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Amid the still-worsening border chaos created by the policies of President Joe Biden, Texas has refused to accept what the Secretary of Homeland Security still can't bring himself to call a "crisis." The Lone Star State's latest action on Thursday: seizing a swath of city-owned parkland along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, kicking federal border agents off the property, and enforcing the international border with Mexico. Shelby Park — the land seized by the Texas National Guard — sits adjacent to the International Bridge where surges of illegal immigrants stream into the U.S. Over the span of just a...

A Mexican Mafia gang member has been arrested for entering the country illegally, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Hebbronville Station agents assisted Webb County Constables and arrested a man identified as Reynaldo Reyes Alejandro, a Mexican citizen. A records check revealed Reyes Alejandro was an active Mexican Mafia gang member, according to authorities. His criminal history includes manufacturing and distribution of a controlled substance and illegal re-entry into the United States. Reyes Alejandro will be processed for felony illegal re-entry. To report suspicious activity, call 1-800-343-1994.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Law-abiding Americans increasingly are convinced that their government views them as an enemy, perhaps even a “domestic terrorism threat.” A newly unearthed video may confirm those fears. Bureaucrats in numerous federal agencies apparently tag-teamed with the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that demonizes conservatives and Christians, including groups such as Alliance Defending Freedom and Moms for Liberty, in order to raise money and silence political opponents. The federal bureaucrats reached out to the SPLC, which conservatives criticize as a far-left smear factory, as they planned to combat “the domestic terrorism threat.” I’ve long raised the...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has unveiled $375 million in budget cuts, including cutting funding to firefighters, while at the same time rolling out college financial aid to illegal aliens. This week, Healey said her office will look to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s budget to make up for a $1 billion shortfall for Fiscal Year 2024. As part of those budget cuts, cities and towns will lose out on millions in local fire department funding.

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A woman from Coral Springs was taken into custody following allegations by the police that she abandoned her three children in their apartment unattended. At the same time, she engaged in partying for almost two days.... The eldest child, a 12-year-old, made several attempts to contact her mother during this time, calling her 12 times and sending texts expressing their need for care and food. One of the texts from the child read, “Buenos dias Mami,” followed by messages of concern and confusion about how to feed and take care of her siblings. A few hours later, the child again...

Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley once seemingly parroted a talking point used by Democrats that suggests climate change is partially to blame for mass immigration to the United States and other countries. In January 2017, Haley went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in then-President Donald Trump’s administration.

If President Biden wins reelection, his top priority on Day One would be codifying abortion protections in federal law, his deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Host Kristen Welker asked, “What would on day one President Biden’s top priority be?” Fulks responded, “First of all, Roe. The president has been adamant that we need to restore Roe. It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago.” “Constitutionally speaking, abortion is not a right,” responded Joseph Backholm, senior fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited wartime Kyiv on Friday to sign a new security agreement and announce an increase in military funding for Ukraine to buy drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones. Britain, one of Ukraine's closest allies during President Vladimir Putin's Russian invasion, will increase its support in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion), an increase of 200 million pounds on the previous two years, Sunak said. "Our opponents around the world believe that we have neither the patience nor resources for long wars. So waver now, and we embolden not just...

A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow a rape and incest exception to the state’s law protecting preborn children from abortion. Nearly all preborn children have been protected from abortion in the state since August 2022, when Kentucky’s trigger law was allowed to go into effect. Now, Senator David Yates has filed Senate Bill 99, legislation that would allow abortions in the cases of rape and incest, as well as in instances where, according to the Courier-Journal, “maternal health was in question” and the preborn child is diagnosed with a “lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is...

The US carried out further strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, according to a US official, one day after launching a coordinated multi-nation attack on nearly 30 Houthi locations. The additional strikes carried out Friday night were much smaller in scope and targeted a radar facility used by the Houthis, the official said. The Houthis had fired at least one anti-ship ballistic missile toward a commercial vessel earlier Friday.

