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Trump administration officials held an urgent meeting Sunday to discuss “new information on Russiagate,” which they might use to build a criminal conspiracy case against Obama and Biden administration political appointees who allegedly weaponized the government against Trump, two Trump administration officials told RealClearInvestigations. The documents are said to contain long-classified information, including a secret 200-page congressional audit that reveals details about how an intelligence community assessment on Russia ordered by President Obama after the 2016 election was framed in a way that portrayed Trump as being beholden to the Kremlin. Sources told RCI that emails and other records tying...

Donald Trump has been applying his negotiating skills to get sugar back in U.S.-produced Coke, the president wrote on his Truth Social site Wednesday. If his intervention pans out, soon Americans could be swigging something that tastes much more like Mexican Coke. Trump famously installed a red button on his desk that allows him to quickly summon a Diet Coke, his favorite drink. Trump championed the recipe change as a 'good move' by the Coca-Cola Company, which was founded in 1892. 'I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they...

Who really had the power to protect Epstein across three states?The first time Jeffrey Epstein was locked up, it was in a private wing of the Palm Beach Stockade with unlocked doors and a ‘work release program’ (even though sex offenders were barred from participating in work release programs) that allowed him to keep an office outside the prison, then ‘work’ from his beachfront home, hire Sheriff’s Deputies as his private security, have them refer to him as a “client” and all the records of his visitors, who reportedly included minors used for sex, were then destroyed as part of...

From whole hogs to smoked fish and brisket, this all-American smoke-infused cooking style is as diverse as the US itself – and just as rich in history. In the US, "barbecue" is both noun and verb – a familiar siren, calling from a squat cinder block building with its smoky aroma of meat and char. Depending where it's prepared, it could be a multi-napkin pulled pork sandwich, a tray of hand-sliced brisket or smoked chicken wings tangy with mayonnaise, accompanied by a litany of rib-sticking sides. The country's wildly diverse barbecue canon evolved from a single style born during the...

It takes the undeveloped ego of a toddler to pout this long. But if Elmo on Sesame Street can learn how to share, surely these three can too. For all its concern about a peaceful transfer of power, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are probably not planning a story about the three board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) who have refused to leave the board after Trump removed them in April.Not so long ago — in 2020 and 2021 — PBS and NPR were spreading propaganda that President Donald Trump was going...

New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani received a hero’s welcome from lefty members of Congress – including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders – as he trekked down to Washington DC Wednesday in hopes of garnering more support from an array of Dems. The 33-year-old socialist attended a breakfast event hosted by Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at the AC Hotel in Navy Yard that was filled with mostly House Democrats, including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who endorsed Mamdani after his shocking Democratic mayoral primary win last month. Many of Congress’ most ardent liberals were quick to get face time with...

A drunk-driving Rhode Island state representative called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Nazis after the arrest of a confessed MS-13 terror gang member whom the politician called a “neighbor.” Enrique Sanchez, who represents Providence in the state’s House, slammed the agents on X, apparently unaware just whom he was defending. Sanchez’s incendiary comment is of a piece with those of other far-left Democrats who have accused ICE agents of Nazi or Gestapo tactics. Such labeling, federal authorities say, is the reason agents are facing a more-than 800-percent increase in assaults. Arrest and ReactionThe occasion of Sanchez’s deranged outburst was...

FBI agents are out executing search warrants at eight locations around the Twin Cities in yet another massive state benefit fraud case involving — I’m just going to say it — Somali perpetrators. This [July 16, 2025] is day one of the case going public. I have embedded one of the eight unsealed search warrant affidavits below via Scribd — all 81 pages of it. What January 20, 2021 was to the Feeding Our Future case, July 16, 2025 is to this case. No charges have yet been brought. Today the authorities are gathering physical evidence.The state of Minnesota was...

The Federal District Court for the District of Columbia has been a safe haven for Democrats, with the justices there willing repeatedly to favor plaintiffs who have filed suits against the Trump administration. Margot Cleveland obtained a memo from a federal judicial conference held this past March showing that the DC judges are actively hostile to Donald Trump and want to ensure the Supreme Court shares that hostility. This behavior crashes into the federal canons governing judges, as well as into the reality of Trump’s conduct. Before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, the DC District Court had...

