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IRS whistleblower says ‘most substantive felony charges were left off the table’ in Hunter Biden probe

An IRS whistleblower said critical steps in the federal investigation into Hunter Biden were put “on the back burner” as the 2020 presidential election approached and stressed that “the most substantive felony charges were left off the table,” while doubling down on his claim that that the entirety of the Justice Department’s probe into the president’s son was influenced by politics. Whistleblower Gary Shapley Jr.

Biden says he met with China’s Xi ’68 times’ and ‘turned in all my notes’ during tenure as VP

President Biden says he “spent a lot of time with” Chinese President Xi Jinping during his tenure as vice president, sometimes alone. The remarks from Biden about his encounters with the top Chinese politician came during a speech he delivered from Chicago on Wednesday about “Bidenomics,” a term pushed by the White House that pertains to the president’s economic agenda.

Fox News Poll: Voter trust & confidence in institutions hits rock-bottom

Confidence in U.S. institutions such as the FBI, Supreme Court and Congress has been on a steady decline since 2017 and is now reaching record lows. More broadly, less than a third of voters trust the federal government – a 20-year low. That’s according to the latest Fox News Poll of registered voters released Wednesday. Six years ago, record numbers had faith in the FBI (80%) and the high court (83%), and over half trusted Congress (53%).

Trump says he’s ‘proud to be the most pro-life president’ in US history on anniversary of Roe v. Wade overturn

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday says he was proud to be “the most pro-life president” in U.S. history as religious conservatives marked the first anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade. Trump was speaking before the Faith & Freedom Coalition Gala in Washington D.C., and noted that he was speaking on the one year anniversary of the Dobbs v Jackson ruling.

Federal judge blocks Florida ban on minors attending drag shows

A U.S. judge on Friday blocked a new Florida law restricting drag performances, the third time this month federal courts have enjoined laws backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that concern gender or LGBTQ matters. In all three cases, the issues supported by DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, lost on grounds the laws appear to infringe on people’s constitutional rights. In Friday’s decision, U.S.

New York City spent $50K to send migrants to Florida, Texas, China: report

New York City spent approximately $50,000 in a one-year period to resettle dozens of migrants in different parts of the U.S. — including Florida and Texas — as well as other countries, including South American nations and even China. The city spent $50,000 between April 2022 and April 2023 to rehouse 114 migrant households to states across the country, according to data obtained by Politico. The top three states were Florida (28 households), Texas (14) and North Carolina (6).

New York Gov. Hochul greenlights abortion pill prescriptions for nonresidents

A law to protect doctors in New York who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states where the procedure is outlawed was signed Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said the measure would serve women living in states with bans. Coming a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, the law bars New York officials from cooperating with certain legal actions initiated in states where abortion is banned, such as arrests or extraditions.

Vivek Ramaswamy promotes anti-wokeness on Capitol Hill — but leaves with no endorsements

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was on Capitol Hill on Thursday, courting conservative lawmakers with his “anti-woke” platform as the crowded 2024 Republican primary heats up. Ramaswamy attended a roundtable held by the House Anti-Woke Caucus led by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., which also included conservative members like Reps. Kevin Hern, R-Okla.; Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo.; Kat Cammack, R-Fla.; and Mike Waltz, R-Fla., among others.

DOJ told IRS not to interview Joe Biden’s grandchildren in Hunter probe to avoid ‘hot water’: whistleblower

IRS whistleblowers told Congress that a Justice Department official dissuaded investigators from talking to President Biden’s grandchildren as part of the federal probe into Hunter Biden to avoid getting into “hot water.”  On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee released transcripts of interviews with two IRS whistleblowers who claim decisions made during the probe by DOJ, FBI and IRS officials seemed to be “influenced by politics.

Hunter Biden-linked account received $5 million days after threatening messages: ‘Sitting here with my father’

A bank account linked to President Biden’s son Hunter Biden received more than $5 million in August 2017, shortly after his threatening messages — in which he said he was “sitting here” with his father — to a Chinese associate revealed this week by an IRS whistleblower, according to documents released by congressional investigators. On Aug.

Biden allies open fire on RFK Jr. as president struggles to unite Democrats

Democrats supporting President Biden are more openly attacking presidential challenger Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the president struggles to unite the blue party behind him. Several Biden-backing operatives have opened fire on Kennedy amid online drama between him, podcast host Joe Rogan, Twitter owner Elon Musk, and Baylor College of Medicine tropical medicine dean Dr. Peter Hotez.

