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SCOTUS Agrees Trump Can Revoke Temporary Legal Status Of 500K Foreign Nationals (For Now)

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to temporarily halt a lower court judge’s efforts to stop the Trump administration from revoking the...

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By Appeasing Rogue Judges, Trump Legitimizes Leftists’ Judicial Coup

If the judicial branch won't adhere to the Constitution, then Trump must.

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Trump Admin Moves To Revoke U.S. Student Visas For Chinese Nationals

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will begin the process of “aggressively” revoking student visas for Chinese nationals...

29.05.2025 2

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Foreign Charity Gifted Funds To Obama-Linked Nonprofit For College GOTV Operation

According to its internal database, the Greece-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) gifted a financial grant for an undisclosed amount to Civic...

29.05.2025 2

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Mississippi GOP Asks Cops To Investigate Potential ‘Vote Buying’ Schemes

'These are horrific examples of individuals, groups and political campaigns actively attempting to steal an election by buying votes.'

29.05.2025 6

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Rubio Announces Visa Restrictions For Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans

'The days of passive treatment for those who work to undermine the rights of Americans are over,' Rubio wrote.

28.05.2025 2

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For Playing Political Games With Trump’s Deportations, Judge Ho Gives SCOTUS The Smackdown It Deserves

'I worry that the disrespect they have been shown will not inspire continued respect for the judiciary, without which we cannot long function.'

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Alito, Thomas Left Stunned After SCOTUS Refuses To Protect Middle Schooler’s Speech Rights

'By limiting the application of our viewpoint-discrimination cases, the decision below robs a great many students of that core First Amendment...

27.05.2025 3

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12 Times The Federalist Called Out Biden’s Decline When Legacy Media Wouldn’t

Many Americans, including those at The Federalist, recognized early on that Sleepy Joe was incapable of serving as commander-in-chief

26.05.2025 20

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CNN Lets Its Anti-Christian Bias Fly With Hit Piece On Pentagon Prayer Service

CNN is upset that Christians were permitted to openly pray to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ while on the job at the Pentagon.

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SCOTUS Declines To Nullify Lower Court Blockade On Establishing First Public Religious Charter School

In a stunning Thursday ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to nullify an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision blocking the establishment of the...

22.05.2025 1

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Filing: Smartmatic Executives Deleted Data, Messages Related To Lawsuit Over Election Reporting

Senior officials at the voting software company Smartmatic ordered the deletion and doctoring of evidence relevant to its ongoing defamation case...

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For KBJ And Sotomayor, Leftist Suppression Of Democracy Is Not An ‘Exigent’ Issue

Several weeks ago, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemingly suggested that conservative criticisms of Democrats’ ongoing judicial coup...

21.05.2025 2

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Report: Biden Admin ‘Downplayed’ And ‘Delayed’ Warnings About Covid Shot Risks

'The full extent of the Biden administration’s failure to immediately warn the public about all COVID-19 vaccine adverse events must be completely...

21.05.2025 1

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SCOTUS Quietly Weighs Major Case On Candidates’ Standing To Challenge Election Rules

'It's bad if courts are not hearing well-plead claims [and] good-faith questions about conflicts between state and federal law.'

21.05.2025 20

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Hegseth Launches Special Task Force To Investigate Biden’s ‘Chaotic’ Afghanistan Withdrawal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the creation of a special review panel on Tuesday to investigate the Biden administration’s “chaotic”...

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Banks, Grassley Press Pentagon IG For Answers On Mark Milley’s ‘Alleged Misconduct’

Republican Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are seeking answers about the Pentagon’s inquiry into retired Gen. Mark Milley’s...

20.05.2025 3

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Media Ignored Biden’s Health After Spending Years Obsessing Over Trump’s

It’s become fairly obvious that for four years under Joe Biden, the United States was subjected to a puppet presidency in which its...

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‘He’s As Sharp As Ever’: Relive Karine Jean-Pierre’s Worst Moments Covering Up Biden’s Decline

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was one of the central figures at the heart of the Biden cover-up.

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Thom Tillis Wants You To Forget His Role In Tanking Ed Martin’s D.C. Attorney Nomination

Like with any politician who holds public office, Tillis should have to answer for his record.

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Justice Thomas Exposes The Absurdity Of Nationwide Injunctions With One Simple Question

On Thursday, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas injected a healthy dose of reality into Supreme Court oral arguments over the issue of nationwide...

15.05.2025 3

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9 Times Jake Tapper Dismissed Biden’s Decline, Claimed He’s ‘Sharp Mentally’

After covering up Biden's decline, Jake Tapper is trying to gaslight Americans into believing he had nothing to do with the scandal.

14.05.2025 10

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Surprise! Media Claims Of 15,000 ‘Trans’ Troops In The Military Are Total Bunk

In the weeks surrounding President Trump’s inauguration, America’s propaganda press relentlessly cited leftist claims that 15,000...

13.05.2025 2

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Lawsuit: Maine Elections Chief Used ‘Misleading’ Language In Voter ID Ballot Initiative

'The question is deliberately confusing, employing vague terminology ... and technical language ... likely to be misunderstood by the average voter,'...

13.05.2025 2

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Gabbard Reaffirms America’s Commitment To Protecting ‘Individual Liberty’ On The World Stage

'The more our freedoms are eroded, the more the foundations of our democracy are eroded.'

