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Congressional Vote Needed to Expel Florida Congresswoman Indicted for $5 Million Theft
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. Six members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been expelled in history, with three removed for disloyalty during the Civil War and three for criminal conduct, including fraud. Of those, Michael Myers (D-PA) was expelled in 1980 after being convicted of bribery in the Abscam scandal, and James Traficant (D-OH) was expelled in 2002 following a […]
NEWSOM’S EMPIRE OF FRAUD: 25% of California Medicaid Looted as Billions Vanish Under Newsom
By The Geller Report Multiple senior HHS officials estimate that, under Gavin Newsom, California’s state Medicaid program has lost 25 percent of its budget to fraud. This would mean it is currently losing $50 billion a year to scammers, fraudsters, and organized crime rings. The scale is staggering: more lost to fraud than many states […]
What to Make of the ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Case before SCOTUS
By Family Research Council The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in what may be the most consequential case to come before the court in decades. At issue in Trump v. Barbara is an executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office, over one year ago, terminating automatic birthright citizenship. […]
What I Saw Inside The Supreme Court During Trump’s Historic Visit
By The Daily Caller WASHINGTON — It was impossible for any member of the press or public to stop their eyes from drifting time to time from the bench to the middle of the nation’s highest court, where the president was quietly making history. The nine Supreme Court justices carried on completely unfazed by the president’s […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Wipes Out Homeless Encampments
By The Daily Caller One year after President Donald Trump set out to make Washington, D.C., safe again, his initiative has cleaned out 142 homeless encampments throughout the nation’s capital, according to internal data exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller. The “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force” launched on March 28, 2025. Since then, more […]
ROOKE: Trump’s Historic SCOTUS Visit Couldn’t Come At A Better Time
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to observe arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Wednesday in the case that could determine America’s future. SCOTUS is hearing arguments in the case Trump v. Barbara on the constitutionality of Executive Order 14160, issued on Trump’s first day in office in January 2025. Trump’s […]
Impeach This Florida Judge Now
By Royal A. Brown III This Leon County judge allowed a convicted pedophile to be free on bond who then murdered a 5 year old child — she should be impeached by FL House — NOW! TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier formally called on the Florida House of Representatives to begin impeachment […]
Dozens of Arrests Made at ‘No Kings’ Rallies Around U.S. Saturday
By The Daily Signal Police arrested dozens during “No Kings” protests around the country on Saturday, including 70 in Los Angeles, California. According to organizers, eight million people took to the streets of American cities Saturday in a show of opposition President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and the Iran war. “Multiple demonstrators” […]
The Boot of Federal Tyranny has Breached its Bonds
By Kelleigh Nelson “… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the safeguard to the continuance of a free government … whereas the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be […]
Judge, Longtime Thorn for Trump, Sides With Administration
By The Daily Signal U.S. District Judge James Boasberg—with a history of halting Trump administration policies—sided with the president in a case regarding deporting criminal illegal immigrants to El Salvador. Boasberg, the chief judge in the District of Columbia and an appointee of President Barack Obama, sided with the administration against liberal groups who sued to […]
Gov. Newsom Threatens Arrest for Investigating Somali Daycare Fraud
By Jihad Watch Newsom’s position is that it’s fine to investigate fraud everywhere… except when Somali Muslims do it. CBS News was just able to run an investigation of hospice fraud on the same familiar grounds, addresses with dozens of facilities and no physical presence, massive charges and no clients. Nick Shirley, who usually tags […]
No, Following the Money Behind Antifa Is Not an Attack on the First Amendment
By The Daily Signal For years, the Left tried to gaslight Americans into thinking that Antifa was a fake threat, even though we could see the political violence before our own eyes. Now, the Trump administration isn’t just bringing charges against Antifa rioters, it’s taking aim at the potential funding networks behind the violence. When Antifa […]
John Fetterman Puts Trump’s DHS Nominee On Fast Track To Confirmation
By The Daily Caller Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman helped fast-track the nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday morning. The Oklahoman’s nomination passed the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee vote 8 to 7, with Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voting down President Trump’s […]
Report: China Hacked U.S. Voter Databases in 2020 to Fraudulently Obtain Mail-in Ballots
By Family Research Council A startling new report surfaced this week revealing that China’s communist regime hacked into U.S. voter registration databases in 2020 and planned to use the information to produce thousands of fake American driver’s licenses in order to obtain mail-in ballots, with the purpose of casting fraudulent votes for former President Joe […]
Beware the Ides of March: What Julius Caesar and George Washington Teach Amid Today’s Toppling of Dictators
By The Daily Signal What makes a man truly great? As President Donald Trump celebrates the ouster of dictators in Iran and Venezuela, and jokes about running for a third term in 2028, I can’t help but think of the two great men whose lives pivoted on one date—the Ides of March. “The Ides of March” has […]
Recent ISIS Attacks Represent Part of Broader Threat, Muslim Reformer Warns
By The Daily Signal Amid concern that radical Islam is influencing violent attacks across America in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, a Muslim reformer warns that Americans can expect more attacks in the short term, though he expects a positive result in Iran will bring the threat to an end. “In […]
Florida Passes Voter ID Bill as National SAVE Act Stalls
By The Daily Signal The Florida Senate passed voter ID legislation Thursday, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, as the SAVE America Act stalls in the U.S. Senate. SB 1334, a bill to strengthen the verification process for voters’ citizenship status, passed the Sunshine State’s Senate 27-12, fulfilling the prediction of Florida Chief Financial Officer […]
Anti-ICE Rioters Thought They Were Above The Law — One Man Is Showing Them Otherwise
By The Daily Caller Portland, Oregon, now has a county prosecutor throwing the book at the city’s famously raucous protesters after his predecessor neglected cases. Most protesters arrested near Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the past six months have faced charges from Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s office, according to court […]
How Is a Free Cuba in the National Interest of the United States?
