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The hearing in front of a federal three-judge panel has now been set for December 15 California Governor Gavin Newsom unconstitutionally overturned the voter-approved California Redistricting Commission with Proposition 50, which was just passed by voters earlier this month. That is bad enough, but the new congressional district maps were drawn based on racial lines, a recent lawsuit, filed by The Dhillon Law Group, Assemblyman David Tangipa, 18 California voters, and the California Republican Party, alleges. Expediting the federal hearing has met expected resistance from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is defending Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Governor...

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) said he will file privileged articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before Congress breaks for Christmas, which would force the House to consider them within two legislative days though they can be tabled. “There will be articles of impeachment filed before the Christmas break. This, I pledge. We have to participate. This is a participatory democracy. The impeachment requires the hands and the guidance of all of us,” Green said. Green said, “I am Al Green, an unbought, unbossed, unafraid, liberated Democrat. I will speak truth to power, which is pretty easy to do. You...

Actor Charlie Sheen, during a conversation with Megyn Kelly, discusses how he "changed the channel" and discovered that "legacy" media is "very much like state-run media." MEYGN KELLY: Are you getting more comfortable with your politics and expressing them? CHARLIE SHEEN: I am. I think I talked to you about this early on. I had to feel something different, because I think we all, or a lot of us, remain beholden to the structure of the house that we were raised in. ... And yeah, okay for a while, but then I've paid the most taxes of anybody in my...

Republicans are growing increasingly anxious over a once sleepy special election in Tennessee District 7 next month in a district that President Trump comfortably won by 22 points last year. While the congressional race has historically been a GOP shoo-in, Republicans are alarmed by a recent poll and fearful that an upset could see their majority in the House slip to a zero-vote margin. “I’m very concerned about it. Of course, it’s an off-year election. It’s right after Thanksgiving. A lot of the Republicans are out of town. And I worry about them showing up on Election Day,” Rep. Tim...

Voters in the Coastal Plains of North Carolina are on track for new congressional maps in the 2026 midterms. The 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts are changed from the 2024 presidential cycle in the map redrawn this fall by the Legislature. On Wednesday, Justices Allison Jones Rushing, Richard Myers and Thomas Schroeder in a 57-page opinion concluded plaintiffs did not make a “clear showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits of any of the claims advanced in their preliminary injunction motions” and denied the request for a preliminary injunction. Filing for the 2026 midterms begins Monday. Rushing...

A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported despite a federal judge's order blocking her removal, according to her attorney. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, who entered the U.S. from Honduras when she was 8 years old, was about to board her flight to Texas last Friday to visit her parents and siblings when airport authorities told her to step aside, her attorney Todd Pomerleau told ABC News. Lopez Belloza was detained, informed that she had a removal order and then arrested, her attorney...

After several bruising weeks for Speaker Mike Johnson, a soft-focus podcast interview alongside his wife, conducted by Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, had all the ingredients for a flattering reset. What emerged from the interview instead was a portrait of a Republican leader barely keeping his head above water in a job to which he does not appear particularly well suited, a conversation full of tragically revealing details packaged as rueful humor but with the biting sting of truth. “We have this joke that I’m not really a speaker of the House,”...

Two National Guardsmen were shot and critically injured in Washington, D.C., when a suspect, identified as an Afghan national let in through a Biden-era program allegedly ambushed them Wednesday.Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported the suspect in custody “is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. on 9/8/2021 as part of the Biden admin’s Operation Allies Welcome in the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.”Melugin reported that the suspect’s “permission to be in the U.S. expired in September of this year, and he is now in the country illegally.”The Department of Homeland Security inspector general released a report in 2022...

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. - A new study has revealed that Mount Rainier is experiencing a significant reduction in size due to shifting climate patterns. The findings, published in the "Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research" journal, indicate that since 1950, Mount Rainier has decreased by more than 20 feet. Researchers attribute this shrinkage to the melting of snow and ice over the years. Researchers have been tracking the height decline using satellites, laser measurements and historical photographs.

Inquiry comes after the six lawmakers encouraged military to refuse orders they think are illegal Members of Congress who produced an explosive video last week said Tuesday they have been informed that the FBI is investigating them. The agency is seeking interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers, who were contacted through their respective chambers’ sergeant-at-arms’ offices, the members said. In the video posted last Thursday, four House members and two senators who served in the military or in the CIA urged those currently serving in U.S. military and intelligence positions to disobey unlawful orders. An FBI spokesperson declined to...

