Driver blows up claim that Trump grabbed wheel on Jan. 6

Biden unveils massive $7.3T budget with $5.5T in tax hikes, plans for ‘highest burden’ in US history
“The president isn’t simply raising taxes to close the deficit, he’s raising it to expand government,” Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said.

Biden’s Budget Estimates Debt Would Increase At Least $14.8 Trillion In A Two-Term Presidency
According to the estimates in Table S-10 of the budget proposal Biden released today, the total debt subject to the statutory limitation would climb to $42.537 trillion by the end of fiscal 2028, which concludes on Sept. 30, 2028.

NY Times: Biden Calls for Higher Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy
The budget, which would cut the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years, reinforces President Biden’s efforts to counter Republican tax proposals.

Biden’s New Tax Plan Would Be Another Gut Punch For American Workers
Biden would raise the corporate tax rate to a whopping 28%. This increase would make American corporations pay one of the highest rates in the first world.

Trump’s Driver On J6 Disputes Infamous Claim POTUS Tried To Grab Steering Wheel To Go To Capitol
Trump claimed vindication after new evidence undercut two sensational claims Democrats made, including that he tried to commandeer his Secret Service vehicle that day to go to the Capitol and never offered National Guard troops for extra protection ahead of the fateful event.

NY Times: Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump’s Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6
Republicans have suggested that the panel did not release the transcript because it contradicts portions of a public account of the incident from a prominent witness ... but the general counsel for the DHS said that more than a year after the driver was interviewed the agency was still reviewing the transcripts.

Peter Navarro ordered to report to prison to serve 4-month prison term
In February, Obama-appointed Judge Amit Mehta rejected his appeal to remain free while working to overturn the conviction. "Defendant insists that his prosecution was 'motivated by political bias', yet, he offers no actual proof to support that contention. ... If anything, the record demonstrates just the opposite."

Where is the outrage over Steve Baker’s prosecution?
Every freedom-loving American, and especially every member of the press, should be alarmed by the persecution and prosecution of a journalist doing his job.

United States faces 'increasingly fragile world order,' spy chiefs say
U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an "increasingly fragile world order," strained by great power competition, transnational challenges, and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency leaders testified in Congress. [Full report PDF]

The Feds Are Coming for 'Extremist' Gamers
Gaming companies are sharing gamers’ user information with the government to root out so-called domestic violent extremists.

Rep. Jim Jordan Threatens FBI Chief With Contempt Over Hunter Biden Laptop
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress for withholding information about the bureau’s interactions with social media companies about Hunter Biden.

Meet The Group Threatening Americans’ Freedom You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Uniform Law Commission has become increasingly more radical, regularly pushing policymakers to adopt legislation that undermines the rights of individuals.

Feds Enforcing Unconstitutional Reporting Law Against Most Businesses
Are you in compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act? Have you even heard of it?

Video: Biden makes a pedantic statement about his 'predecessor,' John McCain
"Laspt, not, wheh longo ... My buddy John McCain, passed away, my predecessor, friend, dewent ... He, that’s how he ended his career ..."

Video: Biden makes powerful statement as he blasts Trump for suggesting cutting Social Security
"There's a tremendous amount of things you can cut ... [Error: System Reboot Initiated <//> Kernel Panic! //exec_shutdown -r now] ... Uh, pft, uh, uh ... Tree-mend-ous a-mount of things you can do ... Not cut ... He said I will, and ... the bottom line is, he’s still at it!"

Flashback: Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 years
“I tried with Senator Grassley back in the 1980s to freeze all government spending, including Social Security, including everything,” Biden said in 1995.

Biden Lied 30 Times During The State Of The Union
Here’s the definitive list of Biden’s biggest State of the Union falsehoods.

Newsweek: Trump admits he's not a conservative
"People say, 'you're conservative,' I'm not conservative, you know what I am, I'm a man of common sense, and a lot of conservative policies are common sense," Trump said while appearing on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Turley: Nightmare Scenario: How a Trump Trial Could Now Run Up to (or Through) the 2024 Election
The claim that this schedule is the result of treating Trump like other criminal defendants is increasingly dubious given statements of courts and the special counsel.

