Divided panel deepens nationwide circuit split and sets up another potential Supreme Court immigration showdown.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci beamed with delight Thursday as he collected flowers from an admirer placed on the front steps of his $2.4 million Washington, DC home.
President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, acting attorney general Todd Blanche, had his nomination withdrawn on Thursday — and a legal expert argues this proves Trump plans on continuing an act of self-dealing that would net millions upon millions for Trump and his supporters.“Trump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off,” former US attorney Barb McQuade posted on X on Thursday. “The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump.”Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a powerful senator and usual Trump supporter, had earlier asked Blanche if he had a copy of the settlement agreement regarding the $1.776 billion fund. The fund was settled between Trump and the IRS he controls, as negotiated by the Justice Department he also controls, based on his lawsuit blaming the IRS for leaking his tax returns, litigation scholars overwhelmingly agreed was frivolous. The agreement also promised to give the money to Trump supporters who claimed they were wronged by the government, while Trump himself would receive protection from future audits for himself and his family."This settlement agreement can be modified, may be modified only upon the written agreement of the parties,” the settlement agreement read, as recited by Blanche to Cornyn. “Has there been a written agreement of the parties to modify the settlement fund?"Blanche replied that because the fund was not going forward, there was no need to modify it."Well, so the settlement agreement remains as it was originally,” Cornyn said. “But I hear what you're saying is it — is the settlement agreement enforceable as a contract by the parties?"Blanche admitted that the settlement agreement remains an "enforceable document."Speaking to AlterNet about the fund in June, potential slush fund applicant Sam Nunberg elaborated on why he was considering applying.“I certainly think that the [former special counsel Robert] Mueller investigation, at a minimum, everyone who was either investigated or a witness should be compensated, because that investigation never should have been initiated,” Nunberg said.He added, “I don't necessarily fault the rank-and-file staff, but once they opened that investigation, it was really — any association with Donald J. Trump meant you were going to have to hire a white-collar attorney.” He also claimed that because of the investigations into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign he was forced “to inform my clients, as a fiduciary duty, that I've been called into the investigation. Things like that. I thought it was extremely unfair. It was arbitrary. It didn't have to be started.”
Sophie Cunningham did not announce that she was joining the conservative movement. She did something more effective: She said what she believed, declined to apologize, and allowed the culture to decide what that meant.The Indiana Fever guard has emerged over the past several months as one of the WNBA’s most recognizable personalities. She protects Caitlin Clark on the court. She points, taunts, jokes, and produces memes. She embraces glamour without softening the physical edge that earned her a reputation as Clark’s enforcer.Cunningham’s rise does not prove that the culture has changed. It does suggest that refusing progressive scripts no longer guarantees exile from public life.Then she said men do not belong in women’s locker rooms.That statement, and Cunningham’s refusal to retreat from it, transformed a rising basketball personality into a broader cultural figure. Conservative commentators embraced her almost immediately, but her appeal extends beyond people who follow politics — or women’s basketball.Cunningham is connecting because she projects something increasingly rare in public life: confidence without ideological explanation.Athletes and celebrities routinely make bold declarations, encounter resistance, and issue an apology drafted in the language of corporate risk management. Cunningham followed a different script.“I think I said what I said,” she told a reporter who asked how transgender people might receive her comments. Cunningham added that protecting children was important and said she would remain true to her beliefs and morals.The answer was brief, but it established the central feature of her emerging public persona. Cunningham did not turn the interview into a political speech. She also did not allow the interviewer to make her qualification for continued public life contingent upon an apology.That restraint made the statement more powerful.Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who has become a leading advocate for women’s sports, praised Cunningham’s willingness to speak openly inside a league known for progressive politics.“If you’re Sophie Cunningham playing in the WNBA, which is like the most woke league of all time in the history of ever, it takes immense courage to say exactly what she did,” Gaines said.Clay Travis and Buck Sexton urged listeners to buy Cunningham’s jersey. Megyn Kelly called her “damn fearless” and emphasized that Cunningham had “a lot to lose.”RELATED: WNBA star Sophie Cunningham comes out against men in women’s sports: ‘I want to protect young girls’ Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesThe support was predictable. The scale and speed of it were more revealing.Cunningham had already built an audience through basketball. Her willingness to defend Clark during physical confrontations made her a fan favorite. The pointing meme reinforced her image as a player who enjoys conflict rather than merely endures it. Her locker-room comments gave that persona a cultural dimension.She was no longer simply the Fever player willing to confront an opponent. She had become the athlete willing to confront a prevailing social expectation.Cunningham expanded that profile in July when she appeared at a UFC event as a surprise guest Octagon girl.The appearance was not framed as activism. By Cunningham’s account, it came together almost on a whim. She participated in a popular sporting spectacle, displayed her humor and femininity, and appeared comfortable with the attention.That combination has helped distinguish her from the carefully managed public figures who appear determined to make attractiveness, glamour, or sex appeal politically inoffensive.Cunningham does not seem embarrassed by any of it. She can be physically aggressive on the court, glamorous outside it, and direct when discussing biological sex. For many fans, those qualities complement rather than contradict one another.The closest recent comparison may be Sydney Sweeney.Neither woman appears to have set out to become a conservative symbol. Sweeney became a political flash point largely because activists and journalists insisted on treating conventional beauty, femininity, and mass appeal as ideological provocations.Cunningham is undergoing a similar transformation. She describes herself as not especially political. Her growing conservative audience has not required her to deliver a partisan endorsement or recite a movement platform. Her refusal to adopt progressive language has been enough.RELATED: Sydney Sweeney spurns Cosmo girl’s desperate ‘MAGA Barbie’ bait Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesJennifer Sey, a former national champion gymnast and founder of the women’s apparel company XX-XY Athletics, told Blaze News that Cunningham’s support is broader than the organized right.“Sophie Cunningham’s surge in support isn’t just from conservatives,” Sey said.
As Democrats and Republicans prepare for the 2028 presidential race, the Democratic Socialists of America are preparing for something different: a nationwide general strike that, if successful, could paralyze the U.S. economy. “We are building toward May Day 2028 (and looking ahead to the 2028 Presidential Election, too),” DSA co-chairs Megan Romer and Ashik Siddique […]
