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DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old brain cancer survivor honored by President Trump during his speech to a joint session of Congress this week, had some strong words for Democrats critical of Trump. “Please stop being mean to President Trump because if I see you being mean to him, I’m coming after you,” Daniel said on Steve Bannon’s “War Room,” in an interview with co-host Natalie Winters shared to X on Wednesday night. As the interview concluded, the teen noted he had “one more thing” to add, before telling cameras point blank: “If you’re a Democrat and you’re being mean to President...

South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area during a live-fire training exercise with the U.S. on Thursday, injuring multiple people and damaging multiple buildings, including three houses and a Catholic church. The MK-82 bombs "abnormally" released by the KF-16 fighter jet fell outside a firing range, causing unspecified civilian damages, the air force said in a statement. Reports of the number of people injured varied, but South Korea’s Yonhap news agency put the number at 15, including civilians and soldiers. Two of the injured were serious but not life-threatening, the outlet reported. At least seven buildings...

When President Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, 2025, weapons shipments previously halted by the Biden State Department to the Israeli government were sent out the door - including 2000 pound bombs. "The U.S. authorized the release of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, Jan. 25, 2025, a munition that had previously been held back. The president told reporters at the time that those weapons had been paid for and that Israel had been waiting 'a long time' for their delivery," DOD News reported. Since then, Hamas has released a number of starved and beaten hostages, including Americans,...

Washington — House Republicans are pursuing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, looking to shore up support for the continuing resolution with less than 10 days to prevent a government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson has outlined plans for the measure, which is expected to extend funding at current levels through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and has the backing of President Trump. "Conservatives will love this Bill," Mr. Trump said Wednesday on social media, calling the continuing resolution "very important." "Let's get this Bill done!" Mr. Trump added. But Republicans are facing pressure...

A federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately spare U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors from mass firings, letting move forward a core part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the agency. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said USAID’s personal services contractors failed to prove they face irreparable harm and a likelihood of success on the merits, denying their motion for a temporary restraining order that would have returned fired contractors to employment and allowed them to resume work. The judge said any harm the contractors face is “directly traceable” to changes the government has made to their...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Mexico won't be required to pay tariffs on any goods that fall under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade until April 2, but made no mention of a reprieve for Canada despite his Commerce secretary saying a comparable exemption was likely. "After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This Agreement is until April 2nd." Earlier on Thursday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the one-month reprieve on...

After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay Tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement. This Agreement is until April 2nd. I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum. Our relationship has been a very good one, and we are working hard, together, on the Border, both in terms of stopping Illegal Aliens from entering the United States and, likewise, stopping Fentanyl. Thank you to President Sheinbaum for your hard work and cooperation!

...The IDF asked the Defense Minister for instructions for handling the [expected] protest ships. In response, Katz instructed the IDF to allow the flotillas to arrive in Gaza, for the protesters to disembark in the strip, and then to seize the ships and take them to the port of Ashdod. According to him, the move will allow for the ships to be used to evacuate the residents of Gaza who wish to leave...

In 2024, the battleground state of Wisconsin was carried by Donald Trump over Kamala Harris, with the Republican winning by less than one percentage point. The US Senate race went the other way, with Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin squeaking through, also by less than a single percentage point. Democrats helped boost a third-party candidate who was on the ballot, whose tiny fraction of support ended up being a factor in swinging the race to Baldwin. If Republican Eric Hovde had mirrored Donald Trump's support, he would have won. In the 2022 midterm cycle, incumbent GOP Senator Ron Johnson survived his...

The White House has denied reports that the Trump administration plans to revoke temporary legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia's war. Reuters earlier reported, citing a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter, that, the revocation is expected as soon as April and potentially puts them on a fast-track to deportation. The publication said the plans predate President Donald Trump's Oval Office spat with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. However, Karoline Leavitt, the White House Press Secretary, wrote on X that "no decision has been made" on the revocation of legal status for Ukrainians in the...

