Author: DCNF

The U.S. reached agreements with Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday to stop attacks on maritime traffic in the Black Sea and lay the groundwork for further progress toward peace, the White House announced. Both Russia and Ukraine agreed to “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea” in separate agreements, and both warring states also agreed to come up with plans to implement an agreement to not attack each other’s energy infrastructure, the White House announced. The progress announced Tuesday is the result of several days of negotiations involving Russian…

China’s growing foothold over the Panama Canal isn’t just fueling its own commercial interests, it also appears to be helping America’s adversaries engage side-step sanctions, court documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. China has expanded its presence considerably in the Panama Canal since former President Jimmy Carter sold the shipping lane to Panama for $1 in 1977, and is funding multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in the surrounding countryside while buying up ports to solidify its foothold. It’s also been a boon to American adversaries, like Iran. Panamanian court documents obtained by the DCNF show how Iran appeared to have…

The Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) have funded more than 100 research projects using Chinese government supercomputers sanctioned by the U.S. for collaborating with China’s military, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. The DCNF compared federally-funded research project reports against entities sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). The DCNF identified 102 projects, primarily conducted through U.S. national labs, involving at least one of five sanctioned Chinese supercomputer centers in Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Tianjin. While it’s unclear what information may have been shared with the sanctioned supercomputers, intelligence analysts and lawmakers say the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committed to…

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The U.S. military began a large-scale operation Saturday against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen to defend American interests and global maritime trade, President Donald Trump announced. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it launched “precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets across Yemen to defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation.” A video accompanying CENTCOM’s statement shows fighter jets taking off from an aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, deployed in the Red Sea as part of a strike group. Other videos posted by CENTCOM show a warship firing missiles and a missile hitting a target. https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1901043879496876459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1901043879496876459%7Ctwgr%5E33d9daf9d8377bee7c75c2e26d65aa8af7ff76ae%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F03%2F15%2Fvideos-donald-trump-united-states-centcom-strikes-houthis-yemen%2F https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/1901035235460186141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1901035235460186141%7Ctwgr%5E33d9daf9d8377bee7c75c2e26d65aa8af7ff76ae%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F03%2F15%2Fvideos-donald-trump-united-states-centcom-strikes-houthis-yemen%2F President Trump announced he…

The Democratic Party has dropped to a new record low among Americans, reaching only a 29% favorability rating, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. In the CNN/SSRS poll conducted from March 6-9, 1,206 respondents were asked about their views on both the Republican and Democratic parties, with a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.3 for total respondents. The data shows that Democratic favorability has been on a decline, dropping a staggering 20 points since January 2021. The Democratic Party’s current favorability rating reached a record low, according to CNN polling dating back to 1992. The disapproval of Democrats is notably…

Online Satanist networks targeting children for sexual abuse keep gravitating toward a gaming site that has pledged to crack down on them, according to documents and interviews obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Predatory Satanists are increasingly appearing on platforms popular with young people by the dozens, prompting attention from law enforcement and lawmakers who question the efficacy of online safety policies. The DCNF obtained screenshots of one such band of users on Discord who talked about having a sexual interest in minors, where to find “groomable victims” and how to avoid getting banned. Discord, an online messaging platform, said in an email that…

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Rahm Emanuel, an Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor, is seriously considering a bid for president in 2028. Emanuel returned from serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan in January, spending the past two months aggressively increasing his public profile with high-profile media appearances, speeches for liberal organizations like Democracy Forward and a regular column in The Washington Post, according to a Politico article published Wednesday. Despite not holding elected office since leaving the Chicago mayor’s office in 2019, Emanuel’s re-entry into domestic politics has fueled speculation about his presidential ambitions. “I’ve only been back two months, and I…

Under the Trump administration, Border Patrol apprehensions are sinking to levels never before experienced in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) history. Border Patrol agents apprehended a total of 8,347 illegal migrants along the southern border throughout February, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by CBP. The number marks a 71% decrease from the previous month when agents caught 29,101 illegal migrants, while also showing a 94% decrease from the 140,641 illegal migrants nabbed in February 2024. (RELATED: Boston Mayor Stands By $650,000 Legal Bill To Prepare For Sanctuary City Congressional Hearing) Nationwide Border Patrol apprehensions averaged roughly 330 per day in February,…

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A London-based Ukrainian intelligence group linked to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) labelled American politicians as “foreign propagandists,” falsely accusing them of Russian loyalty. The group, Molfar, created an online blacklist including Vice President JD Vance, Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, U.S. Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent and others. The list claims these officials are “external agents of Russia,” demanding their removal from public positions and investigations into their “personal involvement in crimes.” and calling for sanctions against them. (RELATED: USAID Staff Given 15 Minutes To Collect Belongings, Warned Against Bringing Weapons) “Instead of mentioning famous names of internal Russian propagandists, we…

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A Wisconsin school district agreed to pay out $20,000 to a teacher who was terminated for refusing to use preferred names and pronouns for transgender students. Jordan Cernek, an English teacher, sued the Argyle School District in July 2024 after his contract was not renewed, alleging the district violated his right to free exercise of his religion and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Mr. Cernek has a sincerely held religious belief that God makes no mistakes when it comes to sex and gender and that calling a transgender student by a name or pronouns at odds with their…

The Biden administration implemented hundreds of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across a host of U.S. government agencies, according to findings from a new study. There were 460 programs across 24 different government agencies under the Biden-Harris administration that allocated resources for DEI efforts, according to a study published Monday by the Functional Government Initiative and the Center for Renewing America. Moreover, the study also found that the cumulative budget of these diversity programs surpassed $1.1 trillion. “However, this figure does not encompass all DEI-related expenditures, nor does it include every program across these agencies,” the report states. “The findings reveal a…

