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By David Bossie Forever the happy warrior, my good friend Charlie Kirk was tragically assassinated yesterday doing his lifeâs work in the public square. The young conservative icon and legend in the making was brutally murdered exercising his free speech rights in front of a huge crowd of Americans who both agreed with him and disagreed with him. He died needlessly in the arena in which he thrived, doing what he loved. Along with our grieving nation, I am heartbroken. As I got to know Charlie over the years, I saw that he believed deeply in the American ideals of…
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Newly released footage from the murder of a Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte, N.C. captures the moments when bystanders tried to help her as she bled on the floor of a public train. Passengers gathered around in an apparent attempt to massage Iryna Zarutskaâs wounds after she was fatally stabbed on the night of Aug. 22, as shown in extended video footage released Tuesday by Headline USA. The suspect, a mentally ill homeless man with a lengthy criminal record, now faces local and federal charges and could be put to death if convicted in federal court, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday.…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering blocking those identifying as transgender from buying firearms after a trans-identifying male opened fire on children at a Catholic school in Minnesota on Aug. 27, multiple outlets reported Thursday. Robin Westman, a man identifying as a woman, killed two children while they attended Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, wounded 21 others and fatally shot himself. The massacre â along with other recent attacks carried out by trans-identifying individuals â has heightened concerns about the connection between transgenderism, mental illness and violence. The goal of the potential ban is âto ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering…
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The House of Representatives killed a resolution to formally censure Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver on Wednesday afternoon over the congresswoman allegedly assaulting law enforcement at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in May. Lawmakers voted 215 to 207 to table the resolution with Republican Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Mike Turner of Ohio, David Valadao of California, Mike Flood of Nebraska and David Joyce of Ohio joining Democrats to torpedo the censure effort. The resolution would have also booted McIver from her seat on the Homeland Security Committee, which oversees federal immigration authorities, including ICE. (RELATED: Democrat Lawmaker Cheered…
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German prosecutors on Monday announced that they had charged an American citizen with allegedly attempting to provide sensitive U.S. military information to China. Germanyâs Federal Prosecutor General said that the man, identified only as Martin D. in line with Germanyâs privacy laws, faced charges on Aug. 13 for willingness to serve as a foreign intelligence agent âin a particularly serious case,â according to multiple reports. The suspect notably served as a former contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2017 to 2023, The New York Times (NYT) reported Monday. Local German media reported that the man was apparently not able to provide any military data to Chinese authorities…
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North Korea built a secret missile base just miles from the Chinese border, likely housing missiles capable of hitting the mainland U.S., the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) revealed in a Wednesday report. The base, which has not been declared to exist by Pyongyang, is located in North Korea, roughly 17 miles from their shared border with China and likely housing multiple Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) capable of reaching the US mainland and beyond, according to a CSIS analysis of open-source data. North Korea has operated 15 to 20 such bases to bolster its nuclear arsenal and has repeatedly threatened the West…
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro issued multiple provocative statements as U.S. naval vessels reportedly sail towards the coast of the South American nation, Reuters reported Thursday. Maduro made a series of cryptic statements on Wednesday, saying that Venezuela will âdefend our seas, our skies and our landsâ and hinted at âthe outlandish, bizarre threat of a declining empire,â according to Reuters. The dictatorâs remarks come in the wake of reports of the U.S. armed forces deploying to the southern Caribbean to fight Latin American drug cartels, with three Aegis-class destroyers equipped with missiles reportedly set to deploy near Venezuela, two sources told Reuters. Additionally, 4,000…
Senior American intelligence officials concealed classified intelligence that COVID-19 came from a lab from the president and the public, granting Anthony Fauciâs inner circle extraordinary influence while silencing their own spy scientists, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Evidence pointing to a lab leak included signals intelligence collected from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders in 2019 between Beijing and Wuhan revealing a major emergency, one former official told the DCNF. An increasingly political deep state concealed it from President Donald Trump during the first two months of the pandemic, deflecting blame from China as political rival Joe Biden sought to lay…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and her administration have refused to follow President Donald Trumpâs executive order interpreting Title IX to limit womenâs sports to biological females. While a majority of states now ban transgender athletes from participating in womenâs sports, most of Maineâs leaders have refused to do so. They falsely claim that the Maine Human Rights Act restricts them from obeying federal law, but thankfully there is one elected official in Maine who supports fair and equal opportunities for women â Sen. Susan Collins. Collins has consistently been the voice of reason from her state this year as Trump and his…
