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A two-year-old girl is dead. Her killer, Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, is a Mexican national who should never have been in this country. And Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger owns a piece of this tragedy whether she wants to admit it or not. The Department of Homeland Security isn't mincing words. They're calling Virginia a "hotbed" for illegal immigrant violence, and they're … [Read more...] about Virginia’s Sanctuary Policies Just Got a Toddler Killed

Senator Tim Sheehy isn't playing around. The Montana Republican is introducing legislation Thursday that would hit pause on the entire H-1B visa program for three years, then restart it with teeth sharp enough to actually protect American workers. We're talking a 25,000 annual cap, a $200,000 wage floor, and restrictions designed to end the kind of abuse that's become standard … [Read more...] about Senator Sheehy Takes Aim at H-1B Visa Program With Sweeping New Bill

There's a certain poetic justice when the prosecutor becomes the prosecuted. Jack Smith, the former special counsel who spent years chasing Donald Trump with the full weight of the federal government behind him, now finds himself on the receiving end of a criminal referral. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan isn't playing games anymore. He's asking the Justice Department to … [Read more...] about The Hunter Becomes the Hunted as Jack Smith Faces Criminal Referral Over False Testimony

Chad Robichaux came home from Afghanistan and did everything right. He ate clean, trained like the professional athlete he was becoming, followed the playbook. But something was off, deeply wrong in a way that didn't show up on any standard checkup. Some days he'd snap at nothing. Other days he couldn't crawl out of bed, crushed by what he called "a real sense of doom." The VA … [Read more...] about Why Hegseth’s Testosterone Screening Order Matters More Than You Think

There's something almost poetic about watching a career politician stumble over basic facts about the state he's supposed to represent. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat from Virginia, just gave us a masterclass in why Americans are fed up with their so-called representatives. On ABC's This Week, Warner got fact-checked in real time by host Jon Karl about Virginia's voter ID laws. … [Read more...] about Mark Warner Just Got Schooled on His Own State’s Voting Laws on National TV