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins revealed on Fox Business Wednesday that the Biden administration left a $49 billion deficit in export market that led to the costs of agricultural inputs to rise by 30%. (Screenshot/Fox Business)

Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green was kicked out of the chamber Tuesday evening after disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech. Trump began his joint address to Congressional members discussing his election win, stating how he had won both the popular vote and Electoral College. However, just minutes into the president’s speech, Green could be seen standing and yelling at the president, prompting Republican lawmakers to push back against the Democrat lawmaker’s protest, as they could be heard chanting “USA! USA!” “And won counties in our country 2,700 to 525 on a map that reads almost completely red for Republican,” Trump continued as he…

Pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday that Democrats’ strategy of attacking President Donald Trump by highlighting fired federal employees is bound to fail. Democrats plan to take fired federal employees to Trump’s Tuesday night congressional address and the party has criticized his administration for its firings, according to The Hill. When asked by host Brianna Keilar on “CNN News Central” if the party’s focus on federal workers will be effective, Luntz said it would not resonate with the American public. WATCH: https://rumble.com/embed/v6nwvh0/?pub=3rtroj “It’s not going to work for them because people see through it. They see the politicization of it. And I saw this for the first time back…

Republican Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas will introduce legislation Wednesday to stand up for parents fighting against left-wing gender ideology. The act, titled the “Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents” (GUARD) Act, would disqualify states from some federal funds if it discriminates against parents or guardians by forcing them to recognize a child’s professed gender identity that is different from his or her biological sex. State governments would also be ineligible for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) funds if its child protective services take adverse actions against parents or guardians in custody…

Democrats attending President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech to a joint session of Congress refused to stand when Trump honored a 13-year-old boy with cancer. Trump addressed the joint session for over an hour and a half, during which he announced that D.J. Daniel, who has been sworn in by over 900 police departments across the county, would be an honorary Secret Service agent. Trump said that Daniel had survived for six years despite being told he had less than five months to live. WATCH: https://rumble.com/embed/v6nxitw/?pub=3rtroj “Since that time, D.J. and his dad have been on a quest to make his dream come…

Federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a “high-ranking” MS-13 gang leader who wielded international influence just minutes away from Washington, D.C. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Thursday arrested David Alejandro Orellana-Aleman, a 27-year-old Salvadoran national living unlawfully in the United States, according to a press release by the agency. Orellana-Aleman is accused of being a high-ranking member of the MS-13 crime syndicate who controlled operations of the gang’s affiliates throughout the U.S., Mexico and Europe. (RELATED: Regretful Illegal Migrants Flocking Home In Droves After Trump Border Crackdown) The apprehension, which was done in coordination with the FBI, took place in…

The Supreme Court sided with San Francisco on Tuesday in its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A majority on the court held that the EPA exceeded its authority by issuing San Francisco a permit that did not clearly explain the limits on how much sewage it could discharge into the ocean but included a vague “end-result” provision that made the city responsible for the water quality. Justice Samuel Alito authored the opinion of the court in a 5-4 ruling. Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented along with Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson. “When a permit contains such requirements, a permittee that…

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled that his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be poised to make major job cuts. Trump told reporters during the first presidential cabinet meeting of his second term that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin may cut roughly 65% of his agency’s workforce, according to multiple reports. The Trump administration has already started to lay off federal workers en masse from various agencies in order to deflate the government bureaucracy and reduce waste in federal spending. “I spoke with Lee Zeldin, and he thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of the people from environmental, and we’re going…

Latin American migrants are turning around in droves and expressing regret at attempting to cross unlawfully into the United States under President Donald Trump’s watch. The U.S.-Mexico border has become unusually quiet in the past several weeks, with Border Patrol encounters stooping to levels not experienced in decades. The drop is being attributed to the “Trump effect,” where dramatically ramped-up enforcement policies and a nixing of government services have prompted many illegal migrants to simply turn around and not bother trying to enter the United States. (RELATED: ‘Sanctuary’ Cities Make Last-Ditch Legal Effort To Stay On Federal Gravy Train After Trump Funding Freeze)…

It’s only a Wednesday. One month into Trump 2.0. And yet… Elite liberal media goobers are kicking and screaming through one of their worst weeks ever. It shouldn’t come as a surprise since beltway journalists somehow manage to discredit and make a mockery of themselves nearly every day of every single week. But these past few days feel a bit different, and maybe that’s because they were severely lacking joy. MSNBC finally decided to ax its ratings albatross, Joy Reid’s 7 p.m. primetime show, “The ReidOut.” It took the network long enough, and Reid, of course, appeared to blame racism in a tear-soaked Zoom call after…

A Texas man arrested for allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” against law enforcement was “transitioning” genders, a police source confirmed to the Daily Caller. The FBI’s Houston office announced Monday that it arrested Seth “Andrea” Gregori after he allegedly plotted an attack against police “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush.” In that 2016 attack, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five and wounding nine more in a mass shooting. Johnson was reportedly angry over white police officers shooting black suspects. https://twitter.com/FBIHouston/status/1894115425077653785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1894115425077653785%7Ctwgr%5E64774a4e754ee9449c3e9242014656e671822925%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F02%2F25%2Fandrea-seth-gregori-transgender-attack-corpus-christi-texas-fbi%2F Gregori was arrested for allegedly making terroristic threats against Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD)…

