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The trade association America’s Credit Unions is sounding the alarm about a bill that Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) are trying to pass, with president and CEO Scott Simpson warning that payment systems with weak security may be used as a result. The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) was first proposed by Durbin and Marshall in 2022 before they reintroduced it in January, arguing that it would “increase competition in the credit card market and put an end to the Visa-Mastercard duopoly.” Originally, the legislation was cosponsored by then-Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Sens. Peter Welch (D-VT),…

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan addressed a reporter who asked him about an illegal immigrant being arrested in front of his teen daughter at a bus stop and reminded him that the law is the bottom line. “Do you believe ICE should be arresting parents in front of their children at school bus stops?” a reporter asked Homan, pointing to an incident that occurred in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in May. According to a statement at the time, the father arrested was Javier Anibal Melgar, who hails from El Salvador. He entered the U.S. illegally more than 20 years ago,…

The Israeli prime minister visited IDF troops at the strategic summit of Mount Hermon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Israel is “very close” to defeating Iran during a visit to Israeli troops stationed atop Mount Hermon in Syrian territory seized by the IDF following the collapse of the Bashar Assad government.Netanyahu traveled to the strategic summit on Wednesday accompanied by Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai.“Damascus is right here, Lebanon is right there, the Syrian Golan Heights are right there,” Netanyahu said in a video released by his office, claiming Israel…

President Trump on Wednesday slammed an ABC reporter while departing Washington for the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, when asked about the Republican candidates who will not be in attendance.  The New York Times (of course) reports that “deciding whether to appear with President Trump can be tricky” for Republican candidates. Of the nine most competitive races, according to the Times, the candidates skipping the convention include: Susan Collins, the RINO from Maine John E. Sununu of New Hampshire, a RINO who Trump endorsed… for some reason Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) Trump shrugged off ABC’s…

Prominent conservative lawyer Mike Davis is urging the DOJ to “withdraw its statement of interest in the OpenAI lawsuit.” The DOJ’s support of OpenAI in a copyright lawsuit filed by the New York Times seems to contradict the White House AI framework. In an op-ed for Fox News, Davis maintained that the Trump DOJ should withdraw its recently filed “ill-advised” statement of interest in OpenAI’s lawsuit which argues that Big Tech’s training of large AI models on copyrighted text is “fair use.” The lawyer and conservative political strategist also reminded the public that training large AI models on copyrighted material is “largely intended for limited free…

Intense fighting between the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of Yemen continued on Wednesday, with a focus on controlling Red Sea coastal territory needed by the Houthis to threaten shipping in the Red Sea at Iran’s behest.  “Clashes and attacks were reported in the western provinces of Taiz, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Al-Hudaydah, while government reinforcements were sent to the strategic western coastal city of Mokha near the Bab al-Mandab Strait,” Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday. Much of the fighting was done by the “Giants Brigade,” also known as the Southern Giants Brigade, a coalition…

Far-left Democrat Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA) allegedly violated federal insider trading and transparency laws by repeatedly failing to disclose as much as $900,000 in purchases, according to a U.S. House Transaction Report. The illegal purchases were first reported by NOTUS/Washington Sun. The California liberal, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, was “days or weeks late revealing more than 50 individual trades,” notably those of defense contractors Palantir Technologies, Microsoft, Macom Technology Solutions, and SPX Technologies, according to newly-published financial disclosures. Cisneros said to the same outlet in February he doesn’t manage his own stock trades. It was unclear if…

Rep. Bobby Scott is defending his track record leading Democrats on the House Education and Workforce Committee in a new letter as he faces an internal challenge for the top job.In a Dear Colleague letter dated Wednesday, the 79-year-old Virginian said he is running to keep the top spot on the committee, guaranteeing a showdown with fellow Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a 53-year-old former teacher.Scott has led the panel’s Democrats since 2015, including four years as chair during his party’s time in the majority from 2019 to 2023. He said in the latter that he looks forward to…

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a Democrat effort to reinstate Missouri’s 6R-2D Congressional map. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a stay of the lower court’s order reinstating the GOP-favored map. The three-judge panel included: Loken (George H. W. Bush), Stras (Trump) and Justin D. Smith (Trump). Wednesday’s order comes amid a dramatic legal battle that enfolded this week. A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon ordered Missouri to use its new GOP-favored congressional map just hours after the Supreme Court denied the state’s emergency application. US District Judge Stephen Clark, a Trump appointee, issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)…

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro was in the middle of his remarks to a defense forum in South Korea on Tuesday when China tried to intimidate him by having a note hand-delivered to his seat on the stage. Teodoro was surprised to see a man walk up behind his seat and drop a note on the table next to him while he was discussing the importance of the U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at the Seoul Defense Dialogue on Tuesday.  After glancing at the note, Teodoro decided to reject the intimidation, and embarrass the Chinese, by…