Social Security turns 90 this year, and as the Social Security Trustees’ 2025 annual report makes clear, the program is on shaky ground. If policymakers fail to act before 2033, every single Social Security recipient’s check will be cut by 23% across the board—regardless of whether that recipient is a 68-year-old multi-millionaire or a 93-year-old…
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Govt’s Telework Program Was Even More Wasteful Than You Imagined
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa a response to an August 2023 request for a report on the effects of telework on the federal government, showing it increased by more than 500% during the Biden administration, the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively learned. Ernst sent a letter to…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Faces Greatest Challenge Yet
Amidst rising tensions in the Middle East, the 86-year-old Supreme Leader is presented with a dire choice. BY: MEGA Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently facing one of his greatest challenges yet. Amidst rising tensions in the Middle East, the 86-year-old Supreme Leader is presented with a dire choice—he could either ramp up…
Columbia University Releases Campus Antisemitism Climate Survey
Pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University on April 19, 2024. Photo: Melissa Bender via Reuters Connect Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism has released a “campus climate” survey which found that Jewish students remain exceedingly uncomfortable attending the institution. According to the survey, 53 percent of Jewish students said they have been subjected to discrimination because…
Dem Judge: Forget Trump, Harvard Can Keep Enrolling Foreign Students
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students. Harvard sued the administration after it attempted to revoke the school’s ability to host international students due to the school’s failure to reach a resolution on combating antisemitism on campus. The preliminary injunction builds on a previous restraining…
German Chancellor Gifts Trump Framed Birth Certificate
BY: MEGA Donald Trump‘s meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took an unusual turn, marked by a strikingly extravagant personal gift for the U.S. commander-in-chief. During their first in-person dialogue at the White House, Merz presented the president with a gold-framed copy of his grandfather Friedrich Trump’s birth certificate. This act reeked of sentimentality but…
Michigan Senate Race Ramps Up Early
Michigan’s 2028 Senate race is already in full swing as former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers eyes an opportunity to be the state’s first GOP Senator since 2001. Winning the race to replace the retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., would help Republicans hold on to their thin majority in the Senate and would be a powerful showing…
Court OKs Trump Stripping Union Rights From USAID, State Staffers
A federal appeals court has given temporary approval for President Trump to strip collective bargaining rights from employees at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying the law grants the White House wide latitude. The ruling Friday by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia puts on…
Russia ready to hand over 3,000 more bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers – top negotiator
Over 6,000 remains have already been repatriated, but Kiev is delaying new exchanges, Vladimir Medinsky has said Russia is ready to transfer the remains of 3,000 more Ukrainian soldiers if Kiev agrees to accept them, Moscow’s chief negotiator for the Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Medinsky, has said. He also rejected Kiev’s claim that the body of…
Calif. Rebuked For Using Federal Sex-Ed Dollars To ‘Indoctrinate’ Kids
The Trump administration gave California a deadline to eliminate gender-ideology references from material used in a federally funded program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy, accusing the state of seeking to “indoctrinate our children.” The Administration for Children and Families, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, wrote in a Friday letter that…
WATCH: CNN Journo Carries Messages From Pro-Regime Protesters Chanting ‘Death to America’ in Tehran
CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen is the first Western journalist to enter Iran amid its war with Israel. He used the access to report from a crowd of angry pro-regime protesters in Tehran who chanted “death to America,” burned Israeli and American flags, and threatened President Donald Trump. “Massive crowds have turned out here in central…
Minn. Lobbyist Arrested For Allegedly Threatening Violence At Capitol
A registered Minnesota lobbyist is in custody after allegedly threatening to enact violence at the Capitol. Jonathan Michael Bohn, 41, of Woodbury was taken into custody Wednesday evening and was booked into Carver County Jail on a probable cause charge of threats of violence. A press release issued Thursday afternoon by the Minnesota House Republican…
RFK Jr.’s HHS tells Calif. it must remove gender ideology from middle school lessons: ‘Some men are born with female anatomy’
The Department of Health and Human Services, currently led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wants California to stop teaching children that some men are “born with female anatomy” and some women are “born with male anatomy.” The Administration for Children and Families under HHS sent a letter to the state of California requiring the…
As Israel starves Gaza, Chicago Jewish activists starve themselves to force leaders to take action
On June 16, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace in Chicago—Ash Bohrer, Becca Lubow, Avey Rips, Seph Mozes, Audrey Gladson, and Benjamin Teller—began an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza, unconditional military aid for Israel, and the blockade of food and medical aid to the 2.3 million Palestinians…