President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that he has named former Secret Service agent and podcast host Dan Bongino as the new deputy director of the FBI, according to a social media post. Bongino, who has been an outspoken advocate for Trump and raised serious concerns following the first near-assassination of the president on July 13, was reportedly being considered for the position of U.S. Secret Service director in November 2024, according to CNN. However, late Sunday, Trump took to social media, congratulating Bongino for his “love and passion” for the U.S., noting that he will be working with newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel and…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, and the State Department have told their employees to hold off responding to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) email asking federal employees to justify their work, according to multiple reports. “The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures. When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses,” the message from Patel partly read, the outlet reported. “The power struggles begin,”…

More than 9% of American adults now identify as LGBT as of 2024, a new poll released Thursday found. The number of adults reporting to be “something other than heterosexual” has risen from 7.6% in 2023 to 9.3% in 2024, according to Gallup. The newest data shows a drastic increase since Gallup first began its polling on the subject in 2012, when only 3.5% held a non-heterosexual identity. The statistic is driven largely by Gen Z with nearly a quarter of the generation claiming an LGBT identity, according to Gallup. Less than 15% of millennials and 5% or less of each Gen X, Baby…

Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he will not seek reelection Thursday. McConnell, 83, led the Senate Republican conference for nearly two decades until he stepped down from his leadership post at the end of the last Congress. There was widespread speculation that the former Republican leader would retire following his decision to oppose several of President Donald Trump’s high-profile cabinet picks and advocate against the president’s America First views. (RELATED: Senate GOP Not Backing Down From Budget Proposal Fearing Funds For Trump’s Border Security Agenda Could Run Dry) “Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said on the Senate floor…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is opening up an official request for public comments on censorship by Big Tech companies. The agency is asking Americans to detail cases where they’ve faced consequences from companies for engaging in disfavored political speech, according to a draft document obtained by the Daily Caller. Requests for public comments by the FTC are often a precursor to formal investigations or agency-level policy changes, indicating the agency, helmed by Chairman Andrew Ferguson, does not intend to allow sweeping allegations of political censorship in prior years to go unchecked. “In case there was any doubt, Big Tech is…

President Donald Trump appointed a fraud detection expert to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) after its acting commissioner reportedly resigned following a dispute over access to sensitive documents, according to The Washington Post. Leland Dudek, who manages SSA’s anti-fraud office, will serve as acting commissioner while the Senate vets Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nominee for permanent commissioner. Dudek replaces Michelle King, a 30-year SSA veteran who quit after refusing to provide sensitive records to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, according to the outlet. (RELATED: ‘Don’t Buy Into The Lies’: Karoline Leavitt Sets ‘Record Straight’ On Musk, DOGE And Social Security…

The Trump administration is reportedly using a covert drone program to hunt down fentanyl laboratories in Mexico, the latest in the White House’s effort to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the United States, according to The New York Times. These secret drone flights are used by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials to identify fentanyl labs in Mexico, who then share their findings with the Mexican government, according to officials that spoke with the NYT anonymously in order to discuss a classified intelligence program. The covert CIA operation first began under the Biden administration, but has escalated in scope since the…

The head of Michigan’s board of education said the state will not be following President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding schools stop teaching radical gender ideology and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Trump’s Jan. 29 order strips schools that refuse to halt these lessons of federal funding. Michael Rice, superintendent of the Michigan board of education said in an interview with Chalkbeat that his state is committed to teaching the topics in K-12 schools anyway. “In Michigan, it is unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,” Rice said in a letter sent to local school superintendents on…

The Trump administration’s first major legal battle reached the Supreme Court on Sunday. In an emergency application, President Donald Trump asked the justices to allow him to fire the leader of an agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, Hampton Dellinger, after a lower court ordered his reinstatement. Dellinger, appointed by former President Joe Biden to run the Office of Special Counsel, sued Feb. 7 shortly after Trump removed him from the position. Though the lower court’s order only reinstates Dellinger temporarily, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote in the petition that it “involves an unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrants immediate…

The Senate confirmed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) nominee Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday morning. She was confirmed in a vote of 52 to 48, with all Democrats opposing her nomination. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell joined Democrats and voted against confirming Gabbard. Some Republican senators once considered key swing-votes ended up supporting Gabbard, including Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Utah Sen. John Curtis. Gabbard served in the Army National Guard for more than twenty years and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard. (RELATED: Liberals Spin Senator’s Misstatement Into False Attack On Tulsi Gabbard) https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski/status/1889107778762858707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1889107778762858707%7Ctwgr%5Eb6ffc6572ea17860d5cd8cc7515d4346ea439066%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2Ftrump-tulsi-gabbard-nominee-confirmation-director-national-intelligence-dni-senate-vote-murkowski-collins%2F Senators grilled Gabbard on her views of National…

The Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday in a 52-48 vote. The vote was mostly along party lines, though former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the lone GOP holdout. The Senate confirmed Kennedy Jr. after a night of fierce debate and a nomination process fraught with fierce opposition. Though some Democrats — like Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker — seemingly flirted with the idea of voting yes on Kennedy Jr., all Senate Democrats voted no on the nomination. A few…

“Halleluja. Fantastic News. Praise be to Donald Trump” — McFaul Former ambassador Michael McFaul, who served under former President Barack Obama’s administration, praised President Donald Trump during a Tuesday appearance on MSNBC. (Screenshot/MSNBC) February 11, 20257:48 PM ET Former ambassador Michael McFaul, who served under former President Barack Obama’s administration, praised President Donald Trump during an appearance Tuesday on MSNBC. Russia released Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained for more than three years on minor medical marijuana charges, and he is en route to the U.S., according to the White House. During an appearance on “Chris Jansing Reports,” McFaul, a vocal critic…

A judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s spending freeze is “intolerable judicial overreach,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued Monday night. The DOJ appealed Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.’s block on the spending freeze to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, writing that a judge “cannot oversee the Executive Branch’s spending authority for several weeks and shield its order from appeal by labeling it a temporary restraining order.” “This appeal arises from an extraordinary and unprecedented assertion of power by a single district court judge to superintend and control the Executive Branch’s spending of federal funds, in clear violation of the Constitution’s…

A defense contractor that supplies parts for American military aircraft and advises the U.S. government on supply chain security is owned by an immigrant with extensive ties to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence and influence agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded tens of millions of dollars in defense contracts for fighter jet, attack helicopter and guided missile launcher parts to S&L Aerospace Metals LLC, a New York-based company that serves on a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) council on critical manufacturing. However, S&L’s CEO Jerry Wang — whose Chinese name is Wang Jue — has been identified as an official for multiple CCP…

Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances in an interview with The Washington Post on Friday. Golden expressed frustration with Democrats’ tendency to quickly characterize President Donald Trump’s agenda as “dictatorial or illegal,” arguing such rhetoric undermines the party’s credibility. Democratic lawmakers have intensified such language primarily in response to the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) broad reshuffling efforts across several executive agencies to eliminate wasteful spending and restructure the priorities of taxpayer-funded programs. The congressman, who represents Maine’s most competitive district, appeared to extend an olive branch to Republicans, calling…

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways. Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act would make intentionally blocking interstate highways a crime, according to background information on the bill obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Though criminal penalties on intentionally obstructing highways exist at the state level, Congress has not yet passed a law making this conduct illegal nationwide, according to Collins’ office. (RELATED: Videos Show Massive Anti-ICE Protest Erupt As Demonstrators Take Over LA Highway) https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1886168400562459055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886168400562459055%7Ctwgr%5E59451e9968ef46667486dcf699dd0f7b0d654bb0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F02%2F06%2Fmike-collins-bill-prevent-protests-shut-down-highways%2F “These needless and dangerous protests have blocked children on their way to hospitals, families traveling for holidays, and…

California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman protested the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, claiming it violates the separation between church and state. The congressman said in an X video that “Christian prayer” should not be allowed in the Capitol building and that the government needs to “build a wall” between church and state to uphold a “secular republic.” (RELATED: Blue State Bill Would Force Catholic Priests To Violate Church Law) “Hi Folks, just getting ready to cross the street for the National Prayer Breakfast,” Huffman said in the video taken outside of the Capitol. “I am not going to this event because I…

The Trump administration is reportedly developing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, marking an end to the decade-long excursion in the region, two defense sources told NBC News on Wednesday. The Department of Defense (DOD) is reportedly drafting a plan to withdraw all 2,000 troops from Syria in either 30, 60 or 90 days, sources told NBC News. Since 2014, the U.S. has maintained a troop presence in the region, mainly to fight the Islamic State out of its headquarters at al-Tanf in southern Syria. Trump previously expressed his desire to avoid involvement in the region’s civil war, which reignited after a…

As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come under an intense new spotlight. “Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that killed millions of people?” Musk asked in a Sunday night post on X. The post has garnered 38 million views. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1886129005759262964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886129005759262964%7Ctwgr%5Eb77a394af7b9cbc4079c3c06e545efda381aa525%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F02%2F05%2Felon-musks-linking-usaid-bioweapons-covid-wuhan%2F The claim has touched off a renewed debate about whether U.S.-sponsored research contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and has amplified a long simmering argument among scientists about the…

The Senate confirmed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) in a largely party-line vote Tuesday evening. Senators voted 54 to 46 with every Senate Republican and Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman supporting Bondi’s nomination. The newly-confirmed attorney general becomes Trump’s 11th cabinet nominee to secure Senate confirmation. ⚖️ The Senate will vote THIS EVENING on the nomination of Pam Bondi to be the next Attorney General. pic.twitter.com/LYYcgREGbr — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 4, 2025 Bondi was widely praised for her performance during two days of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee during which she rebuffed lines of questioning…

More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism. Federal watchdog reports and other documents show former President Joe Biden’s aid programs funneled the money toward a network of terrorism in the Muslim world — largely by reversing Trump-era policies. National security experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation the new Trump administration must take the trend more seriously. “We should not be putting money into any country or areas where a terrorist group remains in control,” Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said. Roggio said…

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of advancing Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tuesday. The vote was expected to be along party lines, with nine Republicans supporting and eight Democrats opposing her nomination. The committee voted on her nomination in a “closed session,” a committee aide told CBS News. https://twitter.com/alexahenning/status/1886861619424031080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886861619424031080%7Ctwgr%5E743b850dd4029e8020f5758d02583a5427b5de86%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F02%2F04%2Ftulsi-gabbard-confirmed-susan-collins-todd-young%2F She will now head to the floor for a Senate-wide vote, where can only afford to lose three Republicans. Gabbard’s confirmation hearing was Friday, and she was questioned by senators about her views on foreign policy, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Act and National Security…

