Representatives Gonzales, Swalwell, and Cherfilus-McCormick are almost gone, and we’re happy about it. Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) announced he would resign effective Tuesday. The married Representative had an affair with an aide who later killed herself by setting herself on fire. He would have been expelled if he hadn’t resigned. Gonzales’s resignation letter: Enclosed is my resignation letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, effective April 14, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It has been my privilege to serve the residents of Texas’ 23rd congressional district. Sincerely, Tony Gonzales, Member of Congress. Rep. Tony Gonzales resigns amid scandal that saw a beautiful young woman commit suicide by setting herself on fire! https://t.co/DIC8M5cXWx — Sherri Unfiltered (@FFT1776) April 14, 2026 We already reported that Eric Swalwell resigned from the House. He used to get under my skin. Swalwell has a very long record of abusing women. A second woman is accusing Swalwell of rape. He’ll be lucky to stay out of prison. Hopefully, he will disappear, and we will never hear from him again. The House Ethics Committee has also been pushing the probe against Cherfilus-McCormick, announcing at the end of March that “the adjudicatory subcommittee found that Counts 1-15 and 17-26 of the SAV [Statement of Alleged Violations] had been proven” against the embattled congresswoman. Rep. Luna has been calling for her removal. On Tuesday, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) was asked about the possibility of expelling Cherfilus-McCormick. Cherifilus-McCormack is credibly accused of stealing $5 million, and there is substantial evidence. She hasn’t had her trial yet, but the ethics review was damning. “I have been a zealous guardian of due process around here,” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. “I do think, certainly, on Cherfilus-McCormick, the Ethics Committee has gone through all of its processes, and they found some alarming facts; I think the facts are indisputable at this point, and so I believe it’ll be the consensus of this body that she should be expelled. I mean, that certainly rises to the level that’s needed.” JUST IN — Speaker Johnson is ready to EXPEL Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress after ethics investigation! BOOM! pic.twitter.com/15Mj4IssOH — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 14, 2026 Congressman-Elect Clay Fuller (GA-14) won a runoff election to complete the remainder of the seat held by Marjorie Taylor Greene. With that, and the removal of one Democrat and one Republican representative, the Republicans hold a majority of 217. 218 GOP votes (counting Will Kiley), 213 Democrats. Remember, there can’t be ties. Tie votes fail. 218 Rs – 213 Dems Lose 1 vote: 217 R- 214 D Lose 2 votes: 216 R- 215 D Lose 3 votes: 215 R – 216 D. You lose. It’s rarely perfect attendance, members don’t show up for votes — John Bresnahan (@bresreports) April 14, 2026 The post Gone, Baby, Gone, Bad Politicians, Gone appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Judge Boasberg had his investigation shut down. According to The Hill, two of the three justices on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that “further judicial investigation” by the Obama appointee “is unnecessary and therefore improper” in a case against President Trump brought by Judge Boasberg. They accused the Trump-hating judge of “judicial intrusion” into a coequal branch of government. Two Trump-appointed justices voted against Boasberg, leaving the Obama judge on the panel distressed. Boasberg planned to hold contempt hearings after the Trump administration failed to suspend flights carrying Venezuelan men to be imprisoned in El Salvador. The administration has already said it was former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who, last March, ordered flights to take 100 Venezuelan men to an El Salvador prison despite an order from Boasberg ordering the flights grounded or turned around. While two Trump appointees to the bench sided with the president and scolded Boasberg for not being sufficiently clear in his ruling, an Obama appointee said the ruling would have grave consequences should an administration flout a judge’s orders in the future. “The government has already provided the name of the responsible official, so further judicial investigation is unnecessary and therefore improper,” Judge Neomi Rao wrote in an opinion joined by Judge Justin Walker. “These proceedings improperly threaten an open-ended, freewheeling inquiry into Executive Branch decision-making on matters of national security that implicate ongoing military and diplomatic initiatives. This judicial intrusion into the autonomy of a co-equal department cannot be remedied by a later appeal from a contempt conviction.” Democrat district judges believe they are more important than the president.   The post Hostile Judge Boasberg’s Investigation Was Shut Down appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A new round of in-person talks between the United States and Iran could come as early as this week. Two sources provided NBC News with the information. President Trump said on Monday that Iran was eager to engage in peace talks. Trump told the NY Post that a new round of in-person talks between the United States and Iran could take place in two days. The U.S. asked Iran during the marathon talks in Islamabad for a 20-year suspension of uranium enrichment, an NBC source said. Iran agreed to three to five years, which Trump has said is not acceptable, a second source has said. The U.S. has also asked Iran to remove highly enriched uranium from the country, but Iran agreed to a “monitored process of down blending,” which is a process by which more dangerous, highly enriched uranium is mixed with natural or less potent uranium to create a less potent material, according to the second person familiar with the ongoing negotiations. Trump said in an interview with the New York Post on Tuesday that there could be an update on U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan within days. “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump said in the interview, according to the Post. Israel and Lebanon are also holding talks with Secretary Marco Rubio in attendance. Only NBC News could only find problems with declining oil prices and rising stock prices. According to them, the oil price decline could be due to a slowdown in economic growth. NBC News says the market rewards high gas prices, a shaky labor market, and marching inflation. All of those