Editorial

Elite Team Of Border Patrol Agents Nabbed Texas Shooting Suspect

Elite Team Of Border Patrol Agents Nabbed Texas Shooting Suspect Jennie Taer on May 2, 2023 The elite tactical Border Patrol unit nabbed a man believed to be responsible for the killing of five people in Cleveland, Texas, a Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) agent confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation late Tuesday. San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon said authorities arrested a man believed to be Francisco Oropesa, 38, in Cut and Shoot, Texas, according to NBC. Oropesa, who is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, allegedly conducted an “execution style” killing of his neighbors, Sonia Argentina Guzman,

Read more

Texas Shooting Suspect Apprehended By Police After Extensive Manhunt

Texas Shooting Suspect Apprehended By Police After Extensive Manhunt Jennie Taer on May 2, 2023 Authorities arrested the man believed to be responsible for the killing of five people, including an eight-year-old boy in Cleveland, Texas Friday, NBC News reported late Tuesday. San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon said a man believed to be Francisco Oropesa, 38, was arrested in Cut and Shoot, Texas, according to NBC. Police are still waiting to confirm the identity of the individual, who was put in Montgomery County Jail and charged with first-degree murder. This story is breaking and will be updated accordingly.

Read more

STEPHEN MOORE: Who Turned The Lights Out? Joe Biden

STEPHEN MOORE: Who Turned The Lights Out? Joe Biden Stephen Moore on May 2, 2023 Does the radical climate change agenda know no end? Earlier this year, it was gas stoves — and then lightbulbs. Then, a few weeks ago, President Joe Biden’s administration announced much less gas cars after 2032. Even though about half of Americans say they don’t want an electric car and only 6% of drivers are buying them. But that was child’s play compared to the latest Biden scheme to shut down as many as half our electric power plants across the country. These are the

Read more

Glenn Youngkin Reveals Whether He Has Presidential Ambitions ‘This Year’

Glenn Youngkin Reveals Whether He Has Presidential Ambitions ‘This Year’ Mary Lou Masters on May 2, 2023 Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday that he is not running for president “this year.” Youngkin, who has been the subject of significant speculation that he would enter the growing field of GOP presidential candidates for 2024, told The Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker at a panel held by the Milken Institute that he would not be running for president “this year.” The governor said he remains focused on the state’s legislative elections, where he hopes to gain a Republican supermajority. “Are

Read more

Students At California College Told To Shelter In Place After Third Stabbing In A Week

Students At California College Told To Shelter In Place After Third Stabbing In A Week Alexa Schwerha on May 2, 2023 The University of California, Davis advised students to stay inside early Tuesday morning as police searched for a suspect involved in the third stabbing near the campus in less than a week, according to a university announcement. A shelter in place order was issued around 1 a.m. PDT for local residents while police searched for “a light complected male with curly hair, 5’6 to 5’9 tall, thin build wearing a black or blue sweatshirt, black adidas pants with white

Read more

Nancy Pelosi Asks For $10 Million Earmark To Bankroll Green Conservancy, Upgrade ‘MLK Fountain’

Nancy Pelosi Asks For $10 Million Earmark To Bankroll Green Conservancy, Upgrade ‘MLK Fountain’ Arjun Singh on May 2, 2023 Former House Speaker and Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California requested $10 million to fund a green conservancy in her district using an earmark. The project – known as the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy renovations – seeks to fund upgrades to a three-block park in downtown San Francisco known as the Yerba Buena Gardens. According to the proposal on Pelosi’s website, the funds will cover the improvement of the “MLK Fountain, the playground and ancillary spaces, [and] upgrade the wayfinding