With all eyes on Washington as President Donald Trump seeks to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, itâs clear that Trump was right about the conflict all along. When I served as a national security advisor to the president during his first term, nearly a decade ago, he often stated that he didnât want World War III over Ukraine, and that the Europeans should do more to help. https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.714.1_en.html#fid=goog_2100424881The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard Though America has some leverage over both Russia and Ukraine, convincing…
Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu featured a live mariachi band before her press conference about the Trump administrationâs targeting of the city over its sanctuary policies. Wu held an outdoor press event on Tuesday where she vowed to resist the Department of Justiceâs (DOJ) demands to comply with federal immigration law. The Democrat mayorâs public speech was in response to a deadline set by Attorney General Pam Bondi, in which she demanded Wu voice her commitment to working with immigration authorities and outline a plan to eliminate the cityâs sanctuary laws and policies. Before launching her press conference, Wu allowed a band…
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Chinaâs economy showed signs of weakening in July, with Beijing openly acknowledging that U.S. tariffs are taking a toll, multiple outlets reported Friday. Official data from Beijing released Friday showed industrial output, retail sales and investment all fell short of expectations, while unemployment ticked up, according to Bloomberg. The slowdown is unfolding amid ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration, putting pressure on Chinaâs export-driven economy. âThe international environment in July was complex and severe, with the continued impact of trade protectionism and unilateralism,â said Fu Linghui, the spokesman and chief economist of Chinaâs National Bureau of Statistics, according to The New…
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The Pentagon is reportedly creating a task force specializing in quelling riots and civil disturbances in American cities, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The âDomestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Forceâ would reportedly consist of at least 600 National Guard troops who would begin deploying to cities in an hourâs notice of civil unrest, according to The Post. President Donald Trump has taken interest in establishing law and order in American cities, most recently deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., on Monday in order to tackle crime in the district. During the Los Angeles riots in June, the Pentagon deployed 2,000…
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President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. troops to use military force against drug cartels, according to The New York Times. The president secretly signed an order targeting cartels that he has labeled as foreign terrorist organizations, The New York Times reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Pentagon officials are currently forming strategies for the military to confront the Latin American criminal networks responsible for flooding the U.S. with deadly illicit drugs, the outletâs sources said. âPresident Trumpâs top priority is protecting the homeland, which is why he took the bold step to designate several cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations,â White House spokesperson…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with President Donald Trump in the coming days as the end of Trumpâs 10-day peace deadline looms, Kremlin aide YuriâŻUshakov told reporters Thursday. The meeting was suggested by the Russian side to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday, who then relayed the idea to Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Russian and U.S. presidents have not met face-to-face since 2021, when Putin visited former President Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland; a time and venue have not yet been publicly announced for the reported Trump-Putin meeting. âAt the suggestion of the American side, an…
President Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that he has ordered his administration to create a new census, in which illegal migrants will not be counted. The president â who has made immigration enforcement a top policy priority â ordered the Commerce Department to begin efforts on a new census based on figures that exclude the illegal migrant population and information gleaned from the 2024 presidential election. While estimates vary, some experts believe more than 18 million illegal migrants currently live in the U.S. (RELATED: Feds Arrest âDangerous Sinaloa Cartel Leaderâ At Southern Border) âI have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin…
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As the Trump administration wages a war against foreign nationals daring to vote in American elections, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow has spearheaded game-changing policy reforms to root them out. When President Donald Trump returned to office, he quickly signed an executive order to strengthen the citizenship verification process and help keep foreign nationals from participating in American elections. USCIS, the federal agency that administers legal immigration, has since streamlined resources for elected leaders to better identify and remove noncitizens from their stateâs voter rolls. Edlow â who now leads an agency of more than 20,000…
