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- Republican65% ¡ 13 pairs
- Democrat25% ¡ 5 pairs
- Party not recorded10% ¡ 2 pairs
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- 1Donald TrumpR5 stories ¡ 50%
- 2Mike JohnsonR2 stories ¡ 20%
- 3Diana HarshbargerR1 story ¡ 10%
- 4Earl CarterR1 story ¡ 10%
- 5Eric SwalwellD1 story ¡ 10%
- 6Ilhan OmarD1 story ¡ 10%
- 7J. VanceR1 story ¡ 10%
- 8Joni ErnstR1 story ¡ 10%
- 9Karoline Leavittâ1 story ¡ 10%
- 10Lindsey GrahamR1 story ¡ 10%
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- Informational
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U.S. Senator Announces Daughterâs Death at 36
(The Daily Caller)âDemocratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner announced the death of his daughter at the age of 36. Warnerâs daughter, Madison, died from long-term complications with juvenile diabetes and other health issues, according to a statement the senator posted to X early Monday. âWe are heartbroken beyond words by the passing of our beloved daughter, Madison, 36, after a decades-long battle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues,â Warner said in a statement on X. âShe filled our lives with love and laughter, and her absence leaves an immeasurable void. We are grateful for the loving support of friends and family during this difficult time and ask for privacy as we navigate this profound loss.â Madison suffered from Type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.7 million Americans, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Complications such as heart or kidney disease, neuropathy and stroke can arise as a result of the condition. The disease requires lifelong insulin therapy and blood sugar monitoring because it causes a lack of insulin production in the body. Warner and his wife, Lisa, share two other daughters, Eliza and Gillian. The lawmaker has served in the upper chamber since Jan. 6, 2009, and is seeking reelection to a fourth term in November. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post U.S. Senator Announces Daughterâs Death at 36 appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Scientists Canât Seem to Stop Going Missing Under Mysterious Circumstances
(The Daily Caller)âTen U.S. researchers and scientists have reportedly died or disappeared over the past 33 months amid increasing speculation about the cause of some of the disappearances, according to news coverage. Steven Garcia, a 48-year-old government contractor who allegedly had top-level clearance at a key nuclear facility disappeared in August 2025 after reportedly leaving behind his phone, wallet and keys, taking a gun and leaving his home in New Mexico on foot, NewsNation reported Thursday. Moreover, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland similarly went missing on Feb. 27 after leaving his home in Albuquerque on foot, the outlet reported. Eight other well-known scientists and researchers in the U.S. have reportedly died or gone missing over the past few years, raising questions about whether some of these cases might involve suspicious circumstances. However, U.S. officials have not identified any definitive connection between the cases, according to an April 9 Newsweek report. Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), who Garcia served as a contractor for, produces 80% of the non-nuclear material part of the U.S.â nuclear weapons, The Daily Mail reported, citing an anonymous source. âOver the past year, 10 different US specialists, ranging from scientists working on aerospace, nuclear and UAP research have all gone missing. Most of the cases have been labelled as old person wandering off, or disappearing when hiking,â professor and independent journalist Adam Cochran wrote in a Tuesday X post responding to the Daily Mailâs story. âBut itâs way too many to be a coincidence especially when many of them worked together, and all happened to work on top US secretsâŚâ During a Wednesday press briefing, Fox Newsâ Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about whether the U.S. government is planning to investigate the spate of reported disappearances and deaths. âThere are now 10 American scientists who have either gone missing or died since mid-2024,â the reporter said. âThey all reportedly had access to classified nuclear or aerospace material. Is anybody investigating this to see if these things are connected?â Leavitt replied that she has not yet âspoken to our relevant agencies about it.â âI will certainly do that, and weâll get you an answer,â she stated. âIf true, of course, thatâs definitely something I think this government and administration would deem worth looking into. So let me do that for you.â The White House did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs request for comment on Thursday. Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett told The Daily Mail in an interview published on March 22 that he thinks there is potentially a connection between other individuals throughout the U.S. having gone missing under similar âsuspicious circumstances.â âThere have been several others throughout the country that have disappeared under suspicious circumstances,â the Tennessee Republican told the outlet, adding âI think we ought to be paying attention to it.â Republican Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison wrote in a March 29 X post that the reports of the missing scientists is part of a larger âtransparency problemâ in the U.S. government. âMissing scientists. Classified programs. Advanced tech,â Burlison wrote in the social media post. âThis isnât speculation, itâs a transparency problem. Congress is pushing for answers.â All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Scientists Canât Seem to Stop Going Missing Under Mysterious Circumstances appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Trump Says Itâs Worth Risking âRights and Privileges as a Citizenâ to Keep Deep State Surveillance Tool Online Despite Previously Demanding It Be Dismantled
(The Daily Caller)âPresident Donald Trump signaled a willingness Wednesday to extend a hotly debated surveillance tool while also commenting that he would willingly surrender his rights and privileges to do so. The president posted on Truth Social that he was working with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, on extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The post comes as Republicansâ infighting grows over the provision between Johnson and several members of the Rules committee. âI am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN,â Trump wrote. Trump also pointed to former FBI Director James Comey, saying that he used FISA Title I as part of his investigation into Russian Collusion in the presidentâs 2016 campaign. He then added that he would be willing to surrender part of his own rights for the section. âI am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! Our Military Patriots desperately need FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield,â Trump wrote. The President had previously called for Congress to âKILL FISAâ in 2024 stating that it was âILLEGALLY USEDâ against his campaign to spy on them. The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs request for comment. Section 702 of FISA allows intelligence agencies to âcollect, share, and appropriately shareâ any foreign intelligence collection regarding potential national security threats, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. While the section does not allow agencies to survey citizens in the United States and only applies to those outside of the country, they can monitor any emails or calls between a party and anyone within the country. âFor this reason, Section 702 requires specific procedures to minimize the acquisition, retention, and sharing of any information concerning United States persons,â the office states. Because of ambiguity, this could lead to bulk data collection of communications between Americans and foreigners overseas, even if someone is not suspected of any wrongdoing, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Essentially, any communication under this section could be done without a warrant. Several Republican representatives vocally opposed a clean passage of a bill, demanding that Johnson consider and add several amendments to any final passage, according to Politico. Republican Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson sought an amendment blocking data brokers from selling info to the government, while other members sought provisions barring data collection without a warrant. The Trump administration faced a litany of FISA abuses and misconduct during the first administration, with the use of a now-discredited dossier by former British spy Christopher Steele to secure FISA warrants. The FBI received evidence at the time that the dossier might contain Russian disinformation and that Russian officials were aware Steele was investigating the Trump campaign at the time. Other members of Trumpâs campaign found themselves in the center of investigations, especially against former campaign aide Carter Page. Officials from the FBI reportedly provided false information to wiretap Page, while two other orders were ânot valid.â Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe also acknowledged âmistakesâ made in the investigation in April 2024 when FISA was also under negotiations to be extended. FISA abuses have also been used against American citizens in the past, using it over 300,000 times between 2020 and early 2021, which also included donors to congressional campaigns and those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Republicans, who controlled the House in 2024, passed an extension of Section 702 without any major changes. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Trump Says Itâs Worth Risking âRights and Privileges as a Citizenâ to Keep Deep State Surveillance Tool Online Despite Previously Demanding It Be Dismantled appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Trump Says Itâs Worth Risking âRights and Privileges as a Citizenâ to Keep Deep State Surveillance Tool Online Despite Previously Demanding It Be Dismantled
(The Daily Caller)âPresident Donald Trump signaled a willingness Wednesday to extend a hotly debated surveillance tool while also commenting that he would willingly surrender his rights and privileges to do so. The president posted on Truth Social that he was working with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, on extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The post comes as Republicansâ infighting grows over the provision between Johnson and several members of the Rules committee. âI am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN,â Trump wrote. Trump also pointed to former FBI Director James Comey, saying that he used FISA Title I as part of his investigation into Russian Collusion in the presidentâs 2016 campaign. He then added that he would be willing to surrender part of his own rights for the section. âI am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! Our Military Patriots desperately need FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on the battlefield,â Trump wrote. The President had previously called for Congress to âKILL FISAâ in 2024 stating that it was âILLEGALLY USEDâ against his campaign to spy on them. The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundationâs request for comment. Section 702 of FISA allows intelligence agencies to âcollect, share, and appropriately shareâ any foreign intelligence collection regarding potential national security threats, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. While the section does not allow agencies to survey citizens in the United States and only applies to those outside of the country, they can monitor any emails or calls between a party and anyone within the country. âFor this reason, Section 702 requires specific procedures to minimize the acquisition, retention, and sharing of any information concerning United States persons,â the office states. Because of ambiguity, this could lead to bulk data collection of communications between Americans and foreigners overseas, even if someone is not suspected of any wrongdoing, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Essentially, any communication under this section could be done without a warrant. Several Republican representatives vocally opposed a clean passage of a bill, demanding that Johnson consider and add several amendments to any final passage, according to Politico. Republican Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson sought an amendment blocking data brokers from selling info to the government, while other members sought provisions barring data collection without a warrant. The Trump administration faced a litany of FISA abuses and misconduct during the first administration, with the use of a now-discredited dossier by former British spy Christopher Steele to secure FISA warrants. The FBI received evidence at the time that the dossier might contain Russian disinformation and that Russian officials were aware Steele was investigating the Trump campaign at the time. Other members of Trumpâs campaign found themselves in the center of investigations, especially against former campaign aide Carter Page. Officials from the FBI reportedly provided false information to wiretap Page, while two other orders were ânot valid.â Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe also acknowledged âmistakesâ made in the investigation in April 2024 when FISA was also under negotiations to be extended. FISA abuses have also been used against American citizens in the past, using it over 300,000 times between 2020 and early 2021, which also included donors to congressional campaigns and those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Republicans, who controlled the House in 2024, passed an extension of Section 702 without any major changes. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Trump Says Itâs Worth Risking âRights and Privileges as a Citizenâ to Keep Deep State Surveillance Tool Online Despite Previously Demanding It Be Dismantled appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
