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At the height of the COVID-19 China virus assault on Americans, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, ordered nursing homes to take in patients who had been diagnosed with infections, putting ill seniors in the midst of a population that was susceptible to COVID.
Not surprisingly, the death toll exploded, and during the resulting investigation, Cuomo testified to Congress.
And allegedly lied, for which a House committee referred him to the Department of Justice for investigation and prosecution.
The Joe Biden administration ignored it.
So now House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is asking the DOJ to revisit those charges.
Comer wrote that the original referral was in 2024 from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Cuomo was referred for "making criminally false statements…"
"The Biden administration ignored this referral despite clear facts and evidence," he said. "Accordingly, we request you review the referral and take appropriate action."
Even a devout leftist, New York Attorney General Letitia James, who orchestrated multiple cases against President Donald Trump, confirmed that Cuomo had misstated the COVID-related deaths in state nursing homes, by some 83%.
That scandal erupted in 2021 when the New York Post said Melissa DeRosa, an aide to Cuomo, privately apologized to lawmakers for state officials "withholding the nursing-home death toll in fear then-President Donald Trump would 'turn this into a giant political football,'" one report documented.
After Cuomo ordered the open doors policy for nursing homes, it is estimated that some 4,500 infected patients were moved into those facilities, with their COVID-susceptible populations.
A public policy center found that Cuomo's order was "associated with a statistically significant increase in resident deaths."
Comer has charged Cuomo "knowingly and willfully made false statements to Congress" about his own state's claim that underreported COVID deaths in New York nursing homes.
House members charged Cuomo was trying to avoid accountability for a surge in nursing home deaths, and for that reason lied to Congress about the situation.
"Andrew Cuomo is a man with a history of corruption and deceit, now caught red-handed lying to Congress during the Select Subcommittee's investigation into the COVID-19 nursing home tragedy in New York," Comer said. "This wasn't a slip-up — it was a calculated cover-up by a man seeking to shield himself from responsibility for the devastating loss of life in New York's nursing homes."
Investigations revealed more than 15,000 nursing home residents died due to COVID-19 during that time period.
Cuomo eventually resigned his office following a series of accusations that he sexually harassed many women.
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Rules its schemes violate the Sherman Act and have harmed consumers
In a blow to tech giant Google, a move that could be a prelude to a breakup of the giant money-making machine, a federal judge has concluded that it operates an illegal monopoly over two markets related to digital advertising tech.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia found that Google is in violation of the Sherman Act because it dominates the online publisher ad server market and the ad-exchange market that connects ad buyers to sellers.
A report from New York Post said the judge found that the corporation's antics "substantially harmed" customers.
The judge wrote, "Google further entrenched its monopoly power by imposing anticompetitive practices on its customers and eliminating desirable product features."
The ruling continued, "In addition to depriving rivals of the ability to compete, this exclusionary conduct substantially harmed Google's publisher customers, the competitive process, and, ultimately, consumers of information on the open web."
The report explained the Department of Justice has expressed the desire for the court to force Google to sell of its digital advertising operations, including Google Ad Manager.
"Remedies" will be taken up in a second phase of the trial.
Explained the Post, "The ruling is another major legal blow for Google. Last year, a federal judge ruled in a separate case that Google has an illegal monopoly over the online search market."
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PALM BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a harshly toned Easter greeting to his political enemies, including former President Joe Biden, whom he called a "Moron."
"Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well-known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country," Trump posted on Truth Social.
"Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten!
"Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America.
"He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing — But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!!"
With more uplifting messages, Trump issued separate holiday greetings for Christians commemorating the resurrection of Jesus.
"Melania and I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!" he exclaimed.
"Whether you are heading out to Church or watching Service from home, may this day be full of Peace and Joy for all who celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. HE IS RISEN!!"
He also said: We are, together, going to make America bigger, better, stronger, wealthier, healthier, and more religious than it has ever been before!!! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!"
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Joe Biden, after decades as a politician on some fairly good salaries in Washington, and after his family took in tens of millions of dollars in what appeared to be an influence peddling scheme during his time in office, now is a former president, and is trying to make a bit of income from giving speeches, like so many out-of-office politicos.
