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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finally released its hotly-anticipated “gold card” allowing deep-pocketed foreigners to purchase US visas. Trump told reporters at the White House that it would function “somewhat like a green card” letting foreigners become instantly eligible for permanent residency status to work in America. Individuals have to pay $1 million to US Treasury coffers, while companies will have to fork over $2 million to keep employees. The Department of Homeland Security will conduct a background check on all applicants to make sure they are qualified. After five years, any gold card-carrying permanent resident can apply for...

Somali Minnesota college student Hasan Mohamed posted a profanity-filled rant against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that included threats to “pop’ agents the next time they show up in his Owatonna neighborhood. In the video, Mohamed raged, “ICE, I actually heard you guys pulled up to Owatonna, the big O, and you pulled up when I was not there?” “Y’all so ****-ass ****, boy. You’re gonna get popped next time I see you.” “Bring the whole cavalry. Yeah, boy, you guys are scared.” Watch: Though it appears Mohamed removed the original video from TikTok, it has already gone...

(NewsNation) — Taxpayers in Maine have been bilked out of millions of dollars from the state’s Medicaid program, according to a whistleblower who in an interview with NewsNation likened the case to a burgeoning scandal in Minnesota, where people in the Somali community are accused of defrauding taxpayers of $1 billion meant for social services. The whistleblower, Christopher Bernardini, describes himself as a former “billing guru” of Gateway Community Services — a health services contractor that he says defrauded Maine’s Medicaid program. Bernardini worked for Gateway from May 2018 until April 2025 as a program coordinator. Bernardini alleges that Gateway...

One week after the Sioux Center Library board voted 8-1 to continue offering a sexually explicit book called “Icebreaker” to any patron with a library card, it has been discovered that the library also stocks a book called “Identical” in the 12-year-old section of the library.Bookshelves The book graphically details multiple incidents in which a 9-year-old girl is sexually abused by her father, including one incident while her identical twin sister watches. In addition, the book contains violence, including self-harm and suicidal ideations, profanity and derogatory terms and drug and alcohol abuse. The abuse of the daughter, Kaeleigh, started when...

Spain’s Ministry of Health has issued a warning over rising flu cases as winter approaches, preparing to require masks in hospitals, health centres, and elderly-care facilities, particularly in high-risk areas. The move comes amid an early and intense influenza season, which experts say could put additional pressure on hospitals already managing COVID-19 cases and other respiratory infections. Health authorities stress that the measure is preventative and aims to protect the most vulnerable, including the elderly and those with chronic illnesses. Several regions have already adopted measures ahead of a national agreement. Aragón and Andalucía, for instance, have recommended or mandated...

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (LifeSiteNews) — Ten men and seven women spent last night in a Memphis jail after staging a peaceful protest in front of the Memphis, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood building. The December 5 protest was organized by “Rescue Resurrection,” a pro-life movement planning “rescue” actions across the country. Those arrested included well-known figures in the pro-life movement: Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue; Joan Andrews Bell, a longtime pro-life advocate; Terrisa Bukovinac, director of PAAU (Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising); Nathan Berning, director of Let Them Live; and Dr. Monica Miller of Citizens for Life, among others. READ: Operation Rescue founder and...

SAN ANTONIO — When it comes to GameStop's eyebrow-raising "Trade Anything Day" – a promotion that encouraged customers to literally trade in anything (with some exceptions) at their local store this past Saturday – Texans didn't disappoint. At least, one customer up in North Texas didn't. GameStop shared that the zanier items brought in for trade-in credit at locations across the country included a bowling ball, a "full creepy doll collection," a speed limit sign and "Friends" on VHS. Up in Corsicana, a small Navarro County community about an hour south of Dallas, someone received trade-in credit for a lanky...

Thursday the Indiana Senate will vote on redistricting. There are about a dozen RINO’s that plan to vote with the democrats to oppose it. It will be a close vote, and it looks like the Republicans might lose. If the RINO’s get their way, they are helping to elect Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House, and stifle the President’s efforts the last two years.. I have made several calls, please call,,,in particular, also call the President of the Senate, Rodric Bray.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked a controversial rapper who did seven years in state prison for armed robbery to advise him on the criminal justice system. Mysonne Linen, 49, a Bronx convict-turned-activist who was found guilty of two felony heists in the late 1990s, was appointed by the democratic socialist to sit on a “criminal legal system” committee for his transition team as he prepares for the move to City Hall next month. “This is a testament to our decades of work advocating on behalf of black and brown communities and our expertise in gun violence prevention, legislative advocacy and...

