EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, is urging congressional Republicans to unify, act decisively, and prioritize results over principles in order to deliver on the promises made to voters through President Donald Trump’s America First agenda.
Read the full storyDay: May 23, 2025
Trump Administration Reportedly Cleans House at National Security Council
The Trump administration reportedly dismissed a handful of staffers at the National Security Council (NSC) on Friday, according to The Washington Post.
Read the full storyFired DOJ Lawyer Complained Judge Would Dislike Trump Admin Legal Strategy on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
New communications revealed on Friday show that Erez Reuveni, the former attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who was fired for failing to strongly represent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the lawsuit over its decision to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, expressed concern about upsetting the judge overseeing the case when informed of the Trump administration’s legal strategy.
The New York Times reported on Friday that Reuveni privately disagreed with the DHS legal strategy in the Abrego Garcia case, as the DHS and Trump administration sought for the citizen of El Salvador to remain incarcerated in his homeland, where DHS deemed the man accused of being a gang member, domestic abuser, and human trafficker belonged.
Read the full storyArrest of Illegal Immigrants for ‘Corpse Rape, Shooting Spree’ Shows Need for Tennessee’s Anti-Sanctuary City Law, Says State Sen. Brent Taylor
State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) on Friday said the recent arrests of illegal immigrants for “corpse rape” and “shooting spree” charges illustrates why Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation earlier this year which makes it felony offense for public officials to establish sanctuary cities.
Taylor made the statement while sharing a May 1 press release by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which announced the arrests of illegal immigrants Felix Rojas in New York and Enoc Martinez in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Read the full storyChattanooga Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling a Truckload of Illegal Aliens
A man from Chattanooga was ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to the unlawful transport of illegal aliens.
Read the full storyPresident Trump Set to Sign Energy Executive Orders to Unleash ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
President Donald Trump is expected to sign multiple executive orders on Friday designed to unleash a “nuclear renaissance” by clearing substantial regulatory hurdles that often hold back nuclear development.
Read the full storyDHS Spox Slams Federal Judge’s ‘Deranged’ Ruling After He Orders Trump Administration to Give Deported ‘Barbaric Monsters’ More Due Process
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accusing an “activist” federal judge in Boston of trying to force the United States to bring back eight “uniquely barbaric monsters” after they were deported to South Sudan earlier this week.
Read the full storySocial Security Clean Up Continues, 12.3 Million Finally Marked as Deceased
After 11 weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has hit a milestone in its major cleanup initiative to remove more than 12.3 million names of Social Security number holders whose dates of birth make them over 120 years old.
Read the full storyHarvard Sues Trump Administration over Ban on Enrolling International Students
Harvard University filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over banning the Ivy League school from enrolling international students.
Read the full storyBiden-Era Reports, Genocide Expert Confirm Trump’s Human Rights Fears for South African Farmers
The back-and-forth battle the news media has waged against President Donald Trump over his administration’s South African refugee policy is masking a harsh reality: that the country’s farmers do in fact face a crisis of violence.
Read the full storyLos Angeles’ New $38.35 Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers Risks Massive Job Loss, Group Warns
The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union advocacy group, ran a full-page ad imploring the Los Angeles City Council to not adopt a $30 hotel minimum wage, citing state data showing the city lost 11,000 hotel jobs in 2024 despite a growing population.
Read the full storyActBlue Officials Decline to Testify, Congress Threatens Subpoenas in Foreign Donations Probe
The chairmen of three powerful House committees on Thursday threatened to issue subpoenas after several current and former top officials of the Democrat online fund-raising platform ActBlue declined to testify in a probe into possible foreign and fraudulent political donations, according to correspondence obtained by Just the News.
Read the full story‘It’s Going To Be Chaos’: Democrats Are Reportedly Anticipating a Crowded Primary Season
Some Democrats have expressed concerns over the likelihood of their party being able to win back the House in the 2026 midterm elections amid mounting fears of potentially chaotic and overly-crowded primaries, according to Politico.
Read the full storyJudge Rules Against AZ AG Kris Mayes Again in Prosecution of Trump Electors, Finds She Violated Their Rights and Orders Grand Jury Redo
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ruled last week that prosecutors for Attorney General Kris Mayes left out key information when they presented their case against the alternate electoral slate for Trump and several others associated with the electors, which “denied a substantial procedural right as guaranteed by Arizona law.” Myers previously ruled in February that there were enough grounds in the defendants’ motions to likely dismiss the prosecutions due to violating the First Amendment.
The defendants have maintained that the prosecution was politically motivated. Former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward, one of the defendants, posted her support for the decision on X. “She & her team are trying to get the judge to STAY the decision (ie: hold it indefinitely) … so they can go around the law they are required to follow (rule 12.9 of criminal procedure) and they have the GALL to claim that the defendants (us) are not being harmed by this. WE HAVE BEEN HARMED EVERY DAY SINCE THIS BEGAN.”
Read the full storyCommentary: MAHA Scores Big Wins Below Radar
The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of drama within the Make America Healthy Again movement. Much of the commotion surrounds President Donald Trump’s new surgeon general nominee, Dr. Casey Means along with her brother, Calley Means, a special adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read the full storyDem Staffer to Retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky to Compete on CBS’ ‘Survivor’: ‘One of My Favorite Pastimes Is Kissing Butt’
The upcoming season of a long-running reality competition show will feature several interesting cast members, including a top staffer for a Democratic congresswoman.
Read the full storyRed Bull Announces 2025 Jukebox Songwriting Competition
Judges including BRELAND, Ward Guenther, and Greg Hammer to determine the winner of an all-expenses paid trip to Red Bull Recording Studios in Los Angeles.
Read the full storyCommentary: Trump Secures Border As Illegal Alien Encounters Down 94 Percent First Three Months As One Big Beautiful Bill Adds $47 Billion to Border Wall
Southwest border encounters once again were at record lows in April at just 12,035, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recording record lows for the third month in a row.
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