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January 17, 2025

Kristi Noem Pledges to End CISA Anti-‘Misinformation’ Efforts, Focus on Security

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will crack down on domestic terrorism, the border, and cybersecurity attacks rather than waging war against election misinformation, secretary nominee Kristi Noem vowed. During her Friday confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and...

January 17, 2025

Biden’s Green Loan Office Offers Up a Staggering $22 Billion in Admin’s Final Hours

The Biden administration’s green loan office is shelling out nearly $23 billion to utility companies for green energy development and other projects in its final days. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced its conditional commitment to provide a combined $22.9...

January 17, 2025

Commentary: Time to Ask Tough Questions About These Student Loan Bailouts

Even as the Trump inauguration nears, Biden continues to cause controversy, including with student loan cancellations. On January 13, his Education Department announced yet another round of student loan forgiveness—this time, for more than 150,000 borrowers—bringing the Administration’s total number of individuals with student...

January 17, 2025

Review: Norm Grant’s ‘Tales of Young Patriots’

P. Norman Grant has written “Tales of Young Patriots,” a delightful collection of 12 short stories of historical fiction celebrating the story of America, and the virtues that made our people great, through the eyes and ears of young participants...

January 17, 2025

Lee Zeldin Tells Senator He ‘Doesn’t Believe’ in ‘Armed Bureaucracy’ When Asked About ‘Outrageous’ EPA Raid

Former Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York said Thursday he believed the Environmental Protection Agency should not be an “armed bureaucracy.” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carried out a raid with dozens of armed agents on a mine near...

January 16, 2025

Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent Turns Tables on Sen. Bernie Sanders After He Attempts to Corner Him

Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent turned the tables on independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at his Thursday confirmation hearing by pointing out that President Joe Biden awarded “oligarchs” with the highest honor.

January 16, 2025

Not a Joke: Qatar Credits Trump for Finalizing Ceasefire Deal Biden Struggled to Conclude

Days before departing his last political job, a beleaguered Joe Biden went to the podium to announce a long-awaited ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. But when pressed by the news media over who should get credit for the deal, the...

January 16, 2025

Commentary: A Bleak Goodbye

The interlude is over: President Joseph Biden, who defeated Donald Trump in 2020 but failed to prevent his return in 2024, delivered his farewell address from the Oval Office, defending a legacy that his successor now vows to dismantle and...

January 16, 2025

Rubio: U.S. Foreign Policy Must Serve National Interests

Safety, strength and prosperity will be the key objectives of the U.S. Department of State under the second Trump administration, Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. The main problem with America’s current...

January 16, 2025

Commentary: Citizens-First Immigration Reform Is Top of Mind for Americans

President Donald Trump was elected in 2016 – and again in 2024 – on a mandate from the people to put an end to the illegal immigrant crisis and implement citizens-first immigration reform. The mandate was clear: America is a...

January 16, 2025

‘It Stole My Childhood’: Supreme Court Urged to Protect Kids from Online Porn

Taylor Muthoka was first exposed to pornography at the age of 7. A friend showed it to her online, and all the children had to do to access the website was check a box saying they were 18. Little did she know...

January 16, 2025

SEC Sues Elon Musk for Allegedly Failing to Disclose Purchase of Twitter Stocks

On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), over his alleged failure to disclose his purchase of Twitter stock...

January 15, 2025

Education Department Forgives $4.5 Billion in Student Loans for over 200,000 Borrowers

The Department of Education (DOE) on Wednesday announced the forgiveness of another $4.5 billion in student loans for over 200,000 borrowers at Ashford University, in one of the department's final moves of the Biden administration. President Joe Biden and his administration have...

January 15, 2025

FDA Bans Cancer-Linked Food Dye Ahead of RFK Jr’s Confirmation Hearing

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked to cancer. The dye, which the FDA banned for cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 after it was found to promote tumor...

January 15, 2025

Trump Confirms Deal to Release Hostages in Middle East

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed a deal to secure the release of hostages in Gaza amid reports that Israel and Hamas had finalized a ceasefire agreement.

