President Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and dozens of others who were charged over their efforts to challenge the 2020 election, the New York Post reports.
Trump said the 77 individuals were persecuted by the Biden administration for engaging in legitimate political advocacy after the fiercely disputed presidential race.
“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation,” Trump wrote in the pardoning document.
The federal clemency order does not have any effect on the state-level crimes the 77 people were charged with, but it could shield them from prosecution in the future, the New York Post notes.
The text of the pardon was shared by Trump's "clemency czar," attorney Ed Martin, who declared, "No MAGA left behind."
“This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” Trump's pardon notes.
No MAGA left behind.
— Eagle Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) May 26, 2025
Those pardoned were indicted in states like Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan for their roles in coordinating alternate slates of pro-Trump electors, or so-called "fake electors."
15 of the people whom Trump pardoned had charges dismissed in September by a Democratically-appointed judge in Michigan, who found the so-called fake electors "were executing their constitutional right to seek redress."
The so-called "fake electors plot" was central to Jack Smith's federal case against Trump for "election interference," which was dismissed after Trump's triumphant victory in 2024.
While Trump's return to office has seemingly immunized him from prosecution, many of his allies continue to face legal exposure for their election advocacy - although the state-level cases have largely stalled.
In addition to Giuliani, some of the notable people on the pardon list include Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump election lawyer and constitutional scholar John Eastman, and Trump election lawyer Sidney Powell.
They were among the people, including Trump himself, who had their mugshots taken in Fulton County, Georgia as part of disgraced prosecutor Fani Willis' sprawling case for "election interference."
In addition to criminal charges, Trump allies have also faced legal sanctions including disbarment and hefty civil penalties for their election-related activities.
Giuliani recently reached an undisclosed settlement in a $1.3 billion case from Dominion Voting Systems, after previously settling with a pair of Georgia election workers who won a $148 million judgment against him.
In response to one commenter on X, Trump's pardon czar said the administration is working on helping Tina Peters, a Republican operative in Colorado who was sentenced to nine years in state prison for breaching voting equipment.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
As if the BBC's reputation hadn't already been damaged enough, with President Donald Trump's charge that it acted with actual malice in its misleading story about him, the British Broadcasting Corporation now faces another huge scandal.
It seems its LGBT reporters wouldn't allow anything on the air about LGBT issues unless they liked the stories.
WorldNetDaily already has reported on Trump's charges that the network, which he is threatening with a possible $1 billion lawsuit, acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" and that shows the "actual malice" involved in the BBC's decision to publish false statements.
The firestorm already has prompted the head of the BBC and its news chief to walk away from the company, for the deceptive editing of President Trump's remarks on Jan. 6, 2021.
Lawyers for Trump confirmed statements on the network's "Panorama" documentary were "fabricated."
Now the Christian Institute in the U.K. is reporting that there was a group of LGBT activists within the BBC news organization that censored "news coverage critical of transgender ideology."
"In a leaked internal document seen by The Daily Telegraph, Michael Prescott warned executives of fears that LGBT 'desk staffers' were 'keeping other perspectives off-air,'" the report said.
Prescott worked at the BBC advising in editorial guidelines and standards.
The Telegraph reported Prescott heard reports of "what sounded like effective censorship by the specialist LGBTQ desk within News" while in his advisory role, the report said.
"I was told that time and time again, the LGBTQ desk staffers would decline to cover any story raising difficult questions about the trans debate. The allegation made to me was stark: that the desk had been captured by a small group of people promoting the Stonewall view of the debate," Prescott said.
"There was also a constant drip-feed of one-sided stories, usually news features, celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity," he explained.
The documentation seen by the Telegraph also confirmed David Grossman, a senior editorial adviser for BBC, found "unintended editorial bias," a lack of "significant voices," and "little or no coverage" on the extremism involved in transgenderism, the "quality of care given to gender-confused children."
Further, the beliefs on gender identify were referenced as "established fact," not ideological beliefs.
"Referring to the story of transgender wrestler Gisele Shaw as a 'typical example' of bias, the memo said the BBC account 'glossed over how the wrestler, who is a biological male, had repeatedly won trophies by competing in women's competitions,'" the institute explained.
A BBC official confirmed there have been "a number of actions" relating to reports on sex and gender, to include new updates in the news style guide.
The Panorama scandal involves charges BBC literally spliced video together to claim Trump was encouraging the riots on Capitol Hill in 2021.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
President Donald Trump on Monday said he believes Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has "lost her way," saying he's "surprised" by the MAGA lawmaker who has been one of his staunchest supporters.
