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A Harvard law professor has spoken out to reveal that President Trump would be on "very solid legal ground" if he was to declare a national emergency to build the wall along the US Southern Border. According to Professor Mark Tushnet, Trump would be able to access unappropriated funds from the Department of Defense (DOD) budget and use the money for the wall's construction.

Twice failed Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's calls to her followers to “keep counteracting" Trump's lies on the border wall has backfired spectacularly on Twitter.

The Pentagon is making preparations in the event of President Donald Trump ordering the military to build the southern wall, a defense official has said. Trump recently hinted that he might take this course of action in the light of an impasse in negotiations with Democrats resulting in the government shutdown.

A group of Californian yellow vests has urged President Donald Trump to "take action" in ending the state’s sanctuary policy. The meeting was held following Newman city police officer Ronil Singh‘s death, who was murdered by an illegal alien on Christmas. The California movement is statewide grassroots effort to form a 'golden' state. There have now been 47 out of the total 58 counties in California that have joined in support of the movement.

A veteran news reporter has quit NBC, accusing the network of pushing anti-Trump, pro-war propaganda. William M. Arkin accused the new outlet of having an "infatuation" with the "Trump circus," claiming it leads to journalists ignoring real stories as they push to turn Americans against their president. Arkin, a seasoned national security reporter, made the revelations in a biting farewell message to his colleagues.

A federal judge has ruled that the $350 million misconduct lawsuit, filed by Trump ally Jerome Corsi against Robert Mueller, will move forward. On Thursday, Judge Richard Leon ordered Corsi's case against Mueller to be randomly assigned to another judge. Corsi, a longtime associate of former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone, is suing Mueller, the Justice Department, and others, for $350m over prosecutorial misconduct, leaking confidential information to press, and unconstitutional surveillance.

BRUSSELS are likely to buckle to Britain’s key Brexit demands, due to uproar among EU countries over fears of an economic decline in the case of a no deal departure. The EU27 will give in to Prime Minister Theresa May’s demands to make the Irish border backstop a legally temporary measure. The key British demand is the only obstacle holding up Mrs May’s deal from passing in Parliament. The DUP and dozens of Brexiteers have vowed to vote down the deal this month unless changes are made to the backstop.

Turkey and Russia have reached agreement on the next steps, military, humanitarian and otherwise in Syria. But the Turkish government is frustrated with the pace of the US military withdrawal from Syria..... Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a major supporter of jihadist groups opposing the Syrian government......says he's reassured after speaking with President Trump about the withdrawal of US forces from Syria... Russia's FSB security agency says an American citizen has been detained while on a spy mission..... A South Korea newspaper reports a conciliatory message from North Korea's ruler to President Trump.....

As other world leaders continue to push for globalism, steering the world down the path to a single global government, US President Donald Trump remains defiant.

President Trump paid a visit to the US military in Iraq for Christmas..... Sources who support Syria's government say the US is setting up new bases I western Iraq.... Syrian government troops and Russian military police are moving eastwards towards the western portion of the Kurdish area..... A high level Turkish delegation including its Foreign Minister and presidential spokesman is headed for Moscow on Sunday to discuss Syria.... The Israeli airstrike on Damascus Tuesday evening Christmas Day has been condemned by Russia as a serious violation of Syrian sovereignty that endangered civilian aircraft landing approaching the Beirut and Damascus airports........

A city has banned all public celebrations of Christmas to avoid "spreading Christianity" and ordered the removal of all festive displays, decorations, and references from public view to keep the streets "clean." Residents in Langfang, a city near Beijing, China will no longer be able to carry out any related religious activities, in what is the latest attempt to clamp down on Christians in the region.

As more details emerge from the Russia probe, reports are beginning to suggest that special counsel Robert Mueller may have destroyed crucial evidence. Emerging documents are now suggesting that Mueller may have been destroying or withholding key facts during the Russian "collusion" investigation.

French police forces are being urged by union bosses to down their batons and shields in solidarity with the Yellow Vests, triggering a new wave of "Blue Vest" protests against President Macron's globalist government. The uprising of law enforcement could lead to civil war in France should the police go head-to-head with the government .Police unions have warned of a "black day for the police" that will come in the form of "Blue Vest" protests against the liberal French president's administration.

A federal jury has convicted 36 people for their roles in an international sex trafficking ring, making the case the largest of its kind in the United States, prosecutors have announced. U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald revealed that the final five defendants were found guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota late last week.

When the government starts deciding how your children will think even before they have left pre-school, you can safely say you're locked inside an Orwellian system controlled by oppressive bureaucrats. But George Orwell may not have foreseen the sheer magnitude of how far the government will go to control our children's minds.

Special Counsel, Robert Mueller's team wiped the iPhone belonging to disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok before it was handed over to investigators, the inspector general's bombshell new report has revealed. Mueller's team scrubbed anti-Trump Agent Strzok's phone of all data and settings after determining "it contained no substantive text messages."

Witnesses have been grilled by members of a US House oversight committee over the probability that the Clinton Foundation had received donations from foreign powers who wanted favors in return. The shady donation tactic, otherwise known as "pay-to-play," allows donations as a means for preferential treatment for outside influencers.

President Trump's pick for US attorney general, William Barr, believes that the Clintons "should be investigated" and there are "things" about Bill and Hillary "that haven’t been investigated.” Trump announced last week that Barr will take over from acting AG Matthew Whitaker to lead the Department of Justice, describing the incoming attorney general as "my first choice from Day One." According to Barr, the DoJ would be “abdicating its responsibility” if it fails to investigate Bill and Hillary and the Clinton Foundation.

A former chauffeur to The Queen who admitted to sexually abusing a young boy in Buckingham Palace along with another boy at the home of a relative has died before police could press charges. Alwyn Stockdale, 81, admitting to attacking the ten-year-old boy and another under the age of 14 in the 1970s.

As Paris exploded with further protests and riots this weekend over French President Emmanuel Macron's liberal policies, France's so-called leader was hiding behind the majestic walls of his presidential palace as the streets of the capital erupted in fury. As angry citizens battled with authorities over policies pushed by the Macron Administration, the president skulked inside the Elysee Palace, guarded by hundreds of riot police and surrounded by armored cars bearing machine guns and grenade launchers.