The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed mail orders of the abortion drug mifepristone to continue, handing a major defeat for the pro-life movement while litigation over the pill continues.   
<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf">In an emergency order</a>, the court temporarily blocked a federal appeals court ruling that struck down a Biden-era policy that allowed the abortion drug mifepristone to be prescribed online and shipped by mail. 
The unsigned order provided no legal explanation. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. 
&#8220;The Court’s unreasoned order granting stays in this case is remarkable,&#8221; Justice Alito wrote. &#8220;What is at stake is the perpetration of a scheme to undermine our decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which restored the right of each State to decide how to regulate abortions within its borders.&#8221;
Justice Thomas went further, describing the mail distribution system for mifepristone as a &#8220;criminal enterprise.&#8221;
&#8220;Applicants are not entitled to a stay of an adverse court order based on lost profits from their criminal enterprise,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;They cannot, in any legally relevant sense, be irreparably harmed by a court order that makes it more difficult for them to commit crimes.&#8221;
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration expanded nationwide access to chemical abortion. Under rules finalized in 2023, women could obtain mifepristone through telehealth appointments without an in-person doctor visit. 
The majority of abortions in the U.S. are obtained through medications, usually a combination of mifepristone and a second drug, misoprostol, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mifepristone-supreme-court-louisiana-0533e83d67148fdfec53b1d0d30c1e8a">according to the Associated Press</a>. 
Louisiana challenged the Biden-era policy under the Administrative Procedure Act, arguing the FDA relied on flawed or nonexistent data while eliminating safety protocols. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-issues-major-ruling-on-biden-abortion-pill-policy">The Daily Wire previously reported</a> that the FDA acknowledged it had not adequately studied the safety of remote dispensing and is still conducting a review, with no clear timeline for completion.
The three-judge 5th Circuit panel held that the regulation, which has continued under the Trump administration, was likely unlawful. 
“Every abortion facilitated by FDA’s action cancels Louisiana’s ban,” the federal appeals court wrote, emphasizing that such harm cannot be undone.
Manufacturers of the abortion drug quickly filed emergency appeals asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
Acting alone, Justice Samuel Alito <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/genbiopro-v-louisiana/">entered and then extended an administrative stay</a> of the Fifth Circuit ruling, which is a short-term, procedural order that freezes legal proceedings so the full court has time to weigh the issue.
On Thursday, a majority of the justices appeared to agree with the abortion manufacturers, overturning the block in a significant setback for pro-life advocates as litigation drags on.
&#8220;This decision keeps deadly abortion drugs available by mail and telehealth, where preborn children are killed at home and women can be abandoned, coerced, and left to suffer alone,&#8221; Lila Rose, a prominent pro-life activist, said on social media. &#8220;The FDA must act now.&#8221;
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has tragically and wrongly granted the abortion pill makers’ emergency appeal, allowing the mail order abortion pill regime to continue nationwide.
Justices Thomas and Alito dissented.
This decision keeps deadly abortion drugs available by mail and…
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href="https://twitter.com/LilaGraceRose/status/2055040440508772852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2026</a></blockquote>
President Donald Trump’s embattled FDA commissioner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breakimg-embattled-fda-chief-marty-makary-resigns-amid-mounting-criticism?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Embattled+FDA+Chief+Marty+Makary+Resigns+Amid+Mounting+Criticism">Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday </a>following intense criticism from pro-life advocates over his handling of mifepristone and the speed of the agency’s review of the abortion drug’s safety.
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Eric Church has had a &#8220;record year&#8221; plenty of times, but the Carolina-born country singer can now say he gave one heck of a commencement speech. And yes, his guitar skills were included.
The die-hard Tar Heel fan gave the commencement speech at the University of North Carolina on Saturday, where he used six strings to deliver a sermon you don&#8217;t hear too often on campuses anymore.
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Church compared the six strings of a guitar to what he described as the six pillars of life: Faith, family, your spouse, ambition, community, and you.
Church began with the biggest string on the guitar and the biggest pillar in life to him, which is faith.
&#8220;The people who tend to their faith in ordinary seasons do not come undone in extraordinary ones,&#8221; Church said. &#8220;They still hurt. They still sit in hospital waiting rooms asking unanswerable questions at three in the morning, but they have a foundation to return to.&#8221;
&#8220;The world will try to &#8216;untune&#8217; this string&#8230; through business, through slow accumulation of a full schedule, a full inbox, a full life. Listen to me, tend to your faith not just when you&#8217;re broken, but when you&#8217;re whole.&#8221;
Church went on to stress family, telling the new graduates to &#8220;call your people.&#8221;
&#8220;[Family] is the string that makes you feel like you&#8217;re not alone in a room. I want to warn you about something. You&#8217;re about to get busy in ways that feel important, and many are professionally ambitious&#8230; building the life you&#8217;ve been pointed toward for years. And family, because they love you with a grace you will spend most of your life trying to deserve, will rarely demand your time. They&#8217;ll tell you they understand, and they&#8217;ll mean it. Do not take them up on it.&#8221;
When describing the &#8220;heart string&#8221; of the guitar, Church said it holds the guitar together, like a spouse holds your life together.
