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By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) made a Monday radio appearance on The Moon Griffon Show and teased how the House of Representatives planned to address the $39 trillion in federal debt . Johnson told Griffon: "And then, we're going to lead up to what we have to do to address the largest spending item. The reason we're in trouble is because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot. Mandatory spending. That's your entitlement programs like, Medicare, Medicaid, and then things like Social Security. They have to be adjusted and fixed. We have a plan to do that, uh, next year, and it's critical because we're at 40 trillion, plus."  LISTEN : The weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth from the Democrats that has transpired with DOGE, then with the One Big Beautiful Law (OBBL), and now the Task Force on Fraud is only going to increase when Johnson makes this move. How does the Speaker plan to get these...

By Nick Arama According to reports:   A U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and the two crew members were safely rescued, according to two people briefed on the incident. It was not clear what caused the helicopter to go down, whether it was shot down or had some other problem.  President Donald Trump confirmed the pilots were okay. 🚨 U.S. APACHE HELICOPTER DOWN NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ A U.S. Apache gunship went down Monday near the critical Strait of Hormuz as tensions remain high in the Middle East. President Trump confirms the crew members are doing fine, thank God, and teams are still investigating… pic.twitter.com/7Th9D2NT0Q — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 9, 2026 US Central Command (CENTCOM) issued further details. At 7:33 p.m. ET on June 8, two crew members from a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache were rescued by American forces after their helicopter went down near the coast of Oman while patrolling regional waters....

By Sarah Anderson On May 30, at the age of 73, Nicaraguan politician and activist Brooklyn Rivera Bryan died.  You may be thinking: Elderly men die. What's the big deal? In this case, Rivera died in state custody. He was a political prisoner of the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime.  Rivera was born in the Miskito community of Li Dakwra, which is part of Nicaragua's North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. He founded the Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka (YATAMA), or "Children of Mother Earth," movement. He became a prominent opposition leader during the Sandinista Revolution era in the 1980s, when he opposed the government's policies toward indigenous communities, which often included repression, forced relocation, and land seizures.   I won't get into his entire storied career, but on September 29, 2023, he was arrested as part of a typical Sandinista crackdown on dissenters. As little dictatorships do, he was charged with "terrorism" fo...

By Hannah Brennan Republican senators signaled support for imposing consequences on sanctuary cities after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin floated a proposal to pull Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from airports in jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. "I think there should be consequences to cities and states that undercut federal law," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital. "I think they should pay a price for what they do. I agree with what he’s doing." Mullin has framed the proposal as a response to sanctuary cities that are limiting or refusing cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and disputes over immigration enforcement funding. The plan has received mounting backlash from Democrats as pulling these agents from blue city airports would halt all international travel into major airports. Without customs agents, passengers and cargo are unable to...

By Ward Clark Solar panels, it turns out, contain a lot of valuable materials: Not only glass, aluminum, plastics, and silicon, but also recyclable amounts of silver, copper, and rare earth minerals. These materials aren't cheap - and, like copper wire and catalytic converters, which contain platinum, they are now becoming targets for thieves.  A recent Bloomberg piece highlights just such a problem in Chile . Just before midnight, two men in white coveralls and black gloves scale an electric fence at a solar farm in Chile’s Atacama Desert, then slip soundlessly into rows of sleek panels.” Others use a poultry shear and electric angle grinder to breach the main gate. Three pickups without license plates pull in so the gang can load up their loot and race away. The thieves typically have less than an hour before police arrive to disable cameras, slice cables and extract dozens of panels before vanishing into the dunes. In this case, there was only one security guard, who was in...

By Landon Mion Vice President J.D. Vance Monday announced that he has referred allegations involving Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department's fraud division for a potential criminal investigation over alleged fraud in federally funded social services programs. Vance made the announcement during an appearance on Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime," when he was asked about a report released by the House Oversight Committee alleging that state officials, including Walz and Ellison, were warned of fraud in the state but did not take action to stop it in part because of litigation threats and concerns about being accused of discrimination. "We're certainly going to investigate this, Jesse, and I guess now I can make a bit of breaking news because I left the White House to come here to do this interview with you. And before I did, we actually referred this particular case to the Department of Just...

