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The White House has released a short video of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praying before, as one social media personality said, "going to the den of wolves."
"This is what I voted for," said one, with others adding, "Very cool" and "Thank you @PressSec. Christ is King."
She said, "Lord Jesus, please give us the strength, the knowledge, the ability to articulate our words, and have fun and be confident in Jesus' name. Amen."
She was in the press office during Trump's first term, and worked on his 2024 campaign, the Gateway Pundit said.
She was on maternity leave for the birth of her first child when Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign event in Butler, Pa., in July 2024, and she immediately ended her leave to return to the campaign.
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U.S. attorney says state officials have ordered police not to help federal officials
A new report at RedState reveals that the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey has ordered an investigation into New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his attorney general, Matt Platkin.
They are suspected of "obstructing" federal immigration enforcement.
"I am unfortunately going to announce on your show tonight, Sean, and I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal … agencies that are under my direction," Alina Habba confirmed.
Habba's announcement came during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
The trigger for her announcement was an order by the state officials that their state officers "are not permitted to enforce civil immigration enforcement and enforcing administrative warrants issued by federal immigration authorities without a court order."
The report noted, "The order in question advises state police not to contact ICE—not even via phone—if they see a legitimate warrant for deportation. This is contrary to federal immigration enforcement laws."
Habba said the state's agenda will need to be changed.
"[Attorney General] Pam Bondi has made it clear, and so has our president, that we are to take all criminal — violent criminals and criminals – out of this country and to completely enforce federal law," Habba explained.
Those who try to prevent the enforcement of federal law "will be charged in the state of New Jersey for obstruction, for concealment, and I will come after them hard."
Murphy has established a reputation for adhering to federal law.
"Earlier this year, Governor Murphy made a wild admission of sorts in an interview with the progressive grassroots organization Blue Wave New Jersey, claiming that he harbored an illegal immigrant in his home," the report said. "He taunted federal officials by saying 'good luck' in trying to come get her."
A federal judge has given the green light to a controversial plan introduced by the Trump administration.
The court ruled against a lawsuit filed by nonprofit organizations and allowed the Trump administration to implement an online registration requirement for illegal immigrants aged 14 and above, permitting serious penalties for noncompliance, as the New York Post reports.
In February, the plan was announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as part of a larger scheme to monitor illegal immigration. Under this new system, immigrants must disclose specific personal information, including their fingerprints and residential addresses. Failing to register could lead to significant fines or potential imprisonment for up to six months.
The announcement of the registry prompted several nonprofit organizations to take legal action. Groups such as CHIRLA, the United Farmworkers of America, Make the Road New York, and CASA filed a lawsuit in an attempt to halt the implementation of the registry. They argued that the registry caused "speculative" harm and sought to delay its implementation pending a public comment period.
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden dismissed the lawsuit. In his decision, McFadden pointed to the historical precedents that sanction such registries, referencing the Alien Registration Act of 1940 and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. These acts provide a legal foundation for the registration of aliens within U.S. borders.
McFadden concluded that the plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail in their claims. His ruling emphasized that the harms alleged by the nonprofit organizations were not proven concretely enough. Further, he noted that the plaintiffs lacked the necessary standing to pursue the case further.
The presence of an online registration requirement for illegal immigrants stems indirectly from an executive order entitled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion." This order was issued earlier in the Trump administration and reflects ongoing efforts to bolster U.S. immigration policies.
USCIS has stressed that many aliens in the United States are already registered, following existing laws. However, a substantial number reportedly have not had the opportunity to fulfill this obligation due to the absence of a structured registration method. Consequently, the agency plans to introduce a new form and process to accommodate these individuals who remain unregistered.
In statements provided by the USCIS, the agency articulated the necessity for a new registration form. Officials aim to ensure that no alien will have a valid excuse for failing to comply with the registration duties under the Immigration and Nationality Act. This requisite process aligns with the long-standing legal framework that governs alien registration in the U.S.
The establishment of an online registry marks a significant development in immigration policy under the Trump administration. The requirement does not just facilitate the collection of biometric data but also strengthens the government's grip on immigration control.
For individuals directly affected by this new requirement, understanding the registry's implications is crucial. Immigrants in the U.S. aged 14 and over now face the decision of whether to comply with the registration. Non-compliance risks severe penalties, a factor that may weigh heavily in the community's response to this directive.