âIâll Have to Fire Himâ: Trump Wonât End Probe, Says Fed Chair Must Step Down or Else
(The Daily Caller)âPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday a federal probe into Jerome Powell will continue and that he will fire the Federal Reserve chairman if he refuses step down. Powell said in March he will not leave his position at the Federal Reserve until an investigation into the renovation of the agencyâs headquarters. Bartiromo asked Trump during an interview that aired Wednesday about Powell declaring he had âno intentionâ to leave the Federal Reserve after his chairmanship expires. âWell then Iâll have to fire him, OK, if heâs not leaving on time,â Trump told Bartiromo. âIâve held back firing him. Iâve wanted to fire him, but I hate to be controversial, you know. I want to be uncontroversial.â While Powellâs term as chairman will end in May, his term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board does not expire until January 31, 2028, according to the Federal Reserveâs website. Trump and Powell have clashed over the Fedâs failure to lower interest rates at a pace desired by the president. WATCH: Trump also said that an investigation into the renovation of the Federal Reserveâs headquarters would continued, even if Powell left the agency. âItâs more than a criminal probe. Itâs a criminal probe, I guess, but itâs also a probe of incompetence. How do you take a little building? I built a hotel for $201 million thatâs bigger than that building down the road, itâs a little while ago, 7 years ago, 8 years ago, I built the Trump Hotel, which I sold to Waldorf Astoria, a good deal, I built it like around $200 million in construction,â Trump said. âTheyâre gonna spend maybe $4 billion and you know what? Iâm not sure the thingâs ever gonna open, you know, I do that stuff very well. I went past the site the other day. I was driving past, they said take me past the Federal Reserve building. It took me past. Thereâs very little work done inside.â â[Federal Reserve Chairman nominee] Kevin [Warch] may never get to have the use of that building, and he told me something very interesting,â Trump continued. âHe said the saddest part of it is they ripped down the most beautiful building of them all. They ripped it down. He said they had boardrooms and various rooms in that building that were the most beautiful in Washington and they ripped it down What theyâve done to that, so it is probably corrupt, but what it really is is incompetent and we have to show the incompetence of that.â Trump had questioned Powell over the renovations during a July 24 tour of the Federal Reserve headquarters with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, presenting Powell with documents showing the cost for the project had ballooned to $3.1 billion, a cost overrun of roughly 25%. Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida referred Powell to the Justice Department in July, alleging he lied to the Senate Banking Committee about renovations to the Federal Reserveâs headquarters in June. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post âIâll Have to Fire Himâ: Trump Wonât End Probe, Says Fed Chair Must Step Down or Else appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
GOP Senator Says Ilhan Omar Tried to Send $1 Million to Somali Restaurant Calling Itself a Rehab Clinic
(The Daily Caller)âRepublican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said a far-left Democrat in Congress tried to sneak through an earmark of over $1 million for a suspicious âsubstance abuse clinicâ housed at a Somali-owned restaurant. In the Jan. 8 interview on âVarney and Companyâ that resurfaced via the Libs of TikTok X account early Tuesday morning, Ernst highlighted the supposed clinic and said that fraud like the Somali day care scandal could extend to earmarks requested by âmembers of Congress.â âOne of our spending bills making its way through Congress was a $1 million earmark from Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, which was an earmark that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant and run by three individuals that share the same residential address, according to their IRS paperwork,â Ernst told Varney. âTons of red flags.â WATCH: âSo this is what we saw with the fraud involving the daycare centers,â Ernst continued. âNow we see other earmarks coming directly from members of Congress where it seems fraud is being perpetrated as well.â Ernst said that after she raised the issue, the earmark was stripped from that spending bill. âBut again, this is how easy money has been flowing to bad actors in Minnesota,â she told Varney. Ernst and Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee asked the Department of Justice to look into the center in a Jan. 15 letter in which they laid out their suspicions about the clinic. The earmark appeared on page 21 of a 42-page document listing various earmarks requested by members of Congress. It states that Omar initiated the request, with Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith also requesting the funds. Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. âThat earmark was removed from the appropriations bill and was not included in any version of the bill that came up for a vote in the Senate,â a spokesperson for Klobuchar told the DCNF. Independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video on YouTube in late December in which he visited multiple day care centers run by Somalis, causing the issue of welfare fraud in Minnesota to erupt into the national media. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he would drop his bid for a third term in a Jan. 5 statement after Shirley released the video. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post GOP Senator Says Ilhan Omar Tried to Send $1 Million to Somali Restaurant Calling Itself a Rehab Clinic appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
GOP Senator Says Ilhan Omar Tried to Send $1 Million to Somali Restaurant Calling Itself a Rehab Clinic
(The Daily Caller)âRepublican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said a far-left Democrat in Congress tried to sneak through an earmark of over $1 million for a suspicious âsubstance abuse clinicâ housed at a Somali-owned restaurant. In the Jan. 8 interview on âVarney and Companyâ that resurfaced via the Libs of TikTok X account early Tuesday morning, Ernst highlighted the supposed clinic and said that fraud like the Somali day care scandal could extend to earmarks requested by âmembers of Congress.â âOne of our spending bills making its way through Congress was a $1 million earmark from Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, which was an earmark that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant and run by three individuals that share the same residential address, according to their IRS paperwork,â Ernst told Varney. âTons of red flags.â WATCH: âSo this is what we saw with the fraud involving the daycare centers,â Ernst continued. âNow we see other earmarks coming directly from members of Congress where it seems fraud is being perpetrated as well.â Ernst said that after she raised the issue, the earmark was stripped from that spending bill. âBut again, this is how easy money has been flowing to bad actors in Minnesota,â she told Varney. Ernst and Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee asked the Department of Justice to look into the center in a Jan. 15 letter in which they laid out their suspicions about the clinic. The earmark appeared on page 21 of a 42-page document listing various earmarks requested by members of Congress. It states that Omar initiated the request, with Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith also requesting the funds. Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. âThat earmark was removed from the appropriations bill and was not included in any version of the bill that came up for a vote in the Senate,â a spokesperson for Klobuchar told the DCNF. Independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video on YouTube in late December in which he visited multiple day care centers run by Somalis, causing the issue of welfare fraud in Minnesota to erupt into the national media. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he would drop his bid for a third term in a Jan. 5 statement after Shirley released the video. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post GOP Senator Says Ilhan Omar Tried to Send $1 Million to Somali Restaurant Calling Itself a Rehab Clinic appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next?
(The Daily Signal)âTwo members of the House of Representatives announced their resignations on Monday as they faced the threat of expulsion for allegations of sexual misconduct. But rather than putting an end to Congressâ internal drama, the resignations may be the beginning of a slew of expulsion battles on the House floor. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been a front-runner to become governor of California, announced his plan to resign on Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that âfalseâ allegations of sexual misconduct had âdistractedâ from his duties. An hour later, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who has admitted to an affair with an aide who later committed suicide by self-immolation, also announced his resignation. Some in the House say they want these forced departures to serve as a template going forward. âAccountability can happen. We can hold men accountable when they abuse women and weâre going to do more of it,â Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said in a video posted to X. Public outrage + resolutions = accountability for sexual abuse of women. Letâs do more. pic.twitter.com/thyQ1XJEN6 â Rep. Teresa Leger FernĂĄndez (@RepTeresaLF) April 13, 2026 Leger Fernandez spearheaded the effort alongside Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to force expulsion votes against Swalwell and Gonzales. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who has said she would have supported expelling both members, called on social media for an expedited process in the House Ethics Committee for handling allegations against members. âWe will protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment, and we will seek to institute and to uphold a much, much more accountable and transparent and quick, rapid process for the ethics committee to review allegations that come up,â Jayapal said on Monday. Multiple backers of expulsion for Swalwell and Gonzales, such as Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., had called for two other expulsions: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. Only six expulsions have occurred in the history of the House. Although the Constitution provides the House and the Senate the authority to discipline and expel their own members, such a measure, which requires a two-thirds majority in the House, is considered extreme. Mills has denied accusations of assault, as well as sexual and financial misconduct, and is under investigation by the Ethics Committee. Cherfilus-McCormick has been found guilty by the committee of stealing and laundering millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. She has been charged by the Department of Justice but denies wrongdoing. Luna called Tuesday morning for the removal of Cherfilus-McCormick, in a sign that talk of expulsion may just be getting started in the House. Sheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options. So America is tracking: Sheila stole $5 million in FEMA funds. â Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) April 14, 2026 âSheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options.â Luna wrote on X. Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate running to succeed Gonzales, also called for an end to Cherfilus-McCormickâs tenure in Congress. âLetâs get her out next,â he wrote on X. Cherfilus-McCormickâs office provided The Daily Signal a statement from the congresswoman that pushed back on the charges. âI want to be very clear: these situations are not the same. A state clerical or administrative error is not equivalent to allegations of sexual assault, rape, and the likes. Conflating the two is both inaccurate and irresponsible,â Cherfilus-McCormick said. She added, âWe must also uphold due process. No one should be judged or punished before a formal finding. Expelling members without that standard sets a dangerous precedent. For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no. This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future.â Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., who opposed the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has expressed openness to expelling Cherfilus-McCormick. âLook, as you know, I have been a jealous guardian of due process around here,â he said. News â Speaker Johnson told me that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick should be expelled after House ethics probe found the Dem guilty. Asked him also about expelling GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who is being investigated on a range of allegations. Said he would be âlooking intoâ status of probe. pic.twitter.com/Rg2y1zWSTc â Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 14, 2026 âCertainly, on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and theyâve found some alarming facts,â Johnson added. âI think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it will be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled.â Johnson did not indicate he believed the allegations against Mills have the same level of evidential support yet. âIâm not sure [of] the status of the Ethics Committee investigation, and thatâs one of the things Iâll be looking into today.â Millsâ office withheld comment. The post After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next? appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next?
