today’s hot news
Trump: ‘Wipe 2020 election off the books’ if SPLC fraud is proven
President Donald Trump lit up Truth Social Friday with a scorcher: if the Southern Poverty Law Center — long marketed as America’s moral hall monitor — is convicted in a jaw-dropping fraud case, then the already-disputed 2020 election should be “permanently wiped from...
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...
Riley Gaines responds to President Trump turning on her over photo controversy
Monday at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue wasn’t exactly quiet — because when is it ever — as President Donald Trump tried to put distance between himself and a now-deleted social media post that lit up conservative corners of the internet and left critics accusing him of...
Dire consequences for city: Twisted judge gives NYPD cop 3-9 years for doing his job, killer gets only months
A Bronx courtroom just delivered a gut punch to every cop in New York — and a warning to every law-abiding citizen. In a ruling that will echo far beyond the borough, Judge Guy Mitchell slammed NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran with a staggering 3-to-9-year prison sentence. His...
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 political cartoons of the week: They’re foaming at the mouth
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Police chief sues mayor over ‘MILF’ remark — and that’s not even the strangest allegation
BS BULLETIN: St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry is suing Mayor Kaohly Her and the city, alleging sexual harassment, unwanted touching and retaliation. The complaint says Her called herself a “MILF,” made sexual innuendos about Henry's body and twice put her hand on his...
This little-known meeting could rapidly expand Supreme Court’s 2A docket
A meeting involving all nine justices of the Supreme Court could expand the court’s Second Amendment docket significantly. The Supreme Court’s “long conference,” a lengthy meeting where justices address as many as 2,000 requests to hear cases, including several...
Exclusive: Stratton talks Trump, filibuster, the far-left as early voting begins
(The Center Square) – With early voting in Illinois underway in most jurisdictions, Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton – the Democrat hopeful to replace Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in Congress – sat down with The Center Square to discuss politics, policies and goals for the...
Do union bosses speak for the working class?
The shift toward populism across the American electorate has both parties chasing working-class voters as if they were a prize swing state in a presidential election. That competition is healthy. Meaningful contrasts still matter. What’s not good is the practice,...
Fetterman bucks party again, votes against Iran War Powers resolution
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, once again, was the only Democrat on Thursday to vote against a resolution which would limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran.Fetterman and U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., were among the 50 who...
Why even a temporary diesel export ban is a bad idea
Energy analysts spent much of the past week laying out all the reasons why a presidential ban on exports of diesel fuel is a no good, terrible, very bad idea. As the Institute for Energy Research detailed on Thursday, such a ban would not only fail to lower diesel...
