Deep state leakers scramble to mitigate Russiagate fallout
Anonymous officials told the Washington Post that DNI Tulsi Gabbard overruled CIA demands for heavier redactions in a House report debunking claims Russia preferred Trump in 2016, pushing to release it largely intact despite warnings it revealed top-secret sources. Trump approved her version without edits.

Trump announces federal law enforcement now patrolling DC
The effort will begin as a seven-day operation, with “the option to extend as needed,” according to a White House statement.

DC crime eclipses Latin American capitals
Washington, D.C., logged a 2024 murder rate of 26.6 per 100,000 residents — higher than Mexico City and Bogota — with 2023’s rate nearly matching violent hotspots like Quito, underscoring the capital’s struggle with youth violence and repeat offenders.

Whitlock: Is ‘Big Balls’ the next George Floyd of white people?
“He’s a rallying point, a hero, a line in the sand. That’s what black people, Black Lives Matter used George Floyd as, ‘This is the example of how America treats black people.’ I think white people are about to say, ‘This is an example of how black people treat white people,’” Whitlock says.

Judge hands ‘get out of jail free’ card for vicious assault on elderly pro-lifers
A Baltimore man who brutally attacked two senior citizens praying outside a Planned Parenthood, leaving one unconscious and the other with broken facial bones, received no prison time and just a year of home detention.

Cincinnati viral beating victim says violent mob started attacking 'like a pack of wolves'
The single mother of three suffered a severe concussion and neurological damage during the intervention.

How did a religious, small-town Minnesota boy morph into an alleged political assassin?
Vance Luther Boelter has little in his pedigree to suggest he might turn from a joyful Christian preacher into a calculating, brutal killer.

Minnesota assassination suspect used ex-police vehicles in attack
Vance Boelter allegedly carried out a deadly June shooting spree using decommissioned police SUVs once owned by Minnesota and Wisconsin departments, including one he parked outside a lawmaker’s home with lights flashing while disguised as an officer.

Georgia man cleared after Walmart ‘kidnapping’ accusation proven false
Prosecutors dropped all charges against Mahendra Patel after surveillance footage showed he was preventing a child from falling off a scooter, not abducting him; he had spent 45 days in jail before his release.

FBI to locate 'derelict' Democrats who fled Texas, GOP senator says
“I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has approved my request for the FBI to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,” Sen. John Cornyn said in a statement Thursday.

Lawsuit filed in Illinois court by Texas House, Illinois state senator, against 33 AWOL Dems
The lawsuit was filed in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Adams County, Illinois. It asks the court to hold the Democrats in contempt and to domesticate Texas warrants, allowing for absconding Democrats to be arrested and brought back to Texas.

Texas Democrats who fled state plead for handouts
Lawmakers hiding out in Illinois to block a GOP redistricting plan are piling up hotel and travel costs, relying on donations from left-wing groups and Beto O’Rourke’s network while facing $500-a-day fines and a state bribery investigation.

Californians voted to stop Dems from gerrymandering. Newsom is plotting to overrule them.
Gavin Newsom is pushing a plan to suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission and put a Democrat-friendly congressional map on the ballot ahead of the 2026 midterms, despite voters twice enshrining the commission into law.

Chicago is so gerrymandered its main airport is parking backlogged planes in two different congressional districts
A United Airlines backlog at O’Hare forced planes to park on opposite ends of the airport — one in Illinois’s Fifth Congressional District, the other in the Third — highlighting the extreme district lines Democrats drew to cement control.

Trump's 200 victories in 200 days
From DOGE and DEI cuts to subpoenas and the Second Amendment, Trump keeps delivering on his promises.

Daily Mail: Steve Bannon is secretly plotting a run for president in 2028 ... and he's already knifing his likely rival: 'I created him'
Bannon is said to be laying groundwork for a White House bid that would put him head-to-head with JD Vance, a onetime ally he claims to have molded into a MAGA figure, while reportedly holding hours of unreleased Epstein footage.