&#8220;Find your best friend. Someone you want to talk to at the end of a long day. Look for shared values over shared interest. You don&#8217;t need to love the same food or music &#8230; you need the same compass — though it would be a benefit if you both hated N.C. State.&#8221;
The Grammy winner has been married to his wife since 2008 and encouraged the UNC alums to find the person who amplifies their faith and every aspect of their life.
&#8220;The person you choose to share your life with is the most important decision you will ever make outside of your faith,&#8221; Church told the crowd.
After picking the next guitar string, Church explained how ambition and resilience pull in opposite directions, but he encouraged them to keep pursuing their goals regardless. &#8220;And when you fail, and you will fail &#8230; get back up, tune the strung, and keep on playing.&#8221;
For the fifth string, Church got serious when explaining to the Gen-Z crowd the importance of true community and getting offline. He said this generation of new alumni faces a world of temptation, specifically the temptation to &#8220;perform&#8221; for an online crowd of followers.
Church urged the crowd to &#8220;resist&#8221; and instead &#8220;plant yourself.&#8221;
&#8220;Put down roots with the full intention of growing there. Learn the actual names, not usernames, of the people around you. Volunteer. Coach the team. Build the thing your community needs. Even if the internet will never see it,&#8221; he added.
The final guitar string Church described was the high E string, which he told the crowd represents the graduate. &#8220;Social media is going to show you a thousand versions of a life that looks better than yours.&#8221;
&#8220;Six strings — Six strings of life and willingness to keep them in tune. Six principles. Six pillars. When all six are in tune with each other, the chord your life makes is full and resonant and true,&#8221; Church said. &#8220;All six will drift, not one or two, all six in their own time, in their own season. Your faith will go quiet when you need it loud. Your family will get complicated in a way only the people who love you most can complicate things. You will go through hard seasons with your spouse. Your ambition will hollow out, and your resilience will wear thin. Your community will start to feel like an obligation, and your world will try to sand down the edges of exactly who you are.&#8221;
But when that happens, Church reminded the UNC crowd, &#8220;this is not failure.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s the inevitable universal experience of living in an imperfect world that doesn&#8217;t stop to let us tune up. And the difference between a life that sounds like music and a life that sounds like noise, is whether you stop and listen, whether you&#8217;re honest enough to hear which string has drifted out of tune&#8230; and humble enough to make the adjustment instead of just turning up the volume and hoping nobody notices.&#8221;
Church wrapped up the speech by telling the graduates to tune up their &#8220;six strings&#8221; of life before breaking out into his hit &#8220;Carolina.&#8221;
The reaction on social media from this crafty commencement speech proves why &#8220;The Chief&#8221; has 10 No. 1 songs, but for this hit, he didn&#8217;t even need the radio.
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Yale University’s medical school illegally discriminates in admissions to favor black and Hispanic students, a Justice Department investigation found.
On Thursday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division completed a year-long investigation into the Ivy League school’s admissions policies and practices. According to the federal government, Yale admits black and Hispanic applicants at higher rates than white and Asian applicants with similar academic credentials. 
&#8220;Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts,&#8221; the DOJ said in a statement. &#8220;These facts support the Department’s <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1440601/dl">finding</a> that Yale violated the law by intentionally discriminating based on race in its admissions, in clear violation of federal law.&#8221;
The findings suggest Yale may be violating the <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf">landmark 2023 Supreme Court ruling</a> striking down race-based affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
&#8220;The students admitted to Yale School of Medicine demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and personal commitment; its program of medical education encourages curiosity and critical thinking, and its graduates go on to become leaders in clinical care, research, and public service,&#8221; a university spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;We will carefully review the Department of Justice’s letter. Yale School of Medicine is confident in the rigorous admissions process we follow. 
The Department of Justice, however, disagrees.
“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said. “This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law.”
Dhillon later pointed to the DOJ&#8217;s statistical analysis.
&#8220;At Yale Medical School, a black applicant is 29 times more likely to be invited to interview than an Asian with equally strong academics,&#8221; Dhillon added. &#8220;Today,<a href="https://x.com/CivilRights">@CivilRights</a> told Yale that its use of race in admissions is ILLEGAL — and that <a href="https://x.com/TheJusticeDept">@TheJusticeDept</a> will step in to enforce Title VI.&#8221;
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At Yale Medical School, a black applicant is 29 times more likely to be invited to interview than an Asian with equally strong academics.