The Senate, in a bipartisan fashion, voted Monday evening to confirm fracking executive Chris Wright as secretary of Energy. Senators voted 59 to 38 with seven Democrats and one independent joining their Republican colleagues to confirm Wright. Senate Democrats who supported Wright included Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lújan. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King also voted in favor of Wright’s nomination. Wright becomes Trump’s ninth cabinet nominee to secure confirmation, placing the president’s nominees on a much faster schedule to securing confirmation…

Scores of green beanies lined the halls of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday. The forest green hats with white lettering adorned the heads of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s impassioned supporters, there to lend their energy to his bid to become the U.S.’s next Health and Human Services Secretary. The caps read “Make America Healthy Again,” a slogan coined by Kennedy Jr. that has quickly become a rallying cry for a wildly diverse and unlikely political coalition. “I was a former vegan,” Moms For America’s Christine McPherson told the Daily Caller. Moms For America, a Trump-backing non-profit with their…

One loophole in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship could permit Chinese nationals, along with other non-citizens, to continue obtaining U.S. citizenship for their children. The order’s language leaves room for the growing international surrogacy industry — which allows intended parents from across the word to hire an American woman to carry their child to term — to continue operating as the newest means of “birth tourism.” According to the most recent data from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), foreign nationals went through 4,713 “gestational carrier cycles” — or attempts to implant an embryo — in 2020, up from 2,758 in…

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Colombian President Gustavo Petro in response to President Trump’s retaliatory measures. Colombian authorities turned away U.S. military airplanes attempting to deport Colombian illegal migrants to Colombia Sunday, alleging that the U.S. mistreated the deportees and drawing the ire of the U.S. government. Colombian President Gustavo Petro repeatedly alleged that the U.S. treated the deportees as criminals and ordered that the planes not enter Colombia. “The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory. The United States must…

President Donald Trump terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail provided by the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. Since his security detail was pulled, Fauci has hired his own personal security, the source told CNN. Trump addressed the report Friday, saying that officials who once served in the government can’t have security detail “forever.” “I think you know when you work for govern, government, at some point your security detail comes off. And, you know, you can’t have them forever. So I think it’s very standard, if it would be for somebody else, who…

An illegal Haitian migrant openly praised former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden as Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him in Boston, Massachusetts, for his alleged involvement with a gang. President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up its efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, particularly those with lengthy criminal records, and reversed a Biden-era policy that barred Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) from making arrests in schools, churches and other “sensitive locations.” The Haitian migrant who praised Obama and Biden is a gang member with 17 criminal convictions in recent years, Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported Thursday. “I’m not…

A sanctuary city mayor, who once suggested he’d use his police force to stop deportation officers and be willing to go to jail over the matter, is now signaling that he wants to work with federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said the city will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in cases involving violent criminal migrants and will notify the agency of an impending release if ICE makes a request, according to statements Johnston gave to Fox31. The comments follow the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) establishment of a working group tasked with investigating sanctuary jurisdictions. (RELATED:…

Republican lawmakers urged the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday to take “decisive action” against a Chinese military company that has “expansive operations at major U.S. ports,” according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The House Committee on Homeland Security and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commandant, Admiral Kevin E. Lunday requesting information and a classified briefing related to COSCO Shipping, a Chinese state-owned enterprise that the Department of Defense (DOD) recently added to its list of “Chinese Military Companies.” COSCO Shipping poses a “significant” national security threat to the U.S., ranging…

The U.S. military will order more than a thousand additional active duty troops to assist with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Border Patrol operations there, CNN reported Wednesday. The report comes two days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border via executive order Monday. The troops are expected to join 2,200 existing forces to augment the Border Patrol’s operational readiness and provide intelligence on threats and migrant movements, according to the outlet. “The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of each relevant military department, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, shall order as many units or members of…

China on Sunday revealed a national action plan to strengthen its education system by 2035 and bolster the country’s “international influence.” The plan, issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, is aimed at building an education system to “support its modernization drive and national rejuvenation,” according to Xinhua, China’s official state news agency. The announcement comes days after data released Friday revealed that China’s population declined for the third straight year in 2024. “The strong education system of socialism with Chinese characteristics will feature powerful ideological and political leadership, talent competitiveness, scientific and technological underpinning, livelihood security, social…

The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee appeared to accept preemptive pardons issued by former President Biden during the last hours of his administration Monday despite several members previously urging the former president not to make them immune from prosecution related to their work on the select committee. Biden granted members of the since-disbanded committee, including former Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, and their staff broad immunity for their work investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2020, claiming the nine former committee members face “ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.”…

State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer, accessing thousands of unclassified documents in December, anonymous sources told Bloomberg on Thursday. The hackers also infiltrated computers belonging to two of Yellen’s lieutenants, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Acting Under Secretary Brad Smith, the report said. The breach is the latest in a series of Chinese-linked hacking incidents targeting federal officials and agencies throughout President Joe Biden’s term. The Treasury wrote that Yellen “expressed serious concern about malicious cyber activity by [People’s Republic of China] state-sponsored actors and its impact on the bilateral relationship” in a Jan. 6 statement after the secretary met virtually with…

President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.” Biden asserted that as of 2020, 38 states have ratified the amendment and stated it should now be recognized as “the law of the land,” according to a White House press release. The amendment is meant to ensure equal rights for men and women in the U.S., but some interpretations of the text have implied it would erase gender distinctions and grant abortion protections. “The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to…

