Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters from the Kansas Division of Vehicles stating that they must surrender their driver's licenses and that their current credentials will be considered invalid upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday. Should any transgender person be caught driving without a valid license, they could face a class B misdemeanor carrying up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Kansas already requires county jails to house inmates according to sex assigned at birth. The letter, obtained by Erin in the Morning, marks one of the most significant erosions of transgender civil rights in the United States to date.
Speaking at the Economic Club of Dallas, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent said with regard to what will now happen to the the $175 billion that Americans paid under Donald Trump's illegal tariff scheme "I got a feeling the American people won't see it." Bessent indicated that the administration has no plans to refund the money and expects the government will drag out any decision on what to do with the funds in courts for years to come.
One in five Americans who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election now regret their vote, a new Navigator Research survey released on Thursday found. That marks the highest number the polling outlet has registered since it began asking the question.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after entering a campus residence hall by claiming they were searching for a missing person, according to the university.
Police dashcam and bodycam video has been released that shows former WWE CEO Vince McMahon crashing his car in Connecticut last summer. The video shows McMahon ramming into the rear of another vehicle while driving at more than 100MPH. Once he finally stops the trooper asked him why he was driving as fast as 115MPH to which he replied "I got my granddaughter's birthday." After failing to stop for police, extreme speeding and causing a collision the 80-year old McMahon was not arrested and only cited for reckless driving and following too closely.
A federal judge found the Internal Revenue Service has broken the law thousands upon thousands of times by sharing confidential taxpayer information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a ruling Thursday that found the vast majority of taxpayer addresses shared with ICE in August were provided without the IRS confirming the agency had provided a valid address for the individuals whose records were sought, as required by law, reported the Washington Post. "The IRS violated the [Internal Revenue Code] approximately 42,695 times by disclosing last known taxpayer addresses to ICE ... without confirming that ICE's request set forth the address of the taxpayer with respect to whom the requested return information relate[d],'" the judge wrote in her opinion.
Vladimir Putin's top aides are snickering behind Donald Trump's back because they think the Russian tyrant is playing the MAGA leader like a fiddle. British spies have repeatedly shared with their U.S. counterparts intercepted calls and texts between ranking Kremlin officials ridden with laughter at what they perceive as Trump's willingness to take Putin at his word on his invasion of Ukraine. "We have continually shown them intelligence that shows the Russians are lying," a senior UK security official told The Spectator on Thursday. "The Russians are privately mocking Trump over his naivety about Putin's intentions. Putin doesn't want to end the war."
"Gerald Brown (65), a former USAF F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot with decades of experience flying US military aircraft, was arrested for allegedly betrayed his country by training Chinese military pilots to fight against those he swore to protect."
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US Marine combat veteran and progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner (D) holds comfortable double-digit leads over both Democratic Maine governor Janet Mills and incumbent Republican Susan Collins. for her US Senate seat.
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By an 82-31 vote, the Florida House approved a bill requiring Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to make every 14 Oct the "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance," the date of the late Floridian's birthday.
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The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employees who participated in the probe into the Republican's hoarding of classified documents, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The firings are part of a broader personnel purge under the leadership of Director Kash Patel, a Trump appointee who, over the last year, has pushed out dozens of employees who either contributed to investigations of the president or who were perceived as not in alignment with the administration's agenda. The Justice Department has engaged in similarly sweeping firings of prosecutors since Trump took office last year.
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds. Vance, who made the announcement with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the administration was taking the action "in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money."
Bill Clinton had flown on Epstein's private plane four separate times in 2002 and 2003, on one flight pictured receiving a massage from one of Epstein's victims. He also attended a dinner with Maxwell " whom he allegedly was close with " in 2014, three years after reports surfaced of her involvement in Epstein's child abuse activities, according to the subpoenas. Read more
On Monday, Candace Owens, 36, teased a multi-part YouTube series on Erika Kirk, 37, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at Utah Valley University in September, aged 31. The trailer for "Bride of Charlie," which will premiere this Wednesday, opens with coverage of Charlie's killing before pivoting to his wife"now CEO of Turning Point"and ends with Erika wearing a crown. The trailer immediately detonated on the right. Donald Trump-linked influencer Laura Loomer said on X that it was "depraved" and "total harassment of a woman trying to be graceful and carry on her husband's legacy." Veteran conservative talker Mark Levin, 68, joined the pile-on with a post contrasting Owens with Kirk. "Candace Owens will never have the class, intelligence, decency, kindness, or beauty of Erika Kirk.
President Trump blasted Democratic politicians who declined to endorse his State of the Union message that the "first duty" of the US government is to protect American citizens over illegal migrants. "One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe," Trump said during his Tuesday night remarks in the House chamber. "So tonight, I'm inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens." Duly cued, Republicans led by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rose to their feet while scores of Democrats remained firmly seated.
Five people are dead in Key Peninsula, Washington following a stabbing spree at a home Tuesday morning involving the suspect who county deputies were about to serve with an Order of Protection.
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