things are temporary due to the war. Most people believe that stocks are rising due to a combination of bargain buying, strong corporate earnings, AI-driven optimism, easing bond yields, and improving investor sentiment amid geopolitical and economic uncertainties. It comes after talks led by Vice President JD Vance in Pakistan over the weekend failed to reach a peace agreement to end the war. The U.S. asked Iran during the marathon talks in Islamabad for a 20-year suspension of uranium enrichment, the second person said. Iran agreed to three to five years, which Trump has said is not acceptable, the second person said. The U.S. has also asked Iran to remove highly enriched uranium from the country, but Iran agreed to a “monitored process of down-blending,” which is a process by which more dangerous, highly enriched uranium is mixed with natural or less potent uranium to create a less potent material, according to the second person familiar with the ongoing negotiations. Israel and Lebanon are also holding talks with Secretary Marco Rubio in attendance. NBC News Wants You to Be Miserable Only NBC News could find problems with declining oil prices and rising stock prices.They say oil prices could be coming down due to a decline in economic growth. NBC News also says the market rewards high gas prices, a shaky labor market, and marching inflation. All of those things are temporary due to the war. Most people believe that stocks are rising due to a combination of bargain buying, strong corporate earnings, AI-driven optimism, easing bond yields, and improving investor sentiment amid geopolitical and economic uncertainties. The post New! Possible Round of Iran-US Talks This Week appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Italy’s President Giorgia Meloni found President Donald Trump’s remarks about the Pope were “unacceptable.” She said she doesn’t want to live in a world where religious leaders do what political leaders want them to do. They do, though. Most religious leaders caved in the USA during the pandemic and did exactly what Joe Biden said, with no resistance. Trump didn’t attack the Pope, nor did he threaten him. He didn’t tell the Pope what to do. The president has an opinion, just as the pope does, and Trump criticized his opinion. The pope has been insulting Trump and inaccurately stating that no wars are legitimate. in Christ’s view. That is not true. It’s obvious that Meloni has to take this stance. Criticism of the Holy Father in his home in Italy is verboten. Also, President Trump is not very popular in Italy. President Meloni has been distancing herself from him of late. BREAKING : Italian PM Georgia Meloni has publicly humiliated Trump in her Press Conference Trump –– “Pope is terrible for foreign policy. He’s weak on crime. He is not doing a good job” Meloni –– “Trump’s statement is unstoppable and i feel uncomfortable in a… pic.twitter.com/AnuQdJAbrF — Amock_ (@Amockx2022) April 14, 2026 President Trump feels betrayed. People constantly betray him. Trump responded to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, saying he was “shocked by her. I thought she was brave, but I was wrong.” “It’s her [sic]who’s unacceptable, because she doesn’t care if Iran has a nuclear weapon and would blow up Italy in two minutes if it had the chance,” Trump added, repeating some of his attack on the Pope as well. It is true that Iran’s ballistic missiles can reach Italy. Trump is helping the EU, but it hasn’t moved them ot support him. The media is blowing this up out of proportion. It’s a tiff. I like President Meloni, and she is in a tough spot. She previously positioned herself as a link between President Trump and the EU, but that is an impossible situation. Meloni put herself in a vice and must respond to her people’s will. Basically, they are both conservative. President Trump criticized the UK again today. This time he questioned why they were not opening drilling in the North Sea. They are desperate for oil, but they are shutting it all down, and it’s for their new religion of climate change. Trump post on Truth Social: “Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World. Tragic!!! Aberdeen should be booming. Norway sells its North Sea Oil to the U.K. at double the price. They are making a fortune. U.K., which is better situated on the North Sea for purposes of energy than Norway, should DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! It is absolutely crazy that they don’t… AND, NO MORE WINDMILLS! President DJT” The EU has gone mad, and this is just politics. It’s a dirty business. The post President Meloni: Criticizing the Pope Is “Unacceptable,” Trump Responds appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel, said that if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for the remainder of the year, or for six to 12 months longer, we will face a global recession. I’m relatively sure everyone knows that. 20% of global trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Bankers would be left with tough choices, such as raising rates to anchor inflation. It would also destroy the demand for goods and services. The administration is aware of that, no doubt. This really is a very, very treacherous moment for the world economy as we navigate the consequences of trying to secure a lasting peace in the Middle East,” Griffin said. Griffin said Trump’s actions are good and bad. The government pulled off the ouster of Venezuela’s leader with “incredible grace,” he said. Griffin believes that gave the administration too much confidence to change the regime. “We did a very poor job of messaging to the world” over the US campaign in Iran, Griffin said. “The moral imperative for what has happened in Iran over the course of the last 50 days … we did not position this issue with the world through the right talking points, and nor did we bring our allies on board with us. And I think that was a mistake.” It would have been better if he could have worked something out with the allies, but they probably wouldn’t have agreed then, either. They won’t help now, and they likely wouldn’t have helped anyway. Iran is also suffering, and while Russia and China are providing it with support, they also seem on the surface to want a peaceful resolution. Iran’s President Pezeshkian wants to meet again to see if they can reach an agreement. The Death Cult regime is still in place. On April 7, Pezeshkian complained that the IRGC is making it very difficult to reach a deal. The Iranian administration appears split. The post Ken Griffin Warns of Global Recession appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.