The reaction from the broader public and the affected immigrant communities is yet to be fully seen. Nonprofit organizations, despite the court setback, continue to emphasize the perceived risks and potential harm of such a registry. They advocate for immigrant rights and seek to adjust policy measures that they believe may infringe upon these rights.
As the registration goes into effect, attention will undoubtedly turn to its implementation and enforcement. Whether the registration requirement achieves its intended goals, and how alien registration and enforcement policies evolve, remains to be seen. It represents an intensification of measures aimed at managing illegal immigration and its effectiveness will likely garner significant scrutiny.
While McFadden's ruling allows the registry to proceed, the broader immigration debate continues to simmer. Advocacy groups may look for alternative approaches or legal avenues to challenge or adapt immigration policy further.
The new registry presents fresh challenges and opportunities within the U.S. immigration landscape. The balance between regulatory oversight and immigrant rights will continue to be a pivotal issue in discussions and policy-making efforts going forward.
Elon Musk has accused Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of having ulterior motives for defending "fraud" in the federal government.
Musk was responding to a post from Schumer claiming that DOGE is "sabotaging Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid."
“Chuck, I’m starting to think you’re getting a piece of the action with the government fraud,” Musk wrote on X. “But no, that couldn’t possibly be the reason, could it?”
“Another Elon lie,” Schumer replied. “He wants you to think anyone who dares to stand up to him is committing fraud, meanwhile he’s taking tens of billions from the government."
Programs like Medicare and Social Security have long been considered untouchable by politicians in both parties, and President Donald Trump has pledged to leave them alone.
But Democrats, still struggling to oppose Trump months after his historic re-election, have cast Musk's work through DOGE as a sinister effort to snatch benefits from the poor and elderly.
"Make no mistake: What Elon Musk is doing at Social Security is cutting benefits," Schumer said in another post.
"The intern running Schumer’s social media account is lying," Musk replied.
While DOGE is not cutting payments -- benefits are mandated by Congress -- Democrats say Musk is creating chaos for beneficiaries that is just as bad.
"When offices close down, when websites crash, when phone lines shut off, that's no different than cutting benefits," Schumer said.
Musk claims to have exposed rampant fraud within the system, accusing Democrats of enrolling illegal aliens in Social Security to buy up votes.
It was not long ago that Democrats shared Musk's concerns about fraud. A 1996 clip of Schumer that Musk shared shows the senator calling for checks on Social Security fraud to discourage illegal immigration.
“One way to prove you’re a bona fide person who has a job is to ask for a driver’s license and a social security card,” Schumer said in the clip. “If you want to stop fraud in immigration, you have no choice but to support this amendment.”
Schumer has been a fixture in Washington, D.C. for decades, but his handling of a recent spending battle with Trump and the GOP has raised questions among Democrats about Schumer's leadership. Some Democrats think Schumer has been too cautious in the face of Trump's aggressive overhaul of the government.
In his latest bold move, Trump facilitated the listing of thousands of immigrants on the Social Security rolls as deceased to encourage self-deportation.
The White House is ignoring e-mails from journalists who list their preferred gender pronouns in the signature line.
The Trump administration says the policy will filter out reporters who put ideology above truth and accuracy.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has been pushing back on the transgender movement, which has grown increasingly unpopular. Trump has focused especially on the impact of transgender policies on women and girls.
As a matter of policy, the White House recognizes two biological sexes. Consistent with that stance, the administration is snubbing journalists who fail to acknowledge biological reality.
The New York Times reported the new approach, saying some of its reporters have been dismissed by White House officials.
“As a matter of policy, I don’t respond to people who use pronouns in their signatures as it shows they ignore scientific realities and therefore ignore facts,” DOGE adviser Katie Miller wrote in one e-mail. “This applies to all reporters who have pronouns in their signature.”
“Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio clearly does not care about biological reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the New York Times.
The New York Times issued a statement condemning the administration's policy as a petty and "baffling" choice.
This is not the first time the administration has clashed with its media critics over language.
The White House has sought to block the Associated Press over its continued use of "Gulf of Mexico", which the AP has maintained for convenience and tradition, despite Trump renaming it the Gulf of America.
Of course, it is not the usual practice in today's media to be so tenaciously conservative about words. Associated Press style uses newfangled terms like "gender-affirming care" and urges writers to always refer to individuals by their preferred pronouns. The results, for readers, are not seldom confusing: stories about women's sports, for example, refer to males as transgender "women."
