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NBC’s Welker Flails as Tim Scott Refuses to Ignore El Sayed Terror Ties [WATCH]
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NBC’s Welker Flails as Tim Scott Refuses to Ignore El Sayed Terror Ties [WATCH]

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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) pushed back Sunday against NBC’s Kristin Welker after the Meet the Press host challenged Republican advertising about Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and allegations involving members of his family, as reported by PJ Media.

The exchange centered on whether Republicans should continue highlighting alleged connections between El-Sayed’s relatives and organizations that the U.S. government has previously identified as supporting terrorism.

Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), rejected Welker’s argument that there was no evidence tying El-Sayed himself to terrorist organizations.

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Welker repeatedly sought to distinguish El-Sayed from the activities and associations of relatives and political allies.

Welker began by telling Scott that the NRSC had continued publishing social media posts claiming El-Sayed had “terrorist ties.”

“The NRSC continues to put out social media posts claiming that Abdul El-Sayed has un/unquote terrorist ties. And yet, there is no evidence that he has terrorist ties, Senator. Should the NRSC stop running those ads?”

Scott responded by pointing to allegations involving El-Sayed’s family.

“Well, we know- we know without question that he had family members who helped resource Osama bin Laden. We know without question that he campaigns with Piker, who said at one point that America deserved 9/11.”

Welker then attempted to narrow the discussion to El-Sayed’s own statements and beliefs.

“Let’s stay focused on El-Sayed and what he has said and believes in. There’s no evidence…”

The dispute comes as Republicans seek to make national-security issues part of the Michigan Senate contest between El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers.

Among the allegations cited in the discussion are claims concerning El-Sayed’s birth mother, Fatten Elkomy, who reportedly worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, also known as the Islamic African Relief Agency.

According to the material cited in the original report, the Treasury Department designated IARA in 2004 as an organization supporting terrorism and alleged connections involving al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and Hamas.

El-Sayed’s maternal uncle, Mohamed Elkomy, also reportedly worked for IARA.

Another focus has been El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Dr. Tayeb Jukaku. The original report says Jukaku was associated with three organizations described as Muslim Brotherhood-related organizations that were identified as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation case.

It also says Jukaku served on the Founders Committee of the Islamic Society of North America and was president of CAIR Michigan for five years. The report further states that he remains on CAIR’s board.

The Republican side has also highlighted El-Sayed’s political relationship with Hasan Piker. Scott cited Piker during the NBC interview while arguing that political associations should be considered when voters evaluate candidates.

Welker again disputed the broader characterization, telling Scott, “Just to be very clear, there is no evidence that El-Sayed supports any terrorist organization.”

Scott also raised other positions attributed to El-Sayed, including support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The discussion turned toward El-Sayed’s views on Islam and Sharia law after Welker referenced a Washington Post opinion article concerning coverage of the Democratic candidate.

She asked Scott whether Republicans were attempting to frighten voters.

“Are Republicans trying to scare voters?”

Scott answered, “Not at all.”

The NRSC has continued backing Rogers as the Republican alternative in the Michigan race. The campaign is expected to remain closely watched as both parties attempt to frame the contest around national security, immigration and the candidates’ political associations.

The Sunday exchange also drew criticism from conservative media figures, with NewsBusters’ Jorge Bonilla characterizing Welker’s questioning as “running crisis comms” for El-Sayed.

At the center of the dispute is a basic campaign question: how much weight should voters give a candidate’s own statements and positions versus the associations and activities of relatives and political allies?

Republicans are emphasizing those connections, while Welker pressed Scott for evidence that El-Sayed himself supports a terrorist organization.

That distinction is likely to remain part of the Michigan Senate debate as the campaign moves forward.

LA GOP Leader Cries ‘Send Help’ After Bass Campaign Video Stuns Taxpayers [WATCH]
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LA GOP Leader Cries ‘Send Help’ After Bass Campaign Video Stuns Taxpayers [WATCH]

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A viral campaign pitch from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has turned a city financing rule into a national spectacle, prompting Los Angeles County GOP Chair Roxanne Hoge to plead with Republicans to “send help.”

Her warning is blunt: outsiders still do not grasp how deeply California Democrats have embedded their power into government, as reported by Fox News.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Hoge addressed the stunned reaction to Bass promoting public matching money for her mayoral campaign.

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“The rest of the country doesn’t understand what we’re living under here,” Hoge said.

Hoge argued that California progressives have not merely pushed questionable political practices; they have written them into law.