He's signed with an agency and outlined his demands: $300,000 per speech, plus a jet if travel is involved, plus expenses for a full staff to accompany him.
But, it seems, no one is buying.
A comment at the Gateway Pundit delivered a devastating assessment of Biden: "Apparently, there isn't much of a market for angry, yelling, incoherent babbling speeches from former presidents who have difficulty forming sentences."
It was the New York Post that revealed, "It's not just Biden family artwork that's struggling to sell these days. Former President Joe Biden's attempt to bill $300,000 per speaking appearance is finding few takers, The Post has learned — as some of his own former aides say it's time for the 82-year-old to leave the spotlight for good after reminiscing about 'colored kids' Tuesday in his first public address since leaving office."
Biden has established a reputation for telling wild and untrue stories during his days campaigning and in office.
His speeches typically feature long periods of mumbling, interspersed with sudden bouts of shouting and screaming.
"I'M NOT KIDDING" is a popular insert on just about any topic.
Biden has been known to call on dead people while speaking, and often insults listeners, once calling someone a "dog-faced pony soldier."
The Post reported that a source familiar with Biden's "faltering speaking career" confirmed the $300,000 price tag.
Biden has been represented since February by the Creative Artists Agency, and delivered his "first public speech since leaving office Tuesday, stumbling when he referred to 'colored kids,'" the report said.
He had spoken earlier, but nobody covered it.
The Post's source said, "CAA is having trouble booking gigs, which isn't surprising."
The report cited Biden's "history of peddling glaring inaccuracies before his political career came to a crashing end when he delivered incoherent debate remarks that prompted a Democratic mutiny."
The CAA declined to comment to the Post on the topic.
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The fight rages on over whether an illegal alien deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador can be extricated from that prison and returned to America.
El Salvador's president says no.
Further, whether judges in America can force President Trump to go into a foreign nation, retrieve one of its citizens from behind jail bars, and bring him back to America in a scenario that likely would lead to further deportation orders.
Amid all of this, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, traveled to El Salvador and insisted to officials there he had to meet with the inmate, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, pressuring them over and over until they relented and set up a photo opportunity.
Now, Trump is calling Van Hollen a "fool."
The Washington Examiner said Trump's comment on social media was, "Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!"
President Trump, citing the catastrophic damages to America from Joe Biden's years-long open borders scheme that allowed millions of illegal aliens, including known terrorists, to come into America, has made one of his term's goals to crack down on that activity.
He's literally closed off illegal aliens' paths into the U.S., and also has been working to deport as many as can be identified and captured.
Democrats, smarting from landslide losses in the Electoral College and popular vote in last fall's presidential election, have chosen to object to anything Trump does regarding national security.
As part of that, they have taken up the cause of Garcia, who was eligible for deportation but apparently had a court order that he should not go to El Salvador.
Van Hollen said, "I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return."
The Department of Homeland Security targeted Abrego Garcia for deportation due to his alleged MS-13 ties. On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi released 13 pages of police and immigration records on Garcia dating back to 2019, revealing suspicions against him of human trafficking, gang activity, and more.
A federal judge has claimed the Trump administration must "facilitate and effectuate" Garcia's return to the United States by April 7, a claim that is on appeal.
Eventually, the meeting was staged, and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele mocked the senator.
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the 'death camps' & 'torture', now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!"
Bukele added, "Now that he's been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador's custody."
The backlash for Van Hollen's advocacy for an illegal alien is expanding, too.
The American Accountability Foundation said it had filed an ethics complaint against him "for assisting a foreign terrorist organization with his trip to El Salvador."
"In our letter to Leader Thune, we demand that he instruct the secretary of the Senate not to foot the bill for Van Hollen's trip and wants the Senate Ethics Committee to open an immediate investigation," the organization said.
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At issue is the meaning of 14th Amendment's 'And subject to the jurisdiction thereof' clause
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the U.S. Constitution actually includes "birthright citizenship," the idea that any baby born on U.S. soil regardless of the legal or illegal status of the parents is a U.S. citizen … or not!
