today’s hot news
Harmeet Dhillon tells Megyn Kelly DOJ will pursue Don Lemon charges to ‘ends of the earth’ after judge balks
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon vowed on “The Megyn Kelly Show” Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would continue pursuing charges against former CNN host Don Lemon after a judge refused to sign off on them. Lemon challenged...
Trump taps Kevin Warsh as next Fed chair
(The Center Square) – Following months of speculation, President Donald Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve. The president made the announcement Friday morning in a Truth Social post, saying...
Retirements and resignations to impact midterms as balance of power at stake
(The Center Square) – Over the past several months, politicians once regarded as central to their party have bowed out of reelection campaigns or resigned from their positions altogether. In the past week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ended his reelection campaign...
House hearing’s finest moment: Dem lawmaker wants to focus on ‘White men’ NOT Somali fraudsters
As billions of taxpayer dollars disappear into one of the largest fraud scandals Minnesota has ever seen, Democrats are doing what they do best: deflect, divide, and distract. During a House Oversight Committee hearing meant to examine rampant fraud tied to...
Nashville speaker maker plans to move overseas to avoid tariffs
(The Center Square) – The owner of a storied Nashville speaker company says he'll pay lower taxes by moving overseas, rather than trying to build in the U.S. It's the opposite of what President Donald Trump wanted when he put in place the highest import taxes...
BS daily political cartoons: How humiliating
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Judge: Milwaukee County must contribute to Wisconsin Common School Fund
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee County can no longer keep 100% of certain motor vehicle fines and forfeitures after a judge ruled an allowance for only Milwaukee to do so was unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Constitution requires counties to send at least 50% of...
Newly declassified FBI files blow open the Eric Swalwell–Fang Fang story
BS BULLETIN Newly declassified FBI records say agents investigated whether Christine “Fang Fang” Fang secretly funneled foreign money into Eric Swalwell’s campaigns through straw donors. Swalwell acknowledged to agents that he had a sexual relationship with Fang and...
Trump DOJ zaps gun rights restoration for felons back to life
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Monday that the Justice Department (DOJ) was reviving a process by which those who lost gun rights due to criminal convictions could have them restored. While federal law provides for a process to restore Second Amendment rights...
Trump wants a makeover for America’s aircraft carriers— critics say his ‘aesthetic whims’ could cost billions
BS BULLETIN The Navy is studying whether to move the Ford-class carrier's command “island” forward after Trump complained about the look of the newer ships. Trump has separately ordered the Navy to develop plans for returning future carriers to steam catapults....
Report: Chinese influence on American education still present with the YES program
(The Center Square) – A new report from Defending Education details Chinese influence on American education from kindergarten to college, with programs such as the Young Envoys Scholarship where China invited 50,000 U.S. students to study in the nation in...
Locals rally against Chicago quantum park; company commits to no data center
(The Center Square) – Residents on Chicago’s South Side booed their mayor off stage following his answer to questions from the crowd at an event put together by community groups against a large taxpayer-funded development over the weekend. The Illinois Quantum...
