U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro excoriated a federal judge for blocking subpoenas served by the Justice Department against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

James Boasberg, U.S. District Court chief judge for Washington, D.C., ruled Friday that the Dept. of Justice had no legal basis to issue the subpoenas in the investigation into renovation of the aged offices of the Federal Reserve.

‘Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve.’

President Donald Trump has accused Powell of mismanaging the renovation and tried unsuccessfully to pressure Powell to step down from his office. Boasberg, who has been accused of bias by the Trump administration, accused the president of seeking the investigation in order to force Powell out.

“A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning,” the judge said in his ruling.

Pirro vehemently criticized the judgment in comments to the media.

“The American public is fed up with public moneys that seem to go into a black hole, especially in D.C. where no one is held accountable,” Pirro said.

“One of the age-old tools that all prosecutors have to investigate any crime, including cost overruns, is a grand jury subpoena. Today, however, in Washington, an activist judge has taken that tool away from us,” she added.

“As a result, Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve. This is wrong, and it is without legal authority,” she continued.

She indicated that the Justice Dept. intended to appeal the order from Boasberg.

The judge added that Pirro did not provide enough evidence for the accusation in his opinion.

“On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual,” Boasberg wrote.

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Powell also accused the administration of seeking the investigation to influence him.

“No one — certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve — is above the law,” Powell said in January. “But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration’s threats and ongoing pressure.”

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Singer Gwen Stefani grew up in a Catholic household but drifted away from the Church as an adult — until an unexpected prayer brought her closer to God than she ever thought possible.

The No Doubt co-founder and multi-platinum solo artist recently opened up about her newfound faith with Jeff Cavins from Christian prayer and meditation app Hallow.

‘Please, God, let my mom have a baby.’

Stefani said her shift came 12 years ago, after talking to an acquaintance who had converted to Judaism despite a non-religious upbringing in Israel.

Wake-up call

“He was studying the Torah, and he had this big epiphany, … and he starts talking to me about the Torah. And I was desperate at this point, too, during all this. I really wanted to have another baby,” Stefani told Cavins. “I really did. And I couldn’t.”

After describing the teachings of the Torah as “waking me up,” she recalled talking to her then-8-year-old son about why he was unlikely to get his wish for a younger sibling.

“I’m sorry, your mommy’s too old,” she told him.

He then shocked her with a spontaneous prayer: “Please, God, let my mom have a baby.”

“I never taught him that,” Stefani marveled as she remembered the moment.

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Running to God

To Stefani’s surprise, she learned she was pregnant just four weeks later.

“I was pregnant with Apollo, who I had at 44 years old naturally, totally a full-on gift. And that was the first miracle,” she explained.

“You can run from God, or you can run to God,” Cavins responded, with Stefani noting that she was always taught to run toward him.

The 56-year-old also revealed during her interview that the closest she feels to God is when she is doing music.

“Honestly, it’s ’cause I’m desperate for him because I’m like, I’m about ready to go on stage, and I’m not nervous, but I just want God to use me. I just want people to see God’s light through me,” she explained.

RELATED: ‘I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it’: Singer Gwen Stefani defends fascination with the Asian country, faces questions about cultural appropriation

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Daily practice

Stefani went on to say that she discovered the Hallow app during the COVID-19 lockdown and became so attached to the idea of daily prayer, she would have fears that one day the app would shut down and she wouldn’t be able to use it.

Now, she is doing work with the Christian prayer app, recently releasing videos like a 40-day Lent prayer challenge in which she encourages users of the app to pray every day leading up to Easter.

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While rabid defenders of illegal immigration often claim immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“The problem that I don’t understand is, first, people will say, you know, illegal immigrants, they don’t commit crimes half at the number that the citizen actually commits, and yet, we’re seeing people now killed on the streets, robbed, raped, etc., etc., by illegals,” Glenn tells Attkisson.

“I’m not saying all illegals are like this. … But we have lost the ability to seemingly even care about the crime if it’s an illegal doing it,” he adds.

