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Doctors Can Fraudulently Code ‘Trans’ Child Genital Mutilation To Bypass Bans: Report

Despite an impending federal ban on using Medicaid funding to cover genital mutilation of children, some doctors may still be able to get away with...

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Trump To Pull 5,000 Troops Out Of Germany After Merz Inaction In Iran War

The Department of War announced Friday that the Trump administration will be pulling about 5,000 troops out of Germany after the country’s inaction...

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Trump Admin To Stop Universities From Charging ‘Unlimited Tuition’ At Taxpayer Expense

The final rules also streamline loan repayment.

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James Comey Indicted For ‘86 47’ ‘Threat’ Against Trump

This is Comey's second federal indictment.

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Virginia Supreme Court Denies Dem AG’s Attempt To Ram Through Gerrymander Vote Certification

If the the Supreme Court takes process seriously, the case before them now is almost certain to invalidate the referendum.

28.04.2026 10

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To Virginia Supreme Court, Democrats’ Lawyer Admits Gerrymandering Vote Is Irrelevant

'The attorney general's own lawyer completely undercut the public stance of the current attorney general.'

28.04.2026 6

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VA Gerrymander Language Is So Dishonest, Dems Refuse To Defend It In Court

'If the language were defensible, [Jay Jones] would have defended it. A lawyer who believes in his ballot question quotes his ballot question.'

24.04.2026 4

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UK Bans Cigarettes From Killing Citizens Because Migrants Are Already Doing It So Well

The UK is banning tobacco products for young people, in a major power-sharing agreement struck between government euthanizers and migrant knife...

24.04.2026 5

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Virginia GOP: Donors Didn’t Think We Could Stop Gerrymandering Until It Was Too Late

'Until our side invests the same amount of money and enthusiasm in [get-out-the-vote], in canvassing ...as it does with consultants and media buyers,...

23.04.2026 8

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Alito Knows ‘This Is A War’ For America And Wants His Clerks To Know It Too

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is open-eyed about the ongoing “war” for the future of the United States — and he wants his law clerks to do...

22.04.2026 9

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Republicans Stalling On SAVE Act Gave Virginia Voters No Reason To Turn Out For Them

Establishment Republicans are to blame for allowing Democrats to gerrymander Virginia for several reasons, but one of the most glaring is that they...

22.04.2026 9

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New Records Reveal FBI Cooked Up Another Fake Investigation To Spy On Republicans

Months after opening Rampart Twelve, the FBI and DOJ still had no evidence to indicate that Lauren Boebert and Paul Gosar were guilty of the...

21.04.2026 7

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Montana’s Top Court Says It’s Unconstitutional For Driver’s Licenses To Say Men Are Men

'If words retain their factual meaning, there is no discrimination at all,' the dissent noted.

20.04.2026 7

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Tim Kaine Admits VA Democrats’ Gerrymandering Was Never About ‘Fair Maps’

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., admitted Sunday that the Democrats’ extreme gerrymandering effort was never about “fairness,” but rather about going...

20.04.2026 4

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Trump Admin To Stop Taxpayer Funding Of Worthless College Degrees

'Now is the time for a hard reset in higher education,' the department stated.

17.04.2026 2

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John Eastman Disbarred For Doing His Job While Felon Who Faked Russia Hoax Docs Got Wrist Slap

The “two-tiered system of justice and of bar discipline” has struck again, as former Trump official Jeffrey Clark put it, with the corrupt courts...

16.04.2026 6

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How Trump Can Turn Iran Critiques Into Midterm Momentum

Focusing entirely on domestic issues will bring Republican wins in the midterms.

16.04.2026 4

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Exclusive: Virginia School District Encourages Student Commitment To DEI As Major Achievement Metric

Despite having been sued for its ideological imposition, ACPS parents were unsuccessful in getting the Virginia Supreme Court to side with them.

15.04.2026 5

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Justice Department Fires Multiple Prosecutors Who Weaponized FACE Act Against Pro-Life Americans

The Department of Justice fired at least four prosecutors who took part in weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to put...

14.04.2026 8

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Exclusive: How Trump Hopes To Make The Economy Work For Families And Not Vice-Versa

The Trump administration wants to 'reestablish work as the center of social policy.'

13.04.2026 5

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Spanberger’s Efforts To Deny Voters Representation Make Her Least Popular Recent Virginia Governor

Virginia voters seem to be recoiling from Spanberger, as her moderate promises deteriorate into radical reality.

08.04.2026 7

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The Only Criterion For Trump’s Next AG Is How Many Antifa And Russia Hoaxers He’ll Arrest

The measure of success will be how many of these people receive justice, and the American people will know a dent has been made when the Bureau of...

02.04.2026 3

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If SCOTUS Upholds ‘Birthright Citizenship,’ It Will Do So At Its Own Peril

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the Trump administration’s challenge to the decades-long practice of interpreting the 14th...

01.04.2026 5

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Facing Questions About Anti-Gerrymander GOTV Operation, VA GOP Expresses Confidence In Dems’ Obama Ads

'It's not going to be a television ad that wins the day. It's going to be that person-to-person contact that ends up putting us over the top. So we've...

01.04.2026 9

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8-1 SCOTUS Nukes ‘Egregious’ Colorado Ban On Therapists Helping Gender-Confused Clients

'The Constitution does not protect the right of some to speak freely; it protects the right of all. It safeguards not only popular ideas; it secures,...

31.03.2026 7

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Blue States Withhold Voter Rolls From DHS While Giving Them To Leftist Orgs For Free

ERIC has 25 member states and the District of Columbia -- only three are run by Republicans. Each of the Democrat-run states has senators arguing...

