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A judge who allegedly helped an illegal alien evade capture has herself been arrested by federal authorities, just one week after another judge received a lifetime ban from the bench for harboring an MS-13 gang member in his own home. Judge Hannah Dugan was cuffed by FBI agents on Friday after helping the individual “evade arrest,” according to a statement by Director Kash Patel. She is charged with knowingly misdirecting federal officers away from the illegal immigrant as he hid in the courthouse. “The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence...

A stunning report from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that thousands of migrants on the federal government’s terror watch list were able to secure Medicaid benefits after they were released into the U.S. interior by the Biden Administration. “Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening,” DOGE announced in an official White House press release. In total, a little more than 6,300 individuals who were paroled into the United States since 2023 were on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center watchlist or had...

One of President Donald Trump’s picks for the U.S. Supreme Court turned on him Monday, siding with liberal justices in a bid to constrain his ability to deport illegal immigrants suspected by the administration of being affiliated with violent South American gangs. MAGA conservatives are incensed with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, whom the president nominated and was confirmed for her role during his first administration. Barrett briefly became a right-wing celebrity after she held up her blank notebook during a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing to show that she brought no prepared talking points with her. Now, she is under fire...

In a major win for President Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a lower court order that would have forced his administration to rehire over 16,000 federal employees across six government agencies. The brief, unsigned decision gives Trump the green light to move forward with his plan to reduce the federal workforce, a key element of his effort to streamline Washington. The high court’s ruling halts a March 13 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in California. That order had directed the Trump administration to reinstate probationary employees at the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs,...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has officially caved, telling her nation’s press corps that she has no intention of escalating a trade war with the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to levee new tariffs on imports from her nation. Addressing the media on Tuesday from the National Palace in Mexico City, Sheinbaum declared that she would not pursue “retaliatory” tariffs if Trump slaps new ones on Mexican-made imports such as vehicles, agriculture, manufacturing products, and other goods. She promised on Thursday to “announce a comprehensive program, not a tit-for-tat on tariffs.” Instead, her administration will...

The “person that should have been president” did not win on Election Day because of rampant racism across America, “Squad” Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told a roomful of progressive activists on Monday night. Speaking at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala, the Texas Democrat said she almost couldn’t bear to listen when former Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage one day later to give her concession speech. “I almost couldn’t get out of bed,” Crockett told the crowd before veering into the absurd. “When I tell y’all – I’m getting emotional,” she continued, her voice cracking, “I traveled...

President George Washington’s original cabinet contained just four departments and department heads: Department of State, which was led by inaugural Secretary Thomas Jefferson, Department of the Treasury, which was conceived and headed up by Alexander Hamilton, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and the Department of War, which was first led by distinguished Continental Army General Henry Knox. The War Department existed until 1947, when it was initially split into the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department of the Navy. Congress had previously established a Department of the Navy in 1798, which was under the...

Democrats may be in for a wake-up call in New Hampshire as early polling suggests Republicans could easily win a Senate seat in the blue state. Former Republican Governor Chris Sununu leads Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) by a sizable 53% to 44% margin in a hypothetical 2026 Senate race, according to a newly released poll. While neither Sununu nor Pappas has formally declared their candidacy, both are expected to run, and the numbers show an early advantage for the GOP in a state that has leaned Democratic in recent cycles. If these figures hold, it would represent a major...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is facing backlash after boasting that he could “kick most of their ass” in reference to Trump supporters during a conversation on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, This is Gavin Newsom. “I think I could kick most of their ass. I do think that,” Walz said while discussing the Democratic Party’s struggles with male voters. “I don’t know if I can outrun them.” “But I don’t know if we’re going to fall into that place where we want to, okay, we challenge you to a WWE fight here type of thing.” During the podcast, Walz...

Chief Justice John Roberts is facing renewed scrutiny after his past connection to Chief Judge James E. “Jeb” Boasberg has come under the spotlight. Boasberg, who was appointed to the U.S. District Court by former President Barack Obama in 2011, was later tapped by Roberts in 2014 to serve on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), which approved surveillance on President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. The connection has drawn sharp criticism, as Boasberg now finds himself at the center of an impeachment effort led by House Republicans. Boasberg, who currently serves as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District...