Read more

Blue States Lost Billions In Revenue As Americans Fled To Texas And Florida

Blue States Lost Billions In Revenue As Americans Fled To Texas And Florida Laurel Duggan on May 2, 2023 Democrat-led states including California and New York hemorrhaged residents to red states like Florida and Texas and subsequently lost billions of dollars in tax revenue in 2020, according to a Wirepoints analysis of IRS migration data. California lost 332,000 residents to outmigration, along with $29.1 billion in revenue, while New York lost 262,000 people and $24.5 billion, according to Wirepoints. The report used 2020 and 2019 tax returns to analyze movement between states from 2019 to 2020. Behind California and New

Read more

‘Let Down’: Marines Scramble To Find Ships For Sudan Evacuation As Pentagon Ignores Request For Bigger Fleet

‘Let Down’: Marines Scramble To Find Ships For Sudan Evacuation As Pentagon Ignores Request For Bigger Fleet Micaela Burrow on May 2, 2023 The Marine Corps is using two substitute ship classes to help the State Department evacuate people from conflict-ridden Sudan, which service leaders say is yet another reason the Navy should grant their request for more fast-deploying amphibious warships, U.S. Naval Institute News reported. The Navy does not have enough ships to operate an aircraft carrier group or amphibious readiness group in the Middle East, leaving the Marine Corps scrambling to find alternatives for a sea-based evacuation route,

Read more

The Biden Admin Just Made America’s Biggest Bank Even Bigger

The Biden Admin Just Made America’s Biggest Bank Even Bigger Jason Cohen on May 2, 2023 Federal Regulators made a deal with JPMorgan Chase to acquire First Republic Bank, allowing the biggest bank in the United States to grow and leading to worries about concentration in the sector, economists told the DCNF JPMorgan Chase acquired all of First Republic’s $92 billion in deposits and the substantial majority of its hundreds of billions in assets after already having $3.7 trillion in assets and $2.4 trillion in deposits as of March 31. “The purchase of First Republic Bank by JPMorgan Chase increases

Read more

Blue State Teachers Union President Orders Staff To Stop Wearing Pro-Gay Badges After Parental Backlash

Michigan Teachers Union Halts Use of Pro-Gay Badges Amid Parental Opposition Following backlash from parents and community members, the president of the Fenton Education Association (FEA) in Michigan instructed staff to stop wearing “equality” badges featuring the pride flag, transgender flag, and Black Lives Matter symbol. The decision, announced by FEA President Sarah Foster during a school board meeting, aims to address concerns over harassment and divisiveness. The badges, which were initially introduced to promote inclusivity, sparked intense debate during an April 10 school board meeting attended by over 200 residents. Parents argued that the symbols were age-inappropriate and culturally

Read more

Dem Rep To Challenge Republican Heavyweight In 2024 Senate Race

Dem Rep To Challenge Republican Heavyweight In 2024 Senate Race Mary Lou Masters on May 2, 2023 Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred is preparing a Senate run against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, according to Politico. Allred, who was a former NFL player before becoming an attorney, has been elected twice to Congress since he unseated Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, according to Politico. The congressman is expected to announce his candidacy for Cruz’ Senate seat as early as this week. The congressman has racked up several leadership positions in the House, including being a member of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California’s team,

Read more

Washington Post Misses Key Detail In Story On Abortion Pills Case Judge: REPORT

Washington Post Misses Key Detail In Story On Abortion Pills Case Judge: REPORT Katelynn Richardson on May 2, 2023 A Washington Post story alleging Northern District of Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who recently ruled to suspend access to the abortion pill, took his name off a law review article misses the fact that he did not write the article, The Washington Free Beacon reported. The Post claims in an April 15 story that Kacsmaryk, at the time deputy general counsel for First Liberty Institute, removed his name from a 2017 law review article on religious exemptions for abortion and transgender

Read more

Manchin Unveils Sweeping Permitting Reform Bill Again After Bipartisan Opposition Doomed Previous Attempt

