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Costly Refugee Funding on the Table as They Rake in Over a Dozen Taxpayer Benefits
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) As American taxpayers are plagued with high housing costs, rising medical expenses and other costs, many refugees continue to qualify for over a dozen costly federal benefits, as Congress could decide to continue the quadrupled funding for the program. Hundreds of thousands of refugees were admitted into the U.S. during…
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Pro-Maduro Protestors in NYC Got $20 Million from Big-Tech Plutocrat
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Between the Soviet-style “block party” during the inauguration of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Times Square protests opposing the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, it may seem to some as if the Big Apple is on the verge of a socialist revolution. But investigative journalists have revealed the…
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Ex-Sec. of State Reveals Details of Victor Davis Hanson’s ‘Major’ Illness
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Conservative scholar Victor Davis Hanson revealed details about a major illness in an update Saturday that followed several days of speculation and concern. Hanson’s statement came to many via former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — currently the director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where Hanson is a senior fellow. Please…
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Rubio: US Won’t Govern Venezuela But Will Press for Changes Via Oil Blockade
(Headline USA) Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro. Rubio’s statements on TV talk shows…
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US Attack on Venezuela Killed at Least 40, Including Civilians
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US attack on Venezuela early Saturday morning that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife killed at least 40 people, including military personnel and civilians, The New York Times has reported, citing an unnamed senior Venezuelan official. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez had said that the US…
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Foreign Flags Fly in Florida after Maduro’s Ouster
(Headline USA) Foreign flags are flying in Florida—and Republicans are celebrating it. Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country — a stunning outcome they had longed for but left them wondering…
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Congress Faces Govt. Shutdown, Healthcare Bills, Epstein on Return
(The Center Square) Congress faces a mountain of political challenges when it resumes session next week, including a potential government shutdown, a health care affordability crisis, and the ongoing release of the Epstein files. U.S. lawmakers left town for the holidays after passing only three of the 12 appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal…
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Secret Service Aims to Hire 4,000 More Agents, Officers and Other Staff
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the heels of two major assassination attempts and a slew of other scandals, the Secret Service is aiming to hire 4,000 new employees by 2028, according to the Washington Post. The Post reported Sunday that the service aims to expand its special agent ranks from about 3,500 to about 5,000,…
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Dan Bongino Has His Last Day at the FBI
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a roughly 10-month stint that left many of his supporters disappointed, Dan Bongino had his last day as FBI deputy director on Saturday. “It was a busy last day on the job. This will be my last post on this account. Tomorrow I return to civilian life,” Bongino announced on Twitter/X. “It’s…
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9th Circuit Rules Against Ban on Open Carry of Firearms in Most California Counties
(The Center Square) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Friday ruled against California’s ban on open carry of firearms in most counties. The San Francisco-based court’s ruling declared the ban unconstitutional in counties with a population exceeding 200,000. Those counties make up 95% of the state. According to the written ruling, the…
