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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump DOJ’s effort to block Judge Xinis’ order requiring the US government to “facilitate” the return of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. A three-judge panel: Harvie Wilkinson (Reagan), Robert King (Clinton), and Stephanie Thacker (Obama) issued the order. Judge Wilkinson, the Reagan appointee, repeatedly referred to Abrego Garcia as a “resident” even though he’s an illegal alien. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadorian national who was illegally residing in Maryland. In 2019, an immigration judge ordered Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the dangerous MS-13 gang, removed from the...

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 4:10 A.M. To Major-Gen. Dix: The President continues insensible and is sinking. Secretary SEWARD remains without change. FREDERICK SEWARD's skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut upon the head. The attendant is still alive, but hopeless. Maj. SEWARD's wound is not dangerous. It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, WILKES BOOTH being the one that shot the President, and the other, a companion of his, whose name is not known, but whose description is so clear that he can hardly escape. It...

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 4:10 A.M. To Major Gen. Dix: The President continues insensible and is sinking. Secretary SEWARD remains without change FREDERICK SEWARD'S Skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut upon the head. The attendant is still alive, but hopeless. Maj. SEWARD's wound is not dangerous. It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, WILKES BOOTH being the one that shot the President, and the other companion of his whose name is not a known, but whose description is so clear that he can hardly escape....

QUIET PART OUT LOUD: Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) admits that House Democrats are meeting "every single week behind the scenes" with left-wing attorneys general to employ lawfare against President Trump's agenda. pic.twitter.com/HBsjVDg8Ip— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 15, 2025

Two months ago, the English podcast host Louise Perry hosted David Betz, a professor at King’s College, London, and an expert in civil wars. The topic? “The Coming British Civil War.” Betz argues that the United Kingdom now has all the traditional hallmarks of a society on the verge of violent civil conflict. He mentions the collapse of faith in British institutions, the two-tier justice system, Islamic radicalization, and the polarization wrought by official multiculturalism, among other factors. The YouTube version of the interview has had nearly 200,000 views—so many that Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley noticed, writing in his April...

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[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 1:30 A.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix: This evening at about 9:30 P.M., at Ford's Theatre, the President, while sitting in his private box with Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. HARRIS, and Major RATHBURN, was shot by as assassin, who suddenly entered the box and approached behind the President. The assassin then leaped upon the stage, brandishing a large dagger or knife, and made his escape in the rear of the theatre. The pistol ball entered the back of the President's head and penetrated nearly through the head. The wound is mortal. The President has been insensible ever...

From Our Own Correspondent. ON BOARD STEAMER "CITY POINT," JAMES RIVER, Va., Wednesday, April 12 via WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13 -- 12:20 P.M. Lieut.-Gen. GRANT and staff arrived at City Point this morning at half-past four o'clock, having left Appomattox Court-house -- the scene of the surrender of Geo. LEE and his army -- on Tuesday morning at daylight. They came on horseback to Burkesville Station, on the Southside Railroad, and thence by rail to City Point. Appomattox Court-house is one hundred and three miles west of Petersburgh, and only twenty-two miles east of Lynchburgh. Gen. LEE did not arrive...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12 -- 2:30 P.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix, New-York: The capture of Selma is reported by Maj.-Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS. The surrender of Lynchburgh is also officially reported. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. DESPATCH FROM GEN. THOMAS. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, NASHVILLE, April 11, 1865. Maj.-Gen. H.W. Halleck, Chief of Staff: I send the following, just received from Huntsville, Alabama, for the information of the Secretary of War. I am inclined to believe it, although I have received no report direct from Gen. WILSON. GEO. H. THOMAS, Major General. HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Tuesday, April 11...

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April 11. The executive departments, including the President's mansion, were again. illuminated to-night and adorned with transparencies and national flags, as were also many places of business and private dwellings. Bonfires blazed in many parts of the city and rockets were fired. Thousands of persons of both sexes repaired to the Executive mansion, and after several airs had been played by the band, the President, in response to the numerous calls, appeared at an upper window. The cheering with which he was greeted having ceased, he spoke as follows: THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. We meet this evening not in...

