Donald Trump on Friday insisted that Democrats’ ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has cost the U.S. economy at least two points in gross domestic product (GDP), calling it a miniature version of last year’s government shutdown. The President also demanded immediate interest rate cuts and launched an…

By Jim Thomas | Friday, February 20, 2026, 10:31 PM EST The U.S. Secret Service will begin providing two tailored suits to newly trained agents assigned to protective details under a program aimed at reducing out-of-pocket costs for recruits and potentially boosting recruitment. The initiative comes as the Department of…

By Jim Thomas | Friday, 20 February 2026 07:18 PM EST Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma stated on Newsmax Friday that the United States must project strength abroad and cease “apologizing for our power and our greatness.” The senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations defended President Donald…

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., stated he would not support moving President Donald Trump’s tariffs into law following the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn them. “Okay, I don’t think they have the votes,” Bacon told reporters minutes after the court’s 6-3 ruling that Trump overstepped his authority in enacting the…

Investor and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary condemned the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) when issuing broad emergency tariffs. In a CNN segment on “The Arena with Kasie Hunt,” O’Leary labeled the 6-3 decision a “nightmare”…

Texas Representative Wesley Hunt has declared that serving in the United States Senate for only two terms—12 years—is sufficient for any senator, stating: “The United States Senate is not a retirement community.” Hunt, 44, made the remark during his campaign for the Republican nomination for Texas’s U.S. Senate seat in…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused President Donald Trump’s request that U.S. military aircraft be permitted to use United Kingdom air bases for an attack on Iran, according to reports. Starmer stated that allowing U.S. planes to launch strikes from British facilities would violate international law—a decision that has…

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg has relocated from California to Manhattan, joining a growing wave of the state’s wealthiest residents who are reportedly weighing moves out of the Golden State ahead of a contentious ballot measure targeting billionaires. Spielberg’s spokeswoman Terry Press stated that the move was not related to the…

By Sam Barron | Friday, 20 February 2026 05:33 PM EST Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb said on Friday he believes the U.S. government may have collected evidence of extraterrestrial life over decades. “It’s quite possible the U.S. government has gathered some very intriguing evidence,” Loeb stated in a recent interview….

By Jim Thomas | Friday, February 20, 2026 Dick Morris, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, predicted that Republicans will retain control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections. Speaking on Friday, Morris stated he is “predicting now” that “Trump will win both the House and the Senate and…