Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana demanded an explanation from a high-ranking Federal Reserve official about debanking conservatives during a Thursday hearing.

President Donald Trump chewed out Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan in January 2025 over the company’s alleged “debanking” of conservatives for their political beliefs during a speech at the World Economic Forum. Kennedy asked Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman about why the agency allowed banks to close the accounts of conservatives and firearms manufacturers during the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on “rightsizing regulation.” (RELATED: Democrat Mayor Says Gun Owners Should Be ‘Ashamed’)

A black Republican woman refuted a white Democratic man’s suggestion Wednesday that a voter identification law was probably designed to stop minorities from voting.

The black woman’s rebuttal occurred during a voter panel on Fox News’ “The Will Cain Show.” It followed the Democratic panelist characterizing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act as a “voter suppression” bill. (RELATED: Chuck Grassley Backtracks After He Appears To Oppose Federal Voter ID Laws In Leaked Letter)

Another California-founded business is relocating its headquarters out of state, this time to Texas.

Public Storage, a real estate investment trust specializing in self-storage facilities, was founded in 1972 in San Diego County and expanded to operate more than 3,000 facilities across 43 states. In a February statement, the company announced it will move its headquarters from Glendale, California, to Frisco, Texas. (RELATED: Tech Jobs Flee California As H-1Bs, Crime, Taxes, And Automation Drive Workers Out)

The relationship between federal law enforcement and political figures has long been tense.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has faced criticism for overstepping its mission, as the expansion of intelligence authorities blurred the lines between foreign threats and domestic privacy. This dynamic has intensified in recent decades, particularly in an era of hyper-polarized politics. Americans have become too familiar with the growing power of the deep state machine, which once again got caught going after Trump administration officials.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deposition on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was temporarily halted on Thursday after Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert sent an unauthorized photograph to a conservative podcaster.

The House Oversight Committee brought the deposition to an abrupt close after Boebert sent a photograph to podcaster Benny Johnson, who posted the photograph on X, though the hearing later proceeded.

Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales’ alleged affair partner’s autopsy reveals she was under the influence before her death.

The autopsy of Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, Gonzales’ former Regional District Director, shows that her death was ruled a suicide by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the report obtained by the Daily Caller. The document confirms her death was the result of self-immolation.

A former congresswoman who prosecuted an impeachment of President Donald Trump dismissed the severe injuries suffered by Dalilah Coleman during a Wednesday panel discussion on CNN.

PASS THE DALILAH LAW!

Five-year-old Dalilah Coleman nearly had her life taken from her in June 2024 by an illegal alien who SHOULD NOT have had a commercial driver's license in California.

President Trump is taking action to pass the Dalilah Law, making it IMPOSSIBLE for… pic.twitter.com/gLg5GKKIJ4

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2026

Department of War press secretary Kingsley Wilson told the Daily Caller about the administration’s game plan as tensions with Iran escalate.

President Donald Trump drew a red line on negotiations with Iran during his Tuesday State of the Union address, stating Iran must commit to not building a nuclear weapon.

CNN senior data analyst Harry Enten said on Thursday that Americans favor Republicans’ approach to immigration enforcement over Democrats at this point in President Donald Trump’s term.

Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats have attempted to accuse the Trump administration of cruelty and unlawfulness as they continued ramping up their deportation efforts throughout the U.S. However, Republicans hold a five-point lead on the question of who Americans’ trust more on immigration, which is a major switch from Democrats’ six-point edge in 2018, Enten said.

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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith suggested that Democrats shifted left to appeal to non-black voters during a Wednesday interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger.”

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton all captured the vast majority of black voters in the last three elections. Smith said on Bensinger’s show that he did not believe their loyalty to the party had paid off. (RELATED: ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’: Crucial Voter Groups Fleeing Democrats, Says Stunned Fmr Clinton Pollster)

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt suggested he does not think Democrats are supporting lax border security policies for the goal of getting illegal immigrants to vote for the party.

The governor, who is known to have a tenuous relationship with President Donald Trump, said that in his view, Democrats’ intentions are not to make foreign nationals part of the country’s voter rolls, in an interview with NPR that aired Thursday. The Oklahoma Republican’s colleagues come as the Senate is considering the Trump-backed SAVE America Act, which would, in part, require proof of citizenship for voter registration, amid fierce opposition from Democratic lawmakers. (RELATED: Kamala Harris Says SAVE Act Must Be Stopped Because ‘40% Of Americans’ Don’t Have Birth Certificates, Passports)