Author: ABBY SMITH Washington Examiner
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Patel denies FBI is politicizing law enforcement
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday rejected what he called “wildly false accusations” that the bureau is politicizing law enforcement now that the Trump administration has indicted former Director James Comey. “Career FBI agents, intel analysts, and staff led the investigation into Comey and others. They called the balls and strikes and will continue to…
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Schumer, Jeffries want meeting with Trump
Democratic leadership is pressing President Donald Trump for a meeting as fears mount about a government shutdown. If the ruling parties in Washington, D.C., can’t agree on a funding bill, the government will shut down on Oct. 1. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., penned a joint letter…
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In Focus Forum: How should the conservative movement respond to Charlie Kirk’s assassination?
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Economy could be thorn in drive for baby boom
As President Donald Trump campaigned for the White House during the 2024 cycle, he was empathetic to many people’s top concerns: the economy and its effect on their families. “Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods,” Trump told supporters at a…
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Abbott expands scope of Texas legislative session to consider same-day voter registration ban
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, expanded the special session of Texas’ legislature, adding a possible ban on same-day voter registration to the agenda. Texas currently doesn’t have same-day voter registration, with state law requiring registration 30 days in advance, making such a ban preemptive. The expanded agenda also concerns contracts with law enforcement. On Monday, Abbott…
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills over a dozen people, including multiple journalists
An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip has killed more than a dozen individuals, including at least four journalists with international media. Two missiles hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, with video of the second impact, which struck emergency personnel responding to the first missile, caught on a livestream. “Today,…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from custody
Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, his attorney confirmed Friday. Abrego Garcia, 29, was freed after U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes authorized his release while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges in Nashville. His legal team has arranged for private security…
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Trump sets 50-day deadline for Russia-Ukraine deal, or new tariffs will kick in
President Donald Trump has promised to impose 100% tariffs on countries trading with Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace with Ukraine in 50 days. “I’m disappointed in President Putin because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn’t seem to get there,” Trump told…
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Influential conservative David Horowitz dies at 86
David Horowitz, one of the most influential conservative voices of the last half-century, died of cancer on April 29 at the age of 86. A powerful writer, speaker, and polemicist, Horowitz was a man who lived with the intensity of a lightning storm, striking left and right across America’s ideological divide. He began as a New Left radical,…