02 U.S. Politics

Alan Dershowitz Says Trump Team Made ‘Wrong Argument’ In Tariff Case– dailycaller.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Friday on Newsmax that President Donald Trump’s legal team made the “wrong argument” defending Trump’s tariff authority.

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 Friday that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize Trump to impose tariffs, holding that the statute’s phrase “regulate importation” does not include the distinct and extraordinary power to levy duties absent explicit congressional approval. Dershowitz appeared on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren.”

“I thought that the lawyers for Trump made the wrong argument to the Supreme Court, and I predicted they were going to lose based on their argument. Look, if you argue that it’s fundraising activity by Congress, of course you’re going to lose,” Dershowitz said. “This, the Article One of the Constitution, says that duties and taxes can be imposed only by Congress, and Congress can delegate that authority to the president.”

 

Robert De Niro Claims Trump ‘Will Never Leave’ Office When Term Ends: ‘It’s Up to Us to Get Rid of Him’– slaynews.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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Actor Robert De Niro is once again claiming that President Donald Trump will refuse to leave office when his second term concludes in 2029, a prediction he has repeated multiple times since the 2024 election.

According to a preview reported by The Wrap, De Niro is set to appear on a podcast hosted by Nicolle Wallace and sponsored by MSNBC, where he reiterates his warning.

“Let’s not kid ourselves,” De Niro says in the preview.

“He will not leave. It’s up to us to get rid of him.”

Zohran’s NYC: Thousand of Muslims Praying Flood Times Square– gellerreport.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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The victory they envisioned on 9/11.

There are approximately 581 mosques in New York City area. So why pray in the streets? Muslims do not pray in the street in Muslim countries. This is an act of Islamic supremacism…domination. Takbir!

Muslims are the only immigrant group who come to the West with a ready made model of society they believe to be superior to Western law and they work furiously, by all means, to impose it. Under Islam, shariah (Islamic) law supersedes Western law. Anywhere Western law and Shariah law conflict, it is always Western law that must give way. What those of us working in defense of freedom did not expect, was the craven capitulation and cowardice by Western left elites to Islamic supremacy.

Tucker Carlson Claims He & Staff Were Detained, Questioned By Israeli Officials at Airport › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has been a vocal critic of the Israeli government in recent months, says officials there detained him and his staff at Ben Gurion Airport following an interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.

Airport officials and the U.S. Embassy denied that Carlson was mistreated, claiming that Carlson “received the same passport control questions that countless visitors to Israel, including Ambassador Huckabee and other diplomats, receive as part of normal entrance and exit from Israel.”

Carlson and a handful of staff members had chartered a jet to fly to Tel Aviv in order to interview Huckabee after the two had an online spat following the release of a film titled Christian Persecution, which alleges mistreatment of Christians in Israel.

Trump Announces Increase In Global Tariff Rate, Vows Additional Moves– trendingpoliticsnews.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump announced Saturday an increase in the global tariff rate on imports from 10 percent to 15 percent. The change — which comes just a day after the administration was forced to restructure due to a controversial Supreme Court ruling — took effect immediately and applies to goods imported from most countries.

The announcement came one day after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on in the consolidated cases Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc. The Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.

Pro-Abortion Group Compares Unborn Babies to Bacteria– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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In one of their publications, the pro-abortion group NARAL states:

“Eggs and sperm are alive; so are bacteria and all plants and animals. Of course, embryos and fetuses are alive. That doesn’t mean, though, that abortion should be illegal or that it constitutes murder. The Supreme Court has said…that legal personhood begins with birth.”

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin “Anti-Choice Statements – Pro-Choice Responses,” quoted in Carla Mooney Should Abortion Be Legal? (San Diego, California: Reference Point Press, 2014) 29

Conservatives Would Be Outraged’ If Dems Tracked Speech — But They Did!– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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On Thursday’s CNN This Morning, the panel reacted with alarm to reports that the Department of Homeland Security is compiling data on anti-ICE activists. Host Audie Cornish played a clip in which an ICE agent, in what she described as a “tossed off” remark, told a protester she was now considered a “domestic terrorist.” Cornish claimed that such language, once written into a report, “becomes a real problem for someone.”

Republican panelist Kristen Soltis Anderson urged viewers to “think about what would have happened during the Tea Party era, when the shoe’s on the other foot, about how upset conservatives would have been at the idea of the government tracking their speech in any kind of way. And so I always just think it’s useful to imagine, like, what if the parties were flipped here? And I think a lot of conservatives would be in, would be unbelievably outraged, and rightly so, if a Democratic administration was trying to track them.”