(The Daily Signal)âTwo members of the House of Representatives announced their resignations on Monday as they faced the threat of expulsion for allegations of sexual misconduct. But rather than putting an end to Congressâ internal drama, the resignations may be the beginning of a slew of expulsion battles on the House floor. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been a front-runner to become governor of California, announced his plan to resign on Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that âfalseâ allegations of sexual misconduct had âdistractedâ from his duties. An hour later, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who has admitted to an affair with an aide who later committed suicide by self-immolation, also announced his resignation. Some in the House say they want these forced departures to serve as a template going forward. âAccountability can happen. We can hold men accountable when they abuse women and weâre going to do more of it,â Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said in a video posted to X. Public outrage + resolutions = accountability for sexual abuse of women. Letâs do more. pic.twitter.com/thyQ1XJEN6 â Rep. Teresa Leger FernĂĄndez (@RepTeresaLF) April 13, 2026 Leger Fernandez spearheaded the effort alongside Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to force expulsion votes against Swalwell and Gonzales. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who has said she would have supported expelling both members, called on social media for an expedited process in the House Ethics Committee for handling allegations against members. âWe will protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment, and we will seek to institute and to uphold a much, much more accountable and transparent and quick, rapid process for the ethics committee to review allegations that come up,â Jayapal said on Monday. Multiple backers of expulsion for Swalwell and Gonzales, such as Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., had called for two other expulsions: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. Only six expulsions have occurred in the history of the House. Although the Constitution provides the House and the Senate the authority to discipline and expel their own members, such a measure, which requires a two-thirds majority in the House, is considered extreme. Mills has denied accusations of assault, as well as sexual and financial misconduct, and is under investigation by the Ethics Committee. Cherfilus-McCormick has been found guilty by the committee of stealing and laundering millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. She has been charged by the Department of Justice but denies wrongdoing. Luna called Tuesday morning for the removal of Cherfilus-McCormick, in a sign that talk of expulsion may just be getting started in the House. Sheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options. So America is tracking: Sheila stole $5 million in FEMA funds. â Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) April 14, 2026 âSheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options.â Luna wrote on X. Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate running to succeed Gonzales, also called for an end to Cherfilus-McCormickâs tenure in Congress. âLetâs get her out next,â he wrote on X. Cherfilus-McCormickâs office provided The Daily Signal a statement from the congresswoman that pushed back on the charges. âI want to be very clear: these situations are not the same. A state clerical or administrative error is not equivalent to allegations of sexual assault, rape, and the likes. Conflating the two is both inaccurate and irresponsible,â Cherfilus-McCormick said. She added, âWe must also uphold due process. No one should be judged or punished before a formal finding. Expelling members without that standard sets a dangerous precedent. For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no. This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future.â Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., who opposed the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has expressed openness to expelling Cherfilus-McCormick. âLook, as you know, I have been a jealous guardian of due process around here,â he said. News â Speaker Johnson told me that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick should be expelled after House ethics probe found the Dem guilty. Asked him also about expelling GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who is being investigated on a range of allegations. Said he would be âlooking intoâ status of probe. pic.twitter.com/Rg2y1zWSTc â Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 14, 2026 âCertainly, on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and theyâve found some alarming facts,â Johnson added. âI think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it will be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled.â Johnson did not indicate he believed the allegations against Mills have the same level of evidential support yet. âIâm not sure [of] the status of the Ethics Committee investigation, and thatâs one of the things Iâll be looking into today.â Millsâ office withheld comment. The post After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next? appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next?
(The Daily Signal)âTwo members of the House of Representatives announced their resignations on Monday as they faced the threat of expulsion for allegations of sexual misconduct. But rather than putting an end to Congressâ internal drama, the resignations may be the beginning of a slew of expulsion battles on the House floor. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been a front-runner to become governor of California, announced his plan to resign on Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that âfalseâ allegations of sexual misconduct had âdistractedâ from his duties. An hour later, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who has admitted to an affair with an aide who later committed suicide by self-immolation, also announced his resignation. Some in the House say they want these forced departures to serve as a template going forward. âAccountability can happen. We can hold men accountable when they abuse women and weâre going to do more of it,â Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said in a video posted to X. Public outrage + resolutions = accountability for sexual abuse of women. Letâs do more. pic.twitter.com/thyQ1XJEN6 â Rep. Teresa Leger FernĂĄndez (@RepTeresaLF) April 13, 2026 Leger Fernandez spearheaded the effort alongside Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to force expulsion votes against Swalwell and Gonzales. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who has said she would have supported expelling both members, called on social media for an expedited process in the House Ethics Committee for handling allegations against members. âWe will protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment, and we will seek to institute and to uphold a much, much more accountable and transparent and quick, rapid process for the ethics committee to review allegations that come up,â Jayapal said on Monday. Multiple backers of expulsion for Swalwell and Gonzales, such as Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., had called for two other expulsions: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. Only six expulsions have occurred in the history of the House. Although the Constitution provides the House and the Senate the authority to discipline and expel their own members, such a measure, which requires a two-thirds majority in the House, is considered extreme. Mills has denied accusations of assault, as well as sexual and financial misconduct, and is under investigation by the Ethics Committee. Cherfilus-McCormick has been found guilty by the committee of stealing and laundering millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. She has been charged by the Department of Justice but denies wrongdoing. Luna called Tuesday morning for the removal of Cherfilus-McCormick, in a sign that talk of expulsion may just be getting started in the House. Sheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options. So America is tracking: Sheila stole $5 million in FEMA funds. â Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) April 14, 2026 âSheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options.â Luna wrote on X. Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate running to succeed Gonzales, also called for an end to Cherfilus-McCormickâs tenure in Congress. âLetâs get her out next,â he wrote on X. Cherfilus-McCormickâs office provided The Daily Signal a statement from the congresswoman that pushed back on the charges. âI want to be very clear: these situations are not the same. A state clerical or administrative error is not equivalent to allegations of sexual assault, rape, and the likes. Conflating the two is both inaccurate and irresponsible,â Cherfilus-McCormick said. She added, âWe must also uphold due process. No one should be judged or punished before a formal finding. Expelling members without that standard sets a dangerous precedent. For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no. This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future.â Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., who opposed the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has expressed openness to expelling Cherfilus-McCormick. âLook, as you know, I have been a jealous guardian of due process around here,â he said. News â Speaker Johnson told me that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick should be expelled after House ethics probe found the Dem guilty. Asked him also about expelling GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who is being investigated on a range of allegations. Said he would be âlooking intoâ status of probe. pic.twitter.com/Rg2y1zWSTc â Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 14, 2026 âCertainly, on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and theyâve found some alarming facts,â Johnson added. âI think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it will be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled.â Johnson did not indicate he believed the allegations against Mills have the same level of evidential support yet. âIâm not sure [of] the status of the Ethics Committee investigation, and thatâs one of the things Iâll be looking into today.â Millsâ office withheld comment. The post After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next? appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next?
