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Acting FEMA Chief David Richardson resigned on Monday, according to CBS News. David Richardson, a Marine Corps veteran and assistant secretary for DHS’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, was appointed to assume the duties of FEMA Administrator in May after Cameron Hamilton was abruptly removed from the post. “Mr. Richardson led FEMA through the 2025 hurricane season, delivering historic funding to North Carolina, Texas, Florida, New Mexico and Alaska, and overseeing a comprehensive review that identified and eliminated serious governmental waste and inefficiency, and refocused the agency to deliver swift resources to Americans in crisis,” a DHS spokesperson said...

WASHINGTON — The East Wing that President Donald Trump tore down last month stood for decades. The ballroom he’s building in its place could be gone not long after the first wave of guests sit down for dinner, depending on the outcome of the 2028 presidential race. If elected, a Democratic president would have plenty to worry about aside from White House decor; war and peace can easily fill up a day. But a new president may face considerable pressure from within the Democratic fold to do something about a massive new ballroom forever linked to Trump. Already, prominent Democratic...

TRUMP SAYS MAMDANI IS COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE SOON.pic.twitter.com/X6nbYmo84v— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 17, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury materials from the case. Those problems, wrote Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, include “fundamental misstatements of the law” by a prosecutor to the grand jury that indicted Comey in September, the use of potentially privileged communications during the investigation and unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings. “The Court recognizes that the relief sought...

Just when you thought Trump would run and hide from all this Epstein stuff (see Epstein's 2018 email about Trump and Bubba), he's going all-in on releasing the files. But first, check out this 2015 video of Trump talking about Epstein and Prince Andrew: VIDEO AT LINK................... BREAKING - A 2015 clip of Presidential Candidate Donald Trump bringing up Epstein Island before anyone knew who Epstein was is resurfacing. “That island was a cesspool. Just ask Prince Andrew. He’ll tell you about it.” "A guilty man doesn't mention something he wants to hide." Now, in 2025, the president is calling...

There comes a point at which you have to be amazed by how it is Democrats can find new and creative ways to embarrass the species to which we all belong. The thing to remember about the political left is that there is literally no bottom for them to hit, only an endless pit of shame, stupidity and hypocrisy through which they forever fall. That’s how you end up with the party putting up known pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as a would-be character assassin against President Donald Trump.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,” Oz told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they’ll “work something out,” in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each other as political foils. Representatives for Mamdani did not have an immediate comment Sunday night on the president’s remarks, but a spokesperson pointed to the mayor-elect’s remarks last week when he said he planned to reach out to the White House “because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city.” Trump expressed a...

The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, centers around a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after an election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The U.S. Supreme Court has agree to take up a case that could have an effect on the 2026 midterm elections. The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, centers around a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after an election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The Mississippi law was enacted in 2020 due...

Embattled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is channelling his inner Donald Trump as he tries to stop the relentless flow of small boats carrying immigrants across the English Channel from sinking his Labour government. A package of harsh measures to be officially unveiled on Monday would make Starmer the human rights lawyer blanch. But Starmer the prime minister has little choice but to get tough if he is to stop the votes flowing to the insurgent Nigel Farage. The new measures are modelled on those adopted by Denmark’s centre-left government, which has managed to cut the flow of irregular immigrants...

Time’s up, ChuckChuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has a pair of very sweet imaginary friends. They’re a middle-class couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey and they live on Long Island. At one point the imaginary couple, who feature in Schumer’s 2007 book, Positively American, were called the O’Reillys. According to the Hill, one Schumer aide said the name then was changed because the publisher thought O’Reilly was “too ethnic” for mass consumption. Another aide said that claim was false, and Schumer just wanted a name that “sounded more national”. Naming strategy aside, the key point here is that Schumer...

On Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said President Donald Trump was “losing his MAGA base” over the Jeffrey Epstein files.Host Kristen Welker said, “I want to turn to another big issue, you are pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Your joint bill with Thomas Massie is going to come to a vote on the House floor. It’s expected to this week. Do you think you have enough votes for it to pass?”Khanna said, “We do, and there’s nothing I have been prouder of or more meaningful than this work. The credit goes...

🚨 BREAKING: SCOTT JENNINGS on President Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene "[Trump] didn't tell her not to run [for Senate]. What she didn't say was that he sent her a poll privately, discreetly, and it had information in it. And it showed her down 20 points to Sen. Jon Ossoff." "In politics, when you want to send a message to someone that you like or that has been an ally, you don't embarrass them publicly. You privately send them information and show them what the reality is." "I think it's true that he didn't tell her not to run, but...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) predicted “100 or more” House Republicans could vote in favor of releasing files and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week. “I think we could have a deluge of Republicans,” Massie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” when asked by Jonathan Karl about GOP support for the vote. “There could be 100 or more.”Massie, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), led a successful discharge petition, which teed up a House vote seeking to compel the Trump administration to release more information about Epstein. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the lower chamber is...

WASHINGTON — Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene insisted Sunday that she still supports President Trump despite his epic takedown of her — while simultaneously questioning his MAGA bona fides in a madcap interview. While making overtures to end her red-hot feud with Trump, 79, Greene, 51, repeatedly slammed the president, accusing him of not being focused enough on the US and putting Americans first. " I do support him and his administration, and I support them in delivering the campaign promises we made to the American people,” Greene (R-GA) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “His remarks, of...

President Donald Trump slammed Indiana Republican lawmakers who don’t plan to redistrict the state.Trump says the state can add two more U.S. House seats for Republicans, he posted on social media.“Very disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans, led by RINO Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode, for not wanting to redistrict their State, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats. The Democrats have done redistricting for years, often illegally, and all other appropriate Republican States have done it.”In November, California voters passed Proposal 50, which aims to give Democrats more seats in the U.S. House.The...

California has moved to cancel licenses of 17,000 commercial drivers after a back-and-forth with the Trump administration, which is pushing to get what it calls ”dangerous foreign drivers” off U.S. roads.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the cancellations last week, saying California had finally bowed to pressure to kick people the feds say are illegal immigrants off the roads.Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office acknowledged the revocations but rejected the claim that they were illegal immigrants. It said they were booted because of “inconsistency” with state law.“After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now...

The 2028 presidential election is more than 1,000 days away, but you’d hardly know it from all the speculation and anticipation that’s swirling from Sacramento to the Washington Beltway.Standing at the center of attention is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off his big victory on Proposition 50, the backatcha ballot measure that gerrymandered the state’s congressional map to boost Democrats and offset a power grab by Texas Republicans.Newsom is bidding for the White House, and has been doing so for the better part of a year, though he won’t say so out loud. Is Newsom the Democratic front-runner or a...

HBO host Bill Maher on Friday criticized democratic socialism and warned of its potential negative impact on the Democratic Party, urging both voters and party leaders to steer clear of the ideology. The "Real Time" host took specific aim at two prominent democratic socialists during his "New Rule" segment, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. "Democrats must recognize that Zohran Mamdani is the future of the party. Unfortunately, it's the Republican Party. Get it?" Maher joked. "And if you missed his victory speech in last week's mayoral election in New York, don't worry. You'll see...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) changed his opinion on the surprise provision added to his clean continuing resolution that allows senators to sue the federal government for surveilling them without their knowledge. Johnson appeared on Fox News Sunday following a meeting with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). The pair previously disagreed on the last-minute addition as a source familiar with the provision told the Washington Examiner that Thune included it in the bill at the request of members of the Senate GOP conference, saying there was a “strong appetite for it.” Meanwhile, Johnson said he “did not appreciate” the...