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By Teri Christoph Well, you can add yet another job to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's ever-growing resume: White House press secretary.  Rubio was behind the podium at Tuesday's White House press briefing, taking on – for one day, at least – the duties of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt while she's on maternity leave following the birth of her daughter last week. He entered the press briefing room with a sheepish grin on his face, knowing that he was likely about to be  meme'd  into next week. 🚨 NOW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio just walked out to give his FIRST press briefing at the White House Add "White House Press Secretary" to Rubio's resume 🤣✅ Rubio slowly peaked through the door, causing the press pool to laugh 😂 pic.twitter.com/nKlZjQzt1J — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 5, 2026 Secretary Rubio kicked things off with a statement about Project Freedom, the ongoing  effort  to restore the free flow of navigation through the Strait of Hor...

By Bob Hoge The Washington Post  reported Monday  that multiple high-ranking D.C. police officials have been notified that they are soon to be served their walking papers amid allegations that they fudged crime data to make themselves look better. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01) said Tuesday that his investigations are a major factor leading to this overdue accountability — but he wants more: 🚨🚨🚨 Make no mistake: top D.C. law enforcement terminations are due to the Oversight Committee exposing how DC Police leaders manipulated crime data and cultivated a culture of fear to push an agenda. This isn’t over. I want every document from MPD’s internal investigation. https://t.co/voIJJlHZ6V — Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) May 5, 2026 The Post said there could be more reckoning coming: Multiple high-ranking D.C. police officials have been served papers saying the department intends to fire them, according to three officials familiar with the situat...

By Bob Hoge Larry Krasner, the venom-spewing  George Soros-backed  Philadelphia district attorney, is special. He’s threatened to “hunt down” ICE agents and called them wannabe Nazis, even as neighborhoods in his own city have turned into zombie zones full of people blasted on animal tranquilizers. In other words, your typical Democrat DA. He also stands accused of favoring illegal aliens over American citizens and basing criminal charges on perps’ immigration status. That is, at least, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-04), who wants answers: Jordan requests Philadelphia officials turn over information on city's sanctuary policies https://t.co/OWQIgHuCeU — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 5, 2026 Jordan fired off letters to multiple PA officials Monday, ripping them for putting their thumbs on the scales of justice and discriminating against the very citizens they’re supposed to serve. In other words, if you’re here illegally, Krasner et al...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell As RedState reported, after the United States Supreme Court made the consequential 6-3  decision  in  Louisiana   v.  Callais  on Wednesday, the  Callais  appellees petitioned the court to fast-track the judgment. The appellees were concerned that the normal 32-day waiting period to seal a decision would delay the ability to have a usable map for the 2026 midterm elections. On Monday, Justice Samuel Alito responded to their request, filing the judgment on the SCOTUS decision.   The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request to immediately finalize its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, in which it struck down that state’s congressional map, to allow Louisiana to draw a new map in time for the 2026 elections. That map is expected to favor Republicans, who currently hold four of the state’s six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives but could pick up one or even two more under a revised map.[...] In an un...

CMS ADMINISTRATOR Dr. Mehmet Oz suspects foreign governments, particularly Cuba, may be involved in the fraud. (Getty) By Ashley J. DiMella Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz is zeroing in on five states as the Trump administration escalates its crackdown on fraud, waste and abuse, he told Fox News Digital. "We've written letters to Minnesota, California, a letter to Florida because we're worried about the durable medical equipment fraud … New York, Maine, and there are more coming," Oz told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview, adding that his concern expands to all 50 states. Oz has escalated federal pressure on states to tighten anti-fraud enforcement in response to Minnesota’s estimated $250 million "Feeding Our Future" scheme. CMS is leaving no stone unturned, he said, looking at programs such as Medicaid and hospices also revealing foreign influence in the fraud scheme. "We know the Cuban g...

By Gabrielle Fahmy A former top scientist from Harvard University has defected to China – giving the country an edge in the global race to develop the world’s first AI super-soldier. Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard’s chemistry department, has resurfaced as the founding director of Shenzhen’s Institute for Brain Research Advanced Interfaces and Neurotechnologies, also known as i-BRAIN. Scientists in the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party have been working on brain-computer interfaces — Lieber is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field — to boost mental agility and situational awareness to engineer super soldiers. Lieber’s lab, based on his three decades of work at Harvard where he received at least $8 million in funding from the Department of Defense, is entirely bankrolled by the communist government, which declared brain-computer interface work a “national priority” in its latest five-year plan released in March. The Ivy League s...

By Nick Aama I think it's safe to say that the Iranian regime made some bad choices on Monday in response to Project Freedom, the U.S. effort to help free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.  In response, they fired at U.S. military ships, but they didn't hit our ships, as they claimed. They fired on merchant ships, including a United Arab Emirates ship. They also fired on the  UAE oil facility at Fujairah.  Three Indian nationals were injured in that action.  You would think Iran would have learned that this is a bad idea, particularly attacking their neighbor. Every time the regime does that, it makes the UAE more determined against Iran, and it makes more countries speak out against Iran.  According to reports,  President Masoud Pezeshkian is furious at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for attacking the UAE, calling it “completely irresponsible” and done without the government’s knowledge or coordination. He called the tensions with ...

By Rusty Weiss The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is at it again — anointing preferred candidates in hotly contested 2026 primaries and being accused, by their own party, of openly "putting its thumb on the scale" to protect establishment candidates. Which is a fancy way of saying they're being called out for rigging the primaries.  Shocker, I know. The party that feigns being warriors for 'saving democracy,' but then installed Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton when their voters chose Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, respectively, is at it again. In the latest round of “Red to Blue” endorsements, the DCCC jumped into multiple tight Democratic primaries to boost candidates they have unilaterally decided can win in the general elections. Some of those candidates are trailing their opponents in both endorsements and fundraising. They're trying to intervene and sway the primaries before their own voters can truly have their say. As Axios  repo...

By Jonathan Martin It’s a few days after the election this November, and the results have become clear: Democrats have netted the four seats they need to claim a Senate majority. But then there’s a disturbance in the force: Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump persuade Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to switch parties or at least become an independent to ensure Republicans retain power in the chamber. It’s a scenario that’s becoming less fantastical by the day. The political environment is curdling for Republicans, and the quiet campaign to lure Fetterman across the aisle is underway. Trump has made the sell, offering his patented total and complete endorsement plus a financial windfall to the Pennsylvanian. A handful of Senate Republicans are also gently feeling out Fetterman and responding to his concerns over the prospect of defecting from the Democratic Party, multiple high-level GOP officials tell me. If Fetterman does flip, according to officials who were given ano...