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SNIPWhat circumstances allow the president to invoke this law?The text of the Alien Enemies Act says it can be invoked whenever:A war is declared between the US and “any foreign nation or government” OR“Invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government” AND“the President makes public proclamation of the event”In other words, if the US is at war with another country, or a foreign nation or government has invaded the US or threatened to, a president can invoke the Alien Enemies Act.SNIPWho would be impacted?In those circumstances,...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Nov 18 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's search for a Treasury secretary is widening after it stalled over the weekend and he is looking at other candidates, two sources briefed on the matter said on Monday. Banker Howard Lutnick and investor Scott Bessent had been lead candidates for the top Treasury job in the new Trump administration, Reuters reported last week. However, no announcement about the position was made and the team has widened the search, the two sources said. Among the other names being considered are Apollo Global Management (APO.N), opens new tab Chief Executive...

John McIntyre couldn’t believe it. The publisher of the Real Clear Polling National Average, America’s first presidential poll aggregator, woke on October 31st to see his product denounced in the New York Times. Launched in 2002 and long a mainstay of campaign writers and news consumers alike, the RCP average, he learned, was part of a “torrent” of partisan rubbish being “weaponized” to “deflate Democrats’ enthusiasm” and “undermine faith in the entire system.” “They actually wrote that our problem was we didn’t weight results,” says an incredulous McIntyre. “That we didn’t put a thumb on the scale.” The Times ended...

Attacks against priests appear to be on the rise around the globe following the latest assault in which a priest in Singapore was stabbed in the face during a Mass on Saturday Nov. 9., marking at least the third attack of its kind this month. Father Christopher Lee – parish priest of St. Joseph church in the west-central Singapore region of Bukit Timah – was attacked by Basnayake Keith Spencer with a knife while he was distributing Holy Communion ... The Father in Singapore was not the only priest to have been assaulted last Saturday, as a monastery in Spain’s...

As I’ve said numerous times over recent years, the tide is turning in the battle over gun rights as it becomes more apparent that anti-gunner propaganda isn’t working as effectively as it has in the past.A new Gallup poll reveals some positive findings for gun rights advocates, showing that the anti-gunner lobby is failing to convince people to abandon their Second Amendment rights. Support for banning handguns has fallen to a near-record low while the percentage of Americans supporting assault weapons bans has remained stagnant. A majority of Americans (56 percent) still favor stricter laws for gun sales, a figure...

Turns out, Oprah Winfrey’s buy-in on failed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris wasn’t as cheap as originally advertised. When it was first revealed that the Harris campaign, which spent $1.6 billion on her failed bid and is reportedly $20 million in debt, paid millions of dollars to essentially buy the support of a number of top-tier entertainers, Oprah was quick to deny reports that she was paid $1 million — the billionaire media proprietor held a September town hall with Harris and appeared at Harris’ final campaign rally in Philadelphia. While Winfrey acknowledged that her Harpo Productions staff was paid by...

[Catholic Caucus] Synodal Fallout: Putting Light Under Bushel BasketsWhere Christ once declared victory in the red blood of His Cross, the Synodalists bleat in the pastels of accommodation.Lower the Vexilla Regis. Raise the white of flag of surrender. The Synodal Church has arrived. Where Christ once declared victory in the red blood of His Cross, the Synodalists bleat in the pastels of accommodation. Their white flag was a shameless admission that the Church of 2024 no longer has anything to say. Of course, much was said. And said. And said again. But it was “a tale told by an idiot,...

While the word "bankruptcy" brings to mind images of shuttered gates and liquidation (and that is indeed what happened to a number of low-cost airlines this year), filing for Chapter 11 protection is actually a way to keep the company going and reorganize finances amid rising debt. For example, Scandinavian Airlines, the Copenhagen-based airline commonly known as SAS, filed for bankruptcy in February 2022 amid a drop in traveler numbers during the pandemic. However, it was able to officially emerge from it after ownership was redivided ownership between several local investment firms, the Danish government, and Air France-KLM AFRAF. Major...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on Sunday that some federal agencies will be “deleted outright” and that contractors may see “massive cuts” in what they can charge when the incoming administration takes office next year.Vivek Ramaswamy, former Republican presidential candidate, speaks during Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2024. Last week, Trump named former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead the presidential advisory commission, DOGE. Their work must be completed no later than...