Trump was answering a question in the Oval Office, as CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked: "Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is a big ally of yours, said that she would rather see you focused on non-stop domestic policy meetings here at the White House, instead of non-stop foreign policy meetings. What's your response to her saying that, and also saying that grocery prices are up and not down, as you've said?"
"I don't know what happened to Marjorie. She's a nice woman, but I don't know what happened. She's lost her way I think," Trump responded. "I'm surprised at her."
"I have to view the presidency as a worldwide situation, not locally," he continued. "I mean we could have a world that's on fire where wars come to our shores very easily if you had a bad president. We had a horrible president and we ended up with Russia-Ukraine. We ended up with other disasters too."
"When you're president, you really sort of have to watch over the world because you're gonna be dragged into it otherwise, you're gonna be dragged into a world war."
Investigative journalist Laura Loomer took note of Trump's opinion of MTG, and said: "President Trump just confirmed publicly what I have been telling you all for months.
"He can't stand her and she's lying about being close with him and lying about speaking to him regularly."
Does Greene have aspirations for higher office? NOTUS reported the Christian congresswoman "is telling people she wants to run for president in 2028."
"She has confided to colleagues that she wants to run for president, according to four sources familiar with the matter, including one who has spoken with her directly about it," the news outlet explained.
"One source says her conversations have centered around her belief she is 'real MAGA and that the others have strayed,' adding that she believes she has 'the national donor network to win the primary.'"
"After publication, Greene texted NOTUS, saying she 'saw you posted a baseless article.' NOTUS sent an inquiry to her communications director ahead of publication, but Greene asked why NOTUS had not reached out to a different person in her office.
"Who is your source? Laura Loomer? She claimed I was running for governor last week and announcing it in the view. Once again you publish baseless gossip. Very disappointing. Don't text me again," Greene said.
Meanwhile, Greene is excited about her first book, "MTG," which is set to be released Nov. 21.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
As significant progress was being made toward ending the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump issued a scathing warning Monday to some air-traffic controllers, while praising others.
"All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!" Trump exclaimed in a lengthy message on Truth Social. "Anyone who doesn't will be substantially 'docked.'"
"For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn't take ANY TIME OFF for the 'Democrat Shutdown Hoax,' I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country.
"For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn't step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record.
"If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last 'Administration' wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated 'junk.' They had no idea what they were doing!
Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU – I won't be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
As WorldNetDaily reported, forty days into the longest government shutdown in history, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to support a deal that will end the government shutdown.
Lawmakers voted 60 to 40 to advance a House-passed clean continuing resolution Sunday night that had previously failed to clear the Senate's 60-vote threshold 14 times. Though the deal marks a crucial breakthrough to reopen the government, the process is expected to take several days due to likely opposition from a number of senators to expedite a vote on final passage.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
States run presidential elections but federal law sets the standards that must be met, and that specifies that election day in America is "the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November" of even-numbered years.
So can states arbitrarily say they're going to have an election week, accepting ballots that arrive after the election day deadline?
That's now pending before the Supreme Court.
It used to be that voters lined up at polling stations and waited their turn to cast a ballot on election day. Now, in the days of more easily manipulated mail-in ballots, that's not the case in many states.
But a report in the Washington Examiner explains there soon may be very specific guidance on those issues, as the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the legality of counting mail-in ballots that are late.
The decision, one way or another, probably will affect laws in a dozen states or more.
It is Watson v. Republican National Committee out of Mississippi that the court is reviewing.
That law allows state officials to count ballots when they are mailed, and received, up to five days late.
The RNC sued the state, charging that Mississippi is in violation of the federal statute that designates Election Day as the single day on which elections are held.
The RNC contends that means ballot collection is done, that day.
A federal appeals court agreed, but Louisiana appealed, sending the case to the Supreme Court.
The court will review whether federal requirements for election day preempt state laws allowing for those ballots that are postmarked on time, but arrive days late, to be counted.
Louisiana pointed out that holding an "election day" would require changes to state processes in dozens of states.
Republicans are blessed to have one of the deepest benches for the next election that the party has had in quite some time, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is near the top of the list.
However, according to Breitbart, though the idea of Rubio running in 2028 is a somewhat popular one among Republican circles, it appears that Rubio will opt out of running if Vice President J.D. Vance decides to punch the GOP ticket.
Politico first broke the news, indicating that Rubio has been "privately" telling his circle that he will not go up against Vance if Vance decides to run.
Rubio has already hinted in public that he isn't interested in running if Vance runs. The two have a solid relationship and Rubio remains in the good graces of the MAGA movement.
