Trump Officials, Allies Move To Dismantle Obama-Era Guidelines That Pressured Banks To Drop Conservatives

Executive order will also target banks for dropping clients over politics Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing federal regulators to eliminate Obama-era guidelines that pressure banks to deny services to conservative groups. It also calls to punish banks that drop customers because of politics. The

Tom Cotton Presses IRS To Probe CAIR’s Tax-Exempt Status, Citing ‘Ties to Terror Organizations’

‘Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and it should not subsidize organizations with links to terrorism,’ Arkansas senator writes Tom Cotton / Getty Images Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is petitioning the IRS to formally investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for violations of its tax-exempt status, citing “ties to terrorist organizations,

‘Abandoning the Very People It Was Established To Protect’: Red Cross Comes Under Fire After Disturbing Footage Shows Starved Israeli Hostages

The aid organization, which traditionally works to provide aid to hostages during armed conflicts, has not visited the Israelis held captive by Hamas (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) The Red Cross is under fire from GOP lawmakers and officials for failing to advocate on behalf of the remaining Israeli hostages after shocking videos showed two

EXCLUSIVE: Nine Absurdly ‘Palinesque’ Stories About Kamala Harris the Biden Team Is Poised To Leak if She Attacks Him in New Book

Some are hard to believe, but our fact-checkers confirmed they are 100% true (Getty Images) Kamala Harris has been warned. If her new book about the 2024 election mentions Joe Biden’s cognitive decline—an obvious reality she claims not to have noticed—or tries to blame him for her loss to Donald Trump, factions loyal to the

Dem Rep Gabe Vasquez Denounced ‘Fancy Dinners’ While Spending Thousands in Campaign Cash at Swanky Restaurants

The vulnerable New Mexico congressman spent $1,300 at one steakhouse alone Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D., N.M.) Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D., N.M.) recently denounced “fancy dinners,” saying he instead prefers catching fish in D.C.’s Anacostia River. That claim seems to be at odds with the thousands of dollars he’s spent at swanky restaurants across the country

Gavin Newsom Scrambles To Boost Gas Production After Making California ‘Uninvestable’ for Oil Companies

Major oil refineries have announced plans to shutter amid the governor’s climate policies Gavin Newsom (Mario Tama/Getty Images) California governor Gavin Newsom (D.), who spent years pushing a climate change agenda that one oil executive said made California “uninvestable,” is now seeking to shore up the state’s gasoline production as two major refineries are set

Texas Dems Fight Gerrymandering By Taking 76-Seat Private Jet to Gerrymandered Blue State

The flight from Austin to Chicago likely cost tens of thousands of dollars, though it’s unclear who paid for it Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (C) and Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu (R) listen as Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks to reporters (Scott Olson/Getty Images) When Texas Democrats left the state on Sunday to