Today, <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilRights</a> told Yale that its use of race in admissions is ILLEGAL—and that <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> will step in to enforce Title VI.…
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2054978751524401596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The findings come amid renewed national debate over affirmative action and admission at elite universities.
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid recently claimed that Vice President JD Vance benefited from affirmative action at Yale, suggesting the university pursued geographic diversity by admitting &#8220;an Appalachian white.&#8221;
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Joy Reid: &#8220;JD Vance got into Yale because they were tired of just letting in white men from New York … They wanted an Appalachian white. That&#8217;s how that man got into Yale, I promise you.&#8221;
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The far-left commentator has publicly credited affirmative action with helping her attend Harvard.
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A Mexican national living in the United States illegally was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for distributing and receiving child pornography on Facebook,<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/pr/illegal-alien-mexico-sentenced-distribution-child-pornography-facebook-messenger"> the Justice Department announced.  </a>
Adolfo Raul Vasquez-Santana, 32, of Southaven, Mississippi, was sentenced to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for using Facebook Messenger to send and receive child sexual abuse material. The court also ordered him to pay $14,000 in penalties.
Local police began investigating after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Homeland Security Investigations, a division of ICE,  pursued federal charges after determining that Vasquez-Santana was living in the United States illegally.
ICE placed an immigration detainer on Vasquez-Santana, and he is expected to face deportation after completing his prison sentence, according to authorities. 
“HSI is committed to protecting children from predators who use technology to exploit them. When we received information about Vasquez-Santana, our agents acted quickly to investigate, arrest, and bring this individual to justice.  We remain vigilant against child predators and will continue to pursue these offenders wherever they operate,” Matt Wright, acting Special Agent in Charge for HSI New Orleans, said. 
“Our partners at Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) will ensure that once the defendant completes his federal sentence, he is removed from the United States and unable to pose further risk to our communities,” he added. 
The case was prosecuted as part of<a href="https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline"> Operation Take Back America</a>, a nationwide initiative that the Justice Department says &#8220;marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration&#8221; and &#8220;achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations.&#8221; 
Authorities said the case was also pursued under Project Safe Childhood, a national initiative established to fight sexual exploitation of children.
“Child pornography is a plague,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Leary said. &#8220;Children are victimized not only through the production of obscene material, but through its continual distribution. Somehow, this debauchery has gained a foothold in our society. We need the public’s help. Please, when you see something troubling, let law enforcement know – we will respond.&#8221;
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Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday called a special session to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional and legislative districts before the 2028 elections.
Kemp signed a proclamation convening the General Assembly on June 17 to address redistricting after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling ended race-based gerrymandering.
The news, first reported by<a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/05/gov-kemp-calls-lawmakers-back-for-redistricting-special-session/"> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>, comes as Republican-led states across the South move to redraw the maps ahead of the November midterms.
The special session next month in Atlanta is expected to center on new maps that could take effect for the 2028 election cycle, particularly if Republicans lose power in the governor’s office or state legislature this fall.
&#8220;The new maps could net Republicans two U.S. House districts and further entrench GOP power in GA’s General Assembly,&#8221; VoteHub, an independent election reporting outlet,<a href="https://x.com/VoteHub/status/2054652298853560756?s=20"> said on social media. </a>
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The new maps could net Republicans two U.S. House districts and further entrench GOP power in GA’s General Assembly.
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Georgia&#8217;s Freedom Caucus, a state-level bloc of Republicans, celebrated the move, urging state lawmakers not to waste the opportunity.
&#8220;We must not let this opportunity go to waste,&#8221;<a href="https://x.com/FreedomCaucusGA/status/2054628817545658646?s=20"> the group said on social media.</a> &#8220;The time is NOW to scrap the machines and go to paper ballots. The time is NOW to end racial gerrymandering and provide Georgians with fair electoral maps.
Democrats slammed the decision.
&#8220;We just learned that Georgia is moving forward with gerrymandering for 2028,&#8221; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) <a href="https://x.com/ReverendWarnock/status/2054642864349438084?s=20">posted on X.</a> &#8220;There is an extreme movement in this country that will stop at nothing to hold on to power, even if it means stripping representation away from millions. I will fight this with everything I have.&#8221;
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We just learned that Georgia is moving forward with gerrymandering for 2028.
There is an extreme movement in this country that will stop at nothing to hold on to power, even if it means stripping representation away from millions.
I will fight this with everything I have.
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReverendWarnock/status/2054642864349438084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
Georgia&#8217;s Democratic Party said redistricting would undermine minority representation and energize its base.
