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 Getty Images California Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff told a shocking story when he appeared Friday on the HBO show “Real Time” with host Bill Maher about when he realized his party was in trouble. The well-known ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ hoaxer acknowledged that his party could possibly lose power in deep blue California, as a recent poll…

 Getty Images In a case that critics claim could jeopardize the unemployment benefits of over a million US workers, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday regarding whether states can mandate that religiously affiliated organizations, such as Catholic Charities, pay unemployment taxes. The Catholic Charities Bureau and four affiliate organizations claim that Wisconsin violated…

 Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey has gotten himself into a sticky predicament, and now he has to come face-to-face with the Secret Service. The former FBI director quickly fell under investigation for an Instagram post in which he showed seashells arranged to say “86 47.” It is presumed that ’86’ was used in…

 Getty Images House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced Friday that the committee has launched an investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to authorize a series of controversial last-minute pardons. “So our newest investigation at [the] Oversight Committee is we’re investigating the autopen, and I think we’ve identified the staffer”…

 Getty Images President Donald Trump has responded on social media following Friday’s unsigned ruling by the Supreme Court blocking his administration from deporting Venezuelans in the country illegally who have been identified as members of a gang deemed by him to be a terrorist organization. The high court ruled 7-2 against Trump’s invoking of the…