“I’m so surprised that more people haven’t reported this. And I started reporting it at CBS News, and I’ve continued at full measure. So, we’ll go over a couple of facts because this is hard evidence,” Attkisson replies.

“There’s really hard evidence that a lot of people are ignoring for some reason that came in a 2018 analysis by the GAO, and it looked at how many illegal immigrants are in our prisons and jails. That’s a great hard measure of how many, compared to U.S. citizens, are caught committing crimes and serving time,” she explains.

Attkisson tells Glenn that in 2011, “The criminal alien proportion of the total estimated federal inmate population was 25%.”

“This is even before the big surge. One in four federal inmates was an illegal immigrant. But they only accounted for something like less than 7% of the population. So they’re committing crimes, if you look at the data in prisons and jails, at a huge rate compared to U.S. citizens,” she explains.

“And, by the way, that’s partial data because not all prisons and jails were reporting illegal immigrants,” she adds.

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As the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a possible terrorist shooting at Old Dominion University, the Democratic governor of Virginia is getting hit with backlash over her statements about the incident.

One person was killed and two others were injured when an armed man attacked on Thursday, but other students were able to “subdue” him and kill him, according to the FBI. The deceased victim was later identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, an ODU professor of military science.

‘She won’t say it now because she’s a Democrat politician. That’s how evil and depraved she and her party have become.’

Authorities have identified the deceased alleged shooter as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who was previously convicted of trying to provide support to the ISIS terror group.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a statement that did not acknowledge the alleged killer or his likely motivation.

“Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was killed today in his classroom at Old Dominion University. A devoted ROTC instructor, Lt. Col. Shah didn’t just lead a life of service to our country, he taught and led others to follow that path,” she posted.

“I am grateful for his example, deeply saddened by his death, and praying for his family. Amid this tragedy, I thank the brave students, first responders, and law enforcement officers who responded quickly to today’s horrific attack,” she added.

Spanberger was immediately assailed online by her critics.

“There was a time when this woman — a former CIA colleague of mine — would have unapologetically said ‘Brandon Shah was killed today by an Islamic terrorist …,'” former CIA officer Bryan Dean Wright posted. “She won’t say it now because she’s a Democrat politician. That’s how evil and depraved she and her party have become.”

“If you only read the Governor of Virginia’s post, you’d have no idea he was murdered by a terrorist because of his service and love of country. Purposeful omission. You’re a disgrace,” Fox News podcast host Riley Gaines said.

“WHO killed him? And why are you afraid to say it??” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas replied.

RELATED: Heroic students subdued suspected terrorist in Old Dominion attack and ‘rendered him no longer alive,’ says FBI

“She can’t even say this was an act of terrorism. So pathetic, especially … since she has the largest naval base in her state,” radio show host Jeanne Ives said.

Spanberger campaigned as a moderate Democrat, but since she got into office she has implemented sweeping far-left policies that include an effort to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts.

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An anti-war veterans’ group has paid for a billboard near a California naval base to advise U.S. military members to refuse to follow “illegal orders” from the government.

The billboard echoed the message from six Democrats in a November video that was excoriated by President Donald Trump as “seditious.” At one point he seemed to warn that they could be put to death over the video.

‘To suggest and encourage that active-duty service members defy the chain of command is a very dangerous thing …’

“The San Diego Veterans for Peace, Hugh Thompson Memorial Chapter #91, is very pleased to announce … a billboard reminding active-duty troops that they have a duty to disobey illegal orders,” read a statement from the group.

The billboard appears near the entrance of Naval Base San Diego in Barrio Logan and reads, “Active Duty & National Guard: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders.”

A spokesperson for Veterans for Peace said the group is rolling out billboards with the same message near military bases throughout the U.S.

Despite the brutal rhetorical attacks from the president as well as War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. attorney’s office reportedly dropped the effort to indict the six Democrats over the video.

Hegseth also sought to revoke military benefits from Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a veteran and one of the Democrats in the video, and warned that he could face a court-martial. That effort was also thwarted by a judge, who said it threatened to chill the free speech of other military veterans.