31.03.2026 7

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Here’s Vance’s Plan To Attack $250 Billion In Annual Fraud Losses

The task force has a wide range of activity that it considers fraud.

27.03.2026 6

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Colorado Will Have The Opportunity To Ban ‘Trans’ Child Genital Mutilation In November

'It's given people in Colorado a huge boost in morale. It just seems so dark a lot of times when we're seeing laws that are being signed by Governor...

27.03.2026 5

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Left-Wing Propagandists Send Virginians Fake ‘Newspaper’ Promoting Democrat Gerrymander

'If you don't know that "The Virginia Independent" is David Brock, you are going to be one-shotted by the fact that you are being fed progressive...

24.03.2026 8

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Polymarket’s D.C. Pop-Up Bar Brought Young People Together To Collectively Ignore Each Other

The clearest sign of the Situation Room's failure was the people who left because Polymarket abandoned the human experience.

24.03.2026 6

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Trump-Israel Dispute Raises Questions About Chain Of Command

'The United States knew nothing about this particular attack,' President Trump posted on Truth Social.

20.03.2026 10

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How A Minnesota Teachers Union Funnels Support To ‘Front Group’ Fighting To Abolish ICE And Prisons

TakeAction Minnesota is 'basically a front group that can get away with doing some things the unions can't,' said Rhyen Staley, research director at...

19.03.2026 8

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Exclusive: OMB Slams Dem Who Wants To Strip Russ Vought Of Security After Assassination Attempt

Vought's 24/7 security detail was determined to be necessary by security officials, specifically after his designation as acting administrator of...

17.03.2026 10

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Report: Online Forums Appear To Allow Kids Access To Cross-Sex Hormones Without Prescription

American children may be able to purchase cross-sex hormones for “gender transition” online from foreign and domestic pharmacies without...

13.03.2026 8

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Sen. Ron Johnson Says ‘One-And-Done’ Floor Vote For SAVE America Act Would Be ‘Disastrous’

'We ignore our base at our own peril, and we don't want to dispirit our base. And right now, that's kind of the path we're going on,' he said.

11.03.2026 10

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‘This Is Not 2003’: Hegseth Promises Iran War Will Not Turn Into Nation-Building

Both Caine and Hegseth suggested the U.S. would probably help oil vessels safely through the Strait of Hormuz if the need arose.

10.03.2026 9

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Virginia Passes Bill Requiring State Agencies To Discriminate Against White Men

The bill passed the Senate 21-19 and the House 62-36, almost entirely along party lines.

09.03.2026 10

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Hegseth Partners With 17 Countries To Fight Narcoterrorists In Western Hemisphere

The Americas Counter Cartel Conference Joint Security Declaration aims to 'expand multilateral and bilateral cooperation' in the hemisphere to combat...

05.03.2026 10

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Virginia Court: We Can’t Say Whether Dems’ Gerrymandering Is Illegal Until After They Try It

The judge ruled that the constitutional questions about the election needed to be answered after votes were cast.

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‘We Are Just Getting Started’: Hegseth Signals Prolonged U.S. Commitment In Iran

Questions that remains unanswered are who will take control of Iran after all of its potential leaders or successors are dead, as Hegseth said? What...

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Prof Who Said Being Pro-Life Was ‘White Supremacy’ Won’t Get Top Role At Notre Dame After Outrage

Notre Dame has waffled on its relationship with its Catholic mission and identity for decades.

27.02.2026 10

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Elon Musk: It’s Time To Use The Talking Filibuster To Pass The SAVE Act

Elon Musk has joined a chorus of conservatives pushing for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to force Democrats into a talking filibuster in...

26.02.2026 10

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Trump Awards Team USA Hockey Goalie Presidential Medal Of Freedom At State Of The Union

Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Team USA hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck after he led the team to Olympic gold.

25.02.2026 10

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After Massive Loss To USA, Entire Canadian National Hockey Team To Be Euthanized For Being ‘Sad’

Following reports of being “sad” after their massive Olympic loss to the United States of America, the entire Canadian national hockey team is set...

24.02.2026 10

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Majority Of Virginians Oppose Dems’ Gerrymander, But It’s Up To GOP To Get Out The Vote

A majority of Virginia residents do not support the Democrats’ attempt to gerrymander the commonwealth’s congressional districts, according to a...

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Courts Won’t Stop VA Dems’ Gerrymandering Gambit, So Where Is The GOP’s Ground Game?

Republicans cannot use lawsuits as their only strategy to stop gerrymandering. They need be in campaign mode, knocking doors, and getting people to...

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VA Republicans Beg GOP To Fight Dems’ Gerrymander At The Ballot, Not Just In Court

Republicans cannot use lawsuits as their only strategy to stop gerrymandering. They need be in campaign mode, knocking doors, and getting people to...

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Dems Rig Virginia Vote With Misleading Ballot Language Equating Gerrymandering Push To ‘Fairness’

Some Virginians have noticed what appears to be a lack of institutional effort by Republicans in battling the referendum.

18.02.2026 20

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Exclusive: New York Times Hit Piece On ICE Facilities’ Medical Care Is Riddled With Falsehoods, DHS Says

'These allegations of illegal aliens being denied proper medical care in ICE custody are FALSE,' Dr. Sean Conley, DHS chief medical officer, told The...

17.02.2026 20

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Virginia High Court Greenlights Democrat Effort To Give Millions Of Republicans A Single Seat In Congress

The Virginia Supreme Court handed Democrats a massive win Friday, allowing them to move forward with a redistricting referendum that would gerrymander...

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