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Biden Was Never Fit For Office To Begin With

Who approved the Biden administration’s 11th-hour clemency decisions and authorized use of the autopen? Because it certainly wasn’t Biden.

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John Daniel Davidson

Oversight Committee Member Calls For More Subpoenas As Biden Aides Lawyer Up

The New York Times' story on the Biden autopen scandal raises more questions -- and urgency for investigators to secure testimony.

yesterday 30

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M.d. Kittle

Report: Medicaid Recipients The GOP Made Work Part-Time Watch TV And ‘Relax’ 6 Hours A Day

Reestablishing a culture of work via the reconciliation bill represents a hard-earned victory for common sense.

yesterday 60

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Christopher Jacobs

SCOTUS Says Trump Admin Can Move Forward With Mass Layoffs At Education Department

After a lengthy diatribe about how Trump is trying to singlehandedly shut it down, despite all evidence to the contrary, Sotomayor on the tenth...

yesterday 6

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Breccan F. Thies

Media Mocked Doubts About Biden’s Autopen. A New NYT Report Just Confirmed Them

AP, MSNBC, and CNN fell over themselves to brand Trump and anyone who questioned the use of autopens in Biden's final weeks as conspiracy theorists.

yesterday 3

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Brianna Lyman

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’

A candidate running for mayor of Minneapolis has called Somalia his “home” despite being born in America and running for American office. Omar...

yesterday 2

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Brianna Lyman

‘Atomic Echoes’ Documentary Highlights The Terrible Costs Of Nuclear War

Two women interview atomic veterans and trace Japanese souvenirs on a quest to understand their families' ties to nuclear war.

yesterday 1

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Helen Raleigh

Exclusive: Hundreds Of Ballots Cast By More Than 100 Potential Noncitizens In Texas, AG Says

It is good officials are still digging into the 2020 election, but it is past time to repair the election process for future elections.

yesterday 1

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Beth Brelje

No, You Don’t Have To Be A Dispensationalist To Believe In Zionism

Fulfillment theology not only fails to do justice to the actual Bible but also caricatures Christian Zionism, rooting it all in dispensationalism.

yesterday 40

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Gerald Mcdermott

Congress Broke The Military, Now It Must Fix It

Only Congress can fully undo the mess it made.

yesterday 10

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William A. Woodruff

Exclusive: 18 States Are Still Letting Dudes Dominate Girls’ Sports, Compliance Tracker Shows

'While young female athletes and students are forced to share single-sex spaces with biological males, leaders in states like California and Maine...

yesterday 0

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Abigail Nichols

Biden Is Still Not In Control

Whatever sense of transparency The New York Times and Joe Biden’s team were aiming for with that recent interview about his use of an autopen as...

yesterday 0

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Eddie Scarry

Feds Find Adam ‘No One Is Above The Law’ Schiff Likely Committed Mortgage Fraud, Trump Says

Schiff has never felt real consequences for lying in Congress. The censure? Meaningless. It is time to throw the book at him.

yesterday 0

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Beth Brelje

NBC Propagandists Care More About James Comer E-Signing Letters Than Biden Autopen Scandal

It’s an insult to Americans’ intelligence to insinuate a carefully crafted investigation is even remotely close to the alleged autopen abuse.

yesterday 0

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Jordan Boyd

Dem States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals

California is behind an effort to force American taxpayers to fund English classes for illegal aliens. The state — along with 21 other states, two...

yesterday 0

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Breccan F. Thies

Is The YMCA Using Tax Dollars To Push Trans Agenda? Parents Group Urges Congress To Find Out

'Our letter highlights the urgent need for an investigation into the YMCA’s federal funding since the organization continues to allow for radical...

previous day 9

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Abigail Nichols

Fauci Pardon Was Greenlit By Aide With No Proof Biden Approved It

Now the American people deserve two investigations: one into the decision-makers behind the autopen and the other probing Fauci’s havoc-wreaking...

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Beth Brelje

Instead Of Boosting LGBT Agendas On Back To The Frontier, The Gaineses Need To Go Back To The Bible

In nine years, the Gaineses went from making traditional marriage the hill they die on to making it the hill they flippantly surrender.

previous day 10

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Jordan Boyd

Judge Botches TRO In Planned Parenthood Case A Second Time

It is yet another example of egregious judicial overreach.

previous day 30

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Margot Cleveland

Multiple Pardons Granted By Autopen Without Biden Approving Recipients, Staff Admit

A report released Sunday in The New York Times reveals multiple pardons handed out in the final weeks of President Joe Biden’s presidency were...

previous day 30

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Brianna Lyman

2024 Was A Year Of Bullet-Dodging

Sometimes we see the divine hand of providence work in the shadows. Other times, it's caught on live television.

previous day 2

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Elle Purnell

The Uniparty Swamp Tried To Ruin Douglass Mackey’s Life Over A Meme — And Lost

Though his arrest came just days after Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021, the investigation and groundwork for the case were carried out by Trump...

previous day 20

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Hans Mahncke

Big Fertility Needs To Be Honest With Patients About The Consequences Of IVF

'If I believe life begins at conception, and I do, there are nine lives sitting on ice in a freezer that bear my DNA.'

previous day 10

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Ansley Mcgalliard And Noah Torres