Former Dem Strategist Says His Party Has Two Major Problems — And Is Fixing Neither
"It's horrifying that the party just will not come to grips with the depth of its problems and do the things to get out of it."

Jasmine Crockett is a no-show boss from hell who terrorizes staffers, aides say: ‘All diva, no wow’
Current and former aides say Rep. Jasmine Crockett rarely shows up to work, berates employees, demands chauffeured luxury rides to the Capitol, and focuses more on TV appearances and social media than representing her district.

Meet the ‘Many Jewish Voters’ the NYT Says Back Zohran Mamdani
Supporters include Chuck Schumer’s anti-Israel rabbi, Jewish Voice for Peace's political director, and three staffers or volunteers for Mamdani's campaign

NYC Socialist mayoral candidate Mamdami declares war on charter schools
Zohran Mamdani says he would block charter schools from co-locating in public buildings and review their funding, a move parents and advocates warn would harm low-income black and Hispanic students who rely on them.

Trump orders federal regulators to probe alleged bank discrimination against conservatives
President Trump has ordered an investigation into whether banks have discriminated against conservatives and industries like gun manufacturers and cryptocurrency companies.

Trump moves to open 401ks to private equity and other alternative assets
A new executive order directs federal agencies to ease regulatory barriers so workplace retirement plans can offer investments like private equity, real estate, commodities, and digital assets, aiming to boost diversification while sparking debate over risks and costs.

Senators pitch $1.5 trillion investment fund for Social Security: What to know
The bipartisan idea calls for investing $1.5 trillion over the next five years into an investment fund that would then be given 70 years to grow.

Bipartisan bill would require IRS to notify taxpayer if seeking private financial info
Taxpayers will have more control over how the Internal Revenue Service acquires their personal information if a newly introduced bill becomes law. The bill does include an exception, however.

Trump orders new US census to exclude illegal aliens
If Trump is successful, a new census may lead to some states with large illegal alien populations losing congressional seats. Democrats immediately assailed the order and accused the president of acting unconstitutionally.

Illegal aliens rig the census for blue states, and Trump is right to correct it
If voting is only for citizens, illegal aliens shouldn’t be counted in a way that inflates state populations, boosts their House seats, and dilutes representation in states with legal residents.

Obama judge: 'Alligator Alcatraz' camp must halt construction
U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams later clarified that this ruling halts activities, including “at the very least, filling, paving, installation of additional infrastructure,” and also no additional lighting fixtures should be added.

LA mayor slams DHS ‘Trojan Horse’ raid arresting 16 illegal aliens
Karen Bass called the Border Patrol sting “not acceptable” and claimed it harms the local economy, while federal officials said the operation targeted criminals and proved there are no sanctuary zones from immigration enforcement.

Government Ordered To Scrub Federal Workers’ COVID Vaccine Status In Legal Settlement
Federal agencies must erase all records of employees’ COVID-19 vaccination status, mandate noncompliance, and exemption requests within 60 days, under a settlement ending a four-year legal battle over Biden’s vaccine mandate.

Over 30% of released Gitmo detainees returned to terrorism
U.S. intelligence says nearly one in five freed Guantánamo Bay detainees are confirmed to have re-engaged in terrorist activity and about 13% more are suspected, with many returning to Taliban-led Afghanistan or other unstable regions.

Federal investigators compile evidence of systematic Hamas aid theft, undercutting leaked USAID 'report'
USAID’s inspector general is probing credible claims that Hamas hijacks U.N. aid trucks, embeds operatives in U.N. facilities, and diverts supplies, findings that conflict with a leaked internal report dismissing systematic theft.

Israel's Security Cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City: AP
Netanyahu told reporters before the security council meeting, which began Thursday and stretched into Friday morning local time, that he planned to take over Gaza before turning it over to nearby allies who opposed Hamas.

Vandals deface Israeli airline's Paris office with 'genocide' graffiti after Macron moves to recognize Palestinian state
El Al evacuated staff after its Paris offices were splattered with red paint and anti-Israel slogans, an attack Israeli officials tied to France’s plan to formally recognize a Palestinian state in September.

