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If Team Trump’s anti-fraud efforts sometimes look a bit all-over-the-map, that’s because the map is so incredibly large. The feds spend over $7 billion a year, and fraudsters look to cash in on every dime; with Vice President JD Vance on point, the White House has organized a full-court press to fight back. One day this week, the Justice Department announced it had finally nabbed a fugitive Medicare fraudster on the lam since 2022, who allegedly stole more than half a billion dollars, even as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare-Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz froze over $1...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals barred lower court judges from releasing migrants who claim the Constitution requires their release before they can be deported. “Another big win out of the 5th Circuit,” said an X post by James Percival, the General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security. He continued: DHS’s [2025] change in legal position on illegal alien detention restored the policy set by Congress and rejected a misreading of the law that perpetuated open borders for decades. “It’s not too late to take a $2,600 check and a free flight home,” he added, referring to the push...

For weeks, Verona, Wisconsin tried to get Flock to remove the three automated license plate cameras that its city council had voted to stop using. Flock told city employees not to remove the cameras, and a Flock employee told city officials that they were unsure whether the cameras could be remotely disabled, which led the town to decide to put black plastic trash bags over them until Flock eventually removed the cameras itself, according to emails obtained using a public records request by 404 Media. The emails give insight into the process cities face while deFlocking themselves after voting not...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) is calling for all congressional staff to undergo background checks and dishing on growing foreign influence campaigns that she describes as “the worst kept secret on Capitol Hill.” Cammack has introduced a resolution that would also mandate disclosure of staffers’ nationalities as well as any payments by foreign governments to current or new Capitol hill hires. The proposal comes after reports emerged last month that the FBI has been investigating a senior GOP aide for allegedly acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Qatar, as well as revelations that spies for Cuba and...

Democratic political strategist Maria Cardona, a member of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, joined the RCP podcast on Wednesday to preview the party’s debate over which states should vote first in the 2028 presidential primary. "One of the things we’re going to be discussing in the upcoming meeting—most likely on Friday—is: Where are we now with the early calendar? What states do we want to start eliminating, and what states do we want to really consider for that early window?" she said." We want to make sure that there’s a state from every region: South, West, Midwest and Northeast."...

"The House of Representatives passed the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday. The bill still includes the provision which merges the Israeli military into the U.S. military. The NDAA now goes to the Senate where there is still a chance for the Israeli merger provision to be stripped out."

Mike Lindell, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, drew sharp criticism Wednesday after proposing a six-month amnesty period that would allow illegal immigrants with no other criminal history to register for non-expiring conditional work visas. "I'd like the whole United States to do this, but let's say I did it here in Minnesota," Lindell said in a Tuesday interview. "Six months, all the illegal immigrants would have to go get what's going to be called a conditional work visa." Lindell outlines conditional visa plan Under Lindell's proposal, Minnesota would impose a six-month deportation moratorium while illegal immigrants register, submit...

TranscriptJesse: Iran's sugar daddy, China, alligator arms. Crude purchases down 40%. Venezuela even worse. Big mistake by Beijing to build their energy supplies off sanctioned rogues now surrounded by Pistol Pete. Our Arab allies believe that Iran's about to tap. Their economy's in tatters and their currency's cratering. Yep, they're still shooting, but they can't keep up.Pete: Iran is at the weakest point militarily it has ever been in in the past decade. Certainly, maybe in 47 years, as they've gathered effectively a terror army. Still have capabilities, no doubt, but the amount of damage that we've done to them...

A man walked into a California barbecue restaurant with a knife, already bleeding, and kept advancing after an armed citizen told him to drop it. This happened at Lucille’s Barbecue in Los Angeles County — inside a busy shopping center, in a sit-down restaurant full of regular people just trying to eat. That matters. Because the armed citizen didn’t just draw and fire. He gave the man a chance to drop the knife. He gave him a chance to stop. But when someone is holding a blade, ignoring commands, and still closing distance inside a room full of strangers, the...

I am involved with the Apple developer program and therefore get the latest beta iOS updates. The last update iOS 27 Beta 4 is really weird because ONLY when visiting FoxNews does it automatically terminate Safari. I have not tested another single site other than FoxNews that resulted in termination of the Safari browser.

