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US President Donald Trump has threatened Russia with steep tariffs and sanctions if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end soon. Having barely settled back into the Oval Office since his second inauguration on Monday, the second term president has taken aim at a number of his pre-election promises. Now, Trump has posted a warning message to Russian president Vladimir Putin in which he called on him to end his brutal war in Ukraine. -snip- “We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better."

Incoming U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the MAGA reforms he's bringing to a department rife with progressives, Deep Staters, and international pantswetters (these are my words, not his), according to a memo issued almost as soon as he entered office and seen by RealClear. Rubio's memo — a cable in State Department parlance — went out to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post around the world promising to bring an immediate stop to his predecessor's emphasis on “ideology over common sense." “Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with...

After years of the media romanticizing Barack Obama’s life story and gushing over his supposedly fairytale romance with Michelle, speculation is swirling that their seemingly perfect marriage might not be as idyllic as it seems. Over the past few weeks, rumors about Barack and Michelle potentially heading for divorce have gone from social media speculation to full-fledged rumors.The chatter started when Michelle Obama was conspicuously absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. As PJ Media reported, her team offered no detailed explanation, citing only a "scheduling conflict," though, according to CNN, she was in Hawaii on an "extended vacation." I...

Tuesday, on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” network legal analyst Jonathan Turley spoke approvingly of recently inaugurated President Donald Trump’s early executive orders. Turley said the executive orders could initiate a court fight on some issues, like birthright citizenship. “Well, Jonathan, this will be a pace that we haven’t seen, and I don’t think we didn’t see it first term, but they know the territory now,” host Laura Ingraham said. “They know the challenges. And do you agree with my assessment that each of these orders was reviewed by their legal team, and they understood that these lawsuits were...

Just a short video announcing 1,500 troops to the Southern Border

Trump’s executive orders and memoranda to his department heads are thrilling. He’s doing all the right things. But of course, signing pieces of paper is easy. The hard part is getting those things to happen. Trump will face opposition from the entrenched federal workers (all of whom have been protected for decades by their increasingly partisan, leftist unions), from Democrat-run states, and from individual actors. Most of this will end up in the courts, so we need to hope that judges correctly read the American mood and give Trump his way on acts manifestly within his constitutional purview. Last week,...

Among Donald Trump’s day one executive orders was revoking the security clearances of 51 former “intelligence experts” who signed a letter ginned up by Antony Blinken, claiming The New York Post expose of Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation.” Blinken was rewarded with the Secretary of State posting. The executive order clearly explains the rationale for the revocations:Graphic: NY Post 03-19-22 Cover. Public DomainSignatories of the letter falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.Before being issued, the letter was sent to the CIA Prepublication Classification Review Board, the body typically assigned to formally evaluate...

CNN — Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. The initial orders were delivered Tuesday to staff at agencies inside the US Department of Health and Human Services, including to officials at the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the story.

Ukraine has detained its army's chief psychiatrist for alleged "illegal enrichment" charges related to earnings of more than $1m (£813,000) accrued since the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022. In a statement, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the man sat on a commission deciding whether individuals were fit for military service. The SBU statement did not name him - however, a man called Oleh Druz was previously identified as the Ukrainian Armed Forces' chief psychiatrist.

Crime, the high cost of living, depopulation, and endless waves of illegal aliens are the widely acknowledged reasons for declining fortunes of the New York City. Instead of addressing these obvious problems, New York City’s politicians are celebrating the passage of the “City of Yes,” a massive rezoning plan that claims to create 80,000 new upscale rental units over 15 years, but actually benefits developers to the detriment of owner-occupied single- and two-family housing. The City of Yes is the culmination of progressive politicians’ long-term strategy to replace stable, low-density owner-occupied neighborhoods with high-density rentals. The City of Yes allows...

Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration. She came to the country without authorization when she was 2 years old and grew up working the fields of the Coachella Valley with her parents when school was out. She would be excited about the new opportunities her degree might present, but instead feels anxious every time she leaves the house. “I make sure that I say a good ‘goodbye’ to my parents,” she said. “I go out with more fear— anything can happen.” Jimenez, 21, is like millions of undocumented...