Trump now ‘open’ to meeting with Putin without Zelenskyy
Asked in the Oval Office whether Zelenskyy’s presence was a requirement for Putin to secure a meeting, Trump said, “No.” “They would like to meet with me, and I’ll do whatever I can to stop the killing,” he added.

Babylon Bee: Trump Gerrymanders US To Include Canada
"It's done. I drew the line myself," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after unveiling the order. "I'm the president, and I have the power to draw the borders. This is something the president can do, everyone agrees. I included Canada, which is now our big, beautiful 51st state. Gerrymandering. It's a tremendous thing."

US doubles reward for capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
Pam Bondi announced a $50 million bounty for information leading to Nicolás Maduro’s arrest, accusing him of running the Cartel de los Soles, working with terrorist groups, and trafficking tons of cocaine — much of it laced with fentanyl — into the United States.

CBS Exec Comments On ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Said It ‘Wasn’t Sustainable’
President and CEO of CBS George Cheeks said the show was losing "tens of millions of dollars."

Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’ sequel coming in 2027
Lionsgate says "The Resurrection of the Christ" will arrive as a two-film continuation of Gibson’s biblical saga, with filming in historic Italian towns and a budget expected to exceed $100 million.

Mel Gibson is building a cultural counterattack
Long dismissed by Hollywood elites, Gibson is now working with Trump-backed allies and Italy’s film industry to launch a wave of unapologetically historical, faith-driven projects — a push that could challenge both Hollywood’s woke gatekeepers and Europe’s cultural power brokers.

The AP’s sympathy for Hezbollah terrorists could’ve been a Babylon Bee parody
The Babylon Bee couldn’t have come up with a better parody than the 2,100-word feature, “Survivors of Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah struggle to recover” — though that’s not how AP’s Bassem Mroue and Sarah El Deeb meant it.

Virginia school accused of secretly arranging abortions for minors
Fairfax County Public Schools has launched an external investigation after claims that Centreville High staff facilitated and funded abortions for underage students without parental consent, potentially violating state law and using taxpayer money.

Florida teacher suspended for violating parental rights law won’t be rehired
Brevard Public Schools says Melissa Calhoun knowingly used a name for a student that didn’t match the student’s biological gender without parental consent, calling it a deliberate breach of state law and trust with families.

Could Pope Leo XIV lose his American citizenship?
Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s election has raised debate over whether serving as Vatican head of state could trigger loss of U.S. citizenship, prompting a GOP push for legislation to protect his status and exempt him from American taxes.

OpenAI GPT‑5 is here: Company unveils 'PhD-level experts in your pocket'
Altman believes that GPT‑5 marks a major step to achieving artificial general intelligence.

Here's why Sam Altman says OpenAI's GPT-5 falls short of AGI
While AGI remains the company's mission, Altman says OpenAI is already looking beyond it to superintelligence, a still theoretical advancement in which artificial intelligence can reason far beyond human capability.

Are we living in a simulation? AI suggests 70% likelihood
Author Rizwan Virk says rapid advances in artificial intelligence and virtual reality put humanity more than two-thirds of the way to creating indistinguishable simulated worlds, making it more likely than ever that we’re already inside one.

Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be alien probe here to ‘destroy us’: Harvard scientist
“Usually, for comets, you see a tail trailing behind the object,” Dr. Avi Loeb told CNN Thursday. “Here, the glow is actually in front of it. We’ve never seen such a thing. A comet doesn’t glow in front.”

2 more sex toys were thrown toward the court of a WNBA game on Thursday night
At least one was not neon green, which has become synonymous with the ongoing trend, with now seven instances of sex toys being thrown toward the playing surfaces at WNBA games.

‘We’re not the butt of jokes,’ says WNBA coach upset over flying sex toys
"This has been going on for centuries ... it is not funny, and it should not be the butt of jokes on any radio show, or in print, or in any comments. ... The sexualization of women is what is used to hold women down. And this is no different."