Wyoming Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis announced on Friday that she will not seek re-election in 2026, becoming the fifth GOP senator to announce her retirement this year. “Deciding not to run for re-election does [not] represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to accept that I do not have six more years in me,” said Lummis, who has served in the Senate since 2021. “I am a devout legislator, but I feel like a sprinter in a marathon. The energy required doesn’t match up,” the 71-year-old senator added. Lummis joins a growing list of Republican senators who have announced this year that they will not seek to remain in the chamber, including longtime GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell (KY), Joni Ernst (IA), Tommy Tuberville (AL), and Thom Tillis (NC). The Wyoming senator was a strong ally of President Donald Trump, who endorsed her in the 2020 election before Lummis went on to win the primary and general elections in landslide victories. “I am honored to have earned the support of President Trump and to have the opportunity to work side by side with him to fight for the people of Wyoming,” Lummis added in her statement. “I look forward to continuing this partnership and throwing all my energy into bringing important legislation to his desk in 2026 and into retaining commonsense Republican control of the U.S. Senate.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Lummis’ departure will likely not affect the balance of power in the Senate as Wyoming remains a reliably red state, but with her retirement, the GOP must now rally behind a new candidate in 2026. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, who defeated Trump critic Liz Cheney in 2022, is considered a potential candidate to replace Lummis. Before being elected to the Senate in the 2020 election, Lummis served in the U.S. House for eight years. She got her start in politics in the Wyoming House of Representatives at just 24 years old. Lummis became known as the “Crypto Queen” in the Senate for her work to develop U.S. regulations on cryptocurrency and establish a national Bitcoin reserve. “We sincerely thank Senator Cynthia Lummis for her dedicated service to the people of Wyoming and congratulate her on a well-deserved retirement,” The Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund said. “Senator Lummis’ strong conservative record is unquestioned, and her list of accomplishments includes ensuring that the United States is the world leader in digital currencies and energy production. While she will be missed, we look forward to seeing many more great things ahead for Senator Cynthia Lummis.”

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The Trump administration plans to fix the diversity visa program then resume it, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told The Daily Signal Friday. After the alleged shooter of students at Brown University and an MIT professor was found to have entered the country using a diversity visa, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem paused the program. The Daily Signal asked Rubio if the State Department is considering permanent changes to the diversity visa program. “The reason why you suspend this program, it’s not because you argue everybody who came in under that visa is about a person who’s going to shoot a place up,” Rubio said. “It’s because you want to determine whether there’s something in the vetting of that program that’s insufficient, is there a systemic problem, and how those decisions are made that needs to be addressed.” After the Brown/MIT shooter was found to have entered the US through the diversity visa program, I asked @SecRubio if @StateDept is considering changing the program. "I think it's wise to suspend a program until you understand whether there's a deficiency in the program.""You… pic.twitter.com/9AVNwPMu2s— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) December 19, 2025 Noem announced late Thursday that the Trump administration will pause the diversity visa lottery program after it was found to have been used eight years ago by the man accused of killing an MIT professor and two Brown University students, including College Republicans Vice President Ella Cook. The suspected shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, entered the United States through the lottery in 2017 and was issued a green card. NEW: Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, identified as one of the shooting victims, was "a devoted Christian and a committed conservative."The announcement was made during a service at Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama."Some of you haven't heard a lot of… pic.twitter.com/iSHUKodhZy— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 15, 2025 The diversity visa lottery allows 50,000 people per year from countries with low rates of immigration to America to obtain visas. Rubio said it’s “wise” to suspend the program until the administration has determined if there’s a deficiency. “You just had a guy that came in through a certain route, you suspend the program to figure out whether something that came up in the interview process should have been a red flag but wasn’t identified,” Rubio said. “So you can fix that before you restart the program. So I would imagine that’s the process we’re going to go through as well.” The post Rubio Addresses If He’ll End Program Brown University Shooter Used to Enter the United States appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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A radio anchor for the George Soros-controlled KCBS 740 AM "All News Radio" station who had the gall to unmask the vehicles of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the gang-infested San Jose, California area in January has reportedly been demoted after MRC Business took him to task. Anchor Bret Burkhart elevated the unmasking of “undercover” ICE agents from the leftist Rapid Response Network, which fights against deportation initiatives during the January 26 edition of KCBS Radio Weekend News. To make things worse, he gave exact descriptions of the vehicles the ICE agents were reportedly using, including specific locations. NewsNation confirmed January 27 that the agents were conducting an operation in the area around that time, meaning their cover was potentially blown and they were placed in significant danger. MRC Business immediately cut the audio and published it in an investigative report detailing the incident in addition to the radio station’s connection to Soros. In February 2024, Soros purchased $400 million, or a 40 percent stake, of the bankrupt Audacy in February 2024. Notably, Audacy, which is America’s second biggest radio company, features or streams at least 16 powerful 50,000-watt radio stations, which means that their coverage is especially widespread. KCBS 740 AM was one of the stations prominently listed in that deal. At the time, FCC bizarrely fast-tracked Soros’s purchase of the radio giant — which was also backed by foreign money — and dubiously allowed him to skirt the rigorous review process for such acquisitions.  