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Shortly after Rep. Eric Swalwell’s resignation, Rep. Tony Gonzales has announced he will also step down. Both members were expected to face expulsion votes this week.

I stopped calling my son three years ago. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. For months, I was the father who chased. I sent messages that stayed on "Read." I left voicemails that disappeared into silence. I asked for five minutes, then for one minute, then for anything at all that would explain why my own child had shut me out. Every unanswered call hurt, but what hurt more was what I was becoming. I was turning love into begging. I was standing in the wreckage of my own dignity, hoping he would toss me one small reason to breathe easier. Then one evening I read a line that cut through me: Love is not proven by pursuit. Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is stop gripping so hard. So I stopped. I did not block his number. I did not post bitter little speeches online about how children forget who raised them. I did not poison the neighborhood with my side of the story. I simply let go. It was not punishment. It was respect. Respect for his right to choose his life, and respect for my own heart, which was bruised enough already. I had done what a father is supposed to do. I sat through every Little League game on cold metal bleachers. I worked double shifts at the plant so he could finish college without being buried in debt. I taught him how to shake a hand, how to look people in the eye, how to tell the truth even when it costs you. If those lessons were alive in him, they would find their way back. If they were not, my suffering would not create them. So I turned toward my own life again. I repaired the porch one board at a time. I started volunteering at the food bank on Thursdays. I learned how quiet can stop feeling like punishment and start feeling like peace. I wanted him to know that if he ever looked back, he would not find a broken old man dying beside a phone. He would find a father who had made peace with his conscience. Three Christmases passed. Three birthdays. The chair across from me stayed empty, and little by little, the guilt stopped living in my bones. Then last Tuesday, a car pulled into my driveway. It was not a holiday. Not a birthday. Not a family emergency that I knew of. My son stepped out looking older than his years, worn down in a way I understood instantly. In his hand was a baby carrier. He stood at the bottom of the porch I had rebuilt and stared at the house as if he was facing a courtroom. I opened the door. "I didn't know if you'd want to see me," he said, and his voice cracked before he could hide it. "I just had a son. And now I know. I didn't understand before, Dad. I do now." In that moment, he was not a stranger and not a boy. He was simply a man finally meeting the weight of love. I did not ask where he had been. I did not ask why he left. I did not reach for an apology like it was a debt I had earned. Real love does not keep score after the battle is over. I pushed the screen door wide and smiled. "Come inside," I told him. "You don't have to stand out there." If you are chasing a child who keeps running, stop long enough to breathe. You cannot force closeness. You cannot drag someone into connection by the sleeve. Step back without hatred. Trust what you planted. Live with your head up. And if they return, greet them with grace, not a grudge. Because sometimes love is not about holding on tighter. Sometimes it is about keeping your heart steady until the knock finally comes... and what happened after he carried that baby into my kitchen changed both of us forever.

🚨 JUST IN: The US Senate has officially gaveled back in after their TWO WEEK vacation Unfortunately for them, we have NOT forgotten about the SAVE America Act GET IT PASSED NOW! Keep up the pressure, patriots!

I am a Catholic, but I must say that this Pope is moving funny to me. There is a whole Christian genocide going on in Nigeria where he once lived. But this man is more focused on the war in Iran and its politics. Hello Sir, there is a war in Nigeria and Africa too, and Christians are victims. He is the Pope of Christians first before anything else. And the welfare of Christians especially those who are being persecuted should be his priority. But Christians were massacred during Easter in Nigeria for their faith and I did not see any strong condemnation or reaction from the Pope. Instead the Pope is consistently focused on the middle East and Donald Trump's and Isreals war with Terrorists. I sincerely do not understand this Pope. It is Silence in the face of evil that makes evil multiply. What exactly does he want the world to do with terrorists who believe their destiny is to kill every unbeliever and take over the world? I hope that this Pope gets his priorities right.

🚨 Senate Leader John Thune just told Chuck Schumer to shove it! He’s bypassing Democrats to lock in 3 full years of funding for ICE and CBP, for the entire Trump term. Zero Democrat votes needed. Now pass the SAVE America Act!

@LeadingReport Come on, Florida!! Byron Donalds is your guy!!

JUST IN: Multiple congresspeople projected to resign this week, as TMZ opens DC office to expose scandals.

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Eric Swalwell is OFFICIALLY resigning from Congress following the countless s*xuaI assauIt allegations against him GOOD RIDDANCE, YOU POS! 👋🏻 The biggest D-bag in Congress is GONE.

Georgia and North Carolina are no longer listed as "toss up" in @CookPolitical. They are both now "leans blue." If you live in either of these states, what your leaders are doing about it?

🚨New: Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves is set to sign a bill making illegal immigration a state crime

CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper announced that the United States has begun establishing a new safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The route will be shared soon to restore confidence and ensure the free flow of commerce. U.S. forces have already begun clearing Iranian-laid sea mines. Two Navy destroyers have transited the strait and are operating in the Gulf to secure the corridor. Underwater drones are now being deployed to accelerate the mine-clearing effort.

🚨 Trump keeping his word. U.S. warships are actively clearing the Strait of Hormuz, right in Iran’s face while negotiations are ongoing in Pakistan. President Trump promised it would reopen, and now he’s making it happen

🚨 BREAKING… This is not propaganda… this is operational reality. U.S. Navy warships just transited the Strait of Hormuz… openly… without coordinating with Iran. Let that sink in. This is the FIRST confirmed freedom-of-navigation transit through the strait since the conflict began. No permission. No acknowledgment of Iranian control. No compromise. Just movement… on America’s terms. Here’s what that means… Iran mined the waterway… and now can’t even clear what they deployed. Their own strategy just choked their access and exposed their limitations. Meanwhile… the U.S. steps in, begins clearing lanes, and reasserts control over one of the most critical chokepoints on Earth. That’s not symbolism… that’s dominance. And timing matters… This happens days after a fragile ceasefire… right as diplomatic talks are being staged. This is pressure… not negotiation from weakness. Message received globally: The Strait of Hormuz is not Iran’s to control. And when global trade is threatened… the U.S. Navy answers. This is what enforcement looks like in real time. #SilentMajoritySpeaks #AStoneGroove

BREAKING: 372,000 ineligible voter names have been removed from Colorado’s voter registration lists following a Judicial Watch lawsuit and legal settlement addressing the state’s compliance with federal voter list maintenance requirements (1/3).

🚨 BREAKING: US ships are CLEARING the Strait of Hormuz right in Iran's face during negotiations, with reports of ships directly crossing the Strait President Trump PROMISED it would open and says we're now clearing it out "as a favor to countries all over the world" 🔥 "We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves. Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

@FaytuksNetwork Tankers are passing through the strait now. Leverage gone.

Masoumeh Ebtekar - also known as "Screaming Mary" - was the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days - subjecting them to beatings, starvation, and mock executions. In 2014, the Obama Administration granted visas to her son and his family to enter the United States. In June 2016, the Obama Administration gave them lawful permanent resident status via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. This week, I terminated their lawful permanent resident status and today, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending their removal from our country. Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country. America can never become home for anti-American terrorists or their families - and under the Trump Administration, it never will.

BREAKING: Minnesota impeachment hearings for Gov. Tim Walz start next week.

@MaryBondo1 @Patrickwebb So is Lindsay

@Patrickwebb Graham’s not my favorite guy but apparently the R running against him in primary is a nut bag RINO.

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Eminem & Jay-Z couldn’t move the needle against Trump. But we’re supposed to believe Tucker, Megyn, Candace & Alex Jones will? Get bent.