Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday threatened to block a government funding package supported by President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats — raising the possibility of a partial federal shutdown as lawmakers work against a looming deadline. Graham said he was frustrated by language in a House-backed version of the funding bill that would repeal … Read more
For once, common sense has broken through the progressive fog in California — and it came not from Sacramento, but from Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell. When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed his latest anti-ICE gimmick into law — a lunatic “No Secret Police Act” banning federal agents from wearing face coverings while doing … Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz just took a rhetorical nosedive straight into political absurdity — and President Trump didn’t hesitate to expose it. After Walz mused publicly that federal law-enforcement actions in his state could be akin to a Fort Sumter moment — the flashpoint of America’s Civil War — Trump went straight at him, mockingly … Read more
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that 25 alleged accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein quietly reached “secret settlements” with his accusers — while four other Epstein employees named in past court filings were never charged — according to new court documents filed by Maxwell as part of her ongoing bid to overturn her conviction. In … Read more
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Friday that the state, along with several individual plaintiffs, has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau seeking to end the counting of illegal aliens in the census and force a recount of the 2020 Census and 2021 congressional apportionment. In a press release, … Read more
At least six of the 10 people found dead outdoors during New York City’s arctic deep freeze this week were homeless, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday, as critics urged the city to take more aggressive action to pull people off the streets. Some advocates and elected officials said the city should be doing more to … Read more
Drivers passing that stretch of road had no idea what was happening just a few meters away. Near the shoulder, a large monitor lizard had grabbed a cat and pinned it to the ground. The animal fought, twisting and clawing, but it was overpowered. The lizard had it firmly in its jaws and was dragging … Read more
A week before he died, Alex Pretti said federal agents broke his rib. Days later, he was lying on Minneapolis pavement, shot by the same system he’d been trying to confront. Witnesses heard screams, then “He’s got a gun,” then gunfire. Videos clash, officials contradict each other, and the truth is blee… Alex Pretti’s final … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that a hotel affiliated with Hilton canceled reservations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota. In a post on X, DHS shared a screenshot indicating that a Hampton Inn in Lakeville, south of Minneapolis, informed federal officials that it was “not allowing any ICE or immigration … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court could deliver a crucial ruling any day on a case that some argue would be one of the “most consequential” in modern history. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday that a U.S. Supreme Court fight over sitting Fed Governor Lisa Cook could have big effects on the central bank’s independence and … Read more