How closed-door negotiations and a guarantee ended longest government shutdown on record

Several weeks into the government shutdown, the notion of reopening seemed impossible.  Both Senate Republicans and Democrats were deeply entrenched in their positions for 41 days and 40 nights, and neither side wanted to appear to be caving to the other.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus wanted a guaranteed deal on […]

DAVID MARCUS: How Chuck Schumer finally reaped the whirlwind

In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer unleashed a threat against the Supreme Court’s conservative justices in the wake of their decision to overturn Roe vs Wade’s national protection for abortion. ‘You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price,’ he bellowed. ‘You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with […]

Trump to ask DOJ to investigate Epstein ties to Democrats, banks

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he directed the Deoartment of Justice to investigate disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to several high-profile Democrats and certain banks. ‘Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, […]

If Gaza’s famine was real, how come it went away so fast?

For months, headlines warned of an impending famine in Gaza — images of starving children, shattered infrastructure and humanitarian collapse filled the news. On Aug. 22, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared that while full data was lacking, expert inference indicated famine was underway. Governments pledged aid; humanitarian agencies sounded alarms. Yet […]

Canadian spy chief warns of alarming rise in teen terror suspects, ‘potentially lethal’ threats by Iran

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Daniel Rogers, during a rare public appearance Thursday, said nearly one in 10 of the agency’s terrorism investigations include at least one person under the age of 18, marking an alarming trend driven by online extremism. Since 2014, there have been nearly two dozen violent extremist attacks in Canada […]

Former Rep. Gohmert blasts Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records in J6 probe

Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that his action ‘destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.’ Fox News Digital exclusively reported Thursday […]

Senate Republicans run from politically toxic payout provision designed just for them

Senate Majority Leader John Thune thought he was giving Republicans a gift when he secured a provision in the shutdown-ending government funding package that could award hundreds of thousands of dollars to senators subpoenaed as part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump. It turns out, several of them don’t want […]

Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasts Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records in J6 probe

Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that his action ‘destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.’ Fox News Digital exclusively reported Thursday […]