Five Republicans helped block a censure motion against Rep. LaMonica McIver, the New Jersey Democrat who was criminally charged for allegedly assaulting immigration officials outside a detention facility.
The House voted 215-207 to reject the resolution brought by Clay Higgins (R-LA), which would have removed McIver from the Homeland Security Committee.
“Had she withdrawn from the Homeland Security Committee, I certainly wouldn’t have offered a resolution, even though censure [is] legitimate and called for,” he said.
The five Republicans who voted to kill the measure are Reps. Don Bacon and Mike Flood of Nebraska, Dave Joyce and Mike Turner of Ohio, and David Valadao of California. All Democrats voted no.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) voted "present." Notably, Garbarino, who is known to be a moderate, has been the chair of the Homeland Security Committee since July.
Turner later said his vote was in error, but it would not have impacted the outcome.
Garbarino called the vote premature without a complete House Ethics investigation.
“I voted ‘present’ in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation and to comply with Committee rules and fundamental due process considerations requiring that Ethics Committee Members make impartial and unbiased decisions,” Garbarino said.
McIver has been charged with assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during a visit in May.
Prosecutors released bodycam footage that they said shows McIver grabbing and shoving Department of Homeland Security officials outside the facility.
Democrats have rallied to McIver's defense, portraying her as a victim of political retribution who was carrying out legitimate congressional oversight.
“We were all elected to do the people’s work. I take that responsibility seriously -- Clay Higgins clearly does not,” McIver said before the censure vote.
The criminal case against McIver was brought by U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, whose authority has been challenged in the courts. An Obama-appointed judge ruled recently that she is serving "unlawfully," but Habba has said she is the target of dirty politics by partisan judges and Democrats who have obstructed her appointment.
Both of New Jersey's Democrat senators have refused to advance Habba's nomination, using a traditional courtesy called the blue slip, which gives deference to home-state senators when considering nominees for U.S. attorney and the federal courts. Despite Trump's demands to scrap the blue slip, Senate Republicans have defended it, so far.
Amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., it's become clear that the American people fully trust Trump and the GOP to clean up American cities.
Polling data has found that despite all the screeching from Democrats, Trump's federalization of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department was a popular move, and similar action in other cities has support from Americans tired of rampant crime.
Even CNN's analysts were forced to admit that Trump had made a masterful play by striking at the center of one of the Democratic Party's toughest strongholds in the nation's capital.
CNN's Elie Honig and CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten both admitted that Trump's tough-on-crime stances, from enforcement actions in Los Angeles to the southern border, have gained the approval of a majority of voters.
Cracking down on crime is a sure-fire way to garner support with voters, and the Democrat Party made a rookie mistake by playing into Trump's hands so easily.
CNN's Harry Enten broke down this situation by saying, “Americans view Trump far more favorably now on crime than they did a year ago. And while this polling doesn’t take into account what’s exactly happening in D.C. right now, it does take into account what happened in Los Angeles, what’s happened earlier this year, and Americans, for the most part, actually view Trump favorably."
Democrats claim that Trump's actions in D.C. are "fascist," but that message has not resonated with voters who are watching Trump crack down on crime that has been tolerated for too long by D.C.'s Democrat leadership.
Videos of rampant crime and disorder go viral seemingly every day, and Americans have become increasingly aware of the wave of crime that has infected American cities run by Democrat Mayors and city councils.
Enten continued in his analysis of the issue by saying, "Donald Trump is like Air Jordan towering over Joe Biden when it comes to their handling of crime. Look, in 2024, look at where Biden’s net approval was on crime: way under water there, at minus 26 points. It was one of Biden’s worst issues — granted, pretty much every issue was one of Biden’s worst issues."
Enten finally came to the obvious conclusion by saying, "So Americans vastly prefer Donald Trump’s approach to crime than they did to Joe Biden’s. And again, I think it gets back to the point that Americans are far more hawkish on crime than a lot of Democrats want to admit."
Even CNN analysts are having to face the obvious reality that regular Americans don't like criminals or crime going unpunished, and Democrats were delusional for ever believing otherwise.
The numbers are still out on Trump's crackdown in D.C., but the general sentiment among Trump voters is that they are getting what they voted for. This could lead to further campaigns by the Trump administration in other notoriously leftist cities.
Chicago is high on the list of problem cities with a brutal crime rate and dozens of murders every weekend. The city has been ruled by Democrats for decades, and Trump could score big points with regular Americans by taking a sledgehammer to Chicago's Democrat leadership.
