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January 9, 2025

Report: Republicans Push to Abolish ATF

Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives are planning to introduce legislation to abolish the controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. According to Fox News, Congressman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) will introduce the bill,...

January 9, 2025

Commentary: Madoff’s Ponzi Beneficiaries Are Funding Climate Lawfare

The Picower family is forcing shoddy electric appliances into every American home to assuage their guilty consciences. As the single-largest beneficiaries of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, the Picowers have plenty to feel awkward about. One way they’re excising the guilt...

January 9, 2025

Biden Admin to Dole Out Millions in Refunds to Illegal Migrants Who Applied for Failed Amnesty Program

The Biden-Harris administration will issue millions of dollars in refunds to illegal migrants who applied for an amnesty program that was struck down in court. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to refund the $580 application fee to...

January 8, 2025

Left Launches Multi-Front ‘Trump-Proofing’ Effort at Federal, State Levels

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency was formally certified on Monday, but he still faces “Trump-proofing” efforts in Washington and in the states—and in some cases, from familiar foes. Democrat governors and attorneys general in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey,...

January 8, 2025

Helene: Death Toll 104 in North Carolina, 233 in Seven States

North Carolina's death toll rose to 104 as a result of Hurricane Helene and the names of those who died have been released by the state Department of Health and Human Services. The most recent addition was for a motor...

January 8, 2025

Republicans Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Impose Term Limits

Republicans in Congress led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits for members of Congress. The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and U.S. House members...

January 8, 2025

Moderna Buried Child’s Death in COVID Booster Trial in EU Report, FDA ResponseCalled ‘Misleading’

President Joe Biden bestowed the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on a vaccine maker that allegedly hid a child's death in a COVID-19 clinical trial from Americans, and the Food and Drug Administration may have known about the purported subterfuge. Moderna...

January 8, 2025

Commentary: To Avoid Another Russiagate, Trump Needs to Declassify Everything

Following Congress’ certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election on Jan. 6, all eyes now turn towards Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration and most importantly, to his first days in office and the...

January 8, 2025

Study Finds TikTok Suppresses Anti-China Content, Influences Opinions as Trump Moves to Delay Ban

A newly updated study concludes that the popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok suppresses anti-China content and influences user opinion on the communist country’s human rights record and society, likely manipulating its algorithm. The study from researchers from Rutgers University...

January 7, 2025

Meta Ends Censorship on Facebook, Ditches Third-Party Fact-Checkers

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to the one used by the X platform. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, announced the policy overhaul and assured the...

January 7, 2025

Trump Announces New ‘Beautiful’ Patriotic Name for Gulf of Mexico

President-elect Donald Trump announced his plan to change the Gulf of Mexico’s name to the “Gulf of America” during a Tuesday press conference. Trump said during the press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, that the potential...

January 7, 2025

House Passes Bipartisan Laken Riley Bill to Expand US Authority on Detaining Illegal Immigrants

The House on Tuesday passed the "Laken Riley Act" in a bipartisan 264-159 vote.

January 7, 2025

New York Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Attempt to Postpone Sentencing Friday in His Hush Money Case

The New York appeals court on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss his sentencing Friday in his hush money case.

January 7, 2025

Consumers Are Right to Think Biden’s Economy Is in Bad Shape, Experts Say

Consumers are right to be dissatisfied with the current state of the economy despite claims of a booming economy from U.S. officials and the media, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Consumer sentiment, meaning Americans perception of the economy,...

January 7, 2025

Commentary: Joe Biden Adds to His Shameful Legacy

We watched as Joe Biden (and his handlers) continued to dishonor the Office of the Presidency as he finally exits the political stage in little more than two weeks. Last week, in a clearly partisan effort, he cheapened the prestige...

January 7, 2025

Trump Vows to ‘Terminate’ Joe Biden’s ‘Costly and Ridiculous’ Executive Orders, Including His New Ban on Offshore Drilling

President-Elect Donald Trump vowed Monday to “terminate” Joe Biden’s last minute executive orders, such as his new “permanent” ban on future offshore drilling, and other “money wasting hoaxes.” Biden announced his latest executive action on Monday, to “permanently ban future...

January 6, 2025

Everyday Economics: Signs of Slowing Economic Activity as Jobs Report Looms

The upcoming week is filled with crucial economic data releases that will provide insight into the state of the U.S. economy as it transitions into 2025. A mix of labor market reports and key Fed communications will shift expectations about...

January 6, 2025

Commentary: A Critical Look at Elaine Pagels’ Religious Scholarship

Over at Instapundit, Mark Tapscott called my attention to an interview in our former paper of record that Times journo Nicholas Kristoff conducts with Elaine Pagels, the celebrated (by some) Princeton historian of religion.

January 6, 2025

DOJ Considers Charging 200 More People Related to January 6 as Trump’s Second Term Nears

Federal prosecutors are considering filing charges against up to 200 more individuals in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the latest data from the U.S. Justice Department released on Monday. The 200 figure...

January 6, 2025

Merchan Rejects Trump’s Attempts to Delay Sentencing in Hush Money Case

New York Judge Juan Merchan on Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's legal team's attempts to delay the sentencing in the former president's hush money case.

January 6, 2025

New York Judge Finds Rudy Giuliani in Contempt over Georgia Defamation Case

A federal judge in New York on Monday found former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for not complying with court orders regarding financial information and assets in the defamation case of two Georgia election workers. ...

January 4, 2025

Report: 400,000 Anchor Babies Born in the U.S. in 2024

A report by an immigration-centric think tank reveals that nearly 400,000 illegal births of so-called “anchor babies” occurred in the United States in the year 2024. As reported by Breitbart, the data from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the total...

January 4, 2025

Commentary: Biden Rewards Liz Cheney for Betraying the Constitution

And there they go again. News arrives as follows, this headline from The Hill but one on the subject: Biden to award Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal

January 4, 2025

Massive Dockworker Strike Could Land in Trump Admin’s Lap on Day One

A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a major domestic challenge on day one. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 47,000 workers, is planning to strike on...

January 3, 2025

Pro-Life Christian Detained for Preaching Gospel, Offering to Adopt Babies at Abortion Clinic

Police detained a pro-life father and husband outside an Ohio abortion clinic for sharing the Gospel and offering to adopt abortion-minded women’s babies. Still, he plans to return to the clinic this weekend. Zack and Lindsay Knotts have spent the past three...

January 3, 2025

Biden DOJ Poured over $100 Million into ‘Restorative Justice,’ DEI Efforts for K-12 Students, New Report Finds

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden awarded K-12 schools $100,113,942 in grants aimed at increasing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts since 2021, a new report says. The DOJ divvied up at least 30 grants that explicitly...

January 3, 2025

Judge Rejects Trump Bid to Toss Hush Money Conviction, Sets Sentencing for January 10

Justice Juan Merchan on Friday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to toss out his conviction in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money case.

January 3, 2025

Johnson Wins Speakership After Two Holdouts Flip

Mike Johnson has won the first round of voting for Speaker after two holdouts flipped to back him.

January 3, 2025

Johnson Appears to Come Up Short in First Round, but Voting Stalls

Mike Johnson appears to have come up short in his bid to remain Speaker of the House, with several Republicans voting for other candidates and no one securing a majority.

January 3, 2025

H-1B Visas Have an Undeniable Fraud Problem

Shortly before Americans celebrated Christmas, two federal criminal cases affirmed long-standing warnings that the government's H-1B visa program was ripe for fraud, and slow to bring accountability. The cases in California and Illinois brought some long-awaited justice to schemes that have tried...