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By Catherine Salgado Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice (DOJ), is stepping in to protect Californian gun owners’ rights. Dhillon wrote on X on June 24 that she notified California's Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta (both Democrats) that they need to drop their "unconstitutional restrictions" on Californians' ability to buy handguns, which is protected under the Second Amendment. Because it is a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, states cannot make valid laws restricting said right. In the official DOJ communication, Dhillon explained how the Constitution applies in this case. "Because handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense, a prohibition of their use is invalid," she warned Newsom and Bonta. The state law in question is to come into effect on July 1 — ironically, a few days before America's 250th birthday, which will commemorate our indep...

By Victor Nava The official House Republican campaign arm trolled Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries with a mocking sympathy gift Wednesday after socialist radicals won three New York congressional primary races, knocking out two incumbents that he endorsed. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) left condolence flowers and a card that read, “With heartfelt sympathy,” outside Jeffries’ (D-NY) Capitol Hill office “to commemorate” the losses suffered by Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to a slate of far-left candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani .  “Three losses in one night is tough,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement . “We wanted so-called ‘Leader’ Jeffries to know our thoughts are with him, his candidates, and whatever remains of his influence in the Democrat Party.” The NRRC described the results of primary night in New York as “tough” for Jeffries. NR...

By Rusty Weiss A heated, closed-door shouting match between President Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) at a Senate Republican luncheon quickly morphed into a political win for the White House. And Trump certainly seems happy with the results. After sparring with Cassidy—who pushed back earlier in the day, saying he wouldn’t be “bullied” over Iran policy —Trump made his case directly to skeptical GOP senators. The President was addressing the same Democratic war powers resolution that had aimed to limit his military options and had passed just over a month ago. Hours after the tense conversations and some White House briefings, both Cassidy and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had adjusted their positions on the matter. Cassidy voted against the measure while Paul voted "present." "Wow! The Senate just changed its vote on Iran from 50-48 against to 50-47 for. Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy changed," the President wrote on Truth Social . "Thank you to Leader John Thune...

By Eyal Hulata In an interview he gave several days ago to Iranian radio, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf revealed more than he may have intended. Beyond the declarations of victory and the familiar boasting, he effectively admitted that Iran had not achieved its goals on the battlefield. But according to him, it is making much more significant gains in negotiations than it managed to achieve through military force. He called it "diplomacy from a position of strength." For Iran, this is not just a slogan. It is a long-standing operational concept. Ghalibaf explains plainly how Iran links the different fronts. From its perspective, closing the Strait of Hormuz, escalating in Lebanon and negotiating with the United States are not separate events, but different tools in the same strategy, whose goal is to bring about an end to the pressure on Iran and the enemy's withdrawal. Military pressure is not meant to defeat the enemy, but to influence the t...

By Brecca Stoll Congressman Seth Moulton’s (D-MA) balancing act — between his own reputation for being a moderate democrat and pressure from the party’s new left flank — was on full display after a question about his support for Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate Race ended in a scuffle.  After a reporter asked the Massachusetts Senate hopeful his thoughts on Platner’s race, Moulton responded, “Who are you asking this question?” The camera fell to the ground then, and Fox News’s Cameron Cawthorne claimed that Moulton had knocked it out of his hand.  “You should do a better job of hanging onto your phone,” he said.  . @sethmoulton lashes out and knocks down phone when asked whether he endorses Platner Video obtained by @foxnewspolitics pic.twitter.com/OSgrOzjdY6 — Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) June 24, 2026 Even Democrats who were quick to endorse Platner early in the election cycle have been hesitant to discuss him as report after report has added di...

By Nick Arama Democrats have been losing their minds for days now over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  The only reason they cared was that they thought they could attack President Donald Trump over the algae bloom in the pool, after he had said how beautiful it looked immediately after it was done. They were even freaking out over three dead ducks found in the area. Now we don't know why the ducks were dead. Folks on the Left immediately tried to blame the use of the hydrogen peroxide to treat the algae in the pool.  But that didn't fly. “I know a few more dead ducks have been found, but hydrogen peroxide remains an extremely unlikely cause,” said Brad Bortner, the former national division chief of migratory bird management at FWS. “They [would] have to pour hundreds or thousands of gallons of industrial-strength hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool to reach a concentration that would kill a bird.” The Democrats didn't give a darn about when Barack Obama sp...

By Stephen Green Nothing makes anything less affordable than a government promise to make something more affordable, and a Texas pharmacist revealed this week how an $18 generic antibiotic gets listed for $2,500. But from there, things get so seriously stupid that you just know there must be a government program involved. Brad Hart, along with his wife Glenda, own Forest Park Pharmacy in Fort Worth, so he knows a thing or two about how the system works — and just how dysfunctional it is. "A family came in wanting to transfer their kid's antibiotic to us," he posted to X earlier this week. "The child had already STARTED the course. Then, mid-treatment, the insurance company decided the last 14 tablets suddenly needed a 'prior authorization' before the other pharmacy could hand them over." All this for Linezolid, a generic antibiotic that costs Forest Park $18. Why all the fuss for something so inexpensive?  Hart explained, "Insurance and the PBM...

By Bob Hoge Democrats are proving daily that they have now become the Party of Violence. They celebrate Charlie Kirk’s murder. They fangirl over (alleged) assassin Luigi Mangione. They fundraise for Karmelo Anthony, who stabbed and killed a high-school football player over a minor dispute. On Tuesday, far-left “Squad” member Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) came to the defense of a domestic terrorist who shot a law enforcement agent in the neck. Justice came swiftly, and he was sentenced to 100 years in the slammer. It’s not that an Antifa thug tried to murder an officer that’s the problem, Tlaib wrote on X, it’s that Donald Trump is the devil incarnate and labeling terrorists for what they are — terrorists — is oh so wrong. Profanity alert, because Dems can’t seem to say anything these days without resorting to expletives: These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that's the point. Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try t...

By Nick Arama As we reported, the socialists had a big night in New York City, with three of the candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani winning in the primary. Because it's a deep blue city, it basically means they will win the general election.  House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) was the big loser on the night, after the people he backed, such as long-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) (who was the head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), lost to the socialist wave.  The socialist crew also made it clear they were coming for Jeffries, as our sister site, Townhall, reported. At the victory party for Claire Valdez, one of the Mamdani socialists who won, they first booed Jeffries when he appeared on the screen. The reaction from the crowd to @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/hxqaFQCLdT — katie honan (@katie_honan) June 24, 2026 Then they chanted, "You're next!"  And a “you’re next” chant pic.twitter.com/KIuQPG5ckN — katie honan (@katie_ho...