September 24, 2026

02 U.S. Politics

Stefanik demands Trump hush money trial judge recuse over conflict of interest– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is demanding the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York to recuse himself from the case over allegations his daughter is using the indictment for financial gain.

In an ethics complaint submitted to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Tuesday, Stefanik is urging Judge Juan Merchan to step down from the case over allegations his daughter is leveraging the trial to make money through her fundraising agency. The complaint comes as other House Republicans have also targeted Merchan over his daughter’s politics, deeming it a conflict of interest.

“Judge Merchan currently presides over the criminal case against President Donald J. Trump brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,” Stefanik wrote in the complaint. “If convicted, President Trump faces a maximum of 136 years’ imprisonment. Moreover, he is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for this November’s presidential election. As such, not only are President Trump’s interests at stake, the interests of all Americans are at stake.”

Speaker Mike Johnson’s Show of Unity at Trump Trial Was the Right Thing to Do – RedState– redstate.com

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Republican cowards anonymously going after him in the media on the matter need to sit down.

There are plenty of things that warrant criticism levied at Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (e.g. Ukraine aid with no border security).

But his visual display of support at former President Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan isn’t one of those things.

And yet, three feckless GOP lawmakers ran to The Hill over the weekend to chastise him for the show of force. Why? Because they’re concerned the party might have to cede the higher ground on family values.

Biden’s DOJ threatens another GOP state with lawsuit over anti-illegal immigration efforts– www.foxnews.com

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The Biden administration is threatening to sue yet another Republican-led state over its efforts to crack down on illegal immigration — after suing two other states over their respective anti-illegal immigration bills.

The Department of Justice has written to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Gentner Drummond about HB 4156 — legislation that makes it a state crime to be in the state illegally and gives local law enforcement the ability to arrest illegal immigrants, and require them to leave the state within 72 hours following conviction or release from custody.

The law was signed by Stitt this month and is due to go into force on July 1. It is similar to laws passed and signed into law in Iowa and Texas — and those laws have subsequently both been hit by lawsuits from the DOJ, which argues that it infringes on federal authority over immigration law and enforcement. The Texas law is currently on hold amid the ongoing lawsuit there.

Imprisoned Trump Ally Peter Navarro Predicts Fed Chair’s Ouster and ‘Mass Deportations’ in a Second Presidential Term– warroom.org

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Former White House economic adviser Peter Navarro, currently serving a four-month sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional probe, has made startling predictions about what a second term under Donald Trump would entail. Speaking exclusively to Semafor, Navarro outlined a scenario that includes the removal of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell within the first 100 days of the 2024 Trump administration, alongside plans for mass deportations of illegal aliens and increased tariffs on Chinese goods.

Navarro played a pivotal role in implementing key economic strategies in the first Trump administration, including his work on tariff policies and trade renegotiations.

Navarro, who previously directed Trump’s Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, remains steadfast in his loyalty to President Trump. His insights, shared from his current confinement at a minimum-security facility in Miami, suggest that Trump’s inner circle still values the America First agenda. According to Semafor author Gina Chon, a recent visit to Navarro from Donald Trump Jr., which we covered, indicates a potential future role in another Trump administration.

Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis fights to keep her job as Georgia primary reelection battle draws attention– www.cbsnews.com

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is fighting for another term as D.A. as her prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case remains tied up in a Georgia appellate court.

“I plan to win and win big,” Willis predicted in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Monday night. “I am at a point where I need Fulton County voters to get out and vote.”

The 52-year-old prosecutor is running for reelection in the Democratic primary Tuesday against attorney and author Christian Wise Smith. He previously challenged Willis in 2020, along with then-incumbent District Attorney Paul Howard.

California Senate passes bill that could threaten anonymity, free speech online– justthenews.com

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(The Center Square) – The California Senate passed a bill requiring social media age verification that experts warn threatens anonymity and free speech online for all Americans.