Attorney George Conway said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that he believed supporters of former President Donald Trump were part of a “narcissistic” cult that had gone beyond reason and facts. Anchor Joy Reid said, “You know, Donald Trump is not a politician. He’s just a stand-in for people who are mad at the world. And he somehow managed to convince them that his personal legal peril. He stole those classified documents. He sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, he is the one who lied about the election and got people to commit crimes because they’re stupid enough to do it....

House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into the attorney hired by Georgia DA Fani Willis to go after Donald Trump who is now accused of having an affair with her. The Judiciary Committee wrote a letter to attorney Nathan Wade requesting documents related to his work on the Trump indictment in Georgia, noting that he had been paid more than $650,000 - at a rate of $250 an hour - to work on the investigation and prosecution of Trump and other federal officials, according to a new court filing. Wade was hired as an ‘anti-corruption special prosecutor’ to investigate...

The Western world is experiencing the most dramatic political realignment since the rise of socialism over a century ago. The driving force then was the rise of the working class, created by the Industrial Revolution. Today, it is the shift to an economy dominated by information industries, technology, finance and media. This new economic order, just like that which arose a century ago, is creating a highly disruptive political dynamic and a shift in historic class allegiances. The tech platforms, the financial giants and retail mega-corporations have formed a new economic oligarchy. In 2023, six of the world’s eight most-valued...

A baby boy was found deceased in a dumpster Monday in Hollywood, Florida — and some media reports are subtly implying that the state’s abortion restrictions may be to blame, despite clear problems with this assumption. According to the Sun Sentinel, workers from a roofing company found the infant as they were throwing away debris. David Vasquez, the worker who found the body, told CBS News he saw a blue bag in the dumpster, and upon opening it saw the infant’s lifeless body. First responders later said they believe the infant may have been there for days. Like every state...

Kalen DeBoer will be the new head coach of Alabama, filling the role vacated by Nick Saban after the legendary coach retired this week, the team announced Friday. “I have always had an incredible respect for Alabama football and its commitment to excellence,” DeBoer said in a statement released by the school. “The tradition-rich history of this program is unmatched across the landscape of college athletics, and I look forward to continuing that moving forward. Following Coach Saban is an honor. He has been the standard for college football, and his success is unprecedented. I would not have left Washington...

"President Joe Biden visits local businesses with his family on Friday, November 24, 2023, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. They shop in Nantucket Bookworks, where the President speaks to manager Suzanne Bennett.""President Joe Biden visits local businesses with his family on Friday, November 24, 2023, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He browses in The Jewelers' Gallery."

A former senior manager at Boeing’s 737 factory told “NewsNation Now” that he specifically avoids flying on Max airliners due to safety concerns. “I fly all the time. And even I schedule myself away from a Max,” said Ed Pierson, a former manager at Boeing’s facility in Renton, Washington. Pierson said he’s even walked off planes after learning they’re a Max. “They swapped the planes at the last minute, and I walked on the plane, sat down, and realized it’s a Max. I got up and walked off the plane,” said Pierson. “I didn’t take that flight.”

A Jewish man who lost family in the October 7 attacks was jeered at by protestors who made pig noises and pretend horns while at a San Francisco council meeting. The incident occurred on January 8 at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing scheduled the day before a vote on a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. In a moving speech to the Board the man described how his first cousins were killed at Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. 'This resolution does one thing, it fuels antisemitism and hatred, as exemplified in this room right now' the...

Bridget Brink, US Ambassador to Ukraine, has said that the United States seeks to sign a security agreement with Ukraine, commenting on the news that such an agreement has been signed with the UK.Details: Ambassador Brink stressed that reaching such an agreement is an objective that the US president has set. "As President Biden has said, we are committed to helping Ukraine defend itself and deter future aggression."Quote: "We have already started bilateral consultations with your government, with the office of the president, with government agencies, and we are discussing with them what the security commitments on our part could...