Los Angeles is another Democratic city in a blue state that has felt Trump's wrath already, much to the joy of Trump's support base. Further law enforcement action can be expected in the coming months, especially if Democrats continue to commit political suicide by siding with criminals over regular Americans.
U.S. Track and Field superstar Sha'Carri Richardson, an Olympic gold medalist, may be faster than most of her competition, but she can't outrun the law.
Richardson was arrested last Sunday and charged with domestic violence following an altercation with her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, USA Today reported.
The arrest and criminal charge is just the latest career blemish for the world champion sprinter, who was infamously disqualified from competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, which she was heavily favored to win, after she tested positive for marijuana use.
The Associated Press reported that, according to a copy of the police report, the 25-year-old track star Richardson was arrested Sunday evening at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and spent the night at the South Correctional Entity in Des Moines, Washington, before she was eventually released shortly after noon on Monday.
Per the report, a Transportation Security Administration supervisor notified local police to the situation after they witnessed Richardson in a prolonged verbal and physical altercation with her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman, after they passed through a TSA checkpoint.
A responding officer reviewed surveillance camera footage and similarly observed Richardson making repeated physical contact with Coleman, including yanking his backpack and shoving him into a nearby column. She is said to have continued to make physical contact with Coleman and get in his way even as he repeatedly attempted to walk around and away from her.
Richardson also reportedly threw a set of headphones at Coleman, who later told officers that he "did not want to participate any further in the investigation and declined to be a victim."
In response to questions about the arrest, the U.S.A. Track and Field organization said that it "is aware of the reports and is not commenting on this matter."
Richardson's arrest for domestic violence last Sunday did not stop her from competing this week at the U.S. Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, according to AFP.
The 100m world champion was on the track on Thursday for preliminary heat races and advanced to the semifinals round on Friday, but later withdrew herself from contention for the finals.
She remains automatically qualified for the upcoming World Championship event in September in Japan, however, given her status as the current defending world champ.
USATF said that Richardson still intends to compete in Sunday's 200m event, though, after initially withdrawing from and then reentering that race.
USA Today noted that Richardson, after missing the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games because of the positive marijuana test, returned to the world stage with a vengeance and something to prove in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, where she earned a silver medal in the 100m along with a gold medal as part of Team USA's 4x100m relay squad.
According to the AP, she also won the 100m event at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
President Trump's war on liberal elites has led to millions of dollars in settlements, as powerful institutions in media, higher education, and the legal profession surrender left and right to his demands.
As reported by Axios, Trump has received over $1 billion from big names like Columbia, ABC News, and Paramount, and it may not be long before Harvard gives in.
Trump has leveraged the federal purse strings and the Justice Department's law enforcement powers to secure big concessions, both monetary and political.
His success has shaken the left, which had until recently enjoyed uncontested cultural influence that it used to proselytize to half the nation.
The recent cancellation of Stephen Colbert's stridently partisan, and unprofitable, late-night show on CBS led to speculation that Trump was somehow responsible, although the move reportedly had nothing to do with Trump's $16 million settlement with CBS parent company Paramount.
The Trump administration announced a $50 million settlement with Brown University this week, making it the latest Ivy League school to capitulate to Trump's demands to roll back "DEI "and address campus anti-Semitism.
“Congratulations to Brown University on the settlement made with the United States Government. There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Woke is officially DEAD at Brown. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he added.
The oldest and wealthiest university in America, Harvard, resisted Trump's pressure initially but has moved towards a settlement. Harvard is reportedly prepared to pay $500 million, which would be the largest prize yet for Trump in his cultural shakedown.
The nation's left-wing elite legal profession has not been spared in Trump's war on "woke," either. Some of the biggest law firms have pledged nearly $1 billion in free legal services for conservative causes. It's a particularly notable development, considering the expenses Trump has incurred battling liberal "lawfare" over the years.
Trump has also scored major wins against the legacy media, or what he calls the "Fake News." ABC News and Paramount/CBS separately agreed to pay millions of dollars towards Trump's presidential library to settle a pair of lawsuits over defamation and election interference, respectively.
According to Trump, Paramount will also give him $20 million in free advertising, but Paramount denies this.
President Barack Obama, a Columbia University graduate and lawyer who owns several mansions, recently expressed anger at the capitulation of the nation's top law firms, chastising them for putting money ahead of their liberal values.
"Not because, by the way, that they’re going to be thrown in jail, but because they might lose a few clients and might not be able to finish that kitchen rehab at their Hampton house," the frustrated former president said. "I’m not impressed."