CNN Faces Financial Crisis: Woke Agenda Backfires
CNN is in trouble again, and conservatives across the country aren’t exactly shedding tears. The network that spent years peddling left-wing narratives and attacking common-sense conservative values now finds itself forced to slash budgets and cut employee salaries amid a deepening financial crisis. And frankly, the chickens have come home to roost. For years, CNN…
‘She’s Wrong’
President Donald Trump directly rebuked Tulsi Gabbard, his own director of national intelligence, during a Q&A with reporters on Friday afternoon amid reports that she’s an increasingly irrelevant figure within his administration. After being asked by MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard about why he was considering a strike on Iran given his expressed opposition to the Bush…
Musk Walks Back Threat to Withdraw Dragon Spacecraft
BY: MEGA/SPACEX Billionaire Elon Musk didn’t follow through on the threat to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. The showdown between President Donald Trump and the SpaceX CEO has led to tension and negative implications for NASA’s upcoming missions, but now it seems that cooler heads…
Tehran Says ‘Zero Enrichment’ Is Off the Table as Israeli Strikes on Nuclear Program Continue
Iran indicated on Friday that it is not willing to sacrifice its uranium enrichment program, diminishing the likelihood of diplomacy as Israel continues to hammer the country’s nuclear sites and President Donald Trump weighs American military intervention. Tehran signaled in talks with European countries Friday that it is “ready to discuss limitations on its uranium…
Market Talk – June 20, 2025
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 85.11 points or -0.22% to 38,403.23 • Shanghai decreased 2.21 points or -0.07% to 3,359.90 • Hang Seng increased 292.74 points or 1.26% to 23,530.48 • ASX 200 decreased 18.20 points or -0.21% to 8,505.50 • SENSEX increased 1,046.30 points or…
Shocking Poll Rigged to Push War with Iran
Written by Abigail Carter. A recent poll by GrayHouse, a Republican-affiliated firm, has ignited fierce debate by claiming widespread support among Trump voters for U.S. military involvement in Israel’s conflict with Iran. These findings, however, stand in stark contrast to broader surveys, raising serious questions about the poll’s methodology and motives. This article delves into…
Newsom Ridiculed For Referring To Wife As ‘First Partner’
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) posted on X Thursday for his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s birthday, calling her the “First Partner of California,” which immediately drew criticism from conservatives confused over the phrasing. The post featured a picture of Newsom’s wife with her head on his shoulder and a caption about what an amazing mother she…
Voice Of America Lays Off Hundreds Of Staffers
Hundreds of employees at the Voice of America (VOA) were notified Friday they are being laid off as President Trump’s administration works to trim down and retool the English-language broadcaster under his close ally Kari Lake. Lake announced termination notices would be sent to 639 employees at the broadcaster, part of what she called a…
Moscow closely following arrest of Russian-Armenian billionaire – Kremlin
Samvel Karapetyan has been taken into custody over alleged calls to overthrow the government in Yerevan Moscow is closely monitoring the legal case against businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who was arrested in Armenia earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The billionaire holds both Russian and Armenian citizenship. Karapetyan has been accused of calling…
Trump Sanctions 8 Companies For Aiding Iran’s Military
The Trump administration is imposing a raft of new sanctions meant to undermine Iran’s military as President Donald Trump weighs United States military action against the Islamic Republic. The Treasury Department announced Friday morning that one person and eight entities were being designated “for their involvement in the procurement and transshipment of sensitive machinery for…
Ohio Family Physician Charged After Allegedly Threatening To Kill Jewish Congressman in Anti-Semitic Outburst
Authorities on Friday charged a doctor who allegedly threatened to kill Jewish congressman Max Miller (R., Ohio) and his one-year-old daughter as part of an anti-Semitic rant. Feras Hamdan—a family medicine physician in Cleveland—turned himself in to police after Miller on Thursday filed a criminal complaint for aggravated menacing. Hamdan appeared in court Friday afternoon,…
Israeli Consulate Officials Targeted in Boston With Flyers as Antisemitic Crime Wave Continues
A vigil for Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, both Israeli embassy staffers who were murdered by an anti-Israel activist, in Washington DC on May 22, 2025. Photo: ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect Anti-Israel activists in Boston targeted Israeli consulate staff this week by distributing a threatening flyer which included their pictures and names,…
Federal Judge Kicks Radical Professors and Their Union to the Curb Where They Belong
In a brilliant opinion Monday, New York federal district court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil not only denied the preliminary injunction sought by the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, she threw out their lawsuit against the Trump administration entirely. If the justices on the Supreme Court want to finally act…
Michigan County Using AI For Non-Emergency Calls Despite Concerns
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Grand Traverse County will soon be turning to artificial intelligence to handle non-urgent calls. In a 7-1 vote on Wednesday, June 18, the Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of Aurelian AI – an automated system that will answer inquiries made to the county’s non-emergency Central Dispatch line….
