September 24, 2026

02 U.S. Politics

Obama State Department blocked FBI from arresting supporters of Iran nuclear program in US: emails– nypost.com

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Fox News Digital obtained letters Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on the matter.

The Obama-Biden administration began its Joint Plan of Action, which served as the negotiating process for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, that was signed by then-President Obama in 2015.

Use of Arizona private prisons not a violation of prisoners’ rights, federal appeals court rules– yourvalley.net

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PHOENIX — Arizona’s use of private prisons does not violate the rights of inmates, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

It also does not amount to slavery, wrote Judge Kenneth Lee for the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, despite arguments to the contrary by attorneys for the state NAACP.

The decision leaves intact moves by state lawmakers over the years to increasingly contract with companies that run private prisons in what they have argued is a bid to save money.

Does Hochul support Adams’ reelection? She won’t say, yet.– www.politico.com

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A NON ENDORSEMENT: Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t endorse Mayor Eric Adams for mayor — at least not yet.

“I’m not doing endorsements for elections even this November yet, other than my president,” Hochul told reporters today while making a push for more restrictions on kids’ social media feeds.

She added, “Read into it all you want, but I’m not doing endorsements for an election that is a year and a half away.”

Knights of Columbus Sue Joe Biden, Claim First Amendment Violation – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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The Knights of Columbus have filed suit over what they say is a First Amendment violation, as the Biden administration’s National Park Service refuses to allow their tradition of a Catholic Mass on Memorial Day to honor fallen U.S. heroes.

On Memorial Day, for more than half a century, the Knights have had a Catholic Mass at Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Petersburg, Va. But enter “Catholic” Joe Biden, and suddenly the Knights are refused permission, with the claim of separating religious services from public grounds.

The Founders, of course, never meant separation of church and state (a phrase not in the Constitution) to keep religion out of the public square. They wanted religion in the public square, but they also wanted individuals from different faiths to have the freedom to practice their religion publicly. Unfortunately, the Feds don’t agree.

Biden Gets Snippy at Reporters and Makes Weird Comment As He Greets Kenyan President at WH – RedState– redstate.com

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Joe Biden didn’t have a heavy schedule on Wednesday. He had one event scheduled, meeting with the President of Kenya, William Ruto at the White House.

But he shows now, each time he has an appearance, how he just keeps getting worse. As Biden went to greet with Ruto, who had just arrived in his car, a reporter asked him when he would be going to Africa. This is the leader of the free world, just spewing random things out of his mouth, like a child or someone who is not mentally well:

REPORTER: “When are you going to Africa, sir?”

Biden defends not sending troops to control Haiti gang violence– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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President Joe Biden held a joint press conference with Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday at the White House, where the two leaders pledged continued support for efforts to restore law and order in Haiti.

Widespread violence carried out by gangs led the interim prime minister of Haiti to resign earlier this year, and Kenya stepped up in the spring to lead a multinational security support mission to the country. Kenya is in the process of sending police from Nairobi to the island Caribbean nation.

The United States has helped coordinate the MSS, but Biden was asked Thursday why he won’t be sending U.S. troops to take part in the peacekeeping mission.

Rand Paul Demands DOJ Investigate Top Fauci Aide for Allegedly Destroying COVID Origin Emails– legalinsurrection.com

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) demanded the DOJ investigate Dr. David Morens for allegedly destroying emails about the origins of COVID-19.

Morens served as a top aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the NIH.

“I write to urge the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open an investigation into the alleged improper concealment and intentional destruction of records by Dr. David Morens, Senior Advisor to the Director at the National Institutes of Health (NIH),” Paul wrote to AG Merrick Garland. “Additionally, I request you investigate allegations that employees within NIH’s FOIA office may have conspired with Dr. Morens to evade public records retention laws.”