“Governor Kemp’s decision to call a special session to redraw our maps immediately in the wake of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not only a brazen attempt to take away the voting power of Black Georgians – it shows just how scared Republicans are of Georgia voters,&#8221;<a href="https://georgiademocrat.org/dpg-statement-on-kemp-calling-for-a-special-session-to-redraw-georgias-maps-take-away-black-voters-power/"> the group said in a statement. </a>
Georgia&#8217;s approach differs from other Republican-led states that have already moved forward with redistricting tied to more immediate election cycles. Florida and Tennessee have enacted new maps, while Alabama and Louisiana are expected to follow. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld new district lines expected to net Republicans a seat.
On Wednesday, several media outlets reported South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster is planning to call a special session next week to weigh a new map that could eliminate the state&#8217;s remaining Democratic seat after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-republicans-may-be-headed-for-the-indiana-treatment-after-redistricting-pushback?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=13&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=More+Republicans+May+Be+Headed+For+The+Indiana+Treatment+After+Redistricting+Pushback">Republicans hit a procedural roadblock on Wednesday. </a>

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Agriculture Department employees sued USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday, alleging she subjected workers to “government-sponsored religious coercion” by promoting an Easter message.
<a href="https://www.au.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-NFFE-v-USDA.pdf">The lawsuit, filed by a union representing 19,000 USDA employees,</a> centers on an Easter message Rollins shared, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and other faith-based holiday messages.
On Easter Sunday, Rollins shared a memo with the roughly 100,000 USDA employees, saying, “Happy Easter — He is risen indeed!”
&#8220;From the foot of the Cross on Good Friday to the stone rolled away from the now empty tomb, sin has been destroyed. Jesus has been raised from the dead. And God has granted each of us victory and new life. And where there is life — risen life — there is hope,&#8221; Rollins wrote, <a href="https://www.au.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Happy-Easter.pdf">according to Politico</a>.
That message, according to the lawsuit, violated the First Amendment&#8217;s Establishment Clause and the Administrative Procedure Act.
&#8220;Secretary Rollins’s practice and policy of subjecting agency employees to proselytizing messages conveys the expectation that USDA employees share in the Secretary’s religious beliefs, even when doing so would betray an employee’s own beliefs,&#8221; the lawsuit reads. &#8220;It is exactly the sort of government-sponsored religious coercion, religious sermonizing, and denominational preference that the Establishment Clause prohibits.&#8221;
For nonreligious USDA employees, the Christian message amounted to religious indoctrination.
&#8220;Secretary Rollins’s Easter Sermon draws heavily on biblical references that promote a particular religion — Christianity — which the Secretary’s message evangelizes as fact. The denominational favoritism conveyed in Secretary Rollins’s communications indoctrinates USDA employees and has caused them to feel coerced, unwelcome, excluded, and like outsiders to the agency,&#8221; the lawsuit said. 
The organization Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the progressive legal advocacy group Democracy Forward also joined the case.
In a striking request, the plaintiffs ask the court to block Rollins and any other USDA official from issuing “such religious communications” and to declare the secretary’s religious messages unlawful.
“While we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process,” a USDA spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Wire. 
A vocal Christian, Rollins regularly speaks about her faith and has said she holds a Bible study with other members of the Trump Cabinet.
&#8220;We are very deep into studying service and being servants of God and servant leaders, but also being able to resist the temptation that comes with power — staying humble and serving God in these positions,&#8221; <a href="https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/fighting-for-the-soul-of-america">she said in June 2025</a>.

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Marco Rubio is stealing a look from Nicolás Maduro.
Aboard Air Force One on his way to China with President Donald Trump, the secretary of state is rocking the Nike sweatsuit that was worn by Maduro after he U.S. forces arrested him and extradited him to New York to face criminal charges, according to a picture posted by White House official Steven Cheung. 
&#8220;Secretary Rubio rocking the Nike Tech ‘Venezuela’ on Air Force One!&#8221; wrote Cheung.
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Secretary Rubio rocking the Nike Tech ‘Venezuela’ on Air Force One! 😂 <a href="https://t.co/yi1b1mR8M0">pic.twitter.com/yi1b1mR8M0</a>
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenCheung47/status/2054325027659448711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
The White House immediately posted a <a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2054338104316547154?s=20">video</a> that shows Rubio and Maduro both in the same clothes.
The short clip starts off with Rubio&#8217;s now-famous quoting of<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JZom_gVfuw"> The Notorious B.I.G.&#8217;s &#8220;Juicy&#8221;</a> on January 3, 2026, saying,<a href="https://x.com/StateDept/status/2007530937362321732?s=20"> &#8220;If you don&#8217;t know, now you know,&#8221;</a> referencing the overnight capture of  Maduro.
