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Today’s News 4-20-2026

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April 20th, 2026

DOJ Taps Trump Ally diGenova for Brennan Probe

(Legal Insurrection – Ben Smith) *Lead Story*

US Navy intercepts, takes into custody Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman: President Trump

(Post Millennial – Roberto Wakerell-Cruz) *Must Read*

The IRGC is pushing toward a Hiroshima moment, but Trump needs a non-Hiroshima solution

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

The Geopolitics of Epic Fury

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

High Rolling Iranian Businesswoman Nabbed at Los Angeles Airport, Accused of Arms Trafficking

(Breitbart – Randy Clark)

‘Not Going To Take This Laying Down’: Kash Patel Announces Move Against Media Hit Piece

(Daily Caller – Harold Hutchison)

Harmeet Dhillon on DOJ Suing Multiple States and DC Over Access to Voter Rolls: “We Have Found at Least 350,000 Dead People Currently On the Voter Rolls”

(Gateway Pundit – David Greyson)

How Far Right Can You Get

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

The Youngest Republican in Congress Asked One Question Democrats Couldn’t Answer

(PJ Media – David Manney) *Must Read*

Watchdog GAO estimates fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually

(Just The News – Nicholas Ballasy)

NYC Doctor Pleads Guilty to $24M COVID Testing Fraud Scheme

(Townhall – Scott McClallen)

Conservatives Want the Government To Pay Americans To Get Married and Have Kids

(Reason – Elizabeth Nolan Brown)

Stefanik Shreds Liberal Media Host in Heated Exchange Over ‘Genocide’ in Iran and Viral Trump Post

(Red State – Nick Arama)

Spanberger Joins Attack On Electoral College

(American Spectator – David Catron) *Must Read*

Judge Shielded SPLC From Scrutiny in Groundbreaking Defamation Case: Appeal

(Daily Signal – Tyler O’Neil)

Pope Leo Joins the Enemy Camp

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

He’s Doing It Again! George Soros Drops $50 Million to Buy 2026 Midterms

(MRC NewsBusters – Joseph Vazquez)

House braces for next wave of potential expulsions focused on Cherfilus-McCormick, Mills

(The Hill – Mike Lillis and Emily Brooks)

General Health Checks Are Harmful

(Brownstone Institute – Peter C. Gøtzsche)

NEW STUDY: Washington’s homelessness problem is worse than you think (and avoidable)

(Washington Policy Center – David Boze) *Must Read*


Today’s News 3-9-2026

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March 9th, 2026

Donald Trump just called Thune’s bluff on the SAVE Act

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg) *Lead Story*

Paxton Makes Thune an Offer He Can’t Refuse

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Whoa! Jesse Jackson Jr. Blasts Former Presidents Who Turned Dad’s Funeral Into Leftist Political Rally

(Red State – Bob Hoge) *Must Read*

DHS Is Defunded During a War, and Media Doesn’t Care One Bit

(Hot Air – David Strom)

NYPD: Device Ignited at Gracie Mansion Protest Was Highly Dangerous IED

(Legal Insurrection – Elizabeth Stauffer)

The European Commission wants your free speech. Elon Musk is in the way.

(Blaze Media – Adina Portaru) *Must Read*

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son, Mojtaba, Selected as Supreme Leader of Iran

(Breitbart – Elizabeth Weibel)

Seventh U.S. Service Member Killed in Operation Epic Fury

(Townhall – Joseph Chalfant)

Democrats Move the Goalposts

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Unconditional Surrender: When Wars Are Fought to Win

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

$270 million meant for veterans and abused children disappears in massive charity fraud scheme: report

(Post Millennial – Roberto Wakerell-Cruz)

FBI secretly seizes election records from Arizona’s largest county as voting probe expands

(Just The News – John Solomon)

‘They See Great Opportunity’: Interior Secretary Burgum Shows How US-Venezuela Partnership Is Already Paying Dividends

(Daily Caller – Harold Hutchison) *Must Read*

The Cuban Regime Has a Growing Problem — and It’s Not Just Trump and Rubio

(PJ Media – Sarah Anderson)

California High School Where Most Students Don’t Graduate Offers Free Laundry

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

When Right-Wingers Embrace Left-Wingers

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

We Lost the Lyme Vaccine. Under Rand Paul’s New Vaccine Liability Bill, We’ll Lose More.

(Reason – Ronald Bailey)

How to Build a Post-WHO Global Health Architecture

(Brownstone Institute – Roger Bate and David Bell)

What Is China Doing in Nigeria?