Manchin Unveils Sweeping Permitting Reform Bill Again After Bipartisan Opposition Doomed Previous Attempt John Hugh DeMastri on May 2, 2023 Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Tuesday introduced legislation to reform the permitting process for energy and mining projects, after a similar proposal of his failed to pass last year. The legislation — known as the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023 —would implement a two-year limit on environmental reviews for energy projects, have the president designate 25 high-priority energy projects for expedited permitting and secure permits to conclude the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300 mile

Read more

Biden Admin To Deploy Troops To Southern Border Amid Expected Migrant Surge

Biden Admin To Deploy Troops To Southern Border Amid Expected Migrant Surge Micaela Burrow on May 2, 2023 The Pentagon is sending a contingent of troops to the southern border to reinforce Customs and Border Protection (CBP) missions ahead of an expected surge in migrant entrances later this month, a U.S. official confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Department of Homeland Security requested the Pentagon’s assistance as Title 42, a Trump-era authority implemented in the wake of COVID-19 is scheduled to sunset on May 11, opening the way for thousands of migrants who would formerly be subject to

Read more

‘He Would Still Be With Us’: Victims Sue Parole Board That Released Violent Criminals Who Allegedly Went On To Kill

‘He Would Still Be With Us’: Victims Sue Parole Board That Released Violent Criminals Who Allegedly Went On To Kill Trevor Schakohl on May 2, 2023 Crime victims and their families filed a lawsuit Monday against Utah corrections authorities, claiming they wrongly released and failed to properly monitor violent offenders who subsequently committed homicide and other serious crimes, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The lawsuit alleges the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole granted parole to men who subsequently violated it and killed Linda Nemelka, Shandon Scott, Farrell Bartschi and Sandra Robles, the outlet reported. It claims other convicts

Read more

House GOP Introduces Border Security Bill To Address ‘Crisis’ Ahead Of Trump-Era Expulsion Order’s End

House GOP Introduces Border Security Bill To Address ‘Crisis’ Ahead Of Trump-Era Expulsion Order’s End Jennie Taer on May 2, 2023 House Republicans introduced their border security bill Tuesday that seeks to restrict illegal immigration and increase law enforcement capabilities along the southern border. The 213-page bill, known as the “Secure the Border Act of 2023,” includes construction of a wall along the southern border, additional personnel for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and asylum reform. Republicans introduced the bill before an expected surge in illegal immigration at the southern border, when Title 42, the Trump-era public health order

Read more

‘What Did You Find Out?’: GOP Senator Stumps Biden’s Interior Secretary With Questions About Major Wind Project

‘What Did You Find Out?’: GOP Senator Stumps Biden’s Interior Secretary With Questions About Major Wind Project John Hugh DeMastri on May 2, 2023 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland failed seven times to answer questions from Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho about her knowledge of a major wind project in the state, in a Senate Energy Committee Meeting Tuesday. At one point, the secretary said that she did not have a “complete readout” of what the department knew, prompting the frustrated senator to interrupt her demanding that she “[g]imme an incomplete readout!” The Lava Ridge project has been fiercely opposed

Read more

E.V. OSMENT: Dear Dobbs Leaker — Congrats! You Failed Miserably

E.V. OSMENT: Dear Dobbs Leaker — Congrats! You Failed Miserably E.V. Osment on May 2, 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was fond of saying, “At the Supreme Court, those who know don’t talk, and those who talk don’t know.” RBG clearly underestimated what you were capable of, dear leaker. Exactly one year ago, you chose to break your oath and trample your colleagues by stealing and releasing all 98 pages of Justice Alito’s Dobbs draft opinion, sending it to your comrades-in-leak at Politico. An action done in the dark. And a first for the Supreme Court, as no draft decision in

Read more

ACLU Tells School Board It Has A ‘Legal Obligation’ To Conceal Students’ Gender Transitions

