Author: Constitutional Nobody

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California has maintained close relations for years with a group tied to anti-deportation riots and now wants it to receive $2 million in taxpayer funds. Padilla marked the funds for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) in May proposals for a fiscal year 2026 budget, according to his office….

The Trump administration announced sanctions on Wednesday against Mexican banks that it says are fueling the illegal trade of fentanyl flowing into the U.S. The Treasury Department issued orders banning financial transactions with the banks over alleged money laundering at the behest of Mexican cartels. The department said millions of dollars in illicit payments aided…

Democrat California Rep. Lateefah Simon lashed out at Republican witnesses at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday for quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Simon told the witnesses to keep King’s name “out of their mouth[s]” during a hearing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The witnesses she addressed were Dan Lennington of the Wisconsin…

The Chinese government says it will tighten controls on key chemicals used to produce fentanyl, a move seen as a concession to the Trump administration amid ongoing trade tensions between the two countries, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Six Chinese government agencies announced this week that two precursor chemicals for the deadly synthetic opioid…

CNN reporter Vanessa Yurkevich and “CNN News Central” host Boris Sanchez expressed shock Wednesday at the “remarkable” turnaround on Wall Street as stocks neared a record-high close. The Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) closed down .02 points to finish at 6092.16, approaching its previous record-high close from February. Yurkevich told Sanchez that one Wall…

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday criticized a witness who said oil companies should face prosecution for climate-related deaths. David Arkush, director of Public Citizen’s climate program and author of the 2023 paper “Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil For Climate Deaths,” appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing titled “China and the…

NATO members agreed to raise their defense spending from 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) to 5% by 2035 following pressure from President Donald Trump, vindicating the president against critics who warned his tough stance would undermine the alliance. The commitment between the 32 member countries was reached on Wednesday during a summit in the…

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and even the Iranian government contradicted a Tuesday CNN story on a leaked preliminary DIA damage report alleging President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites caused little damage. The report contents, which the DIA later described as a “low confidence” assessment, allegedly show that…

Presumptive Democratic New York mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s swift ascendance in politics may push the party to embrace more far-left candidates in upcoming elections, analysts say. Mamdani, a far-left socialist state assemblyman who has been dubbed a “rising star” in the Democratic Party, was ahead in the first round of ranked-choice voting in New York…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned on Wednesday that the FBI is coming for the individuals who leaked information on the damage done to Iranian nuclear facilities to CNN. CNN’s Natasha Bertrand obtained an early assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that the U.S.’s bombing of three nuclear facilities only set back Iran’s…

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a maverick known for frequently breaking with his own party, is performing better among Pennsylvania Republicans than Democrats, according to a new poll. Fetterman, who was a self-proclaimed “progressive” when he won his Senate seat in 2022, has angered many fellow Democrats via his stances on hot-button issues such as…