That has been the accepted standard for years now, but Trump, pointing out that there remain open questions about the meaning of one of the clauses in the amendment, moved another direction with his executive order.
He pointed out the 14th Amendment states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
At issue is the meaning of "And subject to the jurisdiction thereof."
He simply said that children born to illegal immigrants or those who are in the U.S. on temporary non-immigrant visas are not automatically citizens by birthright.
The court justices will hear arguments on the differing interpretations on May 15.
A report at Fox News explained the Trump administration reached out to the high court after lower courtrs refused to accept that interpretation of the Constitution.
The administration asked the court to allow a narrow version of the order to proceed.
This is another one of the situations where district judges, at the entry level into the federal court system, took on the authority to manage the executive branch decisions by themselves, with nationwide injunctions coming from judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state.
"Acting U.S. Solicitor General Sarah Harris asked the justices to limit the scope of the rulings to cover only individuals directly impacted by the relevant courts," the report explained.
"These cases – which involve challenges to the President's January 20, 2025 Executive Order concerning birthright citizenship – raise important constitutional questions with major ramifications for securing the border," Harris said.
Ultimately, nearly two dozen leftist states and organizations have sued.
Those political interests claim that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to people born on U.S. soil, no matter the circumstances.
Similar opposing arguments were presented to the high court during Trump's first term, when he barred immigration from countries that supported terrorism, and a long list of groups complained that he was unconstitutionally targeting "Muslim" countries.
In that case, the justices eventually affirmed Trump's policy.
This video shows Trump comment on the case the moment he heard the news it would be heard by the nation's highest court:
WND previously has reported that Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Trump's position.
"Courts are empowered by the Constitution to resolve cases and controversies, not to issue sweeping policy proclamations or manage the executive branch," Skrmetti said in a statement. "The American people are the ultimate source of authority and legitimacy for every branch of our government, and every court interpreting the Constitution must therefore adhere to the understanding of the voters who adopted the constitutional language.
"Undermining the sovereignty of the American people through judicial overreach threatens to alienate the people from our constitutional system and thereby cause grievous harm to liberty and public order. Our system depends on checks and balances and each branch of government, at both the federal and state levels, is by design intended to push back against overreach by the other branches. That tension between branches is how we prevent the concentration of undue power in any one place and thus keep Americans free. We look forward to the Supreme Court clarifying these fundamental issues and will continue to litigate strategically to advance the interests of Tennessee."
His announcement explained, "According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, over nine million illegal aliens have entered our country in just the past few years. After crossing the border, many illegal aliens have moved into interior states like Tennessee. This voluminous influx has caused significant strain on resources and poses ongoing economic, health, and public safety challenges for Tennessee and many other states. While lax border security in the past caused much of the problem, it was incentivized and compounded by an expansive interpretation of the Citizenship Clause which is not consistent with numerous sources contemporaneous with the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment."
It said, "The Supreme Court of the United States has never squarely addressed the scope of the Citizenship Clause, though government actors have for decades operated under the assumption that the clause guarantees birthright citizenship in almost all circumstances."
A decision that the "jurisdiction" clause limits those who are granted U.S. citizenship would be a huge weapon in the arsenal presidents have to protect the integrity of America's borders, the nation's security, and its citizens.
Tennessee's filing supports Trump's application to stay sweeping preliminary injunctions by multiple district courts in cases addressing birthright citizenship.
It stresses that courts should interpret the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution "in accordance with its original public meaning and should only exercise their judicial power within the confines of specific cases and controversies and consistent with principles of separation of powers."
Trump's Executive Order 14160, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," is his belief that there should be limits. Otherwise, the practice encourages a thriving "birth tourism" industry where illegals break into the U.S., give birth, then obtain public benefits through the status of that child.
The clause was ratified in 1869 and addressed the infamous Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott that denied citizenship to blacks.
Trump's argument is that the protections of citizenship do not automatically fall on children born of illegal aliens, or those who are in the nation of temporary visas, as there remain questions whether those are "subject to the jurisdiction."