A car crash on the Dumbarton Bridge near Hayward left a classic car destroyed and traffic snarled on Sunday afternoon. Four cars crashed just before 3:30 p.m. in the second and third eastbound lanes near the middle of the bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani offered advice to illegal immigrants on how to evade ICE in a video message Sunday — calling on illegal immigrants to “stand up” to the federal agents and “know your rights.” The democratic socialist positioned himself as the mayor of “more than 3 million immigrants” as he spoke following last weekend’s ICE raid in Chinatown, which was disrupted by protesters. “Last weekend, ICE attempted to raid Canal Street and detain our immigrant neighbors,” Mamdani said in a video posted on X on Sunday. “As mayor, I’ll protect the rights of every single New Yorker. And that includes...

Socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped a radical who idolizes cop-killer Assata Shakur to advise his administration on public schools, The Post has learned. Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari — the co-executive director for the Alliance for Quality Education, a far-left activist group once fronted by “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon — was selected last week for Mamdani’s transition committee for youth and education. In an interview with the website Lingua Franca, Shaakir-Ansari was asked if she could spend an afternoon with any woman past or present, who would it be, and what question would she ask her. The activist and mother...

An illegal immigrant from Somalia with a long rap sheet for fraud and apparent ties to Democratic politicians in Minnesota — including Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar — was arrested Friday as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Abdul Dahir Ibrahim was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and is being held at the McCook ICE facility in Nebraska, dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink” by the Department of Homeland Security, records show. Ibrahim has an extensive criminal history and has had removal orders against him since 2004, according to Fox News. Prior to entering the US,...

Undercover footage from the pro-life group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust allegedly shows a "multi-state abortion fund, the Palmetto State Abortion Fund, (PSAF) secretly transporting a minor for an abortion, two hours away, despite the parent’s clear disapproval." The Details: A media release sent to Live Action News from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust read in part: Survivors’ undercover journalist posed as a 15-year-old and captured interactions with PSAF’s founder, staff, and a volunteer driver[,] Kathryn Weir. Via a hidden camera, she captured the entire operation from being picked up at the Myrtle Beach Mall and being driven to Planned...

MINNEAPOLIS — A day after The New York Times reported federal immigration officials would launch an operation targeting Minnesota's Somali community, the mission began. NBC News told KARE 11 on Wednesday morning that a senior law enforcement official confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation is now underway. The news comes after Twin Cities leaders, including both Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors, held a press conference Tuesday in response to The Times' report, pushing back on the federal government's stance on the deportation of immigrants and refugees. The Minnesota branch of the nonprofit Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) held...

Dearborn, Michigan, was back in the national spotlight last month after a far-right protest spiraled into street clashes, a near-Quran burning, and the latest debate about religion, identity and political extremism in America's largest Muslim-majority city. The drama began when Jake Lang – a January 6 rioter, newly pardoned by Donald Trump, and now a long-shot Republican US Senate candidate in Florida – arrived in Dearborn with an entourage, cameras, and a self-styled 'anti-Sharia' crusade. He carried bacon in one hand and a Quran in the other, marching through the city center in combat gear and trolling locals, daring them...

Leftists walk a fine line, making pronouncements that are valid in the narrowest technical sense but effectively seditious. An obvious example is the Seditious Six calling for military personnel not to obey “illegal” orders, while refusing to clarify what they mean by that. True enough, no one should obey orders that are clearly illegal. But the obvious message is that servicemembers should not obey orders that leftists wouldn’t like. Otherwise, they might be punished once Democrats take power. Brian O’Hara, Minneapolis police chief under the ultramoonbat Jacob Frey, provides another example by advising citizens to call 911 on ICE agents...

Authorities have released of the name of the suspect accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into a federal building, adding that they believe he was “motivated by anti-immigration enforcement sentiment.” The incident occurred on Monday, with the suspect identified as 54-year-old Jose Francisco Jovel. Authorities have released images showing the moment Jovel allegedly carried out his act. Bill Essayli, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said in a statement that the building he targeted “houses our U.S. Attorney’s Office, ICE, and is where illegal immigrants are processed.” “Jovel was targeting our immigration enforcement operations and wanted to...

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said President Donald Trump’s comments about Somalians were creating a dangerous situation because his followers have “exhibited violence.” Today at the White House, Trump said, “These Somalians have taken billions of dollars out of our country. They’ve taken billions and billions of dollars. They have a representative, Ilhan Omar, who they say married her brother. She should be thrown the hell out of our country. And most of those people, they have destroyed Minnesota.” Host Jake Tapper said, “What is the practical impact when a President of the United States demonizes...

As federal investigations into multiple types of fraud in minnesota heat up, many are calling for consequences for elected officials who turned a blind eye to these alleged scams. More show notes: Trump called them "garbage" now the left is bent out of shape.