Unnamed sources told Politico that Rubio will not mount a challenge for the Republican nomination, though some pointed out that potential candidates often say that regardless.
Breitbart noted:
“Marco has been very clear that JD is going to be the Republican nominee if he wants to be,” one source told Politico. “He will do anything he can just to support the vice president in that effort.”
Not only would it be awkward for Rubio to resign from President Donald Trump's Cabinet to run against Vance, it was noted that the two are also good friends.
“No one expects Marco to resign from the Cabinet and start taking potshots at the sitting vice president,” per a second source, Politico wrote. “Beyond that, they’re friends."
Perhaps the best of both worlds, according to a third source's confirmation, is that Rubio could run as Vance's vice president in 2028 if the two decide that would be best for the party.
Even if Rubio skips out and lets Vance have two terms in the White House, Rubio could still be fairly young -- at least for a president -- at 65 to run in 2036.
President Trump has already essentially offered both men his endorsement for 2028 and beyond, as both are in his good graces.
Breitbart noted:
Best of all, choosing between Vance and Rubio is what’s known as a luxury problem. These are two appealing, very skilled politicians who can be trusted to keep the GOP on the MAGA tracks.
Most believe that Vance will make the 2028 run, as it makes the most sense, especially given his popularity within the MAGA movement.
Either way, Republicans are seemingly set up for success.
President Donald Trump, along with many other Republicans, is convinced that the Democrats are exploiting the Senate filibuster rule in a continued effort to stall or fight against Trump's agenda.
According to the Washington Examiner, as the president expresses increasing frustration at the Democrats using the filibuster, he pitched Republicans once again to consider "nuking" the filibuster, which, of course, comes with its own risks.
The president said in a recent post calling on the GOP to take action that he believes the filibuster is contributing to destroying the U.S. economy.
President Trump made it clear in a Truth Social post this weekend that he wants Republicans to end it. Now.
While Trump has made a number of suggestions regarding ending the filibuster, his most recent was straight to the point.
"The Democrats are winning in that they are destroying our great, miracle economy, which is exactly what they set out to do. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!" he wrote on his Truth Social account Saturday.
In another post, he made it even clearer, writing, "TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!"
BREAKING 🚨 President Trump has a message for every Republican: “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER”
IT’S TIME TO GET IT DONE IMMEDIATELY
TIME TO GET LOUD MAGA pic.twitter.com/VkiflXBRTH
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) November 8, 2025
On Friday, he had the same message to his followers and to Republicans, writing, "Republicans, Terminate the Filibuster and bring back the American Dream. If you don’t do it, the Dems will, and you’ll never see office again! President DJT."
Experts say that Trump's push to end the filibuster was ramped up in the wake of the latest election, in which Democrats scored predictable, but key victories in a variety of offices and states.
Users across social media reacted to Trump's latest call for the filibuster to be terminated.
"He’s right, the filibuster isn’t protecting democracy, it’s protecting the swamp’s deadlock. Democrats kill it the second it blocks their agenda, but Republicans freeze when it’s ours. Stop playing defense and govern like you mean it," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Trump’s right—time to clear the roadblocks and move."
Only time will tell if Trump can levy enough pressure to make it happen.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The top two officials at the BBC, or British Broadcasting Corporation, both quit the state-funded, left-leaning media giant Sunday amid fierce pressure for deceptively editing Donald Trump's speech on Jan. 6, 2021, twisting his words to make it look like he was inciting a riot.
BBC boss Tim Davie, a 20-year veteran at the network who has been in charge for the last five years, resigned after "reflecting on the very intense personal and professional demands of managing this role over many years in these febrile times."
"Like all public organizations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable," Davie added. "While not being the only reason, the current debate around BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision."
Also leaving her post is Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News.
"The ongoing controversy around the Panorama on President Trump has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC – an institution that I love," Turness said.
"The buck stops with me," she added. "While mistakes have been made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong."
As WorldNetDaily reported last week, the BBC manipulated Trump' remarks "to make it appear as though he encouraged his supporters to break into the Capitol," according to the Daily Mail.
Britain's Telegraph newspaper had revealed details of a leaked BBC memo suggesting its documentary show "Panorama" edited two parts of Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly promote the mayhem that ensued just prior to Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration as president.
"Bye-bye, BBC," one British analyst said on the air the wake of the resignations. "This is basically being Dr. Frankenstein to turn a man into a monster. It's just outright lying."
With the ongoing government shutdown now the longest such impasse in American history, some lawmakers are attempting to ensure that members of Congress go without paychecks just as thousands of federal workers have been forced to do.
