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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act.In ordering the revocation of the clearances, President Donald Trump was turning to a favored retributive tactic that he’s wielded — or at least tried to — against high-profile political figures, lawyers and intelligence officials.The latest targets include officials who have served in the government across a range of agencies and positions, including on former President Joe Biden’s national security team and at the CIA and National Security Agency. It’s not entirely...

The National Guard troops are expected to stay in the city for 30 days, but the deployment could be extended if Trump and Congress deem it necessary. Trump can only authorize the deployment for 30 days without Congressional approval. Vice President J.D. Vance and other Trump administration officials on Wednesday met with National Guard troops at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, which Vance claimed was because of the station's high crime rate. President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the district last week, and deployed 800 D.C. National Guard troops to the capital to help patrol the city and reduce...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration can resume terminations of Temporary Protected Status for more than 60,000 immigrants from Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras. A Ninth Circuit panel granted the federal government’s emergency stay it requested after a lower court postponed the termination of the Temporary Protected Status program for the three countries until Nov. 18 while litigation plays out. However, the three-judge panel denied the government’s request to stay the proceedings of the district court, saying that “management of the docket is within the discretion of the district court.” “The government...

The Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters long before they even go to the polls. Of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one between the 2020 and 2024 elections — and often by a lot. That four-year swing toward the Republicans adds up to 4.5 million voters, a deep political hole that could take years for Democrats to climb out from. Change in share of registered voters, 2020-24The stampede away from the Democratic Party is occurring in battleground states, the bluest states and the reddest states, too, according to...

Flight Lt. John Cruickshank was at the controls of a Royal Air Force plane on submarine patrol in July 1944 when he spotted a German U-boat steaming placidly on the surface of the Norwegian Sea. Swooping low, just 50 feet above the waves, the plane raked the submarine with gunfire, but the airplane’s depth charges failed to deploy. As Flight Lieutenant Cruickshank returned for a second run, he was now fully in the U-boat’s sights, and the submarine fired a shell that exploded inside the airplane’s fuselage. The bombardier was killed, and Flight Lieutenant Cruickshank was lacerated by shrapnel, though...

Trump’s win wasn’t merely a mandate, but a repudiation of Democrat policies.For months, the propaganda press insisted that President Trump didn’t win in a landslide. The goal was obvious: strip Trump and Republicans of any claim to a mandate and paint their popularity as inflated. But the narrative just crumbled, with a new report showing just how much ground Democrats lost in 2024.A New York Times (NYT) analysis found the “Democratic share of the electorate decreased” in thirty states (plus Washington D.C.) between 2020 and 2024 while Republicans “either expanded their advantage or closed the gap with Democrats in all...

A truck driver who spent only four years behind bars after killing half a junior ice hockey team in a horror crash is fighting deportation to India. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 36, barreled through a stop sign at 53 to 60mph and a bus carrying 29 players and staff from the Humboldt Broncos couldn't stop in time. The bus collided with the truck's front trailer, killing 16 and injuring 13 in the crash at about 5pm on April 6, 2018, in rural Saskatchewan, Canada. Sidhu was jailed for eight years in March 2019 but was released on parole after four years...

The United Kingdom has a problem with the U.S.: It's that pesky Bill of Rights and our refusal to surrender our rights to Britain's censorship and due-process-busting domestic spying schemes. Enter, stage right: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. I reported earlier this week that 4chan's notorious internet pranksters hired a couple of big-name law firms, after Britain threatened the American-based company with a £20,000 fine, followed by hefty daily fines, if the group failed to impose Britain's censorship rules on 4chan's users everywhere in the world — including in the U.S. 4chan's representation called the actions of Britain's Office...

@RandPaul Happy 90th birthday, Dad! No one deserves more credit for curing young people's apathy and igniting the liberty movement. It's because of your bravery and fierce defense of our rights that the next generation carries on the torch of liberty.

Bed Bath & Beyond on Wednesday said it will not open stores or operate in California as it issued a scathing rebuke of the state’s intense lefty policies. Marcus Lemonis, executive chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond, said the decision “isn’t about politics – it’s about reality.” “California has created one of the most overregulated, expensive and risky environments for businesses in America,” he said in a press release. “The result? Higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages that many businesses simply cannot sustain, and endless regulations that strangle growth.” The beleaguered chain has launched a return to retail after filing...