A Nassau County judge has upheld Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s controversial executive order banning trans women from competing women’s sports leagues in county facilities. Blakeman first introduced the trans ban last February, and in March, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) challenged it on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels, a recreational flat-track roller derby league that explicitly welcomes trans women and intersex women to play in the league. If Blakeman’s executive order were to take effect, one or more members of the Roller Rebels would be banned from the recreational league. “A biological male regardless of...

The Trump administration late Tuesday directed federal prosecutors nationwide to investigate and potentially prosecute state and local officials who don’t cooperate with the president’s plans to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post.In a memo to Justice Department employees, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove wrote that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and other legal authorities, “require state and local actors to comply with the Executive Branch’s immigration enforcement initiatives.”“Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing, and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Sarah: Plans to ‘abolish’ Latin Mass would be ‘diabolical’Cardinal Robert Sarah has blasted efforts from the Vatican to ‘abolish’ the Traditional Latin Mass, describing the move as a ‘diabolical project’ that breaks with 1,600 years of tradition.Any attempt to “abolish” the traditional Mass would be a “diabolical project” that “seeks to break with the Church of Christ,” said Cardinal Robert Sarah this week.“In the history of the liturgy there is growth and progress, but not rupture,” noted Sarah at an event Monday.Drawing from Pope Benedict XVI’s now famous remark, Sarah made it his own, stating that “what...

SUMMARY President Donald Trump has urged Russia's Vladimir Putin to make a deal to end the "ridiculous" Ukraine war or face new tariffs and sanctions In a social media post, he said he had a good relationship with his Russian counterpart but if a deal was not made soon he would impose fresh economic penalties Meanwhile, all refugees' travel to the US is being suspended, following an executive order from Donald Trump It means refugees with permission to enter the US will not be allowed in, and the processing of new cases is suspended The executive order on Monday said...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose direct appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the L.G.B.T.Q. community made headlines on Tuesday, was also publicly critical of Mr. Trump during his first term.Bishop Budde, 65, is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, and she has led the diocese since 2011.Before moving to Washington, she spent nearly two decades as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She is an alumna of the University of Rochester in upstate New York, and she grew up partially in New Jersey and...

"I still am not rocking with anyone sympathetic to Nazis," the Democrat said. "And I will do that until I am six feet in the ground.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reiterated Tuesday night a core tenet of the country amid criticism of a gesture made by billionaire Elon Musk during President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations: “We hate Nazis.” Ocasio-Cortez spoke to her followers on Instagram on Tuesday, a day after Musk used an arm gesture, twice, that resembled the Roman salute adopted by the Nazis. Musk and his Republican allies have rejected that comparison and the billionaire discounted attempts to...

Republican Rep. Andy Biggs is exploring a run for Arizona governor in 2026, setting up a potential battle on the right to lead one of the nation’s most consequential swing states. “Arizona has a bright future but will need strong leadership to reach its full potential,’’ the former chair of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus said on social media Tuesday, noting that he had filed a formal statement of interest with the Arizona secretary of state. “I have been honored to serve Arizona at the state and federal levels and will bring my experience home to my native state...

Now, after billions of people around the world have been injected with Pfizer's covid vaccines, the company has released a list of the "side effects" of its product which includes: blood thrombosis, acute kidney injury, acute flaccid myelitis, positive antisperm antibodies, brainstem embolism, brainstem thrombosis, cardiac arrest, heart failure, cardiac ventricular thrombosis, cardiogenic shock, central nervous system vasculitis, neonatal death, deep vein thrombosis, brainstem encephalitis, hemorrhagic encephalitis, frontal lobe epilepsy, foaming at the mouth, epileptic psychosis, facial paralysis, fetal distress syndrome, gastrointestinal amyloidosis, hashimoto's encephalopathy, hepatic vascular thrombosis, herpes zoster reactivation, hepatitis immune-mediated, interstitial lung disease, jugular vein embolism, juvenile...

Washington — Citing President Trump's extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country illegally without allowing them to request legal protection, according to internal government documents and agency officials. Just hours after being sworn in, Mr. Trump invoked sweeping presidential authorities to bar the entry of migrants deemed to be participating in an "invasion" of the U.S., as well as those who may pose a public health or national security risk. He cited a provision of immigration law known as 212(f) that allows presidents to suspend...