(Daily Signal – Virginia Allen)

Mark Carney is performing a tight-rope act between backing the US and angering Liberal, Arab voters

(Human Events – David Krayden) *Must Read*


Today’s News 3-2-2026

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March 2nd, 2026

Trump Calls on Iranian Military to Lay Down Arms or Face Certain Death

(Townhall – Scott McClallen) *Lead Story*

“Strikes Continue” – US Central Command Releases Unclassified Footage of New Strikes on Iran

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila) *Must Read*

U.S. Has Struck Over a Thousand Targets in Iran

(PJ Media – Catherine Salgado)

Former FBI official warns of possible Iranian sleeper cell attacks on American soil

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

The Democrats’ Epic Fury Over Iran Strikes

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Pro-China Tycoon’s Astroturf Protestors Mobilized Even Before Trump Made Iran Attack Public

(Breitbart – Lowell Cauffiel)

A bundled post covering lots of topics about the Iran War

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

Killing of Iran’s supreme leader triggers succession crisis as U.S.-Israeli airstrikes continue

(Washington Times – Vaughn Cockayne)

Freedom for Iran: What a Difference a President Makes

(Legal Insurrection – Nora Dimitrova Clinton)

Operation Epic Fury and the Fall of the Mullahs

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

Trump’s Reset on Terrorism

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

“America Can’t Do a Damn Thing Against Us”

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

FBI Investigating ‘Potential Nexus To Terrorism’ In Mass Shooting That Killed 3, Injured 14

(Daily Caller – Mark Tanos)

Anthropic Labeled a Supply Chain Risk, Banned from Federal Government Contracts

(Reason – Jack Nicastro)

Behind Japan’s pacifism hides a nuclear escape hatch

(Blaze Media – Logan Campbell)

CA Governor Tries to Troll Trump Over Fuel Prices, but Is Savagely Brought Back to Reality by Gas Assoc.

(Red State – Bob Hoge)

Virginia Gov. Spanberger faces blowback after releasing illegal immigrant who stabbed woman to death

(Just The News – Nicholas Ballasy) *Must Read*

Why the Resolution?

(Brownstone Institute – Jeffrey A. Tucker) *Must Read*

Bishops as Pawns Over Birthright Citizenship

(Daily Signal – Steve Cortes)

Alejandro Mayorkas: Epstein’s Concubine Concierge

(anncoulter.com – Ann Coulter)


Today’s News 2-23-2026

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February 23rd, 2026

Did Donald Trump Call Into C-SPAN’s Washington Journal? Here’s What Happened.

(Townhall – Matt Vespa) *Lead Story*

PANIC ON THE LEFT: Two Republicans Surge to the Top in California Governor’s Race — Democrats Fear Jungle Primary Vote-Splitting Could Hand GOP a Stunning Victory

(Gateway Pundit – Jim Hᴏft) *Must Read*

Virginia Democrats Push Extended Deadline for Counting Absentee Ballots 3 Days After Election Day

(PJ Media – Bryan S. Jung)

Do You Have ID For that Shovel?

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Cartel kingpin dead and all hell breaks loose in Mexico — amid shouts of ‘Viva Trump’

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Trump demands Netflix fire ex-Obama adviser Susan Rice or ‘pay the consequences’ after she says conservatives will be punished when Dems retake power

(Post Millennial – Thomas Stevenson)

The Left’s Elastic Principles On Judicial Authority

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Must Read*

The Supreme Court is Corrupt and Stupid

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

JPMorgan Admits to Closing Over 50 Trump Bank Accounts

(Breitbart – Elizabeth Weibel)

Russiagate quietly reaches Supreme Court as justices asked to allow feds to be sued for FISA abuses

(Just The News – Nicholas Ballasy)

At Trump’s State of the Union, remember the free-market miracle in your pocket

(Blaze Media – Roslyn Layton)

Who Cares If Democrats Boycott Trump’s SOTU?

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Newsom Unveils $239M Scandinavian Redesign of Notorious Prison — Looks Nicer Than Most CA Schools

(Red State – Bob Hoge)

Judge Orders Takeover of Arizona Prison Health Care Following Years of Barbaric Medical Neglect

(Reason – C.J. Ciaramella)

The Qur’an and the Death of Britain

(FrontPage Mag – Robert Spencer) *Must Read*

Elon Musk sues Brussels over €120 MILLION fine under EU anti-free speech Digital Services Act

(Human Events – Hayden Cunningham)

Intersectionality is an “intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism”

(Legal Insurrection – Amanda Stulman)

DOJ Joins Lawsuit Alleging Anti-White Discrimination In Nation’s Second Largest School District

(Daily Caller – Mark Tanos)

Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History?