Columbia University has agreed to pay over $200 million to the federal government to settle civil rights probes and unfreeze research funding that Trump paused.
President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has been nothing short of a massive success, and his policies are paying dividends in unexpected places.
According to the Daily Mail, the Trump administration was able to brag heavily this week about a particularly dangerous jungle choke point "where hundreds of thousands of migrants bound for the U.S. routinely imperiled themselves.
The number of migrants' who crossed there during former President Joe Biden's rule was off the charts, but under President Donald Trump, the numbers have dropped significantly.
The chokepoint, described as "an expanse of dense rainforest, steep ravines and swamps that regularly endures extreme rainfall, flash-floods and landslides."
The area is called the Darien Gap, and due to the sheer number of migrants who attempted to cross there, given the deadly risks of the area, it's known as one of the most dangerous in the world.
Under President Trump's immigration crackdown, the numbers have reportedly slowed to "a trickle."
The Daily Mail noted:
There were 55 migrant deaths in the gap last year, and 180 children abandoned and left for dead were rescued, local authorities claimed. There were 31,000 Darien Gap crossings in June of 2024.
But the dangerous crossings there have all but stopped, and according to a Spanish language news report, just 10 migrants crossed through the Darien Gap this June - something the White House says is cause for celebration.
But it's no wonder why the Panamanian government was shocked by the latest report, as only 3,000 have reportedly tried crossing there in 2025, compared to what's typicall hundreds of thousands.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson explained to the Daily Mail why the numbers have dropped.
"Word of the United States’ secure border has spread so far around the world, that migrants aren’t even willing to make the dangerous journey to get here because they know they’ll be turned away," she told the outlet.
She added, "For the last two months, Border Patrol released zero illegal aliens into the United States."
Several locals in the area who have helped those attempting to cross the gap have confirmed the good news.
Most of them reported that while they used to help hundreds, they're currently only helping a few here and there.
It's simply further proof that whatever Trump is doing, it's working quite well.
Radical socialist New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is trying everything he can to win the upcoming election, even if it means "laundering" his otherwise very vocal "defund the police" stance.
According to the New York Post, the socialist frontrunner is apparently entertaining the idea of keeping tough-on-crime Jessica Tisch as NYPD commissioner, despite his radically opposite views on crime.
Mamdani's history of making statements that oppose everything Tisch stands for don't seem to matter as he's eyeying up the best way to convince as many as possible to vote for him.
The outlet noted that many "Big Apple elites" hope that by doing so, Mamdani can "sand off" his far-left edges.
Political operative Ken Frydman believes Mamdani is simply "laundering" his radical stances on crime and police in order to win the election.
“He’s laundering his radical stances, that’s what he’s doing," Frydman said.
"But he needs his defund-the-police voters to turn out again and cop-hating Tiffany Cabán is lurking," he added, referencing another socialist firebrand that is possibly in the running to take over the commissioner's spot if Mamdani wins.
The Post noted:
Tisch, a well-regarded public servant and billionaire heiress, has tried to stay above the partisan fray, despite a number of politicians trying to use her as a pawn.
Mayor Eric Adams picked Tisch in November to rebuild the NYPD’s standing — and his own — after his first three police commissioners respectively flamed out amid infighting, scandal and more infighting.
Many of New York's elite residents have urged Mamdani to keep Tisch as commish if he's elected mayor, as it seems to be a good political match.
For his part, Mamdani wouldn't confirm whether or not he would consider keeping Tisch.
"I believe that it’s premature to make any personnel commitments at this time, but it’s a consideration that is real — and it’s in keeping with the city that we’re fighting for," he recently stated.
Mamdani's social media posts are more than enough to show where he stands on the issues.
"Defund it. Dismantle it. End the cycle of violence," he once said about the NYPD, also calling it "corrupt" and "wicked."
The Post noted:
While Tisch arguably could be a bulwark against Mamdani’s radical impulses, Democratic political operative Hank Sheinkopf said she’d be hamstrung by the fact she ultimately serves at the pleasure of the mayor.
A Republican intern on Capitol Hill was tragically killed in a shooting on Monday night in northwestern D.C.
21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was caught in the crossfire of a deadly "altercation" after 10 p.m., Metropolitan Police said.
The college senior had recently joined the staff of Kansas Rep. Ron Estes, a Republican, who released a statement sharing his condolences.
"I will remember his kind heart and how he always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile," Estes said in a press release. "We are grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas' 4th District and the country."