The Democratic Party’s approval rating among Americans has cratered to a record low, according to a new poll conducted by SSRS in conjunction with CNN. In total, just 29 percent of respondents indicated that they hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, a record-low in the surveys 30-year history. CNN’s Manu Raju explained that the poll’s results are even more striking when considering the fact that Democratic Party approval has plunged more than 20 percentage points in just four years, down from a high of 49 percent. The November presidential elections — in which President Trump swept all seven...

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced her first major move since being confirmed last month, eliciting joyful reactions by MAGA supporters and certainly some appreciation from some of her affected colleagues. Some of the biggest elements of President Donald Trump’s agenda have been stymied by actors within the federal bureaucracy who have “agendas” of their own, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Their obstruction was on display during last month’s botched immigration raid in Los Angeles after leakers tipped off the city’s largest newspaper, putting the lives of U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officers...

On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed tentative support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. This comes amid ongoing negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict that has persisted since Russia’s invasion in 2022. During a news conference at the Kremlin alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin acknowledged Russia’s agreement “in principle” to the U.S.-proposed ceasefire. However, he stressed the necessity of addressing the “root causes” of the crisis to ensure a lasting peace. Putin stated that several details need to be sorted out before finalizing the ceasefire agreement. “The idea [of a ceasefire] itself...

Fresh off a victory lap on declining egg prices, the Trump administration is touting the release of a cooling inflation rate that officials say signals the economy is weathering a storm of tariffs and turbulent stock markets. Core inflation subsided last month as consumer prices rose 2.8%, below the 3% benchmark set in January, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The rise was also slightly less than economists who spoke with the Wall Street Journal expected. The actual cost to consumers is just 0.2% month over month, indicating a “step in the right direction,” according to one CNN analyst....

A new Georgia reimbursement bill will allow President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to seek compensation for legal fees incurred in their Fulton County case because District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from prosecuting them. The state's Senate unanimously passed the legislation, Senate Bill 244, by a vote of 55 to 0 on Thursday, paving the way for defendants in Georgia to recover attorney-related expenses and other court costs in proceedings where the DA is kicked off a criminal case due to prosecutorial misconduct. Also under S.B. 244, if a judge dismisses an indictment altogether, a defendant could receive reimbursement...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday announced that three U.S. service members have been arrested and charged with treason, a significant win for new Director Kash Patel after less than two weeks on the job. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Justice said that two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers and a veteran were in the process of attempting to sell national defense intelligence to Chinese agents when they were arrested. “Jian Zhao, and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, were arrested today following indictments...

Longtime Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) went on a doozy of a rant after President Donald Trump’s speech, insinuating that Elon Musk helped steal the election for him. Waters, 86, showed up on grainy video at a recent online appearance where she declared that the American people “don’t know everything” about how Musk financed President Trump’s victory. Financial records indicate the Tesla founder spent more than $250 million on third-party groups seeking to turn out pro-Trump voters in swing states. Most all of that money went to America PAC, an independent organization that hired thousands of canvassers to target low-voting conservatives...

The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency announced on Wednesday that it has uncovered evidence of a top Biden aide receiving millions of federal dollars to fuel a facility meant for housing recent migrants but which has remained empty for the duration of the country’s crisis. A Texas nonprofit tied to one of former President Joe Biden’s transition team members was on the receiving end of a government contract for its overflow facility in Pecos. Family Endeavors, which had employed the transition team member since 2021, saw its “cash and portfolio of investments grew from $8.3M in 2020 to $520.4M in...

Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn told Fox News that the Democratic Party appears to be “falling off a cliff” as recent polls have measured the party’s approval rating among American voters around all-time lows. A recent poll conducted by left-leaning firm YouGov, which was released by CBS News, measured President Trump’s job approval rating at 53 percent, which is nearly a record high in the poll’s history. Popular terms to describe the president’s first month in office include “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective.” Many respondents indicated that Trump is doing what they expected, with some in that category saying they...

A “DOGE Dividend” could be coming to a mailbox near you, President Donald Trump has announced. Savings resulting from work by the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency should be, at least in part, returned back to taxpayers in the form of direct financial payments, Trump said aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. His answer came while responding to a similar proposal by Elon Musk, who said an equal part of the savings should go toward paying down the national debt. “I love it,” President Trump said about Musk’s proposal. “A twenty percent dividend, so to speak, for the money that...