(Hot Air – Stephen Moore) *Must Read*

What the Polls Say about the Pharmaceutical Industry and Vaccines

(Brownstone Institute – Jeffrey A. Tucker)


Today’s News 2-9-2026

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February 9th, 2026

Broke Bureaucracies: America’s 5 largest U.S. cities don’t have enough money to pay bills: report

(Just The News – Bethany Blankley) *Lead Story*

Trump’s Senior Appointments Are Making Government Great Again

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Must Read*

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance Was a Middle Finger to America

(Red State – Jennifer Van Laar)

The Turning Point Halftime Show Crushed Expectations

(Townhall – Joseph Chalfant)

Young Woman Set Ablaze on Chicago Train by Man Who Was Arrested 72 TIMES Breaks Her Silence as She is Released from the Hospital

(Gateway Pundit – Cullen Linebarger) *Must Read*

County Attorney Incensed That ICE Arrested Sex Offenders Outside Court

(Hot Air – David Strom)

The Madness Continues

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Federalism cannot be a shield for sanctuary defiance

(Blaze Media – Kate Bierly)

After Demanding ICE Adopt Body Cams, Democrats Worry They’ll Become Mass Surveillance Tools

(Daily Caller – Mark Tanos)

DHS demands California honor ICE detainers for illegal immigrant criminals

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

To his great credit, Pete Hegseth is pulling the plug on Harvard

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

The Supreme Court Is Poised To Remind States That the Constitution Doesn’t Stop at the Liquor Store

(Reason – C. Jarrett Dieterle) *Must Read*

America Needs a Culture of Care, Not a Culture of Death

(Breitbart – Admiral Brian Christine, MD)

The SAVE Act: Why Are Senate Republicans Dithering?

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Bald Eagle’s Grisly Death at Obama‑Funded Wind Project Site Triggers Federal Fine

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

AI vs IP. The end of Hollywood may be near.

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Must Read*

A Conspiracy Bigger Than Epstein

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

The Epstein Files and the Gap Between Suspicion and Proof

(PJ Media – David Manney)

Epstein’s Gates to Pandemonium

(Brownstone Institute – Jordi Pigem)

New Media Network Combats Anti-American Spin by Featuring Veterans, Law Enforcement

(Daily Signal – Tyler O’Neil)


Today’s News 2-2-2026

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February 2nd, 2026

Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S.

(Breitbart – Warner Todd Huston) *Lead Story*

FBI search warrant at Georgia warehouse cites law prohibiting fraud by election workers

(Just The News – John Solomon and Jerry Dunleavy) *Must Read*

Shocking Email From Epstein Files Implicates Former US Ambassador, Clintons, Bidens, the First Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Six, and More

(Gateway Pundit – Brian Lupo)

Conservatism’s Case for Cheerful Realism

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

English Lit Students Can’t Read Novels, Film Students Can’t Watch Movies

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Must Read*

Leftism has destroyed once-revered professions, irreparably harming America

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists Get $3.3 Million From Soros-Backed Charity You’ve Never Heard Of

(Daily Caller – Hudson Crozier)

Antifa Can Do Anything It Wants in Portland and Get Away With It Apparently

(Hot Air – David Strom)

Hakeem Jeffries calls to unmask ICE agents as Antifa releases hit lists of federal officers

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Soros Funded Nonprofit Doxxes Agents Involved in Alex Pretti Shooting

(Townhall – Joseph Chalfant)

Seattle’s sanctuary mayor orders local police to investigate ICE activities

(Blaze Media – Candace Hathaway)

The Abigail Spanberger Bait-and-Switch

(American Spectator – David Catron) *Must Read*

Democrats Advance 7 Bills Restricting Gun Rights in the Virginia State Senate

(Reason – Jack Nicastro)

A Million Votes Too Late: Ken Cuccinelli Dissects Virginia Redistricting Ruling

(Daily Signal – Katherine Matt)

GOP, Pay Attention: Upset Win in Special Election in Texas

(Red State – Nick Arama)

Follow the Science!