(The Daily Signal)âTwo members of the House of Representatives announced their resignations on Monday as they faced the threat of expulsion for allegations of sexual misconduct. But rather than putting an end to Congressâ internal drama, the resignations may be the beginning of a slew of expulsion battles on the House floor. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been a front-runner to become governor of California, announced his plan to resign on Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that âfalseâ allegations of sexual misconduct had âdistractedâ from his duties. An hour later, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who has admitted to an affair with an aide who later committed suicide by self-immolation, also announced his resignation. Some in the House say they want these forced departures to serve as a template going forward. âAccountability can happen. We can hold men accountable when they abuse women and weâre going to do more of it,â Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said in a video posted to X. Public outrage + resolutions = accountability for sexual abuse of women. Letâs do more. pic.twitter.com/thyQ1XJEN6 â Rep. Teresa Leger FernĂĄndez (@RepTeresaLF) April 13, 2026 Leger Fernandez spearheaded the effort alongside Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to force expulsion votes against Swalwell and Gonzales. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who has said she would have supported expelling both members, called on social media for an expedited process in the House Ethics Committee for handling allegations against members. âWe will protect survivors of sexual assault and harassment, and we will seek to institute and to uphold a much, much more accountable and transparent and quick, rapid process for the ethics committee to review allegations that come up,â Jayapal said on Monday. Multiple backers of expulsion for Swalwell and Gonzales, such as Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., had called for two other expulsions: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. Only six expulsions have occurred in the history of the House. Although the Constitution provides the House and the Senate the authority to discipline and expel their own members, such a measure, which requires a two-thirds majority in the House, is considered extreme. Mills has denied accusations of assault, as well as sexual and financial misconduct, and is under investigation by the Ethics Committee. Cherfilus-McCormick has been found guilty by the committee of stealing and laundering millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. She has been charged by the Department of Justice but denies wrongdoing. Luna called Tuesday morning for the removal of Cherfilus-McCormick, in a sign that talk of expulsion may just be getting started in the House. Sheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options. So America is tracking: Sheila stole $5 million in FEMA funds. â Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) April 14, 2026 âSheila McCormick, we have your expulsion vote ready to be called up on the 21st. Either resign or be expelled. Those are your two options.â Luna wrote on X. Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate running to succeed Gonzales, also called for an end to Cherfilus-McCormickâs tenure in Congress. âLetâs get her out next,â he wrote on X. Cherfilus-McCormickâs office provided The Daily Signal a statement from the congresswoman that pushed back on the charges. âI want to be very clear: these situations are not the same. A state clerical or administrative error is not equivalent to allegations of sexual assault, rape, and the likes. Conflating the two is both inaccurate and irresponsible,â Cherfilus-McCormick said. She added, âWe must also uphold due process. No one should be judged or punished before a formal finding. Expelling members without that standard sets a dangerous precedent. For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no. This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future.â Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., who opposed the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has expressed openness to expelling Cherfilus-McCormick. âLook, as you know, I have been a jealous guardian of due process around here,â he said. News â Speaker Johnson told me that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick should be expelled after House ethics probe found the Dem guilty. Asked him also about expelling GOP Rep. Cory Mills, who is being investigated on a range of allegations. Said he would be âlooking intoâ status of probe. pic.twitter.com/Rg2y1zWSTc â Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 14, 2026 âCertainly, on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and theyâve found some alarming facts,â Johnson added. âI think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it will be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled.â Johnson did not indicate he believed the allegations against Mills have the same level of evidential support yet. âIâm not sure [of] the status of the Ethics Committee investigation, and thatâs one of the things Iâll be looking into today.â Millsâ office withheld comment. The post After Gonzales and Swalwell Resignations, Are These Representatives Next? appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Republicans Indicate Bipartisan Amnesty Bill Dead on Arrival
(Daily Signal)âIn the wake of President Donald Trumpâs historic pledge to carry out a mass deportation program, a coalition of Republicans is promoting a bill to grant widespread amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, prompting fierce backlash from fellow congressional Republicans and the GOP base. Rep. MarĂa Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., led 19 other Republicans in the House of Representatives in introducing H.R. 4393, the âDignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act of 2025â or DIGNIDAD (Spanish for âDignityâ) Act, in July. Late last month, Salazar and her cohorts launched the âDignity Coalitionâ in an effort to gain support for the legislation. The renewed interest in the updated legislation, which Salazar touts as âthe only serious, bipartisan solution to fix Americaâs broken immigration system,â has drawn scrutiny and criticism from fellow Republicans and immigration experts, who have declared the bill to be a thinly-veiled bid at widespread amnesty. The DIGNIDAD Act The legislation starts by introducing border security provisions, including the construction of barriers at the southern border, but quickly moves on to establish mass amnesty for illegal immigrants. âDivision B â Dignity and American Dreamâ of the DIGNIDAD Act instructs the Homeland Security Secretary and Attorney General to âadjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence ⌠an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the United States, is subject to a grant of Deferred Enforced Departure, has temporary protected status ⌠or is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a nonimmigrantâ if that âalien has been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2021,â and meets a handful of other requirements, including either having been accepted to an institute of higher education or holding a high school diploma. The legislation provides immediate work authorization for illegal immigrants, establishes unlimited access to permanent legal residency (commonly called holding a green card) and allows illegal immigrants who obtain green cards to apply for U.S. citizenship, and introduces a criminal waiver. The bill allows the Homeland Security Secretary to âwaive the grounds of inadmissibility ⌠for humanitarian purposes, for family unity, or because the waiver is otherwise in the public interest.â Illegal immigrants who commit most violent crimes or are determined a national security threat are ineligible for the waiver, but crimes including domestic violence and traffic violations are eligible to be waived under the bill. These provisions would be available to an estimated two to three million illegal immigrants. The DIGNIDAD Act also establishes what its authors call the âDignity Program,â which allows anywhere from 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. access to renewable seven-year work authorization permits and travel authorization. The program would also provide for âdeferred actionâ for those eligible, effectively halting deportations. âAn alien who appears to be prima facie eligible for status under this subtitle during the 24-month period following the date of enactment of this Act may not be removed or fined based on their immigration status,â the bill states. The âprima facieâ eligibility effectively halts deportations for all illegal immigrants who apply for the âDignity Program,â even those who have been issued final orders of removal by immigration courts. Other provisions in the bill reduce visa caps, create and expand âhumanitarian paroleâ programs, and reduce asylum and visa application backlogs by rapidly approving most applications. One provision even establishes student âloan forgivenessâ for law school graduates who have âcompleted not less than four years of full-time employment as an attorney providing legal servicesâ for illegal immigrants. The provision orders the federal government to use taxpayer dollars to âforgive 75 percent of the eligible student loan obligation of a borrower ⌠that is outstanding after the completion of the fourth year of employment described in such paragraph.â Yet another provision actually allows for illegal immigrants already deported to apply for and receive authorization to return and participate in the âDignity Program.â In other words, the illegal immigrants that the first Trump administration managed to deport will be invited back and offered a chance to achieve legal permanent residency in most cases. Understanding the Problem George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and former Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Trumpâs first term, explained that the DIGNIDAD Act would grant âfirst-tier amnestyâ to as many as three million illegal immigrants and âsecond-tier amnestyâ to as many as 12 million, and âwill increase legal immigration levels by 55 percent â over five million persons over the next decade. This is not what the American people were hoping for in electing Donald Trump as president.â CIS Resident Fellow in Law and Policy Andrew R. Arthur, a former immigration judge and lawyer responsible for drafting federal immigration legislation, referred to the DIGNIDAD Act as ârage bait.â He explained, âThis bill was designed to go nowhere, but its filing shows a failure to read the room of voters who brought Donald Trump back to the White House in November 2024.â âThe first clue that H.R. 4393 wasnât written to pass lies in its name,â Arthur observed. âRespectfully, naming your bill the âDIGNIDAD Actâ and then providing subtitles is the âpress one for Englishâ of legislative drafting,â he added, noting that foreigners who seek permanent residence in the U.S. have an obligation to respect and assimilate to American culture, including the use of American English. Relying on his own experience working with federal legislators, Arthur also pointed out that the DIGNIDAD Act has been referred to seven different House committees. âIf the primary sponsor is on a committee with clear jurisdiction over an issue and has a good relationship with the chair and the other members, the smart play is to write the bill in such a way that it is referred to only that committee and no other,â he observed. âOtherwise, it will usually be sent to more than one committee, for serial consideration and mark-up, and if any of the chairs of those other committees refuses to even consider the bill, it will stall and die.â Arthur added, âUnless the legislation is a clear response to an imminent and existential threat to the Republic ⌠more than three referrals generally always spells failure.â âSimply put, the DIGNIDAD Act wasnât written to pass; itâs a âmessaging billâ intended to make a point,â Arthur opined. âThere are, admittedly, good-faith arguments for why some aliens who came illegally or overstayed their periods of nonimmigrant admission should be allowed to remain, but most amnesties have failed or, worse, simply encouraged more illegal immigration because would-be illegal migrants donât read the fine print and smugglers have worse ethics (but better sales pitches) than telephone extended-warranty peddlers,â he continued. âConsequently, selling any amnesty is a heavy lift even for the savviest of politicos, and the DIGNIDAD Act has more poison pills than Dr. Kevorkianâs pharmacopeia.â Arthur observed that the DIGNIDAD Act not only grants explicit amnesties for millions of illegal immigrants but also contains âamnesties in the amnesties.â He noted the provision establishing âprima facieâ eligibility for illegal immigrants applying to the âDignity Program,â commenting, âGovernment databases arenât the best or most up-to-date, and this provision would create a logistical nightmare for ICE officers trying to determine whether to investigate, let alone arrest, an alien with a final removal order.â He added, âMoreover, why would ICE bother arresting any aliens, given that they will all immediately turn around and seek amnesty?â The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) explicitly bars Article III courts from reviewing most administrative immigration court decisions. (Immigration courts are a component of the federal executive branch, governed by Article II of the Constitution, while federal district courts and their appellate divisions, all the way up to the Supreme Court, are established and governed by Article III, which created the federal judiciary system.) The DIGNIDAD Act, however, attempts to skirt this provision by allowing âfor judicial review of denials starting at the federal district court level and going up from there.