President Biden issued permits to several Texas cities on Monday allowing them to “expand and continue to maintain” their border crossings. Biden’s order impacts the Texas cities of Laredo, Eagle Pass and Brownsville. The border crossings include the bridges that span the Rio Grande, allowing vehicular and pedestrian traffic to cross to and from the U.S. and Mexico. The permits …
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Netanyahu says Biden presented 'incomplete' version of Gaza cease-fire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there are “gaps” between the cease-fire deal Israel proposed and the version of it that President Biden described on Friday. Netanyahu stated Monday that Biden’s description of the deal was “incomplete,” indicating it was less expansive than Biden had suggested. “The proposal that Biden presented is incomplete,” Netanyahu said. “The war will stop in …
Read More »3rd-strike 'trans' rape suspect prompts rebellion against CA law after attack in women's prison
A transgender-identified California convict with a lengthy record of criminal violence has been transferred out of a women’s correctional facility and back to a men’s prison after being indicted for rape. Tremaine “Tremayne” Deon Carroll, 51, is an incarcerated biological male who identifies as a woman and faces two charges of forcible rape and one of “dissuading a witness from …
Read More »RFK Jr.’s past support for higher gas prices and electric cars surfaces, old interviews show
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. previously expressed support for higher gas prices for consumers, which he argued would force a market shift toward electric vehicles. Kennedy made the argument in a number of media appearances, as well as at least one speech, going back to 2003, claiming that ending subsidies to oil companies and forcing them to cover …
Read More »Trump verdict fires up the donor class leading to massive May fundraising haul
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Monday announced that they and the Republican National Committee, fueled in part by the former president’s guilty verdicts in his criminal trial, hauled in a stunning $141 million in fundraising in May. That’s up from the $76 million they raked in back in April when they topped President Biden and the Democratic National Committee …
Read More »GOP lawmakers turn up pressure on Biden over Iran nuclear program: 'Enough is enough'
FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Mike Lawler are pressing the Biden administration to censure Iran at the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting due to its heightened nuclear activities and guarantee that steps are taken to thwart Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. On Monday afternoon, the pair will introduce a resolution that would also …
Read More »Bill Maher battles journalist over Biden’s re-election chances: ‘He’s going to f—ing lose!’
HBO host Bill Maher predicted President Biden would lose the presidential election to Donald Trump on this week’s episode of his “Club Random” podcast. The talk show host was debating the November election outcome with his liberal guest, journalist Kara Swisher. Maher confessed he would “vote for [Biden’s] head in a jar of blue liquid” over Trump, but he was …
Read More »Balance of Power: Messy GOP primaries could boost Democrats in swing state races
Republicans are looking to take advantage of a difficult Senate election map for Democrats in November, but crowded primary races in top swing states could hurt the party’s attempts to capture key Senate seats, according to some experts. “Campaign lore would suggest that any ‘divisive primary’ is going to advantage the other party at the polls in the general,” said …
Read More »DOJ claims it can't release Biden-Hur interview due to threat of AI deepfakes
The Justice Department cannot release audio from President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur due to the threat of potential deepfakes, the DOJ argued in a Friday court filing. The filing came as part of a legal challenge against Biden’s efforts to exercise executive privilege over the recording to keep it from the public. The DOJ acknowledged in its …
Read More »Catholic bishop delves into problems of liberalism, 'society of little tyrants,' with politics professor
Catholic Bishop Robert Barron described problems of the modern understanding of freedom as a “society of little tyrants” last week in an interview with Patrick Deneen, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. Barron and Deneen, during an interview that aired Friday on the Word on Fire’s “Bishop Barron Presents,” contrasted a view of freedom that seeks …
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