Earlier, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost signed on to a brief supporting Trump's position. He joined 17 other Republican attorneys general to endorse the clarification that children born of illegals inside the United States do not qualify for automatic citizenship.
The states are harmed because such an agenda imposes costs on them.
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Cites 'the mass invasion of the country my ancestors built with their bare hands'
Perhaps sourcing some straightforward talk from his years growing up in the Appalachia, Vice President JD Vance Wednesday unloaded on an X user for her characterization of Trump supporters.
Jesse Singal had posted: "Joining the Trump bandwagon means you either need to be dumb or pretend to be dumb. JD Vance might have mortgaged his morality and his legacy, but he's not dumb. He doesn't actually think anyone's proposing 20 million [deportation] trials. Rather, he knows he has very, very dumb supporters."
The post was part of a thread critical of President Trump's effort to deport millions of illegal aliens and the deportation of Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
"I hate this smug, self-assured bullsh**," responded Vance, referring to the notion of: "I know I'm right, and people must be dumb or immoral to disagree with me."
"It's an easy way to go through life, because then you never have to think seriously about why your worldview is a justification for the mass invasion of the country my ancestors built with their bare hands."
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Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted out of the Pentagon Tuesday after being identified in an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense.
"The investigation remains ongoing," a U.S. official told Reuters.
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News confirmed the report, saying Caldwell "was escorted from the building, being investigated for 'unauthorized disclosure' of classified information."
"We can confirm the Reuters reporting is accurate, but we do not comment on ongoing investigations," a senior U.S. official told Fox News.
Reuters indicates a March 21 memo signed by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, requested an investigation into "recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications."
"Kasper's memo left open the possibility of a polygraph, although it was unclear if Caldwell was subjected to one," the report states.
Reuters says while Caldwell is not as high-profile as other Pentagon officials, he played a "critical role" in advising Hegseth.:
His importance was underscored in a leaked text chain on Signal disclosed by The Atlantic last month.
In it, Hegseth named Caldwell as the best staff point of contact for the National Security Council as it prepared for the launch of strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
Caldwell had drawn attention in Washington for past views that critics have called isolationist, but which advocates said sought to right-size America's defense priorities.
A Marine Corps veteran who deployed to Iraq, Caldwell was quoted saying before going to the Pentagon that America would have been better off if U.S. troops had just stayed home.
"I think the Iraq war was a monstrous crime," Caldwell told the Financial Times in December 2024.
He was also a skeptic of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine and advocated for U.S. retrenchment from Europe.
Caldwell has already locked down his X account, which now notes he works on "foreign policy, limited government and vets issues."
Caldwell is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Iraq War. He was deployed to Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following his military service, Caldwell worked for U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., from 2011 to 2013.
As WND reported last month, Hegseth launched fiercely into the Atlantic for continuing to claim war plans were mistakenly shared on Signal with the magazine's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.
"So, let's me get this straight," Hegseth posted on X.
"The Atlantic released the so-called 'war plans' and those 'plans' include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information.
"Those are some really sh*tty war plans.
"This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an 'attack plan' (as he now calls it). Not even close.
"As I type this, my team and I are traveling the INDOPACOM region, meeting with/ Commanders (the guys who make REAL 'war plans') and talking to troops.
"We will continue to do our job, while the media does what it does best: peddle hoaxes."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also jumped into the fray, saying: "The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans.'
"This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin."
Anna Bross, senior vice president for communications at the Atlantic, released a statement from the publication, indicating:
"Attempts to disparage and discredit The Atlantic, our editor, and our reporting follow an obvious playbook by elected officials and others in power who are hostile to journalists and the First Amendment rights of all Americans. Our journalists are continuing to fearlessly and independently report the truth in the public interest."
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A corporation wants to build a Muslim community in Texas, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is asking for a Department of Justice investigation to find out if there are violations of federal laws involved in the scheme.
The plan for the project, led by the East Plano Islamic Center in Josephine, Texas, is for the community to have single-family homes, townhomes, apartments, a mosque, a K-12 faith-based school, assisted living, and other things. And it would cater to Muslims.