â Arthur stated that, in the INA, Congress intentionally âcut district court judges out of reviews of most administrative immigration decisions because those courts were where immigration cases went to die.â Additionally, there are fewer than 700 federal district court judges âon the bench right now, and if you were to add the hundreds of thousands of amnesty reviews (at a minimum) this bill could create to their dockets, youâd grind every other federal case to a halt,â Arthur pointed out. âAs a taxpayer with April 15 coming up, if the DIGNIDAD Act were to pass, Iâd beg DHS to rubber-stamp every amnesty application to save the massive litigation costs and prevent judicial-branch calamity.â âNothing about this bill suggests itâs a serious effort. In fact, it is to lawmaking what graffiti is to art, a near-meta effort to call the very concept of legislating into question,â Arthur concluded. The only goal the DIGNIDAD Act achieves, he suggested, is reminding âthe public why amnesty is a bad idea: Itâs unfair to those who have followed the costly and laborious process of coming legally; itâs a give-away bordering on pandering to special interests; itâs complicated and thus easily exploited; itâs a veritable âlawyersâ relief actâ; and it would throw enforcement into chaos.â The legislation has drawn the ire of numerous Republicans and immigration hardliners, allowing many to articulate the dangers of amnesty and reiterate the necessity of stringent immigration enforcement and reform. âSimply put,â Arthur commented, âthe DIGNIDAD Act would be Swiftian-level satire if the sponsorsâ intent was to rage-bait the Right into demanding more ICE arrests and deportations, and an even-tighter border. That plainly wasnât the sponsorsâ goal, but regardless, itâs the reason why so many on the Right are right now discussing a bill that was built to fail.â âNo Amnestyâ One of the DIGNIDAD Actâs co-sponsors, Rep. Mike Lawler, D-N.Y., took to the airwaves this week to promote the legislation. The bill, he said, has âbroad bipartisan support,â noting the Republicans and Democrats who have signed on as co-sponsors in recent months. âI think folks do recognize that we have a problem,â he said. âIf youâve been here more than five yearsâso not the people who came under Joe Bidenâs disastrous administration, but the people who have been in this country five, 10, 15, 20 years, whose children and grandchildren may in fact be American citizensâthey would qualify if they havenât committed a crime, they paid back taxes, they pay a fine, they have a job, and they do not collect government benefits,â Lawler claimed. âThey would qualify for legal status, not citizenship; they would be precluded from citizenship,â he added, referring to the approximately 12 million illegal immigrants who would be eligible to participate in the âDignity Program,â not the roughly three million who would be classified as âdreamersâ and would easily be able to attain U.S. citizenship. The DIGNIDAD Act, the congressman said, would âget people out of the shadows.â Lawlerâs fellow Republicans were less enthusiastic. âNo amnesty. No amnesty-lite. No âpath to citizenship.â No âDignity Act.â This is a red line,â said Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, noting that the legislation would grant amnesty to over 10 million illegal immigrants. âItâs rank amnesty and everybody knows it. I want dignity for Americansâthe people whose interests we representânot illegal aliens. That means doing what we said weâd do: mass deportations,â he added, in a separate social media post. âThe âDIGNIDADâ amnesty bill is two massive middle fingers to the voters who gave President Trump a popular vote victory and handed Republicans a trifecta, all on a platform of mass deportations.â âAmnesty doesnât fix a broken system,â said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, âit rewards the very lawbreaking that caused it. We should be restoring the rule of law and pausing immigration, not incentivizing more illegal behavior.â In an interview, Roy asserted, âThe so-called Dignity Act isnât about dignity â itâs about eroding accountability.â He continued, âIt rewards illegal immigration with sweeping amnesty for millions of lawbreakers while pushing aside the basic duty to put Americans first. A nation that wonât enforce its own laws isnât compassionate, itâs neglecting its responsibility to its own citizens.â Roy and other members of the House Freedom Caucus have vowed to oppose the legislation in Congress. Roy charged that the bill âbelongs in the trash bin of failed ideas.â Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., shared a video compilation depicting Americans who have been murdered by illegal immigrants, with the caption, âThey deserved dignity.â He added, âStop rewarding illegal aliens who reject our culture, values, and laws with citizenship. If dignity matters so much, give some to the American people who elites have ripped off for decades. The âDignity Actâ is just amnesty. Throw it in the garbage.â Other Republicans who have signaled their opposition to the legislation include Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Eric Burlison (Mo.), Mark Harris (N.C.), Keith Self (Texas), Tom Tiffany (Wis.), and Senators Mike Lee (Utah) and Eric Schmitt (Mo.). A number of conservative activists and organizations have also called for the DIGNIDAD Act to be halted. âPerhaps some on the Right missed the memo. The mandate was for mass deportations, NOT mass amnesty,â the Heritage Foundation posted on social media, adding, âThe only pathway we need for illegal aliens is a pathway back to where they came from.â Conservative commentator and documentary filmmaker Matt Walsh said that the DIGNIDAD Act is âeven worse than you think. If this bill became law it would destroy the country. It would be the most disastrous piece of legislation in decades.â He added, âEvery Republican who supports it should be run out of town.â Recent polling published by the Immigration Accountability Project found that nearly 60% of likely voters would oppose amnesty and still support the deportation of all illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. and that Republican voters would be encouraged to vote in Novemberâs crucial midterm elections by an increase in immigration enforcement and discouraged from voting by a failure to follow through on the mass deportation program promised by Trump in 2024. A Cygnal survey from late January also concluded that 61% of voters support the deportation of all illegal immigrants, 73% consider entering the U.S. illegally to be a criminal act, and 54% support the conduct of ICE in arresting and deporting illegal immigrants. Originally published by The Washington Stand. 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Republicans Indicate Bipartisan Amnesty Bill Dead on Arrival
(Daily Signal)âIn the wake of President Donald Trumpâs historic pledge to carry out a mass deportation program, a coalition of Republicans is promoting a bill to grant widespread amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, prompting fierce backlash from fellow congressional Republicans and the GOP base. Rep. MarĂa Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., led 19 other Republicans in the House of Representatives in introducing H.R. 4393, the âDignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act of 2025â or DIGNIDAD (Spanish for âDignityâ) Act, in July. Late last month, Salazar and her cohorts launched the âDignity Coalitionâ in an effort to gain support for the legislation. The renewed interest in the updated legislation, which Salazar touts as âthe only serious, bipartisan solution to fix Americaâs broken immigration system,â has drawn scrutiny and criticism from fellow Republicans and immigration experts, who have declared the bill to be a thinly-veiled bid at widespread amnesty. The DIGNIDAD Act The legislation starts by introducing border security provisions, including the construction of barriers at the southern border, but quickly moves on to establish mass amnesty for illegal immigrants. âDivision B â Dignity and American Dreamâ of the DIGNIDAD Act instructs the Homeland Security Secretary and Attorney General to âadjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence ⌠an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the United States, is subject to a grant of Deferred Enforced Departure, has temporary protected status ⌠or is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a nonimmigrantâ if that âalien has been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2021,â and meets a handful of other requirements, including either having been accepted to an institute of higher education or holding a high school diploma. The legislation provides immediate work authorization for illegal immigrants, establishes unlimited access to permanent legal residency (commonly called holding a green card) and allows illegal immigrants who obtain green cards to apply for U.S. citizenship, and introduces a criminal waiver. The bill allows the Homeland Security Secretary to âwaive the grounds of inadmissibility ⌠for humanitarian purposes, for family unity, or because the waiver is otherwise in the public interest.â Illegal immigrants who commit most violent crimes or are determined a national security threat are ineligible for the waiver, but crimes including domestic violence and traffic violations are eligible to be waived under the bill. These provisions would be available to an estimated two to three million illegal immigrants. The DIGNIDAD Act also establishes what its authors call the âDignity Program,â which allows anywhere from 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. access to renewable seven-year work authorization permits and travel authorization. The program would also provide for âdeferred actionâ for those eligible, effectively halting deportations. âAn alien who appears to be prima facie eligible for status under this subtitle during the 24-month period following the date of enactment of this Act may not be removed or fined based on their immigration status,â the bill states. The âprima facieâ eligibility effectively halts deportations for all illegal immigrants who apply for the âDignity Program,â even those who have been issued final orders of removal by immigration courts. Other provisions in the bill reduce visa caps, create and expand âhumanitarian paroleâ programs, and reduce asylum and visa application backlogs by rapidly approving most applications. One provision even establishes student âloan forgivenessâ for law school graduates who have âcompleted not less than four years of full-time employment as an attorney providing legal servicesâ for illegal immigrants. The provision orders the federal government to use taxpayer dollars to âforgive 75 percent of the eligible student loan obligation of a borrower ⌠that is outstanding after the completion of the fourth year of employment described in such paragraph.â Yet another provision actually allows for illegal immigrants already deported to apply for and receive authorization to return and participate in the âDignity Program.â In other words, the illegal immigrants that the first Trump administration managed to deport will be invited back and offered a chance to achieve legal permanent residency in most cases. Understanding the Problem George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and former Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Trumpâs first term, explained that the DIGNIDAD Act would grant âfirst-tier amnestyâ to as many as three million illegal immigrants and âsecond-tier amnestyâ to as many as 12 million, and âwill increase legal immigration levels by 55 percent â over five million persons over the next decade. This is not what the American people were hoping for in electing Donald Trump as president.â CIS Resident Fellow in Law and Policy Andrew R. Arthur, a former immigration judge and lawyer responsible for drafting federal immigration legislation, referred to the DIGNIDAD Act as ârage bait.â He explained, âThis bill was designed to go nowhere, but its filing shows a failure to read the room of voters who brought Donald Trump back to the White House in November 2024.â âThe first clue that H.R. 4393 wasnât written to pass lies in its name,â Arthur observed. âRespectfully, naming your bill the âDIGNIDAD Actâ and then providing subtitles is the âpress one for Englishâ of legislative drafting,â he added, noting that foreigners who seek permanent residence in the U.S. have an obligation to respect and assimilate to American culture, including the use of American English. Relying on his own experience working with federal legislators, Arthur also pointed out that the DIGNIDAD Act has been referred to seven different House committees. âIf the primary sponsor is on a committee with clear jurisdiction over an issue and has a good relationship with the chair and the other members, the smart play is to write the bill in such a way that it is referred to only that committee and no other,â he observed. âOtherwise, it will usually be sent to more than one committee, for serial consideration and mark-up, and if any of the chairs of those other committees refuses to even consider the bill, it will stall and die.â Arthur added, âUnless the legislation is a clear response to an imminent and existential threat to the Republic ⌠more than three referrals generally always spells failure.