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Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he is not willing to add any amendments to a straight extension of a key spy powers law, as he tries to overcome a GOP hard-liner rebellion fueled by privacy concerns. “It’s going to be a clean extension,” Johnson told reporters. “If we put amendments on it, it jeopardizes its passage. And it’s far too important.” Johnson is preparing to push an 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act through the House Rules Committee this afternoon. He doesn’t yet have the votes to then advance the measure on the floor later…
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said that Ali Khamenei “did have a fatwa in place that said no development of nuclear weapons.” But now that fatwa has been ended. Host Martha MacCallum said, “There’s no indication that they didn’t cheat on that deal all the way through. There was no indication of that. And we don’t know that, because we weren’t allowed to do anywhere, any time inspections. So, it appears that they progressed and progressed and progressed on that program, until, now, we’ve got 900 pounds of highly-enriched uranium, a lot…
Florida gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) recently rolled out his “Your Doctor, Your Price” health plan, which would have healthcare providers clearly state the cash price of more than a dozen common procedures readily available for patients, increasing transparency. Speaking at The Villages last week, Trump-backed Donalds unveiled his latest initiative to help move the Sunshine State into the future. “One thing I’ve learned: The doctors are frustrated. The patients are frustrated. And so when you’re seeing the workers in that system and the users of that system both, quite frankly, pulling their hair out, shaking their head, looking…
Olivia Troye, a first-term Trump administration staffer who emerged as a vocal critic of the president in 2020, is launching a run for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia. In a Tuesday campaign launch video, Troye cast herself as the candidate best positioned to take on President Donald Trump, pointing to the president bypassing Congress in sending federal immigration agents to U.S. cities and starting a war in Iran. “Trump doesn’t scare me,” she said. “I took him on when it mattered the most. And I’m ready to do it again. It’s time to send some real courage to Congress.”…
Washington could “wind down” its operation and would prefer to do so through “a big successful negotiation,” the vice president has said The US has achieved its objectives in Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance has claimed, adding Washington could begin winding down its military operation against the Islamic Republic.In a Fox News interview on Monday, after US negotiators left talks in Pakistan without securing an agreement to end the conflict, Vance said Washington had made “a lot of progress” in the negotiations, adding that “the ball is in Iran’s court” on whether to move forward.“I do think that we’re…
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Iranian activist Masih Alinejad discussed the revocation of green cards of relatives of Iranian regime propagandist Masoumeh Ebtekar and said that the reason it took so long is because the policies of Presidents Obama and Biden were “all about appeasement.” After Alinejad noted that Ebtekar attacked her for protesting against mandatory hijabs while her own daughter-in-law was in the U.S., host Anderson Cooper asked, “Why did it take so long for people to realize this?” Alinejad responded, “I think you know better than me, because President Biden and President Obama, let’s be very clear…
Gun stores in Virginia are seeing sales surge as residents of the state buy up firearms and ammo trying to beat the effective dates of new gun controls. The Fauquier Times noted, “Early indicators suggest Virginians are responding to a slate of proposed gun-control legislation with a noticeable spike in firearm background checks — a sign that gun sales are on the rise.” For example, there were 79,846 background checks in March 2026 compared to only 47,069 checks in March 2025. Henrico County’s Knight and Pawn owner, Ben Goldberg, said, “Every time the Democratic Party does any sort of gun legislation,…
At least 16 people, mostly students, have been injured in the incident, according to the police A former student has opened fire at a vocational high school in the city of Siverek in south-eastern Türkiye, wounding more than a dozen people before committing suicide, the local governor has said.At least 16 people were injured in the attack on Tuesday, police said. Among them were ten students, four teachers, a police officer, and a canteen operator, they added.Footage from Siverek in the country’s Sanliurfa province captured multiple students fleeing the school in panic as the incident unfolded.The 18-year-old attacker, who was…
British comic legend John Cleese has blasted Black Lives Matter and the wider liberal elites for their collective silence in the wake of the Easter massacre of Christians in Nigeria who were targeted by Islamic terrorists. “It looks rather as though Black Lives Don’t Matter,” Cleese lamented on his social media account. He further added a sideswipe of liberal media by observing, “Also, writing about it would damage the image of the murderers who killed these poor people.” The 86-year-old actor/comedian was responding to a post from the Chair of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Senior Counsel at The…
Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, a former longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen, said the rock legend should show “respect” for President Donald Trump by virtue of him being president. The original E Street Band Drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer revealed his thoughts about Bruce Springsteen’s and Trump contentious relationship in an interview with the New York Post. “You gotta have respect for the president,” said Lopez in response to Springsteen calling the White House a “corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous administration” during his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour. “Trump is the president of the United States —…