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Why Are US Officials Promoting a Meeting With an Ally of Iran?

Why Are US Officials Promoting a Meeting With an Ally of Iran?

The State Department and a congressional delegation have engaged with a top-ranking Bosnian official who earlier this year reportedly touted potential...

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Takes Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

BREAKING: Supreme Court Takes Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship. The high court announced Friday that...

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What’s Next After Trump Voids Biden Autopen Orders?

What’s Next After Trump Voids Biden Autopen Orders?

The Trump administration could have a tough time making all of former President Joe Biden’s autopen actions “null and void,” which likely means...

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Supreme Court Justices Hear Street Preacher Who Challenged Law After Pleading No Contest to Breaking It

Supreme Court Justices Hear Street Preacher Who Challenged Law After Pleading No Contest to Breaking It

Justices didn’t seem to break along predictable lines Wednesday, when they presented critical questions to both sides in a case regarding a...

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House Republicans Seek Answers on Biden-Era Data Breach of 256,000 Consumers

House Democrats recently blamed the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for poor information...

03.12.2025 7

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4 Takeaways From Supreme Court First Amendment Case on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

4 Takeaways From Supreme Court First Amendment Case on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of arguments from the New Jersey attorney general’s office to justifying subpoenas of a network of pro-life...

03.12.2025 3

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Who Decides Whether an Illegal Immigrant Gets Asylum for ‘Persecution’? Supreme Court Weighs Arguments

Who Decides Whether an Illegal Immigrant Gets Asylum for ‘Persecution’? Supreme Court Weighs Arguments

Should the Trump administration or the courts determine whether an illegal alien qualifies for asylum due to threats of persecution, when the facts...

02.12.2025 3

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How Liberal Lawfare Actors Spearheaded Case That Got Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Disqualified

How Liberal Lawfare Actors Spearheaded Case That Got Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Disqualified

A three-judge panel disqualified President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer as the acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, in a case pushed by the...

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How AFT Anti-Trump Lawfare Has Little to Do With K-12 Public School Teachers

After President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term in January, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten asserted she was...

01.12.2025 3

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Did Wisconsin Democrat AG Undermine His Own Case Against Alternate Trump Electors?

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul’s office twice asserted that a slate of alternate electors contesting the 2020 election was legal before...

30.11.2025 2

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After Clash With White House on Gulf Name, AP Argues for Oval Office, Air Force One Access

After Clash With White House on Gulf Name, AP Argues for Oval Office, Air Force One Access

The Associated Press argued for keeping its Oval Office and Air Force One access before a Washington, D.C., appeals panel Monday, after riling...

25.11.2025 8

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Investor Arrested After Bringing up Epstein, Ratchets Up Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway

Investor Arrested After Bringing up Epstein, Ratchets Up Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway

A watchdog group whose chief was arrested at a corporate shareholder meeting after bringing up Jeffrey Epstein’s name asserted in court papers that...

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Court Allows Federal Citizenship System to Verify Legal Voters for Now

Court Allows Federal Citizenship System to Verify Legal Voters for Now

The Trump administration scored a preliminary court victory on the election integrity battlefront when a Joe Biden-appointed judge at least...

21.11.2025 8

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How Tax Dollars Heavily Subsize Fast-Food Dining in California

In the last two years, taxpayers spent $524 million in food stamp payments mostly for fast-food restaurants, according to data from the office of...

20.11.2025 10

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Why Lawmakers for This Battleground State are Seeking Federal Election Monitors

Michigan state lawmakers asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to send election monitors for the state’s 2026 contests, noting that Secretary of State...

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Democrat Congresswoman Faces Censure for Texts With Epstein

Democrat Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands could face censure after revelations that she was texting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey...

19.11.2025 5

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Judge Gives Comey Early Win. What Does It Mean for the Rest of the Case?

A federal magistrate judge on Monday criticized federal prosecutors when ordering that they turn over grand jury evidence to the defense team...

18.11.2025 6

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4 Key Democrat Deceptions About the Epstein Files and Trump

House Democrats are pushing an “anti-Trump hoax” that contradicts information in both testimony and from Justice Department documents about...

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‘SHAMELESS HYPOCRISY’: What Newsom Leaves Out as He Lectures at UN Climate Conference

Traveling this week to Brazil, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cast himself as standing up for the climate–even as his state imports most of its oil......

16.11.2025 3

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Conservative UC Berkeley Students Welcome DOJ Probe of Left-Wing Campus Violence

Conservative students at one of the most left-wing universities in the United States welcome a Justice Department probe after violent protests erupted...

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Files Reveal How Friendship With Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein Came to an End

Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein touted his friendship with former President Bill Clinton, but the two also had a falling out after Epstein felt...

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‘NO BEARING’: Despite Trump Pardons, Democrat AGs to Prosecute Election Cases

Despite President Donald Trump’s pardons on Sunday, Democrat attorneys general told The Daily Signal and publicly suggested they plan to continue...

14.11.2025 4

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‘FAKE NARRATIVE’? Dems Left Out a Key Detail in Epstein Files Drop, Republicans Say

House Democrats redacted a key detail from their Wednesday release of Jeffrey Epstein files to promote a “fake narrative” and “smear”...

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Scott Bessent Teases ‘Substantial Announcements’ on Prices and Incomes

The Trump administration is set to make announcements about tackling affordability problems on two fronts—bringing down prices and boosting incomes,...

