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Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar and Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2026. (DHS photo by Mikaela McGee)
US NewsImmigrationAugust 25, 2026

Trump Admin Prepares Largest Mass Visa Revocation in U.S. History—Up to 200,000 Asylum Abusers Targeted

By Tommy Flynn

The State Department, working with the Department of Homeland Security, is preparing to revoke B-1 business and B-2 tourist visas issued between 2016 and 2026 whose holders later filed for asylum, a step officials say could affect as many as 200,000 people and would constitute...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in July 2025.
US NewsWorld NewsAugust 25, 2026

Bessent Launches “Operation Economic Outcast”: Trump’s Full Economic D-Day Hits Iran and Its Global Enablers

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday the formal start of Operation Economic Outcast, describing it as an unprecedented campaign to sever every remaining revenue lifeline sustaining the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Speaking at the...

Scott Jennings speaking in the spin room following the CNN Republican Presidential Debate at the Olmsted Center at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 24, 2026

Scott Jennings Downplays Speculation He Is Contender for White House Press Secretary

By Tommy Flynn

CNN political commentator and longtime Republican strategist Scott Jennings on Sunday shrugged off reports naming him a leading contender to succeed outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, declining to engage the speculation while lavishing praise on her...

Gas prices start at $5.799 a gallon at a 76 station in Fresno, Calif., June 19, 2026. Photo: Madeline Shannon / The Center Square
US NewsEconomyAugust 24, 2026

Trump EPA Ends Summer Gasoline Rules Early to Boost Supply and Ease Pump Prices

By Tommy Flynn

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a temporary emergency waiver that will allow the nationwide sale of higher-volatility winter-grade gasoline beginning September 1, ending federal summer fuel requirements roughly two weeks ahead of schedule in a move aimed at...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf
US NewsWorld NewsAugust 24, 2026

Iran Parliament Speaker Warns Regime ‘Cannot Endure’ Hunger as New U.S. Sanctions Take Effect

By Tommy Flynn

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf delivered an unusually blunt assessment of his country’s economic crisis, declaring that military strength alone cannot sustain the Islamic Republic if its people go hungry, as the Trump administration’s intensified sanctions...

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney field questions from members of the media before their meeting, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
US NewsEconomyAugust 24, 2026

Canada Trade War Escalates—50% Tariffs Now Live, Ottawa Plans Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation After Labor Day

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods took effect at midnight Saturday after last-minute trade negotiations collapsed, prompting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to announce reciprocal duties that will begin September 8. The new...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon participates in a fireside chat in North Carolina, June 25, 2025. Photo: U.S. Department of Education via Flickr / CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from Original
US NewsEducationAugust 24, 2026

Trump Education Department Moves to Strip ABA of Law-School Accreditation Power

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Department of Education has taken the first formal step toward ending the American Bar Association’s long-standing role as the sole federally recognized accreditor of the nation’s nearly 200 law schools, citing a lack of independence from the broader legal profession...

Enes Kanter Freedom being escorted out of the game
US NewsAugust 24, 2026

Former NBA Star Enes Kanter Freedom Ejected from Fever-Sky Game After Courtside Clash with Natasha Cloud

By Tommy Flynn

Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was escorted out of Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Sunday during the third quarter of the Indiana Fever’s game against the Chicago Sky after a heated verbal confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, an 11-year NBA veteran who has...

President Trump is given the green flag in preparation for starting the Freedom 250 race.
US NewsAugust 23, 2026

Trump Takes “Lap of Honor” in The Beast, Waves Green Flag as American Kyle Kirkwood Dominates Freedom 250 Grand Prix

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived Sunday at the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix, completed a ceremonial lap in the presidential limousine known as The Beast, and the president waved the green flag to start IndyCar’s first-ever street race through the...

 Two milligrams of fentanyl on pencil tip. A lethal dose for most people. -- Image: US Drug Enforcement Administration
US NewsAugust 23, 2026

Fentanyl Deaths Plunge 22% as Trump Border Crackdown and Cartel Pressure Deliver Results

By Tommy Flynn

Synthetic-opioid deaths, driven overwhelmingly by fentanyl, fell 22 percent in a single year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures cited by the White House, dropping from 48,913 in 2024 to 38,084 in 2025. That represents more than 10,000 fewer deaths....

First Amendment Win—D.C. Circuit Overturns Verdict Against James O’Keefe, Protects Undercover Journalism
US NewsIn the CourtsAugust 23, 2026

First Amendment Win—D.C. Circuit Overturns Verdict Against James O’Keefe, Protects Undercover Journalism

By Tommy Flynn

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a $130,000 jury verdict against journalist James O’Keefe, ruling that the award violated the First Amendment by punishing the publication of a news story. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 decision written by...

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered
US NewsPoliticsAugust 23, 2026

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Postal Service published its final rule Friday requiring states that use the agency to transmit mail-in or absentee ballots in federal elections to submit lists of those voters or face non-delivery of the ballots. The rule implements President Donald Trump’s March 31...