Hunter Biden’s tax trial delayed until September – NBC Los Angeles– www.nbclosangeles.com

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What to Know

  • Hunter Biden’s trial on federal tax charges is delayed to Sept. 5.
  • The trial had been scheduled for June, when Hunter Biden also faces trial on federal firearms charges.
  • Biden, who has a residence in Malibu, has claimed both cases are politically motivated.

A judge delayed the start of Hunter Biden’s federal tax trial to September after a hearing Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom where his attorneys argued they would have little time to prepare for two federal trials in the same month.

EPA warns of increasing cyberattacks against community water systems– www.usatoday.com

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Cyberattacks targeting water utilities across the country have increased in frequency and severity, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it urged community water systems to take immediate steps to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and protect the nation’s public drinking water supplies.

The EPA has issued an enforcement alert detailing “urgent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities” to community drinking water systems, the agency said in a news release Monday. A majority of water systems — over 70% — inspected by the EPA since last September violated standards in the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to the alert.

Disgraced Trump Prosecutor Nathan Wade Spotted at DA Fani Willis Victory Party | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis defeated her primary challenger, Christian Wise Smith, after garnering 90 percent of the vote.

Following her victory, Willis hosted a victory party on Tuesday, and to the shock of many guests at the party, former special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was forced to resign from the Trump RICO case due to his romantic relationship with Willis, was in attendance.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman was the first to report on Wade’s attendance and took to X and wrote, “Well consider me shook.”

No, North Carolina’s mask bill doesn’t include a ‘carve out’ for the KKK– www.politifact.com

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North Carolina legislators are considering legislation that critics say would ban wearing respirators or other masks in public for health reasons — but allow groups such as the Ku Klux Klan to wear face coverings.

“Thought the North Carolina mask ban couldn’t get any worse? Buckle up!” read a May 14 post on X, formerly Twitter, adding: The bill “has specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.”

More than 172,000 people saw the post and nearly 400 accounts shared it, according to X’s metrics.

‘Seinfeld’ Star Reveals Battle With Cancer– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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‘Seinfeld’ star Michael Richards, 74, revealed a shocking health crisis in his new memoir “Entrances and Exits,” set to hit shelves on June 4.

During a routine checkup in the summer of 2018, Richards was blindsided with a stage 1 prostate cancer diagnosis after tests revealed elevated PSA levels. “I thought. well, this is my time. I’m ready to go,” Richards told PEOPLE. “But then my son came to mind just a few seconds later and I heard myself saying, ‘I’ve got a 9-year-old and I’d like to be around for him. Is there any way I can get a little more life going?’”

Federal judge orders Marilyn Mosby to forfeit her Florida condo– www.foxbaltimore.com

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GREENBELT, Md. — Federal prosecutors will seize Marilyn Mosby’s condo on Florida’s gulf coast, Judge Lydia Griggsby ordered Thursday morning.

She was convicted on one count of mortgage fraud stemming from a false gift letter.

She will get down payment and 10% of appreciated value back.

Prosecutors argued Mosby should be required to give up the property following her mortgage fraud conviction in February 2024. Mosby bought the condo in February 2021 for $476,000 in Long Boat Key, Fl.

Has Justice Alito turned the ‘legitimacy’ of the US Supreme Court upside down? |– www.news-journal.com

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‘The reality is that in the Supreme Court we have a code of ethics that is really more loophole than law’ says James J. Sample, Professor of Law at Hofstra University and judicial ethics expert. He was speaking to FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis about accusations levelled against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito of having displayed a ‘Stop The Steal’ symbol on his lawn, adopted by Trump supporters seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Sample warns that Justice Alito’s actions “undermine the entire enterprise of separation of powers, of an independent judicial branch, and it calls into question the legitimacy of the rulings that come from that branch.” He asserts that the “rule of law’ is at stake: “The judicial branch depends on the public having faith in its rulings for the legitimacy of those rulings and for those rulings to be followed’.”

Trump Claims Standard FBI Warrant Shows Biden Wanted Him Dead– www.barrons.com

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Donald Trump drew disbelief — and some support — Wednesday after suggesting that standard language from an FBI search warrant executed in 2022 on his Florida mansion showed that President Joe Biden wanted armed agents to shoot him.

