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By Bob Hoge Democrats have shown little interest in helping clean up the massive fraud going on in nutrition programs, healthcare, and COVID relief, especially in places like California, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. In fact, they’ve routinely tried to shame those who point it out or discredit investigators who are shining a light on just how much of our money is being swindled. When investigator Nick Shirley dropped a three-minute video in March revealing $170 million in fraud, waste, and abuse in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office quickly posted a mocking tweet insinuating that Shirley was some sort of child predator. That tells you all you need to know about the shameless governor. But we don’t need to ask Democrats what their priorities are — they’ll show you. Nowhere was that more evident than at Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on government fraud featuring undercover video whiz James O’Keefe and independent investigator Ni...

By Bob Hoge Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday for confirmation hearings as Donald Trump’s pick to become the permanent AG. As you would expect, Democrats on the committee are trying to turn it into an anti-Trump theater production so they can get their MS NOW hits, and in at least one exchange about FBI Director Kash Patel over unsubstantiated rumors, their questions became “extraordinarily obnoxious.” Blanche clapped back when the repellent Graham Platner cheerleader , Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), took his time to personally attack Patel: @SenWhitehouse Is this you? pic.twitter.com/3lumhn722g — Trackman (@TheeTrackman) July 15, 2026 🚨 WOW! Attorney General Todd Blanche just MIC DROPPED insufferable Sen. Whitehouse (D) slandering Kash Patel WHITEHOUSE: How long do you intend to PUT UP with that Kash Patel character? Are you good with his airplane jaunts, are you confident he's not DRINKING on the job, are you sure none of...

By Teri Christoph President Trump started his Wednesday morning by hopping onto Truth Social with a rather direct message for the folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) : he'd really like to see those traffic stops resume. The president argued that traffic stops are one of ICE's most "important and effective" tools to apprehend violent illegal aliens and surrendering that tool would be "playing right into the criminal’s hands." As RedState's Ward Clark reported on Tuesday, a directive went out instructing agents to halt all vehicle stops, except those targeting known criminal illegal aliens. Fox News' Bill Melugin offered more details on the surprising move:  This comes after two people were killed by ICE in shootings in TX and ME in the last week in incidents that began as vehicle stops. DHS alleges one of those incidents was a ramming attempt.  I’m told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle st...

By Eddie Scarry A majority of Americans said they wanted these people out of their country. If Democrats believed in elections, they would have respected that choice, but they don’t. So things have naturally turned violent. Two more people died in recent days encountering immigration authorities, which predictably means a renewed enthusiastic push by Democrats and the dying media to halt deportations altogether. The only acceptable message from the Trump administration is: Those who caused this mess don’t get a say in how to clean it up. It’s not a good sign that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday reportedly instructed law enforcement to “cease all non-urgent vehicle stops” in relation to immigration enforcement. Any action that carries the whiff of a suggestion that the problem isn’t the nearly 20 million illegal aliens in this country — allowed in by Democrats — but rather the attempt to remove them is precisely the wrong signal. At this stage, there is no...

By Sarah Anderson Well, here's something that doesn't happen too often.   On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Miami awarded $314 million in damages to three U.S. citizens who were imprisoned and tortured by Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela before being freed in a 2023 prisoner swap. The three men were Jerrel Kenemore, a Texas computer scientist who'd moved to neighboring Colombia to be with a woman he met. He was kidnapped by paramilitaries in 2022 while visiting a grocery store near the Venezuela-Colombia border and held for over 600 days before being charged with "espionage" and "counterintelligence activities." He claims he was beaten, held in harsh conditions, and degraded constantly.  Edgar Jose Marval was detained for just over 120 days, but allegedly suffered the most abuse. He was beaten repeatedly until his back was broken, had his genitals electrocuted, and was tortured psychologically with made-up threats to his childr...