On Thursday, Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott sought unanimous consent for what he called the “No Budget, No Pay Act,” which would cause legislators’ paychecks to be halted until the shutdown concludes, but the effort was blocked by liberal Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), as the Daily Caller reports.
After Scott introduced the measure, a floor debate ensued, revealing Markey’s opposition to the proposal.
Markey noted that he had already requested a deferment of his own government pay until the shutdown ends, a declaration that prompted questions and incredulity from Scott.
“If he’s willing to defer his paycheck, why wouldn’t he allow my bill to pass that all of us should defer our paychecks until government gets open again?” Scott wondered.
The Massachusetts Democrat is not the only member of the upper chamber who has balked at the idea of missing paychecks in solidarity with federal workers across the country who have gone without salaries amid the continued funding impasse.
Sen. Ruben Gallego stated weeks ago that he simply could not afford to go without a paycheck, a sentiment with which countless government employees can relate, despite their own inability to solve the situation that keeps them unpaid.
Last week, Sen. John Kennedy also attempted to put a stop to lawmaker paychecks until the shutdown standoff concludes, trying to pass three measures via unanimous consent that would have done just that.
Democrat Patty Murray (D-WA) stood in opposition to Kennedy’s proposals, but, to the frustration of many, so did Republican Sen. Rand Paul (KY).
Kennedy delivered pointed remarks on the issue, underscoring that “folks aren’t being paid while we’re in a shutdown. Our air traffic controllers are not being paid. In fact, starting tomorrow, the airlines are going to be cancelling flights. Our staff are not being paid… Our military is only being partially paid… The only people that I can ascertain who are being paid are members of Congress.”
Opining that “it’s time that Congress set an example,” Kennedy said, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” and he urged his Senate colleagues to support the “No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act.”
Paul, however, was having none of it, and he proceeded to object to the measures proposed by Kennedy, with Murray also blocking the Louisiana Republican’s push to pass Sen. Ron Johnson’s “Shutdown Fairness Act” that would pay federal workers deemed “essential.”
The dispute over lawmaker pay during the shutdown sparked a reaction from President Donald Trump, who took to Truth Social and wrote, “It was so interesting yesterday when our Great Senator from Louisiana, John Kennedy, introduced a Bill in an attempt to withhold Members of Congress from getting paid, and Rand Paul, who never votes for anything, tried to stop it, because he wanted to be paid!”
Trump went on, “In other words, Rand wanted to pay the people who stopped Government from working! What’s going on with Rand?” surely echoing the sentiments of millions who would have liked to see Scott’s or Kennedy’s commonsense proposals pass with ease.
Stephen Moore, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump and a longtime fellow at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation, made a bombshell announcement this week regarding his future at the organization.
According to the New York Post, Moore, in an X post, announced that he would be resigning from the think tank to focus on another project he's working on.
The news comes in the wake of a massive controversy regarding the organization's president Kevin Roberts’ defense of Tucker Carlson platforming white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Notably, Moore didn't reference the controversy in his exit announcement, but many believe the timing of his resignation is simply too close to what's going on behind the doors at the organization.
There was reportedly "internal revolt" and pressure from donors after the Fuentes situation unfolded, with many calling for Roberts to resign, even though he later apologized for defending Carlson.
Moore stated in his announcement that he was leaving to focus his work on the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
“After 12 happy and productive years, I have decided to resign my position as senior visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation in order to concentrate my work load on continuing to build up @Comm4Prosperity [Committee to Unleash Prosperity] and the mounting influence of our daily Hotline,” he wrote.
Friends:
After 12 happy and productive years, I have decided to resign my position as senior visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation in order to concentrate my work load on continuing to build up @Comm4Prosperity and the mounting influence of our daily Hotline.
As Ed Feulner…
— Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) November 6, 2025
However, it doesn't take a detective or inside information to presume why Moore is actually quitting the foundation.
The Post noted:
The Committee to Unleash Prosperity co-founder had been asked by donors to that group to leave Heritage, one source familiar with Moore’s exit told The Post.
Moore’s wife, Anne, had also proclaimed in a since-deleted tweet that Roberts didn’t deserve “a second chance” and that her “husband will be submitting his resignation.”
Users across social media reacted to Moore's shocking, but expected, announcement.
"Heritage Foundation leaders are jumping ship. Get out while you still can," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "You were patient and hopeful Stephen. You waited this many days, you gave them time."
It'll be fascinating to see who else leaves the organization in the coming days and weeks.