After Using ‘Russia’ Lies To Meddle In 2016 And 2020, Agencies Dust Off Playbook For 2024
DHS and the FBI held a secret meeting with election officials in December about “threats posed by Russian threat actors and how those might manifest” in the 2024 election, after the intelligence community spread false claims about “Russian interference” in the past two presidential elections to help Democrats.

Russia Hoaxer Adam Schiff Says He Hopes Intel Community Will Hide Info From Trump
After getting booted from the House Intelligence Committee for lying, Schiff told NBC News he hopes the intelligence community will hide crucial information from Trump during the campaign season.

NY Times Opinion: Democrats Need to Stop Playing Nice
There are several reasons Democrats are so nice. The first is that they are the favored party of the American Bar Association rife with lawyers; they see poetry in a well-turned codicil. They are also the party of teachers, social workers, speech therapists, home health aides, ivy-clotted academics.

RNC lays off dozens of staffers days after Trump’s team takes over
It’s not unusual for there to be staff turnover at a national committee after that committee’s party has a de facto or official presidential nominee, but the depths of these cuts go beyond the norm and underscore the lackluster fundraising the committee has experienced lately.

Biden's Independent Contractor Rule Threatens the Evolution of Work
The new regulation imposes six criteria that employers must take into account when determining whether to classify a worker as an independent contractor or an employee — a distinction that for many businesses ultimately determines whether they can afford to hire the worker at all.

Uber, Lyft threaten to stop operations in Minneapolis if mandatory driver raises become law
Lyft says the pay hike would nearly double rates for passengers.

White House Claims Biden Did Not Apologize After Calling Accused Laken Riley Murderer An ‘Illegal’
“I want to be really clear about something: The president absolutely did not apologize. There was no apology anywhere in that conversation.”

FBI Director Wray warns of ‘wide array’ of dangerous threats stemming from border
Wray’s comments came during a hearing where he faced questions from several lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee about terrorists, drugs, and other dangers a porous border could allow into the country.

Biden's DOJ silences immigration judges with 'draconian' gag order
The Department of Justice issued a gag order on February 15 that requires immigration judges to seek department approval before speaking publicly, the Associated Press reported.

Texas judge blocks AG’s subpoena of nonprofit that helps smuggle illegal aliens into the US
A West Texas judge shut down Ken Paxton’s attempts to subpoena a nonprofit that assists migrants on Monday, after calling the state’s demands “rude” and “unprofessional” in arguments last week.

Andrew Cuomo Blames Migrant Crisis on Biden Admin: 'Worst Government Blunder I Have Seen'
"You have the federal government, which is where it starts, it’s standing at the border with a sign that says, ‘Come to the United States of America and claim asylum.’"

Protesters rail against Chicago’s 60-day immigrant eviction policy
Protesters filled Chicago’s Pritzker Park over the weekend to rail against a policy that would see immigrants evicted from shelters in the sanctuary city.

Biden judicial nominee apologizes to Senate for not disclosing role at event with anti-Israel activists
Adeel Mangi, who is President Joe Biden‘s pick for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote in a letter on Saturday to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he “inadvertently omitted one responsive item” from his questionnaire in November 2023.

Flashback: White House pushes back on GOP attacks on Muslim judicial nominee
The White House is slamming Republicans for leveling “cruel and Islamophobic attacks” at a Biden judicial nominee as part of a larger “smear effort” to discredit the man, who would be the first Muslim American judge to serve on the federal appeals court if he is confirmed.

Biden Is Spreading Hamas Propaganda
The Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers are fake. Anyone with an ounce of sense knows they’re fake. Yet Biden repeated their claim that “30,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians, including thousands of children.”

Italian Police Arrest Three Palestinians Allegedly Planning Terrorist Attacks
Police said they were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday.

Former US official's work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes
When a Chinese drone company came under U.S. government scrutiny over its alleged ties to China's military, the company turned to one of America's pre-eminent lawyers: Loretta Lynch, a former attorney general in the Obama administration.

Chinese crane company at center of espionage probe denies posing threat to US national security
"ZPMC takes the U.S. concerns seriously and believes that these reports can easily mislead the public without sufficient factual review," the company said in a filing. "The cranes provided by ZPMC do not pose a cybersecurity risk to any ports."

