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Philly DA threatens ICE with handcuffs at airport showdown: ‘the president cannot pardon you’
Philadelphia’s top prosecutor just delivered a head-spinning performance that had everything: threats, accusations, a quick thank-you—and then right back to threats again. District Attorney Larry Krasner opened with a chest-thumping declaration of power, laying down...
Exclusive: DHS partial shutdown impacting local law enforcement
(The Center Square) – Congress’ failure to reach an agreement to continue funding the Department of Homeland is not only impacting TSA workers, it’s also impacting local law enforcement agencies that rely on federal grants. Texas law enforcement officials argue...
How using talking filibuster for Trump’s SAVE Act may be minefield for GOP
Some Republican lawmakers are pushing an old Senate procedure to pass the Trump-backed SAVE America Act — although it may turn the upper chamber into bedlam for weeks and ultimately backfire. While Republican lawmakers — like the vast majority of Americans — strongly...
Illegal immigrant accused of murdering toddler nephew with 17 strikes to head
Immigration agents are seeking custody of an illegal migrant accused of viciously beating his three-year-old nephew to death. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer request for Samuel Antonio Maldonado-Erazo, a...
Comer says committee ‘picked up some new facts’ from Clinton depositions
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Friday that the oversight committee uncovered new information during depositions with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has held...
BS daily political cartoons: Plan B
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Ken Paxton reportedly slams Trump’s midterm convention gambit: ‘Everybody’s numbers dropped’
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton privately said that the Republican National Convention (RNC) midterm convention hurt his Senate bid, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Audio captured Paxton saying Republicans’ numbers dropped after the convention,...
Election 2026: Rookie political candidate releases 1st ad, jabs ‘politicians’
(The Center Square) – Jamie Ager’s quest to return North Carolina’s U.S. House of Representatives seat in the southwestern mountains to Democrats goes through Republican state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom. His latest campaign ad takes an indirect swipe at her finance...
Passengers storm bloody cockpit after co-pilot allegedly stabs captain, sends Israel-bound jet into 17,000-foot plunge
BS BULLETIN: A Flydubai jet carrying roughly 180 passengers suddenly lost about 17,000 feet while flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Israeli officials say one pilot stabbed the other and apparently tried to crash the plane. Passengers and off-duty crew members reportedly...
Pike spared execution, for now, by 6th Circuit
(The Center Square) – Christa Pike on Wednesday morning was spared execution in Tennessee by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Gov. Bill Lee, the second-term Republican, had said Monday he would not intervene. The state Supreme Court declined her petition...
Florida mom denies leaving 2-month-old, 3 other kids home alone, for Bahamas cruise — judge has quite a response
BS BULLETIN: Police bodycam shows officers finding four children — including a 2-month-old baby — allegedly left home alone while their mother took a Bahamas cruise. The children were found together hiding in a bathroom after first responders forced their way into the...
Rural MAHA voters don’t think Trump admin has helped health in their communities, new poll shows
Most backers of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement living in rural areas do not believe the Trump administration’s health policies are actually helping their communities, per a new KFF-Associated Press poll. The survey suggests that roughly 8 in 10 rural U.S....
