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By Katie Jerkovich White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt weighed in on the daycare fraud that’s been exposed in Minnesota under Democrat Governor Tim Walz and said, “people will be in handcuffs" as she shared how every aspect of the administration is getting involved. During her appearance on Wednesday on Fox and Friends, Leavitt was asked about President Donald Trump’s response to the rampant Somali fraud discovered in Minnesota under Walz's leadership. "President Trump is not going to let Governor Walz off the hook," Leavitt  said , pointing out that Trump has called out Walz's incompetence for a long time. Leavitt talked about the work by independent new media journalists like Nick Shirley and the video he posted that went viral of the empty Minnesota daycare centers, revealing that, as a result, the WH has “surged resources across the board to the state.” . @PressSec on the rampant Somali fraud in Minnesota: “The Department of Justice, as we speak...

By Mike Miller What can be said about Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-14) that hasn't already been said? Other than he's among the least self-aware figures in national politics, I mean. Yeah, I got this: Eric Swalwell is the political equivalent of a guy who flexes in the mirror at the gym (while sneakily looking around to see if anyone's watching him), but he never actually picks up a set of weights, all the while convinced he’s a he-man while everyone else sees a pesky Barney Fife with an X account. (Note: I absolutely loved Barney, while Swalwell is a mean, petty version of the beloved deputy.) Moreover, the TDS-riddled left-wing Democrat built an entire brand on hating President Donald Trump, constantly trotting over to CNN or MSNBC (now MS NOW), howling at the moon about impeachment, and notching zero accomplishments of note. While Swally laughably pretends to be a defender of "democracy," the First Amendment, and various other virtuous causes, the guy...

Does this scene from a previous Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration look like fun to you? By Charles Passy Tens of thousands of people are now making their way to New York City's Times Square to participate in the ballyhooed New Year's Eve ball-drop event and mark the start of 2026. For many in the crowd, it will be an item on their bucket list - that is, something they've convinced themselves they have to do before they kick the bucket. Well, I'm here to tell them they're wasting their time and, even worse, their money, especially if they're traveling to the Big Apple just for the occasion. It's not that the whole Times Square thing is so absurd, though you can't get much more ridiculous than waiting for hours in the cold (temperatures tonight are expected to be just above the freezing mark) while corralled in a pen with no bathroom facilities available. Plus, there are the perennial security concerns that surround the event, though city off...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell On Wednesday, President Donald Trump rendered the first vetoes of his second term. The two bills in question that were pushed through Congress amazingly enough have lingered for decades and have already cost the taxpayers millions. How does this happen? Having fossils in Congress (or their hand-picked replacements) who resurrect old legislation that suits their agenda rather than the needs of the American people is one reason.  Congressional Bill H.R. 131 seeks to continue the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) water pipeline. Original construction was authorized by President John F. Kennedy 63 years ago, with the pipeline's intent to provide municipal and industrial water to communities in southeastern Colorado. The federal government was supposed to originally fund the project, with state and local municipalities paying the government back with interest. Look at California to see how well that works. It doesn't.  Trump's...

By Blake Wolf Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hit a historic low on Tuesday following a Saudi airstrike on a weapons shipment in Mukalla. No causalities have been reported as 4:26 p.m. PT. Accusing Abu Dhabi of fueling a separatist rebellion, Riyadh’s military action led the UAE to announce the immediate withdrawal of its remaining forces from the Yemen conflict. The UAE, however, denies sending weapons to separatists and maintains that the shipment was intended for its own forces. After Saudi Arabia launched “limited” airstrikes on Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, accusing its ally, the UAE, of engaging in “highly dangerous” actions in Yemen and threatening stability, the state-run  Saudi Press Agency  reported that the weapons shipments came from Fujairah in the UAE, intending to support the Emirate-backed separatist group known as the Southern Transitional Council (STC). “The ships’ crew had disabled tracking devices aboard the vessels, an...

By Teri Christoph President Trump's name being added to The Kennedy Center has really upended the world of performing arts in the Nation's Capital. As RedState's Katie Jerkovich  reported  just a few weeks back, the White House announced that The Kennedy Center would officially be rebranded as The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts – or the Trump-Kennedy Center for short – after its board of trustees voted to rename it. The move came after Trump and Ric Grenell, Trump's handpicked interim president of the storied performing arts center, have spent much of 2025 working to modernize and upgrade the facility and its offerings.  And no time was wasted in making the name change, with new signage going up on the building within just a few days. Today, we proudly unveil the updated exterior designation—honoring the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and the enduring legacy of John F. Kennedy. 🇺🇸 The Donald J. Trump and Th...

By Katie Jerkovich Since taking the helm at CBS News, Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has shown no fear, and her response to Hollywood leftist darling George Clooney's attack on her is truly... magnifique. It all started after the 64-year-old actor took a swipe at Weiss' leadership, of course, using broad claims, lacking any detail, about Weiss. The comments came after she pulled a 60 Minutes piece about the alleged treatment of illegal aliens in a CECOT prison in El Salvador.  She later explained the reason was that it wasn’t ready,  RedState  reported. Statement from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss: "My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be. Holding stories that aren’t ready for whatever reason — that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices — happens… https://t.co/hTqRkM2X04 — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 22, 2025 "My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can ...

By Rusty Weiss Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hammered California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday, accusing him of lying about a supposed extension for revoking thousands of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) issued to non-citizens. Duffy has long been trying to crack down on the practice of issuing CDLs to truckers who, at times, struggle to understand English or read basic road signs. As common sense would dictate, having such drivers on the road is a dangerous ( and sometimes deadly ) proposition.  The Secretary's fiery retort  follows a report  that the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was granting a 60-day extension to approximately 17,000 non-domiciled CDL holders. That would push the revocation deadline from January 5, 2026, to March 6, 2026. The DMV cited a need for additional time to reissue corrected licenses to eligible drivers and referenced a pending class-action lawsuit filed by advocacy groups. But lo, Duffy chimed in on social m...

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By Brooke Mallory Tatiana Schlossberg, an accomplished environmental journalist, author, and the granddaughter of 35 th  President John F. Kennedy, died on Monday at age 35 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), her family announced. Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and designer Edwin Schlossberg, had publicly revealed her terminal diagnosis just six weeks earlier in an essay for  The New Yorker , published on November 22 nd  — the 62 nd  anniversary of her grandfather’s assassination. Born on May 5, 1990, in New York City, Schlossberg grew up in the shadow of one of America’s most well-known political families, while striving to carve out her own path as a writer focused on climate change and the environment, exemplifying her Democrat upbringing.   A graduate of Yale University and the University of Oxford, where she earned a master’s in American history, she worked as a science and climate reporter for  The New York Times ...