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Judge Sets Wednesday Hearing in Motion to Dismiss Case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

(Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams will face the federal judge on Wednesday who will decide whether to grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss corruption charges against him after lawyers explain the abrupt change in position just weeks before an April trial. Judge Dale E. Ho in...

Obama Judge Upholds Mass Gov’t Layoffs in Major Win for Trump and DOGE

(Headline USA)  A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan found that there are legitimate questions about Musk's authority, but said there isn't evidence of the...

DOGE Says it Has Saved Taxpayers $55 Billion So Far

(The Center Square) – The month-old Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Elon Musk has saved American taxpayers $55 billion, according to the latest update from the group. Its ‘Wall of Receipts’ on its new website catalogues where the department has made cuts and how much those cuts are...

Proposal Would Keep Violent Criminals from Seeking Asylum

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Violent criminals of other nations should not be allowed to seek asylum in the United States, says a North Carolina congressman. U.S. Rep. Rev. Mark Harris, R-N.C., on Thursday introduced No Asylum for Criminals Act, backed by eight cosponsors that included Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C.,...

White House Says Elon Musk Isn’t a Member of DOGE

(Headline USA) The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency team that is sweeping through federal agencies, but is rather a senior adviser to President Donald Trump. Musk's exact role could be key in the legal fight over DOGE's access to government...

Waiver Allowing California Gas Car Ban by 2035 Poised for Reversal

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) With a Congressional review of California car and truck standard waivers approved by the Biden administration, Congress appears set to effectively quash three rules, including the 2035 gas car ban. The Environmental Protection Agency, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin, said it is following the law in...

Trump to Sign New Executive Orders While His 1st Joint TV Interview w/ Musk Airs in Prime Time

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to sign new executive orders from his Florida home while his first joint TV interview with adviser Elon Musk airs in prime time. Trump's Florida home will also be the setting for an awards program by a conservative group led by Mike...

DOGE’s Next Target: the IRS

(Headline USA) Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to taxpayer data at the IRS, two people familiar with the inner workings of the plan who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told The Associated Press on Monday. If successful, Musk and his group would have access...

Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan for Gaza Will Start ‘Within Weeks,’ Israeli Minister Claims

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Over the weekend, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed a plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza in line with President Trump’s plans for the territory would begin in the coming weeks. “Preparations have started amongst our teams, alongside teams of the US President Donald Trump,” Smotrich said...

Israel Calls on America to ‘Finish the Job’ against Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday hit back at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for threatening that the US and Israel will “finish the job” against Iran. “Threatening others is both a gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei. He...

Multi-Millionaires Obama, Clinton May Soon Be Cut Off from Taxpayer-Funded Pensions

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Taxpayers could soon be relieved of footing the bill for the generous pensions and annual allowances of former presidents Barack Obama, George Bush, and Bill Clinton, thanks to proposed legislation by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.  Titled the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act, the proposed law would cap pensions...

NYT Scholars Concede Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Is Legally ‘Strong’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two legal scholars writing for the liberal New York Times warned Democrats that President Donald Trump’s executive order clarifying who qualifies for birthright citizenship is not as legally flawed as critics claim.  Randy E. Barnett and Ilan Wurman—the respective professors of constitutional law at Georgetown University Law and the...
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