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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump say they spoke for an hour and a half, and will visit each other's countries, as they work to end the Ukraine war. Watch a White House briefing live below.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), led by Secretary Kristi Noem, has recovered all $59 million funneled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to luxury hotels hosting migrants in defiance of an executive order from President Donald J. Trump. “Secretary Noem has clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels,” the DHS said in a statement. “There will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.”

Hey Facebook, Google, TikTok, listen up, Ayanna Pressley has an important message for you: VIDEO AT LINK............ Ayanna Pressley just said the quiet part out loud: Democrats are willing to work with anyone who is serious about censoring Americans.What a bunch of commies. pic.twitter.com/xfci7X76kJ— Free Speech America (@FreeSpeechAmer) February 12, 2025"We are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people and advancing progress." Talk about saying the quiet part out loud!

While Trump reiterated he would always abide by the courts, he expressed concern that decisions undermining DOGE’s authority would allow bureaucracies to get away with kickbacks and other forms of corruption. “But appeals take a long time, and I would hope that a judge, if you go to a judge and you show them, ‘Here’s a corrupt situation. We have a check to be sent, but we found it to be corrupt. Do you want us to send this corrupt check to a person, or do you want us not to give it and give it back to the taxpayer?’...

Fans of fanciful, history-inspired books like Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter will surely find Lincoln and Darwin – Shared Visions of Race, Science and Religion a tough slog through the mid-19th century. This book seriously searches for, and finds, common ground for two intellectual giants, separated by an ocean, who never even met. But once you’re in to Lincoln and Darwin, well, you’re into it. At least I was. Author James Lander teaches history at TASIS American School in England. His previous books include one on Roman stone fortifications. Still he manages, at times, to get into the heads and even...

On January 20th and 21st, President Donald Trump took two actions that were so conflicting that the second nullified the gains of the first. Worse, it boosts the Great Reset advanced by the global elite and may herd Americans into the sort of digital gulag in which communist China confines its citizens. His first action was his January 20 executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO). Note that this is an announcement of intent, and he later said the U.S. might consider rejoining if they “clean it up.” In any case, a formal delinking can happen...

President Donald Trump posts a brief outline of a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to his Truth Social Account.President Trump: “I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. We discussed Ukraine, the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, the power of the Dollar, and various other subjects. We both reflected on the Great History of our Nations, and the fact that we fought so successfully together in World War II, remembering, that Russia lost tens of millions of people, and we, likewise, lost so many!We each talked about the strengths of our...

On February 10, 2025, Pope Francis, who resides in the Vatican, a city-state surrounded by a formidable 39-foot wall, penned a letter to U.S. bishops, decrying what he describes as harsh immigration policies of President Donald Trump.In his sanctimonious letter, Pope Francis calls on the bishops to defend the “infinite and transcendent dignity of every human person” amidst what he terms a “major crisis” with “mass deportations.”Outspoken Catholic leader Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has responde to the letter and called out Red Francis main concern is not about immigrants, but about losing the steady flow of American tax dollars into...

Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new U.S. president's first big step towards diplomacy over a war he has promised to end. In a post on his social media platform, Trump said he and Putin had "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now." Zelenskiy's office said Trump and Zelenskiy had spoken by phone for about an hour....

Today is the anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. As a politician and as president, Lincoln was a profound student of the Constitution and constitutional history. Perhaps most important, Lincoln was America’s indispensable teacher of the moral ground of political freedom at the exact moment when the country was on the threshold of abandoning what he called its “ancient faith” that all men are created equal. In 1858 Lincoln attained national prominence in the Republican Party as the result of the contest for the Senate seat held by Stephen Douglas. It was Lincoln’s losing campaign against...

The results are in: The Democratic Party’s Bidenomics strategy produced a disastrous score of just 160,000 extra jobs for Americans during each year of President Joe Biden’s presidency. President Joe Biden’s dismal Bidenomics also created jobs for 4.7 million migrants — including almost three million illegals, according to federal data collected by the Center for Immigration Studies and reported on February 7. So Bidenomics created 7.3 migrant jobs for every job gained by an American, even as it also exploded the national debt by $8 trillion. Bidenomics also flatlined wages, spiked housing costs, and slowed workplace investment. The Bidenomics 7:1...

Last week, a monster of the deep saw the light. VIDEO AT LINK.................. Look at the chompers on that thing! The black seadevil has earned its name. It lives in darkness between 700 and 5,000 feet, luring in prey with the appendage on its head. Because it lives in the deep, the monster has only been filmed one time in 2014 when a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium spotted one swimming at 1,900 feet. This time, a Spanish organization called Condrik Tenerife spotted it in the waters of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa in early February....

Abraham Lincoln stands not only as America’s greatest president but also as its greatest lawyer. At the time of his election to the presidency in 1860 he was the most prominent practicing lawyer in the state of Illinois. As a politician and as president, Lincoln was a profound student of the Constitution and constitutional history. Perhaps most important, Lincoln was America’s indispensable teacher of the moral ground of political freedom at the exact moment when the country was on the threshold of abandoning what he called its “ancient faith” that all men are created equal. How can it be that...

Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. In a party-line 52-48 vote, with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) crossing the aisle to vote with the Democrats, one of President Trump's more problematic nominees accomplished what was thought impossible only three weeks ago.

On Wednesday, 8 inspector generals sued to get their jobs back and argued Trump violated a questionable law passed by Congress in 2022. The law requires a US president notify Congress 30 days before firing an inspector general and to explain in detail the reason for the termination. The lawsuit was assigned to Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that it is “unrealistic” to aim for a return to Ukraine’s borders as they were before 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and supported separatists who took over swaths of the country’s east.SNIP“To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be U.S. troops deployed to Ukraine,” he said.SNIPTrump will seek to pressure the Kremlin by “unleashing American energy production” and thus throttling Russian exports that fund its war machine, Hegseth said. But he made clear that European nations would be required to provide most of the military support for Ukraine —...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨New from President Trump after phone call with President Vladimir Putin: 11:26 AM · Feb 12, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — As the SEC reviews ways to halt field and court storming, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne has come up with a proposal, according to a recent interview. "I truly believe [in forfeiting wins] — if we said that the home team, if they storm the field or the court, they're going to lose that game right then and there, that will stop it."Alabama AD Greg Byrne told ESPN The league has seen rise in recent years of fans taking celebration to playing surfaces and Arkansas is one of them. After upsetting then No. 4 Tennessee in Razorbacks...

Over three times more people in DC are googling "Criminal Defense Lawyer" than anywhere else in the US!

Earlier today we told you about how CNN's Anderson Cooper reacted when Chris Sununu merely pointed out some realities about what DOGE has been finding when it comes to government fraud, waste and abuse. .. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) says he's sharing a "d*** pic" in an oversight hearing and displays a photo of Elon Musk.