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Trump Yanks Nomination Of IRS Official Donald Korb Who Donated To Democrats
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Treasury Department pick Donald Korb Friday after questions surfaced about his past donations to Democrats. Trump announced he was withdrawing Korb’s nomination in a post to Truth Social. “Please be advised that I am withdrawing the nomination of Donald Korb to be Assistant General Counsel […]
Payroll Costs of the Federal Swamp Exploded 24% during Biden Era
By Family Research Council There were 5% more federal workers — 2.77 million in 2020 to 2.90 million in 2025 — when Joe Biden left the White House, but the costs of paying this vast legion of bureaucrats exploded 24% during the same period, according to a new report by a nonprofit government watchdog. Much of the […]
Eight Senate Democratic Caucus Members Defy Chuck Schumer To Advance Deal That Would End Shutdown
By The Daily Caller Forty days into the longest government shutdown in history, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to support a deal that will end the government shutdown. Lawmakers voted 60 to 40 to advance a House-passed clean continuing resolution (CR) Sunday night that had previously failed to clear […]
Supreme Court Allows Trump To Withhold Full SNAP Benefits Amid Government Shutdown in Emergency Order
By The Geller Report SNAP is sick with fraud. It’s time to DOGE SNAP and make massive changes to the program. Supreme Court allows Trump admin to temporarily withhold full SNAP benefits amid government shutdown in emergency order By Ariel Zilber, NY Post, Nov. 7, 2025: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Trump’s administration to temporarily […]
Zohran Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party now
By NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent for the Muslim, 34-year-old state lawmaker. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist nominee who has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric, has won the New York City mayoral race. At press time, with 75% of the votes counted, […]
These Wall Street Firms Are Fleeing NYC
By The Geller Report As it stands now, nearly half of New York City’s jobs are financed by taxpayers. The city is already dangerously dependent on government spending. A hard-left administration would finish the job — strangling what’s left of the private economy and driving the city into ruin. For the whole of the twentieth […]
Republicans Gaining Ground in Key Elections in Historically-Blue States
By Family Research Council November of 2024 saw tens of millions of Americans unite to send President Donald Trump back to the White House, flanked by a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. But the Novembers of 2025 and 2026 are likely to see the nation’s political divisions on full display in both off-year elections […]
Small Business Chief Details Spillover Effects of Shutdown on Economy
By The Daily Signal Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler, at a House Republican news conference on Monday, warned of the adverse effects the federal government shutdown is having on the economy. The SBA administrator’s comments came as the shutdown approaches the one-month mark. “The SBA’s loan-guarantee programs have been halted, and Main Street’s capital has […]
RECORD Turnout First day of Early Voting in NYC Mayoral Race
By The Geller Report This is important. New York City elections are renown for notoriously low turnout. We’re famous or should I say infamous for it. So the polls may be off. Then non-presidential year is generally a 13% turnout. I think motivated New Yorkers are keen to save the city. I don’t like Cuomo. […]
House Republicans Blunt ‘Blue Wave’ Hopes As Democrats Falter In Fundraising
By The Daily Caller Nearly a year out from the midterms, House Republicans are touting a notable fundraising edge that could help the party maintain House control in 2026. For the first time since 2015, the National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, has outraised its Democratic counterpart in the first three quarters of […]
Dems’ Shutdown Strategy Benefits Health Insurance Firms That Give Millions in Campaign Contributions
By Family Research Council Congressional Democrats claim their refusal to end the government shutdown unless President Donald Trump and Capitol Hill Republicans agree to make permanent Obamacare’s temporary COVID-related tax credits is intended to protect the health care coverage of millions of low and middle-income Americans. But an analysis by The Washington Stand of campaign […]
SHOCK Poll Shows Big Trouble for Jihadi Zohran Mamdani
By The Geller Report Sliwa must drop out. It’s not rocket science and it’s not about Democrat/Republican. It’s a Hail Mary pass. By Craig McCarthy and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, NY Post, Oct. 20, 2025: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be in a virtual dead heat with lefty front-runner Zohran Mamdani in the Big Apple mayoral race if […]
Taking action to defend America from the UN’s first global carbon tax
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Joint Statement by Secretary of State Rubio, Secretary of Energy Wright, and Secretary of Transportation Duffy President Trump has made it clear that the United States will not accept any international environmental agreement that unduly or unfairly burdens the United States or harms the interests of the American people. […]
Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill a UN Carbon Tax on Global Shipping
By Family Research Council The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will vote this week whether to approve new regulations authorizing them to charge maritime shipping companies for their carbon emissions. The measure would be the first ever carbon tax on maritime commerce and the first ever tax collected directly by a U.N. agency, which is unaccountable […]
Trump Gives Democrats Deadline For When Permanent Government Firings Will Begin
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump gave Democrats a deadline for when he would start making cuts to federal workers and other federal programs. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the majority of his caucus again rejected a continuing resolution Monday, extending the government shutdown. Trump, who’s administration previously teased mass firings as a result […]
Schumer Shutdown Now in FOURTH Day
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) It’s becoming increasingly clear that Minority Leader Schumer has essentially buckled to AOC —Alexandra Ocasio Cortez (D-NY)—and the radical left. WATCH: House Spending Bill Fails in the Senate Again—44 Democrats Vote NO! The shutdown is the gift that keeps on giving… to the Republicans. The live […]
Transform or Terminate? Our options for failing Federal Agencies.