According to police chief Pamela Smith, the incident began as an "altercation" between two groups of people. The shooting was targeted, but Tarpinian-Jachym was not one of the intended victims.
On Monday, around 10:28 p.m., police responded to gunshots in the 1200 block of 7th Street, Northwest. They found three injured individuals: Tarpinian-Jachym, an adult female, and a 16-year-old male.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that multiple suspects exited a vehicle at the intersection of 7th and M Street, Northwest and began firing at a group. The suspect vehicle has been recovered," Metropolitan Police said in a press release.
Tarpinian-Jachym was brought to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries Tuesday. The unidentified woman is in stable condition, and the teenager is still being treated for injuries to his spine.
Police say the teenage boy was likely involved in the confrontation that led to the shooting.
"The child, I can say, we believe was kind of engaged as part of the group," police chief Pamela Smith said at a press conference Thursday.
According to the latest data, crime in D.C. is declining compared to 2023, when the city had its most homicides in over a decade.
The 2020s crime wave placed public officials in danger, including Democratic Rep. Angie Craig (MN), who was assaulted in her apartment lobby, and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), who had his car stolen at gunpoint. A former Trump official was murdered during a carjacking spree in 2024.
In May, a young couple who worked for Israel's embassy was assassinated by an extremist outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
Tarpinian-Jachym, of Gramby, Massachusetts, was a senior at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majored in finance with a minor in political science. He had only just begun a summer internship at Rep. Estes' office.
What a senseless tragedy.
Following the work of the Department of Government Efficiency to expose monumental amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending, there has been some legitimate frustration among those who believe Congress is not doing enough to cut unnecessary expenditures of taxpayer dollars.
The Republican-led House just took a small but important initial step to begin making some of the DOGE cuts permanent with the passage of a bill that would slash around $9.4 billion in dubious spending from the federal budget, Fortune reported.
Of course, many Democrats hyperbolically reacted as though the relatively modest cuts would eliminate critical life-saving programs around the globe, while some Republicans argued that the cuts weren't nearly enough to get rampant federal spending under control.
On Thursday, in a 214-212 vote, the House approved a bill that would rescind approximately $9.4 billion in previously authorized federal spending, per a request from President Donald Trump's White House.
According to the Associated Press, the recession request was submitted under the Impoundment Control Act, in which a president can notify Congress of their intention not to spend certain authorized funds, at which point Congress has 45 days to decide whether to approve or deny the request.
Notably, the recession process only requires a simple majority to clear the Senate rather than the 60-vote threshold that is typically needed to pass normal spending bills.
The AP noted that the White House further indicated that this request was likely just the first, and more was to come, probably in September, near the end of the fiscal year.
In a statement posted to X, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said, "Today’s House passage of this initial rescissions package marks a critical step toward a more responsible and transparent government that puts the interests of the American taxpayers first."
"Thanks to DOGE’s work, this package eliminates $9.4 billion in unnecessary and wasteful spending at the State Department, USAID, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds politically biased media outlets like NPR and PBS," he added. "This is just one of the multiple ways Republicans are codifying President Trump’s executive orders and DOGE’s findings."
Predictably, House Democrats howled about how "cruel" and terrible the proposed cuts were and ominously warned that they could result in disasters, disease, and death around the world, according to Fortune, but many Republicans pushed back against such fearmongering.
"Those Democrats saying that these rescissions will harm people in other countries are missing the point," House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) said. "It’s about people in our country being put first."
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) explained that the cuts targeted unnecessary expenditures on things like climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and said, "Yet, my friends on the other side of the aisle would like you to believe, seriously, that if you don’t use your taxpayer dollars to fund this absurd list of projects and thousands of others I didn’t even list, that somehow people will die and our global standing in the world will crumble."
To be sure, the request to rescind roughly $9.4 billion in federal spending is just a fraction of the estimated $180 billion that DOGE has identified as wasteful, fraudulent, or abusive spending that should be cut from the federal budget.
That said, as both the White House and many congressional Republicans insisted, this bill passed by the House and forwarded to the Senate is merely an opening bid in a continuing effort to pare down the budget and compel the government to only spend within its means.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has accused Iran of not honoring its nuclear non-proliferation commitments for the first time in almost two decades. The declaration, alongside mounting geopolitical tension, has prompted speculation regarding potential military interventions by multiple countries.
Iran is accused of obstructing cooperation since 2019 concerning undeclared nuclear materials and activities at hidden sites.