13.05.2025 2

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Trump’s Trade Deals Are Too Nice To Foreign Censorship Regimes Like The U.K.

America's economic power puts it in a unique position to compel U.S.-dependent countries like the U.K. to end their anti-speech crusades.

13.05.2025 7

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Hegseth Orders Return To Merit-Based Admissions Policies At Military Academies

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Friday ordering the return to merit-based admissions policies at America’s military academies....

12.05.2025 2

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Dear Justice Sotomayor, Your Left-Wing Partisanship Is Showing

Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor forget that it’s generally frowned upon for judges to display their political partisanship? It’s a...

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John Roberts Is The Judicial Supremacist The Founders Warned Us About

If courts can 'strike down' the other branches' actions, as Roberts claims, then that isn't 'co-equal.' It's judicial supremacism.

09.05.2025 4

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After SCOTUS Win, Pentagon Resumes Process Of Removing Trans-Identifying Troops From Service

Following a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon released additional guidance on Thursday to resume the process of removing...

09.05.2025 3

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Texas Indicts 5 County Officials In Voter Fraud Investigation

Six Texas residents were indicted in a voter fraud probe tied to members of a leftist group suing to block Trump's elections executive order.

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John Roberts’ Tacit Endorsement Of Judicial Supremacy Is Undermining SCOTUS

Roberts fails to understand that SCOTUS's continued allowance of leftists' judicial coup is undermining Americans' faith in the judiciary.

08.05.2025 20

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What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?

What's become increasingly clear is that absent Trump and a few Republicans, the GOP lacks the willingness and ability to govern.

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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Won’t Say If He’ll Support Ed Martin’s Confirmation

Lindsey Graham's office did not respond to The Federalist's request for comment on whether he will support Ed Martin's confirmation.

07.05.2025 9

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SCOTUS Blocks Lower Court Injunction On Trump Admin’s Military ‘Trans’ Policy

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a lower court injunction on the Trump administration’s policy disqualifying trans-identifying individuals...

07.05.2025 20

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Today In Republicans Being Useless: Thom Tillis Plans To Sink Ed Martin Nomination

It's not surprising Tillis would go out of his way to try and tank a Trump nominee who could deliver transformational change for Americans.

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‘Less Generals, More GIs’: Hegseth Orders Reduction In High-Ranking General And Flag Officers

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo Monday that aims to reduce the number of four-star generals and flag officers in the U.S. military....

06.05.2025 5

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ProPublica Awarded Pulitzer After Blaming Georgia Woman’s Abortion Pill Death On Pro-Life Laws

If Americans needed further proof that the Pulitzer Prize has become nothing more than a glorified gold sticker given to the media’s biggest...

06.05.2025 8

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Conservatives Can’t Make America Great Again Until They Hold ‘Red State’ RINOs Accountable

In many so-called 'red states' across America, Republican lawmakers are quietly thwarting the will of their constituents.

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After Years Of Leftist Threats Against Justices, KBJ Decides Trump Is The Real ‘Threat To Democracy’

If Jackson thinks criticisms of judges are 'attacks on democracy,' then what does she make of actual leftist threats against conservative justices?

02.05.2025 3

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Fired For Exposing The Biden-Era Military’s Marxist Drift, Former Officer Pledges To Restore ‘Accountability’ To The Force

Testifying during his Thursday confirmation hearing, Matt Lohmeier pledged to ensure 'a culture of accountability' in the Air Force.

01.05.2025 4

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Corruptocrats’ Hysteria Against Ed Martin Is Exactly Why He Should Be Confirmed

Martin's biggest opponents are fearful that he'll fulfill the job he was appointed to do: to clean up rot and corruption.

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Supreme Court Signals Support For Allowing Nation’s First Public Religious Charter School

'When you have a program that's open to all comers except for religion ... that seems like rank discrimination against religion.'

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New York AG Letitia James Faces Bar Complaint Over Alleged Mortgage Fraud

New York Attorney General Letitia James found herself the subject of a bar complaint filed last week related to allegations that she committed...

29.04.2025 2

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Blaming Shedeur Sanders’ Late Draft Selection On ‘Racism’ Is As Dumb As It Gets

What's truly 'crazy' is automatically placing nonexistent 'racism' as the source of Sanders' fifth-round selection.

29.04.2025 8

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Grassley Asks Patel To Declassify FBI Analysis Of Criminal Referral For Famed Russia Collusion Hoaxer

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the FBI on Monday to declassify a document related to the actions of a prominent player in the agency’s baseless...

29.04.2025 20

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SCOTUS’s Refusal To End Leftists’ Judicial Coup Is Damaging Its Credibility More Than The Media Ever Could

By refusing to reign in the lower courts' lawlessness, SCOTUS has greenlit a judicial coup that is stymying the will of 77 million Americans.

25.04.2025 3

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Here’s The Federalist’s Guide To This Year’s Biggest Supreme Court Cases

This comprehensive guide will help you identify and understand the major cases to be decided on by the nation's highest court this term.

25.04.2025 3

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Trump Admin Asks SCOTUS To Block Lower Court Injunction On Military ‘Trans’ Policy

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stay a lower court’s nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of its policy...

25.04.2025 4

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Hegseth Orders Additional Guidance To Reenlist Troops Booted Over Biden’s ‘Unlawful’ Covid Shot Mandate

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on Wednesday ordering additional guidance be provided to Pentagon officials to fast-track the...

24.04.2025 4

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