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10,000 troops headed to seal the southern border, as Trump shuts down asylum process
National, Washington Examiner

10,000 troops headed to seal the southern border, as Trump shuts down asylum process

By Jamie McIntyre | Washington Examiner TRUMP ‘EXPECTS IMMEDIATE RESULTS’ AT THE BORDER:  Robert Salesses may only be acting secretary of defense for a short time, but he’s acting with dispatch to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order that “suspends the physical entry of aliens engaged in an invasion of the United States through the southern border.” After a Monday meeting with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commanders of the U.S. Northern Command, Transportation Command, and National Guard, Salesses established a task force to carry out “expedited implementation” of Trump’s orders to obtain “complete operational control of the southern border of the United States.” “DOD will begin augmenting its forces at the southwest border w...
Trump erases ‘Bidenbucks’ and taxpayer-funded leftist voter registration drives
National, The Federalist

Trump erases ‘Bidenbucks’ and taxpayer-funded leftist voter registration drives

By M.D. Kittle | The Federalist “Bidenbucks” was technically dead on arrival on President Donald Trump’s first day in office, but the election-influencing executive order that Trump’s predecessor signed nearly four years ago will take diligence to fully kill. As David Craig, legal director for the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), told The Federalist, Biden’s order “has substantial tentacles across government.” FGA has been on the frontlines of the battle against Bidenbucks since the executive order’s inception at the beginning of Biden’s term. “The head is cut off the snake but the body continues to slither,” Craig said, noting how deeply embedded Bidenbucks is in every agency, each teeming with left-leaning bureaucrats.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FEDERALI...
Trump to address globalist elites in Davos with first major foreign policy speech
Breitbart, National

Trump to address globalist elites in Davos with first major foreign policy speech

By Simon Kent | Breitbart President Donald Trump on Thursday will make an online appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, addressing globalist elites with what is expected to be his first major foreign policy announcements. Trump’s virtual appearance before the annual gathering in Switzerland comes after he told Russian President Vladimir Putin via social media he should negotiate over Ukraine immediately, or face what he called taxation, tariffs and sanctions, as Breitbart News reported. The new president’s live video appearance comes with banking and oil industry CEOs given the chance to lob questions at Trump, himself a successful businessman who made his fortune in real estate. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
Shooting at Antioch High School in Tennessee leaves 3 injured, prompts lockdown
Fox News, National

Shooting at Antioch High School in Tennessee leaves 3 injured, prompts lockdown

By Greg Norman  | Fox News At least 3 people were injured Wednesday in a shooting at Antioch High School outside of Nashville, Tennessee, officials say. "Three people have been wounded, including the suspect, who shot himself," the Metro Nashville Police Department said. Metro Nashville Public Schools added that the school is on lockdown "due to shots being fired inside the school building." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
Republicans, led by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, move to repeal the act Biden used to jail peaceful pro-lifers
National, The Federalist

Republicans, led by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, move to repeal the act Biden used to jail peaceful pro-lifers

By Jordan Boyd | The Federalist Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, with the support of 25 Republican cosponsors, reintroduced legislation on Tuesday that seeks to prevent the political prosecution of peaceful pro-lifers by repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Congress first passed the FACE Act in 1994. It was at the direction of President Joe Biden after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision nearly two decades later, however, that the FBI and Department of Justice started to arrest and hand down uncharacteristically harsh sentences to dozens of people, many Christians, who peacefully protested ending life in the womb. “Americans just spent the last four years being targeted by a weaponized justice system. The FACE Act was one of the primary ...
Trump directs feds to target cartels that threaten homeland security
National, The Center Square

Trump directs feds to target cartels that threaten homeland security

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square President Donald Trump is directing federal agencies to target Mexican cartels and other foreign groups that are a threat to American citizens and national security. Trump’s executive order designates Mexican cartels, the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, Salvadoran La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs) under the U.S. Constitution, Immigration and Nationality Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act. “International cartels constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime, with activities encompassing convergence between themselves and a range of extra-hemispheric actors, f...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security fires advisory committees
National, The Daily Signal

U.S. Department of Homeland Security fires advisory committees

By John Oyewale | Daily Signal The leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fired all of the members of the department’s advisory committees Monday, a memo shared by Reuters shows. Acting Secretary of DHS Benjamine Huffman ordered the termination, according to the memo shared by Reuters. “In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security, I am directing the termination of all current memberships on advisory committees within DHS, effective immediately,” Huffman wrote in the memo. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
Trump plans 10% tariffs on Chinese imports on Feb. 1
Fox Business, National

Trump plans 10% tariffs on Chinese imports on Feb. 1

By Greg Norman  | Fox Business President Donald Trump announced he is planning a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports on Feb. 1 over the country’s role in fentanyl trafficking.  "We're talking about a tariff of 10% on China, based on the fact that they're sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada," Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. "Probably February 1st is the date we're looking at."  When asked about a conversation he had with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his inauguration this week, Trump added that "We didn't talk too much about tariffs other than he knows where I stand."  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
State Department blocks pride, BLM flags from embassies, outposts with ‘one flag policy’
Fox News, National

State Department blocks pride, BLM flags from embassies, outposts with ‘one flag policy’

By Stephen Sorace  | Fox News The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said Tuesday. The Washington Free Beacon first reported that it obtained a copy of the "One Flag Policy" order, which permits only the American flag to be flown at U.S. facilities at home and abroad, with two notable exceptions: the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag. "Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content," the memo states, according to the outlet. "The flag of the Unite...
Trump admin orders federal employees in DEI offices to be placed on paid leave as agencies wind down diversity initiatives
National, New York Post

Trump admin orders federal employees in DEI offices to be placed on paid leave as agencies wind down diversity initiatives

By Victor Nava | New York Post The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered all federal employees working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to be placed on paid leave as government agencies work to shutter DEI offices.  The Office of Personnel Management, the government’s top human resources agency, informed federal department heads in a memo that DEI program employees must be notified by 5 p.m. Wednesday that their administrative leave is “effective immediately.”  The memo further directs federal agencies to take down all “outward facing media” — such as webpages and social media accounts — focused on DEI programs, cancel all employee diversity trainings and terminate any DEI-related contracts by the same deadline.  READ THE FULL ...