Day: April 14, 2026

Alan Dershowitz: Trump Could Move to Expunge 2019 Impeachment After Release of Bombshell Evidence

Just the News
Donald Trump

Famed Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says he believes President Donald Trump could have grounds to expunge his 2019 impeachment in the House after bombshell new evidence revealed the intelligence community failed to disclose that his main accuser had the potential for bias, made a false statement and only had hearsay to back up his allegations.

Dershowitz, a Democrat at the time who worked to defend Trump at the impeachment trial that ended in the president’s acquittal, said it would be “an interesting, novel approach” for Trump to go to Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over the case, or Congress and ask for the impeachment to be reversed because the defense team was denied the right to confront his accusers with exculpatory evidence.

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Appeals Court: Boasberg ‘Abused Discretion’ in Trump Deportation Fight

The Daily Signal
James Boasberg

The Trump administration won a court victory in an immigration case Tuesday when an appeals court found U.S. District Judge James Boasberg engaged in a “clear abuse of discretion” last year.

The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit comes more than a year after Boasberg first held the Trump administration in criminal contempt.

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Trump Reforms Cut Legal Immigration by 50 Percent

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BREAKING NEWS

Breitbart   The number of migrants approved for citizenship dropped by roughly 50 percent amid the pro-America review process set by Donald Trump’s agents at the Department of Homeland Security. The reduced inflow of migrants will pressure companies to raise wages and increase investment in productivity-boosting workplace technology. The decline will also cut housing costs, helping Americans to get married and raise kids. There were big fluctuations in applications for naturalization during 2025, yet overall, there was a steep drop in citizenship requests compared to 2024, which was Biden’s final year in office, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), NPR reported. READ THE FULL STORY   

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Los Angeles DA Says Swalwell Under Investigation

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BREAKING NEWS

The Hill   Former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is under investigation in Los Angeles over allegations of sexual misconduct, the county’s district attorney confirmed to The Hill. Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement that his office has assigned its Sex Crimes Division to work closely with law enforcement partners “as this investigation unfolds.” “When and if a case is presented, seasoned prosecutors will review the facts and evidence to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for charges to be filed,” he said. “When a filing decision is made, we will ensure the public is made aware.” READ THE FULL STORY   

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Chevron Says Venezuelan Oil Imports Are Helping Curb U.S. Gas Prices

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CBS News   Chevron’s stepped-up imports of Venezuelan oil are helping ease fuel prices for U.S. consumers, according to a senior executive with the energy giant. Andrew Walz, Chevron’s president of global refining, told CBS News that the company is running its Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery around the clock to process crude from Venezuela. Walz said Chevron is moving to curb prices for consumers as the war in Iran constrains global oil supplies and pushes U.S. gasoline prices up to their highest level since 2022. READ THE FULL STORY 

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House Committees Probing ActBlue Argue Fundraising Platform Obstructed and Misled Congress

Just the News
Act Blue

Three House committees leading a probe into ActBlue argued in a letter Tuesday that the liberal online fund-raising firm obstructed their investigation, misled Congress, and failed to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas seeking to investigate lax security practices for donations. 

The letter comes after House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, House Oversight Chair James Comer and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, vowed last week to continue their probe into the company after new reports that indicated ActBlue may have misled Congress in its testimony.

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Johnson Expects House Will Decide to Expel Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick

Just the News
Sheila McCormick

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday indicated that he expected the House would determine that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., should be removed from Congress.

“I do think certainly on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and they found some alarming facts,” he said on Tuesday. “I think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it’ll be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled. I mean, that certainly rises to the level that’s needed.”

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Iran War Pain Quickly Sets in as World Reels from Full Blockade

Daily Caller News Foundation
farmer

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the U.S. and Iran may cause further headaches for consumers due to disruptions in major commodity markets.

President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would begin Monday, placing further strain on an already challenged economy. Consumers will suffer under rising prices caused by the strait’s blockade, including disruptions to commodities such as fertilizer, sulfur, steel and oil, market analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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GOP Rep Zeroes In on Foreign Land Purchases Near U.S. Nuclear Bases

Daily Caller News Foundation
Mark Alford

Missouri Republican Rep. Mark Alford unveiled legislation Tuesday that would require the federal government to review foreign land purchases near U.S. nuclear bases.