Manhunt Underway in Idaho For Domestic Terrorist Who Tried to Blow Up DHS Office › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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A manhunt is underway in Idaho for the dangerous individual who tried to blow up a building that houses Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offices in the city of Meridian, Wednesday.

During a press briefing Thursday, Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea said the suspect stole an ambulance from a bay at St. Luke’s West hospital and drove it through the parking lot to retrieve gas cans that were staged in nearby vegetation.

The alleged domestic terrorist then crashed the ambulance into the North Portico building, where the DHS offices are housed, Basterrechea said.

Dem Portland city councilor calls for open carry for lawmakers after anti-ICE agitators storm meeting | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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“If people know that you’re a serious person and you’re going to protect yourself, they’re not going to be as quick to mess with you,” she said.

Following the anti-ICE disruption at City Hall on Wednesday night, a Portland City Council member proposed allowing councilors to open carry firearms in the chambers. Loretta Smith, a Democrat, called the incident a “mini insurrection” and believes councilors need to take greater precautions to protect themselves from leftist agitators.

Smith, who represents District 1, drafted a city ordinance that would allow lawmakers to open carry while conducting official city business. Smith told OPB that she has never carried a firearm before, but now feels the need to do so. “It’s a defensive mechanism,” she said. “If people know that you’re a serious person and you’re going to protect yourself, they’re not going to be as quick to mess with you.”

Trump holds Board of Peace ceremony– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump is hosting the inaugural Board of Peace meeting on Thursday morning at 9 a.m.

The meeting will take place at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., before Trump heads to Rome, Georgia, for a speech on affordability.

The agenda for the meeting will include a discussion of how to move forward with peace in Gaza, as Israel and several Palestinian allies, including Egypt and Turkey, will be in attendance. Several of the U.S.’s typical allies, such as Canada, have not yet signed onto the organization.

Cartel and Chinese Drones Demand Immediate FAA Action– thefederalist.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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Drones are increasingly violating American airspace. We know that tens of thousands of drone sightings on our southern border are connected with the Mexican drug and human trafficking cartels. But dozens of other drone sightings at sensitive military installations suggest hostile nation-state actors, most likely China.

As drone operations in Russia’s war on Ukraine show, the threat is no longer hypothetical — it is active and escalating. Unfortunately, a dangerous combination of bureaucratic inertia and misplaced priorities has left our borders and military installations vulnerable.

Mexican state that was epicentre of violence remains in ‘code red’ after death of cartel boss– www.cbc.ca

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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The Mexican state of Jalisco will remain under a “code red” Monday, with public transport and schools remaining closed, its governor said Sunday. The announcement follows a day of violence in the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta in the wake of a government announcement that the head of one of the country’s most powerful crime groups was dead.

Smoke from burning vehicles blackened the sky in Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination on the Pacific coast. Similar scenes played out in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, and across several states on Sunday morning.

Chilling items found inside Epstein’s abandoned ‘Lolita Express’ plane – ‘Disturbing’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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New images inside Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ private jet show some of the chilling items that have been left on the aircraft, which is now abandoned.

Now rotting away in an aircraft yard in Georgia, newly released footage shows the plane deteriorating on an outdoor tarmac, its structure corroding and worn after long exposure to the elements. The new images have revealed the plane’s current state, which is a far cry from its days carrying high-profile passengers, including former President Bill Clinton.

President Sheinbaum urges calm after CJNG’s El Mencho killed– mexiconewsdaily.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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President Claudia Sheinbaum urged Mexicans to remain calm and stay well-informed after a federal operation targeting Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes triggered a violent response from cartel henchmen.

The federal Defense Ministry said that Oseguera died while being transported by air to Mexico City after he was wounded by federal forces during an operation on Sunday morning in the municipality of Tapalpa, Jalisco.

President Sheinbaum urged calm after a military raid killed one of Mexico’s most-wanted crime lords on Sunday morning, triggering blockades by cartel operatives in multiple states. (X)

US trade chief says no countries have said they will withdraw from tariff deals– www.channelnewsasia.com

pgnewser February 23, 2026 0

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He told ABC that the USTR already had open investigations into Brazil and China, and expected to initiate investigations into areas such as industrial excess capacity, which would cover many countries in Asia, and unfair trading practices regarding rice, which is heavily subsidised by some countries.

Greer said he did not expect the ruling and subsequent change in tariffs to affect Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of March.

“The purpose of this meeting with President Xi is not to fight about trade. It’s to maintain stability, make sure that the Chinese are holding up their end of our deal and buying American agricultural products and Boeings and other things,” Greer said. “I don’t see this really affecting that meeting.”

