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Last-minute Biden regulations expected to cost consumers $450 more, one analysis shows... The Biden administration finalized climate regulations to ban most natural gas-powered instantaneous water heaters—a move that critics say will drive up costs for consumers. The Department of Energy—which formally published the rules the day after Christmas—didn’t issue a press release announcing the action, a departure from past appliance regulations. The published rules say the regulations are expected to help the climate by curbing carbon dioxide emissions. Overall, under the regulations, roughly 40 percent of the new tankless water heaters available in the United States today will be taken...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defied his most conservative critics to retain his gavel in the next Congress, overcoming threats from a group of far-right lawmakers leery of his leadership record and commitment to spending cuts. The victory puts Johnson in the driver’s seat of the lower chamber just as President-elect Trump is poised to return to the White House for a second term, lending Republicans control of all levers of power in Washington for at least the next two years. It didn’t come easy. Johnson was initially on a path to lose the first round when three Republicans...

The State Department laid to rest the alleged "censorship nerve center" of the federal government last week after Congress refused to reauthorize the interagency Global Engagement Center, known for teaching youth to distrust populism and allegedly squelching American small businesses online. While it may have a peaceful afterlife – State plans to "realign" GEC staff with other entities that handle purported "foreign information manipulation and interference activities" – GEC also faces an unquenchable fire and undying worm on multiple fronts. The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Monday against State, with nine exhibits, because it...

These were the words President Joe Biden used when counseling his fellow Americans "not to lapse into anger and hatred. The man who drove a vehicle into a crowd celebrating the new year in New Orleans was an American citizen, not one of Trump's dreaded undocumented visitors to our country. We shouldn't use this one errant act to conclude that he was a terrorist. By all accounts he was a devout believer in Islam. A man of faith can't be all bad. The fact that he used an electric vehicle to run over two dozen people--fourteen of whom died of...

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"We are the United States of America, the best country people ever to exist, but right now we are terminally ill and headed towards collapse" That's from the writings of US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger... At least 13 dead and 30 others hurt after a bus plunged into a ravine in Colombia... The United States imposing sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company... Four Ukrainian drones destroyed over Russia's Bryansk Region... Israel attacking targets in Syria tonight near the port city of Latakia... The Biden Administration informally notifying Congress of a plan to sell Israel eight billion dollars.. Chinese car...

Every Legal Scholar and Pundit, including the highly respected, and sadly recently passed, David Rivkin, as well as Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, have unequivocally stated that the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt is a nonexistent case, which is not only barred by the Statute of Limitations but, on the merits, should never have been brought. This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade. “Acting” Justice Merchan, who is a radical partisan, just issued another order that is knowingly unlawful, goes against...

Washington state Democrats appeared to have accidentally emailed their sweeping revenue plans and internal talking points on tax hikes to the entirety of the upper chamber’s members in Olympia, Fox News has learned. Property tax hikes and a new double-digit tax on firearms are among proposals Washington state Democrats are considering, according to materials originally disseminated to all members by Washington Senate Deputy Floor Leader Noel Frame, D-Seattle, in late December and later obtained by Fox News Digital. A document titled “2025 Revenue Options” and a PowerPoint presentation describing how to talk to constituents in defense of the plan were...

… for Democrats and their allies, Jan. 20, 2025 is a dreaded date coming off a bruising 2024 presidential election. And they’re not sure about attending the time-honored transfer of power in person. “I’m not quite sure what I would be celebrating with his inauguration,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who spearheaded some of the aggressive oversight during Trump’s first term... For Democrats who agree with Raskin, no amount of calls for returning to normalcy will persuade them to attend Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. They are making it a point to skip Trump’s second inauguration for events that will underscore...

A thin-skinned Liz Cheney could not help herself in firing back at President Trump on Friday over his savage remarks regarding the medal she received from Joe Biden and ended up making a huge error in the process. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Biden awarded the second-highest civilian medal to 20 individuals on Thursday. These included the leaders of the January 6th select committee, Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), along with two of his longtime friends/cronies, former Senators Ted Kaufman (D-DE) and Chris Dodd (D-CT). The award, known as the Presidential Citizens Medal, is generally given to Americans...