President Joe Biden’s tone was familiar during his final address to the country, as he used his brief speech to paint a  depressing picture of the future of America. The 82-year-old sat behind the Resolute desk one more time to address the nation on Wednesday, spending his 16 minutes less focused on his administration’s accomplishments and more focused on what he thought a second Trump administration could bring to America. Surrounded by the vice president, second gentleman, first lady, his son Hunter Biden and other top aides, the president warned Americans of an “oligarchy” taking place and the “real dangers”…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked to cancer. The dye, which the FDA banned for cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 after it was found to promote tumor growth in rats, is widely used in hundreds of products ranging from candies to ADHD medications. The move precedes the Senate’s decision on confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an opponent of food dyes, as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “Red No. 3 is a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color ……

The Department of Defense (DOD) under President Joe Biden spent more in September than in any previous month since 2008, with some funds being used for multi-million dollar splurges on luxury items, according to an Open The Books report published Tuesday. The DOD spent a grand total of $79.1 billion in September 2024, with $33.1 billion of the amount spent within the last five working days of the fiscal year, according to the report. The sudden increase in spending at the end of the fiscal year in September often serves to keep their funding levels steady, as spending less may lead to…

A blowtorch-wielding man subdued by Los Angeles residents in a viral online video is living in the United States unlawfully despite multiple arrests and an assault conviction, federal immigration authorities confirmed. Juan Manuel Sierra, a 33-year-old Mexican national, is an illegal migrant “gotaway” who carries an extensive rap sheet with local law enforcement, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson stated to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Sierra is currently being held by Los Angeles police on suspicion of contributing to the wildfires that have devastated Southern California in the past several days. (RELATED: Nine Suspected Tren De Aragua Gangbangers Charged…

The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States, citing stormy weather and heavy rain that took place in the country. The roughly 234,000 El Salvadoran beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be allowed to register for an 18-month extension, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday. The move marks the latest last-minute push to extend deportation protections to illegal migrants and other foreign nationals living in the U.S before President-elect Donald Trump resumes office and gets to work on his sweeping immigration enforcement…

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry license holders to carry their guns in any state. The bill, titled the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, will compel states to recognize concealed carry permits from all states as a valid certification to carry a concealed firearm, according to the bill text. A similar bill was proposed in the House in 2023 by Republican North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson with widespread Republican support, with a Republican majority in both chambers only bolstering the law’s likelihood to pass. President-elect Donald Trump has also voiced support for the law on the campaign trail. “The…

President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview with USA Today that he is considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. Following Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter (after months of insisting he would not do so), Politico reported that the president was considering pardoning those he thinks President-elect Donald Trump may target, including Fauci, Cheney and Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff. Biden told USA Today that he has not made a decision on whether or not he will pardon them in his last 12 days in office and that it depends on who Trump appoints to his…

King Frederik X of Denmark tweaked his country’s royal coat of arms to enlarge symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands in December amid President-elect Donald Trump’s overtures to acquire the Danish territory. The king revised the coat of arms, which for 500 years featured three crowns representing an historic union between Denmark, Sweden and Norway, to remove the crowns entirely, according to a statement from Denmark’s Royal House. The new design enlarges two symbols — a ram for the Faroe Islands and a polar bear for Greenland — to occupy their own quadrants. The design update follows Frederik X’s insistence during…

President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion foreign investment in new data centers Tuesday. The pronouncement came during Trump’s pre-inauguration press conference at Mar-A-Lago, his second since his November victory. The $20 billion investment will come from Billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties. (RELATED: ‘Amazing Idea’: Scott Jennings Says Buying Greenland Would Be ‘A Great Legacy Piece’ For Donald Trump) “The Trump Data Center announcement today is his agenda coming to life before he even takes office,” former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote on X Tuesday. “Data centers use lots of energy. They go where energy is…

McDonald’s announced Monday it is abandoning some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a growing list of major companies to cast the policies aside amid intense public scrutiny. The fast food chain’s announcement stated it is “retiring” “aspirational representation goals,” rebranding the company’s diversity team as the “Global Inclusion Team,” and nixing diversity pledges for its suppliers. The company noted that it will remain “steadfast” in upholding “inclusion” across its business. “As we start the New Year and set our ambitions for McDonald’s, we want to also update you on our accomplishments embedding inclusion throughout our system and highlight…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party. The decision comes in the wake of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation, which was prompted in part by Trudeau’s spat with Trump over tariff policy. He ends his nine-year tenure as PM with a 33% approval rating, with citizens citing cost of living and immigration anxieties as top issues, according to an Ipsos poll taken in September. The liberal prime minister clarified that he will remain in the top post until another leader…

Pope Francis on Monday appointed a new cardinal with a liberal track record to head the archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, who was selected to lead the archdiocese, has previously criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, advocating for the country to admit more migrants and has expressed support for several left-wing policies within the Church. Cardinal McElroy will replace the outgoing cardinal in the diocese and will remain in the position throughout Trump’s presidency. The Pope announced that he accepted the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the current cardinal in D.C. who is now 77,…

First lady Jill Biden collected tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders throughout 2023, according to documents released by the State Department. Throughout 2023, the president and his wife were presented with thousands of dollars of gifts from foreign leaders, with the first lady receiving the most expensive gift of the year, a $20,000 diamond, according to annual accounting documents released by the State Department. The 7.5 carat diamond was a gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Other pricey gifts the first lady received include a $2,000 Eye of Horus necklace, an Egyptian Wood Inlaid Shell Purse, as well as a…

A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a major domestic challenge on day one. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 47,000 workers, is planning to strike on Jan. 15 after a short three-day strike in October, where the union secured a 62% pay raise over six years from United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). However, negotiations concerning port automation with shipping companies continue to stall, and industry giant Maersk said there have been no new developments, according to Bloomberg Tuesday. “The conditional agreement on wages is set to expire on January…