Alford’s “Strategic Assets Protection Act” would task the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) with vetting all such purchases as far back as 2017 to determine if any pose a national security threat, according to the bill exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Treasury Department would also be required to submit a classified report detailing CFIUS’ findings to the House Armed Services and Appropriations committees within 180 days of the bill’s enactment.

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DOJ Filing in Abrego Garcia Case Highlights How Trump Filled Key ICE Role amid Senate Challenges

Tom Pappert
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A filing by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the immigration lawsuit by Kilmar Abrego Garcia revealed how President Donald Trump created a new position to serve the duties performed by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), amid criticism suggesting U.S. Senate is mismanaging the confirmation process for his appointments.

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys previously argued to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, that the decision by ICE to disregard Abrego Garcia’s designation of Costa Rica as his preferred destination for removal was invalid, because Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons was illegally serving in the position when he made the decision. Lyons received the rule in February 2025, far longer than the 210 days allotted under the Federal Vacancies and Reform Act (FVRA).

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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Highlights Court Battles, Policy Priorities in Exclusive Sit-Down

Kaitlin Housler
Skrmetti interview

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti sat down for an exclusive interview Tuesday with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy where he detailed his office’s active litigation and policy agenda.

During Tuesday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Skrmetti described the coming months as especially active for Tennessee’s legal team with multiple high-profile cases moving through state and federal courts.

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Exclusive: Blackburn Introduces the ‘Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act’

Kaitlin Housler
Tennessee National Guardsmen Assist Texas

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a bill Tuesday designed to ensure National Guard members receive equal benefits when assigned to certain federal missions, specifically addressing situations where they are placed on full-time Title 32 duty to support federal law enforcement activities.

The legislation, titled the “Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act,” would require that certain full-time National Guard duty conducted under Title 32 be treated as service performed in response to a national emergency for the purpose of federal benefits eligibility.

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Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Expansion Could Require Further Lawmaker Action as Senate Considers Own Version

Tom Pappert
students

While the Tennessee State House on Monday approved legislation to expand the number of Education Freedom Scholarships from 20,000 to 35,000, the version originally slated for consideration by the State Senate on Wednesday differs substantially, potentially requiring conferencing before the bill is ready for Governor Bill Lee’s signature.

The most notable difference between House Bill (HB 2532) by House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland), which was passed earlier this week, and Senate Bill (SB) 2247 by Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin), which is scheduled for consideration on Wednesday, is that that lawmakers in the State Senate would create an additional 5,000 scholarships, increasing the total number offered from 20,000 to 40,000.

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Tennessee House Passes Bill to Add 15,000 New School Vouchers, Track Citizenship Status of School Students

Kaitlin Housler
students

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill Monday to expand the state’s school voucher program for the next school year and add provisions related to the collection of student data, including the use of Social Security numbers.

The legislation, HB 2532, would expand the state’s Education Freedom Scholarship program to 35,000 students, an increase of 15,000 scholarships from the initial 20,000 offered during the program’s first year.

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Gabbard Says Intel Community Watchdog Helped ‘Manufacture a Conspiracy’ in Ukraine Impeachment Saga

Just the News
Tulsi Gabbard

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday, following memos declassified, then released Sunday by Just the News, that a former U.S. intelligence community inspector general helped “manufacture a conspiracy” that led to the impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump in 2019.

The office, led by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, also said a “coordinated effort by elements within the Intelligence Community” was aided by now-former intelligence community Inspector General Michael Atkinson when he lent credibility to and covered up the political biases of the author of a whistleblower complaint which sparked the impeachment against Trump during his first term.

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Commentary: America’s Fourth Coast Could Help Close the Shipbuilding Gap with China

RealClearWire
ship building

In 2024, Beijing’s largest ship maker produced 250 ships. Combined, these ships could carry the weight of the total number of ships America has produced since World War II, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. If war were to break out in the Pacific the U.S. shipbuilding industry would not be able to repair and replace losses at the rate in which Chinese shipyards could.

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