Day: May 16, 2025

Report: HHS Poised to Stop Recommending mRNA COVID Shots for Pregnant Women, Teenagers, and Children

American Greatness
Kid Vaccine

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to stop recommending that pregnant women, teenagers and children get Covid-19 injections, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The move, which is expected to be announced in the coming days, is sure to ease the concerns of many in the “MAHA” movement who have been waiting the administration to take action against the risky, adverse event-prone mRNA jabs.

According to sources familiar with the plan, HHS, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “recommendations for those groups around the same time it launches a new framework for approving vaccines.”

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration from Immediately Deporting Migrants Under AEA

Just the News
illegal immigrants

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon blocked President Donald Trump from invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal migrants in Texas, throwing a curveball into the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The Supreme Court sent the case back to a lower appeals court to decide underlying questions in the case, including how much notice those targeted for removal should receive, and whether the move itself was legal, per CNN.

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Tennessee Education Freedom Plan Saw More Applications than Available Scholarships Within Hours of Launch

Tom Pappert
Students Learning

Governor Bill Lee announced on Thursday that the state received more than 33,000 applications for Tennessee Education Freedom scholarships, with the interest in the universal school choice option dwarfing the 20,000 scholarships created by lawmakers earlier this year.

The governor revealed in a post to the social media platform X that the Tennessee Department of Education saw “more than 33,000 applications” for scholarships “within hours of the program’s successful launch.”

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Congressman Andy Ogles Releases Letter Seeking Congressional Probe on Alleged ICE Obstruction by Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell

Tom Pappert
Andy Ogles

U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday released his letter to the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees that requested congressional probes into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for the actions he took in response to the recent immigration enforcement operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP).

Ogles sent the letter on Wednesday to Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07), who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, and to Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH-04), the chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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FBI Director Patel Confirms Agents to Vacate Hoover Building

Just the News
Kash Patel

In a clip from an interview set to air on Sunday Morning Futures, FBI Director Kash Patel told host Maria Bartiromo that the Federal Bureau of Investigation will move 1,500 agents out of its home at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., and relocate those personnel to other parts of the country. 

“This FBI is leaving the Hoover building because this building is unsafe for our workforce and we want… the American men and women to know, if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place,” Patel said.

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‘Significant’ Welfare Fraud Uncovered During COVID-19 Aid Investigation

The Center Square
Congress Spending

In a new investigation, a federal committee tasked with tracking COVID-19 assistance fraud found tens of thousands of dishonest or erroneous Paycheck Protection Program applications.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) report, released Thursday, revealed more than 40,000 instances when applicants for more than $860 million in taxpayer-funded PPP loans “significantly misrepresented their incomes.”

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Energy Department Could Ax Costly Renewable Energy Offices

Daily Caller News Foundation
DOE Wright

The Department of Energy (DOE) is reportedly considering the closure of federal programs devoted to renewable energy as part of President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget request.

The potential cuts, worth millions of dollars, would impact offices within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, including Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Solar Energy Technologies, Wind Energy Technologies and Renewable Energy Grid Integration, according to a document reviewed by Politico’s E&E News. This is the latest reported slashing of government funds for climate and renewable energy initiatives that were championed during former President Joe Biden’s administration, though Congress will ultimately have to sign off on the decision.

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Idaho Prosecutor Joins National Fight Against Sadistic ‘764’ Pedophile Cult

Daily Caller News Foundation
Idaho AG

The state of Idaho is targeting an online Satanic criminal network that preys on local children for sexual abuse, reflecting growing nationwide concerns about the threat it poses.

Republican Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office said it is sounding the alarm about “a dangerous online sextortion scheme run by a transnational criminal network known as ‘764’” in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Members of the group, who have become a growing priority for federal law enforcement, are “actively targeting children in Idaho and across the country through gaming platforms and messaging apps,” Labrador’s office said.

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Tennessee State House GOP Says Guilty Verdict in Casada Fraud Trial Demonstrates ‘Commitment to Integrity’ by Speaker Cameron Sexton

Tom Pappert
Casada verdict

The Tennessee House Republican Caucus in the General Assembly released a statement which said the Friday guilty verdict handed to former House Speaker Glen Casada, and his former aide Cade Cothren, “reaffirms the principle that public office is a sacred trust, not a license for personal gain or abuse of power.”

Casada and Cothren were convicted on Friday on 17 counts in the trial over their role in the Phoenix Solutions business which prosecutors successfully argued constituted fraud, as Cothren created the entity under a the fictitious name, Matthew Phoenix, in a bid to hide his and Casada’s involvement in the scheme. The business then solicited opportunities to create and deliver mail advertisements to members of the General Assembly, where they received taxpayer money for the services rendered.

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Commentary: Trump Admin Will Make Automobiles Great Again

American Greatness
Cars in traffic

It’s aggravating, unsafe, and doesn’t solve any climate problems.

The Trump administration has taken bold, decisive action in its first few months back in the White House. Many of these actions have zeroed in on wasteful spending, and some have caused a bit of controversy. But Trump 2.0 announced one action on May 12 that has the potential to heal our national wounds and repair the fissures in the Union. EPA Chief Lee Zeldin announced his agency will reverse the incentives that make automakers install an engine kill switch at red lights to keep you from idling your engine too long while you wait.

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