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 Getty Images Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from New Jersey, made her initial court appearance on Wednesday after being charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly assaulting ICE agents. Appearing virtually from Washington, D.C., the judge ordered McIver to surrender her firearms and barred her from traveling outside the United States, at least until…

 Getty Images The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to step down after disagreeing with the decision to share tax data on illegal immigrants with federal law enforcement. Commissioner Melanie Krause will become the third IRS leader to leave the agency since the start of the year. The agency has been turbulent because…

After encouraging her husband to run for re-election despite his mental impairment and, potentially, the prostate cancer developing inside of him, a seasoned opinion columnist at the Washington Post is accusing former First Lady Jill Biden of “elder abuse.” Sally Quinn, a socialite and opinion leader from Washington, D.C., attacked Jill in a recent interview with fellow journalist Tara…

 Getty Images The Democratic California government is preparing to sue the federal government after the Senate voted to nix its electric vehicle mandate. On Thursday, the Republican Senate voted to roll back several key Biden-era waivers that allowed the state to set its own emissions standards, CNN reported. The vote undid a last-minute approval by the Environmental…

 Getty Images Ed Martin, the incoming pardon attorney at the Department of Justice and head of the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, announced last week that he is investigating the questionable use of the presidential autopen for issuing pardons during the final days of the Biden administration. However, Martin disclosed on Tuesday that his probe began…