Violent crime in the capital drops 22% in first week of Trump federal police control implementation. As the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the Trump administration’s takeover of the Washington DC police force begins to fade, the results are coming in, and they are nothing short of extraordinary. As of Wednesday afternoon, the nation’s capital has had no murders for seven days, something that had not been achieved since March and something I can find no recent record of in summer months when the murder rate is typically at its highest. Last Monday, when a man was tragically gunned...

Government benefits make nonwork pay more than work, while inflated housing costs trap younger generations—proof that America’s inequality crisis is built by policy, not fate. A few years ago, former US Senator Phil Gramm published a book that offers important insights into the status of low-income communities in the United States. Titled “The Myth of American Inequality” and scrupulously researched, the book evaluates U.S. household income by quintiles. It concludes that the bottom quintile (the lowest 20 percent) actually has income virtually equal to that of the second-lowest quintile (21-40 percent), when adjusting for the value of government benefits.The implications...

California State Representatives are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom's scheme to rig the state's congressional elections with new gerrymandering and accusing liberal lawmakers of bribery. From a letter written to Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday and signed by Assembly members Carl DeMaio, James Gallagher, Leticia Castillo, Health Hadwick, David Tangipa and State Senators Tony Strickland and Marie Alvarado-Gil: We write to request that the US Department of Justice consider opening an immediate investigation into allegations of corruption and illegality involving members of the California state legislature and their current redistricting scheme. As you...

The following is a series of queries to Grok, confirming the movements of Zelensky and some NATO related members the day prior to the assisination attempt which was the subject of the FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! painting President Trump specifically pointed out to Zelensky and the NATO cohort he met with yesterday.https://x.com/JKash000/status/1957587539071475837 JKash MAGA Queen @JKash000·I think we have our answer about why President Trump made a point today of showing Zelenskyy and Von der Leyen his “Fight, Fight, Fight” portrait and mentioning how July 13, 2024 was not a good day. TY @starstomoon JKash MAGA Queen @JKash000·3h Also, of note,...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, at Tuesday's briefing, criticized the "left-wing media" and "failed foreign policy establishment" for "actively rooting against the president in his pursuit of peace in Ukraine." KAROLINE LEAVITT: For one thing that has absolutely not changed is the media's negative and downright false coverage of President Trump and his foreign policy accomplishments. From the beginning of this entire process, much of the left-wing media has been actively rooting against the President of the United States in the pursuit of peace. Initially, the media ridiculously claimed that President Trump was somehow beholden to Russia for even...

We remain the beacon of ordered liberty for all mankind.In the age of Trump, our nation lives under the banner of America First. In domestic policy, this means securing our border, deporting those who are in the country illegally, and reestablishing law and order in our cities, among other key goals. But what does America First mean for the world beyond America? To answer that question, we must look back centuries. The onset of the American Revolution was not purely a local affair. The war eventually became a global conflagration, with battlefields stretching from the Caribbean to India. But the...

His fortitude is the stuff of legend.Here, revealed at last, is President Donald J. Trump’s secret weapon: The man has cojones the size of the Las Vegas Sphere.Trump does not pick the easy fights. Too many Republicans are happy to cut a tax or two, sign a few proclamations, and call it a day. Why challenge the Left? They might push back. Political fights? Oooh, messy. No, thanks. Let’s be friends.This battered-wife approach (“The Left beats me because they love me”) defined such GOP invertebrates as Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, both presidents Bush, and too many governors and state...

The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions as the U.S. State Department unleashes a new wave of restrictions against judges it said had been instrumental in a past decision to investigate U.S. officials and in efforts to prosecute Israeli leaders. The State Department says Judge Kimberly Prost of Canada was sanctioned for ruling to authorize the ICC's investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. ICC jurists Nicolas Guillou of France, Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal were also sanctioned, with the State Department linking the decision to the...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia.

Most people not deeply involved in the artificial intelligence frenzy may not have noticed, but perceptions of AI’s relentless march toward becoming more intelligent than humans, even becoming a threat to humanity, came to a screeching halt Aug. 7.That was the day when the most widely followed AI company, OpenAI, released GPT-5, an advanced product that the firm had long promised would put competitors to shame and launch a new revolution in this purportedly revolutionary technology.As it happened, GPT-5 was a bust. It turned out to be less user-friendly and in many ways less capable than its predecessors in OpenAI’s...