Mike Donilon, former senior adviser to Joe Biden, testified before the House Oversight Committee Thursday morning that he had no knowledge of the Biden administration’s use of the autopen. Appearing before the House Oversight Committee for its sprawling investigation into the former president’s inner circle and his mental acuity, Donilon stood by Biden’s fitness for…
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Closer Look at Emails that Appear to Reveal Hillary Clinton’s Plot to Smear Trump as a Russian Agent
Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Greenwald, host of Rumble’s "System Update," and independent journalist Aaron Mate to discuss the emails revealed in the newly declassified Durham report annex that appear to lay out the Clinton campaign’s plot to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent, the involvement of the Obama administration, and more. LIKE…
Kindergartners’ Vaccination Rates Decline: CDC
Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined during the 2024-25 school year compared to the year before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rates dipped to 92.1 percent for the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) and to 92.5 percent for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) and polio…
News on Cincinnati Attack Keeps Getting Worse
Last weekend, a white couple was attacked and brutally beaten and kicked by a mob of young black assailants in Cincinnati while a musical festival took place nearby. The story has garnered national attention, especially with complaints over the local response. Since then, the story appears to be getting worse for one of Ohio’s largest…
Increased taxes in Trump bill impact college tuition
(Mega Agency) President Donald Trump‘s One Big, Beautiful Bill has undergone multiple revisions over the past few months. One of the most controversial changes? A major shift in how top colleges and universities are taxed — potentially putting college tuition and financial aid at risk. Endowment tax explained The endowment tax may impact top colleges….
Trump raises price for Canada to join Golden Dome
By: MEGA President Donald Trump has sharply increased the price tag for Canada to join the United States’ ambitious “Golden Dome” missile defense system, suggesting Ottawa would now need to pay $71 billion — $10 billion more than his previous public demand. “They want to be in,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “Seventy-one…
NAME THAT TUNE: Words To A Long-Forgotten Sammy Hagar Song From 1977 ‘A Crack In The World’ Called For A ‘Great Divide’ To Take Place In 2025, It Just Might
A Sammy Hagar song from 1977 called ‘A Crack In The World’ seems to be a good fit for the end times mood here in 2025 We live in a world that has largely tuned out the God of Heaven, and taken His Book and thrown it on the trash heap. But oh, what manner…
One Of California’s Most Beautiful Cities Suddenly Has A Major Trash Problem
More than a century after it was codified into local law, one of California’s biggest cities has axed its public promise of free trash pickups for residents. And now, thousands of property owners are scrambling to secure their own pickup arrangements. San Diego’s new trash fee has been in the works for years. Originally approved…
Trump says ’emergency’ lets him slap up tariffs without congressional approval; appeals court not so sure
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, pictured July 31, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Judges on the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit questioned the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs Thursday as the White House pushes on with its Aug. 1 deadline for import taxes…
Florida AG Clashes With Orange County Mayor Over ‘Sanctuary Policy’
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is standing firm against pressure from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, rejecting accusations that the county has adopted a “sanctuary policy” by declining to expand its partnership with U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement. Demings refused to sign a proposed addendum to the county’s existing 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement, which…
Courageous Optimism vs. Political Cowardice: A Tale of Two New Yorkers
In Monday’s devastating Manhattan shooting that claimed NYPD Officer Didarul Islam’s life, we witnessed two profoundly different responses that define the choice facing New York voters: courageous optimism versus political cowardice. Officer Islam embodied courageous optimism—the conscious choice to serve others despite mortal danger, maintaining unwavering principles regardless of personal cost. When he confronted the…
Cash-Strapped Young Californians Shift Focus From ‘Social Justice’ To Economy: Poll
Economic concerns are dominating the priorities of young Californians, according to a new poll by Power California, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging civic engagement among young people. The data shows the top issues facing young adults statewide are economic matters like tariffs and jobs. The cost of living and inflation capped the list. This year’s…
Azerbaijan’s demolition of Aivazovsky monument is ‘unfriendly act’ – Moscow
The removal of the statue in Karabakh is a blow to cultural cooperation between the two nations, according to a Russian presidential envoy The dismantling of a monument to renowned Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky in Karabakh, Azerbaijan, was a “demonstrative unfriendly act” toward Russia, a senior official in Moscow, Mikhail Shvydkoy, has said. The monument…
12 States Ask Appellate Court To Dismantle Trump’s Tariffs
