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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss its criminal case against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, which is related to his refusal to testify before the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots. The "government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of […]
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) recently appeared in an interview on NBC 6, where she criticized President Donald Trump and his administration for continuing to support interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez despite her ties to former President Nicolás Maduro. “Delcy Rodriguez is responsible for carrying out the brutality, the brutal orders of Nicolas Maduro,” […]
Florida Congressmen Mario Díaz-Balart (R) and Carlos Gimenez (R) are urging President Donald Trump to place maximum pressure on Cuba, arguing that the Communist government is weaker than it has ever been. “I’ve been here 65 years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the regime as weak as it is right now,” Rep. Gimenez said […]
Written by Lt. Col. Al Santos (Ret.) President Trump has warned about the dangers of allowing China to gain influence over the digital infrastructure that supports America’s economy, military, and institutions. That concern is well-founded. If data center development is discouraged here at home, those facilities do not simply disappear. They are just built in […]
The Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx.gov on Feb.5, a direct-to-consumer website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs at a discounted rate if they pay cash rather than through their health insurance. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump said during the launch event. “And this is also so good for overall health […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, challenged Republican members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein to take their testimony in a public hearing rather than a closed session, as officials originally planned. Hillary Clinton took to social media to address the committee chair, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), […]
U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in September 2024, to life in prison. Routh was convicted on five counts for his assassination plot on President Trump in 2024, during his election campaign, while the president was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West […]
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attorney was removed from her post with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Feb. 4, after declaring to a Minnesota judge during a hearing on immigration enforcement that the “system sucks” and that her “job sucks.” She also stated that she wished the judge would hold her in […]
The Trump administration is withdrawing 700 federal immigration agents in Minnesota “effective immediately,” White House border Czar Tom Homan announced on Feb. 4 during a press conference in Minneapolis. Despite the reduction in personnel, Homan affirmed that immigration crackdowns will persist within the state. Nearly 25% of the total number of federal officers deployed to […]
Florida Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R) commented on the recent evaluations conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a new detention facility in Orlando. The facility ICE is potentially looking at is a large warehouse in Orlando intended to address increasing capacity needs as other detention centers are beginning to exceed maximum capacity. In an […]
The U.S. military is claiming to have shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, along the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Central Command confirmed that the Shahed-139 drone “aggressively approached” the vessel with “unclear intent” as it was navigating through the Arabian Sea, nearly 500 miles […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) shared with reporters on Feb. 3 that he’s not in favor of federalizing elections," following recent comments made by President Donald Trump on a podcast where the President suggested that "Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” During an appearance on former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast on Feb. […]
President Donald Trump has signed a nearly $1.2 trillion funding package to end the four-day partial government shutdown on Feb. 3, following the Republican-led House’s passage of the bipartisan bill just hours prior. The measure, which allocates funds for the Pentagon, Treasury, Education, Labor, and State departments until Sept. 30, passed with a vote of […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had withdrawn thousands of files and “media” related to the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as attorneys told a New York judge that nearly 100 of his victims’ lives have been “turned upside down” due to the agency’s poor redactions in its most recent release of records. […]
Ed Martin, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has been removed from his position as the “captain” of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) “Weaponization Working Group,” a group that has conducted investigations against prosecutors who launched past probes into President Trump and his allies, according to sources familiar with the matter. A DOJ spokesman affirmed […]
President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 2 that the U.S. and India have reached a trade agreement under which the U.S. has agreed to lower tariffs on India to 18%, with India, in turn, agreeing to end its reliance on Russian oil. The deal is aimed at easing economic tensions between the two countries. President […]
Florida Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R) released a statement questioning Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s continued plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba despite pressure from Congress and President Donald Trump. “#SOSCuba From the United States Congress, we do not understand President Sheinbaum's eagerness to continue undermining the policy of our country,” Rep. Gimenez shared in a […]
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, advised that any strike against his country by the United States would ignite a “regional war” in the Middle East, further increasing tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily attack the Islamic nation in response to its actions amid recent nationwide protests, according to The Associated Press. […]