By John Droz, Jr. We MUST choose wisely! Almost everyone complains about government — Local, State, & Federal. It’s right up there with finding fault with your spouse, being annoyed with your kids, bitching about the weather, etc., etc. Today, let’s just focus on Federal Agencies (e.g., DOE, EPA, DHHS, DOEd). Unfortunately, most people have […]
TrumpRx: Trump Announces Lower Prescription Drug Costs
By The Geller Report Trump is a wonder. Trump strikes Pfizer deal for 85% drug price cuts. President Donald Trump announced a voluntary agreement with Pfizer in the White House Oval Office, requiring the company to sell medications to Medicaid at the lowest international prices starting in 2026, potentially saving hundreds of millions annually on […]
‘Cracks Are Beginning to Show’: Senate GOP Leadership Outlines Post-Shutdown Strategy
By The Daily Signal On Tuesday night, forty-three Democrats in the Senate denied Republicans the votes necessary to avert a government shutdown. But tellingly, at least according to one Senate Republican leader, three senators in the Democrat caucus voted with Republicans. Democrat Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada both voted […]
Trump EPA Putting Black Americans Back in Driver’s Seat
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Take a look at the article CFACT’s Donna Jackson posted on Fox News explaining the benefits to America’s Black community of keeping cars affordable. Donna reports that “EPA has proposed the repeal of new tailpipe standards that would have tacked on an agency-estimated $2,100 to the already-rising sticker prices for new gasoline-powered vehicles.” As […]
Mike Johnson Has 4 Words For Chuck Schumer’s Demand That Taxpayers Prop Up Left-Wing Media
By The Daily Caller House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York’s demand that Congress allocate $500 million for certain media outlets Friday, saying, “We’re not doing that.” The House of Representatives passed both a short-term funding measure and a resolution honoring assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Friday. Democrats have demanded […]
Trump Administration Calls for Taking Power Away from the Federal Reserve
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV President Donald Trump’s top economic official is doubling down on an idea he has trumpeted for months: “The Fed has overstepped its bounds by taking on banking regulation, and that must stop.” “The Fed now regulates, lends to and sets the profitability calculus for the banks it oversees, […]
TRUMP VICTORY: Appeals Court Allows EPA To Cut Billions In Climate Grift Grants
By The Geller Report Dismantling the largest political hoax in history…..Biden was “just trying to get the money out as fast as possible.” comparing the situation to ‘throwing gold bars off the Titanic.’ The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency, allowing it to cancel $20 billion […]
Treasury Department Says Official National Debt Is $37 Trillion — but the Real Total Is $158 Trillion
By Family Research Council Ask officials in the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service what America’s national debt total is, and they reply that as of September 3, 2025, every man, woman, and child currently living in America today is collectively responsible for $37,274,265,917,907.03. Or more than $37 trillion. To put that figure into perspective, […]
THE WHITE HOUSE: Happy Labor Day
By The White House HAPPY LABOR DAY! President Trump welcomed President Lee Jae Myung of the Republic of Korea, hosted the Abbey Gate Gold Star families, and held a Cabinet meeting at the White House. He celebrated a major win when Cracker Barrel made the decision to return to their original logo after pushback from many people, including President Trump. The President also took […]
AEI Housing Center: How We Can Make Housing Affordable Again
By Edward Pinto Wall Street Journal: How We Can Make Housing Affordable Again AEI Housing Center Co-Director Ed Pinto responds to a recent piece from William Galston titled “Trump Can’t Ignore Our Housing Crisis” by arguing that the real challenge preventing the construction of millions of new homes is restrictive zoning. If states and localities legalize smaller lots, the U.S. can produce […]
‘Absolutely Shameful’: Illinois Gov. Signs Law Extending Financial Aid to Illegal Immigrants
By Family Research Council Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed a new, allegedly “inclusive,” law extending financial aid eligibility — not necessarily to poorer students or families in need, but to illegal immigrants. The bill makes it so that all residents can receive financial aid regardless of immigration status. Reportedly, this is designed to establish “equitable […]
Trump Administration Reshapes PEPFAR into Slimmer, Streamlined Program
By Family Research Council One astonishing element of the second Trump administration is the radical Left’s hapless pattern of choosing to fight on what amounts to political quicksand. In the latest installment of this phenomenon, The New York Times complains that “the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) … has apportioned only $2.9 billion of $6 billion […]
Trump Says US Will Snag $10 Billion Ownership Stake In Intel
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. will take a 10% equity stake in Intel under a deal the White House plans to announce later in the day, and signaled more such moves could be coming. A 10% slice would be worth roughly $10 billion at current prices and tracks with […]
Dems Panic as Party Faces Voter Registration Crisis
By Family Research Council Democrats lost “bigly” in November of 2024, with Republicans retaking the Senate and maintaining control of the House of Representatives, and President Donald Trump returning to the White House with both the Electoral College and the popular vote under his belt. According to a recent report, however, the Democratic Party’s voter […]