In a letter to the DOJ, Cornyn asked for an investigation into whether the plans would violate the constitutional rights of Jewish and Christian residents by "prohibiting them from living in the community and discriminating against them."
The senator wrote to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and said, "Religious discrimination, whether explicit or implicit, is unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our nation's values, and I am concerned this community potentially undermines this vital protection."
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, the plan already has been investigated at the request of Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, but it was unclear what those results included.
Abbott, at one point, said, "To be clear, Sharia law is not allowed in Texas. Nor are Sharia cities."
At a recent public hearing on the plan, Texas resident Brandon Burder explained, "I have very grave concerns about the EPIC City project. First of all, under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, all citizens of the United States have the same right to purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real estate. Under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act, Congress passed a law prohibiting discrimination in housing based on race, color, national origin, or religion."
Project planners said they would abide by the Fair Housing Act, but also, "will conduct thorough individualized assessments of prospective buyers to ensure they align with our goals of safety and security."
The project earlier had stated, online, that it would "limit sales to only persons we believe will contribute to the overall makeup of our community and are legally eligible to invest and buy property in the United States."
Cornyn was blunt, in his letter, stating, "I am concerned that the Center, through its for-profit affiliated entity, is attempting to create an enclave that will discriminate on the basis of religion, and, further, is hiding this intent from the public."
County planners have not yet been given the paperwork needed to start an evaluation.
But the facts are that there are "no-go" zones across the United Kingdom, where Muslims have moved in, essentially taking over local governments, and making the regions unfriendly to anyone not a Muslim.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is warning Iran of U.S. military action if fresh talks fail to ensure the Islamic Republic does not have a nuclear weapon.
"President Trump is dead serious on this issue," Hegseth said on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel.
While calling the negotiations headed by Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, a "good step," Hegseth indicated the president is" also dead serious that if we can't figure this out at the negotiating table, then there are other options to include my department to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear bomb. We hope we never get there. We really do."
Meanwhile, the U.S. has been pounding Iran-backed Houthi rebels recently to stem the Islamic assault on American ships in the region.
"What we're doing with the Houthis and what we're doing in the region we've shown a capability to go far, to go deep, and to go big," Hegseth said.
"Again, we don't want to do that, but if we have to we will to prevent the nuclear bomb in Iran's hands."
Hegseth added he's hoping Iran gets the message with the recent U.S. strikes.
"We know Iran has taken a look at what's happening to the Houthis, and realized they don't want any part of it. That's because … we're dismantling the Houthis' capabilities. We're even hearing rumblings of them second-guessing what they're doing. Ultimately, we just want to open up our shipping lanes.
"It sends a very clear signal to Iran as well. You're not gonna mess with the United States. Iran, come to the table. Negotiate full dismantlement of your nuclear capabilities, and that doesn't have to be your future."
Hegseth also talked at length about Trump's efforts to take back control of the Panama Canal from increasing Chinese influence.
"China's influence cannot control our own backyard, especially a critical waterway, a key terrain like the Panama Canal," he said.
After traveling to Panama this past week, Hegseth announced a two-part deal:
1. U.S. military and auxiliary vessels will travel first and free through the canal.
2. A formal agreement with Panama to reestablish a permanent U.S. presence.
"Fort Sherman will reopen jointly with the Panamanians, a jungle school, and we're going to have a larger U.S. presence – at the invitation of Panama – working with them to keep the Communist Chinese out," Hegseth indicated Sunday.
"If we can't use that waterway in a key contingency, then China has an advantage. Other presidents have allowed us. We've been sort of asleep at the wheel."
"The Communist Chinese want to control politicians, they're building infrastructure projects, they want to surveil. They want to take that canal. President Trump says not on our watch, and we're fighting back.
"They're building a tunnel underneath the canal they're paying for, what could that be used for? Surveillance of submarines? Of ships? Bridges over the top. Cranes … with antennas all over them. What are those used to do?"
When asked by Bartiromo about the large amount of signage in the Chinese language in the Canal Zone, Hegseth replied: "By now, they're removing a lot of that signage, but removing signage is not enough. You've got to remove the insidious influence."