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

President Trump Endorses John Sununu in NH Senate Primary

(Legal Insurrection – Ben Smith)

Poilievre’s populism has permanently changed the Conservatives — for the better

(National Post – Geoff Russ) *Must Read*

Canada’s euthanasia program is turning into an organ harvesting nightmare

(Human Events – David Krayden)

Iran, Nigeria, DRC, and Kenya: Deadly Persecution of Christians Goes On

(PJ Media – Catherine Salgado)


Today’s News 1-19-2026

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January 19th, 2026

Newly-Minted Dem Governor Abigail Spanberger Immediately Repeals Pro-ICE Order In Virginia

(Daily Caller – Jason Hopkins) *Lead Story*

The Fog of Prewar in Iran

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Must Read*

The Left Lives By Lies

(FrontPage Mag – Mark Tapson)

Libs: ‘Consequences? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Consequences!

(PJ Media – Kevin Downey Jr.)

Minnesota and the New Nullification Crisis

(American Spectator – David Catron) *Must Read*

Leftists Storm Minneapolis Church Hunting Alleged ICE Agent

(Townhall – Scott McClallen)

Somali Woman Robs Independent Journalist Nick Sortor in Minneapolis Then Drives Off, Dragging Him Down the Street Before Leftists Surround and Threaten Him – FBI Responds!

(Gateway Pundit – Jordan Conradson)

Socialists Planning to Replicate Minneapolis Chaos to Combat ICE Sweeps in New York City

(Breitbart – Lowell Cauffiel)

Kristi Noem says 70% of detained illegal immigrants face charges or convictions

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Maine braced for enhanced immigration law enforcement

(Center Square – Chris Wade)

Bessent on Greenland, Tariffs, and Why Jerome Powell Is in a Pickle

(Red State – Susie Moore) *Must Read*

‘Make America Go Away’: Protests erupt in Greenland after Trump threatens tariffs on Europe

(Blaze Media – Landon Pfile)

The hypocrisy of those leftists at home and abroad defending Danish sovereignty over Greenland

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

Trump’s Greenland Folly

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Rude but Right on Crime

(City Journal – Heather Mac Donald)

Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready for Move to Launch Pad

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

New England ratepayers may save up to $700 billion by swapping renewables for gas: study says

(Just The News – Kevin Killough)

Stop Pretending That Colleges Are Nonprofit Institutions

(Hot Air – Stephen Moore)

Persecution of Christians Has Expanded Across the Globe, Report Reveals

(Daily Signal – Dan Hart)

Canada shouldn’t increase trade with China until years of confrontation have been resolved

(National Post – Michael Taube) *Must Read*


Today’s News 1-12-2026

Posted by
January 12th, 2026

The Media Are Agents of Propaganda

(American Spectator – David Catron) *Lead Story*

Dear White Liberals: Blacks and Hispanics Want No Part of Your Anti-ICE Protests

(Hot Air – Jennifer Oliver O’Connell) *Must Read*

Anatomy of a Failed Moral Panic

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

Leftist Agitators Stalk and Threaten to Kill Journalist Covering Minneapolis Unrest

(Townhall – Joseph Chalfant)

President Trump: STOP THE NETFLIX MERGER With WB

(Post Millennial – Roberto Wakerell-Cruz)

Did Marjorie Taylor Greene inform Code Pink about Trump’s visit to a restaurant so they could disrupt his dinner?

(American Spectator – Monica Showalter)

How One White House Council Is Fighting To End ‘Regulatory Reign Of Terror’

(Daily Caller – Audrey Streb)

Red State Residents Speak Out on the Blue State Invasion, Sparking Viral Videos

(PJ Media – Jennifer Rust)

Hollywood and the Bolshevik Revolution

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

Mamdani to Spend $200,000 Per Toilet

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Must Read*

Arctic Frost probe driven early on by anti-Trump FBI agent, claims by liberal outlets, memos show

(Just The News – John Solomon and Jerry Dunleavy)

The Obamacare subsidy fight exposes who Washington really serves

(Blaze Media – S.T. Karnick)

Sen. Bernie Moreno: Trump Could Be ‘First President in My Lifetime’ to Lower Healthcare Costs with Obamacare Deal

(Breitbart – Sean Moran)

A New Symbol of Freedom

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

New Federal Guidelines for Booze Got It Right

(Reason – Eric Boehm)

Peter Doocy Shows Footage of Himself Being Hit By Similar Sonic Weapon Recounted by Venezuelan Soldier During Maduro Capture

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila) *Must Read*

Europe Needs to Calm Down About Greenland

(Daily Signal – Jarrett Stepman)

DOT Exposes Illegal Truck Licenses, Threatens $50M NC Cut

(Legal Insurrection – Ben Smith)

Bipartisan bill to cap annual deficits at 3% could curb debt growth

(Center Square – Brett Rowland)

10 Examples of Good News from 2025 the Media Hope You Don’t See

(MRC TV – Craig Bannister) *Must Read*


Today’s News 12-21-2025

Posted by
December 22nd, 2025

Dems Can’t Release Their 2024 Autopsy Because it Shows Systemic Corruption

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Lead Story*

Trump Never Sleeps—But the Media Keeps Dreaming

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Must Read*

What’s wrong with this sentence?

