radio stations, alleging the body was in an effort to “interfere in the 2024 election and politicize” a body that is supposed to be independent.

Commentary: October September Surprises

September 27, 2024 American Greatness

An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise a rival without allowing them time sufficiently to respond or recover.

Think of the last-minute bombshell disclosure, five days before the 2000 election, that candidate George W. Bush had been cited for drunk driving over a quarter-century earlier. That surprise may have cost Bush the popular vote that year.

Music Spotlight: Sarah Hardwig

September 27, 2024 Bethany Bowman

Sarah Hardwig is not unlike many of the females I interview. She moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University and study songwriting and music business.

And she sings at local venues when she can. Her voice is strong and clear, and she credits Patsy Cline and Carrie Underwood as singing inspirations. However, the difference is that Hardwig is blind, which has been the case for her entire life.

U.S. Army Abandons Diversity Requirement for High-Level, Non-Commissioned Officers

September 27, 2024 American Greatness

The United States Army has formally eliminated the diversity requirement from the process of selecting candidates for the roles of top noncommissioned officers.

Category 4 Hurricane Helene Roars into Florida as State Braces for ‘Potentially Unsurvivable’ Surge

September 26, 2024 Just the News

A lethal Category 4 Hurricane Helene roared Thursday night to Florida’s northwest coast with 140 mph winds, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and raising fears of a “potentially unsurvivable” storm surge.

Secret Service Agent Accused of Sexually Assaulting Harris Aide

September 26, 2024 RealClearWire

A Secret Service agent has been accused of sexually assaulting a staffer who works for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to four sources in the Secret Service community.

The incident in question took place sometime over the last week during a trip devoted to providing advance security work and planning for a Harris campaign event in Wisconsin that ultimately did not take place. Several Harris staffers and Secret Service agents were in Green Bay to provide advance security and other planning for an upcoming Harris campaign event. The Harris campaign opted to go to Atlanta instead of Wisconsin on Friday, Sept. 20.

Trump Has a 55 Percent Chance of Victory: Election Model

September 26, 2024 Just the News

Former President Donald Trump appears to be the favorite to win the November presidential election, according to one election model.

Trump has a 55.2% chance of winning the election, the J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com election model projects. It assigns Vice President Kamala Harris a 44.6% chance of winning.

Colorado Town Aiming to Boost Police Force by $10 Million as It Battles Venezuelan Gang

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Daily Caller News Foundation

Leaders in Aurora, Colorado, are looking to boost funding of its police force by roughly $10 million as reports of local Tren de Aragua activity continue to make national headlines.

The City of Aurora’s proposed 2025 budget includes a $125 million increase in funding, with an emphasis on law enforcement as international gang activity and retail crime has increasingly become an issue for the local community. The proposed plan would boost the police budget from $155.7 million in 2024 to nearly $165 million in 2025.

Eric Adams Claims Biden-Harris Admin Targeted Him After He Spoke Out About ‘Broken Immigration Policies’

September 26, 2024 Daily Caller News Foundation

Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York City said on Wednesday that he was “innocent” after being indicted by a federal grand jury following multiple federal investigations, accusing the Biden administration of retaliating against him for criticizing its “broken immigration policies.”

Federal prosecutors in New York secured an indictment against the former New York Police Department captain, who had been under investigation over corruption charges, The New York Times reported. Adams accused the Justice Department of targeting him after he spoke out about the effects that the influx of migrants had on the city.

Democrats Ignore Concerns over Non-Citizen Voting, Despite Thousands Found on Voter Rolls

September 26, 2024September 25, 2024 Just the News

A sizeable number of Democrats have downplayed concerns over non-citizens voting, while more states find thousands of them registered to vote ahead of the November presidential election.

As Republicans have attempted to pass a bill through Congress ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections, Democrats have pushed back, claiming that non-citizens are already prohibited from voting in U.S. elections. However, states have continued to find non-citizens on their voter rolls, and some who may have have voted in federal elections, after being registered to vote through the motor vehicles department.

Commentary: The Coming Election’s Effect on Education

September 26, 2024 American Greatness

At the recent Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate, the subject of education was nonexistent. Despite its hot button nature, the moderators did not broach the subject, and some parents are angry.

Michele Exner, a senior advisor at Parents Defending Education, commented that despite student literacy having “hit a crisis point,” those who were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic are being failed now. Yet, the moderators did not ask one single question about education. “They completely ignored one of the top issues parents are worried about.”

Solar Developments Are Spreading Across America, Threatening Farmers and Local Communities

September 26, 2024 Just the News

Fueled by massive federal subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), solar developers are looking to the wide open spaces of rural lands as the best places to site their projects. This is also where much of America’s farm and range land is located, as well as communities that like the existing look and character of their neighborhoods.

Last week, President Biden said of the IRA, “I’m proud to announce that my, uh, my investments, that through my investments, the most significant climate change law ever. And by the way, it is a $369 billion bill. It’s called the — uh, we, we should have named it what it was.”

House Passes Stopgap to Avert a Government Shutdown, 341-82

September 25, 2024 Just the News

The House on Wednesday passed a stopgap to fund the government for three months in a 341-82 vote, averting a government shutdown. The stopgap is now expected to be passed by the Senate this evening before heading to President Joe Biden’s desk.

