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Obama’s scandal-plagued CIA Director John Brennan has lashed out at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, accusing her of “intentionally lying” after she publicly exposed him for publishing fraudulent intelligence reports. The report—declassified by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard—alleges that Brennan, together with Obama-era officials like James Clapper and James Comey, directed the creation of a misleading Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) claiming “Putin aspired to help President‑elect Trump’s election chances” ..... Snip...... The irony is rich. Here is John Brennan—architect of the Russia Collusion Hoax, signer of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop disinformation letter, and key player in weaponizing...

President Trump on Thursday toured the Federal Reserve headquarters renovations, which have ballooned over one billion dollars over budget. Powell is under fire for the cost of renovating the Fed’s DC headquarters. The cost ballooned from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion. He currently also faces a criminal referral to the Justice Department from Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). Trump announced earlier that he was joined by Senator Tim Scott, Senator Thom Tillis, OMB Director Russ Vought, Chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bill Pulte, my Appointees to the National Capital Planning Commission, James Blair and Will Scharf, and various...

Two days this summer have been unusually short, with the shortest expected on Aug. 5, leading global timekeepers to consider adding a negative leap second. The Earth's rotation has accelerated in recent decades, leading scientists to consider adding the first ever negative leap second. Earth is spinning so fast that global timekeepers are considering something that's never been done before: adding a negative leap second. So far this year, July 9 and July 22 have been unusually short — by about 1.3 and 1.4 milliseconds, respectively. However, Aug. 5 is expected to be even shorter, losing roughly 1.5 milliseconds, according...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer says she fully cooperated and answered all DOJ questions during today’s interview. "Miss Maxwell answered every single question. She never stopped, she never invoked a privilege, she never declined to answer.” “She answered all the questions truthfully, honestly and to the best of her ability. And that's all the comment we're going to have today about the meeting. We don't want to comment about the substance of the meeting, for obvious reasons, and we'll go from there." 4:25 PM · Jul 24, 2025

A top former official of the Biden administration is reportedly cooperating with a GOP-led probe into the final months of former President Joe Biden’s time in office, the first breakthrough that lawmakers have had after four previous testifiers refrained from speaking. Ron Klain, the former president’s chief of staff who left his role in February 2023, is said to be cooperating with an investigation led by the U.S. House Oversight Committee, which is exploring whether aides to Biden knew about his mental decline and performed presidential functions without his knowledge. The committee had previously sought testimony from other members of...

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down a background check requirement implemented by California on buyers of ammunition for firearms. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that California’s policy of background checks for bullet-buyers violates the 2nd Amendment, effectively killing a 2016 ballot measure meant to strengthen the state’s notoriously stringent gun laws.Writing for two of the three judges on the appellate panel, Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta said the law “meaningfully constrains the right to keep operable arms” guaranteed by the Constitution, by forcing California gun owners to reauthorize before each ammunition purchase.“The right to...

SEATTLE — A “No to Blue Angels” billboard just went up in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The Blue Angels have been a fixture of Seafair for more than 50 year-- their thunderous roar could is the soundtrack to summer’s in Seattle. “I miss it more now because I don’t live on this side of town anymore,” said Carolyn Finney. She says she enjoyed the acrobatic show before moving to SeaTac. “Just seeing them fly around just close to the house down on, by the beach, that kind of stuff,” Finney said. “Yeah, it was exciting to see that.” However, a group...

Ron Paul should have been president. That’s how I see it at least. On everything that has come to matter the most, he has been vindicated. The wars have been a disaster and Dr. Paul knew it. The money printing has run this country’s economy ragged and enriched its most deceitful. And Dr. Paul knew it. Our people are spied on, pried on, cajoled, mocked, and belittled by the intelligence agencies and federal bureaucrats who throw around words such as “terror” while targeting our civil liberties. And Dr. Paul knew it. When it wasn’t pretty, Dr. Paul would say it....

According to jail records and local media reporting in Portland, Ore., a 41-year-old woman was arrested for a brutal broad daylight murder on July 18. But an investigation by this journalist reveals that "Ashe Isador Sarethi," who is booked into a Multnomah County jail as a 6 feet 2 inches tall, 265-pound female, is actually the adopted name of a man previously known as Isaiah Edward Hall. On Friday afternoon, police responded to a shooting outside a Safeway grocery store on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. A deceased man was found on the ground outside a vehicle in the parking lot. Hall...