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Substandard repairs and a slow bureaucracy have caused U.S. Navy ships to sit in repair yards for years without being used, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Between one- and two-thirds of U.S. surface ship maintenance has lagged behind schedule in recent years, U.S. officials have said, according to The Wall Street Journal. The delays exacerbate Americaâs problem of failing to build ships as swiftly as China, a top adversary working to expand its presence in the Indo-Pacific region and threaten U.S. interests. (RELATED: China-Linked Protest Network Wasted No Time Rallying For Iran After Trump Strikes) Repairs of Navy ships continue to fall behind schedule despite…
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President Donald Trump has threatened to stall trade talks with Canada late Wednesday night after Canadaâs move to recognize a Palestinian state. Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at a press conference on Wednesday that Americaâs northern neighbor was planning to recognize a Palestinian state in Septemberâs United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The president took to Truth Social on Wednesday night to respond to the Canadian leaderâs announcement. âWow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Ohâ Canada!!!â the president wrote on the social media…
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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok deleted all of his posts on the social media site X Monday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo July 18 detailing what she called a âyears-long coupâ against President Donald Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Strzok had been a key player in the unfounded allegations that Trumpâs 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, including intervening to prevent the FBI from closing a probe into retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was Trumpâs first national security advisor in his first term. (RELATED: More Whistleblowers Want To Speak Out…
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Rising violent extremism linked to leftist and pro-Palestinian suspects in the U.S. flies in the face of legacy media narratives that President Donald Trumpâs return to office would embolden right-wing extremists. Law enforcement has grappled with a wave of alleged or confirmed arsons, shootings, threats against government officials and mass rioting stemming from outrage at Trumpâs policies or U.S. support for Israel. In the months following Trumpâs reelection, media outlets and âexpertsâ quoted in their articles predicted that America might see a resurgence of mostly right-wing or white supremacist violence on his watch. âThat analysis never made any sense, but was always the a priori assumption of…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bassâ transition advisory team enlisted two Chinese intelligence-tied bankers who have fundraised for her and a nonprofit she helps lead, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Bass appointed Dominic Ng, CEO of East West Bank, and Simon Pang, co-founder of Royal Business Bank, to her mayoral transition advisory team in December 2022, according to the City of Los Angeles. In total, Ng, East West Bank and Pang have donated upwards of $1 million to Bassâ mayoral campaign and the Mayorâs Fund For Los Angeles, where Bass serves as an advisor to the board of directors, according to the nonprofit. While it is unclear what…
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Some recently released data has spelled good news for parts of the American economy thus far in President Donald Trumpâs second term. Many economists predicted that Trumpâs sweeping tariffs could have various negative impacts on the U.S. economy this year, such as contributing to higher inflation rates. Despite this, some recent economic data has indicated that several areas of the domestic economy are doing well. The University of Michiganâs Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 61.8 in June, marking its highest level in five months. Still, consumer sentiment remains a substantial 16% below December 2024, according to the report. Additionally, the stock market surged to new highs during…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday that whistleblowers were coming forward since the release of documents and a memo detailing the Obama administrationâs efforts to undermine President Donald Trump after the 2016 election. Gabbard released documents and a memo Friday detailing what she called a âyears-long coupâ against Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Gabbard described the whistleblowers as people who were âdisgustedâ with the âtreasonous conspiracyâ allegedly ordered by then-President Barack Obama in the aftermath of Clintonâs defeat. âWe have whistleblowers ⊠coming forward now, after we released these documents because there…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collinsâ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senatorsâ approval ratings, and it shows the favorability of the longtime Maine
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President Donald Trump threatened to levy âsevereâ tariffs on Russia on Monday if it does not make peace with Ukraine in the coming weeks while meeting with NATO Secretary Mark Rutte. If Russian President Vladimir Putin does not make a peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days, Trump said the U.S. would institute a 100% tariff on Russian goods. Trump also announced he would send more weapons to Ukraine through NATO, citing frustrations with Putin. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are also pursuing a bill that would allow Trump to levy 500% tariffs against Russian uranium, gas and oil as new economic sanctions against Moscow. âWe…
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A super PAC supporting Zohran Mamdaniâs campaign for New York City mayor accepted $1,000 from a Muslim cleric linked to the architects of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other terrorist plots. Imam Siraj Wahhaj donated to the super PAC Unity and Justice Fund in May, days before it funneled most of its money to a PAC exclusively supporting Mamdani for mayor, campaign finance records show. Wahhaj has called for an Islamic state in America, and Mary Jo White, formerly the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, named him among involved people who are âunindicted personsâ in the trial of…