Biden judge just ordered the release of a notorious, foreign anti-Israel activist
The Trump administration was dealt a defeat in court Friday after a federal judge ordered the release of anti-Israel Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil’s presence in the U.S. had been determined to have an “adverse foreign policy consequence” by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, based on his links to violent protests at Columbia University against…
US Faces Dire Choice to Crush Iran’s Nuclear Site
Written by Rebecca Larson. The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has raised alarms about the formidable challenge of neutralizing Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, a deeply buried complex that may require extreme measures to destroy. According to recent briefings, conventional weaponry may prove insufficient, prompting discussions of a nuclear option—an unprecedented step with profound implications….
Iran’s Lethal Missiles Overwhelming Israel’s Defenses
Written by Jonathan Matthews. The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel has reached a critical juncture, with Iran deploying increasingly sophisticated missiles that are straining Israel’s defense capabilities. Recent reports indicate that Israel’s interception rate has dropped significantly, compounded by a dwindling supply of U.S.-made interceptors. This article examines the evolving dynamics of the conflict,…
Social Security Faces Collapse by 2033
Written by Elizabeth Thompson. The financial stability of Social Security and Medicare, cornerstones of American retirement security, is deteriorating faster than anticipated, according to a recent trustees’ report to Congress. With insolvency looming for both programs, retirees face the prospect of significant benefit reductions unless lawmakers act swiftly. This article explores the accelerating crisis, its…
Trump Demands DOJ Investigate 2020 Election Fraud
Written by Matthew Peterson. Recent disclosures about potential foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election have reignited debates over electoral integrity. Documents released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suggest that China may have engaged in efforts to influence the election outcome, prompting former President Donald Trump to demand a special prosecutor to…
ZeroHedge Debate: Dave Smith Dismantles the Case for Regime Change in Iran
Last Updated on June 20, 2025 Libertarian comedian Dave Smith faced off against the Director of Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer in a ZeroHedge debate moderated by former Congressman Matt Gaetz. The question: Should the U.S. support Israel in taking out Iran’s leadership? Smith systematically dismantled the case for regime change, arguing it’s based on fabricated…
Assad general reveals new life in central Russia
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, has found a job, is studying Russian and hopes to reunite with his family A former general in ex-Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army who found refuge in central Russia has spoken to local media. The man, who gave an interview to 66.RU on condition of anonymity, told the…
Supreme Court delivers major win to victims of terrorism
More than six years after a Jewish American was killed in a politically motivated attack in the West Bank, the Supreme Court has finally opened up a pathway for his family to seek justice in the U.S. On Friday, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that upheld a 2019 law meant to combat…
Joe Biden Still Driving Amtrak Staff, Riders Bonkers On Trips To DC
He may be out of office, but he’s still driving people crazy. Former President Joe Biden has been overheard asking for frozen treats while commuting on Amtrak to his government-provided DC office — where little known work is being done — as well as allegedly forgetting a top rule of the train. “He was talking…
Byrd Bath: Senate Referee Could Overhaul ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The “big, beautiful bill” is going through some massive changes as the Senate Parliamentarian—the chamber’s referee and rule keeper—decides on whether or not to strike provisions that Democrats claim do not belong in a budgetary bill. It was announced Friday that parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough had already nixed a number of provisions, and more are likely…
Both parties prep for mega-bill marathon in U.S. Senate vote-a-rama
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference inside the Capitol building on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is at right. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The next hurdle for Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate and the “big, beautiful bill”: Democrats — and possibly…
In the Darkest Tunnels, Hamas Survivors Found God