Trump’s latest incendiary claim was in response to a court filing outlining plans for the FBI search at the Mar-a-Lago club, where he kept classified national security documents after leaving the White House.

The filing included standard FBI wording stating that agents are allowed to use deadly force if someone is in imminent danger.

But Trump, who is running to unseat Biden in November’s election, distorted the statement to say that it showed the Justice Department was ready to shoot him and harm his family.

Networks Rally to Run New Alito Conspiracy Theory Up the Flagpole– www.newsbusters.org

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The liberal media seem determined to declare anything a “symbol” of January 6 if they could use it to smear a conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice and manipulate upcoming rulings involving former President Trump. That much was clear during the Thursday morning newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC when they rallied to try to run a new conspiracy theory about Justice Samuel Alito up the flagpole to force him to recuse himself.

All three networks leaned heavily on a The New York Times report that Alito’s vacation home sported the Revolutionary War-era “An Appeal to Heaven” flag. But since two of the flags were seen during the riot at the Capitol, suddenly it was the “symbol” every “insurrectionist” was rallied behind. It was the second such “symbol” the media had declared to have discovered in as many weeks amid their effort to remove Alito.

NBC Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie gave away the game during her lead into the segment. “Also this morning, the calls are growing louder for Supreme Court Justice Alito to recuse himself from any cases related to January 6. This comes after another image has surfaced showing a second controversial flag on display at one of his properties,” she declared.

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court’s conservative supermajority wrote that “the Challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak.”

The court’s ruling protects the seat of GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, a onetime relative moderate who has veered sharply to the right after Republicans redrew her district following the 2020 census to make it more GOP-friendly. She was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and she subsequently endorsed Donald Trump despite once saying that she held him responsible for the January 6 insurrection. Mace defeated Democrat Joe Cunningham by one point in 2020, but she won reelection in her redrawn Charleston-based district by 14 points in 2022.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna-tic’s Ridiculous Plan To Arrest Merrick Garland– crooksandliars.com

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MAGA Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told traitor Steve Bannon her plan to have the Sergeant at Arms arrest Attorney General Garland and jail him until he turns over audio to Congress, audio they’re hoping will diminish President Biden.

Rep. Luna-tic finally read the rules manual and thinks she has an idea to confine Garland until he complies with Republicans’ fishing operation.

BANNON: Tell me what’s going on, America on the contempt citation. I thought that was going to move too quickly, but then you’re coming out, you’ve got a plan B, is it?

LUNA: So, uh, so to kind of just quickly explain to the listeners, there’s two types of contempt of Congress. There’s criminal contempt, which Congress can bring towards anyone that violates a subpoena.

Fake news about Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, kicker Harrison Butker taken out of context– www.politifact.com

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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s recent commencement address at Benedictine College has drawn criticism for his remarks about motherhood and sparked misinformation.

We’ve already debunked a claim that Butker said society would be better off if “women had more babies than thoughts.”

Another, in which the Kansas City Chiefs coach allegedly threatens to quit if the team drops Butker, is also fake.

Trump Is Losing It As He Claims Fascists Are Prosecuting Him– www.politicususa.com

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Trump came up with the conspiracy theory that it is fascists who are controlling the Oval Office who are behind his prosecution.

Trump said, “Such a disgrace. So sad to see what’s happened to our country. Our country is going to hell under Biden, but look at the person, why don’t you look at the person that argued their case to almost the entire case? Look at the, he comes from unbelievable. He came from Biden and I don’t know if it’s Biden because I don’t think Biden has any idea what the hell is happening. But it’s from the fascist circle in the Oval Office. They circle the Resolute Desk. The beautiful resolute desk that’s being stinked up.”

