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How Many B-21 Raider Bombers Are Needed? At some point in the future, officials from the Department of the Air Force will likely be seated in a House subcommittee in our nation’s capital and asked a blunt question from United States lawmakers: How many B-21 Raider bombers do you actually need? Some U.S. Air Force officials are already pondering that query. Current plans call for the service to operate at least 100 long-range strategic bombers, but there have been calls for the Air Force to acquire upwards of 179 or more.

The Supreme Court has ordered lower courts in New Jersey and Colorado to rehear cases about coronavirus restrictions for religious gatherings after the high court’s recent decision not to allow New York to impose similar restrictions, which happened with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the bench.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is on the way out. During an interview with longtime Democratic operative David Axelrod on his CNN podcast, "The Axe Files," Psaki said she plans to step down either later this year or early next year. "I think it’s going to be time for somebody else to have this job, in a year from now or about a year from now," Psaki said.

Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is refusing to back down in her feud with Donald Trump. According to a report, Cheney “secretly orchestrated” an op-ed in the Washington Post from all living former secretaries of defense slamming Trump’s handling of the military in January, according to the New Yorker. A good friend of Cheney's, Eric Edelman, reportedly told the New Yorker that Cheney had personally met with all 10 living former defense secretaries, including Trump’s first defense secretary, Jim Mattis, urging them to participate in the op-ed.

The Federal Election Commission has dropped its inquiry into Donald Trump’s alleged payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The Commission is comprised of six members: three Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent. The case was decided with a 2-2 vote. Both Democrats voted that the case against Trump should proceed; two of the Republicans voted to drop the inquiry; the other Republican recused himself from the case, and the Independent did not vote. Thus, the case was dropped because there was no majority.

Joe Biden is trying to sell his next, massive spending bill. He says it’s for “infrastructure” to convince Americans it will be for much-needed projects. But it has become clear to many that Biden's nearly $2 trillion deal is hardly about building and fixing roads, bridges, and buildings and more about giving liberals goodies they want paid for by taxpayers. Of note, the current bill would give $250,000 to expand the Michelle Obama Library in California.

Something must be really worrying Democrats. There appears to be a full-court press effort to delay and defer any and every effort to audit Maricopa County's election results. Officials in Arizona's Maricopa County are withholding materials subpoenaed by the state legislature as part of its audit of the county's 2020 election, claiming that surrendering them would constitute a security risk for both law enforcement and federal agencies.

State senators in the deeply blue state of Vermont have approved voting for non-citizens in elections in the state capital of Montpelier. "I believe if someone wishes to be able to vote they should be a citizen," Vermont state Sen. Brian Collamore said. "The Montpelier bill allows what is defined as a legal resident of the United States to be able to vote in city elections. ... If someone is here on a permanent basis, why would he or she not want to participate in the process to become a citizen?" Collamore added. Democrats in two Vermont towns are pushing...

Two Major League Baseball teams, the New York Yankees and New York Mets, are getting prepared to, kind of, bring their games back to normal. But the price of bringing the games back to somewhat normal is precisely what many people were frightened of to begin with, CBS New York reported. Their stadiums, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field respectively, will have separate seating for vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. In the vaccinated section, fans will not have to socially distance but will still, ridiculously, have to wear masks even after the Centers For Disease Control said masks were not needed outside.

A prominent Democrat is sounding the alarm about Joe Biden's handling of the border crisis. Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar is accusing the Biden administration of misleading the public about the purported success of its immigration policies. The Department of Homeland Security released photos of a migrant processing facility in the border town of Donna, Texas, on Tuesday. The photos showed sparsely populated plastic cages where crowds of children had been kept, suggesting that the Biden administration is effectively dealing with the crisis-level flood of illegal immigrant children that have come into the U.S. in recent months.

Democrats are having flashbacks of what happened with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but this time it is with current Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Many Democrat politicians have been tiptoeing around his feelings and not directly asking him to retire because they are frightened that it may look too political. But what they want is a new, young liberal justice on the court in the place of the 82-year-old justice, CNN reported.

<p>For the second time in less than a week, a massive brawl has broken out at Miami International Airport.</p><p>The fight this week began after two women were reportedly yelling at each other on the plane.</p><p>Then, both of the passengers were kicked off the plane and a brawl erupted in the boarding area.</p>

Most Americans are aware of the election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, but not many may know about another crucial audit taking place. Donald Trump issued a powerful statement on Thursday reminding Americans about the election audit in New Hampshire. "Congratulations to the great Patriots of Windham, New Hampshire for their incredible fight to seek out the truth on the massive Election Fraud which took place in New Hampshire and the 2020 Presidential Election," Trump wrote.

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal injection drugs — a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation. The bill, approved by a 66-43 vote, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. The state is one of only nine to still use the electric chair and will become only the fourth to allow a firing squad. South Carolina last executed a death row...

Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have described themselves as devout Catholics, a description enthusiastically repeated by his press secretary and the media. But now Pelosi's hometown bishop is taking a not-so-subtle jab at her and Biden's abortion advocacy, arguing that self-identified Catholics should refrain from publicly promoting the practice or face potential exclusion from Holy Communion. "If you find that you are unwilling or unable to abandon your advocacy for abortion, you should not come forward to receive Holy Communion," said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone in a pastoral letter.

Democrats are very worried about the election audit taking place in Arizona. The Biden Department of Justice has sent a letter to Arizona Senate President Karen Fann taking issue with Maricopa County's forensic audit of the 2020 election. The letter is from Pamela Karlan, the principal deputy assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division. Karlan writes to Fann that the DOJ is taking issue with two main parts of the forensic audit.

Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have described themselves as devout Catholics, a description enthusiastically repeated by his press secretary and the media. But now Pelosi's hometown bishop is taking a not-so-subtle jab at her and Biden's abortion advocacy, arguing that self-identified Catholics should refrain from publicly promoting the practice or face potential exclusion from Holy Communion. "If you find that you are unwilling or unable to abandon your advocacy for abortion, you should not come forward to receive Holy Communion," said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone in a pastoral letter.

Joe Biden has given one gaffe filled speech after another and it has gotten so bad that some people are wondering what is wrong with his head, literally. On Wednesday Biden gave another speech full of gaffes, but something caught the attention of one prominent Twitter user and now it has people talking. “Hi, @PressSec— Can you please share any insights into what’s happened with President Biden’s head?” Tom Elliott, the founder of Grabien, said on Twitter addressing White House press secretary Jen Psaki. (Image and video in story)

Donald Trump has endorsed Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney's potential replacement. Earlier this week, it was reported that House leadership is considering removing Cheney, the third-ranking Republican, from her leadership role. Trump has fully endorsed the idea. "Liz Cheney is a warmongering fool who has no business in Republican Party Leadership," Trump said. "We want leaders who believe in the Make America Great Again movement and prioritize the values of America First. Elise Stefanik is a far superior choice, and she has my COMPLETE and TOTAL endorsement for GOP Conference Chair. Elise is a tough and smart communicator!"

Donald Trump has responded to Facebook’s decision to keep him banned from the platform, at minimum for the next six months. In his statement, Trump called the decision a "total embarrassment" and went nuclear on Big Tech for trying to silence him. Since the decision came on Wednesday several conservatives on Twitter and other websites have called for Congress to get involved.