Politics
SEND IN THE TROOPS! At Least 5 Dead, 10 Wounded So Far in Chicago Weekend Shootings
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (left), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (right)
Another wave of violence and murder swept through Chicago this weekend, with at least five dead by Sunday afternoon.
At least five murders and ten shooting-related injuries had been reported as of 2:08 pm ET.
Several teens as young as 15 years old were injured. One 19-year-old and one 16-year-old were transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Per CBS News:
At least five people have been killed and 10 others have been wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 44.
In the first shooting of the weekend, a 32-year-old employee of a business in the South Loop got into an argument with a 31-year-old man in the 1300 block of South Michigan Avenue around 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
This included at least two shooting incidents on Friday, starting at 9:30 pm local time, seven on Saturday, starting at approximately 1 am, and five on Sunday, starting shortly after midnight.
In nearly all cases, nobody was taken into custody.
This comes after 58 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, leaving eight dead.
The weekend before, at least six people were killed and 27 were injured, with victims as young as five years old, in shootings.
The Trump Administration has been planning federal law enforcement operations and potential National Guard deployment in the Windy City, citing the violent crime crisis.
It was recently revealed that 200 or more Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials would be deployed in the sanctuary city of Chicago to carry out deportations. The National Guard may also be deployed as a deterrent to rioters and criminals.
President Trump pointed to the data from the last two weekends and shredded a reporter at the White House earlier, when asked why he was targeting Chicago with law enforcement actions.
WATCH: Trump Slams Leftist Reporter for Failing to Acknowledge Murders in Chicago – “You Know how Many People were Killed in Chicago Last Weekend?”
"Excuse me, do you know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven," he said. "You know how many people were wounded? 74 people were wounded. You think there’s worse than that? I don’t think so."
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Business
WATCH: Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Hits Elizabeth Warren with a Hilarious Reply After She Tries to Trap Him with a Gotcha Question During Confirmation Hearing

Senator Elizabeth Warren was left humiliated after trying to interrogate Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick for Fed Chair, during a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Credit: C-SPAN 3
Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren (D-MA) was left red-faced today after trying to humiliate Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee with a gotcha question because he had some humor she was not ready for.
As CNBC reported, the Senate Banking Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for 56-year-old former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh.
Democrats are peppering him to with questions on issues from his views on monetary policy, his personal finances, and his ties to the Trump White House.
Warsh would become the wealthiest Fed chair if confirmed.
Warren decided to try to pit Warsh against President Trump by asking him a silly gotcha question: what is one thing you disagree with the president on?
Warsh, though, refused to take Warren’s bait. He calmly responded that the the Federal Reserve has wandered outside its purview in recent years and he would not do so.
After, the role of the chair is to remain independent of the president.
Warren decided to try again with the same gotcha question and Warsh delivered an awesome response that will no doubt have Trump cracking up.
He said that he totally ‘disagreed’ when Trump told him this morning he looked ‘straight out of central casting.’ Warsh said that for that to be true he would “look older, greyer and show up with a cigar of sorts.”
Pocahontas, of course, was unamused at his reply.
WATCH:
OMG. Trump Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh is TOYING with Elizabeth Warren
WARREN: Name one aspect of Trump’s economic agenda you disagree with.
WARSH: He said I’m ‘out of central casting.’ I’d look older, greyer and show up with a cigar of sorts.
*Clapping*
WARREN: Quite… pic.twitter.com/wzAXwUaf6T
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 21, 2026
WARREN: Name one aspect of Trump’s economic agenda with which you disagree.
WARSH: Well Senator, the Federal Reserve has wandered outside its (purview)…That’s not something I’m prepared to do.
WARREN: Just one aspect…Just one little place you disagree with Donald Trump on.
WARSH: I do have a disagreement, actually, with the president. This morning, he said that I was out of central casting. (If that were true) I’d look older, greyer and show up with a cigar of sorts.
WARREN (scoffing): Quite adorable.
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Politics
BREAKING: Indicted Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns Amid House Expulsion Vote Over $5 Million FEMA Funds Scandal, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Indicted Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned as the House Ethics Committee prepared to recommend sanctions against her on Tuesday, and Republicans stood ready to force a full House vote on her expulsion.
The Florida Democrat faces a 15-count federal indictment for allegedly stealing more than $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds, laundering the money through her family’s healthcare company, and funneling it into her 2021 congressional campaign.
If convicted, she could spend more than 50 years in prison.