The Trump administration's efforts to corral the "Fake News" have not been successful all of the time. A federal judge this week ordered the White House to restore access to the AP on First Amendment grounds.
“Under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists -- be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere -- it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints,” U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden wrote.
Prince William and his wife are said to be facing a "dilemma" as they split over their son George's education.
As reported by the Daily Mail, William wants their 11-year-old son George to attend Eton College, but Princess Catherine prefers other options.
“It’s the talk of the school, and of the parents,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, both attended Eton, an all-boys boarding school that has been associated with the British elite for centuries.
Eton is the traditional choice for young royals, but the Waleses have other options. They have also toured Marlborough College in Wiltshire, Kate's former school, and two schools in London's affluent Highgate suburbs.
Unlike Eton, Marlborough is co-educational, so George could attend the school together with his siblings.
Meanwhile, the Princess of Wales is said to be impressed with the theater department at Highgate School, the Daily Mail reported.
One factor weighing in Eton's favor is distance. Eton is a short walk from the family home at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, while Highgate is 30 miles away in London.
The Prince of Wales is said to favor Elon, where he excelled in academics and sports, but the school's intimidating reputation could weigh on the family's decision.
William's brother had a miserable experience there, as he recalled in his best-selling memoir Spare, saying that it was "heaven for brilliant boys, it could thus only be purgatory for one very unbrilliant boy.”
"The situation became undeniably obvious during my very first French lesson. I was astounded to hear the teacher conducting the entire class in rapid, nonstop French. He assumed, for some reason, that we were all fluent," he wrote.
Prince William and Princess Kate share three kids: Prince George, the eldest, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The children all attend the same prep school in the Berkshire countryside, Lambrook School.
Prince George, who turns 12 in July, is the second in line to the throne, making his education a subject of keen public interest.
Prince William, the heir apparent, caused a stir recently by dropping the royal family's longtime attorneys, in a move seen as a bid for independence.
Adding to the intrigue, William recently hired the attorneys his late mother Princess Diana used in her divorce from William's father, King Charles.
"William wants to do things differently from his father and wants to be seen to do them differently," a source told the Daily Mail.
The House passed legislation Wednesday to limit lower courts from issuing nationwide injunctions, a power that many say has been abused by "activist" judges to block President Trump's agenda.
The bill sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) passed 219-213. No Democrats voted for the bill, which restricts the scope of court injunctions to just the parties involved, rather than letting judges block a policy nationwide.
A similar bill has been proposed in the Senate by Josh Hawley (MO), but it faces little chance of getting enough Democratic votes to pass.
While nationwide injunctions have faced bi-partisan criticism in the past, Democrats are embracing them to slow down Trump's agenda.
In some cases, district court judges - nominated in many cases by Democratic presidents, although not exclusively so - have ordered Trump to hire back thousands of federal employees or even return foreign nationals deported from the United States.
Frustration with this "judicial activism" has led to calls for impeachment, but Issa's bill takes a more moderate course.
Issa said the bill would discourage partisan litigants from seeking out district courts sympathetic to their agenda, a practice known as forum shopping.
“It may be a timely issue for this president, but that does not make it partisan,” Issa said. “To do the right thing at this time is critical.”
Since Trump returned to office, the rate at which district courts have issued injunctions has skyrocketed.
In just the past few months, district courts have already blocked Trump more times than they did during Biden's four years as president, and Obama's eight. While Trump is not the first president to push the limits of executive power, Democrats say the stark disparity between presidents is simply a consequence of Trump doing "illegal things."
There were 14 injunctions during Biden's term, and 12 during Obama's two terms. That number surged to 64 during Trump's first term - and activist judges are on track to beat that number.
"Since President Trump has returned to office, left-leaning activists have cooperated with ideological judges who they have sought out to take their cases and weaponize nationwide injunctions to stall dozens of lawful executive actions and initiatives,” Issa said.
“These sweeping injunctions represent judicial activism at the worst," he said.
The Supreme Court granted Trump some relief this week, tossing a ruling from Judge James Boasberg, who infamously ordered Trump to turn back deportation flights carrying alleged gang members.
The Biden administration covered up a report on the origins of COVID-19 that suggests American soldiers were infected while traveling in China.
Seven U.S. service members who attended the World Military Games in Wuhan experienced COVID-like symptoms, according to the Washington Free Beacon, which was first to report the new information.
