The Trump administration is extending its immigration crackdown into the nation’s financial system, unveiling new banking guidance that instructs lenders to consider whether illegal immigrants present heightened repayment risks when applying for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and other forms of credit. The guidance, announced Monday by three of the nation’s top banking regulators, represents […]
Anti-ICE protesters swarmed Sen. Susan Collins’ district office in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, hours after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a Colombian man during an immigration enforcement operation in the same city. Video from the scene showed a crowd forcing their way into the Republican senator’s office while others gathered outside holding signs reading […]
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, to serve the remainder of her brother’s Senate term following the longtime Republican lawmaker’s sudden death over the weekend. McMaster announced the appointment hours after President Donald Trump publicly urged him to select Nordone, calling the move […]
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico is drawing criticism from constitutional law attorney and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley after claiming the Second Amendment’s reference to a “well regulated” militia shows that broad gun restrictions are compatible with the Constitution. In a resurfaced video from a 2020 online event, Talarico argued that politicians who oppose […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): U.S. launches new wave of strikes against Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile.’ American and Iranian forces exchange heavy missile and drone attacks over control of Strait of Hormuz, increasing pressure on truce. Trump failed to secure Strait of Hormuz in his Iran deal. Iran said gave it control of […]
Counterterrorism police have taken control of the investigation into the killing of former British lawmaker Ann Widdecombe after authorities uncovered new evidence that prompted them to examine whether the attack was motivated by terrorism. Widdecombe, 78, was found dead with serious injuries at her home in Haytor, Devon, on Thursday. Police believe she was attacked […]
An armed man was arrested Monday morning after driving to the North Barricade entrance of the U.S. Capitol complex, prompting a significant law enforcement response and a temporary lockdown of the area before officials declared the scene secure. The incident unfolded around 10 a.m. at one of the Capitol’s highest-security entry points, where federal law […]
Many people assume in a red state like Georgia they wouldn’t have to worry about covert Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. But that’s not the case, and as Accuracy in Media’s undercover journalist found out, these programs are actually flourishing across the state. Starting with the Athens-Clarke County unified government, AIM’s investigator discovered. “Yes, DEI […]
A federal judge has nullified the settlement that ended President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, ruling that the case was filed for an “improper purpose” and used to lend judicial legitimacy to an agreement that would have protected Trump associates from tax scrutiny and created a $1.776 billion compensation fund. U.S. District Judge Kathleen […]
Ken Paxton’s rout of John Cornyn in the May runoff should have settled a long argument inside the Republican Party of Texas. Grassroots conservatives, the same voters who delivered 72.74% support for a closed-primary ballot proposition in March 2024 and 92.38% support at the state convention that summer, had just demonstrated that they, and not […]
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States is reimposing its naval blockade of Iran, a major escalation in the administration’s confrontation with Tehran following the collapse of recent diplomatic efforts and the resumption of military operations. In a statement, Trump said the U.S. military would again enforce the blockade against Iranian shipping and […]
Britain Is Running The Experiment So America Doesn’t Have To: Climate Policy As National Suicide
There is a simple test for whether a nation’s climate policy is serious. Ask what it does for the citizen standing in a 104°F apartment. Britain fails this test, and it fails it in a way that should terrify anyone watching Sacramento or Albany, because the failure is not an accident of implementation. It is […]