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Some students get suspended for fighting, others for wanting the American flag in the classroom. The latter, WBFF-TV reported Wednesday, happened to high school senior and aspiring U.S. Marine Parker Jensen, a student at Townson High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Jensen noticed classrooms at his high school did not display the American flag. According to […]
In a bulletin posted Friday night by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, it was revealed that certain products would be exempted from tariffs. The tariff exemptions on certain products “apply retroactively to April 5,” according to Axios. The products would be exempt from recently applied tariffs, while other pre-April 2 tariffs would still apply. White […]
Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s Department of Justice for allegedly violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by withholding critical records related to Epstein’s clients, associates, and potential government involvement. The lawsuit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on April 8, 2025, alleges the DOJ […]
Reporters often contact government officials to request statements or quotes on significant events or policies, but President Donald Trump’s press deputies have determined that one group of journalists won’t be getting a response to their emails. According to The New York Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump administration communications officers have implemented […]
WASHINGTON – After President Donald Trump reversed course on his tariffs and announced he would pursue trade negotiations, he had a simple explanation for how he would make decisions in the coming weeks. “Instinctively, more than anything else,” he told reporters this past week. “You almost can’t take a pencil to paper, it’s really more […]
In the week that Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on the global tariffs which sent the US economy into freefall, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has toldFox Newsthat there are “wins after wins after wins every single week”. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Friday (11 April), Leavitt also claimed “every cabinet secretary is […]
Adam Gordon with seal of DOJ’s San Diego-Imperial office. (Times of San Diego photo illustration) La Jolla’s Adam Gordon, whose political contributions in 2024 included $2,000 to Donald Trump, has been named interim U.S. attorney for the San Diego region. As first reported Thursday by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Gordon, […]
Defense attorneys for Luigi Mangione are arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi is seeking the death penalty for their client as “content” for a new Instagram account, according to a Friday court filing. “She ordered the death penalty and publicly released her order so she would have ‘content’ for her newly launched Instagram account,” Mangione’s […]
Senator Ron Johnson, Source: Wikimedia Commons Senator Ron Johnson called for an investigation after a top CDC Covid vaccine safety officer’s records went ‘missing.’ Johnson said Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office, may have deleted records related to the Covid vaccine’s adverse reactions. Department of Health and Human Services officials […]
