Trump-era NSA appointee resigns after Biden admin placed him on monthslong administrative leave

EXCLUSIVE – executive General Counsel Michael Ellis submitted his resignation in a Friday letter to defense” target=”_blank”>NSA< by Fox News on Scribd A biography page for Ellis on the NSA’s website is still labeled as “pending.” “What happened to Michael Ellis reeks of political payback, and Intelligence Committee Republicans will be closely examining all these events,”…

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Senate Dems call on Biden to close Guantanamo to advance 'universal rights'

Sen. Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wrote a letter along with 22 other Democrats to joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<.  The lawmakers said closing the prison that was established to detain suspected terrorists after 9/11 was a “critical step” in Biden’s pledge to “put universal rights and strengthening democracy at the center of…

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Potential GOP 2024 presidential contenders haul in big bucks

It was an eye-popping fundraising figure. ted-cruz” >Sen. Ted Cruz<’s bid to reverse the 2020 election results – brought in more than $5.3 million during the January-March first quarter (Q1) of elections was divided between his reelection committee, his leadership political action committee, and a separate joint fundraising committee. CRUZ’S CASH: TEXAS SENATOR BRINGS IN $5.3…

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NY Dem calls on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire so Biden can pick a nominee

New York Democrat Rep. Mondaire Jones said there’s “no question” judiciary Justice Stephen Breyer should retire during joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden’s< Breyer, the eldest of the nine judges, was appointed in 1994. The calls come in the wake of a speech Breyer gave to Harvard Law School students and alumni earlier this week when he warned…

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Biden to keep refugee admissions at Trump-era levels, despite earlier moves to increase it

President Biden is keeping refugee admissions at 15,000 this fiscal year — the level set at the end of the Trump administration — despite earlier proposals to dramatically increase it to over 60,000. A senior administration official said Friday that Biden will be signing an emergency presidential determination to keep the number at 15,000 while changing the regional…

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MLB should return All-Star Game to Atlanta, conservative group says: 'Baseball went broke for wokeism’

The American Conservative Union is calling on Major League Baseball to return the All-Star Game to Atlanta after moving it from Georgia due to the state’s new voting law, saying its decision threatens “the future” of baseball. The organization, led by Matt Schlapp, penned a letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred this week after MLB moved…

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Jim Jordan latest Republican lawmaker to clash with Fauci during congressional hearing

Rep. jim-jordan” target=”_blank”>Jim Jordan’s< Thursday was only the latest in a string of spats between Fauci and congress” target=”_blank”>congressional< “No, I’m not ranting,” Jordan said.  “Yes, you are,” replied Fauci.  Fauci has been a regular at congressional hearings since the beginning of the pandemic, and Thursday was not the first time he was in a heated…

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