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U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Friday rejected a bid from first son Hunter Biden to dismiss gun charges against him. Special counsel David Weiss has alleged that the now-first son lied on a federal gun form about his drug use and that he possessed a firearm while using illegal narcotics. He has pleaded not guilty. Noreika rejected the first son's claims that the case was politically motivated in denying the motion for dismissal, according to the Associated Press.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign Senate Bill 4, which would make it a state crime to cross the border between ports of entry, allow police to arrest people who do and require judges to order them to return to Mexico. Texas lawmakers last month approved Senate Bill 4, an immigration law that would allow Texas police to arrest people for illegally crossing the border from Mexico. SB 4, which Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign into law, has sparked intense debate, with opponents saying it will lead to racial profiling by police and supporters saying Texas...

Florida recently passed a law that eliminates squatter's rights.. Squatting laws have become a frequent target of exploitation by savvy criminals who fraudulently move into vacant homes across the nation. Experts warn that the problem could be compounded by the ongoing immigration crisis, with migrants catching wind of the laws and taking advantage of them. "I have thought about invading a house in the United States," migrant Leonel Moreno said in Spanish in a TikTok video that went viral last month. "I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited, we can...

Breaking News: The open borders, lockdown addicted, mandatory JAB pushing, WEF Govt of tiny Rishi Sunak are introducing new legal definitions of terrorism. Critics of the WEF, UN, EU, NATO and the WHO Treaty can expect a knock at the door. Here are the new diktats from WEF Sunak and Co. Under the new definition, which comes into force on Thursday, extremism is “the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to: 1. negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or

The U.S. immigration system isn’t broken, laws established by Congress are being ignored, a former immigration judge told members of Congress. “Despite consistent claims to the contrary, America’s immigration system is not broken. Far from it, in fact,” Matthew O’Brien said at a hearing held by the U.S. Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on Thursday. “The problem,” he said, "is that too many administrations have simply ignored whatever aspects of the Immigration and Nationality Act they dislike or find politically inconvenient. And they do so wholly in order to pander to perceived political constituencies,...

We took a look at a few new laws that may, from new rules for building affordable housing to how you interact with police officers and new emission standards for certain small engines (think leaf blowers). Making it easier for faith groups and colleges to build affordable housing on their land Leave for reproductive loss Police officers have to say why they stopped a driver Expansion of traffic speed cameras Increasing city council member pay Ending suspensions for “willful defiance” LGBTQ+ cultural competency training for teachers Adding Asian American history, media literacy to California’s K-12 curriculum Requiring owners to clean...

Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), a Republican presidential candidate, said Sunday on “This Week” that state legislature will have to “tweak” abortion laws to avoid women having to carry nonviable pregnancies. Anchor Jonathan Karl said, “We had the Texas Supreme Court abortion occasion, really kind of a tragic case. Kate Cox, the Supreme Court ruled she could not have an abortion even though her doctor said it might jeopardize her ability to have children in the future and the fetus was almost certainly not going to survive. You disagreed with that decision by the Texas Supreme Court?”

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Thursday on CNNs “This Morning” that the United States needed to do “so much more” on gun laws because “we are not protecting our own people.” When asked about the mass shooting in Maine, Coons said, “President Biden signed into law year the biggest progress we’ve made forward on closing loopholes in the gun background checks system and investing tens of billions of dollars more into community mental health.” He continued, “We have a country divided in terms of our understanding on the limits of gun rights. It was one of President Biden’s big accomplishments...

With many eyes focused on the 2024 presidential election, issues of election integrity are again coming to the forefront of the national conversation, as they should. Without fair, honest, and secure elections, we can’t sustain our democratic republic. Because the Framers of our Constitution placed primary responsibility on the states to administer and set out the rules and procedures that apply in our elections, that’s where most battles over election integrity have been—and will continue to be—fought. Fortunately, the citizens of many states, their legislators, and even judges who hear challenges to recent commonsense election reforms all are starting to...

In July of 2022, the Supreme Court, in a landmark 6-3 decision, ruled that the EPA overstepped its authority by creating rules and regulations regarding forcing power plants to transition to clean or renewable energy sources. SCOTUS ruled that the EPA, in effect, created rules that carry the same weight as laws passed by Congress, thus violating Article I of the Constitution, which states that all legislative powers shall be granted to Congress only. Thus making Congress the only body that can introduce and pass legislation, not a state or federal agency. The court says it [the EPA] is protecting...

