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Virginia Redistricting Battle Will Test Republicans’ Post-2024 GOTV Operation

If this measure passes, it 'would make Virginia the most gerrymandered state in the country,' Virginia GOP Chair Jeff Ryer told The Federalist.

31.03.2026 6

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Republicans Would Rather Cede Power To Democrats Than Their Own Voters

Just when you think the Senate GOP couldn’t get any more useless than it already is, its members find a way to prove you wrong. While the SAVE...

30.03.2026 4

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DOJ Charges Dominicans, Others In Alleged Benefit Fraud Schemes Totaling $1 Million

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against nine individuals accused of fraudulently obtaining government benefits totaling nearly...

26.03.2026 5

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Exclusive: Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against Christopher Wray Over Arctic Frost Lawfare

'Wray, who was at the top of all of it, should be investigated for what are potential violations of the DC Rules of Professional Conduct,' the...

26.03.2026 4

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America Can’t Heal From The Russia Hoax Because Mueller And His Ilk Faced No Accountability

America cannot successfully move past the Russia collusion hoax until its founders and lawbreaking participants receive the legal reckoning they...

26.03.2026 4

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Florida Tells NFL To Abandon ‘Race-And-Sex-Based Hiring Policies’ Or Face Legal Action

The state of Florida is warning the National Football League (NFL) that it may face legal action if it fails to abandon its “race-and-sex-based...

25.03.2026 7

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Supreme Court Weighs Asylum Policy Critical To Combatting Border Surges

'If it's not crossing the physical border, what is the magic thing ... that we're looking for where we say, "Ah, now that person we can say 'arrives...

25.03.2026 20

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New Docs: Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost Lawfare Against Patel, GOP Was Worse Than Originally Thought

The new documents show that Smith's efforts to acquire Patel's phone records during his time as a private citizen were far more extensive than...

24.03.2026 6

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Supreme Court Voices Skepticism About States Accepting Mail-In Ballots After Election Day

'Is that something we should be thinking about? Confidence in the election process? ... Just curious how we factor that in here,' Justice Kavanaugh...

24.03.2026 10

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Ohio, Indiana Stop The ‘Horrors’ Of Ranked-Choice Voting From Corrupting Their Elections

Ohio and Indiana have officially joined a growing number of states prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in their elections. Ohio Gov....

19.03.2026 3

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Supreme Court Gears Up To Decide If Elections End On Election Day

'This is a real opportunity for the Supreme Court to enforce the rule of law and to bring good election practices at the same time.'

19.03.2026 5

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Roberts Is More Bothered By Trump’s Attacks On Judges Than Judges’ Attacks On The Constitution

If anyone's evoking 'personal hostility,' it's rogue judges allowing their animus toward Trump to steer the outcome of cases before them.

18.03.2026 6

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GOP-Led Tennessee House Waters Down Bill That Would Have Barred Illegal Aliens From Public Schools

Tennessee Republicans watered down a bill that was initially designed to let public schools deny enrollment to illegal aliens, instead passing a...

17.03.2026 7

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Wyoming Is Ground Zero For RINOs’ War Against Conservatives

'We're at a really critical turning point in Wyoming politics where the insiders and the establishment class are very, very mad and want all of their...

17.03.2026 20

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SCOTUS To Hear Arguments On Trump’s Bid To End Temporary Status For Foreign Nationals

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a pair of cases centered on a core tenet of President Trump’s deportation policy. The high court...

16.03.2026 7

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Team USA Humiliates Canada In Sled Hockey, World Baseball Matchups

It’s another Monday that ends in “y,” which means that American athletes just spent the past weekend humiliating Canada in sports. The U.S. sled...

16.03.2026 6

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Sen. Schmitt: ‘We Need To Reform’ Broken Legal Immigration System That Welcomes Terrorists, Hurts Americans

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is calling out America’s broken legal immigration system following two terrorist attacks by naturalized U.S. citizens from...

13.03.2026 7

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Hegseth Orders Task Force To Probe DEI Indoctrination At America’s War Colleges

The Pentagon is launching a new task force to root out neo-Marxist ideology plaguing America’s war colleges, War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on...

13.03.2026 5

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Passing SAVE Act Would Signal Congress Actually Answers To Voters, Which Is Why Congress Hates It

The Senate GOP’s refusal to do what’s necessary to pass the SAVE America Act has been a sight to behold. From Majority Leader John Thune’s...

13.03.2026 8

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Here’s How Leftists Weaponize Their Anti-Trump Judicial Coup To Attack SCOTUS

Democrats are doing everything they can to destroy the Supreme Court's credibility because it's one of the few institutions they don't control.

12.03.2026 2

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1st Circuit Halts Rogue Judge’s Bid To Stop Trump’s ‘Third Country’ Deportations

In a win for the Trump administration, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling on Wednesday that sought to hinder the...

12.03.2026 5

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The Best Thing Trump Can Do For The Iran War Effort Is Shutting Up Lindsey Graham

Graham's asinine rhetoric about the Iran war is making it more difficult for the Trump White House to develop a coherent message on the subject.

11.03.2026 9

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From Alaskan Crab To Furniture, Here’s How The Pentagon Wasted Your Tax Dollars In One Month

'Unfortunately, the Pentagon's traditional year-end spending spree in 2025 was the worst ever on record at a staggering $93.4 billion.'

10.03.2026 10

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A Year Into Trump 2.0, Judicial Insurrectionists Reign Supreme

Rogue judges across the country are putting the Constitution through the paper shredder to give their leftist allies the outcomes they want.

10.03.2026 10

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A Year Into Trump 2.0, Judicial Insurrectionists Reign Supreme

Rogue judges across the country are putting the Constitution through the paper shredder to give their leftist allies the outcomes they want.