SB 976 would ban social media notifications to minors during school hours and between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM without parental consent, require chronological, not algorithmic social media feed presented to minors without parental consent, and only allow these features if a social media company has “reasonably determined” the user is not a minor. The bill empowers the California Attorney General to define what is considered “reasonable” by January 1, 2027, which has many concerned this would mean tying highly private information such as government identification to social media use.

“The fact is there isn’t a reliable method of verifying age and identity without collecting users’ personal information such as government IDs, birthdates, and other information,” warned a coalition of business organizations and technology companies, including the California Chamber of Commerce and Technet, in opposition. “This is even more difficult when trying to verify minors, who often don’t have identification.”

The White House says FDIC chairman to step down following report on agency’s ‘toxic culture’– www.pressdemocrat.com

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NEW YORK — Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will step down from his post once a successor is appointed, the White House said Monday.

Gruenberg’s announced departure comes after damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released earlier this month and political pressure from the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, who called for his resignation earlier in the day.

In a statement, the White House said that President Joe Biden will name a replacement for Gruenberg “soon” and called for the Senate to quickly confirm the person’s nomination.

Pentagon Does ‘Not Believe’ Aid to Temporary Pier Is Reaching Residents of Gaza– townhall.com

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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder faced questions about the usefulness of the U.S.-built temporary humanitarian pier — with a $300+ million price tag for American taxpayers — and struggled to explain what has been accomplished in the days since the pier’s construction was completed. Notably, the Pentagon does “not believe” any of the hundreds of tons of aid delivered so far has made it to those for whom it’s intended.

House Panel Seeks F.B.I. Investigation Into Doping by Chinese Swimmers– www.nytimes.com

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The House select committee on China has asked the Justice Department and F.B.I. to investigate reports that Chinese authorities covered up positive doping tests for nearly half the swim team it sent to the last Olympic Games and that the global antidoping regulator failed to take action.

In a letter sent late Tuesday, the committee asked that the authorities use a law passed in 2020 in the wake of another doping scandal, involving Russia, that gives the Justice Department the power to criminally prosecute those who help athletes dope at international competitions, regardless of whether the offenses occur on American soil.

What Will Change in Iran After Raisi’s Death? One Ex-CIA Official Weighs in.– townhall.com

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What will Iran look like with Ebrahim Raisi out of the picture? According to a former CIA official, it’s unlikely much will change after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

“I think we’re going to see the continuation of the general contours of Iranian foreign policy, meaning domestic repression, carrying on support to Hamas, and their so-called axis of resistance against Israel and the United States and then fortifying their relationship, their alliance with this new axis of tyranny – Russia, China and North Korea,” Dan Hoffman said Monday on “Fox & Friends.”

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has since appointed Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to serve as interim president, but the retired CIA official said he “fully expect[s] that domestic repression, including of women…will continue.”

‘Bird Flu Is the Next Disease X’– www.breitbart.com

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Last week, on a podcast discussing the current bird flu outbreak, Dr. Peter McCullough wasn’t mincing words:

“I believe bird flu is the next disease X.”

Dr. Peter McCullough

Dr. McCullough went on to elaborate that not only does he think bird flu is the next disease X, he also believes that, like COVID, it is also a human-manipulated gain of function strain. In his opinion:

“The strain is a gain of function strain. It’s a manipulated strain. Looks like it is coming out of the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) poultry research lab in Athens, Georgia.”

Encampment forced Drexel to lock down, move online; activists demand Jewish groups ‘terminated’– www.thecollegefix.com

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Pro-Palestinian protesters demand Drexel ‘terminate’ Jewish groups Hillel, Chabad 

Anti-Israel protesters have set up an encampment at Drexel University and refused to leave despite repeated requests, prompting campus leaders to lockdown the campus earlier this week and move classes online.

The private Philadelphia institution remains quasi-locked down, and campus officials did not respond to requests from The College Fix asking about the status of June 14’s commencement ceremony.