Then, the video transitions to a cropped photo shared by President Trump on Truth Social showing the blindfolded Venezuelan leader dressed in the gray Nike sweatsuit aboard a U.S. naval warship en route to the United States, his ears covered with noise-canceling headphones. At the very end, the video has straight-faced Rubio donning the same outfit aboard Air Force One.
&#8220;Full circle moment,&#8221;<a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2054338104316547154?s=20"> the White House said on social media. </a>
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Full circle moment <a href="https://t.co/6hkxyGNo8J">pic.twitter.com/6hkxyGNo8J</a>
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&#8220;Maduromaxxing,&#8221; one X user posted.
&#8220;Haters will say it&#8217;s AI,&#8221; a White House official said.
&#8220;Marco Rubio will be next President based on the memes alone,&#8221; said another user.
The gray Nike Tech suit became a viral social media meme following Maduro&#8217;s capture. The specific Nike Tech suit featured in the Maduro photo carries cultural significance, particularly for younger men in the worlds of rap music and sports.
The morning after Maduro&#8217;s capture, Rubio hammered the<a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism"> indicted narco-terrorist</a> and used the moment to reinforce the administration&#8217;s messaging. 
&#8220;I hope what people now understand is we have a president, the 47th president of the United States, is not a game player. When he tells you that he&#8217;s going to do something, when he&#8217;s going to tell you he&#8217;s going to address a problem, he means it,&#8221; Rubio said.
&#8220;This is a president of action, like, I don&#8217;t understand yet how they haven&#8217;t figured this out. And now, if you don&#8217;t know, now you know, because this is the way it&#8217;s going to play out,&#8221; he added.
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🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Marco Rubio LAYS THE HAMMER on Maduro &#8211; and warns the entire world
&#8220;He likes to PLAY GAMES and thinks NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. I hope people understand President Trump is NOT A GAME PLAYER!&#8221;
&#8220;He wanted to play BIG BOY?&#8221;
&#8220;IF YOU DON&#8217;T KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW.&#8221; 
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2007501274095427893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2026</a></blockquote>

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Senator Eric Schmitt, the Republican from Missouri, says it&#8217;s all out battle with Democrats right now, saying they&#8217;ve turned themselves into &#8220;legislative terrorists&#8221; and that the days when bipartisanship was possible are gone.
&#8220;This is a new world. This is a different era,” Schmitt said in a wide-ranging interview on the political landscape. “This isn&#8217;t Ted Kennedy working with somebody on some bill; they&#8217;re legislative terrorists at this point.”
Schmitt said he expects Democrat leadership to find a way to shut down the government again before the midterm elections in November, arguing that Chuck Schumer &#8220;hears the footsteps&#8221; of fellow New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and needs to prove to his base that he&#8217;s a fighter.
“They&#8217;re going to shut it down,” Schmitt said.
Schmitt said the new landscape is perfectly timed with the Supreme Court’s ruling curbing race-based redistricting has reshaped the midterm election landscape, urging Republicans to go on offense and challenge congressional maps in blue states as Democrats hope to ride voter frustration over affordability to the ballot box.
Schmitt said the high court’s decision “opens up a much larger front” for targeting Democratic-led states like California and Illinois.
The former Missouri Attorney General, has called on the Department of Justice to sue California, arguing the voter-approved maps illegally relied on race to likely gain five blue seats.
“I view it as all upside because the Democrats have been doing this forever,” Schmitt said to reporters, including The Daily Wire, noting that no Republicans represent the New England area in Congress. 
Schmitt argued that the nationwide push to redraw maps in red states, combined with the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, reflects a more aggressive Republican Party.
“They understand that their political power is a real risk,” Schmitt said. “Just listen to [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries. I mean, this guy sounds like totally unhinged about how they will approach this.” 
Last Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated a state referendum that would likely have allowed Democrats to pick up five blue seats, delivering a devastating setback to Democratic efforts to take back the House of Representatives.
In response, some Democrats, including Jeffries, have floated lowering the retirement age to replace the entire Virginia Supreme Court with new nominees aligned with their political goals, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/democrats-virginia-plans-gerrymandering.html">according to the New York Times. </a>Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Monday <a href="https://x.com/TylerEnglander/status/2053924629530501207?s=20">shot down the idea. </a>
“I don&#8217;t know Hakeem Jeffries, I’m not a member of the House, but just watching him right now, he seems like [a] very desperate man because he thought he was going to be speaker,” Schmitt said. “I don&#8217;t know how everything&#8217;s going to play out, but this structural bias that they had for a long time over the next four to five years could be completely wiped out, and that&#8217;s a good thing.”

Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri

‘It’s A New World’: GOP’s Eric Schmitt Says Democrats Are ‘Legislative Terrorists’

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FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on Tuesday over accusations that the federal law enforcement chief has a drinking problem. 