Three senior Justice Department officials violated internal policies and engaged in “misconduct” when they leaked details about a non-public investigation to the media “days before an election,” the agency’s inspector general revealed Monday. The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which has been run by Michael Horowitz since 2012, launched a probe after it received a complaint alleging that a “politically motivated” disclosure related to “information about ongoing matters” was made in the runup to an unspecified election. “The OIG investigation found that three then Senior DOJ Officials violated DOJ’s Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy by leaking to select...

HUGE ‼️ “Sanctuary Mayors and Governors got some really terrible news this week” “Stephen Miller, who slated to be Donald Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff, sent letters to 249 elected officials in sanctuary states and cities warning them of how much trouble they're gonna get in if they don't start complying with the law and rounding up illegal immigrants” The Federal Government will target government officials harboring illegal migrants committing violent crimes with Racketeering Charges and allow them to be personally liable for lawsuits from victims and more Here are some fantastic highlights from my favorite letter of the year:...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate stays the Senate.” Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans are taking power on Friday a little more than two weeks before Donald Trump will be inaugurated, cementing a firm GOP hold on Washington. And Thune will have to navigate his new responsibilities along with the new president, who has made clear he expects allegiance from Congress – and has previously called for eliminating the filibuster....

Mexican President Claudi Sheinbaum has indicated that she is ready to accept millions of illegal aliens set to be deported under the incoming administration. During her daily press briefing, Shenbaum said that in cases where the U.S. would not return them to their home countries, Mexico would be willing to accept them. v “We can collaborate through different mechanisms,” she said, although did not mention any specific details about what this may entail. “There will be time to speak with the United States government if these deportations really happen, but we will receive them here, we are going to receive...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is planning to clear 420 acres of trees in a state forest in order to build a solar farm, according to a recent report. A “top state official” confirmed the Michigan DNR’s plans to clear the acres of state forest for a solar farm to MLive.com. The acres being cleared from the state forest are reportedly among the “4,000 acres of public land” throughout Michigan that will be leased in order to address decreased “revenues from hunting and fishing licenses,” as well as Michigan falling “behind building enough renewable energy.” Leasing 4,000 acres...

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Of all the bogus criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits that the Democrats have brought against Donald Trump, perhaps the most ridiculous is the New York “hush money” case. In that case, corrupt prosecutors and a corrupt judge colluded, using an unprecedented and incoherent legal theory, to transform Trump’s perfectly legal payment to Stormy Daniels into a felony under New York Law. The jury’s conviction, on charges that the prosecution was literally unable to explain, let alone prove, was a travesty.Now Judge Juan Merchan, who acted as an agent of the Democratic Party in allowing and furthering this prosecution, has issued...

The men behind the shocking explosion of a Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas and the terrorist truck attack in New Orleans share a curious link. Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, whose Tesla vehicle rained fireworks and steel shrapnel outside the hotel, and Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, who killed 14 people with his truck, worked at the US military's Fort Bragg. Fort Bragg, now known as Fort Liberty, is home to the 4th Psychological Operations Group (POG), which conducts 'influence activities to target psychological vulnerabilities and create or intensify fissures, confusion, and doubt in adversary organizations.' Inside...

The FBI is investigating possible bomb threats in South Texas. those threats have been aimed at SpaceX’s Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach after the FBI received a report that several people threatened to blow up a Starship rocket. The FBI does not confirm or deny the existence of any specific investigation. They said while we are working to carefully vet and investigate the information we have received, we want to reiterate that the safety and security of the American people is the FBI’s highest concern,” the FBI said in a statement. “We will continue to work closely with our...

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) held a gripping press conference on Friday, releasing shocking new details from the investigation into this week’s explosion at Trump Hotel Las Vegas. Authorities unveiled excerpts from texts and notes discovered on the devices of suspect Matthew Livelsberger. Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren took the podium, detailing a chilling manifesto that Livelsberger left behind. The notes, laden with political grievances and existential despair, suggest a man deeply embittered by what he saw as America’s “terminal illness” under “weak and feckless leadership.” In one excerpt from the note application on Livelsberger’s device, he writes: “Fellow...