Biden attends Silicon Valley fundraiser hosted by billionaire who traveled to Jeffrey Epstein’s island

President Biden attended a fundraiser Monday hosted by a tech billionaire recently discovered to have traveled to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in 2014. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman hosted Monday’s fundraiser on behalf of Biden’s re-election campaign and in support of the Biden Victory Fund at the private residence of Shannon Hunt-Scott and Kevin Scott in Los Gatos, California.

Former Navy officer, US congressman calls for deployment of nuclear sub to search for missing Titanic tour

EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. congressman who served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy is calling for the force to take action in the search for a missing tourist submersible destined for the wreckage of the Titanic that disappeared on Sunday. “I have 500 days at sea on a submarine, so my heart really goes out to the missing crewmen and their families. The United States Navy needs to step up and do everything possible to help locate that submarine as quickly as possible,” Rep.

Mayor Bowser’s former chief of staff sexually harassed staffer, report reveals

The now-resigned chief of staff to District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser sexually harassed a female staffer, according to a report released Saturday by the mayor’s office. The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel (MOLC) opened an investigation in March into the Bowser’s then-chief of staff and deputy mayor for planning and economic development, John Falcicchio, after receiving a letter that alleged sexual harassment.

ICE nabs illegal immigrant convicted for child sex offense, who escaped after parole release in Illinois

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it had arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant who was convicted of sexual assault of a child, but was put on parole and later escaped monitoring. The unnamed Mexican national was convicted in Cook County, Illinois, in 2019 and sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. But in April, he was paroled on electronic monitoring.

Biden says I-95 repair is top priority for government; Dem governor says it can be done within two weeks

President Biden on Saturday pledged the federal government’s full support for reconstruction efforts in Pennsylvania after a portion of Interstate 95 near Philadelphia collapsed last weekend. The president delivered remarks at the Philadelphia airport after taking an aerial tour of the damage on I-95, where a tanker truck caught fire below an overpass causing the collapse last weekend. A delegation of Pennsylvania officials was with the president, including Democratic Gov.

GOP senators demand Biden comply with COVID origins transparency law as deadline approaches

EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican senators are demanding President Biden comply with the COVID origins bill he signed into law earlier this year, which requires the declassification of all information pertaining to the links between a Chinese lab and the origin of COVID-19. The Biden administration has yet to act on the requirements laid out in the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 despite the deadline for the declassification – June 18 – quickly approaching.

VP Biden’s Ukraine trip came 3 days before holiday party with Hunter, Rosemont Seneca execs

Hunter Biden and his business partners with ties to Burisma attended a December 2015 holiday party hosted by the then-vice president Biden just a few days after he returned from his famous trip to Ukraine, where he threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid if the country’s leaders did not fire their top prosecutor, according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital.

These 20 Republicans saved Adam Schiff from censure over Trump-Russia ‘lies’

Twenty Republicans in the House of Representatives sided with most Democrats Wednesday in voting to set aside a resolution that would have censured Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for insisting that former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. The 225-196 vote effectively killed the resolution introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and included two other Republican lawmakers voting “present” along with five Democrats.

Arkansas Gov. Sanders heads to Europe for first overseas trade mission since assuming office

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is heading to Europe on her first overseas trade mission since taking office this year. Sanders, a Republican, said she planned to meet with aerospace industry leaders at the Paris Air Show during the trip. She also planned to meet with American, British, French and German business executives to make the case for investing in Arkansas, Sanders said in a statement released Wednesday.

TikTok and Instagram influencers top list of trusted news sources for today’s youth: report

The next generation is trusting their news-gathering and fact-checking to TikTok and Instagram personalities rather than mainstream media and journalists, according to a report.A study conducted for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, part of Britain’s University of Oxford, found 55% of TikTok users and 52% of Instagram users get their news from “personalities” on the respective platforms.

Senate urged to punish US companies that help China build its AI-driven ‘surveillance state’

U.S. companies that give China artificial intelligence-driven technology to violate the human rights of its citizens need to be punished by Congress with prison terms for U.S. executives, a witness told senators in a hearing Tuesday. Geoffrey Cain, senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, warned at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing that AI is helping to power China’s growing “surveillance state” and said U.S.