Campus leaders announced a “phased return to normal operations” for the school that includes labs and studio classes returning to in-person while lecture classes remain virtual.

NJ Gym Owner Who Defied State Orders to Close During Pandemic Sees ‘Major Victory’ in Legal Battle– townhall.com

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Ian Smith, the co-owner of Atilis Gym in New Jersey, made headlines during the pandemic for keeping his doors open despite orders from Gov. Phil Murphy to close all non-essential businesses. Everything the state threw at him—fines, arrests, revoking business licenses, doors closed, bank accounts wiped—none of it worked.

“No government official will ever tell me that I am not able to provide for my family,” he said in 2020. “I do not answer to public servants – no matter what threats or punishments they impose. I am a free man. I do not ask for permission. I do not ask for forgiveness. You work for us. The only way you’ll ever close these doors is when you close my casket.”

It took four years, but Smith has now been cleared of more than 80 charges related to his refusal to close the gym’s doors.

Several of the charges — which included violating a governor’s orders, operating without a mercantile license, creating a public nuisance and disturbing the peace — could have landed the duo in jail for six months, according to their attorney, John McCann of Oakland, New Jersey.

Capitol Police Play Rough When Pro-Hamas Protesters Start Screaming like Maniacs During Antony Blinken’s Senate Testimony – Some Agitators Reportedly Face Criminal Charges (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced fire from both senators and pro-Hamas protesters during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. But one could argue the rough actions of the Capitol Police stole at least part of the show.

The committee hearing was supposed to be centered around the Biden regime’s budget request for the 2025 fiscal year. But as Blinken entered the room, the protesters led by Code Pink greeted him with cries of “war criminal,” “Secretary of Genocide,” and other unfriendly names.

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Biden’s Navy secretary says he has ‘no regrets’ about firing 5,000+ unvaxxed sailors, Marines– www.lifesitenews.com

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The secretary of the U.S. Navy told senators that he has “no regrets” about the firing of thousands of sailors and Marines who declined to take the COVID-19 shots.   

During a Capitol Hill hearing, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) pressed Secretary Carlos Del Toro on the impact that both DEI (“Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion”) training courses and COVID jab mandates have had on Navy recruitment and pushed back against the Navy’s prioritization of “climate change” over keeping pace with America’s adversaries.    

Schmitt asked del Toro about the 1,878 sailors and the 3,746 Marines who were fired for not taking the COVID shot: “Do you regret that?”  

US Effort To Extradite Assange Hits Roadblock– thedissenter.org

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The High Court of Justice in London granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition after a two-hour hearing.  It was the first positive decision in the case since District Judge Vanessa Baraitser barred his extradition on mental health grounds in January 2021.

Mr. Justice Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp explained that having carefully considered the written and oral submissions presented by both parties they “decided to give” the right to appeal on two grounds related to all charges brought by the United States Department of Justice.

This means that Assange will be allowed to present more detailed arguments as to why his extradition to face 18 criminal charges—17 of which are Espionage Act charges—must be blocked. Or else Assange will have his rights to freedom of expression violated since the First Amendment does not cover him as an Australian citizen.

Dickinson College cancels CNN commencement speaker to appease pro-Palestinian students– www.thecollegefix.com

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Journalist says objectors ‘grossly distorted’ quotes from his 9/11 book

Graduates of Dickinson College celebrated commencement Sunday without a speaker after the private institution rescinded its invitation to CNN host Michael Smerconish due to complaints from pro-Palestinian students, according to local news reports.

Administrators at the private Pennsylvania college cited “overwhelming opposition” to Smerconish (pictured) from faculty and students in a recent statement.

“As a result, with the support of our Board of Trustees, I have decided to rescind the honorary degree and invitation to speak at Commencement,” President John Jones said in the statement.

