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Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 Kristi Noem makes Sen. Blumenthal instantly REGRET his question about Trump’s family policy at the border: “I can’t put aside 340,000 missing children.” Imagine being a Democrat and thinking you have the moral high ground on this issue.

Three Brokers Conspired to Import Ton-Quantities of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Precursor Chemicals from the People’s Republic of China for Manufacture and Further Distribution in the United StatesEdward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced an Indictment charging XIANG GAO, OLEKSANDR KLOCHKOV, and IGORS KRICFALUSIJS with conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine in the U.S., conspiring to import fentanyl precursor chemicals and a methamphetamine precursor chemical with intent to manufacture fentanyl and methamphetamine in the U.S., importing a fentanyl precursor chemical,...

It’s the price of being a woman — or married to one. One wife has revealed that her husband pays a “woman tax,” coughing up over $200 every single month — or nearly $2,500 per year. “This tax is to compensate me for the fact that I have to have a period every single month, have two brutal pregnancies where I vomited most days and then I had two C-sections,” explained cashed-up content creator Camilla in a viral video on TikTok, which has scored 632,000 views. “Women honestly have such a hard time,” Camilla said, quipping that men “should be...

Tech billionaires, corporate chieftains and stars such as Carrie Underwood are flocking to Washington to fete Donald J. Trump. There has been such a stampede of big-money donors that his inaugural committee has run out of V.I.P. tickets and perks. And yet here is the president-elect, positively glaring in the official photograph his aides released on Thursday in advance of his inauguration. The image, which will be printed inside the programs his supporters will clutch in their shivering hands come Monday morning, does not exactly scream celebration. Mr. Trump is shown sternly squinting, bathed in eerie, David Lynchian lighting...

A Georgia mayor who boasts being the country’s first Black Lives Matter organizer elected to office is facing scrutiny for using $20,000 of public funds for international travel and other questionable purchases, according to reports. South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau was accused this week of using a city-issued purchase card in December for unauthorized spending on a trip to Africa, food and other expenses that totaled around $26,000, a councilwoman reportedly said this week.Kamau, who has denied wrongdoing, documented an extended trip to Ghana last month on social media according to WSB-TV, showing him on videos at a party and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in President Joe Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine. But in an wide-ranging interview Friday on his last workday as America’s top diplomat, he expressed concern that the Trump team might abandon all or some of those policies. Blinken said there is reason to be concerned that the new administration might not follow through on initiatives that Biden’s national security team put into place to end the war in Gaza,...

More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are dying of some cancers at rates two to three times higher than those among white Americans. The shifts reflect declines in smoking-related cancers and prostate cancer among older men and a disconcerting rise in cancer in people born since the 1950s. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, but the leading cause among Americans under 85. The new report...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, today to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges.“Today’s plea should serve as a stark reminder to those who imperil our national security by trafficking weapons-grade plutonium and other dangerous materials on behalf of organized criminal syndicates that the Department of Justice will hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security...

In a civil complaint filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Justice Department alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co. and various subsidiaries (collectively, Walgreens) dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from various federal health care programs in violation the False Claims Act (FCA). Walgreens is one of the country’s largest pharmacy chains, with over 8,000 pharmacies across the United States.“This lawsuit seeks to hold Walgreens accountable for the many years that it failed to meet its...

A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty today to retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on a social media platform in October 2024.According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an employee of the CIA since 2016 and had a Top-Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).“Mr. Rahman betrayed the trust of the American people by unlawfully sharing classified national defense information he swore an oath to protect,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s...

On Jan. 3, the United States reached a settlement in Farrell v. Department of Defense, a class action lawsuit filed in 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs in Farrell alleged that the Department of Defense’s files for military veterans discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and earlier policies barring lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the military violate the Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process.Under the proposed settlement, veterans will have the opportunity to request changes to aspects of their discharge paperwork relating to sexual orientation under...

