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A former top deputy to Lois Lerner, the former director of the IRS Exempt Organizations division and a central figure in the 2013 IRS targeting scandal, now runs one of the primary operating divisions of the IRS, according to a report from the American Accountability Foundation. The report alleges that Holly Paz “seems to have…
As Los Angeles rioters engaged in violence against law enforcement, while others blocked traffic or burned cars, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., focused her attention on taunting the deployed National Guard troops in the city. “What are you all going to do? Are you going to shoot some kids?” Waters, 86, who has represented part of…
Leftist billionaire George Soros is in pursuit of the long-sought political “white whale” for Democrats: finally turning Texas blue. Soros is pouring millions into a super PAC called Texas Majority PAC to flip the state in the 2026 midterms and beyond. He donated $1 million this past April and $2.1 million in 2024. Texas is…
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted a Freedom Flotilla Coalition boat carrying pro-Palestine activists, including Greta Thunberg, late Sunday. Thunberg and her fellow passengers were attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition was sailing the boat, named the “Madleen” to “Gaza to challenge Israel’s ongoing blockade” and deliver humanitarian aid, according to the…
After President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to the Los Angeles area in response to violent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., suggested that he is unwilling to comply with federal authorities. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said of Newsom’s comments, “It’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an…
UPDATE: Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a Sunday evening press conference that the violence was “getting increasingly worse and more violent.” “This violence that I’ve seen, it’s disgusting,” McDonnell said, according to Fox News. “It’s escalated now, since the beginning of this incident. What we saw the first night was bad. What…
If previous statements from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick remain true, then the United States could roll out its “gold card” program soon—an unprecedented initiative to sell US residency to wealthy clients in order to raise revenue. To be sure, there has been much talk of these gold cards, but with no implementation to date. If…
Just two weeks after the Trump administration released federal immigration data to states, Texas identified 33 potential noncitizens who voted in the November 2024 election and referred them for criminal investigation. The state is only in its “early stages” of analyzing data, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson said, so this could be the first…
A nonprofit founded by Georgia Democratic politician Stacey Abrams to protect voting rights paid more than $20 million to a lawyer who is a close friend and helped set up two of her private businesses, according to tax and state incorporation filings and other records obtained by RealClearInvestigations. Abrams’ Fair Fight Action redirected the tax-exempt donations…
Texas will erect the Texas Life Monument, a statue honoring mothers and the sanctity of life, after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a resolution Tuesday authorizing the monument be built. The legislation passed with a large majority of support in the Texas Legislature. According Tim Van Dohlen, co-founder of the St. John Paul II Life…
The Make America Healthy Again movement claimed another win this week when the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would once again allow whole and reduced-fat milk to be served in school cafeterias. “I’m encouraged to see the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act advance. This common-sense, bipartisan…
Italians are heading to the polls Sunday for a two-day referendum on whether to accelerate the citizenship process and change labor laws—proposals opposed by the country’s conservative prime minister. As immigration concerns mount across Europe, the citizenship question would usher in a sweeping change in Italy by cutting in half the required period of residence…
An unexpected issue has emerged as the House-passed “big, beautiful bill” is debated in the Senate—whether or not states will lose the ability to regulate artificial intelligence in the future. Since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called out a provision in the House’s “big, beautiful bill” that blocks states from regulating AI, the Senate is…
A federal judge who has ruled twice to halt executive actions by President Donald Trump previously gave about $500,000 in campaign contributions to Democrats The judge, U.S. District Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island, will also preside over yet another case involving Trump. All three cases involve federal funding. In one case,…
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien removed from the U.S. to his native El Salvador earlier this year, has been brought back to the U.S. following legal challenges to his deportation. But the Trump administration is welcoming Abrego Garcia back from a Salvadoran prison to the U.S. with an indictment from the Justice…
Republicans are surging, and Democrats are in deep trouble. That’s what a new report from The New York Times concluded after assessing polling data from the past four presidential elections. The new study concluded that the GOP was gaining ground in working-class counties, while Democrats were earning support increasingly in the best-educated enclaves of the…
President Donald Trump on Friday moved to ensure American airspace dominance and protect the U.S. from foreign threats from above. “Summing up all three of today’s drones and aviation executive orders, our message is simple: American innovation belongs in American aerospace,” said Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Trump…
Some House Republicans say they would rather use Department of Government Efficiency savings to pay off the national debt than to hand out the funds to taxpayers. President Donald Trump floated giving $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpaying households in February, saying: “We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens, and 20% down to…
President Donald Trump’s feud with Elon Musk showed no sign of reconciliation Friday. Recent reports revealed that the president considered giving away his Tesla in response to Elon’s public attacks on Trump’s spending bill and accusing him of being in the Epstein files. Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported that in the face…
A new poll finds that a majority of Americans approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing. A majority of respondents (51%) said they "strongly approve" (30%) or "somewhat approve" (21%) of the job Trump is doing, according to the Napolitan News Service. Meanwhile, 35% said they “strongly disapprove,” while another 11% said they…