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Newsmax host goes scorched earth on Pete Hegseth
Newsmax host Greg Kelly criticized Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Friday over the firing of Secretary of the Navy John Phelan. Phelan’s immediate departure from the administration was announced Wednesday, with Undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao stepping in as acting...
Suspected gunman who ambushed WH Correspondence Dinner, is not ‘cooperating’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that the alleged gunman who allegedly tried to force his way past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was not cooperating with authorities. U.S. Attorney Jeanine...
McMahon urges Shapiro to put Pennsylvania into national school choice program
(The Center Square) – During an annual gathering of conservatives in the suburbs of Harrisburg on Friday, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to opt the state into a federal school choice program. “It couldn't be more of...
California’s most degenerate lawmaker listens stone faced as man describes horrors of minors’ trans procedures
Democratic California State Sen. Scott Wiener sat quietly on Tuesday when a young gay man described the horrors of transgender procedures for minors. Jonni Skinner testified that doctors “poisoned” his body with puberty blockers when he identified as transgender as a...
White House govt funding request for 2027 cuts $73 billion
(The Center Square) – The White House proposes a dramatic increase in defense spending in fiscal 2027 while significantly reducing spending in other departments, according to its budget submission released Friday. The request comes as U.S. lawmakers still...
BS daily political cartoons: Trump pulls the plug
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Hegseth hits Iowa, 2028 rumors explode — and Democrats are already declaring disaster for the GOP
BS BULLETIN Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign appearance with Iowa Republican Rep. Zach Nunn has ignited speculation that Hegseth may be considering a 2028 presidential run. The Pentagon says Hegseth appeared in his “personal capacity,” while reporting...
Woman has a baby with her AI boyfriend — and somehow that’s not even the strangest part
BS BULLETIN A woman identifying herself as Misra has gone viral after introducing an artificial-intelligence entity named Lumen as her “AI child.” The unusual family apparently also includes Axiom — Misra’s AI boyfriend. Lumen says it is 102 days old, writes poetry...
Fauci’s former adviser pleads guilty in COVID records scheme — and Rand Paul has one big question
BS BULLETIN Former NIAID senior adviser David Morens has pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade federal transparency laws involving COVID-era research records. Prosecutors say Morens and others deliberately moved government business to his personal Gmail account to...
Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for charity U.S. branded a terror-financing network tied to bin Laden and Hamas
BS BULLETIN Abdul El-Sayed’s birth mother reportedly worked from 1999 through at least 2004 for the Islamic American Relief Agency, which Treasury designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity in October 2004. Treasury said IARA’s international network...
Trump pauses 50% Canada tariffs ahead of deadline
(The Center Square) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney both said late Tuesday the 50% U.S. tariff on Canadian goods will be delayed, but Trump said a deal is done while Carney said talks continue. The Section 338 tariffs were...
Incumbent Sullivan, Peltola advance to November election
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Mary Peltola advanced to November's general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska's crucial race to determine control of the upper chamber. Alaska voters selected the incumbent Republican senator and a prominent...