The IAEA's governing board resolution was supported by 19 nations, while Russia, China, and Burkina Faso opposed it, and 11 members chose not to vote. Since 2019, authorities found evidence of unreported nuclear activity at three sites in Iran: Varamin, Marivan, and Turquzabad. This discovery raises alarming questions regarding Iran's intentions and its transparency in nuclear proliferation matters.
Iran has reportedly hindered inspections, eliminated evidence, and refused to address the IAEA’s inquiries. The agency has condemned Iran's uranium enrichment levels as unsuitable for nonviolent applications. Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director, has expressed frustration over Iran's actions, emphasizing how diplomatic efforts over the past five years have been continuously undermined.
"It’s a very frustrating situation," Grossi remarked. He noted that while the agency continues its operations in Iran, the cooperation from the Iranian government is extremely limited.
Furthermore, Grossi stressed his commitment to encouraging diplomacy between the United States and Iran, expressing hope for political wisdom to guide them toward a positive resolution.
The situation has led the United States to take precautionary measures by withdrawing non-essential personnel from its embassy in Iraq. Similar options have been extended to American staff in Bahrain and Kuwait, indicating concerns about potential military developments.
Meanwhile, rising tension echoes in the Persian Gulf, where the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center has raised alerts due to the growing risk of regional confrontations.
While diplomatic channels remain open, the threat of military engagement looms as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump discuss responses to Iran's defiance. These discussions reflect a shared concern about the potential repercussions of Iran's nuclear activities on international security.
An Iranian official has announced that Iran will retaliate if the resolution is adopted by the IAEA. Plans are reportedly underway to decrease cooperation with the agency, activate additional centrifuges, and dismantle monitoring devices. These steps are seen as significant escalations in Iran's nuclear strategy.
Iran has dismissed the IAEA’s resolution as politically motivated and biased, signaling a strong rejection of the accusations made against it. This defensive stance adds fuel to the already charged international atmosphere surrounding its nuclear ambitions.
The last time the IAEA formally declared Iran non-compliant was in 2005. The current accusations highlight a deteriorated relationship over recent years between Iran and the international community, exacerbated by ongoing secrecy and lack of transparency.
As Iran and the international powers navigate this tense impasse, the outcome remains uncertain. The IAEA's declaration marks a significant moment in global efforts to contain nuclear proliferation. With diplomatic and potentially military options on the table, observers globally are watching developments closely.
Whether diplomatic talks can mend the growing fracture remains to be seen, with hopes pinned on peaceful negotiations prevailing over conflict. The international consensus is clear—transparency and compliance are critical to ensuring regional and global security.
President Donald Trump ordered the termination of Library of Congress head Carla Hayden just one year before her ten-year term was ending.
Hayden has been serving in the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution since 2016, when she was nominated by former President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate.
The reason for Hayden's firing appears to be related to her pushing of “radical” leftist agendas, according to complaints from conservative organizations.
A tweet from the American Accountability Foundation claimed that "The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids. It’s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!"
That tweet went out hours before Trump's decision to fire Hayden was announced on Thursday night, suggesting that the White House is working with conservative watchdogs to sniff out radical leftists at every level.
In further evidence that Hayden is an agent of the progressive agenda, her firing was greeted with outrage from Democrats who flew into a rage over Trump's decision to fire a seemingly unimportant federal official.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was one of the first to come out to blast Trump's decision as "unjust" and an attempt to "whitewash" American history.
Jeffries railed against Trump by saying, “Donald Trump’s unjust decision to fire Dr. Hayden in an email sent by a random political hack is a disgrace and the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash American history and turn back the clock. The Library of Congress is the People’s Library. There will be accountability for this unprecedented assault on the American way of life sooner rather than later."
Jeffries claims that Trump's firing of Hayden is an "unprecedented assault" on Americans' way of life, implying that progressive ideas like transitioning children are as American as apple pie.
Other Democrats quickly came to Hayden's defense, further lending credence to the idea that Hayden is a leftist ideologue using her position to push horrible progressive ideas.
Hayden has vigorously opposed parental rights groups' efforts to remove books about sexual identity containing explicit sexual content targeted at young people from libraries.
In defending pornographic books being distributed to children, Hayden wrote, "A children's book, and that's so helpful. I've had parents that I even work with, it just makes such a difference when you can share a book with a young person."
Leftists have pushed explicit sexual material and books containing progressive propaganda disguised as "sexual identity" education for years, and it's long past time for them to face serious consequences.
Hayden clearly endorses these ideas and, as such, has no place in the federal government. The fact that Democrats are so angry about her firing further demonstrates that she was doing real damage and had to be rooted out.