The billionaire founder of Home Depot and the nonpartisan Job Creators Network recently announced his support for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Bernie Marcus, 94, wrote in a RealClearPolitics opinion column that he supports Trump because “he is the best person to take on and dismantle the administrative state that is strangling America.” “We cannot let the America we see today be what we leave to our children and grandchildren,” Marcus wrote in the Thursday column.

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BY: CARMEN FORMAN AND NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL OKLAHOMA CITY — Multiple Native American tribes said they were caught off guard last week by an alleged change in how the state enforces tribal license plate protocols.

New York Post Commentary Last week’s announcement by House Oversight Chair James Comer that he subpoenaed the president’s son Hunter and brother Jim, among other relatives, demonstrates that the investigation is now in a new phase, what Goodwin described as “if the preliminary stage is complete and the final act is about to unfold.”

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert to taxpayers, encouraging them to adjust their 2024 withholding so as to either avoid effectively giving the government an interestfree loan of their money or face the prospect of penalties and interest if too little tax is withheld.

Families of individuals still missing after being abducted Oct. 7 by Hamas terrorists say they are thankful for the few who have been released, but they also issue a dire warning to both U.S. and European citizens that Hamas operatives could well be planning more hostage taking in their home countries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Josh Brecheen voted in favor of H.R. 6126 – The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provides $14.3 billion in supplemental aid to Israel, including defense spending for ammunition, missiles, and Iron Dome replenishment. The supplemental also includes funding to evacuate Americans out of Israel.