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By Matt Margolis President Donald Trump just delivered a knockout punch to Obama-era climate hysteria, and the bureaucrats are having a total meltdown. On Thursday, the Trump administration finalized rules repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding — that dubious 2009 determination claiming six greenhouse gases threaten human health under the Clean Air Act. “We are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding,” Trump announced, calling the policy exactly what it was: “disastrous.” This wasn’t just some regulatory tweak. The endangerment finding was the entire foundation for the EPA’s power grab over climate policy under the Barack Obama regime. It allowed unelected bureaucrats to impose crushing regulations on the oil and gas industry, power plants, and vehicles, all without Congress ever voting to grant them that authority. Essentially, it let EPA staffers reshape the entire American economy based on a single “finding” they issued themselves. Trump’s repeal  also ax...

By Susie Moore Judge Boasberg strikes again! On Thursday, he issued a follow-up to his December 22, 2025, order commanding the Trump administration to facilitate the return of those Tren de Aragua members who were removed from the U.S. in March and sent to El Salvador so that they can contest that removal. This one spells out what Boasberg expects the administration to do to remedy the situation. JUST IN: Judge BOASBERG has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan men illegally deported under the Alien Enemies Act and who are currently in countries other than Venezuela. https://t.co/mpLgN8Wi2W pic.twitter.com/aj88O6ijCh — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 12, 2026 To review that December ruling, Boasberg, after determining that he has jurisdiction over the matter, ordered the administration to facilitate the plaintiffs' return to the U.S. to provide them "a meaningful opportunity" to contest their designation as TdA members and the ...

By Cam Edwards We're still waiting on the Third Circuit to issue its opinion on New Jersey's ban on "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines after oral arguments were held last fall, but an en banc panel of the appellate court took up more of New Jersey's restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms on Wednesday morning; the various "sensitive places", insurance requirements, and other mandates imposed on concealed carry applicants and licensees in the wake of the  Bruen  decision. The very fact that the Third Circuit decided to take the case en banc after a three-judge panel upheld most of the "gun-free zones" created by the legislature is, in itself, a sign that a majority of the court disagree with the opinion to one degree or another.  During oral arguments, New Jersey essentially argued that virtually any place where people might gather could be deemed "sensitive", despite the Supreme Court's caution ...

By Ward Clark All of the shenanigans and outright corruption of the late, unlamented Biden administration are still coming to light, and likely will be for years to come. It was one of the most deeply and fundamentally corrupt administrations in American history; the Biden family pulled off stunts that would make Hillary Clinton flinch. In the latest, we learned on Thursday that the Biden administration skipped federal rules to issue a half-billion-dollar  grant to a former Biden crony. A new inspector general's report released Thursday morning accuses the former  Biden administration  of bypassing federal rules when issuing a more than half-a-billion dollar "sole source contract" to a nonprofit led by a former Biden official to deal with the unaccompanied minor crisis in 2021. The Administration of Children and Families (ACF), which is under HHS and manages unaccompanied minors, awarded $529 million for a one-year contract in March 2021 to a nonprofit called Family E...

By David Manney In 2026, murder rates in major U.S. cities dropped to levels not seen since 1900, while violent crime dropped sharply amid President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation efforts. The numbers are impressive: homicides down 21% in 35 large cities, marking the largest single-year decline on record. Overall, violent offenses returned to or dipped below pre-pandemic figures from 2019, robberies decreased by 23%, and carjackings  dropped by 43%. The only category to increase was drug crimes, which   rose slightly by 7%. To White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, it's an  easy explanation for why those numbers improved so radically : the administration's whole-of-government approach, including mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens and support for law enforcement. This ridiculous framing is why Americans don’t trust the media,”  responded  White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, adding: President Trump securing the border, mobilizing ...

By David Manney A Rare Break in Party Ranks The House voted 218 to 210  to end President Donald Trump's national emergency tied to fentanyl flows  from Canada and reverse tariffs imposed under that declaration. Democrats pushed the resolution, and  six Republicans joined them , while House Speaker Mike Johnson opposed it. Trump argued Canada needed stronger action against fentanyl precursors and trafficking routes harming American communities. As a result, he imposed the tariffs as leverage. The emergency declaration gave him the authority to act quickly rather than wait on congressional gridlock. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.)  condemned the reversal, citing roughly 100,000 fentanyl deaths  annually across the country. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., argued that the resolution's text would end a national emergency related to fentanyl. "The gentleman over here, 5,000 people per year die in his state ...

By Scott Pinsker It’s the hottest craze in bait-and-switch politics: Promise the voters you’ll focus like a laser beam on the “affordability crisis” and then gerrymander, disenfranchise, raise taxes, weaken criminal statutes, attack ICE, confiscate guns, and pivot to abortion in the third trimester. Hello, Virginia! You’ve been Spanberged! She became Virginia’s governor on January 17 after running on affordability — and those were Abigail Spanberger’s words, not mine. From her  actual campaign website : In her race for the Virginia governor’s mansion, Spanberger has stayed laser-focused on affordability,  an issue that Republicans capitalized on in 2024 but continue to struggle with in 2025. She launched her “Affordable Virginia Plan” in June, highlighting her strategy to lower healthcare, prescription drug, housing, and energy costs.  “I’m responding to the things that voters are asking me about on a daily basis,” she said, referring to the housing and rental markets...