New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a new law that will likely make life more costly for ordinary consumers. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S2129B on Thursday, enacting a law that will require energy companies to cough up $75 billion to the state over 25 years to atone for their supposed roles in causing climate change. Aside from standing on questionable legal footing, the new law essentially amounts to a state revenue grab that will ultimately increase costs for consumers if fully implemented, according to energy and legal experts.…

After taking heavy losses from Israeli forces, Hamas is now picking fights with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its manpower continues to dwindle, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gaza-based Islamic terrorist organization Hamas and the PA, which governs much of the West Bank, have been ramping up fighting over the course of December, according to the WSJ Wednesday. The renewed fighting between Hamas and the PA comes during a period of high losses and bloodshed, with Israeli authorities claiming to have killed over half of the terrorist group’s total fighters since the start of the war, along with pressures to negotiate peace by an incoming Trump…

A little-known environmental provision in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has no impact on military operations, but will instead serve to “protect the native vegetation,” a Navy spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement Tuesday. The nearly $884 billion defense bill passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday includes an initiative to “manage, control and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle” — an invasive species of insect that bore holes into the canopies of palm trees — “on military installations in Hawaii.” By the Navy’s own admission, the initiative’s purpose is to preserve vegetation, and thus is effectively unrelated…

The U.S. launched a probe into China’s semiconductor industry on Monday with just weeks remaining in President Joe Biden’s term. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)’s office announced it was launching an investigation into China’s “acts, policies, and practices related to targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance.” China largely dominates the semiconductor market, with Chinese semiconductors being used in various applications such as industrial machinery and military equipment. China uses “extensive anti-competitive and non-market means, including setting and pursuing market share targets, to achieve indigenization and self-sufficiency,” the U.S. alleges. The announcement also accused China of certain policies and practices “undermining the competitiveness of American industry and…

President-elect Donald Trump threatened in a Truth Social post Friday to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) unless the bloc increases the purchases of U.S. oil and gas. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!” Trump posted around 1 a.m. Friday morning. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113683654440040843/embed The EU did not directly address the threat, but a European Commission spokesperson noted the bloc was ready to discuss its trade relationship with the United States. “The EU…

Despite having one more month left in office, President Joe Biden has been radio silent as Congress scrambles to put a government funding deal together. Negotiations over government funding stalled earlier in the week after President-elect Donald Trump came out in opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s first bill. Yet, the second plan, this time endorsed by the president-elect, failed Thursday with 38 Republicans voting against it. While Trump governs outside the Oval Office, the current president has not given public remarks, issued a statement or spoke with reporters about the situation as of Friday morning. (RELATED: The Craziest Things Congress Snuck Into Its Pork-Packed…

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday that would send nearly a third of the federal employees out of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The bill, known as the ‘Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nation-wide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices (DRAIN THE SWAMP) Act, is far more sweeping than the “Returning SBA to Main Street Act,” legislation introduced by Ernst Dec. 12 that focused on the Small Business Administration (SBA). Ernst told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the move would improve services for Americans while saving billions of taxpayer dollars. (RELATED: Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Ship…

Retailer T.J. Maxx and automaker Kia are listed as co-sponsors of a program that distributes LGBTQ-themed books to K-12 schools across the U.S., according to a Wednesday report from conservative nonprofit Consumers’ Research obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The initiative, titled the Rainbow Library, is run by national LGBTQ+ activist organization the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), and sends participating teachers books that push transgenderism and homosexuality onto kids as young as five, Consumers’ Research found. Over 8,100 schools in 33 states nationwide participate in the program. (RELATED: GLSEN: An Instrumental Organization Responsible For Infiltrating Schools With LGBT Ideology)…

Then-national climate adviser Gina McCarthy appears to have met directly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2021 to urge him to ease up on a Chinese solar company linked to slave labor, according to documents obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust, a government watchdog group. A pre-meeting primer prepared for Mayorkas by staff to get him ready to meet with McCarthy in June 2021 states that McCarthy would “likely discuss the concerns the solar industry has regarding the Department’s enforcement posture on solar products, particularly with regard to Hoshine Silicon Products Company.” The meeting, which McCarthy requested, was…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s record slim majority could face greater division following a GOP lawmaker’s announcement that she will not be caucusing with House Republicans for the foreseeable future. Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz, who won reelection in November after initially deciding to not seek a third term, announced her exit from the House Republican Caucus in a post on X on Monday evening, citing her discontent with House Republican leadership. “I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing,” Spartz wrote on…

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins — a registered socialist and key architect of the New Deal. A March 2024 executive order claimed “women’s history is vastly underrepresented in our National Park System” and mandated action to “strengthen the Federal Government’s recognition of women’s history and the achievements of women and girls from all backgrounds.” As part of this effort, the Biden-Harris administration will now establish a monument to Perkins at the site of her childhood summer home in Maine that will honor her 12 years as…

A notable critic of President-elect Donald Trump appears to be gearing up to oppose key parts of the incoming administration’s foreign policy agenda despite America First’s electoral mandate. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is going on offense against the president-elect’s foreign policy worldview, calling on Trump to reject America First’s right’s so-called “flirtation with isolation and decline” in an essay published in Foreign Affairs on Monday. The former Senate Republican leader is also urging the administration to embrace many foreign policy positions that Trump notably rejected during the campaign, including issuing support for additional foreign aid and free trade agreements, solidarity with…