DOJ IG Horowitz Won’t Say How Many Confidential Human Sources Were Among Crowd on January 6, 2021

September 25, 2024 Just the News

U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Wednesday would not say how many U.S. government confidential human sources were among the protestors during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, when pressed on the matter by a lawmaker on Wednesday. Horowitz was asked if he has evidence of the number of confidential human sources that were operating on the Capitol grounds on January 6th.

Trump Assassination Attempt Was ‘Preventable,’ Senate Committee Report Finds

The Senate Homeland Security Committee unveiled a report Wednesday detailing the “preventable” Secret Service security failures that resulted in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13.

Judge Who Threw Out Trump’s Classified Docs Case Will Oversee Second Assassination Attempt Case

September 25, 2024 Just the News

The federal judge who threw out former President Trump’s classified documents case will preside over the case involving the second assassination attempt on Trump in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Justice Department Alleges Illegal Monopoly in Visa Civil Suit

September 25, 2024 The Center Square

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa alleging illegal monopolization of debit markets.

Music Spotlight: Paulina Jane

September 25, 2024 Bethany Bowman

Paulina Jayne is one of the most joyful artists I have ever met or interviewed. While I have featured her briefly while covering CRS, I have never done a full Spotlight article on her.

I knew she was working on new music, and when I learned the song “If I Knew Me Then” was about to be released, I knew it was the perfect time to feature the singer/songwriter.

Report: Migration Crisis Causing Rise in Homeless Population

September 25, 2024September 24, 2024 American Greatness

As a result of the ongoing mass migration crisis at the southern border, the American homeless population is set to hit another record by the end of the year.

As Breitbart reports, the study conducted by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday showcased the number of people who live in homeless encampments, in homeless shelters, and on the streets, which has gone up since 2023.

Commentary: Get Ready for Another Mail-In Ballot Fiasco

Many states are now sending out mail-in ballots for the November election.

Yet at the same time that so many more voters are depending on the mail to cast their ballots, the two leading national organizations of election officials wrote the U.S. Postal Service demanding immediate action to avoid confusion and chaos with mail-in ballots.

Tim Walz Dropped into Soros’ House for a Fundraiser

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz fundraised at Alex Soros’ home on Monday, according to a pool report.

The fundraiser took place at the Manhattan home of Alex Soros and his wife, former top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, according to The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal reported in June 2023 that Alex Soros had taken over the philanthropic and political empires built by his father, George Soros.

Chase Rice Releases ‘Go Down Singin’

September 25, 2024 Bethany Bowman

I featured Chase Rice in 2018 when he celebrated achieving number-one status with his blockbuster hit, “Eyes On You.” Early on, Chase Rice was a fixture in the bro-country scene with other megahits like “Ready Set Roll,” “Ride,” “Lonely If You Are,” and “Gonna Wanna Tonight,” to name a few.

But something shifted in the artist recently, who splits his time between Montana and Nashville when, in 2023, he released I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell. Even by the retro picture of his hero, his dad, Daniel (Danny) Rice, on the album cover, you knew this record would be different. For anyone anticipating the usual new country vibe, boy, were they in for a surprise. With unexpected songs like “Bench Seat” and “Key West & Colorado,” Billboard Magazine called it “one of 2023’s most unexpected artistic pivots” across all genres last year.

Red States Press American Academy of Pediatrics to Answer for ‘Misleading and Deceptive’ Claims About Puberty Blockers

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) must explain why it “abandoned its commitment to sound medical judgment” by endorsing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex change surgeries as treatments for children with gender dysphoria, a group of Republican attorneys general told the organization Tuesday.

Citing the Cass report, a four-year systematic review of transgender medical studies conducted in England, the group of 20 states led by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, along with the Arizona Legislature, wrote it is “beyond medical debate that puberty blockers are not fully reversible but instead come with serious long-term consequences.” In light of this mounting evidence, as well as the exposure of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards as “unreliable and influenced by improper pressures,” the states told APP its 2018 policy statement backing these medical procedures is “misleading and deceptive.”

It’s Not Just Springfield, Haitians Being Flown to Small Towns Nationwide

September 24, 2024 The Center Square

Haitians are not just arriving in Springfield, Ohio, but also in small rural towns nationwide as a result of several Biden-Harris administration policies.

Bombshell Transcripts: Trump Urged Use of Troops to Protect Capitol on January 6 , but Was Rebuffed

September 24, 2024 Just the News

Then-President Donald Trump gave clear instructions to Pentagon brass days before the Jan. 6 riots to “do whatever it takes” to keep the U.S. Capitol safe, including deploying National Guard or active-duty troops, but top officials did not comply because of political concerns, according to transcripts of bombshell interviews conducted by the Defense Department’s chief watchdog that shine new light on government disfunction ahead of the historic tragedy.

Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, confirmed to the Pentagon inspector general three years ago that during a Jan. 3, 2021, Oval Office meeting Trump pre-approved the use of National Guard or active duty troops to keep peace in the nation’s capital on the day Congress was to certify the results of the 2020 election.