Washington Dems Plug Socialist Debt Hole with Police, Firefighters’ Pensions

pgnewser February 19, 2026 1

Democrat “lawmakers” in the insurrectionist state of Washington passed legislation that essentially raids the pensions of police and firefighters to the tune of $4 billion. They hope to use the stolen funds to plug a deficit in their budget caused by their own bloated socialist programs.

One recipient of that stolen money will be the “Climate Commitment Account,” which is a de facto DNC-CCP political slush fund that helps arm its street fighters we see across America on a regular basis, terrorizing cities and burning down businesses. They will receive over half a billion dollars, or 12.5% of the Police and Firefighters pension fund.

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Washington Democrats Raid Police & Firefighter Pensions $4 Billion Pension Surplus to Fund Their Spending Spree, ALL REPUBLICANS VOTED NO –  gellerreport.com

Washington State House Democrats have crossed a dangerous line. Billions stripped from those who serve — millions redirected to political pet projects.

In a brazen vote, they moved to siphon $4 billion out of pension funds meant for law enforcement officers and firefighters — the very people who risk their lives daily — to plug a deficit of their own making.

Every single Republican in the state House voted no.

But Democrats didn’t stop there. While draining retirement security from cops and first responders, they’re planning to funnel $569 million into the so-called Climate Commitment Account — a pet political project wrapped in green rhetoric.

Mamdani’s Hold on NY Highlights DNC Islam in Practice

pgnewser February 19, 2026 0

If you want to get a sense of what DNC Islam rule is like, New York’s new Mayor, DNC Islamist Zohran Mamdani, is putting to flesh those policies. Already, Israeli companies are being forced out, the Muslim call to prayer is polluting New York airspace, and Mamdani is threatening to raise property taxes by 9.5% if New York state doesn’t give Mamdani the bloated budget he wants (a budget that is almost as much as the entire state of Florida).

Now, Mamdani is also bringing in violent radical Islamists into his government which includes a former CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) staffer. CAIR is considered a terrorist organization by Americans, though our own government so far has failed to recognize this reality. The operative, Faizi Ali, will now be New York City’s chief immigration officer. Expect an army of violent Islamist radicals to be imported to their new American caliphate HQ, New York City, a fallen city.

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What could possibly go wrong?

Puerto Rico’s Unborn Child Law Takes Effect

pgnewser February 19, 2026 0

Puerto Rican Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez signed an amendment to Senate Bill 823 that recognizes an unborn child as being a human being. The bill is seen as an assault on the abortion industry, which it thankfully is. The Governor declared an unborn child is legally a person, and now, that declaration is codified into Puerto Rican law.

She said at the signing that the law “aims to maintain consistency between civil and criminal provisions by recognizing the unborn child as a human being.” Puerto Rico joins 38 states that recognize the unborn as a person and 27 states that provide protection of the unborn throughout the prenatal period of human development.

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Why Puerto Rico’s Double Homicide Law Involving Pregnant Mothers Terrifies the Abortion Industry – standingforfreedom.com

Puerto Rico just passed a law recognizing unborn babies as human beings under the penal code, impacting cases that involve the murder of pregnant women and revealing society’s contradictions regarding life and abortion.

On Thursday, Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González signed into law a measure that recognizes unborn babies as human beings under the territory’s penal code. The amendment to Senate Bill 923 alters the legal definition of murder to include the killing of a fetus, establishing consistency between Puerto Rico’s civil and criminal provisions.

The legislation was named after Keishla Rodríguez, a pregnant woman murdered in April 2021, whose killer — former boxer Félix Verdejo — received two life sentences for the double homicide.

NYU Hospital Drops Trans Surgeries for Kids

pgnewser February 19, 2026 0

Another hospital is being forced to stop its Moloch practice of sacrificing children to the transgendered god. NYU Langone Health has announced it is cancelling its transgender treatment program for kids out of fear of losing federal funding.

The hospital appeared to be clueless to the violent pedophilic crimes it has committed, confessing it ended the program due to the “current regulatory environment,” and not because mutilating children to satisfy your transgender ideology is pure evil, as normal human beings can clearly see and understand.

It stated, “Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program. We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue.”

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Another major hospital’s ‘trans’ program for kids bites the dust amid pressure from Trump administration – theblaze.com

A New York hospital announced Tuesday it is discontinuing its so-called “Transgender Youth Health Program,” citing leadership changes and regulatory pressure.