“What normal people consider cheating or weirdness in the electoral process? It’s all in the rules [here].”

Bass told viewers that “when you donate to our campaign, the city can match your donation 6 to 1,” and added, “If you donate $5, the city turns it into $35.”

For taxpayers already watching Los Angeles struggle with crime, homelessness, fires, and failing basic services, the sales pitch landed like a brick.

The mayor explained that “thanks to LA’s super match program, every qualified donation from Los Angeles residents is matched six to one by the city.”

In plain English, public money can multiply a qualifying private campaign donation six times.

Bass said her campaign faced a reset after the mayoral primary, where Republican candidate Spencer Pratt attracted significant support.

She declared that “we had to start over from scratch,” before urging supporters, “So, we need you to rush in your matching donation right now, to help fuel this campaign.”

The video quickly drew outrage across social media. Conservative activist Billboard Chris asked, “How is it legal to take money from Los Angeles taxpayers to fund your own re-election campaign?”

Commentator Matt Van Swol was equally stunned, writing, “Can someone please explain to me like I’m 5 years old how this is not COMPLETELY illegal?????” Author Michael Shellenberger offered a shorter verdict: “This is grotesque.”

Los Angeles doctor and political commentator Houman David Hemmati also erupted over the arrangement.

“Why on EARTH are LA City taxpayers, who can’t even afford to clean up their streets or have water in their fire hydrants, forced to match contributions to Bass’ Mayoral reelection campaign 6:1?!? … HUH?! Insanity!”

Despite the public fury, Hoge explained that the program is legal under Los Angeles law.

Voters approved public campaign financing in 1990, and the City Council later expanded that system into the current six-to-one arrangement, complete with donation limits and eligibility requirements.

Hoge said the proposal originally sounded harmless enough to voters.

“Voters passed something that sounded so good; they always sound so good at the beginning. Public financing matching funds for campaigns on a one-to-one basis. That seems great, right?”

The program now applies beyond the mayoral contest, including campaigns for seats on the Los Angeles City Council.

Hoge noted that those races “Have many active [Democratic Socialists of America] members currently sitting and running.”

For Hoge, Bass was broadcasting the same warning California conservatives have heard from entrenched political interests for decades. “And that is, ‘Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown. Don’t try to go against City Hall,’” she said.

Hoge pointed to Pratt as proof that a basic message of competence and common sense can still energize voters.

“We saw Spencer Pratt mount a very strong argument for sanity and good governance. It wasn’t partisan, what he was saying. It was pure common sense, and they rose up because they were threatened.”

She also rejected the tired assumption that conservatives should surrender America’s most populous state to the progressive machine.

“California is totally worth fighting for because it is an absolute gem,” Hoge said, comparing its controlling political culture to people who would “gleefully would reach into the shower and change the temperature while you’re having a bath.”

Addressing Republicans, Hoge said, “We belong to the leave me alone party.”

She added, “California, being in the West, is the ultimate place where you should be free to write your own story. And that, I think, is the number one thing people have to remember,” before repeating her urgent plea: “They need to send help.”

Authorities Still Cannot Find Penn Station Mole People as 9/11 Fears Erupt [WATCH]
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Authorities Still Cannot Find Penn Station Mole People as 9/11 Fears Erupt [WATCH]

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New York City police have not made any arrests after three unidentified people were captured on video emerging from a manhole near Penn Station in the early morning hours of Aug. 18, as reported by the New York Post.

The incident occurred around 4:19 a.m. at the southeast corner of West 31st Street and Seventh Avenue, roughly 150 feet from the main entrance to Penn Station and about a block from Madison Square Garden.

The three individuals were seen wearing headlamps and overalls as they climbed out of a sanitation and drainage manhole before quickly leaving the area.

The unusual footage later circulated on social media, prompting questions about why the group had been inside New York City’s underground sewer system in such a heavily trafficked part of Manhattan.

The NYPD said Monday that investigators are working to identify the individuals.

“The NYPD is aware of the incident and is actively investigating,” the Police Department said in a statement.

“There are no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing. The incident occurred on August 18, 2026, at 0419 hours at the southeast corner of West 31st Street and 7th Avenue.”

Police became aware of the incident Sunday after additional video of the so-called “mole people” began circulating online.

Law-enforcement sources said investigators have collected surveillance footage that could help identify the three people through facial recognition technology and determine what they were doing underground.

The strange sight has raised security concerns because of the location. Penn Station is one of the busiest transportation hubs in New York City, while Madison Square Garden sits nearby.

“I just immediately thought, reconnaissance, 9/11,” said an Arizona tourist named Mark while speaking to The Post in Manhattan’s crowded Herald Square.

“If you’re an Iranian soldier, you need to cripple New York City? Under Penn Station? Under Madison Square Garden? Aren’t all the train lines crisscrossing here?”

However, law-enforcement sources cautioned against assuming the group was involved in a broader criminal or security operation.

One law-enforcement source said, “There is nothing to indicate there is any criminal activity here besides trespassing.

“The manhole covers lead to the sewer system. But who knows what someone is doing down there if they are looking to cause trouble.”

Another source described the activity as “not uncommon,” saying people sometimes enter sewer systems in search of valuables.

“Mostly people who do this think there’s treasure. Precious metals. Lost property.

“Yes, [the sewer-hunting is] not ideal from a security standpoint. But it’s [the city Department of Environmental Protection’s] infrastructure to secure,” the source added.

A worker with Vornado Realty Trust, the developer involved with the nearby Penn 2 project, said he was aware that police had been looking into the incident and collecting potentially useful surveillance footage.

The incident also resembles several unusual sewer-related episodes reported in Brooklyn earlier this year.

In May, people were recorded entering or emerging from manholes in Williamsburg and Gravesend, leading to an NYPD investigation.

Seven people were reportedly spotted coming out of a manhole in Williamsburg on May 29.

At least four people were subsequently charged with trespassing in connection with those incidents. Law-enforcement sources told The Post that investigators believed some of those individuals were searching for valuables.

The latest Manhattan incident could have a similar explanation, according to law-enforcement sources.

Other sources, however, suggested the people may have been seeking social-media content because the activity was recorded and appeared to have been staged or documented for TikTok.

“It could be anything,” said Ari, a fashion worker in the Manhattan neighborhood. “Kind of sketchy the way they’re running away after they come out of the hole.”

The city’s Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees thousands of miles of sewers and drainage infrastructure, was asked about the incident Monday.

The agency referred to a statement issued Sunday saying an inspection found no damage to the sewer infrastructure.

“Members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole or outfall,” the DEP said.

For now, police have not announced any arrests or identified the three individuals seen emerging near Penn Station. Investigators are continuing to review surveillance footage as they try to determine who entered the underground system and what they were doing there.

Usha Vance Delivers Perfect Answer to Abdul El Sayed’s Ugly Attack on Her and JD [WATCH]
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Usha Vance Delivers Perfect Answer to Abdul El Sayed’s Ugly Attack on Her and JD [WATCH]

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Second Lady Usha Vance responded to Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s recent comments about her Indian heritage and her husband, Vice President JD Vance, saying she found the remarks more amusing than offensive, as reported by The New York Post.

“I have to admit I kind of laughed,” Usha Vance said during an interview with Fox & Friends, according to a preview released Monday. The full interview is scheduled to air Wednesday.

El-Sayed made the comments Saturday after Vice President Vance criticized the Michigan Democrat over his views concerning Sharia law.

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The vice president had invoked the memory of his late grandfather, whom he called “Papaw,” while arguing that the Democratic Party has moved away from the working-class voters who once formed its political base.

In response, El-Sayed brought Usha Vance into the exchange.

“So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no…” El-Sayed said, appearing to reference the second lady’s Indian ethnicity.

Usha Vance said she never had the opportunity to meet JD Vance’s grandparents, who died years before the couple met in 2010 while attending Yale Law School.

But she said her experience with the family members they raised left her with little doubt about how she would have been treated.

“Yes, I never met JD’s mamaw and papaw,” she said.

“I do know and love the children that they raised: his mom, his aunt and uncle. And they have never been anything but incredibly loving. His aunt is like a second mother to me. I have to think that, if they raised children like that, they would’ve been loving as well, and I would have really, really, really loved to have met them,” she said in the interview.

The second lady also described her first experiences in Ohio after she began dating Vance. She said she had never visited the state before their relationship and that her assumptions about it quickly changed.

“It’s a culturally diverse place,” she said. “The people have been so welcoming. Everyone has been so loving. They are my family. They treat me like their family.”

The exchange followed comments Vice President Vance made while campaigning in Ohio earlier this week.

Vance discussed his late grandfather, James Vance, who worked as a welder for 40 years and supported Democrats because he believed the party represented “the party of union men.”

Vance argued that the views expressed by El-Sayed show how dramatically the Democratic Party has changed from the one his grandfather supported.

“I’d love to go back in time and tell my papa that there is a man who claims to stand for working people who says not only should we have Sharia law, but if you criticize it you’re a white supremacist. That’s not my grandpa’s Democratic Party,” Vance said.

James Vance was a stabilizing and influential figure in the vice president’s childhood, according to Vance’s past accounts. Both of Vance’s grandparents died before he met Usha Vance at Yale Law School in 2010.

Republicans were quick to defend the Vances after El-Sayed’s remarks circulated online.

“Why does Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed just assume that all white Midwestern grandparents are racist?” asked Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas).

The dispute has added another flashpoint to Michigan’s Senate race, with Vance using El-Sayed’s past statements on Sharia law and criticism of the Democratic Party’s shift away from its traditional working-class base.

Meanwhile, Usha Vance’s response offered a noticeably different approach: no outrage, no escalation, and apparently no need for a lecture from the Democratic nominee about what her husband’s family might have thought of her.

Trump Administration Prepares Largest Mass Visa Revocation in American History [WATCH]
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Trump Administration Prepares Largest Mass Visa Revocation in American History [WATCH]

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The Trump administration is preparing to revoke business and tourist visas held by as many as 200,000 foreigners who entered the United States temporarily before seeking asylum.

If completed at that scale, the action would become the largest mass visa revocation in American history, as reported by the Gateway Pundit.

Documents cited by The Associated Press indicate the review covers B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026.

The State Department and Department of Homeland Security are expected to coordinate the revocations through a continuing review process.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott confirmed that officials are identifying foreigners who presented themselves as temporary visitors but later filed asylum claims to remain permanently.

He declined to provide a final number because the government review remains underway.

B1 visas are reserved for temporary business travel, while B2 visas cover tourism, family visits, and medical care.

Applicants are supposed to demonstrate that they intend to leave the country after completing the purpose of their visit.

Current applicants must also affirm that they do not intend to pursue asylum after entering the United States.

Trump officials see an obvious contradiction when someone promises a temporary visit, gains admission, and then quickly attempts to secure a permanent foothold.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau delivered the administration’s case bluntly on Monday. “People in the US and all over the world are fed up with bogus asylum claims,” he wrote on X.

“Asylum isn’t supposed to be a loophole to circumvent immigration law,” Landau added.

He argued that questionable claims can linger for years, allowing applicants to obtain work permits, build lives in American communities, and make eventual removal far more difficult.

The administration maintains that asylum exists to protect people facing genuine persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a recognized social group.

It was not designed as a convenient substitute for lawful immigration by visitors who simply decide they would rather stay.

Officials have highlighted Colombian national Humberto Coral as an example of how the system can be manipulated.

Coral entered with a tourist visa in 2015, sought asylum shortly before it expired, and later received employment authorization that was reportedly renewed for years.

Landau accused Coral of using his extended presence to support Colombia’s far-left government while attacking American immigration enforcement.

Coral even accused United States authorities of operating “concentration camps,” while his case helped illustrate how a temporary visit can become a decade of residence.

Revoking a visa would not automatically result in immediate deportation for every affected person.

Foreigners with pending asylum cases could remain in immigration proceedings, but they would lose the separate visitor status that originally allowed them into the country.

That distinction fits Trump’s wider effort to connect visa enforcement, asylum reviews, work authorization, and deportation into one functioning system.

For years, bureaucratic silos helped temporary visitors transform short stays into effectively indefinite residence, with taxpayers left watching the legal carousel spin.

The State Department has already revoked roughly 175,000 visas during the past 18 months.

Many of those cases involved foreign nationals accused or convicted of drunken driving, robbery, rape, and other serious offenses that should make continued admission an easy question.

The guiding principle is refreshingly simple. Entry into the United States is a privilege, not an entitlement handed out forever to anyone who crosses the border, violates visa terms, commits crimes, or finds a clever bureaucratic loophole.

The administration has applied similar scrutiny to birth tourism, in which foreign women allegedly use temporary visas to enter the country, give birth, and secure American citizenship for their children.

Trump has also pursued restrictions on birthright citizenship, although courts have blocked several of those efforts.

Work authorization represents another major pressure point because asylum applicants can eventually become eligible for legal employment.

Even a weak claim may therefore provide years of access to the American labor market while overloaded immigration courts slowly process enormous backlogs.

Commercial trucking exposed the consequences of that arrangement, since asylum applicants with federal employment authorization had been eligible for commercial driver licenses issued to people without permanent state residence.

Federal regulators tightened those rules earlier this year as concerns about enforcement and public safety intensified.

Indian nationals were among the groups recording a dramatic increase in asylum applications during the Biden administration.

Homeland Security figures showed filings from Indian citizens soaring from 4,330 in fiscal 2021 to 41,030 in fiscal 2023.

If officials ultimately revoke 200,000 visas, the move will signal that Trump’s immigration agenda extends far beyond the physical border.

America will decide who enters, who remains, and whether temporary admission has been abused as a one-way ticket to permanent residence.

James Carville Erupts at Jeffries Over Jared Kushner Meeting and Demands a Hard Line [WATCH]
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James Carville Erupts at Jeffries Over Jared Kushner Meeting and Demands a Hard Line [WATCH]

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Democratic strategist James Carville sharply criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Monday over Jeffries’ recent meeting with Jared Kushner, arguing that Democrats should not be sitting down with members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

The dispute followed reports that Jeffries met privately with Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a U.S. special envoy, to discuss housing, immigration and the high cost of living as potential areas where common ground might be found. The New York Times first reported the meeting.

Carville said Democrats may disagree on a wide range of policy issues, but he argued there should be no disagreement over engaging with Trump allies.

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“Let me try to explain something,” Carville said.

“And Hakeem, you’re a smart guy. Let me explain something here, very, very clear. You have Democrats that have a different position on Medicare for all, whether that’s a good idea. You have Democrats that have different positions on effective policing, and there’s a whole variety of subjects of which there are some disagreements within the Democratic Party.”

Carville continued by saying that, in his view, the party was united on one issue.

“On one thing, on one thing, there is no disagreement,” he said.

“There’s unanimity. And it is simply this: in the opinion of every Democrat in the United States, progressive, moderate, middle road, left, f—, I don’t know whatever you want, we believe one thing above all.”

He then directly addressed the question of Democrats meeting with Trump administration figures and allies.

“These people are a pack of felons and traitors, and you do not meet with them. You do not meet with them,” Carville continued.

Carville also suggested that Democrats should take a far more confrontational approach toward Kushner rather than looking for possible areas of agreement.

“We need to drag [Kushner’s] a– before a committee and find out what backdoor-dealing, w—-house s— he’s got going on with Steve Whitcomb and everybody else,” Carville said.

“We’re not going to be nice to you. We don’t like you.”

The longtime Democratic strategist further claimed that Trump and his administration “have no idea what they’re doing,” while accusing them of “making every backdoor bulls— deal they can.”

Carville ultimately returned to his original message for Jeffries.

“And we don’t meet with them. Don’t meet with them.”

The backlash surrounding the Kushner meeting has also raised questions about how Jeffries handled news of the discussion after it became public.

Jason Mudd, CEO of the public relations firm Axia, told Fox News Digital that the central problem was not necessarily that Jeffries met with Kushner, but that the meeting became public before Jeffries had explained it himself.

“Jeffries got caught being reasonable in private without being strategic in public. To be clear, this isn’t about whether Kushner deserved the meeting. It’s about how the meeting was handled,” Mudd said. “Now Jeffries is explaining it after the leak instead of framing it before the leak. That’s the real mistake. Not taking the meeting itself.”

Mudd said politicians often need to work across party lines but argued that transparency with constituents remains important.

“If I were advising Jeffries or his camp right now, I’d tell him to stop playing defense and take control of the narrative today,” Mudd said.

“Say what the meeting was about, why he took it, and what came of it, in his own words. Silence and vague statements read as guilt even when there’s nothing to hide, and right now the story is being written for him and without him.”

Fox News Digital reported that it reached out to Jeffries, Kushner and the White House for comment.

The episode puts Jeffries in the unusual position of facing criticism for holding a private discussion aimed at identifying possible areas of bipartisan agreement, while Carville’s response made clear that at least some Democrats believe dealing with Trump’s inner circle is a bridge the party should not cross.

Federal Fraud Task Force Uncovers Staggering $13 Billion in Suspected Contractor Schemes [WATCH]
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Federal Fraud Task Force Uncovers Staggering $13 Billion in Suspected Contractor Schemes [WATCH]

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The General Services Administration announced Tuesday that investigators have identified more than $13 billion in suspected fraud involving federal contractors.

The staggering figure covers activity reviewed since March and marks the largest suspected fraud identification in agency history, as reported by Trending Politics News.

The findings emerged from the agency’s work with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by Vice President JD Vance.

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President Donald Trump established the task force through an executive order in March, adding another enforcement weapon to his administration’s campaign against government waste.

GSA officials said the historic total is unmatched in both dollars and the number of contractors implicated.

That scale offers another sobering glimpse into how deeply questionable spending practices may have spread through the federal procurement system.

Investigators used contracting data from across the government, public reporting, and information gathered through inspector general enforcement efforts.

The agency says those tools are increasing its ability to detect waste, abuse, false claims, and schemes designed to siphon money from American taxpayers.

The stakes are enormous because GSA manages more than $126 billion in products and services through federal contracts.

It also operates a central marketplace where private businesses compete for opportunities to provide goods and services to federal agencies.

“Let this serve as a warning to any bad actors thinking of stealing from the federal government: we will catch you, we will work with law enforcement to ensure your arrest, and we will do everything in our power to help recover every dollar you stole,” GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst said in a statement.

Forst said fraudsters who falsify records or misrepresent themselves “steal not just from taxpayers” but also from honest contractors supporting federal agencies.

In other words, crooked applicants do not merely raid the Treasury; they rig the marketplace against legitimate businesses that followed the rules.

“Anyone who lies their way into receiving taxpayer dollars is putting their business, their reputation, and their freedom at risk. GSA is fully committed to working with Vice President Vance’s task force to root out fraud and protect the integrity of federal procurement.”

The GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy is leading the review and reaches into several major areas of concern.

Investigators are examining COVID-19 spending, contractor eligibility, bid rigging, bribery, cybersecurity, false claims, and risks involving contractor integrity.

Officials are also reviewing the integrity of the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program.

Some suspected schemes reportedly involved smaller businesses being used as conduits so larger or otherwise ineligible firms could obtain federal contracts they were not qualified to receive.

Potential cases are being referred to the GSA Office of the Inspector General or the Department of Justice for additional investigation.

A suspicion identified through data analysis is not the same as a conviction, but it can provide federal investigators with the trail needed to determine whether criminal charges or civil enforcement are warranted.

The $13 billion figure was reportedly added to the White House fraud.gov tracking website on the day of the announcement.

Separate figures posted there show that GSA has prevented $202.2 million in fraud through administrative actions since January 2025.

The government has also recovered $29.5 million through enforcement actions during that period.

Those totals remain far below the amount now under scrutiny, illustrating how identifying suspected fraud is only the beginning of the process of clawing taxpayer money back.

Earlier this year, GSA and the White House task force flagged roughly $6.3 billion in contracts directed toward potentially fraudulent businesses.

The latest announcement more than doubles that earlier figure and suggests investigators are widening their review rather than treating the first discovery as a convenient stopping point.

The full $13 billion has not been recovered, seized, or adjudicated, and officials describe it as suspected activity uncovered during an ongoing examination.

Still, the sheer size of the findings should make every federal contractor think twice before submitting false records, concealing eligibility problems, or treating Washington as a bottomless cash machine.

For years, taxpayers have heard endless promises about eliminating waste while federal spending continued climbing and accountability often arrived late, if at all.

The Vance task force now faces the harder test, turning headline-grabbing discoveries into prosecutions, recoveries, contract bans, and lasting safeguards for the public purse.

Hillary Clinton Calls Democrats’ Socialist Surge Healthy as Party Lurches Left [WATCH]
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Hillary Clinton Calls Democrats’ Socialist Surge Healthy as Party Lurches Left [WATCH]

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Hillary Clinton has found a startling new way to diagnose the Democratic Party’s sharp socialist turn, calling the development “healthy.”

Her assessment lands as democratic socialist candidates gain ground and establishment Democrats scramble to convince younger voters that bigger government is somehow fresh, daring, and new, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

That framing is remarkable even by the standards of a party forever rebranding old leftist schemes as bold progress.

Socialism has delivered scarcity, coercion, and economic ruin in country after country, yet Clinton now treats its return as an encouraging laboratory exercise.

The former Secretary of State made the comments Monday during a conversation with the Hamptons Institute.

The discussion covered diplomacy, national security, global leadership, and the ideological fight consuming Democrats as socialist challengers increasingly score primary victories against candidates supported by the party establishment.

When asked how Democrats can navigate the upheaval between the center left and democratic socialists, Clinton praised the party’s experimentation.

“The Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through a kind of experiment, like who can actually respond particularly to young people’s very real concerns about where they are at this point in their lives and what kind of future do they have for themselves? I think that is healthy,” said Clinton.

That answer may help Clinton stay current with the latest fashion on the left, but it does little to explain why socialism deserves another audition.

Calling an ideology healthy does not erase its record, nor does it make government control more appealing to families already squeezed by high costs.

Clinton’s positioning is especially notable because she defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders, the party’s most prominent democratic socialist, in the 2016 presidential primary.

Back then, she represented the institutional machine that resisted Sanders, even as his movement pushed Democrats farther toward sweeping federal power and expansive spending.

Now the party matriarch sounds eager to bless the same ideological surge that once threatened her path to the nomination.

That is familiar Clinton politics: get close enough to whatever Democrats currently celebrate, then present the maneuver as thoughtful leadership rather than transparent calculation.

The stated concern for young people also deserves scrutiny.

Younger Americans face legitimate worries about housing, wages, debt, and future opportunity, but answering those problems with more bureaucracy, heavier taxation, and centralized control is hardly an innovative cure.

Democrats increasingly seem convinced that the failure lies not in their policies, but in their sales pitch.

If voters hesitate, party leaders reach for softer language, attach the word democratic to socialism, and insist the same old concentration of government power is merely compassion with better branding.

Conservative critics quickly mocked Clinton’s remarks, and the reaction was predictable because her claim invites it.

Labeling socialism a healthy experiment sounds less like sober analysis and more like a refusal to learn from history, which is one reason critics invoked the definition of insanity.

The deeper problem for Democrats is that their internal struggle is no longer hidden behind carefully tested talking points.

Establishment figures and socialist insurgents may argue over tactics and timing, but both camps increasingly compete over how much authority Washington should wield over ordinary life.

That contest creates an awkward spectacle for Clinton, who has spent decades presenting herself as a practical guardian of the party.

She cannot dismiss the socialist faction without alienating energized activists, so she praises the upheaval as healthy and hopes nobody examines the diagnosis too closely.

There is nothing healthy about dodging the real consequences of failed ideas.

A political party can listen to frustrated young voters without pretending that socialism, wrapped in friendlier language and promoted by a new generation, has suddenly discovered a successful economic formula.

Clinton’s comments reveal how far the Democratic conversation has moved and how determined veteran figures are to move with it.

When socialism becomes the experiment, and skepticism becomes the obstacle, the party is not renewing itself; it is dusting off a discredited playbook and calling it progress.

Alex Pretti’s Family Demands Answers Seven Months After ICE Incident in Minneapolis [WATCH]
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Alex Pretti’s Family Demands Answers Seven Months After ICE Incident in Minneapolis [WATCH]

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Seven months after Alex Pretti was fatally shot in Minneapolis, his parents and sister appeared Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to describe their loss and demand answers.

Michael and Susan Pretti, joined by Micayla Pretti, told George Stephanopoulos that nobody has been held accountable, as reported by Breitbart.

Stephanopoulos opened the interview by asking, “My first question is, it has been seven months; why do you want to speak now?”

The family said the passage of time had only strengthened its determination to establish what occurred.

Michael Pretti answered, “We really want to get the facts out of what happened to Alex that day. I mean, we’ve seen what happened. The videos are pretty clear, but we want justice and accountability for the people that did this to Alex.”

The father remembered his son as someone devoted to fairness and the city he called home.

He said, “He was a good man. He’s a good kid. He cared deeply about his community. Minneapolis was his community. He wanted people to be treated fairly, no matter what walk of life, what their background was.”

Stephanopoulos then asked, “What did he tell you about why he was protesting?” Michael Pretti disputed that characterization of what his son was doing on the day he died.

“He wasn’t really protesting. I mean, and that’s one thing we want to be clear. The day he was murdered, he was not at a protest. He was an observer, and that’s why he had his phone,” Michael Pretti said.

The family also described the horrifying way it learned about the shooting.

Rather than receiving a direct notification before the images emerged publicly, the Prettis said they recognized their son while watching television coverage.

Michael Pretti recalled, “We watched it, we watched it on TV. And I was like, that’s our son. That’s Alex, and they killed him. No one called us.”

His account captured the raw disbelief of parents realizing that the person on the screen was their own child.

He added, “That’s how we found out, watching it on TV, watching our son be shot ten times on TV in the back. Trying to help someone being beaten with tear gas canisters, sprayed with tear gas.”

Susan Pretti emphasized what she said could be seen in the footage as her son encountered the chaotic scene. She said he was standing “With a camera in one hand and his left hand empty in the air.”

For Susan Pretti, her son’s attempt to assist someone was consistent with the man she knew.

“I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered and no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable, and it’s been seven months,” she said.

Michael Pretti argued that public attacks against his son took priority over a serious pursuit of the facts. “There was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice, investigating this,” he said.

The interview also addressed severe descriptions of Pretti that remained online after the shooting.

Stephanopoulos said, “You heard Stephen Miller use the word assassin, use the word domestic terrorist. Some of those posts are still up.”

Susan Pretti responded with anguish over hearing those descriptions attached to her son.

“Yes. We still hear those words about our child. A kid who is out observing something that should not be happening in this world today in the United States. Why? What did he do to deserve to be murdered? Left cold on the ground, dead, my child. What did he do?”

The family’s appearance placed renewed attention on the fatal encounter and the unanswered questions surrounding it.

Video evidence may shape public judgment, but the Prettis made clear they want a complete investigation, an official accounting, and consequences based on established facts.

Seven months is a long time for parents to wait while public officials, commentators, and media voices argue over what happened.

Whatever political narratives surround the case, the family’s demand is straightforward: determine the truth, explain it openly, and hold responsible parties accountable.

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Michigan state Rep. Bill G. Schuette is warning voters not to be fooled by Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El Sayed’s rejection of the socialist label.

Schuette argues that the candidate’s policy agenda reveals far more than his campaign’s carefully polished denials, as reported by Fox News.

El Sayed, a former public health official, narrowly defeated establishment favorite Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

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The upset handed another victory to the party’s aggressive progressive wing and raised fresh questions about how far Democrats have drifted from ordinary Michigan voters.

His nomination follows primary victories by candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America in New York, Florida, and Colorado.

That growing pattern has left Democratic leaders facing an inconvenient reality as socialist activists gain influence over candidates, policy priorities, and campaign messaging.

El Sayed has resisted being labeled a socialist, even as he receives support from prominent DSA members and allies.

His political backers include Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and fellow Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

The nominee previously told CBS News that he wants to assemble a “broad coalition” including supporters of President Donald Trump and DSA members.

He insisted that he does not “do ideology” and instead favors “solutions that solve problems.”

El Sayed also told CNN, “I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated.”

That may sound reassuring on television, but Schuette says the actual platform resembles the same socialist playbook voters have watched spread through the Democratic Party.

Schuette described El Sayed’s primary victory as evidence that Democrats have “jumped the shark.”

In his view, the party has wandered into an ideological wilderness that conflicts with Michigan values and the broader American tradition of individual liberty.

The Republican lawmaker said his central concern is that El Sayed wants to place Michigan on “a completely different track.”

He argued that the nominee’s policies are “at really sharp odds with the way you can start a business, start a family and live your life in Michigan.”

Among El Sayed’s stated priorities are abolishing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, establishing Medicare for All, taxing billionaire wealth, and ending American military aid to Israel.

That is hardly a modest reform package, no matter how many times campaign consultants repaint it as practical problem solving.

Schuette said affordability will remain a decisive concern as voters approach the November elections.

He contrasted El Sayed’s platform with the “spirit of America,” which he described as rooted in entrepreneurship, ingenuity, and hard work rather than expanding government control.

“The spirit of America is about entrepreneurship and American ingenuity, hard work,” Schuette said. “Those are the types of policies that Abdul El-Sayed would work directly against.”

Schuette also criticized El Sayed’s association with streamer Hasan Piker, who has millions of followers across social media and once said: “America deserved 9/11.”

Piker endorsed the Democratic nominee and appeared at multiple campaign events, creating another political headache that Democrats cannot simply wave away.

El Sayed later distanced himself from Piker following the streamer’s comments about Jewish Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss.

Piker reacted to a viral audio clip involving Moss by saying, “If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone is going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews.”

“I want to be crystal clear, nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople,” El Sayed said in a statement responding to Piker. The statement came only after the controversy erupted, leaving voters to judge the company the campaign had already welcomed.

Schuette further pointed to resurfaced remarks in which El Sayed said he “hates” Mackinac Island and connected football with “toxic masculinity.”

For a candidate seeking to represent Michigan, taking shots at an iconic state destination and one of America’s favorite sports is certainly an unusual sales pitch.

The Republican predicted that Michigan voters will reject socialism and support “an idea that looks for ways to give the American people more freedom and opportunity and more of their own money back in their own wallets.”

He added, “I’m confident the people in Michigan will choose that.”

El Sayed will face Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers in the contest to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.

With control of the Senate potentially hanging in the balance, Michigan voters will decide whether radical progressive promises are merely campaign branding or a warning worth taking seriously.


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