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James Talarico is 37 years old, and his failure to launch into manhood includes sharing his only checking account with his mother. “Talarico’s personal financial disclosure lists a single Wells Fargo checking account with a balance between $15,000 and $50,000,” reports the Washington Free Beacon. “Though Talarico is unmarried, the disclosure indicates that the account is owned jointly. A ‘filer comment’ provides clarity: ‘The account is jointly held by the filer and the filer’s mother.’” There are no other checking accounts listed on Talarico’s disclosure forms. There is this, though… In 2021, when Talarico was 32 year old, “he reported an in-kind…

Wednesday on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) argued the Iran deal was a “memorandum of understanding,” and it was not a treaty. According to the Tennessee Republican, given that it was not a treaty, it would not require congressional approval and insisted that no taxpayer dollars would be going to Iran as part of the agreement. “So, what do you think of this deal, and would you vote to ratify it?” FBN host Cheryl Casone asked. Hagerty replied, “Cheryl, good morning. First, I just want to be clear, we’re talking about a memorandum of understanding. This isn’t…

House Administration Chair Bryan Steil is pitching legislation that would bar lawmakers and their family members from wagering on certain Washington-focused prediction markets. The Wisconsin Republican’s bill, introduced Thursday, proposes to prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from participating in prediction markets that are focused on specific government policy, government action or political outcomes. Violators would need to pay fines of at least $2,000 and the trade’s net gains, according to Steil’s office. “The American people deserve to know their Member of Congress is not profiting off insider information,” Steil said. “Lawmakers should be writing policy,…

The Israeli foreign minister has lamented the “blatant unfairness” exhibited by the top EU diplomat West Jerusalem will cut “all contact” with EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas over her reported comparison of the country to apartheid-era South Africa, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced.Relations between the bloc and Israel’s far-right government have steadily deteriorated in the past few years over the war in Gaza, accelerating illegal settlement building, and the invasion of Lebanon. The EU has for years been accused of double standards over its failure to prosecute Israel for possible genocide, while imposing 21 rounds of sanctions against…

Speculation is mounting among investors and analysts about a possible merger between Elon Musk’s two public companies, Tesla and SpaceX, following the rocket company’s blockbuster IPO that valued it at over a trillion dollars more than Musk’s electric vehicle manufacturer. Business Insider reports that the question of whether Tesla and SpaceX will merge has become a hot topic among investors as SpaceX’s market value soared past the electric vehicle giant following an $85 billion IPO on Friday. The rocket company is now worth over one trillion dollars more than Tesla, prompting widespread discussion about whether Musk might consolidate his business…

NATO Secretary General hailed President Donald Trump’s Iran deal for ensuring Iran never becomes a nuclear power, and saying NATO was ready to play a role in securing the Strait of Hormuz if “so wanted”. The re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz is a “massive step forward”, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Mark Rutte said on Wednesday morning in remarks ahead of an alliance defence ministers’ meeting on Thursday. Rutte expressed his praise for the U.S.-Iran deal which promises to end conflict in the Middle East, and particularly for the prospect of a nuclear free…

President Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., taught Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) a lesson after the latter used fake news to lie about the Memorandum of Understanding, which the United States and Iran signed. Trump responded to a post on X from Benjamin Domenech, an opinion editor for the Daily Wire, in which he shared a quote from Cruz stating that it was “not remotely in America’s interest for us to pay to rebuild” Iran. In response to Cruz’s quote, Trump stated that the U.S. was “not giving” Iran a cent, and added that using fake news to lie…

Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who has been missing from Capitol Hill since March 5, will return to work later this month — 117 days after his last vote. Harrison Neely, a spokesperson for Kean, said the 57-year-old lawmaker plans to attend the June 30 House session. It is the first time Kean’s office has provided a specific date for his return. Neely did not disclose any further details about Kean’s extended absence, which his team has attributed to an undisclosed health issue. In written statements throughout his absence, staff have promised he would return to work…

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung denied that a text circulating in multiple mainstream media outlets late on Tuesday was an accurate text of the ultimate draft of a memorandum of understanding between Iran and America to end the current war and pave the wave for nuclear negotiations. CNN, Bloomberg, and the Saudi news agency al-Arabiya published a 14-point text they claimed to have obtained from involved officials of the “memorandum of understanding” on Tuesday. While many of the provisions therein were agreed-upon terms that the White House has stated publicly would be part of the deal, such as the…

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted eight illegal migrants for using stolen Social Security Numbers to work in Kentucky. Thirteen illegals were arrested in a conjunction with Homeland Security Investigation’s “Operation Take Back America” effort in the Paducah, Kentucky, area on May 21 and 22, and eight of those arrested were using the personal information stolen from Americans, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky reported in a press release. Federal investigators discovered that the eight illegals had supplied stolen information on their USCIS I-9 form, which is called the Employment Eligibility Verification form and is used…