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John Fetterman bluntly tells Democrats what their DHS shutdown is doing to Americans
Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman criticized his own party Friday, saying that Democratic leadership puts political games ahead of federal workers’ livelihoods. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that the shutdown has forced numerous...
Dems push ‘appropriately sized’ tampons in Maryland men’s rooms while deficit looms
Call it the latest episode of “You Can’t Make This Up” from deep-blue Annapolis. Maryland Republicans are blasting Democrats over a head-turning proposal that would require tampons to be stocked not just in women’s restrooms — but in men’s bathrooms across state-owned...
School District honors biological male Congressman for Women’s History Month
An Illinois school district honored a biological male in celebration of Women’s History Month on Thursday. Batavia Public School District 101 honored Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, who claims to be a transgender woman, in a...
Iranian agent who tried to assassinate Trump found guilty
A federal jury on Friday convicted an Iranian government operative who traveled to the United States to orchestrate the assassination of President Donald Trump and other American officials. Jurors found Asif Merchant, whom authorities say worked for Iran’s Islamic...
Trump administration halts $259M in Medicaid funds to Minnesota
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration will halt approximately $259 million in federal funds from Medicaid in Minnesota, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday. Vance, alongside Administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz,...
BS daily political cartoons: Mamdani’s soup kitchen – ‘No soup for you!’
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Prtizker calls meeting about Bears with NFL productive
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he and leading members of the General Assembly participated in a productive meeting with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday. Pritzker’s office released a statement saying the governor...
China puts kibosh on fuel exports a week after Trump asked Xi to send more
China has suspended fuel exports a week after President Donald Trump pressed the Communist nation’s leader to help stabilize global supply. The country’s refiners have suspended fuel exports for October, four people briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday. On...
Current high energy prices were decades in the making
It is a common cliché to say that social media and the deluge of content we consume each day have significantly hampered, if not entirely destroyed, our attention spans. Sometimes it seems like memory itself may be a vestige of a bygone era, when we connected current...
Exclusive: UCLA Law discriminated against white and asian students, DOJ says
A Department of Justice investigation found that the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law has illegally discriminated based on race in admissions, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is alleging that UCLA Law...
Trump warns guests to take caution on first ballroom tour, jokes ‘only a Hispanic could survive that fall’
BS BULLETIN: President Trump invited guests at the White House Hispanic Heritage Month celebration to become the first group to walk onto the floor of his new ballroom. He warned them to be careful around the unfinished construction site because it was “a long way...
Mystic Alerts Act heads to president to sign
(The Center Square) – A bill to enhance emergency preparedness in the wake of the July 4, 2025, Texas Hill Country floods heads to the president for his signature. Ahead of adjourning on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Mystic Alerts Act. It’s...