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments Thursday in a high-stakes legal battle that could curb many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, a fight that may ultimately be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state of Oregon has a leading role in the litigation, heading a group of 12 states that in…
Ex-Biden Adviser: Dems, Pundits Overreacted to Cognitive Decline in Pushing Him Out of Race
A key campaign and White House adviser to former President Joe Biden complained to House investigators Thursday that Democrats in Congress and political pundits overreacted in pushing his former boss out of last year’s presidential race. Mike Donilon, who was senior adviser in the Biden White House, sat down for a transcribed interview with…
‘Irredeemably Compromised’: Trump Admin Tells Congress Hamas-Linked UNRWA Must Be Dismantled
The Trump administration has formally determined that the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Hamas-linked humanitarian group, cannot be salvaged and must be disbanded, according to a non-public notification transmitted to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The State Department “has not funded UNRWA since January 2024, does not have any ongoing…
Appeals Court Nixes Miami’s Bid To Postpone Election Until 2026
An appeals court panel on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that overturned the city of Miami’s decision to postpone its upcoming commission and mayoral elections from November to coincide with the 2026 general election. The ruling marks a victory for a mayoral candidate who had challenged the city’s authority to alter the election timeline…
Eric Swalwell challenges Greg Gutfeld to bench press contest after getting mocked — and gets ridiculed again
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California is facing an onslaught of mockery after first posting videos of himself bench pressing and then challenging Greg Gutfeld to a competition. Swalwell was trying to criticize Republicans for ending a congressional session early before a vote could be taken to release information related to Jeffrey Epstein, when many…
AOC inches toward decision about 2028 presidential run
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC, seemingly gave one of her clearest signals yet that a future presidential run may be on the table. BY: MEGA Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, more commonly known as AOC, seemingly gave one of the clearest signals yet that a future presidential run may be on the table. Speaking alongside featured fellow Democratic…
Democrats Are Addicted to Losing
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. After the defeat of Kamala Harris in November 2024, the Democrats recently decided to run an autopsy, a discovery, so to speak, of why they lost…
Neocons Are Still in Charge in DC
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, is the US in the hands of the Neocons all over again? Trump’s threats against countries buying Russian oil seem to violate international law, and Congress’s imposition of 500% tariffs for noncompliance with Trump’s demand appears to be fulfilling your computer forecast. Would you comment on this 500% tariffs bill? FK ANSWER:…
Newly Declassified Appendix CONFIRMS Hillary’s Plan to RUIN Trump’s Candidacy, and More w/ Greenwald
Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Greenwald, host of Rumble’s "System Update," to discuss how the newly declassified Durham report appendix sheds new light on Hillary Clinton’s plan to ruin Donald Trump’s 2016 candidacy, how Clinton is still acting like Trump stole the election, how the FBI helped cover up the Clinton campaign’s plan to…
Judges In Trump Admin Cases Report Facing Harassment
Apair of federal judges handling high-profile cases involving the Trump administration’s policies stated Thursday that they have received threats as the White House increasingly rails against what it calls a “judicial coup” of activist judges blocking the president’s moves for what is says are political reasons. Though the Supreme Court intervened to narrow the scope…
Liberal media is dead silent about the damning revelations in the declassified Durham annex
CIA Director John Ratcliffe teased on Sunday the release of previously classified intelligence pertaining to a “Hillary Clinton plan to falsely accuse Donald Trump of Russian collusion.” On Thursday, Ratcliffe delivered the goods, providing Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and the public by extension with the appendix to the 2023 Durham report concerning the origins of…
Iran Accused of Targeting Jews at Home and Abroad as 14 Nations Condemn Assassination Plots
People walk near a mural of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Britain, the United States, France, and 11 other allies issued a joint statement on Thursday condemning a rise in Iranian assassination and kidnapping plots…
New bonus tax deduction worth $6K: Who qualifies
By: Unsplash Americans aged 65 and older will receive a significant new tax break under the sweeping tax legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump. The law introduces a bonus deduction worth up to $6,000 per eligible taxpayer — or $12,000 for married couples filing jointly if both spouses are 65 or older —…
Treasury Sanctions Groups For Aiding Iranian Drone Program
The Treasury Department is sanctioning entities that support Iran’s military drone program, The Daily Wire can first report. The department sanctioned one individual and five entities based in Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China for buying technology from Iran’s Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company, a state-owned subsidiary of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics….
