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Bianco: ‘Democrat Policy Is Indefensible’ as GOP Leads California Governor Polls

GOP candidates lead in California governor polling as Republican Chad Bianco criticizes Democratic policies as “indefensible.”

Trump’s ‘New Hero’ After Tariff Ruling

President Trump praises Justice Brett Kavanaugh as his “new hero” after a Supreme Court ruling limited his tariff authority

$21B Crisis: Labor Dept Targets California Fraud

The U.S. Labor Department deploys a strike team to California over $21 billion in unemployment debt and fraud concerns.

Conservative Legal Group Asks CFPB to Scrap Race and Sex Questions on Mortgage Applications

America First Legal filed a formal petition urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to eliminate a federal rule that forces mortgage lenders to collect the race and sex of every home loan applicant.

Watchdog Demands Probe Into Billions in Last-Minute Biden Energy Grants

A conservative energy watchdog is pushing Congress to investigate tens of billions of dollars in Department of Energy grants rushed out in the final weeks of the Biden administration, warning that internal red flags were ignored and taxpayer money may have been wasted.

Corporate America Walks Back DEI: Major Firms Drop Diversity Hiring Emphasis

Major U.S. companies are scaling back DEI programs as executives and federal policy under President Trump push merit-based hiring.

Trump Raises Global Tariff to 15% After Supreme Court Ruling

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he is immediately raising his worldwide tariff from 10 percent to 15 percent, one day after the Supreme Court struck down his broader reciprocal tariff regime.

NYC Mayor Requires ID to Shovel Snow, But Not to Vote

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told residents Saturday to show up at local sanitation garages with "paperwork" and identification if they want to help shovel snow ahead of the city's first blizzard in nearly a decade. Voting in elections, according to Mamdani and his political allies, should require no such documentation.

Secret Service Kills Armed Man at Mar-a-Lago Gate

U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy shot and killed an armed man who breached the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning, the agency confirmed.

Stanford Paper Sues State Dept. to Defend Free Speech for International Students

Stanford’s student newspaper is suing the State Department, arguing visa revocations over political speech violate the First Amendment.

Detroit Chief Suspends Cops for Calling Border Patrol

Sergeant Denise Wallet, a 27-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, was on a call earlier this month assisting an officer dealing with a suspect who couldn't speak English. She called Customs and Border Protection for help identifying the individual. Not to deport anyone. Not to "enforce immigration law." Just to figure out who the person was.

Your Tax Dollars May Have Funded Terrorists, and Tim Walz Let It Happen

Scott Bessent stood in front of reporters Friday and said what a lot of us already suspected: American taxpayer money, stolen through Minnesota's welfare system, may have ended up in the hands of al-Shabab. The al-Qaeda affiliate. The group responsible for the Westgate mall massacre that killed 67 people in Nairobi. That al-Shabab.

AOC Says Vance Wants Americans ‘Assassinated in the Street’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went after Vice President JD Vance on Friday, claiming he believes Americans should be gunned down on the street. The New York Democrat was responding to Vance backing the ICE agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman during an immigration enforcement operation Wednesday.

Oregon Sat on 800,000 Dead Voter Registrations for Nearly a Decade

SALEM, Ore., Oregon will finally start scrubbing roughly 800,000 inactive voter registrations from its rolls after letting them pile up since 2017, Secretary of State Tobias Read announced Friday.

Virginia Tech Professor’s ‘Hate Crime’ Claim Against White Teens Falls Apart in Days

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. -- A Virginia Tech sociology professor's accusation that a group of white teenagers committed a racially motivated hate crime against him has been debunked by local police, who found the teens were simply clearing snow from their truck at a nearby house party.

Vandals Dump Toxic Chemical on Trump-Kennedy Center Ice Rink

WASHINGTON -- Someone poured a brown-black chemical across the outdoor ice rink at the Trump-Kennedy Center sometime overnight Thursday, wrecking the surface and killing a Friday night skating show.

Trump’s DOT Just Killed Foreign-Language CDL Tests Nationwide

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Friday that all commercial truck driver license tests in the United States will now be administered exclusively in English, ending state policies that allowed big-rig operators to take exams in foreign languages.

Maryland County Pays After Blocking Parents From Opting Out of Trans Books

Montgomery County, Maryland, is facing a $1.5 million price tag after a federal court approved a settlement forcing the deep-blue county's school board to pay damages to religious parents.

Clintons Face Epstein Deposition Next Week

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be deposed by the House Oversight Committee in their hometown next week.

Pledge of Allegiance Dropped from Meetings

The Winchester Planning Commission voted 4-2 to drop the Pledge of Allegiance out of its bylaws.