California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has delayed plans to cancel about 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by individuals unlawfully living in the state, giving them an extra 60 days before the licenses are revoked. The extension follows a lawsuit from leftist immigrant advocacy groups, which argue the move is needed to protect people’s ability to work. The DMV announced Tuesday that it is pushing back the January 5, 2026, revocation deadline to March 6. Federal officials, led by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, blasted the Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing California of ducking accountability after issuing licenses that did not comply with federal law and endangered public safety. Duffy responded to the news by writing on X: “Gavin Newsom is lying. The deadline to revoke illegally issued, unvetted foreign trucker licenses is still January 5. California does NOT have an ‘extension’ to keep breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads.  Miss the deadline, Gavin, and the @USDOT  will act — including cutting nearly $160 million in federal funding.” Gavin Newsom is lying. The deadline to revoke illegally issued, unvetted foreign trucker licenses is still January 5. California does NOT have an “extension” to keep breaking the law and putting Americans at risk on the roads. Miss the deadline, Gavin, and the @USDOT will act —… — Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) December 31, 2025 The potential loss of $160 million in transportation funding is on top of $40 million already withheld from California for failing to enforce federal English-language requirements for truckers. Duffy argues the state was caught ignoring rules requiring proof of lawful presence and work authorization tied to the duration of a license. Federal audits found that some licenses remained valid long after their legal status had expired, while in other cases, officials couldn’t even prove that immigration status had been checked. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Federal scrutiny intensified after a deadly Florida crash in which an illegal immigrant truck driver made an illegal U-turn and killed three people. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said California gave “an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License” who had no “legal right” to be in the United States. That tragedy highlighted the consequences of weak licensing safeguards. Rather than acknowledge systemic failings, Newsom’s office lashed out at Duffy online, accusing him of lying — even though the DHS and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) identified serious compliance problems, forcing California to finally act. In reality, California only began revoking the licenses after federal pressure, not out of concern for safety or the rule of law. Even now, the DMV’s  “extension” is being celebrated by leftist advocacy groups, while trade associations and federal regulators stress that unvetted or ineligible drivers should never have been licensed in the first place. Trucking groups back Duffy’s push to ensure drivers are legally authorized and sufficiently fluent in English to safely operate massive commercial vehicles on American roads. Newsom’s response, attacking the messenger rather than fixing the system, contrasts sharply with Duffy’s emphasis on enforcement, public safety, and accountability. Duffy has consistently maintained that California violated long-standing FMCSA rules and that his emergency actions were needed because the state refused to comply until penalties loomed. Meanwhile, California officials continue to frame the conflict around worker protections instead of public safety and legal compliance — despite DHS publicly stating that California issued a CDL to a driver with “no legal right” to be in the country. In short, the issue reflects a clear divide: Duffy is insisting on law, safety, and federal standards, while Newsom is prioritizing political messaging over serious regulatory failures that could, and already did, cost lives.

A Colorado hospital has been referred for a federal investigation over its “failure” to comply with standards on transgender medical procedures for children, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.  HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart said that he had referred the Children’s Hospital Colorado to the department’s inspector general over its response to Trump administration guidance on transgender procedures for minors. The hospital has been engaged in a separate legal dispute with the Justice Department over data requested by the Trump administration related to its administration of such procedures.  Stuart said he referred the hospital for “failure to meet recognized standards of health care” set forth by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a “declaration that sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective.” HHS “will always take every possible action to ensure children all across the nation are safe and protected,” Stuart added.  The referral comes as the hospital seeks to quash a subpoena issued by the Justice Department in July demanding records concerning gender-related treatments, including insurance claims, billing records, internal guidance, any documents on alternative billing codes for gender dysphoria, and information on kids who were prescribed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones. The subpoena was sent to more than 20 doctors and hospitals that performed transgender medical procedures on children. The Justice Department is investigating “whether the promotion, marketing, labeling, sale, and distribution of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria and related disorders could violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” according to court documents.  The hospital has so far refused to produce documents, stating that it will not release private medical information.  Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Earlier this month, HHS posted rules that will bar hospitals that offer transgender procedures to minors from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rules will also prohibit federal funding of Medicaid’s Children’s Health Insurance Program from going toward transgender medical procedures on those under 19 years of age.  “Sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective as a treatment modality for gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, or other related disorders in minors, and therefore, fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care,” Kennedy wrote in a public health declaration.  Colorado is one of more than a dozen Democrat-led states suing to block HHS actions to cut off funding for hospitals that perform transgender medical procedures on kids. The suit alleges that HHS violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Medicare and Medicaid statutes by moving to cut hospital funding.

House Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota accused the state’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz and leftist Attorney General Keith Ellison of covering up massive fraud committed by Somali immigrants so that they could retain that community’s vote in future elections. In an interview with The Daily Wire’s “Morning Wire” on Wednesday, Emmer said that the best way to address rampant fraud in Minnesota would be to remove Walz, Ellison, and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from office. He argued that under Walz, the state government would continue to cover up fraud, a large percentage of which is allegedly committed by residents of Somali descent. “Today there are roughly, by some estimates, about 80,000 Somali immigrants that are living in Minnesota,” Emmer told “Morning Wire.” “The vast majority of them live in Minneapolis or Hennepin County, an area called Riverside. There’s probably 50,000 to 60,000 of them right there.” LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW BELOW: The Republican congressman said that the large Somali community, which typically votes heavily for Democrats, is key to Walz’s and Ellison’s hopes of winning reelection, since they struggle to win votes in rural Minnesota. Walz and Ellison are nearing the end of their second terms, and both announced they will seek a third in 2026. “So what is this about?” Emmer asked. “This is about the fact that when he and Keith Ellison took office, Keith Ellison instantly set up a policy in his attorney general’s office that required his approval before any further investigations into fraud could go forward. Guess what? He’s never approved one of them.” “They need that 60,000 to 80,000 Somali population. They need them to be voting for them. That’s what this is all about,” Emmer added. “And what ends up happening because they refuse to deal with the problem.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships One of the recent Minnesota fraud scandals involved the “Feeding Our Future” program, which received federal funds and claimed to distribute meals to hungry children during the COVID pandemic but allegedly never did so. The vast majority of those charged in the fraud scheme were of Somali descent. A federal prosecutor said earlier this month that Minnesota’s social programs have lost at least $9 billion to fraud since 2018, a timeline that spans all of Walz’s two terms as governor. Daycare and learning centers linked to Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis area have also come under scrutiny for suspected fraud after independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video last week, showing him visiting numerous daycares that have received state funding, but don’t appear to be serving any children. The Trump administration vowed to investigate the alleged fraud and deployed federal agents to Minneapolis earlier this week to conduct door-to-door checks on suspected fraud sites. The Department of Health and Human Services also froze all child care payments to Minnesota over the fraud allegations. Emmer said that fraud is “everywhere” in the Walz administration. “I want to make it clear, I’m very grateful for [President Donald Trump] raising this issue, because we’ve been trying to get people to notice for the last three years,” he added. “It’s only because of what he has done that now all of a sudden people are stepping back in horror as to what’s been going on in Minnesota.”

The NBA and the national anthem have been embroiled in controversy for the better part of the last decade. In 2020, NBA players knelt during the anthem at the height of the BLM protests and riots. In 2025, fans now claim LeBron James practiced his golf swing during the Star-Spangled Banner. Before Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings, James was caught on camera swinging his hips and arms as the anthem played in the background. Sports commentator Craig Carton and other fans felt James was practicing his golf swing during the anthem. Carton called out James’ behavior during Monday’s episode of The Craig Carton Show. “If you wanna disregard your coach, and disregard your teammates … do it on your own time. Don’t do it during my national anthem,” Carton said. LEBRON DISRESPECTED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! “If you wanna disregard your coach, teammates, do it on your own time… he disrespects the national anthem… that’s a good time to work on my golf swing? While the anthem is being played?” — @craigcartonlive #NBA #Lakers #LeBronJames pic.twitter.com/sMZ66TITDA — The Craig Carton Show (@CraigCartonShow) December 29, 2025 Clearly, Carton was not happy with James not paying attention to the Star-Spangled Banner. “Your guy, the self-appointed king, decides that’s a good time for me to work on my golf swing and disrespect the men and women of the military who gave their lives for this country. Let me get a couple air swings in while the anthem is being played because I don’t play good basketball anymore, I got to work on my golf game,” Carton said. Sunday may have been the first time James’ golf game crossed over with the anthem, but the 41-year-old has made headlines this season for his head seemingly being on the fairway instead of the basketball court. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships During a timeout in October, James was seen getting golf tips from a teammate instead of listening to what was happening inside the huddle. Earlier in December, he was practicing his golf swing during the Lakers game against the Phoenix Suns. Those incidents were head scratchers, but Sunday’s antics had pushback. It adds to the longstanding rocky road between sports and the national anthem. In 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first kneeled for the anthem in protest. James supported Kaepernick’s actions for years, even kneeling multiple times during the anthem himself. During Sunday’s game, it didn’t appear that James was protesting the anthem. Instead, the 23-year NBA veteran simply wasn’t standing at attention like most everyone else in the arena. Appearing to work on a golf swing at any point during an NBA game is a concern for Lakers fans. Lakers coach JJ Redick said in a recent interview that his team simply doesn’t care enough. James’ close friend, Dwayne Wade, said his former teammate isn’t too concerned about his coach’s comments. “LeBron is on his golf simulator right now,” Wade said. It’s clear that James, like many Americans, loves golf. Maybe the backlash from Sunday’s swinging is enough for the NBA legend to rethink what he does during the two minutes it takes to honor the United States.

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