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Lawmakers Discuss Next Steps after Maxwell Pleads the Fifth in Deposition
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ghislaine Maxwell, close associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer the House Oversight Committee’s questions in her virtual deposition Monday. With Maxwell invoking her Fifth Amendment right to any and all questions, the deposition ended early, vexing both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. “This is obviously very disappointing.…
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Report: U.S. Added Nearly $700 Billion to National Debt in Four Months
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January alone, the Congressional Budget Office reports. The number further heightens the risk that America will experience some kind of financial crisis unless deficits are tamed, president of…
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Pentagon Obstructing Congressional Visit to Area 51, Despite Trump’s Approval
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Eric Burlison is one of the House Oversight Committee members investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs. As such, he is trying to visit Area 51 and other military bases that may hold UFOs or other secretive technologies. According to Burilson, the Trump White House has approved his…
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U.S. House Probes Michigan Noncitizen Voting Claims
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating claims of noncitizen voting in Michigan. U.S. Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and John James, R-Mich., sent a letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting a briefing on how the Department of Justice is handling government reports of noncitizen voting in Michigan.…
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Former NYC Mayor Adams Fined $4,000 Over ‘Political Stunt’
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams will pay thousands of dollars in fines for hosting a press conference where he used props to attack a political opponent. The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board said Monday that Adams has agreed to a $4,000 fine in response to a…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Acknowledges Meetings with Epstein that Contradict Previous Claims
(Headline USA) Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his relationship with the disgraced financier,…
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FBI Releases First Surveillance Images of Masked Person on Nancy Guthrie’s Porch
(Headline USA) Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person with what looked like a handgun holster on her porch the night she went missing more than a week ago. Video released by the FBI shows the person wearing a backpack and a ski mask with…
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Dozens Arrested During Ongoing Unrest in Minneapolis
(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) ​​Anti-ICE protests continued in Minneapolis over the weekend, resulting in dozens of arrests by local law enforcement. Protesters gathered at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Saturday, which was being guarded by officers of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office. Throughout the day, demonstrators got increasingly violent – throwing ice…
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11 of 37 Mexican Nationals Extradited to U.S. Being Prosecuted in Texas
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) ​​Eleven of 37 Mexican nationals extradited to the U.S. from Mexico are being prosecuted in Texas. The extradition was the largest transfer of fugitives in U.S.-Mexican history. Several extradited were captured by the Mexican military. Thirty-seven Mexicans were extradited to 16 districts in 13 U.S. states and the District of…
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Nike under Federal Investigation for Anti-White Discrimination
(José Niño, Headline USA) The nation’s top workplace discrimination watchdog made Nike its biggest corporate target yet in the Trump administration’s sweeping campaign against corporate diversity programs, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last Wednesday that it opened an investigation into whether Nike discriminated against white…