The US president is trying to project control in front of the cameras and says he believes there will be no need for another campaign. "Everything is working out very well," he said. At another event, he claimed: "You're really gonna win this over the next two weeks when we declare total victory." Vice President Vance on an agreement with Iran: "Israel may like it, and it may not." By Or Shaked After the recent round of fighting, which faded within less than 24 hours, US President Donald Trump believes Israel will not return to fighting Iran. Meanwhile, Trump said Tuesday that the future of the agreement with Iran could become clear within days. In a phone call with  Sky News  correspondent James Matthews, Trump was asked whether he would join Netanyahu if Israel resumed attacks on Iran. The US president replied: "It's all working out very well. Iran is doing what they have to do. I don't think that's going to happen, okay?...

By DYLAN GWINN Lawyers representing accused murderer Karmelo Anthony rested their case Monday, after their 19-year-old client declined to take the stand in his own defense. Judge John R. Roach informed the jurors, “What that means, ladies and gentlemen, is that you’ve heard all the evidence you’re going to hear today.” The court adjourned after an unexpectedly long lunch recess and will reconvene on Tuesday morning, where attorneys from the defense and the prosecution will make their closing arguments. Then the case will be in the hands of 12 jurors who will begin deliberating on the fate of Karmelo Anthony, 19, who is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2025 killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Anthony has declared his innocence and claimed self-defense. That defense seemed to take several significant hits, both last week in the opening days of the trial and on Monday. In one specific case, a witness called by the defense contradicted Anthony’s self-defense...

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By R. C. Maxwell ARLINGTON— The Department of War moved Monday to end the controversy over its newly simplified religious affiliation codes for U.S. service members, releasing an updated list to remove confusion and adding plainly that the Pentagon has no interest in settling theological disputes. In a statement on X, the Department of War Rapid Response account acknowledged that last week’s proposed list included “redundant and unnecessary labeling” and confirmed the unintended insinuation has been fixed. The overhaul reduces a previously bloated system of more than 200 faith codes down to roughly 30, using established labels familiar to chaplains and commanders. “The Pentagon’s job is not to adjudicate theological debates, but instead to ensure sincerely-held faith is respected and encouraged in our ranks,” the statement read. The updated Religious Affiliation Codes list removes the broader “Christian” grouping that appeared in the initial draft. Instead of designating 21 faiths...

By Bob Hoge It could be time for over a dozen alleged sex offenders and fraudsters to pack their bags. That’s what the Trump administration is telling 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud in an unprecedented denaturalization effort intended to crack down on those who came here and broke our laws. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Monday that citizenship is a privilege, and if you abuse it, you might lose it: American citizenship is a privilege, and it must be earned honestly. If you come here break our laws, and lie in your immigration proceedings, you forfeit that privilege. @DHSgov will not stand idly by while Americans are harmed by criminals including sex offenders,… https://t.co/0KtZUAHIqo — Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) June 8, 2026 American citizenship is a privilege, and it must be earned honestly. If you come here break our laws, and lie in your immigration proceedings, you forfeit that privilege. @DHSgov will not stan...

By Teri Christoph President Trump has taken his campaign to get Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough handed her walking papers directly to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). In a Truth Social post Monday afternoon, the president called on Thune to "immediately fire the Parliamentarian, who treats Republicans, and everything that they stand for, horribly!" Calling MacDonough a "nasty holdover from Mitch McConnell," the president went on to write she "is known as a Radical Left Lunatic that caters to Democrats, and has no respect for Republicans, or Republican Ideology" who recently "ruled against us on a proposal that would have easily been approved, and should have been, by anyone else." The proposal in question here is likely the $1 billion in funding requested for security additions to the White House ballroom construction project, which MacDonough said failed to meet procedural rules. pic.twitter.com/H3EQxryE0h — Rapid Resp...

By Bob Hoge If Border Czar Tom Homan is intimidated by the Left’s endless anti-ICE rhetoric and threats, he’s not showing it. In fact, on Monday, he announced he’s doubling down on illegal immigrant operations in New York City and plans a surge in the very near future. This is a direct “in your face” move to counter Gov. Kathy Hochul’s efforts to kneecap federal enforcement in the Empire State. He spoke as ongoing violent anti-ICE protests continued throughout the weekend at Delaney Hall, a detention facility in nearby Newark, New Jersey. It’s coming , he told Fox & Friends: Trump border czar Tom Homan revealed Monday that the administration has already drawn up an operational plan and warned Hochul before she signed legislation late last month restricting ICE activities and banning masked immigration agents in New York. "You're going to see more ICE than you've ever seen in New York City, and it's coming," Homan said, according to Bloomberg . "I jus...