(Power Line – Scott Johnson)

Cornered rat: Venezuela’s dictator reportedly offering a ‘bounty’ to cartels for a hit on President Trump

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Latin America’s Revolution of the Right

(Foreign Affairs – Brian Winter) *Must Read*

Tulsi Gabbard warns: Powerful foreign allies eager to pull US into war with Russia

(Blaze Media – Candace Hathaway)

Sens. Cruz, Kennedy Urge Trump Admin To Resist European Power Grab Threatening All American LNG Exports

(Daily Caller – Audrey Streb) *Must Read*

San Francisco power outage leaves self-driving Waymo cars stalled in traffic

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Trump Names Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as Special Envoy to Greenland in Surprise Appointment

(Red State – Joe Cunningham)

DOJ is suing both red and blue states to force them to clean voter rolls for 2026 midterms

(Just The News – Natalia Mittelstadt)

“Bring it On” – Deputy AG Todd Blanche Responds to Khanna and Massie’s Pam Bondi Impeachment Threat Over Epstein Redactions

(Gateway Pundit – Jordan Conradson)

BLM Co-Founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges

(Townhall – Joseph Chalfant)

The Fulton County 2020 Election Bombshell

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Seattle’s Delivery Minimum Wage Failed Drivers and Raised Costs

(Reason – C. Jarrett Dieterle)

The Day PETA Looked Right, and Heads Exploded

(PJ Media – David Manney)

America Is Surviving, Not Living, and It’s Breaking Us

(Daily Signal – Armstrong Williams)

Rand Paul does not want Vice President J.D. Vance to be the next president

(Washington Times – Lindsey McPherson)

We Must Isolate and Detain the Enemies Within

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

Huge India-aligned group sued to dismantle U.S. worker protections

(World Net Daily – Amanda Bartolotta) *Must Read*

Democratic despotism: The left moves from censored to compelled speech

(The Hill – Jonathan Turley)

Fertility Goes Up When Men Win

(Substack – Cremieux) *Reader Suggested Story*


Today’s News 12-15-2025

Posted by
December 15th, 2025

Rob Reiner and His Wife Murdered by Their Son

(PJ Media – Sarah Anderson) *Lead Story*

That white, Tulsi-Gabbard suit reappears again and the left goes bonkers …

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter) *Must Read*

Pakistani national suspected in terror attack on Jewish gathering in Australia on first night of Hanukkah; over a dozen dead

(Blaze Media – Dave Urbanski)

Correction

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

A Chanukah Terrorist Attack in Australia

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

Everyone Lost at ACIP

(Brownstone Institute – David Bell) *Must Read*

Latest Brown University Shooting Update Is Wild…and This Story Has Become a Total Circus

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Police In Germany Arrest Five Foreign Nationals For Planning Terrorist Attack On Christmas Market

(Daily Caller – Mark Tanos)

DNI Tulsi Gabbard says 18,000 individuals with terror ties entered US under Biden admin

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

The Myth of an American Retreat From the Indo-Pacific Debunked

(Red State – Erik Durneika) *Must Read*

The Democrats Decide to Lose

(American Spectator – David Catron)

CBS Staffers Attack New Anchor as Too White, Straight, Male and Pro-Israel

(jonathanturley.org – Jonathan Turley)

AI Wars: Disney Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Google Claiming Copyright Infringement on ‘Massive Scale’

(Brietbart – Alana Mastrangelo)

Opposing the Hypocrisy of Woke Establishments

(Legal Insurrection – Nora Dimitrova Clinton)

Sick: New Children’s Book Targeted to Kids Ages Five to Eight Calls Abortion a ‘Superpower’

(Gateway Pundit – Margaret Flavin)

Wikipevil?

(Daily Signal – John Stossel) *Must Read*

D.C. police chief bullied staff, threatened demotions in order to manipulate crime data, report says

(Washington Times – Matt Delaney)

The left flaunts its hypocrisy as Supreme Court curbs bureaucrats’ power

(New York Post – David Harsanyi)

Tiniest Trump Scandal of All Time? New State Department FONT Policy!

(MRC TV – Tim Graham)

Alaska LNG receives final federal permit ahead of schedule

(Center Square – Alton Wallace)


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