At a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Van Hollen bombarded Patel with questions about his alleged drinking habits and whether he abused government funds for personal travel. 
&#8220;Director Patel, these reports about your conduct, including reports of your being so drunk and hungover that your staff had to force entry into your home, are extremely alarming,&#8221; Van Hollen said.
The Democrat appeared to be referencing allegations published by The Atlantic, which Patel called a “malicious and defamatory hit piece.” Patel has also filed a $250 million lawsuit against the publication, as previously<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-now-know-how-much-kash-patel-is-suing-the-atlantic-for?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=52&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=We+Now+Know+How+Much+Kash+Patel+Is+Suing+The+Atlantic+For"> reported by The Daily Wire.</a>
The story portrayed an absent FBI chief struggling with substance abuse, which is said to be affecting key investigations, including the murder of Charlie Kirk.
“So, there have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you?” Van Hollen asked Patel.
&#8220;Nope, it&#8217;s a total farce. I don&#8217;t even know where you get this stuff, but it doesn&#8217;t make it credible, because you say so,&#8221; Patel fired back. 
 &#8220;I&#8217;m not saying it,&#8221; Van Hollen said, citing news reports. 
&#8220;You are literally saying it,&#8221; Patel responded.
&#8220;The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging rapist was you&#8230; the only individual in this room that has been drinking on taxpayers&#8217; dime during the day is you,&#8221; Patel said, referencing Van Hollen&#8217;s infamous photo-op with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member. 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBIDirectorKash</a> COOKS <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisVanHollen</a>: &#8220;The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging rapist was you&#8230; the only individual in this room that has been drinking on taxpayer dime during the day is YOU.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/UPtB9jL7pv">pic.twitter.com/UPtB9jL7pv</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2054272390532632955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
Van Hollen rejected Patel&#8217;s &#8220;blow up,&#8221; saying the FBI chief made<a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2054295283186487470?s=20"> &#8220;provably false statements.&#8221;</a>
The heated confrontation escalated further, with both men challenging each other to take sobriety tests.
“Are you willing to take the test … it’s called the audit test that members of our active duty military and others take to determine whether they have a drinking problem?” the Democratic senator asked.
“I’ll take any tests you’re willing to take,” Patel fired back.
“I will take it. Director Patel, I’ll take it,” Van Hollen said. “You’re ready to take it?”
&#8220;Let&#8217;s go, side-by-side,&#8221; Patel shot back.
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FBI Director Kash Patel blows up at Senator Van Hollen as Van Hollen asks him about allegations in reporting from The Atlantic:
The only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador and the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang banging rapist was you. <a href="https://t.co/vGxnqzP66M">pic.twitter.com/vGxnqzP66M</a>
— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2054271883823173801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>

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Kash Patel Lays Into Dem Senator For ‘Slinging Margaritas’ With ‘Gang-Banging Rapist’

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A new poll shows Secretary of State Marco Rubio leading a hypothetical 2028 Republican presidential primary to succeed President Donald Trump.
The survey, <a href="///Users/jacobwheeler/Downloads/Atlas%20Poll%20USA%20-%2005.07.2026%20-%20Google%20Slides.pdf">conducted by AtlasIntel</a> between May 4-7 among 2,069 American adults, found Rubio with 45.4% support, followed by Vice President JD Vance at 29.6%. 
The rest of the field trailed significantly.  
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Marco Rubio: 45.4%</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">JD Vance: 29.6% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ron DeSantis: 11.2% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">None of the above 10.3%</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Vivek Ramaswamy: 1.4</li>
</ul>
The AtlasIntel poll is the first to show Rubio ahead, while broader polling still favors Vance.<a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2028/national"> RealClearPolitics</a>, a media company that aggregates national polling, shows the vice president holding a 20-point advantage over other potential candidates.
Rubio and Vance are widely seen as the most serious contenders to succeed Trump and shape the future of the MAGA movement.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-takes-a-spontaneous-2028-presidential-straw-poll-vance-or-rubio">Trump addressed the elephant in the room</a> at the White House on Monday, polling a crowd on whether they would prefer Vance or Rubio to run for president in 2028. 
“I don’t know. Who’s it going to be? Is it going to be JD? Is there going to be somebody else? I don’t know,” Trump told a group of law enforcement officials.
The kingmaker of GOP politics then asked the crowd who they thought should succeed him. 
“Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio? All right. Sounds like a good ticket,” Trump joked.
Applause from those in attendance appeared stronger for Vance, but Trump said he was not yet making any endorsements.
“By the way, I do believe that’s a dream team. But these are minor details. That does not mean you have my endorsement under any circumstance. But you know … I think it sounds like presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate,” Trump said. 