RELATED: Trump ally drops effort to prosecute Democrats over ‘seditious’ video, sources say

Defenders of the “illegal orders” message say they are merely reiterating what is in the U.S. military code. Critics say they are encouraging troops to commit sedition.

“To suggest and encourage that active-duty service members defy the chain of command is a very dangerous thing for sitting members of Congress to do,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously. “And they should be held accountable.”

According to its website, the Veterans for Peace group was founded in 1985 and advocates against war as a policy solution for nations.

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On November 5, 2009, U.S. Army major and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan fatally shot 13 people on military base Fort Hood and wounded more than 30 others. The mass shooting goes down as the deadliest on an American military base and one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil since September 11.

Now, that same Texas military base once targeted by Islamic terror is celebrating Islam — and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales can’t believe it.

“The Fort Hood Religious Support Office and Fort Hood Muslim Community warmly invite all to an evening of fellowship, reflection and community as we break the fast together during the month of Ramadan,” a social media post reads, before explaining the religious tradition more in depth.

“I actually love that it says, ‘The annual observance of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.’ Islam, the thing that’s incompatible with our way of life, with Western civilization, with this country,” Gonzales comments on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“So, here’s the question I have, OK? Tell me this. If a Muslim is supposed to be faithful to Islam and Islam calls its followers to destroy those who do not follow Allah, … how can a Muslim be in the U.S. military?” she asks.

“The only excuse, the only reason that I could figure is those of you who might say, ‘Well, there are some peaceful Muslims. Well, there are some nice Muslims. Not all Muslims mean us harm,’” she says. “I would say it stands to reason that the only Muslims who would be capable and not dangerous to serve in our military would be bad at their religion, right?”

“This is a humiliation ritual at this point,” she continues. “And I’m not saying that I have all the answers, again, but I would like to pose the question: Does this seem like a disaster waiting to happen to anyone else?”

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The Department of Homeland Security criticized the left-wing media for overlooking the fact that most immigration arrests involve illegal aliens with prior charges or convictions.

The department highlighted Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Thursday arrests of pedophiles and other criminals in a press release exclusively obtained by Blaze News.

‘Instead of trying to score brownie points, sanctuary politicians should be thanking our law enforcement officers.’

Meanwhile, the DHS has remained without funding for one month, with Democrat lawmakers refusing to vote to reopen the agency without stringent reforms to ICE. On Thursday, senators voted for the fourth time against a bill that would fully restore funding to the DHS.

“Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more criminal illegal aliens convicted for sexual conduct against a child, sexual assault, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and other horrific crimes,” the Friday DHS press release read.

Immigration agents captured Jose Mendez, an illegal alien from El Salvador who was previously convicted of sexual conduct against a child in Mineola, New York.

RELATED: ‘Heinous’ thug accused of shoving 83-year-old military vet onto NYC subway tracks was deported 4 times, charged 15 times: DHS

Jose Mendez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Edgar Martinez-Funez, an illegal alien from Honduras, was also nabbed by federal officers. He was previously convicted of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child in Dallas County, Texas.

Edgar Martinez-Funez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE arrested Victor Enrique Perez-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was convicted of sexual assault in Lamesa, Texas.

Victor Enrique Perez-Sanchez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Hein Ngoc Nguyen, an illegal alien from Vietnam, was convicted twice for conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute MDMA in Fairview Heights, Illinois. MDMA is the drug more commonly referred to as molly or ecstasy.

Hein Ngoc Nguyen. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

The DHS also highlighted the arrest of Angel Geovanni Garcia-Bermudez. He is an illegal alien from Mexico who was convicted of trafficking fentanyl in Franklin County, Ohio.

RELATED: Spring break blues: DHS highlights outrageous airport conditions amid Democrat shutdown

Angel Geovanni Garcia-Bermudez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

“The media and sanctuary politicians continue to ignore that nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S.,” DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated.

“Yesterday, the brave men and women of ICE risked their lives to get pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug dealers, and other scumbags out of this country,” Bis continued. “Instead of trying to score brownie points, sanctuary politicians should be thanking our law enforcement officers for removing the worst of the worst from American communities.”

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