The worst pain for the hostage families is not knowing. To the 58 pairs of mothers and fathers who crossed into the 600-day threshold of this nightmare last month, the flickers of hope feel fewer and farther between. “Time is running out,” survivor Yocheved Lifshitz said emotionally. Others, looking at pictures of the dozens still in captivity…
US Jewish Lawmaker Says He Was ‘Run Off the Road’ by Pro-Palestinian Activist
US Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) says in a video posted to social media that a pro-Palestinian activist ran him off the road. Photo: Screenshot US Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) posted a video on X/Twitter on Friday morning saying that he was physically threatened by a pro-Palestinian activist. Miller, who is Jewish, alleged that while driving…
Michigan Law Review Sued for Race Discrimination
The Michigan Law Review selects student editors based on race and gender. It discriminates against white authors in favor of women and minorities. And it tells editors to avoid citing white men whenever possible—instructing them to “use your best efforts to locate a source that gives voice to historically marginalized identities.” Those are some of…
Starbucks going MAHA? RFK Jr. meets with CEO, applauds natural ingredient push
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to make inroads with the food industry, meeting up with Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earlier this week. On Wednesday, Kennedy hosted Niccol in D.C., where the two men discussed the options at Starbucks. According to Kennedy, Niccol pledged “to further MAHA its menu.” ‘Our diverse…
Laura Loomer Erupts on Tucker Carlson
Laura Loomer recently unleashed a profanity-laden tirade targeting right-wing host Tucker Carlson. BY: X/Laura Loomer Noted Donald Trump ally and conservative political activist Laura Loomer recently unleashed a profanity-laden tirade targeting right-wing host Tucker Carlson. Knewz.com has learned that the MAGA loyalist took aim at several conservative voices who she believes betrayed President Trump over…
Turkey is the wildcard in Middle East and its leader just told us whose side it’s going to be on in World War III
Erdogan breaks his silence, compares Netanyahu to Hitler, pledges military buildup. With the Israel-Iran war continuing to escalate, some of my greatest concerns appear to be materializing in real time, namely the entrance of outside nation-states into the conflict. The United States is poised to enter the war at any moment on behalf of Israel,…
‘Nowhere feels safe’: Voices from Jerusalem and Tehran under fire
From locked shelters to sleepless nights, Israelis and Iranians describe the fear, disbelief, and strange routines of life under fire The conflict between Israel and Iran is slowly but steadily morphing into a full-scale war – one where drones give way to ballistic missiles, military targets are replaced by homes and offices, and threats of…
L.A. Mayor Eases Downtown Curfew After Week of Protests
(LibertySociety.com) – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass scaled back the city’s downtown curfew on June 17, 2025, signaling a temporary de-escalation in the immigration protests that have gripped the city for nearly two weeks amid controversial ICE raids and an unprecedented federal military deployment that has sparked a constitutional crisis. Key Takeaways Mayor Bass reduced…
Argentina’s Milei Brands Iran an ‘Enemy,’ Reaffirms Unwavering Support for Israel Amid Escalating Conflict
Argentine President Javier Milei speaks during a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Argentine President Javier Milei has branded Iran “an enemy” of his country, reaffirming Argentina’s support for Israel amid its ongoing conflict with the Islamist regime in Tehran. On Thursday, Milei — who has…
SCOTUS Sides With Oil Companies Over California Climate Zealots
The Supreme Court sided Friday with oil companies seeking to challenge California’s electric vehicle regulations. In a 7-2 ruling, the court allowed energy producers to continue their lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to approve California regulations that require manufacturing more electric vehicles. “The government generally may not target a business or industry through…
Senate parliamentarian rules against key provisions from Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that several key provisions in the “big, beautiful bill” violate the Byrd Rule, potentially setting the stage for the provisions to be removed altogether. In order to avoid a filibuster and pass the bill under a simple majority, the legislation needs to be compliant with the Byrd Rule, which…
EU ministers name Russians they want banned from bloc
Officials from the Baltic and Nordic states want Russians with military ties barred from entering the Schengen area even after Ukraine conflict ends Top officials from several Baltic and Nordic countries have called for banning all Russians with past or current ties to the military from entering the Schengen Zone, claiming they could pose a…