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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation WH to Supreme Court: Rein in Judges Blocking Trump's Agenda  The White House blasted "activist" federal judges and called on the U.S. Supreme Court to rein them in on Wednesday as President Donald Trump and his allies escalated their attacks against judges who have ruled against his administration. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters it was incumbent upon the Supreme Court to take action against judges who "are acting erroneously." "We have judges who are acting as partisan activists from the bench. They are trying to dictate policy from the president of the United States. They are trying to clearly slow walk this administration's agenda, and it's unacceptable," she said.
DeSantis proposes solution as Trump's agenda is stymied by judges  As aspects of President Donald Trump's agenda are stymied by judges amid legal challenges, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested that Congress could strip federal courts of jurisdiction. "Congress has the authority to strip jurisdiction of the federal courts to decide these cases in the first place. The sabotaging of President Trump’s agenda by ‘resistance’ judges was predictable — why no jurisdiction-stripping bills tee’d up at the onset of this Congress?" DeSantis wrote in a Wednesday post on X. When someone responded by asking how Republicans could accomplish this without 60 votes in the Senate, DeSantis replied, "Attach it to a ‘must pass' bill…" Lia Thomas former teammates react to UPenn federal funding pause amid Trump's vow to enforce Title IX 'They have knowingly stolen opportunities and awards from women, placed women in physical danger, and facilitated the sexual harassment of female student athletes,' a joint statement reads  President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up its crackdown on trans athlete inclusion in women's sports, and many women impacted by the issue are speaking out in support. After the administration paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, which FOX Business exclusively reported Wednesday, many of the women who had to compete alongside former transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas have spoken out in celebration of the funding pause. Three of Thomas' former UPenn teammates, Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist, provided a joint statement to Fox News Digital, via the Independent Council for Women's Sports (ICONS) praising the Trump administration's action. Trump: Fed Should Cut Rates  President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve would be better off cutting rates "as U.S. tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy." His admonition came Wednesday, after the Fed kept interest rates unchanged while the central bank and investors continue to assess how Trump's tariff policies might affect economic growth. The Fed also forecast slower economic growth and higher inflation. There was substantial disagreement among policymakers about the appropriate path of policy, pointing to uncertainty among members over how to handle the effects of the Trump administration's policies. Intelligence Shared With White House Shows Ukrainians Not 'Encircled' in Kursk  Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk have lost ground in recent days but are not encircled by Russian forces, contrary to recent comments by President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to three U.S. and European officials familiar with their governments' intelligence assessments. U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA, have shared that assessment with the White House over the past week, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter said. However, Trump has continued to claim that Ukrainian troops are surrounded in western Russia's Kursk region. The U.S. and European intelligence assessments show that Ukrainian troops have faced intense pressure from Russian forces but they are not completely surrounded, the officials said.
FBI agent who has criticized the bureau arrested on charges of sharing confidential information  An FBI agent who has previously criticized the bureau was arrested this week on charges of illegally disclosing classified information, according to court records filed Tuesday. Johnathan Buma, who has worked for the FBI for 15 years, allegedly printed copies of confidential FBI documents and messages and later shared the material with associates as part of a draft of a book he was writing on his time in the bureau. He was arrested Monday at a departure gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as he was waiting to board an international flight, court records said. House Democrats' Calls for Schumer to Step Aside Grow  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's fellow Democrats in the chamber aren't yet publicly calling for him to step aside, but in the House, calls are climbing against him after he supported the House Republicans' continuing resolution to keep the government open. On Tuesday, Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., when asked at a town hall Tuesday whether the New York Democrat should "retire or step down," nodded yes, Axios reported Wednesday. At a town hall Tuesday, Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., also called on Schumer to resign as leader, and the liberal group Indivisible agreed. Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Hit Multiple Homes, Killing 58 Palestinians  Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to three hospitals. The strikes hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women, and children as they slept. Hours later, the Israeli military restored a blockade on northern Gaza, including Gaza City, that it had maintained for most of the war. It warned residents against using the main highway to enter or leave the north and said only passage to the south would be allowed on the coastal road. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to what remains of their homes in the north after a ceasefire took hold in January. Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering the truce that had facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages. Israel blamed the renewed fighting on Hamas because the militant group rejected a new proposal that departed from their signed agreement. Hegseth: Pentagon Appealing Block of Trans Military Ban  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is appealing a judge's ruling that temporarily blocked the U.S. military from enforcing the Trump administration's ban on transgender people from serving in the armed forces. "We are appealing this decision, and we will win," Hegseth said in a post to X on Wednesday. President Donald Trump on Jan. 27 issued an executive order recognizing two sexes. In response, the Pentagon said on Feb. 11 that it would no longer allow transgender people to join the military. On Feb. 26, the Pentagon issued a memo directing military leadership to begin identifying transgender service members within 30 days and initiating "separation actions" within 60 days. Miranda Devine: Trump is fighting a cartel of vile, corrupt and far-left judges trying to kill his campaign promises If you ever doubted that Washington’s corrupt cartel of Democratic law firms, judges, NGOs, and deep-state bureaucrats is a machine designed to thwart the Trump administration, just watch as judge after judge blocks the president’s ability to keep his campaign promises. It may not be brown paper bags changing hands, but this lawfare that defies the people’s will is every bit as corrupt. It will be up to the Supreme Court to define the limits of presidential authority, but Chief Justice John Roberts’ preemptive scolding of Trump for musing about judicial impeachment doesn’t bode well for the president. Trump won a resounding mandate in the November election, winning every swing state, the popular vote and both houses of Congress. Many federal judges are overstepping their power, but 'impeachment!' is not the answer Justices and judges are always going to make mistakes, but the answer is in the appeals system and eventual reconsideration of bad precedents By Hugh Hewitt Many federal district court judges are issuing imprudent and obviously politicized decisions to block early actions by President Trump and his team on many fronts, even though Trump ran on a very specific agenda and won an overwhelming victory. The judges, of course, will say they don’t care about elections but about the law and the constitution, but it sure feels like "the Resistance in Robes." Some rulings are so wrong that even their beneficiaries give up before higher courts return to their cases, e.g. "Special Counsel" Hampton Dellinger, who was appointed to the obscure post in the vast civil service bureaucracy during the late Biden Regency and was confirmed in the job in February of last year. Trump fired Dellinger early on in Term 2 —and it is settled law that it is Trump’s right to do just that— but Dellinger made a play for a district court order preventing the firing…and got one from U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C.! "The Special Counsel is supposed to withstand the winds of political change and help ensure that no government servant of either party becomes the subject of prohibited employment practices or faces reprisals for calling out wrongdoing — by holdovers from a previous administration or by officials of the new one," Jackson wrote in her decision. |
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