Rubio said last year that he would support Vance if the vice president decided to run for president. 
“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-2?_sp=66ff928d-0547-4be8-9f21-3d5c5d7322ce.1773164665694">told</a> Vanity Fair in an interview. 
On the Democratic side, the field appears more divided and open-ended, with a democratic socialist leading the pack. 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"> Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 26%</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Pete Buttigieg: 22.4% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Gavin Newsom: 21.2% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Kamala Harris: 12.9% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Beshear: 4.1% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Cory Booker: 3.9% </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">None Of The Above: 3.1%</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Josh Shapiro: 2.4%</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Gretchen Whitmer: 1.1%</li>
</ul>
Last Friday, AOC did not rule out a presidential run. 
“They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat, and my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a conversation with Democratic strategist David Axelrod. “Presidents come and go … elected officials come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever.”
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AOC asked about a potential presidential run
&#8220;My ambition is to change this country.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Pd770HL9JC">pic.twitter.com/Pd770HL9JC</a>
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/2053706667368337506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2026</a></blockquote>

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New Poll Throws Major Curveball In Race To Succeed Trump

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LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin apologized on Tuesday to anyone offended by recent comments he made about recruiting challenges for black players when he was at Ole Miss.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/lane-kiffin-is-chasing-greatness-after-leaving-ole-miss-for-lsu/">On3</a> Sports, Kiffin addressed backlash to his remarks published in a <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/lane-kiffin-explains-himself" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a> profile, in which he discussed obstacles he faced while recruiting some out-of-state black prospects to Mississippi.
&#8220;In a four-hour interview, I was asked a lot of questions on a lot of things, and Ole Miss has been wonderful to me and to my family,&#8221; Kiffin said. &#8220;I was asked questions about the differences in recruiting, and I said a narrative that we battled there from some out-of-state black parents and grandparents was not wanting their kid to move to Mississippi. That’s a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever. It wasn’t calculated by bringing it up.&#8221;
In the Vanity Fair piece, Kiffin said some recruits told him family members were hesitant to allow them to move to Oxford, Mississippi, citing the state&#8217;s history and perceptions about race.
&#8220;That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana,&#8221; Kiffin said, contrasting his current program at LSU.
The author of the piece, Chris Smith, claimed that Kiffin was willing to &#8220;indirectly invoke Ole Miss&#8217;s struggle to distance itself from symbols like the Confederate flag, Colonel Rebel, and the nickname &#8216;Ole Miss&#8217; itself.&#8221;
The comments drew criticism from some Ole Miss supporters and added to lingering tensions after Kiffin ditched the program during last season&#8217;s College Football Playoff run.
ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee described Kiffin&#8217;s comments as &#8220;on schedule,&#8221; fitting a familiar pattern of the &#8220;Lane Kiffin playbook.&#8221; He <a href="https://x.com/dpshow/status/2054250249309376955?s=20">told &#8220;The Dan Patrick Show&#8221;</a> that Kiffin should be cautious when discussing topics like race and regional history, citing Ole Miss&#8217;s past controversies and LSU&#8217;s ties to the Confederacy.
McGee went on to say he thinks Kiffin simply wants the fans to &#8220;love him where he is and he doesn&#8217;t really care if they still love him where he was.&#8221;
Smith, who penned the Vanity Fair article, said on &#8220;The Paul Finebaum Show&#8221; that he was fascinated that Kiffin was &#8220;willing to go there,&#8221; adding that using demographics as a factor in recruiting could become part of Kiffin&#8217;s strategy at LSU.
Kiffin is set to return to Oxford on September 19, when LSU faces Ole Miss in his first game back since bailing on the program.

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Lane Kiffin Apologizes For Comments On Race And Recruiting

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California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra was caught on camera demanding a glowing profile of his career from a television reporter before the interview even began.
KTLA, a local station based in Los Angeles, released a video Tuesday of what it described as an &#8220;awkward moment&#8221; between the Democrat and reporter Annie Rose Ramos ahead of their sit-down interview.
&#8220;By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?&#8221; Becerra asked with the cameras rolling. 
&#8220;Well, look, I think these questions are fair,&#8221; Ramos replied. &#8220;It&#8217;s in order to learn about you as a candidate.&#8221;
&#8220;So long, it&#8217;s about the profile,&#8221; Becerra interjected. 
Ramos, who joined KTLA in 2022, said she did not know how Becerra defined &#8220;profile&#8221; and insisted on starting the interview. Becerra wasn&#8217;t ready.  
&#8220;The way I describe profile is you talk about all the things that I’ve done, things I want to do, and along with some tough questions. But not only tough questions,&#8221; Becerra said. 
