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Bessent: Weekly Iran Bank Sanctions, “Financial Violence” if Necessary
World NewsEconomy & BusinessAugust 31, 2026

Bessent: Weekly Iran Bank Sanctions, “Financial Violence” if Necessary

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the United States will roll out new secondary sanctions against Iran on a weekly basis, starting with banks, and told the Associated Press the campaign will amount to “financial violence if we have to.” The comments came in...

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci delivers remarks during a coronavirus update briefing Thursday, April 16, 2020
HealthPolitics & ElectionsAugust 31, 2026

Newly Released Fauci Memos: “Delete This Email” and a Push to Steer Intel Toward a Natural COVID Origin

By Tommy Flynn

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul released additional records over the weekend showing Dr. Anthony Fauci, on at least five occasions spanning 2009 to 2020, telling federal colleagues to delete emails after reading them. The same package describes Fauci pointing CIA and...

A Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agent conducts operations at the Interstate 8 Checkpoint near Yuma, AZ. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Jerry Glaser
US NewsImmigration & BorderAugust 31, 2026

CBP Arrests 95 Illegal-Alien Truckers in Arizona; Most Held California CDLs

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector arrested 95 illegal-alien commercial drivers during an Aug. 10–14 operation, CBP told Fox News Digital. All 95 held state-issued commercial driver’s licenses: 76 from California, six from New York, and the rest from a handful of other states....

New Hersey Governor Mikie Sherrill held a press conference on the over 6600 non-citizens registered to vote.
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 31, 2026

House GOP Moves Toward Hearings and Subpoenas After Sherrill’s Reply on 6,600 Noncitizen Registrations

By Tommy Flynn

House Republicans say they will hold Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee hearings and are preparing possible subpoenas after Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s written reply to a 12-question congressional inquiry into how thousands of people who identified themselves as noncitizens were placed...

Fajr-5 MLRS missile launcher.
US NewsWorld NewsAugust 31, 2026

U.S. Hits IRGC Mine-Rocket Launchers on Larak Island; Iran Fires on American Bases in Jordan

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. forces struck two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launchers on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday after Central Command said Guard units were preparing to fire rockets loaded with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. It was the first publicly acknowledged American strike on...

Judge's Gavel
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 30, 2026

11th Circuit Vacates Georgia Map Defeat After Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling

By Tommy Flynn

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 25 vacated a 2023 district-court judgment that struck down Georgia’s 2021 congressional and legislative maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and sent the cases back to U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones. A three-judge panel...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in July 2025.
World NewsEconomy & BusinessAugust 30, 2026

Bessent Heads to G20 With Iran Sanctions, Growth, and Bond Yields on the Table

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosts G20 finance ministers and central bank governors Monday and Tuesday in Asheville, North Carolina, the first major gathering of the group under U.S. chairmanship after Washington largely sat out last year’s South Africa-led process. A senior...

Beef cattle in a feedlot in New Mexico
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 30, 2026

Trump Orders a Legal Path for Ranchers to Process Their Own Beef

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump said Friday he is authorizing legal documents so farmers and ranchers can process their own food, aiming at what he called a “nasty monopoly” among the four companies that handle about 85 percent of U.S. meat processing. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said...

Vote Here sign
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 29, 2026

California Lets New Voters Register Without a License or SSN — Then Accepts Gym and Insurance Cards at the Polls

By Tommy Flynn

California’s live voter-registration form still lets an applicant check that they have neither a California driver’s license or state ID nor a Social Security number. Official Secretary of State guidance says those first-time federal voters who registered by mail or online...

DOJ Sues Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Crime & CourtsEducationAugust 29, 2026

DOJ Sues Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens

By Tommy Flynn

The Justice Department filed four complaints Thursday challenging state laws that give in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens while denying the same rates to U.S. citizens who live out of state. The targets are Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. Associate...

Treasury Drafts Reviews That Could Strip Tax-Exempt Status From Soros Network, SPLC, and CAIR
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 29, 2026

Treasury Drafts Reviews That Could Strip Tax-Exempt Status From Soros Network, SPLC, and CAIR

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS are preparing reviews that could revoke 501(c)(3) status for Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, three people familiar with the matter told the New York Post....

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 29, 2026

Judge Declines Immediate Block on Trump’s New Birthright-Citizenship Order

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman on Friday refused to issue a temporary restraining order against President Trump’s Aug. 6 follow-on executive order limiting which children born in the United States receive citizenship documents. Boardman, a Biden appointee sitting in...