Nicaraguan illegal immigrant arrested in Wisconsin for sexual assault, trafficking of 12-year-old girl after paying mother to be with her was previously released by Biden’s border patrol | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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An illegal immigrant from Nicaragua was arrested on Monday in Wisconsin‘s Fond du Lac County in connection with the alleged trafficking and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. The man was previously apprehended by Border Patrol in 2021 while crossing illegally and then released into the interior of the US with instruction to follow immigration law.

The victim’s mother, who knew the suspect, has also been taken into custody for allegedly providing her daughter to him in exchange for money. Charges were not immediately brought against the mother and suspect in the case.

Justice Department watchdog: Feds seizing cash without oversight– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Federal officials are using their authority to confiscate drug-related cash to seize money from people whose actions don’t rise to the level of criminal charges, according to a new government report.

Justice Department auditors reviewed 100 instances of civil asset forfeiture, a policy that allows law enforcement officers to seize cash from people suspected of carrying the money in connection with the drug trade. But fifty-six of the seizures did not relate verifiably to ongoing investigations or lead to arrests or prosecutions, the inspector general noted.

“When seizure and administrative forfeitures do not ultimately advance an investigation or prosecution, law enforcement creates the appearance, and risks the reality, that it is more interested in seizing and forfeiting cash than advancing an investigation or prosecution,” the IG report said. “[T]he risks to civil liberties are particularly significant when seizures that do not advance or relate to an investigation are conducted without a court-issued seizure warrant, the presence of illicit narcotics, or subsequent judicial involvement prior to administrative forfeiture.”

FBI Springfield warns of 4-phase scam targeting Chinese communities– www.wcia.com

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The FBI’s Springfield Field Office is warning of complex, four-phase scam that is targeting members of Chinese communities in the United States, including students attending U.S. universities.

“This complex scam consists of multiple layers and perpetrators, making it extremely convincing to victims,” said FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge David Nanz. “By creating public awareness, we hope to educate Chinese communities about this threat and empower victims to file a report or contact FBI Springfield.”

House Republicans consider criminal charges for top Fauci aide in email scandal– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are weighing whether to recommend criminal charges against the senior advisor to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.

David Morens, top aide to Fauci who is slated to give his first public testimony before Congress on Wednesday, has been at the heart of investigations from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic since June 2023 when the panel uncovered emails indicating that he used his personal Gmail account to conduct official business about COVID-19 to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests.

Morens was called to testify before the subcommittee publicly because of discrepancies between uncovered documents and his transcribed interview testimony from January.

“At the very least, he misled Congress through his transcribed interview,” subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview ahead of the hearing. “Lying to Congress is a felony.”

Feds Tried to Destroy Conservative Icon’s Son by Using Special Penalty Designed for 9/11-Type Terrorists– www.westernjournal.com

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Federal prosecutors sought to put conservative media personality Brent Bozell III’s son in prison for nearly 12 years for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.

In a sentencing memorandum submitted to the trial federal court in the District of Columbia earlier this month, Biden Justice Department prosecutors cited a terrorism sentencing enhancement to argue that Leo Brent Bozell IV, 44, should be incarcerated for 140 months.

Bozell was not convicted of terrorism, but rather in a non-jury trial last September a judge found him guilty of obstructing an official proceeding, destruction of government property, civil disorder, and assaulting an officer, along with some misdemeanors, according to a DOJ news release.

New Jersey Appeals Court Rules Federal Law Does Not Preempt State Cannabis Law– www.ganjapreneur.com

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A New Jersey appeals court ruling found that the state’s cannabis legalization law is not preempted by federal law but warned that “residents and marijuana businesses … act at the risk that their activities might be prosecuted by federal authorities.”

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A New Jersey appeals court panel ruled earlier this month that the state’s Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA) is not preempted by the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and that both can coexist, NJBiz reports. In the ruling, the panel wrote that “It is not impossible for New Jerseyans to comply with the CSA after the enactment of CREAMMA” because the state law “does not require any business to sell marijuana, or any municipality to adopt, as here, an ordinance to allow marijuana dispensaries within its borders.”