Longtime Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) went on a doozy of a rant after President Donald Trump’s speech, insinuating that Elon Musk helped steal the election for him. Waters, 86, showed up on grainy video at a recent online appearance where she declared that the American people “don’t know everything” about how Musk financed President Trump’s victory. Financial records indicate the Tesla founder spent more than $250 million on third-party groups seeking to turn out pro-Trump voters in swing states. Most all of that money went to America PAC, an independent organization that hired thousands of canvassers to target low-voting conservatives...

According to Maria Zakharova, the true intention of France and the UK, which came up with a plan for Ukraine, was to prevent a collapse of the front line for Ukrainian forcesMOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces shouldn’t get any reprieve on the battlefield, as only firm agreements can lay the groundwork for a Ukrainian settlement, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "What we need is firm agreements on a final settlement. Without this, any kind of respite or regrouping - all that is absolutely unacceptable, as it will lead to exactly the opposite outcome," she said at a...

What is going on in the United States Senate? Last week the Senate Republican majority passed a budget blueprint resolution that:A) Spends MORE MONEYB) Has NO Trump tax cutHuh?The senators want to push the Trump tax cut off until…later in the summer or maybe into the Fall? The highest priority has become the least urgent priority. Sure. That makes sense!We can count at least three glaring problems with this strategy:First, the economy is looking a little wobbly right now. Consumer spending and consumer sentiment are both falling, housing sales are down, and inflation is rising. This is the after-shock of...

The White House went on to document $8 million in federal spending on transgender mice. One of President Donald Trump's more astounding claims during his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night ended with egg on the face of "Fake News losers" at CNN when they tried to fact-check him. "$8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of," he said during the address. "$60 million for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in central America, $60 million. $8 million for making mice transgender. This is real!" CNN reporters initially said...

Conservatives are ramping up their calls for Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to be held legally accountable for his role in pushing a now well-debunked claim that President Donald Trump was a dupe for Russian President Vladimir Putin during his first term. The so-called “Russian collusion” narrative, which Schiff and many others in the media pushed for years during Trump’s first term, was the subject of multiple investigations by the House and by independent prosecutors, including John Durham, a former U.S. attorney, and Robert Mueller, a former FBI director.

A Florida man has been busted for allegedly threatening to assassinate President Trump and “launch f–king missiles” at New York City in a series of bizarre phone calls to police. Justin Blaxton, 34, of Loxahatchee, made multiple threats against the president on Feb. 26 while repeatedly calling 911 in Palm Beach, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is located, according to audio released by police, CBS 12 reported. “I need a ride to the airport to be taken to The White House so I can assassinate the president,” Blaxton, who identified himself as “Justin Blaze,” told a dispatcher in one of the...

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The Kremlin rolled out its team of talking heads on Thursday morning to pour scorn on French President Macron, accusing him of everything from duplicity, nuclear sabre-rattling, bad manners, and even being the living embodiment of both Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler at the same time. French President Emmanuel Macron addressed his nation and the world on Wednesday evening to lay out his vision of Europe taking up the slack in supporting Ukraine and taking responsibility for its own defence. While President Donald Trump is committed to bringing peace to Europe, the continent, at least not being totally reliant on...

Another shocking statistic from the budget hawks at EPIC.Based on the government’s own data, we spend twice as much on welfare as it would take to move every family in America above the poverty line. In other words, if we just gave these families enough cash to increase their income, no one would be in poverty.Yet we spend twice that much and STILL have 36.8 million people who live in poverty.One idea is the old Milton Friedman negative income tax. Scrap all the scores of welfare programs and the massive bureaucracy and simply provide a cash subsidy to any family...

Donald Trump's genius was shown once again on Tuesday night. He ran through a myriad of his accomplishments in his first two months in office and deservedly so. The border was a highlight. Trump's securing the border made clear how impotent Biden was. After three years of Mayorkas telling us the border was secure, it became unsecure as the election approached. Biden repeatedly said he was helpless to do anything about it as he flew in criminal after criminal. A Haitian migrant charged with triple murder in Fayetteville, North Carolina, who allegedly killed several members of his family last week,...