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— Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (@CongresswomanSC) April 21, 2026
In a statement announcing her resignation, the disgraced Democrat said:
“This was not a fair process. The Ethics Committee refused my new attorney’s reasonable request for time to prepare my defense. By going forward with this process while a criminal indictment is pending, the Committee prevented me from defending myself. I will not stand by and pretend that this has been anything other than a witch hunt. I simply cannot stand by and allow my due process rights to be trampled on, and my good name to be tarnished.
Rather than play these political games, I choose to step away so that I can devote my time to fighting for my neighbors in Florida’s 20th district. I hereby resign from the 119th Congress, effective immediately.
But let me say this plainly: we should be very careful about the precedent we are setting. In this country, we do not punish people before due process is complete. We do not allow allegations alone to override the will of the people. That is a dangerous path, and one that should concern every American, regardless of party.
To my constituents, it has been the honor of my life fighting for you in the U.S. House of Representatives. Thank you for standing with me and fighting alongside me. This fight is far from over.”
CNN reports:
Within moments of the ethics panel gaveling in to formally determine its recommended punishment, the House clerk read Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation into the record.
House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest noted that given the congresswoman had stepped down, the committee had lost its jurisdiction and would no longer consider sanctions against her.
Speaking to Fox News, the disgraced politician previously asserted that she will not “abandon her district.”
“For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no,” Cherfilus-McCormick told Fox News. “This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they, too, are fighting for their future.”
In March, a bipartisan panel found her guilty of 25 ethics violations.
According to the Department of Justice indictment filed in November, Cherfilus-McCormick and co-defendants, including her brother, allegedly received an erroneous $5 million overpayment from FEMA for COVID-19 vaccination staffing services through her family’s company, Trinity Health Care Services.
“Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a press release about the charges. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”
Instead of returning the money, they allegedly laundered it, used it for personal benefit, and directed portions into her campaign through straw donors while filing false tax returns.
Republican Rep. Greg Steube had already filed a resolution to expel her and has vowed to force a floor vote regardless of the committee’s recommendation.
Expulsion requires a two-thirds majority, a high bar that would have still needed some Democrat support.
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said last week she would vote to expel Cherfilus-McCormick if she does not resign.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would “follow the facts,” but the Congressional Black Caucus had so far remained largely silent.
Cherfilus-McCormick has denied all wrongdoing.
In her official statement following the indictment, she called it an “unjust, baseless, sham indictment.”
“This is an unjust, baseless, sham indictment — and I am innocent. The timing alone is curious and clearly meant to distract from far more pressing national issues. From day one, I have fully cooperated with every lawful request, and I will continue to do so until this matter is resolved,” Cherfilus-McCormick said.
“I am deeply grateful for the support of my district, and I remain confident that the truth will prevail. I look forward to my day in court. Until then, I will continue fighting for my constituents.”
Her criminal trial, originally set for this month, has been delayed until February 2027.
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Politics
Disgusting: Michigan Senate Candidate Under Fire After Comments About Vice President Vance’s ‘Brown Children’

Credit: WLNS 6 News
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Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim and socialist, is proof that not all press is good press.
He is already under fire for openly and proudly campaigning with controversial pro-Hamas/pro-Hezbollah influencer Hasan Piker.
A campaign event last August took a dark turn when he suggested “choking out” opponents.
“We need Democrats who have the courage to stand up to the power brokers in our own party, let alone Trump and his goons,” El-Sayed said to wild applause. “We don’t back down.”
“When they go low, we don’t go high,” he added as the crowd continued to roar. “We take them to the mud and choke them out!”
Now, after comments he made on Friday targeting Vice President JD Vance’s children, he is facing online blowback.
El-Sayed appeared on “The Allen Analysis Show,” and the subject of Vance’s personal life came up.
In discussing Second Lad Usha, El-Sayed said, “What do you think is going through Usha’s head when he talks? She’s like, ‘Damn, I have to sleep with him.'”
He continued, “I guess she’s pregnant so something is happening.”
“Can you imagine, he’s got Brown kids, at some point he’s going to have a really awkward conversation with his kids, like, you made your career hating people who are different.”
“He’s got to look at his kids and be like, ‘Yeah, those are Brown kids, they’re mine,’ You know what I mean? ‘And I had Brown kids. I had Brown kids?'”
Watch:
Journalist Jonathan Turley noted, “Nothing says an age of rage like using children for racist screeds. This week, Abdul El-Sayed is in the news for attacking Vance over his ‘brown children’ and raising his sex life.”
Nothing says an age of rage like using children for racist screeds. This week, Abdul El-Sayed is in the news for attacking Vance over his “brown children” and raising his sex life. https://t.co/CxEixMtOxh The left just cannot seem to resist attacks on the conservative kinder…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 20, 2026
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OMG. Trump Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh is TOYING with Elizabeth Warren