â âSimply put, the DIGNIDAD Act wasnât written to pass; itâs a âmessaging billâ intended to make a point,â Arthur opined. âThere are, admittedly, good-faith arguments for why some aliens who came illegally or overstayed their periods of nonimmigrant admission should be allowed to remain, but most amnesties have failed or, worse, simply encouraged more illegal immigration because would-be illegal migrants donât read the fine print and smugglers have worse ethics (but better sales pitches) than telephone extended-warranty peddlers,â he continued. âConsequently, selling any amnesty is a heavy lift even for the savviest of politicos, and the DIGNIDAD Act has more poison pills than Dr. Kevorkianâs pharmacopeia.â Arthur observed that the DIGNIDAD Act not only grants explicit amnesties for millions of illegal immigrants but also contains âamnesties in the amnesties.â He noted the provision establishing âprima facieâ eligibility for illegal immigrants applying to the âDignity Program,â commenting, âGovernment databases arenât the best or most up-to-date, and this provision would create a logistical nightmare for ICE officers trying to determine whether to investigate, let alone arrest, an alien with a final removal order.â He added, âMoreover, why would ICE bother arresting any aliens, given that they will all immediately turn around and seek amnesty?â The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) explicitly bars Article III courts from reviewing most administrative immigration court decisions. (Immigration courts are a component of the federal executive branch, governed by Article II of the Constitution, while federal district courts and their appellate divisions, all the way up to the Supreme Court, are established and governed by Article III, which created the federal judiciary system.) The DIGNIDAD Act, however, attempts to skirt this provision by allowing âfor judicial review of denials starting at the federal district court level and going up from there.â Arthur stated that, in the INA, Congress intentionally âcut district court judges out of reviews of most administrative immigration decisions because those courts were where immigration cases went to die.â Additionally, there are fewer than 700 federal district court judges âon the bench right now, and if you were to add the hundreds of thousands of amnesty reviews (at a minimum) this bill could create to their dockets, youâd grind every other federal case to a halt,â Arthur pointed out. âAs a taxpayer with April 15 coming up, if the DIGNIDAD Act were to pass, Iâd beg DHS to rubber-stamp every amnesty application to save the massive litigation costs and prevent judicial-branch calamity.â âNothing about this bill suggests itâs a serious effort. In fact, it is to lawmaking what graffiti is to art, a near-meta effort to call the very concept of legislating into question,â Arthur concluded. The only goal the DIGNIDAD Act achieves, he suggested, is reminding âthe public why amnesty is a bad idea: Itâs unfair to those who have followed the costly and laborious process of coming legally; itâs a give-away bordering on pandering to special interests; itâs complicated and thus easily exploited; itâs a veritable âlawyersâ relief actâ; and it would throw enforcement into chaos.â The legislation has drawn the ire of numerous Republicans and immigration hardliners, allowing many to articulate the dangers of amnesty and reiterate the necessity of stringent immigration enforcement and reform. âSimply put,â Arthur commented, âthe DIGNIDAD Act would be Swiftian-level satire if the sponsorsâ intent was to rage-bait the Right into demanding more ICE arrests and deportations, and an even-tighter border. That plainly wasnât the sponsorsâ goal, but regardless, itâs the reason why so many on the Right are right now discussing a bill that was built to fail.â âNo Amnestyâ One of the DIGNIDAD Actâs co-sponsors, Rep. Mike Lawler, D-N.Y., took to the airwaves this week to promote the legislation. The bill, he said, has âbroad bipartisan support,â noting the Republicans and Democrats who have signed on as co-sponsors in recent months. âI think folks do recognize that we have a problem,â he said. âIf youâve been here more than five yearsâso not the people who came under Joe Bidenâs disastrous administration, but the people who have been in this country five, 10, 15, 20 years, whose children and grandchildren may in fact be American citizensâthey would qualify if they havenât committed a crime, they paid back taxes, they pay a fine, they have a job, and they do not collect government benefits,â Lawler claimed. âThey would qualify for legal status, not citizenship; they would be precluded from citizenship,â he added, referring to the approximately 12 million illegal immigrants who would be eligible to participate in the âDignity Program,â not the roughly three million who would be classified as âdreamersâ and would easily be able to attain U.S. citizenship. The DIGNIDAD Act, the congressman said, would âget people out of the shadows.â Lawlerâs fellow Republicans were less enthusiastic. âNo amnesty. No amnesty-lite. No âpath to citizenship.â No âDignity Act.â This is a red line,â said Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, noting that the legislation would grant amnesty to over 10 million illegal immigrants. âItâs rank amnesty and everybody knows it. I want dignity for Americansâthe people whose interests we representânot illegal aliens. That means doing what we said weâd do: mass deportations,â he added, in a separate social media post. âThe âDIGNIDADâ amnesty bill is two massive middle fingers to the voters who gave President Trump a popular vote victory and handed Republicans a trifecta, all on a platform of mass deportations.â âAmnesty doesnât fix a broken system,â said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, âit rewards the very lawbreaking that caused it. We should be restoring the rule of law and pausing immigration, not incentivizing more illegal behavior.â In an interview, Roy asserted, âThe so-called Dignity Act isnât about dignity â itâs about eroding accountability.â He continued, âIt rewards illegal immigration with sweeping amnesty for millions of lawbreakers while pushing aside the basic duty to put Americans first. A nation that wonât enforce its own laws isnât compassionate, itâs neglecting its responsibility to its own citizens.â Roy and other members of the House Freedom Caucus have vowed to oppose the legislation in Congress. Roy charged that the bill âbelongs in the trash bin of failed ideas.â Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., shared a video compilation depicting Americans who have been murdered by illegal immigrants, with the caption, âThey deserved dignity.â He added, âStop rewarding illegal aliens who reject our culture, values, and laws with citizenship. If dignity matters so much, give some to the American people who elites have ripped off for decades. The âDignity Actâ is just amnesty. Throw it in the garbage.â Other Republicans who have signaled their opposition to the legislation include Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Eric Burlison (Mo.), Mark Harris (N.C.), Keith Self (Texas), Tom Tiffany (Wis.), and Senators Mike Lee (Utah) and Eric Schmitt (Mo.). A number of conservative activists and organizations have also called for the DIGNIDAD Act to be halted. âPerhaps some on the Right missed the memo. The mandate was for mass deportations, NOT mass amnesty,â the Heritage Foundation posted on social media, adding, âThe only pathway we need for illegal aliens is a pathway back to where they came from.â Conservative commentator and documentary filmmaker Matt Walsh said that the DIGNIDAD Act is âeven worse than you think. If this bill became law it would destroy the country. It would be the most disastrous piece of legislation in decades.â He added, âEvery Republican who supports it should be run out of town.â Recent polling published by the Immigration Accountability Project found that nearly 60% of likely voters would oppose amnesty and still support the deportation of all illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. and that Republican voters would be encouraged to vote in Novemberâs crucial midterm elections by an increase in immigration enforcement and discouraged from voting by a failure to follow through on the mass deportation program promised by Trump in 2024. A Cygnal survey from late January also concluded that 61% of voters support the deportation of all illegal immigrants, 73% consider entering the U.S. illegally to be a criminal act, and 54% support the conduct of ICE in arresting and deporting illegal immigrants. Originally published by The Washington Stand. 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Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham
(The Daily Caller)âPresident Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday, urging Republican voters to back him as he faces a primary challenge. Trump posted the endorsement on his social media account, praising Grahamâs performance while criticizing his opponent, Mark Lynch. Trump described Lynch as âa disaster for the Republican Partyâ and accused him of aligning with figures like Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie. âSenator Lindsey Graham is doing a fantastic job. He is running against a LUNATIC named Mark Lynch, who supports perhaps the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky,â Trump wrote. âI donât have to go into great detail, but needless to say, Mark Lynch would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party, and Lindsey Graham just, GETS THE JOB DONE. VOTE FOR LINDSEY ALL THE WAY.â Graham took an active, behind-the-scenes role pushing the U.S. toward military action against Iran by working closely with foreign officials and intelligence sources. He traveled repeatedly to Israel, where he met with members of the countryâs intelligence agency and gathered information that he later brought back to Washington. Graham openly acknowledged meeting with foreign intelligence officials, saying they provide him information that U.S. government sources do not. âTheyâll tell me things our own government wonât tell me,â Graham told the Wall Street Journal. Graham reportedly used that information to lobby Trump directly, including through private meetings and informal conversations, while coordinating with leaders such as Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Salman. He advised foreign leaders how to better influence Trump and helped align regional backing for potential military action. Israel Hayom, an Israeli outlet, reported the close relationship between Graham and Netanyahu and identified the senator as one of four central figures shaping the war effort. The publication said Graham returned to Mar-a-Lago after a Middle East trip carrying messages from Gulf states urging U.S. action, which contrasted with public accounts at the time. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham
(The Daily Caller)âPresident Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday, urging Republican voters to back him as he faces a primary challenge. Trump posted the endorsement on his social media account, praising Grahamâs performance while criticizing his opponent, Mark Lynch. Trump described Lynch as âa disaster for the Republican Partyâ and accused him of aligning with figures like Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie. âSenator Lindsey Graham is doing a fantastic job. He is running against a LUNATIC named Mark Lynch, who supports perhaps the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky,â Trump wrote. âI donât have to go into great detail, but needless to say, Mark Lynch would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party, and Lindsey Graham just, GETS THE JOB DONE. VOTE FOR LINDSEY ALL THE WAY.â Graham took an active, behind-the-scenes role pushing the U.S. toward military action against Iran by working closely with foreign officials and intelligence sources. He traveled repeatedly to Israel, where he met with members of the countryâs intelligence agency and gathered information that he later brought back to Washington. Graham openly acknowledged meeting with foreign intelligence officials, saying they provide him information that U.S. government sources do not. âTheyâll tell me things our own government wonât tell me,â Graham told the Wall Street Journal. Graham reportedly used that information to lobby Trump directly, including through private meetings and informal conversations, while coordinating with leaders such as Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Salman. He advised foreign leaders how to better influence Trump and helped align regional backing for potential military action. Israel Hayom, an Israeli outlet, reported the close relationship between Graham and Netanyahu and identified the senator as one of four central figures shaping the war effort. The publication said Graham returned to Mar-a-Lago after a Middle East trip carrying messages from Gulf states urging U.S. action, which contrasted with public accounts at the time. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley created a nationwide sensation when he uncovered $110 million in suspicious government payments to daycare centers operated by Somali-Americans in Minnesota in âone day alone.â This successful effort to fight fraud received praise from the Trump administration. It also led to concrete action as President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing an official âFraud Task Force.â Trump selected Vice President J.D. Vance as the âFraud Czarâ to lead this campaign. The President called the problem âmassive and pervasiveâ with ânumbers so largeâ that if the task force is âsuccessful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget.â Vanceâs task force acted quickly, targeting the fraud-rich state of California. Their first successful investigation uncovered âan alleged $50 million hospice and healthcare fraud scheme in Los Angeles.