President-elect Donald Trump is confirming new details about how he plans to deport nearly 20 million illegal aliens who entered the country during President Joe Biden's time in the White House. "On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail, then kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible," Trump said on the campaign trail before handily winning the election on November 5....

Daily Readings from the USCCBAs Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!” Luke 18:35–39This beautiful story of the healing of this blind man, named Bartimaeus in the Gospel of Luke, sets for us a model of how we...

Alarmed that the election of Donald Trump could lead to a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are pressuring President Biden to approve Zelensky's plan to use Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike deep into Russian territory. Starmer lamented, "we were completely stunned by Trump's victory. All the polls suggested the race would be too close to call. Naturally, we expected that the same most extensive voter fraud organization in American history that swept Biden to an easy victory over Trump in 2020 would succeed in sweeping Vice-President Kamala Harris...

Anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe reached a total of 2,444 incidents in 2023, according to a report that compiled data from police and civil society sources across 35 European countries. The statistics include 232 personal attacks on Christians, ranging from harassment and threats to physical violence. At least 1,230 anti-Christian hate crimes were allegedly committed by 10 of the European governments in 2023, an increase from 1,029 in 2022, said the report, titled “Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe Report 2024,” by OIDAC Europe, a watchdog organization. These incidents took place in countries including France, Germany and the United...

This is big news. On Monday morning President Trump retweeted an earlier report by Tom Fitton from Judicial Watch. On November 8, 2024, three days after the Republican sweep of the presidency, Senate and House of Representatives, Fitton posted: GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program. On Monday, President Trump re-Truthed Tom Fitton’s tweet, adding, “TRUE!!!” image It can’t come soon enough. A new report by the House Judiciary Committee released in October found that Kamala Harris and...

Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris was historically consequential: it was the first time a Republican presidential candidate carried both the electoral college and popular vote in twenty years.More than that, however, was the lasting, even generational, impact it will have on our politics for decades to come.If Donald Trump, who had been target number one of weaponized lawfare like nothing seen in our history, had not won this race, America as we know it would have been destroyed for good.Now there is at least a chance for restoration — if not a new golden age.The restoration must begin...

Democrat campaigns and their allies have no compunction about breaking election law to grab and keep power.Funny how the times change. Four years ago, Democrats and their pals in corporate media began painting then-President Donald Trump and Republicans who questioned the results of the troubled 2020 election as “election deniers.” Now, Democrats are doing all they can — including breaking election law — to challenge GOP victories in Iowa and Pennsylvania despite “insurmountable” odds. Even The Washington Post, part of the left’s corporate media public-relations team, sees the writing on the wall for Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn. The entrenched incumbent...

A big looming question in the presidential race is this: Will Republican and independent voters who backed Nikki Haley in the GOP primaries support Donald Trump and the numbers he needs to prevail? This week, new data suggested that the answer to this may be ‘No’. The Bulwark reports that a new poll taken by a Democratic-leaning firm finds that a surprisingly large percentage of voters who backed Haley say they will defect to Kamala Harris. A New York Times national poll finds her making new inroads among GOP voters. How real is all this? Today, we’re talking to The...

A former director of the CDC under Donald Trump says he believes COVID-19 may have been born in a North Carolina laboratory as part of a secret biodefense program. Robert Redfield has previously been a proponent of the 'lab leak' theory which posits the disease came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Now Redfield - a frequent critic of Dr. Anthony Fauci - says that the disease may have origins in the Tar Heel State. Appearing on the Third Opinion podcast, Redfield flat out stated that COVID-19 was 'intentionally engineered as a part of a biodefense program.' He...

The race for California's 45th Congressional District is incredibly tight, and allegations of possible fraud are being raised by Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators as Democrat Derek Tran took a 36-vote lead over incumbent Republican Rep. Michelle Steel. According to the California Secretary of State's office, the latest ballot count shows Tran leading Steel by 152,981 to 152,945 votes. Both candidates are at 50% of the total vote share. Steel led by over 11,000 votes just days after the election. The district spans portions of both Orange and Los Angeles counties. Steel maintains a lead in the Orange County part,...

It’s the dawn of a new era for the Federal Government. At least, we hope so. Donald Trump has been re-elected, and Republicans control all three branches of government. Thus far, it looks as though Trump is off to a strong start. His staff is already preparing a deluge of executive orders to undo much of the damage Joe Biden did by the same process. Trump’s Cabinet is also taking shape. From what I have seen, it may contain the youngest, most capable group since President Kennedy’s famed Whiz Kids in the 1960s. The question is whether the Trump administration...