2025 FORMULA 1 Moet & Chandon BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Live Thread, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, First Grand Prix: 1950, Number of Laps: 44, Circuit Length: 7,004 km, Race Distance: 308.052km, Lap Record: 1:46.286 by Valtteri Bottas (2018), Sunday, 9:00AM ET

Social Security's retirement fund is set to run short in just seven years — which could end up slashing benefits for millions of Americans by thousands of dollars a year. According to latest projections, retirees could face automatic 24 percent benefit cuts as early as the end of 2032. Social Security relies on its trust fund to provide monthly benefit checks to around 70 million Americans. Once the reserves are exhausted, federal law requires that benefits be cut to match incoming revenues

A federal appeals court has struck down a sweeping gag order that prevented X from notifying users when their data was sought by the US government, declaring that the order failed to meet legal standards under federal privacy law. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in favor of X, finding that the lower court authorized nondisclosure orders without providing the specific findings required by the Stored Communications Act. [link to order] The ruling addressed a case where X had been barred from revealing to users that their personal data had been subpoenaed. The conflict began when the federal...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on states and cities to “remove vagrant individuals” from the streets — and rehouse homeless people, drug addicts, and those suffering from mental problems in “treatment centers.” The order redirects federal funding to finance “treatment centers, outpatient treatment and other facilities,” according to an official document viewed by The Post that describes the order. On average, more than 274,000 people were sleeping on the streets each night last year under then-President Joe Biden, the file describing the order says. “The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental...

A federal judge approved a settlement this week between the Davidson County Board of Education and the parents of a student who was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class. Leah and Chad McGhee’s 16-year-old son was suspended for three days last year after making what school officials called a “racially insensitive remark.” The parents filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education shortly after the incident. Now, court documents show the parties have reached a settlement. The school board has agreed to issue a public apology for the “mischaracterization of racial bias” of the student’s comments and...

France will recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, Emmanuel Macron has said. The French president announced the decision on X on Thursday evening, saying he hoped it would bring peace to the region. Macron published a letter sent to Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, confirming France’s intention to become the first major western power to recognise a Palestinian state. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognise the State of Palestine,” Macron said. “I will make this solemn announcement at the...

GloRilla was arrested on felony drug charges after police in Georgia allegedly discovered marijuana and a controlled substance in her home while responding to a burglary attempt.The 25-year-old rapper "voluntarily turned herself in to the Forsyth County Jail" on Tuesday, July 22, according to a statement provided to PEOPLE by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.Her arrest comes after police responded to calls regarding a break-in at her home in the early hours of Sunday, July 20. The call came at 1:30 a.m. and was in response to "a burglary in progress.""It was reported that three suspects had entered the home...

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, was recently interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News. The conversation concerned the conspiracy surrounding the Russian collusion hoax, alleged to have been perpetrated by the Obama administration and high-level officials of the FBI and CIA.Gabbard stated,There must be indictments. Those responsible, no matter how powerful they are and were at that time, no matter who was involved in creating this treasonous conspiracy against the American people, they all must be held accountable.On Friday, July 18, 2025, Gabbard released over 100 documents detailing “overwhelming evidence” that an “Obama-era cabal laid the groundwork for what...

In true Lena Dunham fashion, the controversial writer and actress has launched her latest show promoting abortion with the help of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain. Key Takeaways: * Actress and writer Leha Dunham’s new show, “Too Much,” is now on Netflix. * Like her previous show, “Girls,” “Too Much” includes scenes promoting abortion. * Planned Parenthood worked with Dunham on both shows to depict abortion in a positive light. * Dunham has been the subject of controversy for her public statements on abortion. The Details: Netflix launched Dunham’s newest show, “Too Much,” earlier this month. Like her...

The US Senate on Thursday voted to advance Emil Bove’s confirmation to the Florida-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Toxin RINOs Murkowski (Alaska) and Collins (Maine) voted against invoking cloture. Collins said on MSNBC on Tuesday that Emil Bove “would not serve as an impartial jurist” based on his work to ferret out corrupt prosecutors while serving as acting Deputy Attorney General. The Senate broke the filibuster so they will have 30 hours of debate. Emil Bove can be confirmed as soon as Monday.

On June 11, a former president of the Spokane City Council sent out an alert over social media. Two men had reported for an appearance in immigration court there... The former council member, Ben Stuckart, urged followers to disrupt that enforcement. Among those responding to the call that day was Bajun Mavalwalla II, a Petaluma native and military veteran who had relocated to Washington. The resulting demonstration became confrontational. Protesters blocked an ICE bus as the agency attempted to transport the two detainees to Tacoma for immigration hearings, deflating the vehicle’s tires. Several people were arrested. … Prosecutors paint a...