â These findings are just the tip of the iceberg as fraud is pervasive throughout federal and state governments. A perfect example is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was established in 1992 when Congress passed legislation to provide healthcare assistance to low-income and rural communities throughout the nation. The bill required âpharmaceutical manufacturers to sell outpatient prescription drugs to participating health care facilities at discounted prices.â Under the program, providers purchase drugs at steep discounts but are reimbursed by insurers and public programs at standard market rates. However, there are no federal requirements for providers to report how revenue generated through these discounts is used or whether patients receive a direct financial benefit. These savings were supposed to be offered to low-income patients who needed financial assistance purchasing medication. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that the savings have not been provided to patients. According to U.S. Representative Earl âBuddyâ Carter (R-GA), â340B was intended to give low-income and vulnerable patients access to affordable medicines. The program has rapidly expanded, and a lack of transparency has allowed some entities to pocket the savings without passing them on to patients.â What a shocker, the costs of a federal program are skyrocketing, and the intended beneficiaries are being shortchanged. It happens constantly throughout the bloated federal government, but, in this case, the consequences are dire, negatively impacting the health of vulnerable Americans. U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) noted that the 340B program has âgapsâ that âhave let these discounts be misused and diverted from the goal of better access and lower costs for patients most in need.â Since President Trump has not only emphasized fighting fraud but also lowering healthcare costs, congressional action is desperately needed on this issue. To address this problem, Representatives Carter and Harshbarger have introduced the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act). The bill would provide âcritical oversight and transparencyâ for a program that has not been adequately monitored, and the cost of U.S. taxpayers is spiraling out of control. As evidence, letâs examine the âprime vendor program,â which 90% of participating health care facilities use to purchase drugs. As reported by the Congressional Budget Office, in 2010,  these health care facilities spent $6.6 billion to purchase drugs. By 2021, the costs had increased almost 700% to an astounding $43.9 billion. Along with the increasing costs, other issues must be investigated. While the program has expanded, congressional oversight has been minimal, and there has been scant evidence that patients in need are benefiting. Representative Carter believes that âCongress must act to restore the integrity of the program to better protect vulnerable patients served by safety-net providers.â Among the many goals of the 340B ACCESS Act are two that are especially important. Namely, to âensure 340B prescriptions are offered to patients at a discount,â and âprevent middlemen and for-profit entities from profiting off the 340B program.â The bill also requires enhanced transparency by requiring participating entities to report how funds are being utilized. Undoubtedly, congressional action is required to fight fraud and abuse in our healthcare system. In Louisiana, a report by HEAL Collaborative discovered that among 340B participating entities, between 2014 and 2022, there was an increase, per bed, of 22.5% in assets, âdefined as any resource with financial value that the hospital controls.â However, while assets grew, during the same time period, there was a 41% decrease in uncompensated care per bed. Instead of growing uncompensated care per bed as assets grew, Louisiana healthcare facilities abused the 340B program to increase their profits. Due to this abuse, Louisiana consumers are keenly interested in reform in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. According to a survey of Louisiana residents conducted by the National Consumer League, â77%âŚagree that hospitals receiving 340B discounts should be required to pass those savings on to low-income and vulnerable patients.â There is also strong support for greater transparency as â74%âŚsupport defining in law who qualifies as a â340B patientâ to ensure the right patients benefit from the program.â Reform is needed in Louisiana and nationwide, especially since the program has grown so large and is projected to expand even more in the years ahead. Currently, the 340B  program âis the second-largest federal prescription drug program, second only to Medicare Part D, and is now larger than Part B, Medicaid, and TRICARE.â With an annual growth rate of 23%, it will âsurpass Medicare Part D as the largest government-run drug purchasing program in 2027.â A major driver of growth was the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which expanded the number of âsitesâ eligible for the program. In 1992, there were just 392 âcovered entitiesâ and affiliated facilities that were eligible for the program. By 2023, that number had skyrocketed to 56,730. As the program has grown, the services for low-income Americans have decreased by 15%, despite the clear purpose of the original legislation. Until new legislation is passed requiring hospitals to spend their profits from the program on vulnerable populations, as the 1992 bill intended, these âsitesâ will continue to financially benefit, while ignoring those in need. Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program, âRingside Politics,â airs Saturdays from 1-2 p.m. CT nationally on Real Americaâs Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-9 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM & Wgso.com. He is the President and General Manager of WGSO Radio, a political columnist, the author of Americaâs Last Chance, and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and at Crouere.net. For more information, email him at jcrouere@gmail.com. The post Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley created a nationwide sensation when he uncovered $110 million in suspicious government payments to daycare centers operated by Somali-Americans in Minnesota in âone day alone.â This successful effort to fight fraud received praise from the Trump administration. It also led to concrete action as President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing an official âFraud Task Force.â Trump selected Vice President J.D. Vance as the âFraud Czarâ to lead this campaign. The President called the problem âmassive and pervasiveâ with ânumbers so largeâ that if the task force is âsuccessful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget.â Vanceâs task force acted quickly, targeting the fraud-rich state of California. Their first successful investigation uncovered âan alleged $50 million hospice and healthcare fraud scheme in Los Angeles.â These findings are just the tip of the iceberg as fraud is pervasive throughout federal and state governments. A perfect example is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was established in 1992 when Congress passed legislation to provide healthcare assistance to low-income and rural communities throughout the nation. The bill required âpharmaceutical manufacturers to sell outpatient prescription drugs to participating health care facilities at discounted prices.â Under the program, providers purchase drugs at steep discounts but are reimbursed by insurers and public programs at standard market rates. However, there are no federal requirements for providers to report how revenue generated through these discounts is used or whether patients receive a direct financial benefit. These savings were supposed to be offered to low-income patients who needed financial assistance purchasing medication. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that the savings have not been provided to patients. According to U.S. Representative Earl âBuddyâ Carter (R-GA), â340B was intended to give low-income and vulnerable patients access to affordable medicines. The program has rapidly expanded, and a lack of transparency has allowed some entities to pocket the savings without passing them on to patients.â What a shocker, the costs of a federal program are skyrocketing, and the intended beneficiaries are being shortchanged. It happens constantly throughout the bloated federal government, but, in this case, the consequences are dire, negatively impacting the health of vulnerable Americans. U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) noted that the 340B program has âgapsâ that âhave let these discounts be misused and diverted from the goal of better access and lower costs for patients most in need.â Since President Trump has not only emphasized fighting fraud but also lowering healthcare costs, congressional action is desperately needed on this issue. To address this problem, Representatives Carter and Harshbarger have introduced the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act). The bill would provide âcritical oversight and transparencyâ for a program that has not been adequately monitored, and the cost of U.S. taxpayers is spiraling out of control. As evidence, letâs examine the âprime vendor program,â which 90% of participating health care facilities use to purchase drugs. As reported by the Congressional Budget Office, in 2010,  these health care facilities spent $6.6 billion to purchase drugs. By 2021, the costs had increased almost 700% to an astounding $43.9 billion. Along with the increasing costs, other issues must be investigated. While the program has expanded, congressional oversight has been minimal, and there has been scant evidence that patients in need are benefiting. Representative Carter believes that âCongress must act to restore the integrity of the program to better protect vulnerable patients served by safety-net providers.â Among the many goals of the 340B ACCESS Act are two that are especially important. Namely, to âensure 340B prescriptions are offered to patients at a discount,â and âprevent middlemen and for-profit entities from profiting off the 340B program.â The bill also requires enhanced transparency by requiring participating entities to report how funds are being utilized. Undoubtedly, congressional action is required to fight fraud and abuse in our healthcare system. In Louisiana, a report by HEAL Collaborative discovered that among 340B participating entities, between 2014 and 2022, there was an increase, per bed, of 22.5% in assets, âdefined as any resource with financial value that the hospital controls.â However, while assets grew, during the same time period, there was a 41% decrease in uncompensated care per bed. Instead of growing uncompensated care per bed as assets grew, Louisiana healthcare facilities abused the 340B program to increase their profits. Due to this abuse, Louisiana consumers are keenly interested in reform in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. According to a survey of Louisiana residents conducted by the National Consumer League, â77%âŚagree that hospitals receiving 340B discounts should be required to pass those savings on to low-income and vulnerable patients.â There is also strong support for greater transparency as â74%âŚsupport defining in law who qualifies as a â340B patientâ to ensure the right patients benefit from the program.â Reform is needed in Louisiana and nationwide, especially since the program has grown so large and is projected to expand even more in the years ahead. Currently, the 340B  program âis the second-largest federal prescription drug program, second only to Medicare Part D, and is now larger than Part B, Medicaid, and TRICARE.â With an annual growth rate of 23%, it will âsurpass Medicare Part D as the largest government-run drug purchasing program in 2027.â A major driver of growth was the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which expanded the number of âsitesâ eligible for the program. In 1992, there were just 392 âcovered entitiesâ and affiliated facilities that were eligible for the program. By 2023, that number had skyrocketed to 56,730. As the program has grown, the services for low-income Americans have decreased by 15%, despite the clear purpose of the original legislation. Until new legislation is passed requiring hospitals to spend their profits from the program on vulnerable populations, as the 1992 bill intended, these âsitesâ will continue to financially benefit, while ignoring those in need. Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program, âRingside Politics,â airs Saturdays from 1-2 p.m. CT nationally on Real Americaâs Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-9 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM & Wgso.com. He is the President and General Manager of WGSO Radio, a political columnist, the author of Americaâs Last Chance, and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and at Crouere.net. For more information, email him at jcrouere@gmail.com. The post Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley created a nationwide sensation when he uncovered $110 million in suspicious government payments to daycare centers operated by Somali-Americans in Minnesota in âone day alone.â This successful effort to fight fraud received praise from the Trump administration. It also led to concrete action as President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing an official âFraud Task Force.â Trump selected Vice President J.D. Vance as the âFraud Czarâ to lead this campaign. The President called the problem âmassive and pervasiveâ with ânumbers so largeâ that if the task force is âsuccessful, we would literally be able to balance our American Budget.â Vanceâs task force acted quickly, targeting the fraud-rich state of California. Their first successful investigation uncovered âan alleged $50 million hospice and healthcare fraud scheme in Los Angeles.