You can listen to the insane reporting by KCBS 740 AM unmasking ICE agents below. MRC’s exposé led the Federal Communications Commission under chairman Brendan Carr to open up an investigation into KCBS 740 AM for violating its public interest obligation by blowing the cover of law enforcement officers. Fox News reported February 5, 2025 that the FCC Enforcement Bureau “has already sent a formal Letter of Inquiry to the radio station as part of the FCC investigation.” In accordance with MRC’s reporting, “The formal Enforcement Bureau Letter notes that the ICE agents were operating at the time in an area known for violent gang activity.” After the whole ordeal, Burkhart was demoted and the KCBS 740 AM newsroom was shaken up, per a story from Associated Press published December 15, 2025: Bret Burkhart, who first read the report on the immigration action over the air, was demoted from his anchor position to a less prestigious reporting gig. After a few months, he left the station for a new job, according to current and former staffers. He ended up at KOGO in San Diego. Inside Radio also reported December 16 that “staffers said the investigation had a chilling effect inside the newsroom.” In addition to Burkhart’s fall from grace, “political coverage was scaled back, and reporters were encouraged to focus on human-interest stories rather than controversial topics.”  "Activists posing as journalists always cry 'chilling effect' whenever anyone tries to curtail their activism," said NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham about the response to MRC Business. "They cry that they've been 'neutered.' There ought to be a 'chilling effect' or a 'scaling back' from encouraging insurrection against law-enforcement agencies." The demotion apparently fired up prominent legislators on Capitol Hill, as was exhibited by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) who lost his marbles on Carr during a recent Senate hearing over the FCC's investigation into KCBS 740 AM. Markey went into complete "chilling effect" bluster.  Yikes! Senate Oversight hearing devolves into chaos as Sen. Ed Markey goes berserk over @BrendanCarrFCC holding broadcasters accountable. pic.twitter.com/eI9O9nXGau — Media Research Center (@theMRC) December 17, 2025 Given the Soros empire’s overt obsession with pushing for open borders, it is no surprise that a radio station it controls would be tailoring its reporting along parallel interests. Broadcasters have a duty to the public interest, and that includes doing everything they can to protect the lives of officers working to uphold federal immigration law. By exposing them to potential retaliation by violent gangs within San Jose, Burkhart and KCBS 740 AM violated this principle in the name of illegal immigration activism. MRC Business is proud to have been the first to hold this Soros-controlled station accountable for its actions, and that meaningful action was taken as a response.

An illegal alien from El Salvador allegedly killed a U.S. citizen the day after being released, despite a detainer request from federal immigration officials.Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortez was released from a Fairfax, Virginia, jail after county officials dropped several violent criminal charges against him in addition to ignoring the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.'The sanctuary politicians of Fairfax County, VA have blood on their hands.'Morales-Ortez allegedly shot and killed a 40-year-old man, Marvin Ernesto Morales, at a residence in Reston. After he fled, police were able to find and arrest him. He was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.A spokesperson for ICE blamed local officials for the preventable death."Fairfax County failed the victim by refusing to work with ICE and releasing this criminal alien onto Virginia streets instead of safely into ICE custody," the spokesperson said. "If Fairfax County would have simply worked to uphold our nation's laws, then this tragedy may have never happened."The Department of Homeland Security went further in a statement on social media."The sanctuary politicians of Fairfax County, VA have blood on their hands," reads a statement from the agency's official account."The day after Fairfax County REFUSED to hand over Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, to ICE he allegedly MURDERED an American citizen," they added. "He has a prior history of aggravated assault, larceny, assault on a law enforcement officer, weapons charges and other misdemeanor offenses."Most Fairfax County officials, including Sheriff Stacey Kincaid and almost every member of the Board of Supervisors, are Democrats.After Morales-Ortez was released from jail on Tuesday, a Community Services Board did obtain an emergency order to have police take him into custody, according to the Fairfax County Police. However, the order was valid for only eight hours, and police were unable to find him before it expired.Prosecutors are accused of ignoring the detainer, not notifying federal officials when Morales-Ortez was being released, and dropping criminal charges against him in numerous cases. RELATED: New York Times gets absolutely hammered for sympathetic article on criminal illegal alien The White House also released a statement condemning Fairfax officials."This tragic case is a prime example of what happens when Democrats choose to side with criminal illegal aliens over American citizens," the statement reads. "This monster should've never been allowed to roam free in American communities. The Trump administration will continue our efforts to deport all criminal illegal aliens and Make America Safe Again, despite unrelenting Democrat opposition."Morales-Ortez is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York suspended her gubernatorial campaign on Friday just weeks after joining the race in November. Stefanik becomes one of many prospective Republican retirees, clarifying that she will not seek to return to Congress either. Stefanik maintained that she would have won the Republican gubernatorial primary but that her candidacy would draw away crucial resources in an electorally "challenging" state like New York. This is not the first time Stefanik's career has taken an abrupt turn. "I am truly humbled and grateful for the historic and overwhelming support from Republicans, Conservatives, Independents, and Democrats all across the state for our campaign to Save New York," Stefanik said in a Friday post on X. "However, as we have seen in past elections, while we would have overwhelmingly won this primary, it is not an effective use of our time or your generous resources to spend the first half of next year in an unnecessary and protracted Republican primary, especially in a challenging state like New York," Stefanik added. RELATED: 'Do I have to stay until I'm assassinated?' Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out over calls to finish her term Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesStefanik said her family was a big part of her political calculus, saying she would regret taking more time away from being with her young son. "And while many know me as Congresswoman, my most important title is Mom," Stefanik said. "I believe that being a parent is life's greatest gift and greatest responsibility. I have thought deeply about this and I know that as a mother, I will feel profound regret if I don't further focus on my young son's safety, growth, and happiness — particularly at his tender age."This is not the first time Stefanik's career has taken an abrupt turn. RELATED: GOP feud breaks out after Elise Stefanik accuses Speaker Johnson of protecting the deep state Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesStefanik was President Donald Trump's first pick to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, even forfeiting her leadership position in the House and going through the early stages of Senate confirmation at the beginning of the year. Her nomination was later pulled, with Republican leadership citing the historically narrow House margins. Mike Waltz was instead confirmed to the position. Stefanik returned to the House and later announced her gubernatorial run in November, before announcing on Friday she would step back from public service altogether. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!