By Family Research Council The phrase “America First” has been a recognizable rallying cry of the citizen and political movement that brought President Donald Trump to the White House twice. The America First Policy Institute believes that a foreign policy approach that prioritizes the United States is based on the idea that when the United States puts […]
EXCLUSIVE: Somali Lawmaker Shares How U.S. Pays The Price Of Somali Terror And Trafficking
By The Daily Caller Somali officials are allegedly linked to a network trafficking terrorists, fraud and children into the U.S. and Western nations, according to confidential reports exclusively shared with the Daily Caller by a Somali lawmaker. Dr. Abdillahi Hashi Abib, a member of Somalia’s Parliament and Foreign Affairs Committee, shared the February letters with […]
Four House Democrats Side With Republicans On Trump’s Iran Strikes
By The Daily Caller Four Democrats voted with Republicans to effectively greenlight President Donald Trump’s military action in Iran, breaking with the party’s House leadership. The House voted down the War Powers Act (WPA) — introduced by Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna — 212 to 219 just one day […]
Emilio Arteaga: How Socialism Revives Slavery in the West Today (Part 2)
By Family Research Council Read Part 1. Yesterday, the slave trade in the West focused on unskilled labor, but today, Cuban socialism has revived slave practices for decades — albeit with professionals. It has done so through the “export of services.” Under the guise of “humanitarianism” or “solidarity,” it openly and systematically exploits its workers, “in collaboration with […]
U.S. And Ecuadorian Forces Launch Joint Strikes On Narco-Terror Targets
By The Daily Caller American and Ecuadorian military forces launched joint strikes against narco-terror targets in Ecuador on Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced. The joint operations target Designated Terrorist Organizations within the country, the U.S. announced in a press release. SOUTHCOM described the operations as a “powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin […]
PODCAST: Georgia House Committee Recommends Hand Counting 2026 Ballots
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV The House Blue Ribbon Elections Study Committee issued their first of several anticipated reports. The committee prioritized a solution for Georgia’s current Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5A voting system which was found to be unsecure and in violation of Georgia law. The system tabulates all contest votes that are […]
Emilio Arteaga: How Socialism Revives Slavery in the West Today (Part 1)
By Family Research Council Yesterday, the slave trade in the West focused on unskilled labor, but today, Cuban socialism has revived slave practices for decades — albeit with professionals. It has done so through the “export of services.” Under the guise of “humanitarianism” or “solidarity,” it openly and systematically exploits its workers, “in collaboration with private companies, […]
Dems Refuse to Fund DHS as Iran-Related Terror Threat Grows
By Family Research Council As far as campaign strategies go, risking American lives to make a political point seems like a pretty flawed approach. But it is, incredibly, the path Democrats have chosen — perhaps fatally — to meet the critical moment the U.S. finds itself in. As bombs drop in the Middle East and […]
Jewish Parents Are Now Suing ENTIRE California Education System, ‘F–ck the Jews”
By The Geller Report A group of Jewish parents has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, alleging systemic antisemitism in public schools across the state. The lawsuit claims that Jewish students have been subjected to harassment, anti-Jewish and anti-Jewish rhetoric in classrooms, […]
5-Year-Old’s Near-Death Experience Moves Congress to Stop Illegal Aliens From Truck Driving
By The Daily Signal Congressional Republicans are pushing to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses in the wake of President Donald Trump acknowledging 5-year-old Dalilah Coleman during his State of the Union address. Dalilah was nearly killed in 2022 by Partap Singh, an illegal immigrant truck driver in California, after he did not stop his 18-wheeler at a stop sign. “Many, […]
‘It’s a Disgrace’: Vance Reveals Playbook for Combating Fraud in United States
By The Daily Signal Vice President JD Vance announced he is withholding Medicaid reimbursements from Minnesota while the administration investigates fraud in the state. When asked by The Daily Signal if this plan should be viewed as a playbook for fighting fraud in the rest of the country, Vance said, “I think you can, certainly.” […]
It’s Time to Stand Up Against Leftist Doxxing
By Center For Security Policy Peace officers, military personnel and prosecutors in recent years have faced a growing threat from the practice known as “doxxing” in which their personal, private information is obtained, sometimes through legal means and sometimes illegally, and spread online via a variety of social media. In most cases the information posted […]