Trudeau Demands Life In Prison For Speech Crimes
Shocking crackdown by Canada’s Liberal Party also seeks incarceration for crimes that haven’t been committed.

El Salvador's Bukele Offers To 'Fix' Chaos-Torn Haiti
Bukele is wildly popular at home and across Latin America for his crackdown on gangsters, even as rights activists raise alarm over arbitrary arrests and inhumane prison conditions.

Angel Studios’ 'Cabrini' opens to $7.5 million
The film, which was released to 2,840 screens across North America, has been well received by both critics and audiences, earning a 90% rating from movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” rating from audiences, according to CinemaScore.

The Federalist: Jimmy Kimmel Couldn’t Resist Trump Jab During Refreshingly Unwoke Oscars
Whereas for years, the Oscars have been little more than a self-love fest for Hollywood, there appeared to be a concerted effort by the self-proclaimed tastemakers to meet the people where they are instead of sneering at them. It was an evening largely filled with people having fun for the sake of having fun.

Oscar ratings continue to rebound with the biggest audience since 2020
The Oscars can extend some additional thank-yous to “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie,” as the awards continued to claw back viewers lost during the pandemic with the highest rating in four years, averaging 19.5 million viewers.

Jimmy Stewart: A wonderful life centered on duty
After WWII, the highly decorated Stewart remained in the reserve, reaching the rank of brigadier general. In 1966, for his two weeks of active duty, he once again requested combat and flew bombing missions against the VC in Vietnam.

Tucker Carlson tells Chris Cuomo, ‘it’s good to be fired’
“It’s good to be — and I have been fired before a couple of times. So it’s good to be fired because it brings you low, and you don’t become the overbearing asshole that every TV person is on some level — I mean, I already am that. … A little public humiliation is really important for a man."

Deadspin sold by parent company in wake of falsely accusing child of racism
The sale will see none of the pre-existing staffers of Deadspin carry over as Lineup Publishing seeks to “build a new team more in line with their editorial vision for the brand,” CEO Jim Spanfeller announced Monday.

NY mag: The moral case for letting kids get sex changes
Last year — the worst so far — Republicans introduced hundreds of bills that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict the participation of trans kids in sports, and force schools to out students to their parents.

Portland woman convicted of hate crime for confronting man using women's bathroom
Cassie McIntyre was found guilty of second-degree bias crime and harassment. Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced McIntyre to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service, according to the Oregonian.

Women Flee Daughters Of The American Revolution After It Admits Men
Another wave of Daughters of the American Revolution members is contemplating leaving the national genealogical society after it doubled down on allowing men to infiltrate the formerly all-female organization.

JK Rowling trolls gender ideology proponents with Mother's Day message
"Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilised resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses." Later Rowling wrote, "Devastated and bewildered that my embrace of inclusive language has angered its most enthusiastic devotees ..."

No to an AI armistice with China
As AI revolutionizes warfare, the United States should reject calls for an "armistice" with China, as the CCP cannot be trusted to abide by any agreement and has consistently demonstrated its willingness to undermine the U.S. at every turn.

Consumers can't tell the difference between human-made and AI-generated videos, study suggests
A survey of U.S. consumers indicated that a strong majority of Americans would be comfortable supporting government regulation that required labeling on artificial intelligence-generated content.

Axios: Inside Trump's TikTok flip-flop
Trump stunned Republican China hawks this week when he appeared to argue against banning TikTok, the juggernaut video app owned by Beijing-based Bytedance and beloved by young Americans.

Democratic Sen. Warner: ‘Trump was right’ on TikTok national security concerns
"Trump was right years ago when he pointed out the enormous national security concerns around TikTok, both in terms of obtaining data, but also think about the percentage."

Mike Lee calls for abolishing the TSA
"Airlines can and will secure their own planes if a federal agency doesn't do it for them. They'll do it better than TSA, without undermining the Constitution and with less groping — showing more respect for passengers," Lee wrote.

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett is found dead in parking lot of hotel after 'self-inflicted' wound
Barnett's death came during a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation suit, where he alleged that under-pressure workers were deliberately fitting substandard parts to aircraft on the assembly line.

Dozens Injured After Boeing 787 Plunges During Flight
The flight from Australia to New Zealand experienced “a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement,” the airline said in a statement.