A Freedom of Information Act request from the Oversight Project may potentially open a new avenue for mass deportations, according to one lawyer involved.
Then-President Joe Biden claimed victory in 2023 when egg prices fell by 22%, after tripling during his first two years in office. But Biden left his successor, President Donald Trump, a poultry price fiasco. The egg price spikes helped crack the chances of a Democratic victory in 2024. Egg prices became a symbol of stubbornly […]
Democrats have landed a few punches on President Donald Trump. But these may help him, not them. One was his withdrawal of a memo about his order to freeze some spending. Democrats diligently frightened the public by falsely suggesting this would cut Medicaid payments and other money flows mandated by law. Oppositional bureaucrats apparently also […]
If I could buttonhole you for a moment, fellow citizen, to lament a general concern that may seem rather secondary amid the shrill noise of other pressing concerns. Have you also noticed it, the painful degradation of our cultural standards? How awfully elite that sounds! How cheese-tastingly, pearl-clutchingly, museum-board precious. Especially in a time of […]
California declared a state of emergency this week over the spread of bird flu in the state as the virus continues to be detected among the state's cattle herds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in a statement Wednesday that the declaration of an emergency is meant to "ensure government agencies have the resources and...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s (D) former top aide, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted on bribery charges Thursday alongside her son and two real estate investors who were developing the Glass Ceiling, a rooftop bar near Herald Square, and the Hotel on Rivington on the Lower East Side The alleged money laundering scheme exceeded $100,000...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday the spending deal secured by the two parties is the “best path” for avoiding a government shutdown, but he did not rule out Democratic support for a smaller package to keep the lights on into next year. Asked if Democrats could get behind a continuing resolution (CR)...
The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman weighed in Wednesday on the recent turmoil faced by the GOP surrounding the government funding deal after President-elect Trump effectively torpedoed it. “But at the end of the day, as you said, it's now very uncertain what is going to happen,” Haberman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.”...
President-elect Trump on Thursday celebrated the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from the election interference case against him, arguing it should be the end of the prosecution over his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. "The case has to be thrown out because it was started corruptly by an incompetent...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check,” Jeffries posted to Bluesky. “Hard pass.” On Wednesday,...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday supported President-elect Trump’s pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the debt ceiling. “I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking,” Warren said in a post on social platform X. Trump said Thursday that he would back getting rid of...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday over his handling of a continuing resolution to keep the government open. Johnson's bill was faulted by a number of House Republicans as well as key figures in President-elect Trump's orbit for including too many provisions backed by Democrats. Johnson needed Democrats...
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s declared “border czar,” says he would need at least 100,000 detention beds and a significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to successfully undertake the president-elect's plans. Trump has pledged the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, but how he will pay for his plans has been an open...
Having wrested the federal government away from big government advocates, DOGE should harness the bureaucracy it retains to enforce reform, not simply peremptorily discard it.
Neil Cavuto, a staple of Fox News and Fox Business programming for years, is leaving the network after nearly three decades. Fox News confirmed Cavuto's departure; his last day on air will be Thursday. Cavuto's contract with the network is up next week. A source familiar told The Hill the network offered a new deal,...
Sheldon Gilbert will be the next president and CEO of The Federalist Society on Jan. 2, 2025, succeeding Eugene B. Meyer and becoming only the second president of the influential conservative and libertarian legal organization in its 40-year history. Gilbert is currently senior lead counsel for strategic initiatives at Walmart and was previously vice president...