I was listening to the Joe Rogan podcast while mowing the mare pasture the other day. Joe had Rupert Lowe on, a British politician and businessman who has served as a Member of Parliament since July 2024. Lowe is currently the leader of Restore Britain. In that conversation, they briefly touched on the Fabian Society and its infamous wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing emblem shown above. Most people have not heard the name. Few remember what the Fabian Society actually was, or why it still matters. Yet it is the most important organization that you have hardly heard of. The Fabian Society is directly...

Larry David's historical series jabs Trump, RFK, jr., leaves laughs behindLarry David doesn’t know when to quit.The 79-year-old funny man said, ‘goodbye’ to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in 2024 after 12 mostly solid seasons. He’s fabulously wealthy thanks to that program, plus all those “Seinfeld” residuals. David co-created the iconic NBC show. He doesn’t need the money, and his cranky alter ego suggests the “fame” part of celebrity isn’t a top priority. David still felt the need to star in a new show for HBO Max, one that examines American history through a very Larry David-style lens. “Life, Larry and the...

It’s bad enough that Zohran Mamdani has become the leader of the new Democratic Party, having been anointed by none other than its King, Barack Obama. But now, their shining new star, Hasan Piker, is not even bothering to hide behind the words “Democratic Socialist.” He’s gone full-blown Commie. These pitiful cosplay revolutionaries are not a match for Donald Trump, who can flick them off his jacket like a piece of lint, but he only has a few more years left, and the Democrats are collapsing into an even more fanatical cult. They have no one to blame but themselves....

A Russian warship firing its weapons off the British coast on Monday was “performative and irresponsible”, Wes Streeting has said. New Defence Secretary Mr Streeting also warned “Russia should be in no doubt about the resolve of this Government and this Prime Minister” in his first engagement in the job. The live-fire exercise took place 40 nautical miles (46 miles) off the coast of Plymouth on Monday, the same day Andy Burnham entered Government as the new Prime Minister. The Royal Navy “continues to track the vessel’s activity closely, and stands ready to protect UK national security”, a Ministry of...

"Nearly 100 US service members have suffered some level of injury since July 7, according to the Pentagon, which has been slow to disclose nonfatal attacks. US President Donald Trump said the US will hit the area of Pickaxe Mountain — a fortified underground facility believed to be connected to Iran’s nuclear program — “probably pretty soon.” 0:00​ Iran war "historically unpopular." -40 points approval 3:15​ Servicemembers are dying as the war drags on 5:24​ Is this a forever war? 8:19​ Is the Iran war's unpopularity strictly economy-related?" ...

Sacramento County paid a $1.62 million settlement to the family of a man who died after a police chase, after law enforcement officials allegedly blocked paramedics from rendering aid for two and a half hours. The October agreement settles part of a federal lawsuit regarding the 2021 death of Amelian Houff, 20, of Hayward. The case against the Sacramento Police Department, which is also named as a defendant in the suit, is still ongoing.

There has been plenty of discussion surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs' decision with their new, upcoming stadium. Scheduled to open in 2031, "New Chiefs Stadium" will be located in Kansas City, Kansas instead of Kansas City, Missouri. That in itself has been controversial. There's also the question of whether there's actually a need for a brand new stadium. Arrowhead Stadium has been renovated and even expanded several times over the past 35 years. And it just played a major role during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where it was considered one of the best venues for the tournament. Regardless, it's...

If it wasn't already clear, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) made it very clear this week that he doesn't intend to have the Senate take up Republican legislative priorities - not the SAVE America Act, and not keeping the government open.

The European Commission has officially refused to register the pan-European remigration and anti-immigration campaign ‘Save Europe Act’ as a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). On Wednesday, 22 July, organizers announced that Brussels considered the initiative’s aims—to halt open-ended non-Western mass immigration and protect the demographic continuity of Europe’s indigenous population—to constitute ‘racial discrimination’ against third-country nationals and to be ‘contrary to EU values’. ‘Their motivation is vague, weak and telling of their true anti-democratic nature,’ the campaign said in a post on X, accusing the Commission of ‘discarding the voices of nearly 600,000 European patriots’. At the time of writing, the...

“When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.” Deuteronomy 22:8 (NIV) At first, this sounds like a small command. Put a railing around your roof. But it tells us something beautiful about God. God knows people fall. So he tells his people to do more than warn one another. He tells them to build mercy into the house. Do not wait until someone is broken on the ground. Put something between them and the edge. ****************** The...