The surrender of LEE and his army was first announced to the people of New-York in an extra TIMES, issued at 11:30, on Sunday night. The premature announcement on Friday had the effect of making the people incredulous; the hour of the real announcement was late, and, as it was on Sunday night, the weary world was wending bedward, there was not that amount of rejoicing which would naturally have arisen at an earlier hour. Yet the excitement was equaled only by that which followed the attack upon Fort Sumter; the surrender of LEE and his army was anticipated, looked...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON April 9, 1865 -- 9 o'clock P.M. To Maj.-Gen. Dix: This department has received the official report of the SURRENDER, THIS DAY, OF GEN. LEE AND HIS ARMY TO LIEUT.- GEN. GRANT on the terms proposed by Gen. GRANT. Details will be given as speedily as possible. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 4:30 P.M., April 9. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: GEN. LEE SURRENDERED THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON, upon the terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions fully. (Signed)...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8. To Maj.-Gen. Dix: A telegram from Gen. GRANT, dated this day, at 12 o'clock noon, at Farmville, 16 miles west of Burk's Station, says that the enemy have been pushed from the road toward Danville, and are now pursued toward Lynchburgh, and that he is very confident of receiving the surrender of LEE, and what remains of his army. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Gen. Lee's New Polley -- He Gives up Virginia and Undertaken to Establish the Rebel Capital at Columbus, Ga. -- Strength of the Rebel Armies. From Our Own...

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FIRST DISPATCH. [OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. April 7 -- 10 A.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix, New-York: Gen. SHERIDAN attacked and routed LEE's army, capturing Gens. EWELL, KERSHAW, BUTTON, CORSE and many other general officers, several thousand prisoners and a large number of cannon, and expects to force LEE to surrender all that is left of his army. Details will be given as speedily as possible, but the telegraph is working badly. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SECOND DISPATCH. [OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 7 -- 11 A.M. Major. Gen. Dix: The following telegrams announcing the victory won yesterday by Major-Gen. SHERIDAN...

The more troubling trend is the rising violent rhetoric isn’t just coming from the ‘fringe’ left, it’s being ‘normalized’ by the left.The unhinged left, fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome and seething hatred for Elon Musk, is trending more violent, according to a new study that finds political violence targeting President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser is “becoming increasingly normalized.” The report, produced by the Network of Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) in partnership with Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab, finds a broader “assassination culture” appears to be “emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left, with expanding...

Civil war is here. It has come to America. For the second time. This one is between those who respect history, tradition, reality, decency, dignity, excellence, and the truth ... and those who utterly despise all of these and instead worship sloth, destruction, entitlement … and themselves. One group erects stores, buildings, and towers — and manufactures automobiles — the other loots, vandalizes, and burns them. Members of one group defend America and are willing to lay down their lives if necessary for liberty. The other group spits on them. One group believes in capitalism, the lone economic system that...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 6, 1865 -- 12 o'clock noon. Maj. Gen. Dix: The following telegram announces the probable speedy destruction of Gen. LEE's army if our troops get up to support SHERIDAN, who has headed off the enemy. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. JUNCTION SOUTHSIDE AND DANVILLE RAILROAD, BURKESVILLE, VA., April 5 -- 10 o'clock P.M. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Lieut. Gen. GRANT received the following dispatch at 6:30 P.M., while on his way to this point, and at once proceeded to Gen. SHERIDAN's headquarters. Gen. GRANT desired me to transmit the dispatch to...

FIRST DISPATCH.[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 5 -- 8 P.M. Major-Gen. John A. Dix, New-York: The following telegram gives all the details received by this Department in relation to the military operations at Richmond, not heretofore published. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. AIKEN's LANDING, Va., April 5 -- 11:30 A.M. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Little is known at City Point. There are but few officers left, and these are overwhelmed with work. LEE telegraphed DAVIS at 3 P.M. of Sunday, that he was driven back and must evacuate. This was announced in church. DAVIS had sold...

FIRST DISPATCH.[OFFICIAL.] WASHINGTON, April 4, 1865 -- 11 o'clock A.M. Maj.-Gen. Dix: The following particulars, dated at City Point, April 4, 8 A.M., give the latest information received from Richmond: DISPATCH FROM GEN. WEITZEL. Gen. WEITZEL telegraphs from Richmond that of railroad stock he found there 28 locomotives, 44 passenger and baggage cars, and 106 freight cars. DISPATCH FROM GEN. GRANT. At 3:30 this morning Gen. GRANT from Sutherland Station, ten miles from Petersburgh, towards Burkesville telegraphs as follows: "Gen. SHERIDAN picked up one thousand two hundred prisoners to-day, and from three to five hundred more have been gathered by...