Erika Kirk’s Gospel of Forgiveness Silences a Stadium Honoring the Legacy of Her Husband [WATCH]

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Erika Kirk, widow of slain conservative activist and Turning Point USA CEO and Founder Charlie Kirk, stood before a hushed stadium on Sunday and told mourners she forgives the man accused of killing her husband — urging unity, peace, and love in a speech that left tens of thousands in tears. “He wanted to save young men. Just like the one who took his life,” she said through tears, speaking from the stage behind the presidential seal. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did. And what Charlie would do,” she continued. “The answer to hate is not hate.

In Mourning, Still at War: Resolution for Charlie Kirk Exposes Fault Lines, AOC Gives Floor Speech [WATCH]

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday broke with the majority of the House, voting against a resolution honoring slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. She argued the measure would bring “great pain” to millions of Americans. Speaking after the vote, Ocasio-Cortez condemned political violence in all its forms, but said Republicans had chosen to advance a measure she cast as divisive rather than unifying. “The resolution only underscores the majority’s recklessness by choosing to author this condemnation and honoring on a purely partisan basis, instead of uniting Congress in this tragedy with one of the many bipartisan options to

A Steep Price for a Golden Ticket: Trump to Slap $100,000 Fee on H-1B Visas, Protect American Workers

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Another “America First” move from the president… President Trump is preparing to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications — the administration’s newest strike in a long campaign against what it calls a system abused by tech companies to sidestep hiring American workers, according to multiple White House officials. The president is expected to sign the order as soon as Friday. Details remain unsettled: how exactly the charge will be applied, and to whom. At present, H-1B hopefuls pay a modest fee to enter a lottery, and those lucky enough to win pay a larger sum to file their

From Stalemate to Sweep: Senate GOP Pushes Through Nearly 50 Trump Picks

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote — a sweeping act made possible by new rules Republicans forced through to shatter a backlog of appointments Democrats had held in check. For months, nominations that once moved as a matter of routine had been caught in procedural snags, as Democrats insisted on roll calls for nearly every Trump pick. The delays infuriated the president and paralyzed the chamber’s work. Republicans, weary of the obstruction, chose to act. The rule change now allows large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominees to be approved by simple

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