Washington Examiner President-elect Donald Trump tapped campaign spokesman Steven Cheung as his incoming director of communication and Sergio Gor as director of the presidential personnel office. “Steven Cheung and Sergio Gor have been trusted Advisors since my first Presidential Campaign in 2016, and have continued to champion America First principles throughout my First…
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Blinken Assures NATO Biden Will Funnel Billions to Ukraine Prior to Trump Return
Breitbart Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a farewell visit to the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday in which he repeatedly insisted that President Joe Biden would “push every dollar out the door that we have at our disposal” to…
Read MoreBitcoin Surges Past $90K Mark for First Time
Axios Bitcoin continued its blistering hot streak Wednesday, breaking through the $90,000 price threshold for the first time. The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is an element of the Trump trade that’s shown no signs of stopping. The president-elect adopted a love of the cryptocurrency industry on the campaign trail. READ THE FULL STORY …
Read MoreTrump Endorses Mike Johnson for Speaker in Meeting with House Republicans
NBC News A triumphant President-elect Donald Trump huddled with House Republicans ahead of their leadership elections on Wednesday and threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson, a key ally, as the GOP prepares for unified control of government next year. Endorsing the Louisiana Republican for two more years as…
Read MoreTrump Taps U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, Sources Say
Reuters Donald Trump selected U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said on Monday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January. Rubio was arguably the most hawkish option…
Read MoreFederal Judge Shoots Down Steve Baker’s Motion for Jan. 6 Trial Delay Based on Donald Trump’s Election Win
The Blaze Blaze Media investigative reporter Steve Baker filed a late motion in U.S. District Court to delay all proceedings in his looming Jan. 6 criminal trial, citing the Department of Justice pausing its prosecution of President-elect Donald J. Trump. Judge Christopher Cooper quickly denied the motion. The lead defense attorney…
Read MoreTrump’s ‘Border Czar’ Warns Dem Govs Rejecting Trump Deportation Plan: ‘Get the Hell Out of the Way’
Fox News Thomas Homan, who President-elect Donald Trump appointed as “border czar” on Sunday night, has a clear message for any Democratic governors who oppose the planned mass deportation operation. “If they’re not willing to help, then get the hell out of the way because [Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Read MoreDOJ Says Jack Smith’s Delay in Trump Case Is No Reason to Do the Same for January 6 Defendants
Politico Special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to pause his prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump is no reason to do the same for members of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Justice Department argued Monday. Several Jan. 6 defendants have used Smith’s call for a three-week…
Read MoreReport: Kamala Harris Campaign Paid Oprah Winfrey $1 Million
Breitbart The Kamala Harris campaign reportedly shelled out $1 million to Oprah Winfrey for her involvement in the doomed presidential bid. Oprah Winfrey — who is estimated to be a billionaire — appeared alongside Kamala Harris in a televised townhall-style interview in September and later at a rally in…
Read MoreJack Smith Plans to Dismiss Both Federal Cases Against Trump: Reports
Washington Examiner Special counsel Jack Smith is in discussions with the Justice Department to end both federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. Smith, who has led two cases against Trump since he was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022, is planning to…
Read MoreMexican Cops Escort Migrant Caravan Trying to Beat Trump’s Inauguration
Breitbart A new migrant caravan departed Mexico’s southern border in an attempt to reach the U.S. border before the arrival of a new Trump administration. Mexican immigration officials stood by as the caravan departed while police forces escorted them. On Tuesday morning, approximately 2,500 migrants departed from Tapachula, Chiapas,…
Read MoreRFK Jr. Says ‘Entire Departments’ at FDA ‘Have to Go’
The Hill Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is slated to hold a potentially big role in a new Trump administration, said Wednesday there are “entire departments” within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that “have to go.” “In some categories … there are entire departments, like…
Read MoreBig Tech Brainwashing: Wikipedia Works Overtime to Label Donald Trump a Fascist
Breitbart A detailed analysis of Wikipedia’s editing patterns has uncovered systematic changes to articles related to political content, revealing a focused effort to tie Donald Trump to fascism. The Wikipedia article on “Trumpism” contains 31 references to fascism, with more than half of the article’s content added by a…
