Trump’s history with FISA takes spotlight amid fight over FBI spy powers
Former President Donald Trump urged Republicans on Wednesday to vote against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, citing how the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. However, Trump’s opposition to the bill did not entirely account for the former president’s history with Section 702 or the provisions […]
DHS recommended State Department contact 2020 election ‘censorship’ group: Emails
EXCLUSIVE — The State Department was “recommended” by the Department of Homeland Security to contact a group it later partnered with on pressuring social media platforms to suppress speech from conservatives before the 2020 election, emails show. On Oct. 14, 2020, hours after the New York Post published a story based on Hunter Biden’s abandoned […]
Stablecoins: What they are and why Congress is looking to write rules for them
Members of Congress are working to legislate guardrails for stablecoins, a unique form of cryptocurrency. While a relatively new concept, stablecoins have exploded in popularity, leading lawmakers to seek regulation. Here’s what to know. What stablecoins are Stablecoins, while a form of cryptocurrency, differ in some major respects from traditional crypto assets, such as bitcoin […]
Police issue arrest warrant for Super Bowl champion after car crash
The Dallas Police Department issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice for his role in a traffic accident in Texas in March. Rice, 23, is a wide receiver for the Chiefs and won the Super Bowl with the team in February. The Dallas Police Department’s investigation into the crash […]
The authoritarian Biden presidency – Washington Examiner
Republican voters, we are told, increasingly support the idea of having an authoritarian president, by whom those telling us mean “Donald Trump.” But the same voices completely ignore how authoritarian President Joe Biden is, and how Democratic voters are fine with that. This week, Biden announced another round of unilateral college loan bailouts without authorization from […]
One dead and five injured in northeast DC shooting
One person was killed and five people were injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C.’s northeastern quadrant on Wednesday evening, police said. The age of the man who was killed has not been released, but he was pronounced dead on the scene. The injured victims include two children, one 9 years old and one 12. […]
Kristi Noem banned from 10% of South Dakota after newest expulsion
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has been banned from some 10% of South Dakota, the state she governs. On Tuesday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council voted to ban Noem from areas under its control. Combined with bans from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in February and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe last week, the Republican governor […]
Trump’s staunchest allies see third-party candidates as his path to victory over Biden
Former President Donald Trump’s allies are seeking to bolster support for third-party candidates, particularly Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an effort to draw voters away from President Joe Biden. Marketing Kennedy as a “champion for choice” for abortion and an environmental activist, Trump allies plan to highlight to Democrats that they have another choice on […]
Harvard professor claims aliens could visit Earth through interdimensional travel
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claimed that aliens may be able to visit Earth using interdimensional portals that scientists could reproduce through the Large Hadron Collider. Speaking in a recent documentary The Paranormal UFO Connection, made by filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee, Loeb speculated that aliens may have already visited Earth, using methods that humans could discover […]
House testimony highlights Biden’s botched student aid rollout
Education experts testified before the House on Wednesday about the continuing failures of the Biden administration’s botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Reps. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL) convened a hearing of the Higher Education and Workforce Development subcommittee titled “FAFSA Fail: Examining the Impact on Students, Families, […]