GOP rips FISA court for tapping ex-Biden ‘disinformation’ lawyer to advise on surveillance

Republican lawmakers called it “insane” that the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court appointed to a key advisory panel a lawyer with past ties to the Biden administration’s controversial Disinformation Governance Board. Judges on the FISC appointed Jennifer Daskal this month to serve as an amicus curiae, meaning Daskal is now among a small group of […]
Pardon Czar Johnson to Newsmax: Trump Focused on ‘Second Chances’
Alice Marie Johnson, who was named the nation’s first pardon czar a year ago, told Newsmax on Thursday that the White House’s pardon effort centers on giving Americans who have been sentenced to prison for crimes the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
Hunter Biden’s former ‘sugar brother’ lawyer drops big money on Swalwell’s campaign: ‘Biggest cheerleader’

FIRST ON FOX: Wealthy Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris bankrolled Hunter Biden’s legal defense and other bills when he was facing charges for federal firearms and tax crimes, and now he is helping finance the gubernatorial campaign of one of the most vocal defenders of Hunter, a new campaign finance filing reveals. A campaign filing that […]
Olympian Jenny Potter to Newsmax: 1998 Hockey Gold Remains Special
Gold medal-winning hockey legend Jenny Potter told Newsmax on Thursday she will always cherish Team USA’s historic victory at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano — the first Games to feature women’s hockey.
Federal judge who ordered no warrantless ICE arrests in Colorado asserts DOJ not complying

A federal judge in Colorado has questioned whether the Trump administration is complying with his order barring warrantless ICE arrests in the state, according to Colorado Public Radio. Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, said during a hearing Wednesday that the Department of Justice appeared to […]
Bill Gates Cancels India Keynote as Epstein Scrutiny Grows
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates canceled a scheduled keynote address Thursday at India’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi as scrutiny over his past ties to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein intensified.
Political stink: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore calls Trump’s sewage spill blame ‘absurd’

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland says he didn’t seek a political scrap with President Donald Trump. “I don’t have any personal desire to go back and forth with the President of the United States. That’s not why I ran for office,” the Democratic governor of the solidly blue state emphasized in a Fox News […]
Coast Guard caught as ‘collateral damage’ in Democrats’ DHS shutdown as China, Russia press US waters

EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers tasked with oversight of the Coast Guard said the lone military branch not under Pentagon authority is being wrongly hurt by Democrats holding up funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding “three basic objectives” to come back to the table, according to CBS News: […]
US Trade Deficit Widens 32.6% to $70.3 Billion
The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign manufactured merchandise.[#item_full_content]
Zelenskyy dismisses Putin’s ‘historical s—‘ in peace talks as ‘delay tactic,’ urges focus on ending the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday dismissed what he described as Vladimir Putin’s “historical s—,” saying he has no interest in debating the past and wants peace talks focused squarely on ending the war. In a pointed post on X, Zelenskyy described Russia’s historical arguments as a “delay tactic,” accusing Moscow of using them to […]