Read MoreDays of Double-Digit Majorities in the House are Over: Scalise
Washington Examiner House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) believes that neither party is likely to win a significant majority in the House in the 2024 election or soon in the future. With one week until Election Day, the top House Republican told the Washington Examiner that while Republicans have an opportunity to expand their slim…
Read MoreHalf of Gen Z Voters Say They’ve Lied About Their Votes: Survey
The Hill Half of Generation Z’s voters said they have lied about their votes, according to a new Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll. Among the Gen Z voters in the survey, 48 percent said they had previously “lied to” those with whom they are close about which…
Read MoreKamala Harris: Abortion Is More Important than Religious Freedom
Washington Examiner Vice President Kamala Harris continued her campaign’s abortion extremism during an interview with NBC News’s Hallie Jackson on Tuesday. When asked about religious exemptions for abortion, Harris stated, “I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body.” The Democratic nominee for president…
Read MoreU.S. Says North Korea Has Sent 10,000 Troops to Russia
Politico North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia for training, some of whom are already moving toward the front lines near the Ukrainian border, the Pentagon warned Monday. “We are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against…
Read MoreMajority Supports Florida Abortion Amendment, but Not Enough to Pass: Poll
The Hill A ballot measure to enshrine abortion protections in Florida’s Constitution does not have enough support to pass, according to a new poll. The survey from St. Pete Polls conducted for FloridaPolitics.com showed a majority of voters support the measure — far more than those who would vote “no.” There…
Read MoreJoe Biden Reportedly Blocked from Campaign Trail by Harris Team
Breitbart President Joe Biden is the nowhere man in the 2024 election race as Vice President Kamala Harris’s team simply ignores his entreaties to hit the campaign trail at her side, a report Sunday suggests. Three people told Axios the Harris campaign keeps saying they’ll get back to the octogenarian’s team on…
Read MoreIran Executes California Man Jamshid Sharmahd After Abducting Him During International Flight Layover, Convicting Him of Terror Charges
New York Post Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran after being convicted on terror charges disputed by his family, the country’s judiciary reported Monday. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported his execution took place Monday morning.…
Read MoreWashington Post Owner Jeff Bezos Wants More Conservative Opinion Writers at Paper: Report
New York Post Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has reportedly given the newspaper a mandate to add more conservative voices to its opinion section — even as he remains silent over the broadsheet’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Bezos — the world’s second richest…
Read MoreNeiman Marcus Bans Christmas ‘In the Spirit of Inclusivity’
New York Post Neiman Marcus has quietly removed the word “Christmas” from its iconic, 98-year-old annual gift catalog – and some company insiders gripe that the stealthy switch smacks of woke politics, The Post has learned. The swanky retailer didn’t specifically discuss the pivot in a press release last week.…
Read MoreTrump Calls John Kelly a ‘Lowlife’ After Hitler Praise Revelations
Axios Former President Trump on Wednesday night blasted his former White House chief of staff John Kelly as a “lowlife” and “total degenerate” after Kelly gave a series of critical interviews about his former boss. Trump’s Truth Social posts mark his first public remarks about Kelly since his ex-chief-of-staff divulged…
Read MoreEx-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Emerges as Dark Horse Candidate for Trump Chief of Staff Role
New York Post Kevin McCarthy could lead a new house soon, The Post has learned. The ousted former speaker of the House of Representatives is widely seen as a top contender to be former President Donald Trump’s first chief of staff if he retakes the White House following the Nov. 5…
Read MoreMortgage Rates Rise for Fourth Consecutive Week, Squeezing Home Affordability
Breitbart Mortgage rates climbed for the fourth straight week as a resilient U.S. economy continues to influence financial markets, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 6.54 percent this week, the highest level since early August. The latest figure…
Read MoreNate Silver: ‘My Gut Says’ Trump Wins, ‘but Don’t Trust Anyone’s Gut’
Breitbart “My gut says” former President Donald Trump will win the election, Nate Silver wrote Wednesday, with a warning not to trust “anyone’s gut” instinct. Silver, a statistician, writer, and poker player, says the election remains a “50/50” coin flip, a characterization that many political experts argue is true…