13.11.2025 10

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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Step Act Allows Reduction in Criminal Sentences

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether convicted felons can petition for reduced sentencing under the First Step Act, a criminal...

13.11.2025 8

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In Hot Water: Jasmine Crockett Faces Probe Over Conflicting Financial Disclosures

A watchdog group alleges that Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, filed inconsistent financial disclosure statements regarding investments, which...

11.11.2025 4

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Haircut in the High Court: How Justices Respond to Latest Religious Freedom Case

The Supreme Court heard a religious freedom argument Monday out of Louisiana concerning whether individual government officials may be forced to pay...

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Why the Supreme Court May Never Review Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a former Kentucky county clerk’s case that could have potentially challenged the 2015 decision Obergefell...

10.11.2025 2

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Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin on Transgender Passports

The Supreme Court delivered a victory to the Trump administration regarding a policy that passports should identify people based only on biological...

07.11.2025 7

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Democrats Could ‘Bottle Up’ Sherrill’s New Jersey Win for National Path to Victory

Democrats had three big winners Tuesday, but New Jersey’s Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill could have the most staying power as a matter of math. Sherrill,...

07.11.2025 2

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How Trump-Appointed Justices Are Responding to Trump’s Tariffs

Two Supreme Court justices President Donald Trump appointed during his last term seemed skeptical of his presidential power to impose tariffs without...

06.11.2025 5

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Parental Rights, Election Integrity Among Key Ballot Measures Across the Country

Texas voters approved a first-in-the-nation parental rights initiative Tuesday.  Lone Star state voters also approved a state constitutional...

05.11.2025 4

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Trump Clashes With California Over Election Fraud

The Trump administration is preparing an executive order on election fraud, prompting California’s top election official to push back.  White House...

05.11.2025 10

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What Early Voting Trends Tell Us About the Big 3 Elections This Week

Democrats appear to have an edge in early voting going into Tuesday’s Big 3 elections: two governors’ races and the mayoral race in the...

03.11.2025 2

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Strip Clubs, Sex Changes, Rental Aid: What One Lawmaker Found in Medicaid Spending Shocked Him

Oregon state Rep. Dwayne Yunker began asking questions when he discovered the state was using tax dollars to bring developmentally disabled clients to...

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4 Likely Next Steps From Congressional Probe of Jack Smith and ‘Arctic Frost’

As revelations about former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol protest come to light, an investigation...

31.10.2025 3

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4 Broken Obamacare Promises

A new round of Obamacare enrollment begins on Nov. 1 against the backdrop of an ongoing partial government shutdown that revolves around a debate...

30.10.2025 8

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6 Ballot Measures to Watch in November

A dose of direct democracy is hitting the off-year elections as some ballot measures have far-reaching implications, from redrawing congressional maps...

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Ted Cruz, Eli Crane Lead Effort to Require Only Citizens Vote

A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona, is joining the effort to promote a... Read More The post...

23.10.2025 3

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Trump Administration ‘Schools’ Another University Seeking to Keep Federal Tax Dollars

The Trump administration reached yet another deal with a higher education institution, as the University of Virginia agreed to drop its diversity,...

23.10.2025 5

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Immigration, AI, Social Media Intersect in Unions’ Battle With Trump Administration

Unions are suing the Trump administration to prevent the potential deportation of noncitizens who express support for Hamas terrorists or who...

23.10.2025 7

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State Attorneys General Weigh in on Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Two-thirds of state attorneys general have jumped into the fray over a potential federal rule to require proof of citizenship for voting forms.  The...

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Chicago Sues Trump, Refusing to Drop DEI as Condition for Federal Money

Several blue cities, led by Chicago, want federal money to keep flowing but aren’t willing to abide by the Trump administration’s condition of...

22.10.2025 8

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Probe Finds Biden’s FEMA ‘Systematically’ Withheld Assistance From Trump Supporters

The Justice Department could investigate Biden administration emergency response employees who “systematically” avoided helping disaster...

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‘FLIP YOUR BALLOT’: Opponents of Newsom’s Gerrymandering Agenda Have Advice for California Voters

Opponents of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering plan to redraw congressional districts to favor Democrats are warning voters to...

21.10.2025 2

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9th Circuit Clears Way for Trump to Deploy National Guard in Portland

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way Monday for President Donald Trump to mobilize the National Guard to protect federal buildings...

21.10.2025 2

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New Jersey County With History of Voter Fraud Could Face DOJ Scrutiny

In the midst of the governor’s race, the New Jersey Republican Party is asking the U.S. Justice Department to send federal monitors to watch the......

21.10.2025 3

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Secrecy of Ballot, Election Security Could Be at Risk in Virginia Contests

The secret ballot is at risk in a populous Virginia county near Washington, D.C., amid one of the most closely watched state elections of 2025,......

20.10.2025 3

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Taxpayers Spend Big on Nonessential Back Pay as Schumer Shutdown Drags On

The government shutdown is costing taxpayers $400 million per day to pay furloughed government workers—a total that is reaching nearly $5 billion as...

18.10.2025 2

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Why the Bolton Case Might Be Different From Other Politically Charged DOJ Prosecutions

Legal experts say the John Bolton classified documents case will be more difficult for President Donald Trump’s critics to dismiss as a Trump...

18.10.2025 3

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