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The time of a weak America is over. Over the weekend, President Trump was golfing when he decided it was time to teach the government of Colombia what would happen if they mess with him.Colombia had announced that they were not going to accept planes filled with deportees, as the Trump administration had moved very quickly when it came into office to start arresting and deporting people who are criminal illegal immigrants.That included many Colombian deportees. The president of Colombia stated — while President Trump was in the middle of a round of golf — that he would not accept...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa, as well as brewing global threats. It also comes as health authorities...

BREAKING: Google Maps to update 'Gulf of Mexico' to ‘Gulf of America’ after Trump order - Fox

President Donald Trump kept a major campaign promise this week when he terminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates. With the stroke of a pen, he freed the government from checking imaginary boxes on race, gender, and sexuality and returned to a focus on merit. While some bemoan this move, many, including businesses, would argue that good old-fashioned hard work just came back into style. In fact, the death of DEI didn’t start with a presidential executive order. In the private sector, major corporate institutions such as Lowe’s, John Deere, Harley Davidson, Tractor Supply, and Ford Motor Company had already...

By all accounts Justice had Hillary dead to rights. Her trumped up charges against Trump colluding with Putin were used for the first impeachment...

Snack foods and sweet treats have seen a decline in purchases, as people reach for more nutrient-dense options.Ozempic, Mounjaro, and other glucagon-like peptide-1 medications, otherwise known as GLP-1s, are changing how Americans shop for groceries. In early January, Food & Wine published a story about how food companies are releasing all-new products or reimagining the marketing of old ones to appeal to more GLP-1 users who may be looking for specific nutrition needs like high-protein, high-fiber foods. In that story, we mentioned one tiny but important research paper by Cornell University that showed that households with at least one GLP-1...

---SNIP--- "As Treasury Secretary, I’m committed to eliminating income taxes, replacing them with a fair consumption tax, and adopting a gold-backed currency," Bessent said in a Monday post on X following his confirmation. "We’ll erase debt, restore financial privacy, and unlock new technologies for a prosperous future. The golden age starts now." The hedge fund billionaire sailed through his confirmation with bipartisan support, similar to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A member of the Idaho Army National Guard has filed a lawsuit to prevent his separation from the military after being investigated for religious and political speech he made as a private citizen.Major David Worley, an infantry officer in the Idaho Army National Guard, is suing Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R), as Adjutant General of the Idaho National Guard Major General Timothy Donnellan, and Assistant Adjutant General of the Idaho Army National Guard Brigadier General James Packwood so he can remain in the military. Worley, who has served in the Army National Guard for over 22 years, has been told...

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s allies fear that he has failed to convince enough senators to confirm him as Donald Trump’s top health official, according to people familiar with the matter. Kennedy, known as RFK Jr, was holding last-minute meetings with Democrats and Republicans ahead of two days of questioning by the Senate’s finance and health committees later this week, three people said. He has met more than 60 senators since his nomination. “There’s more anxiety now than ever,” said a person close to Kennedy. “This is a big week: if the vote were today it would be iffy. We really...

In 2023, Mohammed became the most popular name for boys in England and Wales.In 2006, there were 1,636 babies named after one of the worst monsters in human history. By 2016, the number of his followers naming babies after their religion’s founding warlord rose to 3,908. In 2022, the number of Muslim parents in England hoping that their newborn baby boy would follow in the footsteps of a genocidal mass murderer hit 4,177 and 4,661 in 2023.The rapid demographic increase of the Muslim colonist population can be measured by the speed with which Mohammed broke through into the top 10...

Satellite imagery shows clear indications that Russia’s increasingly anticipated withdrawal of forces from its Tartus naval base in Syria has finally started. Complete loss of access to the facility, where Russian vehicles and materiel have been massing there for weeks already, would be a major blow to the Kremlin. The Russian military has already been steadily drawing down its posture at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria amid persistent questions about the future of its presence in the country as a whole since the sudden fall of dictator Bashar Al Assad last year. Satellite imagery taken on January 25 that TWZ...