â These findings are just the tip of the iceberg as fraud is pervasive throughout federal and state governments. A perfect example is the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was established in 1992 when Congress passed legislation to provide healthcare assistance to low-income and rural communities throughout the nation. The bill required âpharmaceutical manufacturers to sell outpatient prescription drugs to participating health care facilities at discounted prices.â Under the program, providers purchase drugs at steep discounts but are reimbursed by insurers and public programs at standard market rates. However, there are no federal requirements for providers to report how revenue generated through these discounts is used or whether patients receive a direct financial benefit. These savings were supposed to be offered to low-income patients who needed financial assistance purchasing medication. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that the savings have not been provided to patients. According to U.S. Representative Earl âBuddyâ Carter (R-GA), â340B was intended to give low-income and vulnerable patients access to affordable medicines. The program has rapidly expanded, and a lack of transparency has allowed some entities to pocket the savings without passing them on to patients.â What a shocker, the costs of a federal program are skyrocketing, and the intended beneficiaries are being shortchanged. It happens constantly throughout the bloated federal government, but, in this case, the consequences are dire, negatively impacting the health of vulnerable Americans. U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) noted that the 340B program has âgapsâ that âhave let these discounts be misused and diverted from the goal of better access and lower costs for patients most in need.â Since President Trump has not only emphasized fighting fraud but also lowering healthcare costs, congressional action is desperately needed on this issue. To address this problem, Representatives Carter and Harshbarger have introduced the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act). The bill would provide âcritical oversight and transparencyâ for a program that has not been adequately monitored, and the cost of U.S. taxpayers is spiraling out of control. As evidence, letâs examine the âprime vendor program,â which 90% of participating health care facilities use to purchase drugs. As reported by the Congressional Budget Office, in 2010,  these health care facilities spent $6.6 billion to purchase drugs. By 2021, the costs had increased almost 700% to an astounding $43.9 billion. Along with the increasing costs, other issues must be investigated. While the program has expanded, congressional oversight has been minimal, and there has been scant evidence that patients in need are benefiting. Representative Carter believes that âCongress must act to restore the integrity of the program to better protect vulnerable patients served by safety-net providers.â Among the many goals of the 340B ACCESS Act are two that are especially important. Namely, to âensure 340B prescriptions are offered to patients at a discount,â and âprevent middlemen and for-profit entities from profiting off the 340B program.â The bill also requires enhanced transparency by requiring participating entities to report how funds are being utilized. Undoubtedly, congressional action is required to fight fraud and abuse in our healthcare system. In Louisiana, a report by HEAL Collaborative discovered that among 340B participating entities, between 2014 and 2022, there was an increase, per bed, of 22.5% in assets, âdefined as any resource with financial value that the hospital controls.â However, while assets grew, during the same time period, there was a 41% decrease in uncompensated care per bed. Instead of growing uncompensated care per bed as assets grew, Louisiana healthcare facilities abused the 340B program to increase their profits. Due to this abuse, Louisiana consumers are keenly interested in reform in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. According to a survey of Louisiana residents conducted by the National Consumer League, â77%âŚagree that hospitals receiving 340B discounts should be required to pass those savings on to low-income and vulnerable patients.â There is also strong support for greater transparency as â74%âŚsupport defining in law who qualifies as a â340B patientâ to ensure the right patients benefit from the program.â Reform is needed in Louisiana and nationwide, especially since the program has grown so large and is projected to expand even more in the years ahead. Currently, the 340B  program âis the second-largest federal prescription drug program, second only to Medicare Part D, and is now larger than Part B, Medicaid, and TRICARE.â With an annual growth rate of 23%, it will âsurpass Medicare Part D as the largest government-run drug purchasing program in 2027.â A major driver of growth was the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which expanded the number of âsitesâ eligible for the program. In 1992, there were just 392 âcovered entitiesâ and affiliated facilities that were eligible for the program. By 2023, that number had skyrocketed to 56,730. As the program has grown, the services for low-income Americans have decreased by 15%, despite the clear purpose of the original legislation. Until new legislation is passed requiring hospitals to spend their profits from the program on vulnerable populations, as the 1992 bill intended, these âsitesâ will continue to financially benefit, while ignoring those in need. Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program, âRingside Politics,â airs Saturdays from 1-2 p.m. CT nationally on Real Americaâs Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-9 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM & Wgso.com. He is the President and General Manager of WGSO Radio, a political columnist, the author of Americaâs Last Chance, and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and at Crouere.net. For more information, email him at jcrouere@gmail.com. The post Massive Fraud Found in Federal Drug Pricing Program appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Governmentâs Efforts to Monitor Social Media Users Skyrocket
(The Daily Caller)âMajor tech companies shared data from over 3.5 million user accounts with the U.S. government between late 2024 and early 2025, according to a report from digital privacy firm Proton. Protonâs report focuses on Apple, Google and Meta, and finds the 770% surge has occurred ever since the tech giants started disclosing government requests. Moreover, the total increases from 3.5 million accounts to 6.7 million accounts when accounting for disclosures under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) from 2014 to 2024. THE NAMEShttps://t.co/SUwD39MNkM â Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 13, 2024 The data sharing has increased under both parties, according to Bloomberg. The number of disclosed accounts skyrocketed by 927% at Apple, 557% at Google and 668% at Meta over the course of the decade, according to Proton. Apple, Google and Meta shared data from over 282,000 American accounts during the first half of 2025. Reported FISA content requests soared by 2,486% at Meta and 649% at Google between 2014 and 2024, according to Proton. They rose 443% between 2018 and 2024 at Apple, which lacks comparable data spanning back to 2014. âThe Trump administration continues to champion the right to privacy for Americans and American data by encouraging secure technologies and supply chains that protect user privacy from design to deployment,â a White House spokesperson told Bloomberg. Critics have long scrutinized FISA amid allegations that the FBI has repeatedly abused the authority, which enables intelligence officials to surveil Americans without obtaining a warrant. FISAâs Section 702 permits intelligence agencies to gather incidental data on Americans while targeting foreign individuals, leading to concerns over improper spying on U.S. citizens. Section 702 is slated to expire on April 20, but it is up for reauthorization, according to Bloomberg. President Donald Trump wrote in a March 25 Truth Social post that he supported an 18-month extension of FISA Section 702 that maintains reforms from the last reauthorization. âItâs clear that the biggest tech companies are a frequent and growing target for government surveillance,â Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who has pushed for 702 reforms, told Bloomberg. âA handful of companies are collecting huge amounts of information about Americansâ lives, so it is natural that they are a tempting target for law enforcement and intelligence agencies.â âUnless Congress passes strong new guardrails to protect Americansâ rights, that information will inevitably be abused,â he added. Meta told Bloomberg that although government requests have increased, its level of compliance has stayed steady. âWe safeguard our users with industry-leading encryption by default and offer advanced client-side encryption for organizations with strict data sovereignty needs,â a Google spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. âWhen governments request information, we review every demand and regularly push back on those that are overly broad. We then share data about these requests publicly in our Transparency Report.â Former President Joe Bidenâs administration pushed Big Tech firms to suppress content during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, it pushed Facebook to censor posts about the pandemic that it deemed misinformation, according to documents published by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in July 2023. Apple and Meta did not immediately respond to the DCNFâs request for comment. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Governmentâs Efforts to Monitor Social Media Users Skyrocket appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.
Governmentâs Efforts to Monitor Social Media Users Skyrocket
(The Daily Caller)âMajor tech companies shared data from over 3.5 million user accounts with the U.S. government between late 2024 and early 2025, according to a report from digital privacy firm Proton. Protonâs report focuses on Apple, Google and Meta, and finds the 770% surge has occurred ever since the tech giants started disclosing government requests. Moreover, the total increases from 3.5 million accounts to 6.7 million accounts when accounting for disclosures under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) from 2014 to 2024. THE NAMEShttps://t.co/SUwD39MNkM â Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 13, 2024 The data sharing has increased under both parties, according to Bloomberg. The number of disclosed accounts skyrocketed by 927% at Apple, 557% at Google and 668% at Meta over the course of the decade, according to Proton. Apple, Google and Meta shared data from over 282,000 American accounts during the first half of 2025. Reported FISA content requests soared by 2,486% at Meta and 649% at Google between 2014 and 2024, according to Proton. They rose 443% between 2018 and 2024 at Apple, which lacks comparable data spanning back to 2014. âThe Trump administration continues to champion the right to privacy for Americans and American data by encouraging secure technologies and supply chains that protect user privacy from design to deployment,â a White House spokesperson told Bloomberg. Critics have long scrutinized FISA amid allegations that the FBI has repeatedly abused the authority, which enables intelligence officials to surveil Americans without obtaining a warrant. FISAâs Section 702 permits intelligence agencies to gather incidental data on Americans while targeting foreign individuals, leading to concerns over improper spying on U.S. citizens. Section 702 is slated to expire on April 20, but it is up for reauthorization, according to Bloomberg. President Donald Trump wrote in a March 25 Truth Social post that he supported an 18-month extension of FISA Section 702 that maintains reforms from the last reauthorization. âItâs clear that the biggest tech companies are a frequent and growing target for government surveillance,â Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who has pushed for 702 reforms, told Bloomberg. âA handful of companies are collecting huge amounts of information about Americansâ lives, so it is natural that they are a tempting target for law enforcement and intelligence agencies.â âUnless Congress passes strong new guardrails to protect Americansâ rights, that information will inevitably be abused,â he added. Meta told Bloomberg that although government requests have increased, its level of compliance has stayed steady. âWe safeguard our users with industry-leading encryption by default and offer advanced client-side encryption for organizations with strict data sovereignty needs,â a Google spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. âWhen governments request information, we review every demand and regularly push back on those that are overly broad. We then share data about these requests publicly in our Transparency Report.â Former President Joe Bidenâs administration pushed Big Tech firms to suppress content during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, it pushed Facebook to censor posts about the pandemic that it deemed misinformation, according to documents published by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in July 2023. Apple and Meta did not immediately respond to the DCNFâs request for comment. All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporterâs byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. The post Governmentâs Efforts to Monitor Social Media Users Skyrocket appeared first on đ The Liberty Daily.