A Chinese Mogul With Deep MAGA Ties Is Going on Trial for Massive Fraud – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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The trial of fugitive Chinese mogul Guo Wengui kicks off in New York Wednesday, as federal prosecutors prepare to lay out what they have called a “complex” conspiracy involving elaborate financial schemes, dozens of offshore accounts, and evidence translated from Mandarin. But the heart of the case is a simple and familiar American phenomenon: political grift—a confidence job in which a demagogic leader allegedly translated partisan passion into personal gain. If the case against Guo sounds a bit like what critics say about Donald Trump, that’s no coincidence. Guo’s rise was aided by some of the same people who have boosted the former president.

Guo grew up in China, made a fortune there through allegedly corrupt real estate maneuvers, and arrived in the United States in 2015 as a billionaire. Once in America, Guo built an eclectic empire of organizations, created a public brand as a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party, and amassed large following of fellow Chinese emigres—people whose loyalty is reflected by their self-description as “ants.”

GOP criticizes Alito’s ‘Stop the Steal’ flag—but won’t do anything about it– www.dailykos.com

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At least a few Republicans have issued mildly critical responses to Justice Samuel Alito’s upside-down flag, a symbol of support for Donald Trump, while the Supreme Court was debating election issues in 2021.

It’s been a long time since any statement from Donald Trump, no matter how outrageous, generated more from congressional Republicans than a kind of selective ignorance, or, of course, an announcement from Sen. Susan Collins that she is “very concerned.”

In the case of Alito, even reliable Trump lap dogs feel compelled to take a gentle poke. As HuffPost reports, that includes Sen. Lindsey Graham, who said that flying the inverted flag was “not good judgment.” Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said that Alito’s flag suggested “a partisan take” on an issue before the court. And Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota simply called it “weird.”

Trump falsely claims Biden had FBI ready to shoot to kill during Mar-a-Lago search– www.politifact.com

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Former President Donald Trump in a May 21 campaign email and social media posts falsely accused President Joe Biden of putting his life at risk in an August 2022 FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.

“BREAKING FROM TRUMP: BIDEN’S DOJ WAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME!” read an all-caps subject line on an email from Trump’s campaign.

“It’s just been revealed that Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE for their DESPICABLE raid in Mar-a-Lago. You know they’re just itching to do the unthinkable…Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger,” the email said.

Bannon: Sure, MAGA Is Cool With A Forever Trump Presidency– crooksandliars.com

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Sloppy Steve Bannon spoke with Bloomberg News’s Joshua Green to ask him about his deep dive into Trump World in his latest piece. Bannon seems to think it’s cute when Trump talks about staying in power for more than two terms. Green noted that that’s a concern for voters, and they’re taking it seriously, Media Matters reports. And they should take it seriously.

“So my piece is called “Trump Forever?” with a question mark, and it’s based on, you know, I get to sit in on how to focus groups and stuff from time to time,” Green said. “Strategists in both parties will let me do this just to kind of get a pulse of what voters are talking about and worrying about.”

“And one thing that I picked up on was that a lot of undecided voters and a lot of voters who actually voted for Biden in 2020 but then have turned against him are hesitant to vote for Donald Trump because they’re afraid that if Trump is reelected, he’ll never leave the White House, that he’ll wipe out term limits, declare himself king and essentially establish a permanent presidency,” he continued. “And this is a real fear among real people who are out there.”

MSNBC Pretends Being Pro-Life Is About Control Is Confirmed By ‘Research’– www.newsbusters.org

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NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali concluded her guest hosting of MSNBC’s Way Too Early on Wednesday by welcoming Shefali Luthra, health reporter for The 19th News, to promote her new book, where Luthra claims that the left’s position that pro-lifers simply seek to control women is not just a lazy opinion, but a fact confirmed by “research.”

Vitali was all for the conclusion, “I want to read something that I read in your book. You say ‘it wasn’t until 1880 that every state had passed laws criminalizing abortion, a shift that was less about religion and more a product of a campaign orchestrated by a male-dominated medical establishment.’”