Rachel Levine remained optimistic about the LGBTQ+ community’s future in the U.S. at an event about health inequity. During Thursday’s event, hosted by The Washington Post, associate editor Jonathan Capehart and the nation’s assistant secretary for health discussed the recent slew of bills in state legislatures that target the LGBTQ+ community. These bills aimed to ban gender-affirming care, restrict drag performances and encourage the misgendering of children, among other measures. As the highest ranking government official who is openly transgender, Levine said anti-LGBTQ+ bills create obstacles to achieving health equity.

Mayor Eric Adams defended his stance on New York City’s ongoing migrants crisis Thursday morning, saying he “did not write” the laws that some say are aiding and abetting the deluge of new arrivals – but punted on the ongoing controversy over Jordan Neely’s death while applauding himself for running a “complicated city.” “I don’t think anyone [writing the laws] thought about a humanitarian crisis on this level,” Adams said during a 16-minute appearance on 77 WABC’s “Sid & Friends In The Morning.” “Eric Adams did not write these laws, but we have a New York state Constitution,” he noted,...

(LifeSiteNews) — LifeSiteNews has launched a new interactive map tracking the growing number of states restricting dangerous transgender surgeries and drugs. For mobile devices, click and hold the individual states to see the descriptions. Republican states have passed an unprecedented wave of bills this year cracking down on so-called “gender transitions,” particularly for children. In the past four months, 14 states have approved laws to ban or limit transgender surgical and hormonal inventions for youth. Republican governors in Florida and Missouri are poised to sign similar laws in the coming days, and bans are also moving forward in six other...

The Biden Administration’s mail-order abortion regime is being challenged in part of a federal lawsuit — but no matter the outcome, the United States Postal Service (USPS) plans to “follow the law,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said. The Washington Post published a question and answer-style interview with DeJoy on Wednesday, which included a question about how the USPS is handling laws around abortion pills as the lawsuit continues. “A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling earlier in April placing severe restrictions on abortion medication, including if it can be sent through the mail. That ruling is currently stayed and...

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that American need to make “serious change” in our gun laws because “we have some of the highest levels of gun violence.” Anchor Margaret Brennan asked, “I want to start on this issue. Our viewers remember, of course, that your wife, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was critically wounded in a shooting. You’ve made gun safety a primary issue. Your colleague said to me recently that someone is dying within the soul of this nation. Do you think America is numb to gun violence?”

REPORTER: "The indictment does not specifically say what those crimes were. [...] What laws were broken?"DA BRAGG: "The indictment doesn't specify because the law does not so require..."Video of the exchange in the link below.https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1643380738165710848

LEWISVILLE, TX — In a move privacy advocates are hailing as historic, Texas's state legislature has passed a batch of new laws allowing civilians to shoot Google Maps camera cars on sight. "These new laws will allow Texans to exercise their God-given, constitutionally guaranteed, and morally necessary rights to blow away any of these creepy-crawly Googl-y spy cars." Texas Governor Abbott spoke to members of the press outside the statehouse, resting the heels of his hands on what onlookers called "comically large guns" on a "comically large belt with a comically large belt buckle" designed to look like a longhorn...

Rep. Greg Stuebe seeks to prove that being a citizen requires more than just showing up. On Friday, the Sarasota Republican announced that he had introduced a bill to repeal certain provisions of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, more commonly known as the “Motor Voter” law.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he believed Republicans’ refusal to pass “common sense gun safety” was a “dereliction of duty.” Booker said, “There are common sense gun safety things that we can do in this country that majority of Americans agree on, like universal background checks, gun safety locks. There are things we agree on. The problem in America is that we have a major political party that is not willing to do the common sense things that would make us safer.

This abuse is intentional and must come to an end. ... In 2015, officials in Hennepin County seized an elderly woman's condo and sold it, over about $2,300 of unpaid property taxes, plus $12,700 in penalties, interest and fees. They sold that home for $40,000 and kept every penny, robbing elderly Geraldine Tyler of her home equity. And that's just one example. From 2014 through 2021, local governments in Minnesota seized and sold at least 1,350 Minnesota homes. The lost savings amounted to an average of $155,000 per home, or 90% of the home's value. Minnesota is one of 12...