We FINALLY know what’s in the FBI’s hidden room that Kash Patel teased to Joe Rogan
On June 5, 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel told Joe Rogan on “The Joe Rogan Experience” that years ago, when he was serving in an intelligence role, he stumbled upon a secret room brimming with burn bags containing sensitive documents and hard drives in the FBI’s Hoover Building. “When I first got to the bureau,…
ADL Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Baltimore City Public Schools, Alleging Rampant Antisemitism
Baltimore City Hall is seen in Baltimore, Maryland, US, May 10, 2019. Photo: Stephanie Keith via Reuters Connect The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has filed a Title VI civil rights complaint against Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), alleging that officials refused to respond to allegations of antisemitism in a manner consistent with US federal law. “All…
FBI was ‘weaponized’ in Obama-Clinton conspiracy to ‘stop Trump’ – top US senator
The newly declassified Russiagate document exposes a deep state coverup, Chuck Grassley says The newly released annex to John Durham’s 2023 Special Counsel report exposes the “weaponization” of the FBI under the Obama administration and the agency’s involvement in an attempt to ruin Donald Trump’s presidency in 2016, US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)…
Progressive Democrat calls ICE the ‘Nazi Gestapo’ and threatens to ‘confront’ agents: ‘It will be a day of reckoning’
A Democratic Rhode Island state representative appeared to threaten to confront federal immigration agents after he referred to them as the “Nazi Gestapo.” State Rep. Enrique Sanchez made the comments on his social media account after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents completed an operation in Providence on July 13. ‘It will be soon the day…
UFC Star Conor McGregor Loses Appeal In Civil Sexual Assault Case
Conor McGregor’s efforts to appeal a civil sexual assault ruling that went against him last year have failed. McGregor, 37, was found liable of sexual assault in November in a civil case at Ireland’s High Court. The case stemmed from a woman’s accusation that the former UFC star attacked her in a hotel room in…
France, Spain Locked in Diplomatic Dispute Over Removal of French Jewish Teenagers From Flight
A Vueling aircraft approaches landing at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, as Vueling employees prepare for strike, in Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce The forced removal of French Jewish teenagers from a flight in Spain has triggered political outrage in France, after their group leader was handcuffed by Spanish police and a…
Thune Urges Senate Democrats To Help Advance Trump Nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a big backlog of unconfirmed judicial and executive branch nominees, is asking Senate Democrats to help confirm President Donald Trump’s less controversial picks in a legislative package. “I do think there at least some of my colleagues, Democrats, on the other side of the aisle, who would like to…
US Imposes Sanctions on Palestinian Authority Officials, PLO Members, Denying Them Visas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman The US State Department announced on Thursday that it will impose sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), accusing them of undermining peace efforts with Israel and continuing…
Trump Says Medvedev Is ‘Entering Dangerous Territory’ With Criticism Of American Policy
President Donald Trump on Thursday morning warned former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he’s “entering dangerous territory,” after the official criticized recent U.S. foreign policy. Medvedev criticized Trump’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war earlier this week, stating that the president was playing the “ultimatum game” with Russia, and that each “ultimatum” was a “step towards…
Inside the Donald Trump and Tim Walz feud
(Mega Agency) The long-simmering feud between President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has taken another turn — this time in the aftermath of a political assassination in Minnesota. Assassination of Minnesota Lawmakers Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. (Mayron Oliveira/Unsplash) In June, a targeted attack on multiple Minnesota lawmakers…
5 items of interest, one of which is a joint statement, US-Europe on Iranian plots to kidnap and murder people within the West: Links 1, July 31st, 2025
This site may be the only one of its kind that gives homework. But we are not trying to do rage-bait here. We are trying to examine the strategic level of the enemy of Western Civilization such that tactics that may actually be effective can be created, and if not that, at least allow a…