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Awkward moment kicks off KTLA interview with Xavier Becerra. <a href="https://twitter.com/CaliforniaICP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CaliforniaICP</a> Full report: <a href="https://t.co/UcMXzidzrf">https://t.co/UcMXzidzrf</a> <a href="https://t.co/OViYkfTg3t">pic.twitter.com/OViYkfTg3t</a>
— KTLA (@KTLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KTLA/status/2054225112979612081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
The bizarre, caught-on-camera exchange drew strong reactions across the political aisle. 
“This is why standard politicians are unbearable. Look at that entitlement complex! Establishment Democrats (and Republicans) expect the media to kiss their a**. To be fair to them, that is usually how it goes. Becerra isn’t going to do anything positive for CA with this attitude,” far-left commentator Cenk Uygur said on social media. 
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This is why standard politicians are unbearable. Look at that entitlement complex! Establishment Democrats (and Republicans) expect the media to kiss their ass. To be fair to them, that is usually how it goes. Becerra isn’t going to do anything positive for CA with this attitude. <a href="https://t.co/2ZVkHPDbIh">https://t.co/2ZVkHPDbIh</a>
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href="https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/2054263214238548358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
“All Democrats in California are unvetted and untested,” former Trump official <a href="https://x.com/RichardGrenell/status/2054236007667757425?s=20">Richard Grenell said.</a> “They’ve had nothing but cheerleaders from the legacy media.”
&#8220;If you can&#8217;t handle local tv, how are you going to be able to handle national media, much of which has an interest in pushing/pursuing narratives about how terrible you/your state are?&#8221; Semafor reporter Max Tani said.  
Becerra, the former Health and Human Services Secretary under former President Joe Biden, <a href="https://x.com/rpyers/status/2054228922372686251?s=20">lashed out at Ramos</a> for asking how his agency<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html"> reportedly lost track of 85,000 migrant children.</a>
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if you got your talking points from Donald Trump,&#8221; Becerra told the reporter.
&#8220;It&#8217;s from the New York Times article,&#8221; she replied. 
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if you got your talking points from Donald Trump&#8230;&#8221; 
&#8220;It&#8217;s from the New York Times article.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/l6sc4J2p7e">https://t.co/l6sc4J2p7e</a> <a href="https://t.co/l0c9NJ9LcJ">pic.twitter.com/l0c9NJ9LcJ</a>
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) <a href="https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/2054228922372686251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
The testy exchange is not the first time a California Democrat resisted tough questions during an interview. 
Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) raised eyebrows with a contentious interview with CBS reporter Julie Watts, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-dem-flips-walks-out-on-reporter-for-asking-basic-questions?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=California+Dem+Flips%2C+Walks+Out+On+Reporter+For+Asking+Basic+Questions">The Daily Wire previously reported. </a>
Watts dared to ask pointed questions and follow-ups, sparking a contentious reaction from Porter. 
“What do you say to the 40% of California voters who you’ll need in order to win, who voted for Trump?” Watts asked.
Porter appeared genuinely taken aback by the question: “How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?”
“Well, unless you think you’re going to get 60% of the vote. You think you’ll get 60%? Everybody who did not vote for Trump will vote for you?” Watts clarified. “That’s what you’re saying?”
“In a general election, yes,” Porter insisted. “If it is me versus a Republican, I think that I will win the people who did not vote for Trump.”
“What if it’s you versus another Democrat?” Watts asked.
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Democrats are so used to media being their propagandists that they totally lose it when asked basic questions. Here’s California’s Katie Porter losing it during an interview. <a href="https://t.co/relSS2Ajpa">pic.twitter.com/relSS2Ajpa</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1975773397524357603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
“I don’t intend that to be the case,” Porter said, becoming so frustrated she abruptly ended the interview. 
“I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it,” Porter said. 
“You’re not going to do the interview?” Watts asked, clearly baffled by Porter’s behavior.
“Nope, not like this I’m not,” Porter declared. “Not with seven follow-ups to every single question you ask.”
Watts protested, “Every other candidate has answered follow-ups.”
“I don’t care!” Porter clapped her hands together once to emphasize her point. “I want to have a pleasant, positive conversation in which you ask me about every issue on this list. And if every question, you’re going to make up a follow-up question, then we’re never going to get there … I have never had to do this before, ever!&#8221;
Matt Mahan, the San Jose Democratic mayor running for governor, cut the Becerra-Porter moments into a campaign ad.
&#8220;By the way, part of being Governor is answering tough questions,&#8221; Mahan&#8217;s campaign said on social media.
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By the way, part of being Governor is answering tough questions. <a href="https://t.co/y8z1FEE3xZ">pic.twitter.com/y8z1FEE3xZ</a>
— Mahan HQ (@MattMahanHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattMahanHQ/status/2054257912919601307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2026</a></blockquote>

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