After President Trump called out Bank of America’s CEO Thursday for debanking conservatives, the company strenuously denies that it has ever refused service based on Americans’ political or religious beliefs. But free speech lawyers say the company can’t just deny its record of doing exactly that.On Thursday morning, a newly inaugurated Trump spoke to the World Economic Forum via livestream, taking questions from CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies. During his response to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan’s question about the effect of executive orders on the economy, Trump told Moynihan to stop debanking people who disagree...

NEW: Per sources, Border Patrol recorded just 582 illegal crossings at the southern border yesterday, with not a single one of the nine sectors hitting 200. I’ve never seen anything this low in all of my border coverage. The numbers were already flat/low in Biden’s final week, bouncing between 1,200-1,400 illegal crossings daily, but the numbers have been falling off a cliff since Trump took office. Last three days January 24 - 665 January 25 - 731 January 26 - 582 To put this into perspective, at the height of the border crisis in December 2023, Border Patrol hit a...

John Brennan sounds hysterical because he realizes nobody trusts him or takes him seriously. He knows he has lost the ability to persuade persuadable senators to vote against Tulsi Gabbard. ... John Brennan, still salty from having his security clearance revoked by Trump for lying to the American people about the Hunter laptop to help Biden win election — — rails against Tulsi Gabbard because she could “skew” information and only "give to President Trump what he wants to hear." Projection meters just melted. "That is so, so dangerous. And none of the six presidents I work for every one...

The town hall was billed as way for Pacific Palisades residents to learn about clearing debris from their charred lots. But Sunday’s event in Santa Monica quickly turned into a free-for-all as frustrated residents pressed officials on an array of issues. Over 2½ hours, locals sought timelines and answers on the government’s plans for helping them recover from the Jan. 7 firestorm, which has burned more than 23,400 acres and destroyed thousands of homes. Others in the crowd simply lobbed questions at the panel. “I have a standing house in the middle of a burn zone, how do I protect...

DORAL, Fla. — Democrats in Congress are considering forcing a showdown over the debt limit to rein in President Donald Trump’s vast plans to reshape the U.S. economy and remake the federal government. For 30 years, Republicans have used the threat of a national default to make Democrats negotiate over GOP demands. But as America hurtles once again toward a potential debt crisis, Democrats see an opportunity to turn the tables to cut off Trump’s agenda and take the debt limit off the table in future legislative battles. Last week, the national debt hit the legal limit of $31.4 trillion....

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A woman faces charges for allegedly ramming someone else’s car with her pickup truck twice. Toledo Police said 32-year-old Devonique Mays intentionally slammed into the person’s SUV while they were leaving a gas station. Investigators said she later rammed that person’s car again at another location. Mays is in jail on a felonious assault charge.

The president made good on promises to seek revenge against enemies during his first week back in power, signaling in the process that anyone who crosses him in the future could also suffer.In his first week in office, President Trump made clear that his promises to exact revenge on his perceived enemies were not empty campaign pledges — and that his retribution is intended not just to impose punishment for the past but also to intimidate anyone who might cross him in the future.By removing security protections from former officials facing credible death threats, he signaled that he was willing...

Fresh off a controversy over a gesture many saw as a Nazi salute, tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared virtually at a campaign event for a far-right German political party on Saturday, where he urged listeners not to be ashamed of their country's history. Musk — the head of President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency — was met with roars of applause from the more than 4,000 attendees gathered in the German city of Halle as he appeared on screen at a rally for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. "I think you really are the best hope for Germany," Musk...

Jack Schlossberg is no fan of his mother’s first cousin, Robert Kennedy Jr. We’ve never seen such a divide in the Kennedy family before RFK Jr became an outspoken conspiracy theorist. His sibings and their children have attacked him. Caroline Kennedy has no use for him and neither does her son. Now Jack has posted a video to Instagram decrying RFK Jr for spreading falsehoods about the Kennedy assassinations on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Jack is asking Rogan — in a nice way — to correct the mistakes. (snip) Jack, who is overly emotional on a good day, oversteps however, making...