Son of Would-Be Trump Assassin Arrested for Child Pornography Possession

September 24, 2024 Just the News

The son of the man arrested in connection with the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Investigators said they discovered the pornography files on Samsung Galaxy Note devices when searching Oran Routh’s residence in Guilford County, North Carolina, as part their investigation into his father, Ryan Routh.

Analysis: After 2020 Election Debacle, Vast Majority of Americans Support Laws to Prevent Voter Fraud

September 24, 2024 The Daily Torch

A little-covered survey about how Americans view voter fraud was released from YouGov this week, and the results are distinct. Americans broadly support a multitude of measures aimed at reducing voter fraud after highly questionable ballot processing and election day issues called the 2020 election results into question.

According to the survey, three-quarters of Americans (75 percent) support requiring a photo ID to vote, and nearly the same amount (74 percent) support requiring proof citizenship to vote.

AbleChild Founder Sheila Matthews: The Mental Health Industry Needs to be Booted from the Educational System

September 24, 2024 Kaitlin Housler

Sheila Matthews, co-founder of the national non-profit parent organization AbleChild, said the mental health industry needs to be “booted” out of out of the educational system, explaining how the pharmaceutical industry has infiltrated schools across the nation and is actively working, on taxpayer funds, to “market” mental health and treatments for diagnoses to children.

Commentary: The Political Weaponization of ‘Expert’ Endorsements

September 24, 2024 American Greatness

One of the most preposterous recent trends has been the political use of supposed expert letters and declarations of support from so-called “authorities.”

These pretentious testimonies of purported professionalism are different from the usual inane candidate endorsements from celebrities and politicos.

Zelenskyy Flown into Keystone State at Taxpayer Expense After Attacking Trump, Vance

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 Daily Caller News Foundation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew into a key U.S. swing state this week on a taxpayer-funded aircraft after publicly criticizing former President Donald Trump and Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

Walz Subjected Veterans, Teachers to Racially Segregated Programs as Minnesota Governor

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor.

Former Minnesota Senate Leader on Walz’s Riot Response: ‘He Was Frozen’

September 23, 2024 ANews

A former Minnesota legislator published a new book detailing why he believes Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should not be elected the nation’s next vice president.

U.S. House Moves Forward with Stopgap Spending Bill that Doesn’t Include Election Integrity Law

September 23, 2024 American Greatness

The Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives is now planning to vote on a stopgap spending bill that will not include a critical election integrity measure that conservatives have been desperately trying to pass.

Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua Expands Criminal Network into the U.S.

A notorious Venezuelan gang is extending its tentacles into the U.S. on the back of the Biden-Harris administration’s border crisis, and experts say that immigration authorities have no way of identifying the criminal group’s members before they hit American soil.

Suspect in Second Trump Assassination Attempt Wrote Note Months Prior Saying He Wanted to Kill Him

September 23, 2024 Just the News

Ryan Routh, the suspect accused of attempting to assassinate former President Trump in Florida, apparently wrote a note months prior to the incident indicating he intended to kill Trump, according to a court filing released on Monday.

Non-Citizens Added to States’ Voter Rolls Through DMV, Even After Admitting Lack of U.S. Citizenship

September 23, 2024 Just the News

Non-citizens have been added to several states’ voter rolls largely through motor vehicle departments, sometimes even after they have explained that they are not U.S. citizens.

Democrats Want ‘Climate Literacy’ in Schools as Actual Literacy Slips

The Democratic Party is pushing to increase “literacy” on climate change-related material in America’s schools while students are performing poorly with respect to actual literacy.

The party’s education platform mentions the importance of “climate literacy” for American K-12 students several times, emphasizing the purported need for students to be able to understand and interpret information relating to climate change. Meanwhile, the average reading score for both fourth and eighth grade students in 2022 had fallen by three points relative to 2019, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

House Passes Bills to Protect Employee Benefit Plans from Politicization

September 23, 2024 The Center Square

A package of bills to ensure employee benefits plans prioritize financial well-being over “woke” policies has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Outgoing Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Good sponsored the Protecting Americans’ Investments from Woke Policies Act and the No Discrimination in My Benefits Act, which cleared the House 217-206.

Since 2018, Dozens Have Died After FBI’s Repeated Failures in Threat Detection

September 23, 2024 Just the News

The FBI has come under renewed heat after admitting it had been previously notified that the suspect in a second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump illegally had a gun due to his status as a convicted felon.

The missed opportunity involving Ryan Wesley Routh is not the first time the bureau was notified about an individual who went on to commit, or attempted to commit, a major crime.

Emory Pro-Hamas Speaker Posts ‘Antisemitic’ Instagram Post; Apology Makes It Worse

September 23, 2024September 22, 2024 The College Fix

A speaker at a recent Emory University anti-Israel rally put up an Instagram post regarding a group of counter-protesters that many are labeling “antisemitic.”

The post (pictured above), shows counter-protesters with Israeli flags and reads “Started smelling like pennies on the quad…”

CDC Launching ‘Agency-Wide Strategy’ on ‘Health Equity’ for LGBT, Minorities