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MAGA meets Mama Mia: Trump and Meloni trade MORE blows
SOURCE: Wire One thing that has always separated Donald Trump from the traditional political class is that he rarely treats foreign leaders like members of an exclusive diplomatic country club. Most presidents save disagreements for private meetings and carefully...
Epstein’s billionaire associate subpoenaed after refusing to answer oversight committee
(The Center Square) – U.S. lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee appeared stunned after billionaire Leon Black, a close associate of the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, walked out on his closed-door hearing without answering crucial...
Permian Basin innovations fuel hope for energy independence
President Donald Trump’s energy independence promise could depend on Permian Basin drilling. Despite 10% of the world’s oil supply being reportedly trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz, energy industry insiders report expansions to U.S. oil production. The Permian...
Judge who was punished for referring same-sex weddings to others wins $640,000 judgment
For nearly a decade, Texas Judge Dianne Hensley found herself at the center of a debate that has become increasingly common in modern America, what happens when religious conviction collides with government policy? Last week, after years of legal battles,...
Tarp on Kennedy Center foils spectacle as ‘haters stand out on the street, screeching about a name’
Washington’s political class finally got the performance it had been waiting months to stage — and fittingly, it unfolded at a performing arts center. In a scene that looked more like political theater than public works, crews working to strip President Donald Trump’s...
‘Don’t cut me off!’ Harris Faulkner presses Marie Harf in fiery antisemitism debate
Fox News’ Outnumbered turned sharply tense Thursday during a discussion about antisemitism, Democratic Socialists, and the growing fight inside the Democratic Party over Israel, Gaza, and the political left’s treatment of Jewish candidates. Marie Harf, a Fox...
Democrat behind permitting deal warns Trump’s offshore wind fight could blow it up
A Democratic senator behind a bipartisan permitting deal warned that a Trump administration court fight over offshore wind could sink the agreement. The Justice Department has asked federal judges to send the Biden-era approvals for three East Coast offshore wind...
Trump reportedly mulling mass pardons for junior staffers amid Dem threats
White House attorneys are reportedly considering the possibility of a mass pardon as midterms approach. According to an article by The Washington Sun, President Donald Trump’s administration is considering Biden-style pre-emptive pardons of junior staffers to protect...
Midterm elections: One third of gubernatorial, AG seats up for reelection
(The Center Square) – This November, roughly one third of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial seats are up for reelection. A quarter of U.S. states’ secretary of state seats are up for grabs. And 296 state executive offices in 43 states are on the...
ICE: Florida lawyer busted for threatening federal agents at gun store
A 70-year-old Florida attorney was arrested after she allegedly tried to buy a gun while implying she would be shooting federal agents. The bizarre case started in late September, when Lisa White reportedly walked into High Caliber Guns in Long Beach, Mississippi,...
CIA contractor arrested after allegedly leaking nation’s ‘most closely held secrets’ to romantic partner for publication
A U.S. government contractor was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly leaked classified information to a romantic partner. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested District of Columbia resident Ian Brinksman, 42, for allegedly leaking national defense...
‘I don’t give a sh*t’: Trump shrugs off relentless legal attacks during Florida rally
President Donald Trump is not the least bit concerned about lawsuits, after having been the subject of so many over the years. Speaking to a crowd in Fort Myers, Florida, the president revealed that he no longer has much of a reaction to hearing that he’s being sued....
