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Rep. Calvert’s New Bill Would Fast-Track Federal Approval of National Security Pipelines

July 25, 2026 8:35 amJuly 25, 2026 8:35 am

A new House bill introduced Thursday would allow the president to designate certain interstate oil and natural gas pipelines as critical to national security, triggering expedited FERC reviews and limiting state permitting authority. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif., CA-41) introduced the...

The Department of Justice Is Suing These Sanctuary Cities and States – And the Excuses They’re Providing Don’t Make Sense

July 24, 2026 8:00 amJuly 24, 2026 8:01 am

These days, social media is having a field day trying to portray President Donald Trump and ICE agents as villains, where as illegal immigrants should be protected. But the truth of the matter is that these immigrant criminals are creating...

Don’t You Want to Know Who the ‘Democratic Socialists of America’ Really Are?

July 23, 2026 7:00 amJuly 24, 2026 3:38 am

We keep hearing about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) now that several openly bold Communists and Marxists have been elected to public office, or have made it through primary elections. They typically run as regular Democrats, sounding fairly normal,...

Rep Adam Gray Continues Lavish Campaign Spending on Luxury Chauffeurs, Uber Rides, and MLB Tickets

July 21, 2026 12:43 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:46 pm

A new California Globe analysis of recent FEC disclosures shows that Congressman Adam Gray continues to spend campaign funds on luxury items—the same pattern CalWatchDog first documented when Democrats bailed him out in 2014. Gray, who co-chaired Rep. Eric Swalwell’s...

HHS Sec Kennedy Announces Trump Admin is Pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud

July 21, 2026 9:21 amJuly 21, 2026 4:42 pm

UPDATED below: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have deferred more than $1 billion in...

Sen Ruben Gallego’s Pattern of Poor Judgment Exposed with New Revelations of Sexual Relationships with House Staffers

July 16, 2026 1:23 pmJuly 16, 2026 1:23 pm

In a bombshell exclusive published Thursday by the New York Post, sources revealed that Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers while serving as a congressman. The relationships occurred during his decade...

New Poll Shows Socialist Challenger Within Eight Points Of Stanton In Arizona, Raising Stakes For Republican Jasser

July 16, 2026 11:57 amJuly 17, 2026 10:47 am

A new poll commissioned by a progressive organization backing Kai Newkirk places the self-described democratic socialist within eight percentage points of Rep. Greg Stanton in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District Democratic primary, drawing attention to a potentially different general-election contest for...