Read MoreRFK Jr. Asks Supreme Court to Take Him off Wisconsin’s Ballot
The Hill Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an injunction taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in an emergency request docketed Wednesday. Since suspending his independent presidential campaign and backing former President Trump, Kennedy has sought to remove his name in key swing states while remaining…
Read MoreNew Poll: Trump Is Getting Record Levels of Support Among Young Black and Latino Men
Politico A new poll that includes large oversamples of young voters of color shows Donald Trump has massively increased his support among groups that he previously performed poorly with in 2020. It underscores some of the challenges Kamala Harris has had connecting with younger male voters — a demographic…
Read MoreJudge Denies Steve Bannon Bid for Early Release
The Epoch Times Steve Bannon will serve the rest of his prison sentence, a federal judge ordered on Oct. 22. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected Bannon’s request to be released early from prison. “Whether viewed as a motion for reconsideration or not, the Court concludes that the relief the…
Read MoreHarris, Trump Locked in Close Nevada Race: Poll
The Hill Vice President Harris and former President Trump are locked in a tight race in the key battleground state of Nevada, according to the latest survey from AARP. Trump leads Harris by 1 point, 47 percent to 46 percent, among likely voters in Nevada, in a matchup that includes a full ballot…
Read MoreFormer Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries Arrested on Sex Trafficking, Interstate Prostitution Charges
The Hill Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested Tuesday on charges of sex trafficking and engaging in interstate prostitution, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The indictment contains more than a dozen counts, and includes allegations of sex trafficking between December 2008 and March 2015. Jeffries allegedly leveraged his…
Read MoreReport: Kamala Harris Busted for Plagiarism in Testimony to Congress
Breitbart Vice President Kamala Harris plagiarized material in addition to her book Smart on Crime, an analysis by Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium found Tuesday. The additional allegations of plagiarism diminish the credibility of the Harris campaign’s denial of plagiarism. The Beacon’s Sibarium reported Harris also plagiarized pages of congressional testimony from a Republican colleague and…
Read MoreCook Political Playbook Shifts Pennsylvania Senate to ‘Toss-Up,’ Nebraska to ‘Lean Republican’
The Hill The Cook Political Report on Monday shifted the Pennsylvania Senate race into the “toss-up” category and moved the Nebraska Senate contest from likely to “lean Republican” with just 15 days until the November election. With Pennsylvania shifting to the right from “lean Democrat,” three of the “blue wall” states…
Read MoreSpeaker Mike Johnson Says Up to 4.5 Million Migrants Will Be ‘First Priority’ for Mass Deportation
New York Post Should former President Donald Trump win back the White House, as many as 4.5 million migrants who entered the US illegally will be a “first priority” for deportation, House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Post in an exclusive interview. Trump, 78, has already floated the removal of…
Read MoreReport: Middle Class Americans in Swing States Disproportionately Face Unaffordable Home Prices
Breitbart Swing states are disproportionately facing unaffordable home prices, an analysis conducted by the Washington Post reveals, and it is crushing middle class Americans. Since 2019, when former President Donald Trump was in office, unsustainable housing costs and rents have increasingly burdened Americans living in swing states like North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, and…
Read MoreTexas Sues Pediatrician over ‘Experimental’ Gender Transition Procedures
NBC Montana Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a pediatrician Thursday over claims she illegally prescribed gender transition treatments. The lawsuit claims May Lau, who works at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, administered “illegal, dangerous, and experimental medical procedures” to 21 minors in violation of Texas law.…
Read MoreVatican Statistics: Catholic Population Shrinks in Europe, Rises Everywhere Else
Catholic News Agency The Catholic population in Europe fell by nearly half a million people in 2022 but continued to increase in every other part of the world, according to data released by the Vatican this week. According to the Vatican numbers, released by the Holy See’s Fides News…
Read MorePoll: 2 in 5 Credit Card Holders Max Out Spending Limit Under Biden-Harris Admin
Breitbart A whopping 37 percent of credit card holders have either maxed out or come close to it since inflation gripped the nation under the policies of the Biden-Harris administration, a Bankrate/YouGov survey found Thursday. Credit card debt rose significantly due to rising costs,which soared about 20 percent on…
