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One Miami influencer has gone from wearing Gucci to prison garb. Danielle Miller, 32, was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday after she pleaded guilty earlier this year to carrying out a $1.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, according to prosecutors. The self-described con artist flaunted her wealth that included driving in a Rolls-Royce, hopping on private jets and living in a high-end apartment fueled by taking more than $1 million in pandemic-related loans meant for struggling Americans, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said.

CV NEWS FEED // Pro-abortion activists are suing Ohio ballot officials for adopting the term “unborn child” in the new official language for a ballot measure that could make abortion a constitutional right in November. In a vote which occurred along party lines on Monday, the Ohio Ballot Board approved the official language for the ballot measure that proposes a constitutional amendment known as “Issue 1.” According to the ballot’s new language, if Issue 1 passes, it would grant a pregnant woman’s physician “the authority to determine on a case-by-case basis, whether an unborn child is viable,” and subsequently, whether...

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis fired back at Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s Thursday over his probe of her Trump election interference case. Late last month, Jordan (R-Oh.) demanded a tranche of documents detailing communications between Willis and federal officials about former President Donald Trump, arguing her case could interfere in the 2024 election.

An LGBT pressure group that advocates teaching transgender ideology to children in preschool has endorsed an abortion-related state constitutional amendment that could also create a constitutional “right” for minors to have transgender surgeries without their parents’ knowledge or approval. In addition, the transgender activist group is joined by one of the nation’s largest profiteers from injecting minors and young adults with cross-sex hormones. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has endorsed Ohio Issue One, the so-called “Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative.” Its supporters say the amendment aims to “enshrine” the right to abortion in Ohio’s constitution. But critics...

Abortions have risen by up to 220 percent in states that border those with bans since Roe v Wade was overturned in June 2022, a study shows. The data, from the pro-abortion research group Guttmacher Institute, suggests many women have been forced to cross state lines to end pregnancies. New Mexico, which borders Oklahoma, and Wyoming, which borders three other states, saw the biggest percentage increases, with more than three times as many abortions provided in the first half of 2023 compared to 2020. Kansas and South Carolina also saw their number of abortions double in that time. Illinois, which...

In a shocking revelation, Todd Bensman, the Center’s Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow, has reported that the Biden regime is allocating a staggering $2,200 per month to illegal immigrant families (1 parent & 1 child) for the cost of living expenses. This comes at a time when the average American on Social Security receives just $1,400 per month and Maui survivors with only $700. According to a video interview with an anonymous Border Patrol Agent, illegal immigrants are “double dipping” the system. One parent and one child receive $2,200 per month, and then a separate parent and child—often from the...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open semifinal between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed early in the second set because of a disruption by environmental activists in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands on Thursday night. Gauff was ahead 6-4, 1-0 when play was halted for at least 40 minutes. Tournament referee Jake Garner came out onto the court, while security headed toward where the protesters were. They were wearing shirts that read, “End Fossil Fuels.” At least one person glued their feet to the ground, making it harder to be removed, a spokesman for the U.S. Tennis Association...

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) just filed a reply brief in support of its petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. The petition was filed to correct the unjust result in a major abortion case involving Planned Parenthood. The newly filed brief responds to Planned Parenthood’s opposition to that petition. Since early 2016, the ACLJ has been representing Troy Newman, a former board member of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), in a federal lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood. The abortion giant sued Newman and his co-defendants after CMP released videos from its...

A leading pro-life legal group has filed an emergency appeal to get a pro-life advocate out of prison who was convicted last week of rescuing babies from abortion. As LifeNews reported, five pro-life advocates have been found guilty of violating a federal law protecting abortion centers and now face the possibility of 11 years in prison. Another four pro-life advocates are headed to trial today. Lauren Handy, Will Goodman, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, and Herb Geraghty were each found guilty on all counts the Biden administration brought against them for allegedly violating the FACE law. The jury found all of...

Leave it to Hillary Clinton to come up with yet another absurd reason to support killing babies in abortions. Earlier this week, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he wants to prosecute cases where abortion activists facilitate out of state abortions in violation of the state’s pro-life laws protecting babies from abortions. In reposting the story, Hillary Clinton complained that not enough people were speaking out against Marshall’s idea. “I’m not seeing enough people talking about this horrific move by Republican officials in Alabama to restrict women’s freedom of movement. You’ve got to be kidding me,’ she said. Ironically, while...

First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19, the White House announced Thursday. The first lady, 72, has been isolating in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, since Monday evening, when she first tested positive for Covid-19. According to the White House, President Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 daily since the first lady’s diagnosis. The diagnosis arrived at the beginning of a high-stakes week for Biden, 80, who departed for India Thursday for the G20 Summit. “The President tested negative for COVID,” the White House said in a statement to pool ahead of his departure Thursday. CNN previously reported...

Elon just confirmed the U.S or Ukrainian Government requested him to play a significant role in a MAJOR ESCALATION in the Ukraine war. CNN reported that Elon deactivated his Starlink satellites in response to a covert attack the Ukrainians were planning on the Russian naval fleet. They were WRONG! Elon clarified the satellites were NOT active, and that he was pressured by the Government to activate them so that Ukraine can attack Russian ships in a contentious territory. “There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. The obvious intent being to sink...

Investigative journalist Lara Logan is set to release her most important production to date Lara Logan is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. She was formerly the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at CBS News. Lara Logan has been filming for months on her latest project “The Rest of the Story” with Sovren Media. Lara is about to release her first episode in “The Rest of the Story” series where she will finally deliver the truth on what happened on January 6, 2021.

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat. The request carried fresh urgency, coming the day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a deadly winter blackout in 2021 The request by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which serves most of the state’s 30 million residents, came a day after low energy reserves prompted the grid operator to issue a level 2 energy emergency alert. Operating reserves fell as demand surged amid...

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The Biden administration is considering forcing migrants who cross into the United States illegally to remain in Texas while they wait out their asylum screening. Administration officials cite the proposed plan as a way to curb the flow of illegal immigrants at the southern border, The Los Angeles Times reported, citing three U.S. officials not authorized to discuss the matter. The plan would force migrants to remain in Texas, or possibly other border states by tracking their location through GPS monitoring devices, such as ankle bracelets, the officials told the Times.

Megyn Kelly announced Thursday she will interview former President Trump next week. The interview will be the first Kelly has conducted with Trump since May 2016, which came amid a feud between them that reached a peak in 2015’s Republican primary campaigning. “It will be my first interview with a former president in seven years, and there is so much to get to. I’m really looking forward to this. It’s going to be great. It’s going to be spicy, and it’s going to be tough, but you’re all going to enjoy a lot too,” Kelly said in an announcement video...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Enya - Only Time (9/11 Tribute) My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue...

And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 mystery novel of the same name, directed by René Clair. Ten people, all strangers to each other, are invited to a small isolated island off the coast of Devon, England, by a Mr. and Mrs. Owen. They settle in at a mansion tended by two newly hired servants, Thomas and Ethel Rogers, but their hosts are absent. When the guests sit down to dinner, they notice the centerpiece, ten figurines of Indians. Thomas puts on a gramophone record, through which a man's voice accuses them...