NYU Langone Health, a Manhattan-based hospital system, said the program offered medical interventions such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgeries to minors.

Similar decisions have occurred at other institutions amid the same federal pressures.

In a statement provided by spokesman Steve Ritea, the hospital said:

“Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program. We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue.”

Trump FDA rejects Moderna application for mRNA-based flu vaccine– www.lifesitenews.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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(LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has notified pharmaceutical giant Moderna that it will not be reviewing its application for a new mRNA-based flu vaccine, continuing the Trump administration’s pivot away from the technology that was introduced to the country with the controversial COVID-19 shots.

Time magazine reports that almost two years ago, Moderna submitted Phase 3 data touting the purported effectiveness of mRNA 1010.6, the first influenza vaccine to use mRNA, and has been in talks with the government ever since. But on February 3, it received a Refusal to File letter from the FDA declaring its application “is not sufficiently complete to enable a substantive review.”

‘RINO’ Congressman Projected To Lose Primary Race– trendingpoliticsnews.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing steep odds in his upcoming GOP primary as fallout continues from a sex scandal involving a former aide who died by suicide last year.

Gonzales, 45, a married father of six and Navy veteran, had an affair with his former district director, Regina Ann “Regi” Santos-Aviles, 35. Santos-Aviles self-immolated in the garden of her Texas Hill Country home in September.

A former Gonzales staffer told the San Antonio Express-News that the congressman failed to act after being warned about Santos-Aviles’ declining mental health. The report said Santos-Aviles’ husband had learned of the affair and that she became depressed.

Poll Finds Majority Of Voters Concerned About Noncitizens Voting– thefederalist.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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As Democrats wage war on election integrity, a new poll shows a majority of Americans believe noncitizens on their states voter rolls are a problem.

Last week, the Republican-controlled House passed the SAVE (The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act on a mostly party-line vote. Texas’ politically vulnerable Rep. Henry Cuellar was the lone Democrat voting for the measure.

“I support the SAVE America Act because I believe in the fundamental principle: American citizens should decide American elections,” Cuellar wrote on X. He’s not alone. The vast majority of Americans support the two pillars of the bill: Documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and voter ID to cast a ballot in federal elections.

Heroic Bystander Who Stopped Trans Shooter’s Rampage Speaks Out, Recounts the Rhode Island Tragedy– townhall.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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The heroic bystander, Michael Black, who risked his own life to try to subdue the transgender gunman in Rhode Island on Monday, recounted the harrowing incident on Tuesday. He described how, after he tackled the shooter, his hand became caught in the gunman’s slide, stopping him from causing further harm, and how he witnessed the shooter pull out a second gun and take his own life.

Florida mandates sociology textbook that avoids race, gender — faculty call it censorship– www.thecollegefix.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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Key Takeaways

  • Florida International University’s sociology department opposes a newly mandated textbook that significantly reduces content on race, gender, and sexuality, alleging it constitutes academic censorship.
  • The changes stem from Senate Bill 266, which restricts courses from addressing theories of systemic inequality and promotes a curriculum void of ‘identity politics’.
  • Critics, including faculty members and organizations like the Heterodox Academy, argue that the textbook revisions undermine essential sociological concepts and academic freedom.

Trump DOJ sues Harvard for withholding race-related admissions docs | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, accuses Harvard of repeatedly delaying and narrowing its responses to federal requests.

The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Harvard University on Friday, alleging the school unlawfully withheld admissions-related information that federal officials say they need to determine whether Harvard is complying with federal civil rights law following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Crockett hits back, says CBS and Colbert are full of it: ‘They just didn’t want to air it’– www.theblaze.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas is taking aim at late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert for pulling an interview with her opponent.

Colbert lashed out at President Donald Trump after CBS pulled an interview with James Talarico, another Democratic candidate running for Senate against Crockett, citing new FCC guidelines. While Colbert pointed the finger at the government, Crockett was quick to push back on the narrative, insisting that the federal government had nothing to do with the decision to pull Talarico’s interview.

‘This was because of a fear that the FCC may say something to them.’

DEI remains strong at UMich a year after president promised to gut it– www.thecollegefix.com

pgnewser February 18, 2026 0

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ANALYSIS

University of Michigan departments and colleges continue to embrace “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” almost a year after officials promised to abandon a massive “strategic plan.”

In March 2025, former University of Michigan President Santa Ono announced that the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion would close. The school also promised to discontinue its “DEI 2.0 Strategic Plan” and eliminate or reassign much of its affiliated staff. Ono’s embrace of DEI played a central role in his failed attempt to become the new president of the University of Florida.