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As yesterday’s deadline for signing or vetoing the “assault weapons” ban bill closed in, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) pivoted and proposed changes to legislation. Spanberger’s actions extend the deadline for action on the bill to April 22, 2026, giving lawmakers time to accept or reject her changes. Virginia delegate Wren Williams (R) explained: “Governor Spanberger has proposed substitutes to five gun bills passed by the Virginia General Assembly this session. These are not vetoes. A substitute is the Governor’s recommended rewrite — the House and Senate reconvene April 22 to either accept her changes or reject them and insist…

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington will attend Senate Republicans’ closed-door conference lunch Wednesday, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss private scheduling. Arrington’s appearance comes as Hill Republicans are working to finalize a budget resolution that will tee up a party-line reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement activities, which are currently lapsed amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Read the full article here

Israel is openly considering a new settlement land grab in Lebanon, showing de-escalation is not even an option Israel’s war in Lebanon has entered a stage in which claims of supposedly precise strikes on military infrastructure can no longer be taken seriously.The scale of the operations, the depth of the advance in the south, the destruction of bridges and residential neighborhoods, the massive strikes on Beirut, and the steady expansion of the so-called buffer zone all show that this is not merely a tactical effort to contain Hezbollah. It is an attempt to reshape the military and political reality of…

Spain’s socialist government on Tuesday officially started the process to grant mass amnesty to half a million illegal migrants living in Spain. After nearly three months since Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez first announced the amnesty plans, the Spanish Council of Ministers signed the decree. It was officially published at the Official State Gazette on Wednesday, and will go into effect on Thursday. Just as Sánchez initially vowed, the mass amnesty plan was signed via a Royal Decree, which allows the socialist government to bypass the need from parliamentary approval despite an absolute majority of the Spanish parliament and nearly 70 percent of Spaniards…

WASHINGTON—Freedom 250 announced Tuesday that the “Great American State Fair” is coming to the National Mall for 16 days in June and July as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. The Great American State Fair will run on the National Mall from June 25 to July 10, featuring a unique event every day and showcasing all of the U.S. states and territories. The more than two-week-long celebration will feature a Ferris wheel standing at 110 feet tall, the Smithsonian’s National Carousel, which has been refurbished, and “dozens of hands-on company-sponsored activations that will bring the fair to life,” according to…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticizes Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced the suspension of a defense agreement with Israel amid tensions over the war in the Middle East.Italy, whose right-wing government had been seen as one of Israel’s closest allies in the EU, has become increasingly critical of the ongoing military campaign in Lebanon, where 2,124 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since early March.Speaking on Tuesday in Verona, Meloni said her government had decided to “suspend the automatic renewal” of the agreement “in light of the current situation.”“When there are things…

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced a settlement that bars major advertising firms from colluding to boycott platforms based on disfavored political viewpoints. “The ad agencies’ brand-safety conspiracy turned competition in the market for ad-buying services on its head,” Ferguson said in a written statement. “The antitrust laws guarantee participation in a market free from conduct, such as economic boycotts, that distort the fundamental competitive pressures that promote lower prices, higher quality products and increased innovation.” “As we explain in our complaint, the brand-safety agreement limited competition in the market for ad-buying services and deprived advertisers of the…

The Council of Ministers in Spain approved on Tuesday the Royal Decree that allows the mass amnesty programme for illegal migrants, put forward by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez earlier this year. While Prime Minister Sánchez was busy kowtowing to communist leaders in Beijing, his government in Madrid was busy clearing the way for illegal migrants to be granted amnesty and allowed to remain in the country. After the approval of the Royal Decree on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers, the guidelines will be published on Wednesday, and the process for illegals to start their amnesty applications will begin…

Monday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said her colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell (R-CA), who is set to resign from Congress, had a “reputation.” According to the Florida Republican, Swalwell was facing “serious criminal problem.” “All right, Congresswoman, what was Swalwell like in Congress?” host Jesse Watters said. “Did he have a rep?” Luna replied, “Yes, he did have a reputation. And as you know, Jesse, I was actually the member of Congress that wrote the expulsion resolution for him, and I was ready to call it out and did tell…

The growing power of artificial intelligence is driving new worries among both Republicans and Democrats about government agencies’ warrantless purchases of Americans’ sensitive data. And it’s complicating efforts to renew a federal spying law before it expires — including as House GOP leaders struggle to cobble together support for passage Wednesday a clean, 18-month reauthorization, per President Donald Trump’s wishes. The federal government has long used commercially available information bought from data brokers for national security, military operations and criminal investigations, bypassing constitutional restrictions on what kinds of information agencies can gather on Americans directly. But agencies’ surveillance capabilities were…