By PAUL BOIS The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight savings time permanent, effectively ending the biannual clock changes. The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 passed the U.S. House 308-117, with 22 Republicans and 95 Democrats voting against. President Trump has expressed support for the bill, which now heads to the U.S. Senate, where it will face opposition from both parties for reasons pertaining to school start times, sunrises, and effects on circadian rhythms. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said the bill “is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks.” “I am going to work very hard to see The Sunshine Protection Act signed into Law. It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republ...

By Noah Amy Coney Barrett testified to Congress today, and the results were stunning. Even a very slight reading between the lines seems to suggest she is fully compromised and issuing compromised rulings because she is scared for her life and her family’s life. Visibly shaken: Barrett seems shaken while explaining that she didnt think that being a Supreme Court justice would mean she had to explain to her 12 year old son what a bullet proof vest was. Admitting she is clueless about the terrorist nature of the Left. She is not fit for the role. https://t.co/5n2OLhgJP1 — Good Lawgic (@TheFollowingPro) July 14, 2026 The only thing everyone is seeing is that she is no longer issuing independent decisions, she clearly seems influenced and altered: Breanna 100% correct. Amy Coney Barrett should step down after this testimony. She just admitted she's shook and it clearly impacts her decisions. That's FEAR on her face. https://t.co/ruCkOkdMIE — Rich Baris THE PE...

By IAN HANCHETT During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” President Donald Trump stated that energy targets in Iran will be hit and “We’re going to knock out all of their power plants. We’re going to knock out all of their bridges, unless they get to the table and negotiate.” Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst asked, “Do you anticipate that the strikes we’re seeing this week against Iran will expand? Are you considering hitting energy targets or other locations inside of Iran?” Trump responded, “They’re going to expand. I’ll save the energy targets for last, but, ultimately, we’ll hit energy targets, yeah. But we’re going to hit them very hard tonight. We’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then, next week, it gets really bad for them, because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all of th...

By Nicholas McEntyre A leftist Canadian woman allegedly slapped a teen who was wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore over the Fourth of July weekend — before she was arrested and detained by immigration officials. Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3, according to court documents obtained by NJ.com. Tracey took issue with two of the beachgoers — who are minors — wearing “patriotic colored” sweatpants with the words “Trump” and “ICE” before she struck one of them across the face and body, police alleged. Kaitlyn E. Tracey was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, harassment and obstruction. gravmasterhash/Insta Video surveillance captured Tracey’s alleged assault before she left the scene but was identified by police who obtained an arrest warrant for her, the outlet reported. She was arrested on Monday and ...

By NEIL MUNRO The Mexican government is using lawyers to block ICE’s repatriation of migrant Mexicans back to Mexico, according to Reuters. The news service reported : Mexico has begun filing criminal complaints with state prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody and during enforcement operations, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Mexico’s government has also sent cease-and-desist letters to U.S. detention centers where Mexican nationals have died, the ministry added in a statement. “I don’t think this situation appears acceptable to anyone,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday. “This is an issue for all Mexicans,” she said, portraying the legal intervention as a nationalist cause for Mexicans. Mexico’s government is also asking the United Nations to investigate U.S. deportation operations following the recent deaths of 17 Mexicans during the deportation process. Mexico’s intervention in the U.S. ...

By Bob Hoge Seemingly, not a day goes by without Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying something anti-American, or threatening the wealthy, or offering up insane Marxist solutions to the city’s problems. Now, he’s causing outrage for his explanation of why rape numbers are rising. It’s not because there’s a problem, he argued, it’s because the law called “ Rape Is Rape ,” signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2024, expanded the definition of the crime and caused numbers to surge. The measure updated the definition to include several nonconsensual sexual acts that you would have thought would have fallen under the definition in the first place. Although it’s true that such a move would cause a change in statistics, it’s notable how little compassion Mamdani, who is widely considered to be anti-police , shows about the trend: During an interview with PIX11 News , reporter Dan Mannarino asked Mamdani about New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin's concerns ov...