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The legislation would expand the criteria for town and cities to show they’re experiencing a housing emergency. Under current rules, localities can only opt into rent regulation if they conduct a survey to prove their housing vacancy rate is below 5 percent. A pair of state lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for localities outside New York City to adopt rent stabilization, expanding the criteria for town and cities to show they’re experiencing a housing emergency. Under current rules, local governments can only opt into rent regulation if they conduct a survey to prove their housing...

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration will direct heads of agencies across the federal government to prepare to initiate "large-scale reductions in force" and develop reorganization plans by mid-March, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively obtained the memo that will be sent Wednesday to agency heads by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell. The memo directs them to prepare to eliminate roles and submit plans for reorganization by March 13. The memo states, however, that government positions "necessary to meet law enforcement,...

Once in a while, the mainstream media does something useful — even if it’s just saying the quiet part out loud. I came across a New York Times piece from earlier this month that makes some startling revelations about one of the left’s biggest sacred cows: Planned Parenthood. Reporter Katie Benner begins her piece by telling the story of a woman who went to Planned Parenthood for an abortion.The single mother still experienced bleeding and cramps after the procedure, so she returned to Planned Parenthood, where clinicians told her that she was fine and that nothing was wrong. She later...

HOLY COW: President Trump announces he will be REMOVING ALL illegal aliens that are currently on Social Security.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the country’s childhood chronic disease crisis, claiming the drugs have been “insufficiently scrutinized” and are addictive. Childhood psychiatrists insist the drugs, for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression, are nonaddictive and proven safe and say they are more concerned about young Americans unable to access psychiatric medications that could help. Kennedy emphasized his skepticism of these medications during his Senate confirmation hearings. “Fifteen percent of American youth are now on Adderall or some other ADHD medication. Even higher percentages are on...

Trump Administration directs ALL Federal Agencies to prepare for massive downsizing by March 13th.

In a recent Live Action video, a young woman recounts the extreme physical trauma she experienced after the abortion pill caused her to go into septic shock. Shanyce explained she was a college student when she found out she was pregnant. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she was unsure what to do. She looked to her boyfriend at the time for support, only to have him “peer pressure” her into an abortion. Though she was hesitant, she agreed to go through with the procedure, describing her emotions at the time as anxious, lost, confused, and scared. After taking the first...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer approaches the Moon as it enters its science orbit in this artist’s concept. The small satellite will orbit about 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the lunar surface, producing the best-yet maps of water on the Moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin Space ============================================================================ NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is gearing up for launch, riding on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the IM-2 mission. This small yet powerful satellite will map water on the Moon, revealing its distribution, form, and movement. Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon...

Pro-life advocates from the organization Coalition Life have announced that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has declined to hear a case in which the pro-lifers were challenging a ‘buffer zone’ law limiting pro-life activity outside of Carbondale, Illinois abortion facilities. In July 2024, the pro-lifers, represented by the Thomas More Society, filed a petition asking SCOTUS to overturn its 2000 decision in Hill v. Colorado. That ruling upheld a 1993 Colorado statute preventing pro-life sidewalk counselors from being within eight feet of the entrance of an abortion business without consent to protest, educate, counsel, or distribute information....

A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for her role in an alleged scam to steal the Elvis Presley family’s ownership interest in the famed Graceland mansion. Lisa Jeanine Findley, who has gone by various aliases including Lisa Holden and Lisa Howell, initially pleaded not guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft last year. But during a hearing before a Memphis federal judge on Tuesday (Feb. 25), Findley agreed to plead guilty to one count of mail fraud. According to court documents, the other charge — a count of aggravated identity theft — will be dismissed as...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says a draft deal with the US on resources is a “framework” whose success depends on Donald Trump as it emerged the text, a draft of which was obtained by CNN, stops well short of providing Kyiv explicit security guarantees. With Trump bent on bringing Russia’s war to a swift end and recouping some of Washington’s financial aid to Kyiv, Zelensky is hoping that the natural resources deal can secure the US president’s future support, as well as security guarantees for Ukraine. But the final version of the text seen by CNN said only that the...