10.03.2026 20

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While Thune Slacks On SAVE America Act, His Home State Passes Its Own Version Of The Bill

While Senate Majority Leader John Thune hems and haws about getting the SAVE America Act to President Trump’s desk, his home state just showed him...

06.03.2026 10

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Appeals Court Rules D.C.’s Gun Magazine Restriction Is Unconstitutional

'Because these magazines are arms in common and ubiquitous use by law abiding citizens across this country, we agree ... that the District’s...

06.03.2026 7

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10 Times John Cornyn Betrayed Trump And MAGA

Cornyn's record indicates that he has often sided with the interests of the GOP establishment over those of Trump and his voters.

05.03.2026 10

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SCOTUS Rules That Courts Should Defer To Immigration Judges On Asylum Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the Trump administration on Wednesday in a dispute over the standard for reviewing the cases of illegal...

04.03.2026 9

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Primary Season Gives Conservatives The Chance To Kick Feckless RINOs To The Curb

Republican voters' routine apathy to the primary process has permitted RINOs to hijack the party and stonewall conservative priorities.

03.03.2026 10

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Gun Restriction At The Heart Of Hunter Biden Indictment Takes Center Stage At SCOTUS

The justices heard arguments on Monday about the legality of a federal law barring unlawful drug users from possessing firearms.

03.03.2026 10

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SCOTUS Shuts Down New York’s Bid To Redistrict GOP Seat Ahead Of 2026 Midterms

The New York court's order 'is unadorned racial discrimination' wrote Justice Samuel Alito.

03.03.2026 10

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SCOTUS Blocks California School Policy Hiding Kids’ ‘Gender Presentation’ From Parents

The high court vacated an appeals court ruling allowing California schools to hide kids' 'gender presentation' from their parents.

03.03.2026 10

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Texas Fire Chaplain Fired After Saying Men Don’t Belong In Women’s Sports Scores $78K Settlement

'Cases like this demonstrate that when you stand up, when you fight for the First Amendment, that cities don't get away with this sort of thing.'

02.03.2026 10

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Don’t Let Miserable Media Hacks Suck The Joy Out Of U.S. Hockey’s Gold Medal Wins

We'll be damned if we're going to allow a bunch of prima donna left-wing losers ruin U.S. hockey's Olympic victories.

27.02.2026 10

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Bombshell Report: Biden FBI Spied On Trump’s 2024 Campaign

FBI Director Kash Patel claimed that Smith's collection of Wiles' phone records 'extended into [her] time as Trump’s co-campaign manager.'

26.02.2026 10

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Republicans Ignore Big Tech’s Data Center Takeover At Their Own Peril

It's unclear whether some Republicans are willing to do what it takes to protect their constituents from Big Tech's data center land grab.

26.02.2026 10

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Trump’s Pro-America Vision Will Only Succeed If He Pushes Republicans To Implement It

President Trump painted an uplifting, “America First” vision for the country during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Filled with...

25.02.2026 10

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Watch: Many Seated Dems Refuse To Clap As Trump Lauds Team USA Hockey Champs

The U.S. men’s national hockey team defeating Canada to win the gold in the 2026 Winter Olympics was a great triumph. But it’s clear not all...

25.02.2026 40

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Yes, We’d Rather Have Patriotic Hockey Players At The SOTU Than Trump-Hating Democrats

In their latest high-wire circus performance, numerous congressional Democrats have declared that they are boycotting President Trump’s State of the...

24.02.2026 10

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D.C. Circuit Court Shoots Down Bid To Block IRS Data-Sharing Policy Aimed At Boosting Deportations

A federal appellate court shot down a challenge to a Trump administration data-sharing policy on Tuesday that aims to boost the deportation of illegal...

24.02.2026 10

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Here’s How Tennessee Can Put The Kibosh On Illegal Aliens Overrunning American Schools

SB 836 and HB 793 would authorize Tennessee public schools to 'refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States.'

24.02.2026 10

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SCOTUS Takes Up Oil Companies’ Challenge To Colorado City’s Climate Lawfare

Boulder officials claimed that these oil companies' 'fossil fuel activities contributed to climate change, causing harm to Boulder’s property and...

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‘So Proud To Be Americans’: U.S. Men’s Hockey Team Defeats Canada In Overtime Battle For Olympic Gold

The U.S. men's national hockey team defeated Canada to earn Olympic gold, on the 46th anniversary of the 'Miracle on Ice.'

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Kavanaugh: Trump Obviously Has Tariff Power And Here’s How He Can Keep Using It

The U.S. Supreme Court may have ruled against President Trump’s use of an emergency economics law to impose tariffs on foreign countries, but that...

20.02.2026 10

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Supreme Court Rules Against Trump In Emergency Tariffs Cases

'[The International Emergency Economic Powers Act] IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,' the court ruled.

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Exclusive: Republicans Launch Freedom Caucus To Tackle Minnesota’s Fraud-Plagued Government

'The path to restoring Minnesota to the once great state that it was is [by] returning to the Constitution and the founding principles of our...

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‘Greatest Country In The World’: USA Hockey Player Promotes Patriotism After OT Win

Some American athletes may be predisposed to trash their country on the world stage while competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. But the same can’t...

19.02.2026 20

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Justice Scalia Is Still Shaping Bombshell SCOTUS Rulings Years After His Death

Justice Scalia was planting the seeds that would later come to fruition in future originalist decisions produced by the Supreme Court.

19.02.2026 100

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NYT Accidentally Confesses There’s A Left-Wing Judicial Coup Against Trump

As admitted by Toobin, Democrat-appointed judges have become a critical feature of the left's evolving lawfare against Trump and his voters.

18.02.2026 10

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