ACLU Tells School Board It Has A ‘Legal Obligation’ To Conceal Students’ Gender Transitions Reagan Reese on May 2, 2023 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island advised a school board that it has a “legal obligation” to keep student’s gender transitions a secret, according to a Monday letter. The ACLU of Rhode Island warned the Smithfield School Committee, despite it being on the board’s meeting agenda, not to revisit the district’s “Transgender, Gender Non[con]forming, and Transitioning Students Policy,” which does not require educators to notify parents if a student has changed genders at school, according to a letter. The

Read more

Dem Rep Earmarks $1.4 Million For ‘Social Justice’ Activist Center

Dem Rep Earmarks $1.4 Million For ‘Social Justice’ Activist Center Arjun Singh on May 2, 2023 A left-wing Congressman is asking for a $1.4 million earmark that will fund an activism center for “social justice” in New York City. Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York, who represents parts of Manhattan and the Bronx, submitted a request for the funds to the House Appropriations Committee in advance of the markup for budgetary legislation. The money, intended for the “St. Luke AME Center for Peace and Social Justice,” would be used to fund a “co-working space for community organizations, and innovation

Read more

DeSantis Signs Legislation Cracking Down On ‘Woke Ideology’ In The Financial Sector

DeSantis Signs Legislation Cracking Down On ‘Woke Ideology’ In The Financial Sector Mary Lou Masters on May 2, 2023 Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Tuesday to combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) from infiltrating the state’s financial businesses, according to a press release. House Bill 3 holds that state and local financial decisions must be based solely on monetary factors, and not by way of ESG standards, which “inject[s] woke political ideology across the financial sector, placing politics above the fiduciary duty to make the best financial decisions for beneficiaries,” according to the press release. DeSantis enacted the

Read more

New GOP Border Security Bill Would Bar Migrants From Using Arrest Warrants As IDs At Airports

New GOP Border Security Bill Would Bar Migrants From Using Arrest Warrants As IDs At Airports Jennie Taer on May 2, 2023 The new Republican border security bill introduced Tuesday would bar migrants from using certain arrest warrants as identification at airports in order to travel via commercial airline flights. The Daily Caller News Foundation first reported in January 2022 that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was allowing migrants to use certain administrative arrest warrants to travel. The revelation came in a letter TSA Administrator David Pekoske sent to Republican Texas Rep. Lance Gooden at the time, in which he

Read more

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Found Guilty Of Aiding Murder Of George Floyd

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Found Guilty Of Aiding Murder Of George Floyd Lorenzo Prieto on May 2, 2023 Tou Thao, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of his role in the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, according to court documents. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill announced the decision late Monday night, stating that Thao was guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter and that his sentencing will take place on August 7, according to court documents. The conviction of Thao happened three years after Floyd’s death, which sparked violent nationwide protests lasting for several months. On

Read more

‘You’re Telling Me We Have Too Many Jobs?’: Josh Hawley Rips Interior Secretary’s Rationale For Shutting Down US Mines

‘You’re Telling Me We Have Too Many Jobs?’: Josh Hawley Rips Interior Secretary’s Rationale For Shutting Down US Mines John Hugh DeMastri on May 2, 2023 Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri berated Biden-appointed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for insinuating that workers should not be concerned about her department’s decision to block a major mining project because there were other blue collar jobs available. The exchange occurred as the two discussed the Interior Department’s decision to impose a moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters Area watershed in Minnesota, essentially killing the proposed Twin Metals mine, which would primarily extract copper and

Read more

‘Pay The Price’: Dems Hear List Of Their Party’s Threats Against Conservative SCOTUS Justices At Ethics Hearing

‘Pay The Price’: Dems Hear List Of Their Party’s Threats Against Conservative SCOTUS Justices At Ethics Hearing Katelynn Richardson on May 2, 2023 Republicans highlighted Democrats’ history of making statements attempting to intimidate the Supreme Court during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court ethical standards. “I want to tell you, Gorsuch; I want to tell you, Kavanaugh; You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Supreme Court steps in 2020. Sen. John Kennedy noted

Read more