Athens, Georgia, Democratic Mayor Kelly Girtz is facing a local recall effort against him after the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took place in the city in February.  “Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz is asking the county’s Superior Court to order the suspension of a recall effort against him until the court reviews the proceedings thus far in the initiative,” the Athens Banner-Herald reported. “In a petition filed Wednesday, Girtz asks that the court’s review include an examination of the sufficiency, or lack thereof, of the grounds stated for the recal ..read more

The House Judiciary Committee released a report detailing the “political vendetta” Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has against Donald Trump. “In April 2023, District Attorney Bragg succumbed to [former Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz] pressure campaign, charging President Trump with 34 felony counts using a novel and untested legal theory that bootstrapped misdemeanor allegations as a felony,” a press release reads. “The timing and basis for the DANY’s prosecution of President Trump provide a clear inference that Bragg is motivated by political calculations.” “The facts at the cent ..read more

President Joe Biden said he is “happy” to debate Donald Trump. Radio host Howard Stern asked Biden, “I don’t know if you are going to debate your opponent.” Biden responded, “I am, somewhere I don’t know when, I am happy you know.” JUST IN: President Biden tells Howard Stern that he is ready to debate Trump. The comment from Biden came after Trump said he was willing to debate Biden "anytime, anywhere, anyplace." Biden also bizarrely bragged about getting "very salacious pictures" of women from when he… pic.twitter.com/tW9vJWQlzq — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 26, 2024 Trump responded ..read more

The Biden administration proposed increasing the capital gains tax to 44.6%. The percentage is the highest rate in over a century. “For example, a taxpayer with $1,100,000 in taxable income of which $200,000 is preferential capital income would have $100,000 of capital income taxed at the preferential rate and $100,000 taxed at ordinary rates,” the proposal reads. The proposal, when accounting for state capital gains tax, could exceed 50% in many states. A footnote in the document explains how the 44.6% is reached. “A separate proposal would first raise the top ordinary rate to 39.6 percent (4 ..read more

On April 25, worship leader and political activist Sean Feucht led a “United for Israel March” at Columbia University. Joining him were author Eric Metaxas and Pastor Russell Johnson of The Pursuit Church in Seattle. The march comes as U.S. university students have engaged in pro-Palestine demonstrations. “It’s time to take a stand against the rampant anti-semitism that is plaguing our nation,” Feucht wrote on X. “Columbia has been taken over by radical Pro-Hamas protestors.” BREAKING NEWS: We’re headed to New York this week for a United for Israel March on the Campus of Columbia University ..read more

Two thousand illegal immigrants were apprehended in the San Diego sector of the Southern border on April 24. Of the 2,000 migrants, 206 were Chinese. The San Diego sector also had the most illegal crossings throughout April, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). According to Fox News’ Bill Melugin, the top four nationalities crossing into the San Diego sector were those from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and China. NEW: Per CBP source, Border Patrol's San Diego sector apprehended 2,000 illegal aliens yesterday alone, including 206 Chinese nationals. San Diego sector has seen the m ..read more

The University of Southern California announced that it is canceling its main graduation ceremony after anti-Israel protesters were present on campus. The ceremony was originally planned for May 10, 2024. USC protesters became violent during the demonstration, leading to police “taking out their batons,” wrote conservative figure Collin Rugg. HAPPENING NOW: Mass chaos breaks out at college campuses across the United States as pro-Palestine protests intensify. Columbia, Harvard, USC, University of Texas at Austin and others are getting swarmed by protesters. Police at USC are taking out thei ..read more

The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Williams Institute School of Law published a study claiming that LGBTQ people are at greater risk for climate change effects. The study drew upon data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). “This report provides some of the first empirical documentation as to how LGBT people differentially experience the negative effects of climate change compared to non-LGBT people,” UCLA researchers wrote. “Using U.S. Census data and climate risk assessment data from NASA and the Federal ..read more

The World Economic Forum (WEF) declared in a report titled “Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)” that at least 98% of the “global economy’s central banks are researching, experimenting, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC) to determine how to modernize the capabilities of and improve access to central bank money (CeBM).” The WEF noted that 24 CBDCs are expected to be active by 2030. “CeBM is ideal for systemically important transactions despite the emergence of alternative payment instruments,” the report said. “Wholesale cen ..read more

The New York Court of Appeals overturned film producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, claiming that the trial judge used the testimony of women who did not bring the complaint. The court’s 4-3 ruling called for a “new trial.” “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the decision read in part. “The court compounded that error when it ruled that defendant, who had no criminal history, could be cross-examined about those allegations as well as numerous a ..read more