The 40-year-old man had boarded the ICE train in Munich without a valid ticket and wanted to take a smoking break at the station in Ingolstadt. But he lingered too long over his cigarette and the train doors closed, leaving him with the prospect of being stranded. He then jumped on to a bracket between two carriages and held on to cables while the train powered on towards Nuremberg at up to 282 km/h (175mph), until federal police brought it to a halt about 30km away. Witnesses alerted officials and they contacted the train driver, who made an unscheduled stop...

KYIV — Barely six months after his landslide victory in July, Keir Starmer has been hammered in the polls, beaten up by the financial markets and faced demands from the world’s richest man to be jailed. Swapping the political battles of Westminster for an actual warzone this week, the British prime minister found inspiration in the resolve of the Ukrainian people, and his stoical host, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Starmer scotched speculation about an early election, stating clearly that the next one won’t come before mid-2029. And he declared that he intends to win it and...

Texas border czar Mike Banks has been tapped to be the next US Border Patrol chief, sources told The Post Thursday. Banks, a longtime former border agent himself, will serve as the federal agency’s 27th head under the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with his appointment... ...Until now, Banks has been serving as the Lone Star State’s first-ever border czar — a position created by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023 to deal with the unprecedented influx of illegal migrants pouring across the US border... ...Banks has more than three decades of federal law enforcement leadership experience under his...

Ordered to Pay Over $2.3M in Money JudgmentsA Texas woman and man were sentenced to 121 months and 135 months in prison and ordered to pay money judgments of $942,537.00 and $438,119.00, respectively, this week for their roles as the leaders of a human smuggling organization (HSO) that conspired to illegally transport, harbor, and conceal from law enforcement hundreds of undocumented individuals in the United States and launder the proceeds of their illicit human smuggling.“The two defendants sentenced in this case were leaders of a human smuggling operation that endangered vulnerable migrants for profit,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland....

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed a range of issues in a phone call on Friday. Trump said the phone call was positive after the two leaders often bumped heads during the president-elect's first term in office, which resulted in trade war between the world's two largest economies. "The call was a very good one for both China and the USA," Trump said in a brief statement on his Truth Social account. "It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and many other subjects. President Xi and I will do...

The monetary metals pulled back sharply yesterday but have entered Tuesday on stable footing. Silver is trading at $29.90 –and gold is $2,674. The ongoing volatility is a reflection of uncertainty in the gold and silver markets globally, including fears of import tariffs from the incoming Trump administration. If Trump slaps a tariff of, say, 10% on precious metals coming into the U.S., that would have a huge impact. 10% on silver would amount to $3 per ounce! As a result of this worry, the price of gold and silver – as traded on the New York futures market –...

Revolution Blues (2016 Remaster) · Neil Young On the Beach ℗ 1974 Warner Records Inc. Piano: Ben Keith Remastering Engineer: Chris Bellman Rhythm Guitar: David Crosby Drums: Levon Helm Producer: Mark Harman Lead Guitar: Neil Young Producer: Neil Young Lead Vocals: Neil Young Bass Guitar: Rick Danko Writer: Neil Young

SNIP But new research is blowing the lid off the ugly truth — there’s almost always a top tot in the brood. And, sorry boys, it’s usually the girl. Parents may be more inclined to confer the “favorite child award” to daughters, or to children who are agreeable and conscientious, according to an American Psychological Association study published this week. But crowning one kiddo the crème de la crème — whether overtly or covertly — could lead to family chaos, per the findings. “For decades, researchers have known that differential treatment from parents can have lasting consequences for children,” Alexander...

Last month, Simon Price graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. But his last semester in school turned into an ugly scene after he was assigned a project for a class called "Songwriting and Social Change." The project was to put together a public event about a social issue the student felt passionate about. White other students did projects about homelessness and eating disorders, Price decided he would talk about his own experience living as a trans person for 3 years before detransitioning.In middle school, my peers targeted me with homophobic bullying. They called me slurs, threatened me,...