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Evan El-Amin / shutterstock.comIn a move that’s sure to ignite both applause and outrage, President-elect Donald Trump has once again set his sights on ending birthright citizenship. Yes, you heard that right. The man who brought us ‘You’re fired!’ now wants to tell newborns, ‘You’re deported!’ But can he actually pull it off? Let’s dive into this constitutional […]

Lightspring / Shutterstock.comWell, folks, here we are again—another day, another display of congressional incompetence. The House of Representatives, in its infinite wisdom, has failed to pass the latest Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government. You know, the basic function they’re elected to perform. As a result, we’re staring down the barrel of yet another government shutdown. […]

MZinchenko / shutterstock.comIn a political drama that could rival any courtroom thriller, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to add 66 new federal judgeships—the first major expansion since 1990. The bipartisan legislation, known as the JUDGES Act, aims to address the growing backlog in federal courts by creating new district court positions over the […]

MarBom / shutterstock.comIn a tale that reads like a modern-day ‘Pilgrim’s Progress,’ 29-year-old Travis Timmerman of Urbana, Missouri, has been freed from a Syrian prison and is now in U.S. custody. Timmerman, who embarked on a Christian pilgrimage to the Middle East, found himself detained by Syrian authorities for seven months after crossing into the country from […]

Shutterstock.comIn a legal showdown that could redefine the boundaries of state sovereignty and medical ethics, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, a New York-based physician, for allegedly prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas resident via telemedicine. This case marks the first significant test of the so-called ‘shield […]

Maxim Elramsisy / shutterstock.comKari Lake, the firebrand former Arizona gubernatorial candidate, is heading to Washington, and let’s just say, some Arizona Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief. ‘Now she’s the world’s problem,’ quipped one state GOP insider. It’s a sentiment that seems to capture the mixed emotions about Lake’s meteoric rise and unapologetic style. But whether you […]

Andriy Blokhin / shutterstock.comIn a move that surprised absolutely no one, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has clinched the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, succeeding the retiring Senator Joe Manchin. This victory marks a significant shift in West Virginia’s political landscape, as both of its Senate seats are now held by Republicans for the first time since 1958. […]

Maxim Elramsisy / shutterstock.comPresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated Representative Elise Stefanik as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in a move that has left the international diplomatic community both bemused and bewildered. Stefanik, a New York Republican and one of Trump’s most ardent supporters in Congress, is set to transition from the partisan battlegrounds of Capitol […]

a katz / shutterstock.comMitt Romney’s announcement that he’s leaving the U.S. Senate at the end of his term has sparked a cascade of speculation. Will this signal the dawn of a new Republican era, or is it simply the end of a chapter no one really wanted to read? For years, Romney has played the part of the […]

Dmitry Demidovich / shutterstock.comThe IRS has pulled off what can only be described as a miraculous feat, recovering $4.7 billion in back taxes. Yes, billion with a B. Apparently, some folks weren’t paying their ‘fair share,’ a phrase the Left loves to throw around until it applies to their Silicon Valley donors or Manhattan elites. But don’t worry, […]

Media_Photos / shutterstock.comRep. Tom Tiffany, R-WI, has turned his attention to Chinese “birth tourism,” a niche industry where pregnant women strategically fly to U.S. territories like the Northern Mariana Islands to give birth and secure American citizenship for their newborns. Apparently, there’s a whole industry of pregnant Chinese women jetting into U.S. territories like the Northern Mariana […]

Shutterstock.comWell, folks, here we are again—another day, another Trump family shuffle. This time, President-elect Donald Trump has decided that his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has done such a ‘fantastic’ job as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) that it’s time for her to step aside. Enter KC Crosbie, the RNC’s treasurer and Kentucky’s national committeewoman, […]

Adam McCullough / shutterstock.comLadies and gentlemen, gather ’round for the latest episode of ‘As the Swamp Turns.’ Our protagonists today? Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard—President-elect Donald Trump’s dynamic duo, handpicked to lead the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, respectively. Both are now embarking on the age-old Washington tradition of the Capitol […]

Xavier Lorenzo / shutterstock.comThe House has passed the Crucial Communism Teaching Act by a surprisingly large margin. HR 5349 was first proposed by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) back in 2021. The bill didn’t go anywhere for the next session of Congress. Rep. Salazar reintroduced the bill this session and it passed on Friday by a vote of 327-62. […]

Sergey Novikov / shutterstock.comIn the grand theater of Washington politics, where the script often feels recycled, we’re treated to a fresh spectacle: Republican senators locking horns with President Trump over his Cabinet nominations. It’s a classic game of chicken, but with the nation’s governance at stake. Take Pete Hegseth, the President’s pick for Defense Secretary. An Army veteran […]