American Eagle Apologizes, Replaces Sydney Sweeney With Fat Transgender Double-Amputee Of Color
Via The Babylon Bee PITTSBURGH, PA — Social justice warriors scored another victory today, as retail chain American Eagle issued a public apology and replaced Sydney Sweeney in its ad campaign with a fat, transgender double amputee of color. The new campaign featuring Sweeney had caused controversy after American Eagle was accused of choosing an…
President Trump Signs Order Reviving Presidential Fitness Test
President Donald Trump on Thursday signs a series of executive orders at the White House related to health, fitness and sports, including one that revives the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools for the first time since 2012. Several professional athletes are attending Trump’s signing ceremony, including Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butke and golfer…
Here’s why Western education is doomed
The meteoric rise of feelings-first schooling has ended academic excellence As someone who hadn’t set foot inside a grade school for decades, I knew something was amiss when I visited my former Canadian high school for a craft fair. “Where did all the photos on the walls of the atrium go of all the top…
Black, Hispanic Americans More Likely Than Whites To Think DEI Increases Discrimination Against Them, Poll Finds
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than white Americans to believe that left-wing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives “end up increasing discrimination against people like them,” the Associated Press reported Thursday based on its joint poll with NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “About 4 in 10 Black adults and about one-third of Hispanic…
St. Newman to Be Elevated by Pope to Doctor of the Church
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday confirmed that St. John Henry Newman will soon be recognized as a Doctor of the Church. The move is the latest recognition of the profound influence of Newman on Catholics in the almost 135 years since his death. Reacting to the news on the social media platform X, Kevin Roberts,…
154K Federal Workers Accepted Trump-Era Buyout Offers
Roughly 154,000 federal employees have taken buyouts offered by the Trump administration this year, part of a broader push to slim the federal workforce, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The resignations, which amount to 6.7% of the civilian federal workforce, are the result of a program first launched in January by…
Armstrong on Russian TV
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NASA SpaceX Launch Canceled Minute Before Liftoff
SpaceX scrubbed Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station due to thick cloud cover, halting the countdown at T-minus 1 minute, 7 seconds. The next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Friday at 11:43 a.m., though weather conditions are expected to worsen. The international crew—comprising American, Japanese and…
Highway Horror
A Queens highway was left underwater, trapping a semi-truck and other vehicles, on Thursday afternoon as torrential rain stormed into the area — prompting Gov. Hochul to declare a state of emergency for the Big Apple. Shocking footage of the flooding on parts of the Clearview Expressway, near Northern Boulevard, were posted on X and…
Russian and US space agencies agree to extend cooperation (VIDEO)
Roscosmos and NASA have decided to keep the International Space Station in service until 2028 Russia and the US have agreed to continue space cooperation, extending joint operations aboard the International Space Station (ISS), according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos. On Thursday, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov met acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in Houston,…
The New Gulag: Mental Health Detentions and the Criminalization of Dissent
Guest Post by John W. Whitehead “There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.”—Hannah Arendt The government’s war on homelessness—much like its war on terrorism, its war on drugs, its war on illegal immigration, and its war on COVID-19—is yet another Trojan Horse. First, President Trump issues an executive order empowering federal…
Market Talk – July 31, 2025
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 415.12 points or 1.02% to 41,069.82 • Shanghai decreased 42.51 points or -1.18% to 3,573.21 • Hang Seng decreased 403.60 points or -1.60% to 24,773.33 • ASX 200 decreased 13.60 points or -0.16% to 8,742.80 • SENSEX decreased 296.28 points…
Brown University Settles With Trump Administration to Restore Federal Funding
US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US Photo: Kent Nishimura via Reuters Connect. Brown University has agreed to pay $50 million dollars and enact a series of reforms put forth by the Trump administration to settle…