Ohio Right to Life has filed a complaint with the state of Ohio Department of Health and the State Medical Board, arguing that a pro-abortion website is violating state law in advertising the abortion pill. The complaint references an Ohio law which requires abortion pill distribution only after an in-person visit with a physician (in September 2024, that law was temporarily placed on hold due to a preliminary injunction while the case continues through the court). Basing its complaint on the original law, Ohio Right to Life says that the website HeyJane.com is promoting mail-order abortion pills to the state’s...

Canada’s top-four Moonbats held a debate to decide which of the leaders of the Snow Mexicans will take control of the party now that Justin Trudeau is leaving. Chryistia “take your bank account” Freeland is the top contender. For the Snow Mexicans, the #1 priority is fighting U.S President Donald Trump. No other issue had anywhere near the level of importance or time during the debate. Every facet of the leadership debate centers around how to confront, attack, and “outwit” President Trump. [Full Debate Here] When you listen to four professional Canadian leftists explain how they will control the Canadian...

A new letter released by the House Judiciary Committee reveals that under the Biden administration, an IRS contractor leaked the tax information of 405,427 taxpayers to news sources — including that of President Donald Trump. Yet Americans are supposed to be concerned about DOGE?For weeks Democrats have cried wolf over Elon Musk and DOGE supposedly plotting a “hostile takeover of the Treasury Department” and putting sensitive taxpayer information at risk. Democrats feigned outrage that DOGE would have “access to the management and disbursement of trillions of dollars and the highly sensitive information of millions of Americans.” They even held a...

Democrat Maine Gov. Janet Mills is attempting to thwart federal civil rights law to allow the grooming of children in schools.In Maine, where gender and queer theories reign supreme, at least 57 of its 192 school districts have policies that exclude parents from knowing whether their children start identifying as transgender.According to documents reviewed by The Federalist and obtained by Parents Defending Education through public records requests, a significant portion of Maine’s public school districts — including its most populous ones — hide students’ critical medical and social information from parents if they are unwilling to allow their child to...

Romania's conservative populist presidential election front-runner Călin Georgescu has been arrested in a shock move by the state, which has left his supporters bewildered and outrage, as they mobilize to protest what appears to be brazen ongoing political persecution. In addition, Romanian news outlets are reporting that police are searching the homes and offices Georgescu's close associates, reportedly in connection with the funding of his election campaign last year. I've wondered why Authorities in Romania are cracking down on this guy and voiding the results of an election. I think it has to do with Romania being in the process...

Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump was asked how soon he wanted the Department of Education to be closed. He responded:Oh, I’d like it to be closed immediately. Look at the Department of Education. It’s a big con job. They ranked the top countries in the world. We’re ranked 40, but we’re ranked No. 1 in one department: cost per pupil. So we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world, but we’re ranked No. 40… if we’re ranked No. 40, that means something is seriously wrong.There are two important points being made in this statement....

VIENNA—Iran has sharply increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in recent weeks, according to a confidential United Nations report, as Tehran amasses a critical raw material for atomic weapons. The increase in Iran’s holdings of uranium enriched to 60%, or nearly weapons grade, gives it enough to produce six nuclear weapons. Iran is now producing enough fissile material in a month for one nuclear weapon, according to the report, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The Oracle of Omaha has spoken. In his latest shareholder letter published over the weekend, Warren Buffett discussed his outlook for stocks and what it takes to own a good business, along with other tips and investment strategies. Here are some of the takeaways as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) reported operating earnings of nearly $50B in 2024 : How he views equities: Berkshire's equity activity "is ambidextrous." One hand maintains near or total control of its 189 subsidiaries, including GEICO, property-casualty insurance, and railroad and utility operations. In the other hand is a "small percentage of a dozen or so...

Congressman Tim Burchett just confirmed what many suspected—your tax dollars are being laundered. The endless spending, the wars, the so-called “aid packages”—it all circles back into the pockets of the political elite. “Where did all of your tax dollars go?” Burchett asked. “They left Washington, DC, flowed through some organization, and ended up right back in politicians’ back pockets.” That’s the game. Money moves through bureaucratic hands, gets funneled through third parties, and somehow—like magic—it enriches the very people who claim to be “serving the public.”