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry was knighted Wednesday by King Charles III, receiving England’s highest honor in a closed-door reception at Buckingham Palace. Kerry, 81, was formally awarded the Knight Commander award of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, which is typically bestowed to recognize foreign diplomats and is the highest honor that a noncitizen of the United Kingdom can receive. The former Massachusetts senator received the honor for “services to tackling climate change.” During the Biden administration, Kerry served as the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and pushed countries to phase out fossil fuels....

Democrats: Trump is a nazi and threat to democracy! *leftist tries to kiII him* Democrats: Charlie Kirk is a nazi and threat to democracy! *leftist kiIIs him* Democrats: The National Guard are nazis and threat to democracy! *leftist tries to kiII them* It’s so obvious what they’re doing.

Mayorkas claims repeatedly for almost three minutes that all the Afghans were vetted before being brought to America. At the 2:45 mark he is reminded that he is under oath and he then goes from claiming that they were all vetted to saying that he has no idea if any were vetted.Grok Summary of AI-Generated Video TranscriptIn a Senate hearing, a senator questioned Alejandro Mayorkas about the vetting process during the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation. The senator repeatedly asked how many of the evacuees were vetted and screened by U.S. officials before boarding planes (specifically C-17s) to the United States. Mayorkas...

Washington — A Georgia judge on Wednesday agreed to dismiss the state's case against President Trump and his allies stemming from the 2020 presidential election after the local prosecutor who took over the case said he would no longer pursue the charges "to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality."

So, New York got a full-blown socialist for a governor, and now a transgender communist in Idaho wants to try the same thing here. Maxine Durand openly identifies as a socialist. He claims both Democrats and Republicans are failing, but what he’s really saying is that Idaho needs to be remade in the image of California and Washington. The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance has warned for years that leftists have their sights set on our state. Their goal is simple: drag Idaho down the same path as every other progressive stronghold. And now, one of the Democratic Socialists of America’s...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has asked some City Hall employees to resign from their positions when he takes office on Jan. 1, his spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation affiliate WPIX on Wednesday. The New York Times reported that the resignations, which will affect 179 workers.Mamdani recently announced he’s appointed more than 400 city leaders to 17 transition committees, which “will be tasked with not only making personnel recommendations but policy recommendations.” His direct transition team includes alums of both the de Blasio and Adams administrations. Mamdani also plans to keep NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch in her role, citing the...

On Friday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives did what many thought was unthinkable. In what can only be described as a stunning act of bravery, these bold Republicans — wait for it — passed a resolution that condemns socialism. Yes, you read that correctly. While Americans continue to grapple with high costs of living and an increasingly broken health care system — both products of reckless government intervention — your Republican House majority decided to expend what little “low t” energy it has on a useless resolution that basically says, “SOCIALISM IS BAD!”The entire charade was like watching Olivia Nuzzi...

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California filed a federal civil lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, alleging that Pulte violated privacy protections while seeking criminal referrals against political figures. According to the lawsuit, Pulte referred Swalwell to the Department of Justice for alleged mortgage and tax fraud after obtaining records tied to federally backed housing programs.

Over a dinner of turkey, ham and mashed potatoes, and after a keynote speech by an actual Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Golden noted that a 2 December special election to fill an open congressional seat has put his state at the centre of the American political universe - Democratic resources are pouring in. Earlier this month, the Democratic Party Chair held a rally in the district. And last Tuesday, former Vice-President Kamala Harris visited campaign workers at a canvassing event. "Why am I in Tennessee?" she asked the crowd. "Because I know the power is in the South." The district at...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) allegedly dragged fellow Democrats for “not allowing” men to be men or “women to be hot” in a leaked string of text messages condemning his own party for being out-of-touch with everyday Americans. Texts obtained by conservative outlet Human Events purport to show Gallego responding to another person, who wrote, “Been watching all the insanity up there I think it’s time that somebody with a cool head and a solid plan could rise to the top of your party.” “Oh man have you met my party?” the senator allegedly replied. “I have been yelling at them...