By Zachary Stieber and Roman Balmakov The FBI agents who raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida resort were looking for certain records, according to a lawyer for Trump who was on the scene while agents were at the resort. “They’re looking for presidential records, what they deemed to be presidential records, and anything that could potentially be classified,” Christina Bobb, the […]
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After Raid, Trump Determined to ‘Straighten This Country Out’: Graham
By Zachary Stieber Former President Donald Trump is determined to fix the United States after his residence was raided by the FBI, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Aug. 9. “President Trump is determined, now more than ever, to straighten this country out,” Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters at a press conference in […]
Vought Laying Groundwork for Next GOP President to Neutralize Federal Swamp’s Bureaucracy
By Mark Tapscott Russ Vought, President Donald Trump’s former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director, had a plan, but too little time left in 2020 to restore the bureaucracy as a neutral tool for ensuring that federal officials do what American voters want done by their government. But Vought will be ready from the get-go when, he […]
Republicans Warn Biden’s ‘Army of IRS Agents’ Is Coming
By Frank Fang Republicans are warning American middle-class families and small-business owners how they will soon be the targets of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), once President Joe Biden signs into law Democrat-backed legislation that includes funding to hire 87,000 new tax agents. The legislation, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” was approved by a party-line vote of 51 […]
Pompeo, DeSantis Respond to FBI Raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
By Katabella Roberts Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other GOP leaders have responded to an FBI search of the 45th President’s Florida Mar-a-Lago home after former president Donald Trump said it was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied” on Aug. 8. Decrying the alleged raid in a post on his social media app, Truth Social, Trump said, […]
Biden Administration Raid on Trump ‘Improper,’ Dershowitz Says
By Zachary Stieber Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz and other legal scholars are questioning the Biden administration raid on former President Donald Trump. “The raid is supposed to be a last resort, but this administration has used the weaponization of the justice system against its political enemies. It has arrested people, denied them bail, put them […]
Trump: FBI Has Raided Mar-a-Lago, Property ‘Under Siege’
By Gary Bai Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Florida Mar-A-Lago home is “under siege” and “occupied by a group of FBI agents,” the former president said in a statement late Monday. “These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group […]
Trump Hints Again at 2024 Presidential Run
By Ivan Pentchoukov Former President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 hinted he may run for the White House again in 2024 but stopped short of announcing his bid. In response to a reporter’s question about announcing his candidacy before or after the 2022 midterm elections, Trump said, “it’s not a long period, regardless, whether you go before […]
Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency’ Across US
By Jack Phillips The Biden administration on Thursday declared a public health emergency for monkeypox in a bid to unlock funding and more powers to deal with the virus, which officials say is primarily spreading among homosexual males. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Beccera issued the declaration, saying in a Thursday conference call with reporters that […]
Pennsylvania GOP Voters Predict Preferred 2024 Presidential Nominee
By Beth Brelje The Pennsylvania Department of State counts 4 million registered Democratic voters in the state and 3.5 million Republicans as of May 2022. But even with 550,000 more Democrats than Republicans, Pennsylvania is not quite a blue state. It is more purple, with 1.3 million registered voters who call themselves libertarian, Green, or […]
Red States Top CNBC Ranking for ‘Business-Friendliness’
By Nicholas Dolinger A recent ranking of states according to “business friendliness” has deemed Republican-leaning “red states” as the highest in terms of favorability to free enterprise. On July 13, CNBC released its 2022 ranking of “America’s Top States to Do Business,” with an overall ranking based on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories. Among these […]
Court Blocks Biden Admin From Punishing Unvaccinated Air Force Members
By Beth Brelje and Mimi Nguyen Ly A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed […]