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A prisoner in West Virginia pleaded guilty earlier this week to stealing Veterans Affairs benefits for eight years. Zachary Hess Dawson, 39, an inmate at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex, pleaded guilty to theft of public money. Dawson admitted that he fraudulently obtained $354,813.98 in United States Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.

A suburban Illinois mother has been charged with murder after she allegedly hanged her 2-year-old son before attempting to harm herself in an apparent copycat killing. What the heck is going on with liberal women in the USA? Corie Walsh of Frankfort, Illinois, got so deep into the Lindsay Clancy case that prosecutors say she was still texting friends about the trial hours before her 2-year-old son Barrett was found dead.

Officials from the city of Dallas have canceled planned protest permits for the upcoming Republican Midterm Convention after requests from the Dallas Police Department, according to a local outlet. 🚨BREAKING🚨Far-left organizations planning to disrupt the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas Texas, are partnering with the Communist Party USA.

The anti-gunner lobby isn’t going to be happy about the findings of the 2026 National Firearms Survey, which destroys some of the most common arguments they make in favor of gun control. The survey was conducted by Dr. William English of Georgetown University. Researchers found that gun ownership in the United States has increased significantly over recent years — especially among racial minorities. It also found that defensive gun uses happen far more often than anti-gunner advocates suggest.

Video footage of Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed recounting how he destroyed property at a liquor store is circulating on social media. El-Sayed appeared on the Intellectually Petty Radio podcast in May and told a story about a confrontation with a Muslim liquor store owner in his first year serving as Detroit’s health director. “When I was first year as health director, I walked into a gas station/liquor store,” the candidate said. “...

An unruly passenger had to be restrained with duct tape and zip ties by fellow passengers following an unhinged outburst aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Newark on Thursday night. An American Airlines passenger was restrained with duct tape and zip ties after an alleged outburst about two hours into a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark. Witnesses said the chaos erupted when a man began yelling at a male passenger next to him.

A Palestinian-Italian journalist is under fire for using a racial slur against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) over his support of Israel. During an appearance on podcaster Wajahat Ali’s show, progressive journalist Rula Jebreal slammed Jeffries for being paid by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to back Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. “And what does the established Democrat Party, Hakeem Jeffries, by the name, his name is Hakeem,” Jebreal said.

The United States has taken aim at three crude oil tankers from the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to ballistic missile strikes from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday, according to United States Central Command. The missiles coming from Iran were going after two American Naval ships, but nobody was hurt.

Independent journalist Nick Shirley has announced that he has launched a lawsuit against the state of California following Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to sign the “Stop Nick Shirley” Act into law last month.

Townhall Video U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA) recaps this week’s votes in which House Democrats refused to condemn Socialism and refused to codify the Supreme Court justices should remain at a total of 9. House Judiciary Committee chairman JIM JORDAN (R-OH) says much more oversight is needed to prevent activist groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center from harassing conservative & Christian organizations and falsely labeling them as “hate groups.” U. S.