Read MoreIsrael Confirms Hamas Leader Sinwar Killed by IDF
Axios Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Hamas has not commented publicly on the reports. Sinwar was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people and set off Israel’s year-long war against Hamas in…
Read MoreCIA Shocker: Ukraine, Venezuela Have Highest Rates of Net In-Migration in the World
Center for Immigration Studies I recently came across a CIA report that was a shocker: Of the three countries with the highest net in-migration—that is, the highest proportion of migrants entering compared to those leaving– in the world, Ukraine is first and Venezuela is third. Why are a war-torn country and an…
Read MoreICE Arrests Illegal Venezuelan Migrant Convicted of Assaulting NYPD Officer
NBC Montana Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of an illegal Venezuelan migrant convicted of assaulting a New York City police officer in Times Square. Darwin Andres Gomez Izquiel is one of several individuals who were caught on video kicking and beating two New York City…
Read MoreBiden Cancels $4.5 Billion in Student Debt for over 60,000 Public Service Workers
CBS News President Joe Biden on Thursday said an additional $4.5 billion in student debt is being canceled for about 60,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters and others, bringing the number of public service workers to get relief during his administration to more than 1 million. More than $73 billion in loans have…
Read MoreNebraska Supreme Court Says People with Felony Records Can Register to Vote
CBS News The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a top election official had no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restored the voting rights of those who have been convicted of a felony, issuing a decision with implications for the upcoming election. In July, Nebraska Secretary of…
Read MoreElon Musk’s SpaceX Sues California Agency for Political Bias
Politico Elon Musk’s SpaceX is suing a California agency that rejected his company’s plan to increase rocket launches from an Air Force base in Santa Barbara County, arguing that commissioners engaged in political bias while making the decision. Attorneys from Los Angeles-based law firm Venable LLP filed the complaint against the…
Read MoreDonald Trump Vows Executive Action to Keep Men off Female Sports Teams
Breitbart Former President Donald Trump vowed to “just ban it” when questioned at a town hall for women that aired on Wednesday about keeping men from playing on female sports teams and entering female spaces. The all-women town hall was held in the battleground state of Georgia and aired at 11:00…
Read MoreIllegal Aliens Sue the University of California to Force the School to Hire Them
FAIR Illegal aliens and open-borders advocates are re-grouping after their first attempt to sue the University of California stalled. The plaintiffs sued the University of California in early October claiming it was illegally denying them on-campus jobs. The lawsuit was filed just days after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would…
Read MoreSwing-State Scorecard: Harris Loses Battleground Edge Three Weeks Out from Election
Washington Examiner With just 21 days until the election, Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leads former President Donald Trump in national polls. However, Trump maintains a slight edge over Harris among the seven battleground states on which the race hinges. That’s a shift from a month ago when the Democratic nominee had the advantage among swing-state voters.…
Read MoreFeds Admit: Child Sex Trafficking Reports Triple Under Harris and Biden
Breitbart Youth sex trafficking and its myriad cruelties tripled under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a report in TheFreePress.com. TheFreePress.com described some of the harms inflicted on youth migrants under the lax policies set by Biden’s border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas’ tenure: Sex-trafficking victims often suffer horrific…
Read MoreAurora, Colorado Apartment Worker Beaten by Tren de Aragua as Owners Say Migrant Gang Took Over, Tried to Extort Them
New York Post The proof of Tren de Aragua’s violence in Aurora, Colo., is written in blood. A fed-up landlord in the Denver suburb has shared a bloody photo of one of its workers after the man was allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the brutal Venezuelan prison gang…
Read MoreHardware Wholesaler True Value Files for Bankruptcy, Plans Sale to Rival
Fox News Business True Value retail stores, which are independently owned and operated, are not part of the bankruptcy True Value, which sells hardware, tools, lumber, plumbing and heating supplies, and other home improvement goods, has between $500 million and $1 billion in total liabilities, according to its Chapter 11…
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