"This boondoggle, led by the incompetent Governor of California, Gavin Newscum, has cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we have received NOTHING in return except Cost Overruns."

There’s a strange, unsettling irony in the endless chants for Donald Trump to release the so-called “Epstein names.” For many in his base, these demands feel like the final frontier of truth and justice. But this obsession isn’t born merely from a desire to protect the vulnerable or expose elite wrongdoing. Instead, it’s the byproduct of a deeper, more painful economic story — one that tells us far more about modern America than any flight log ever could.When Jeffrey Epstein, charged with child sex–trafficking, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, under bizarre circumstances — broken...

Walt Disney’s first theme park debuted 70 years ago, and almost everything that could go wrong did. Sweltering temperatures, inoperable rides, massive crowds, and dwindling food and drinks. Disneyland was hardly the “Happiest Place on Earth” during its grand opening on July 17, 1955. It was 70 years ago that Walt Disney debuted his pioneering theme park in Anaheim, California, promising a fun escape for family members of all ages. He invited around 15,000 patrons—mostly special guests such as Disney studio workers, construction workers, members of the press, and dignitaries—to be the first through the gates. Amid the pomp and...

The creep accused of murdering “American Idol” executive Robin Kaye and her husband was a heavy drug user who terrified neighbors with his antics, local said – and he also had several alarming arrests to his name. Raymond Boodarian, 22, lived in a condo just 13 minutes from the $4.5 million Encino home where Kaye and her husband were executed during a suspected break-in last week, and his neighbors told The Post he was a constant problem. “We had a lot of problems with him because he’s taking drugs. Every now and then he would be outside high,” said 80-year-old...

HOLY SHLIT“Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division have concluded that Adam Schiff engaged in a sustained pattern of possible mortgage fraud” pic.twitter.com/Z5prRUVQ91— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 15, 2025

Former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have finally sought to shut down the long-running rumors they’re headed for divorce — even though they’ve barely been seen together in months. The former first couple jointly addressed the speculation swirling around their three-decade marriage for the first time Wednesday, joking on the latest episode of the ex-first lady’s podcast that it was “touch and go for a while.” “He made time in his busy schedule to come on. We are honored,” Michelle, 61, told listeners before her co-host and brother, Craig Robinson, shot back, “Wait, you guys like each other?” “She...

🚨 BREAKING: AG Pam Bondi has fired Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, from her role as top DOJ prosecutor in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/UcXj5Au0IZ— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 16, 2025

Marco Polo Relaunches BidenLaptopEmails dot com Searchable Database- - - [Captains are auto generated & may contain slight errors] pic.twitter.com/b4Hg5VhjAE— Marco Polo (@MarcoPolo501c3) July 16, 2025 The searchable database: https://bidenlaptopemails.com/

The co-founder of retail giant Home Depot said he is 'sold on Trump' after slamming the president's tariffs as 'bulls***' months ago. Billionaire Ken Langone made the surprise about-face during an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday, adding that Trump 'has a good shot at going down in history as one of our best presidents ever.' Langone, 89, had previously said that he was afraid Trump would spend the next four years 'getting even,' admitting he made a 'mistake.'

Last weekend’s Turning Point Student Action Summit ratcheted up the MAGA debate over US-Israel relations to eleven with Tucker Carlson calling out Israel for alleged Epstein ties and comic Dave Smith debating Newsweek columnist Josh Hammer. The Gateway Pundit guest author Avi Abelow from Efrat, Judea, chimes in with a provocative take: End U.S. aid for Israel

EL AVIV—Israel on Monday began negotiations with several countries it hopes will take in Gazans as part of a mass emigration plan first proposed by President Donald Trump, two Israeli officials with knowledge of the talks told the Washington Free Beacon. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer briefed the rest of the cabinet on the talks in a closed-door meeting on Saturday evening. The leaders said the talks were expected to continue for several days with the goal of securing commitments from the other countries to accept specific numbers of Gazan migrants in exchange for...