January 15, 2025

Israel, Hamas Agree to Ceasefire in Gaza: Report

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal that will halt fighting in Gaza, resulting in the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners, a source told CNN Wednesday. “The movement has dealt with this matter with full responsibility and positivity, stemming from...

January 15, 2025

Clemency Request ‘Pending’ for Leaker of Trump’s and Others’ Taxes

The Biden administration is formally considering commuting the sentence of the convicted felon who stole and leaked incoming President Trump's tax records along with those of thousands of other taxpayers, in the biggest tax data heist in U.S. history. A search of...

January 15, 2025

Analysis: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump, Poll Finds

A surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second administration of Donald Trump.

January 15, 2025

Deaths Will Outpace Births in Eight Years, According to Dire Government Prediction

Annual deaths are expected to exceed annual births in the United States by 2033, a new report estimates. Population growth in the U.S. is expected to stagnate between 2025 and 2055 as fertility rates continue to decline, a report released Tuesday by the...

January 15, 2025

Bitter Kamala Refuses to Invite Vances to Veep’s Residence

Vice President Kamala Harris has not extended a formal invitation to JD Vance and his family for a tour or sit-down at the Naval Observatory, where they are scheduled to move on Jan. 20, multiple sources from both parties disclosed to CBS...

January 15, 2025

Commentary: If You Care About Healthy Food, Confirm RFK Jr.

As a vegan chef turned regenerative cattle rancher, I’ve traversed the narrow divides between two worlds: the health-conscious, progressive enclaves of Los Angeles and the rugged, often misunderstood landscapes of rural Texas. For years, I lived and breathed the principles...

January 15, 2025

Music Spotlight: Noah Thompson

The one word that came to mind when I heard Noah Thompson for the first time was “unexpected.” And I believe that is part of why Thompson won American Idol in 2022. No one, including himself, expected that he could...

January 15, 2025

Commentary: Intifada in America

On the same day that an ISIS-inspired terrorist killed 15 civilians in a deadly car attack in New Orleans, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors marched in Times Square chanting, “There is only one solution: intifada revolution.” After a year of such...

January 14, 2025

House Speaker Announces Flags at U.S. Capitol to Fly at Full-Staff During Trump Inauguration

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday announced that U.S. flags on Capitol Hill will fly at full-staff next week, during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but will be returned to half-staff the next day.

January 14, 2025

CNN’ Jennings: Dems’ Strategy for Hegseth Hearing Totally Blew Up in Their Faces

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings said Democratic senators’ “mudslinging” strategy backfired at President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s Tuesday confirmation hearing.

January 14, 2025

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Attempting to Block Laken Riley Act

Outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly attempting to block passage of the bipartisan Laken Riley Act. According to Breitbart, the report comes from independent reporter Pablo Manriquez, who said the DHS Secretary’s opposition to the bill...

January 14, 2025

Commentary: Woke DEI and Green Nihilism Result in Los Angeles Fires

Over 25,000 acres are ablaze in Los Angeles in the Pacific Palisades fire, a veritable living hell. Some 12,000-plus structures were incinerated. More than 250,000 souls have been evacuated and are in need of shelter.

January 13, 2025

Two Federal Judges Rule for Small Businesses, Halt Corporate Transparency Act

Within one month of each other, two federal judges ruled that a law passed by Congress is “likely unconstitutional” and ruled in favor of small businesses. At issue is the Corporate Transparency Act, which Congress passed in 2021, overriding a...

January 13, 2025

JD Vance Says That People Who Were ‘Prosecuted Unfairly’ over J6 ‘Should Be Pardoned’

Vice President-elect JD Vance said that people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, during the Capitol riots, should “obviously” not be pardoned by President-elect Donald Trump. “I think it’s very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on Jan. 6,...

January 13, 2025

Biden-Harris Admin Imposes New Export Controls on AI Chips

The Biden-Harris administration announced on Monday that it would restrict exports of chips used for artificial intelligence (AI) and technology, according to a White House press release. The new regulations, which were unveiled just a week before President Joe Biden...