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously unreported documents. The documents show that USAID funded the exportation of 11,000 samples from Yunnan Province, where some of the closest relatives of the COVID-19 virus circulate, to Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, with no apparent plan for ensuring the samples were not misdirected to bioweapons and remained accessible to the U.S. government. A $210 million USAID public health program called PREDICT, steered by the…
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Some House Democrats told Axios that their constituents have encouraged them to prepare for violence and âbe willing to get shotâ while resisting President Donald Trumpâs agenda. Democratic lawmakers said that there has been mounting anger among liberal votes that has sometimes even resulted in them calling on congressional Democrats to violate the law and be prepared for acts of violence, Axios reported on Monday. Many of the House Democrats told the outlet that these voters are often white, well-educated and wealthy. âSome of them have suggested ⊠what we really need to do is be willing to get shotâ when visiting United States…
America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the Peopleâs Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth elements, but only if it is willing to take decisive action, industry experts say. Rare earths are a group of 17 metallic elements integral to the production of vehicles, weapons systems, wind turbines, smartphones, medical devices and other advanced technologies. Despite their commercial and strategic significance, the U.S. imports 80% of the rare earths it consumes, primarily from China, which accounts for the vast majority of the worldâs rare earth mining and 92% of refining capacity. âThis is not a problem that the U.S.…
A violent âtransgenderâ male prisoner was quietly transferred back to a menâs prison in June, years after he was accused of sexually assaulting his female cellmate in a womenâs prison. Christopher Scott Williams, who is serving a 28-year sentence for first degree assault, was first denied transfer to a womenâs prison in November 2019 due to his history of violence against women, according to records obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. His request to be housed with women was approved in late 2021, documents show, and three months later he allegedly sexually assaulted his female cellmate, Mozzy Clark, according…
The Department of Defense (DoD) is asking for a large-scale funding increase for domestic and international defense systems, according to a new estimate from the agency. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) fiscal year 2026 budget request shows a 27% increase over the 2025 enacted budget, comprised of a guaranteed $10.2 billion and a supplemental $3 billion package that has yet to be passed by Congress, the agencyâs estimate says. The request follows a targeted ballistic missile attack by Iran against the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The full package would include â$10.5 billion in research, development, test and evaluation funding, $1.6 billion in procurement, $720.4 million…
The U.S. halted shipments of precision weapons and missile defense systems to Ukraine as the Pentagon fears Americaâs own stockpile may be running dangerously low, Politico reported Tuesday. The shipments contained missile defense systems and other precision guided munitions such as the Patriot missile defense system, which is commonly used by the Ukrainians to shoot down incoming Russian attacks. The move to stop the shipments came from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, who has long advocated for a renewed U.S. focus on China and disengagement from other theaters. âThe Department of Defense continues to provide the President with robust options to continue…
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America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three federal agencies alleging they failed to honor information requests on discriminatory practices in the national organ transplantation system during the Biden administration. The organization is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) for internal documents concerning the infusion of âequityâ in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), according to the lawsuit. President Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 20, 2021 centered around discovering âthe enormous human costs of systemic racism, persistent poverty, and other disparitiesâ in…
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The FBI is investigating a trio of childrenâs hospitals for allegedly and potentially violating a federal law against genital mutilation through the provision of pediatric sex change surgeries, according to a Fox News report. The hospitals reportedly under FBI scrutiny for providing sex change surgeries and hormone replacement therapy include Boston Childrenâs Hospital, Childrenâs Hospital Colorado and Childrenâs Hospital Los Angeles. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed attorneys general in an April 22 memo to pursue cases against health providers under 18 U.S.C. § 116, a federal statute outlawing female genital mutilation on any person under the age of 18. The crime carries a maximum prison sentence…
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, called him âdaddyâ as a way to show his affection. Rutte praised Trump for dropping an f-bomb while criticizing Israel and Iranâs violation of a ceasefire deal, stating that âdaddy has to sometimes use strong language.â A reporter at the NATO Summit asked Trump if he views his allies as his âchildren.â âMark Rutte, the NATO chief, is your friend. He called you daddy earlier. Do you regard your NATO allies as kind of children?â the reporter asked. âNo, he likes me,â Trump said. âI think…