America Can’t Afford To Be The Arsenal Of The World Anymore

A foreign policy rooted in realism begins by recognizing limits: of production, of attention, and perhaps most of all, of obligation.

previous day 10

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Adam Johnston

Judge Indira Talwani’s Unhinged Planned Parenthood Order Amounts To Judicial Terrorism

Talwani’s temporary restraining order commands that the executive ignore the law and keep shoveling the benjamins to feed abortions.

previous day 2

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Nathan Stone

Staff Used Autopen To Change Pardons After Biden Allegedly Approved Them

A report from The New York Times indicates that former President Joe Biden’s staffers used the autopen to sign off on changes to pardons without...

previous day 1

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Brianna Lyman

LA To Give Illegal Aliens Cash So They Can More Easily Evade Law Enforcement

Cash is just one perk of harboring or being an illegal alien. The city is also delivering food to those who don't want to leave their house.

previous day 0

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Beth Brelje

Key Senator: Trump’s DOJ, FBI Slow-Walking Assassination Attempt Investigations

Sen. Ron Johnson has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Kash Patel for the agency's records on the shooter and the shooting.

sunday 2

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M.d. Kittle

The Sandersons Fail Manhattan Is A Hilarious Case Study In How Wokeness Can Ruin Your Life

The message of The Sandersons Fail Manhattan is nothing The Federalist's readers haven't heard before, but the book offers readers a cathartic...

11.07.2025 2

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Jacqueline Annis-Levings

Media Fearmongering About Big Beautiful Tax Cuts Is The Same Nonsense They Peddled In 2017

Democrats heralded the same doomsday warnings in 2017 when Trump passed tax cuts that helped the middle class and were extremely popular with...

11.07.2025 4

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Ariel Mcdowell

ICE Rescued Kids From Likely ‘Exploitation’ At Marijuana Farm And Democrats Are Furious

Democrats are continuing their assault on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by faking outrage over a raid where officers saved illegal...

11.07.2025 70

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Breccan F. Thies

Report: Sen. Banks Imposes Hold On Air Force Nominee Who Backed DEI-Based Promotions

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is blocking the promotion of an Air Force colonel who supported race- and gender-based promotions in the service, according...

11.07.2025 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

Democrats Collude With Judges To Keep Allowing Noncitizens To Vote In U.S. Elections

Democrats stand to be greatly harmed if they abide by Trump's new election integrity order, which is why they're taking him to court.

11.07.2025 60

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Garland Favorito

Furor Over Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park Illustrates Democrats’ Total Departure From Reality

We don’t have politics. We don’t ‘disagree.’

11.07.2025 1

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Chris Bray

KBJ Keeps Showing America Why She Doesn’t Belong On SCOTUS

The more Jackson opens her mouth and pens unhinged opinions, the more clear it becomes she has no business being on SCOTUS.

11.07.2025 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

New Docs Shatter Leftist Claims Emil Bove Ordered Former DOJ Official To ‘Defy’ Court Orders

New records obtained by The Federalist undercut Democrat claims that judicial nominee Emil Bove ordered DOJ officials to ignore a court order.

11.07.2025 3

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Shawn Fleetwood

It Should Be Obvious By Now That Not Everyone Can Become An American

We have to reject the toxic multicultural ideology, popular for many decades, that degrades citizenship to mere process neutralism.

11.07.2025 3

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John Daniel Davidson

ICE Detained An Illegal Alien Once ‘Flagged’ On Terror Watchlist. Media Call Him A ‘Children’s Chaplain’

The narrative of his detention will focus mostly on his religious work and hardly about his immigration status.

11.07.2025 1

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Beth Brelje

Denaturalize And Deport Zohran Mamdani For Immigration Fraud

Any serious nation with an interest in self-preservation would immediately denaturalize and deport Mamdani.

11.07.2025 1

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B.l. Hahn

Majority Of Gen Z Men Want More Restrictions For Online Porn, Poll Finds

Although he was surprised by the results, Wilcox said "This study is encouraging if it leads more young men to stay away from pornography."

11.07.2025 4

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Abigail Nichols

This Newly Implemented Online Speech Code Just Gave European Censors Another Weapon

For failure to appropriately monitor content under the Digital Services Act, a company could face fines up to 6 percent of its global revenue, ADF...

11.07.2025 3

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Michaela Estruth

‘Two Different Americas’: SBA-Pro Life President Lays Out What’s Next In Fight For Life

Marjorie Dannenfelser laid out the movement's wins and losses post-Dobbs at the annual Iowa Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines.

11.07.2025 30

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M.d. Kittle

Trump Admin Ends Taxpayer Subsidies For Illegal Aliens

The wide-ranging move ends a nearly 30-year period of government incentivizing illegal immigration by allowing illegals to benefit from programs...

10.07.2025 10

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Breccan F. Thies

WashPost Dork Philip Bump Says Medicaid Isn’t Welfare If You Simply Don’t Call It Welfare

It’s always a good time to identify the Washington Post’s Philip Bump as a duplicitous little dork, so let’s look at his latest column in which he...

10.07.2025 7

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Eddie Scarry

Pentagon Pulls Promotion Of Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows After Federalist Inquiry

The Defense Department is pulling the recommendation for Rear Admiral Michael Donnelly’s promotion, one week after the DoD refused to answer The...

10.07.2025 4

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Jacqueline Annis-Levings