San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, even in cases where migrants have been charged with “heinous crimes.” In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, members of the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to further restrict local law enforcement’s ability to assist or communicate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the jurisdiction, which could include instances where a migrant has been charged with rape, assault, child abuse or other serious crimes. (RELATED: Trump Could Finally Put To Rest One Of Immigration’s Thorniest Issues)…

The U.S. Army fired a four-star general for abusing his authority by giving an under-qualified female subordinate promotions and special treatment, according to a report from the Army Inspector General obtained by Military.com Tuesday. Gen. Charles Hamilton gave a subordinate officer, who had been found unfit for command, a leadership role with the help of Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, according to the report. Hamilton is the first four-star general to be fired in 20 years. “This was an abuse of authority, from Hamilton [to] the chief,” one general officer who was involved in the command…

A Michigan group received federal funds for a “family therapy” program that instructs parents to affirm their child’s gender confusion — and enlists public school districts in the effort. A nearly $1.3 million federal grant awarded in early 2024 to Arbor Circle, a resource center that offers counseling and support for youth 10-18 who identify as LGBTQ, states that Kent County and Ottawa County school districts will partner with the organization to promote its Supportive Assistance for Families and LGBTQI+ Youth (SAFLY) program. Arbor Circle’s SAFLY program provides LGBTQ-identifying youth and their families with “counseling and support programs that aim to reduce rejection and…

Reporters bombarded White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a Friday briefing about the pardoning of Hunter Biden despite herself and President Joe Biden promising his son would not receive one from his father. The president formally issued a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son on Sunday that relieved him of any conviction, potential crime or pending case from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024. Several reporters asked whether Biden or Jean-Pierre owe the press or the American people an apology, how the president can ever be trusted again and how this decision came about. The Associated Press White House…

A judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy is allowed to continue to use race as a factor in its admissions process. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett determined that the Naval Academy does not fall afoul of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions because the Naval Academy is not a civilian university, but instead a part of the military and generally under the purview of the executive branch. Bennett opined that “military and civilian leaders have determined that a racially diverse officer corps is a national security interest” in his ruling. Students…

Police arrested a Florida teacher after he was allegedly found naked in an elementary school classroom on Thanksgiving Day. Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) officers responded Nov. 28 to a call at Windmill Point Elementary School after an alarm was triggered, indicating a burglary, according to WPBF 25 News. Responders left the scene after finding no signs of a break-in but were later called back to the scene after the sheriff’s deputy, who lives on campus, called for help. Joe Urias, a teacher at Somerset College Preparatory Academy, was allegedly found naked inside the school, the outlet reported. Police said they discovered multiple items in the…

Several cryptocurrency stocks gained, while bitcoin surged ahead, following President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement nominating Paul Atkins as chair to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to multiple reports. The premarket trading session on Thursday revealed “substantial gains” for multiple companies with exposure to cryptocurrency, according to Investing.com. Riot Platforms saw a 6% uptick in its shares, Bit Digital’s shares increased by 5%, MARA Holdings’ stock climbed by 5% and MicroStrategy saw a 8% increase in shares, according to data collected by Investing.com. Bitcoin, the first and most widely traded cryptocurrency, topped $100,000 for the first time ever late Wednesday following Atkins’ SEC…

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared child sex change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions on Wednesday. Jackson made the remarks during a hearing for United States v. Skrmetti, a case considering whether Tennessee’s law banning medical procedures intended to enable “minor[s] to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex,” violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. She likened the current issue to the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case that reversed Virginia’s rule barring interracial marriage. (RELATED: Private Footage Reveals Leading Medical Org’s Efforts To ‘Normalize’ Gender Ideology) LISTEN: https://rumble.com/embed/v5tr7c5/?pub=4 “What was most interesting about the potential comparison to Loving is that…

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) fined the mayor of the small Canadian town of Emo, Ontario, $5,000 after he refused to proclaim June as Pride Month and fly the pride flag. HRTO fined the township itself $10,000 after its refusal to participate in the rite and declining to fly a “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag” outside their municipal building, according to their decision. The town, which is situated near the border with Minnesota, is home to 1,300 souls. https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1863373123166368246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1863373123166368246%7Ctwgr%5E10d24601acaed4f22408fdf61f28730d3c20af51%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2024%2F12%2F02%2Fcanada-emo-mayor-fine-pride-month-flag-human-rights-tribunal-ontario%2F HRTO ordered officials from the township to undergo “human rights” training for their alleged violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the decision reads.…

President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Monday on social media warning Middle East leaders and terrorists about the consequences they could face if hostages from the Israel-Hamas war are not released before Inauguration Day. While some hostages taken over a year ago by the terrorist group have been released, 101 people are still in Gaza, with seven reportedly being U.S. citizens, according to Fox News. In a post on Truth Social, Trump warned there will be “hell to pay” for those perpetrating “atrocities against humanity.” (RELATED: Millions In Taxpayer Funds Went Towards Programs Taught By Professors Who Fan Flames Of Anti-Israel Protests) “Everybody is talking…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he agreed to a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Tuesday. Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in conflict since October 2023, and hostilities between the two have only risen in recent months. Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he would press his security cabinet to agree to the current ceasefire deal on the table, noting that Israel’s priorities in the ongoing Middle East conflict have shifted. (RELATED: Ukraine And Russia Scramble To Make Territorial Gains In Anticipation That Trump Will Push For Peace Deal) “I have said many times that a good agreement is an agreement that can be enforced,…