The Biden administration was required by law to release the Defense Department report, but it was not publicly available until the Trump administration quietly uploaded it in March.
The American athletes traveled to and from Wuhan through Seattle, Washington, the Prospect reported in 2020. As some may recall, Washington state was one of the first COVID hotspots in the U.S.
Thousands of athletes attended the military games in Wuhan, which ran for two weeks in October 2019 at a stadium close to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, considered one of the prime culprits for the origin of the outbreak.
Athletes from different countries later reported feeling COVID-like symptoms, and they described the city of Wuhan as oddly desolate.
The U.S. performed bat coronavirus research in Wuhan that was funded by Anthony Fauci, who played a leading role in the initial effort to discredit the lab leak theory that has since gained mainstream acceptance. The CIA now considers a lab leak to be more probable than the wet market scenario that was backed by many scientists at the outset of the pandemic.
The Pentagon has long dismissed questions about the military games and their possible role in the pandemic. Biden's Defense spokesperson John Kirby told the Washington Post that the military was not aware of any service members being infected, even though none of the troops were tested.
The Biden administration's newly public three-page report offers the explanation that testing "was not available at this early stage of the pandemic," so it is impossible to say if the infected service members had COVID or other respiratory illnesses.
The soldiers had COVID-like symptoms from October 18, 2019, through January 21, 2020, and their symptoms cleared within six days, the report says.
"Data surveillance reports from military treatment facilities indicate no statistically significant difference in COVID-19-like symptoms cases at installations with participating athletes when compared to installations without them," the report notes.
The Trump administration only briefly looked at the World Military Games in March 2020, the Washington Post previously reported, because of Chinese propaganda in the early stage of the pandemic blaming U.S. athletes for bringing COVID to Wuhan.
But this new information corroborates the theory that China - and later, Biden - covered up clues about the origin, Republicans say.
"Taxpayers deserve to know the truth about COVID-19 origins, but the Biden administration concealed this information from the American people for years," Senator Joni Ernst told the Free Beacon.
"This report should have been made public immediately and not restricted to Washington insiders. If Americans visiting Wuhan were potentially infected with the COVID-19 virus in October 2019, those claiming the pandemic began in a wet market just two months later would be completely off base."
FBI director Kash Patel is no longer in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as President Trump shakes up the law enforcement agency that enforces gun laws.
Patel had been chosen to lead the ATF in February, but starting now, Patel will focus on his work at the FBI while U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll picks up a second job as ATF director.
The reason for the shakeup was not shared, but the Trump administration downplayed it as a routine change.
“Director Kash Patel was briefly designated ATF Director while awaiting Senate confirmations — a standard, short-term move. Dozens of similar re-designations have occurred across the federal government," the White House told Reuters.
Driscoll, 38, is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and a senior advisor to Vice President J.D. Vance, a former Marine. They became good friends at Yale Law School.
Patel is no longer listed as the ATF director on the agency's website. Dan Driscoll is named as the director, but there's currently no picture or information.
A source told Fox News Digital that the change was sought by Patel so he could focus on his work at the FBI.
"It was never supposed to be a long-term thing. He was happy to serve, of course, but his job is the director of the FBI," the source said.
Meanwhile, the deputy director of the ATF, Marvin Richardson, was forced out this week, Reuters reported.
The ATF is part of the Justice Department, whose leader, attorney general Pam Bondi, has launched a new task force to protect the right to bear arms.
The DOJ and ATF this week repealed President Biden's strict "zero tolerance" policy, which allowed the ATF to strip gun dealers of their licenses over paperwork errors.
“This Department of Justice believes that the 2nd Amendment is not a second-class right,” said Attorney General Bondi. “The prior administration’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy unfairly targeted law-abiding gun owners and created an undue burden on Americans seeking to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms – it ends today.”
Patel was known as an FBI critic prior to his confirmation to lead the agency, which has a history of going after Trump and his supporters.
But Patel has since faced backlash from Trump supporters after promoting one of the FBI's top January 6th investigators to lead the Washington field office.
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New, or expanding, investors in America now include Apple, Eli Lilly, Stargate, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and more.
Trillions of dollars are now involved.
That's according to a report by Fox Business that explains Trump has revealed some $7 trillion in investment income that is arriving in the U.S.
"We have, I would say, more than $7 trillion now … of investments coming in," Trump said on Wednesday. "Apple is coming in for $500 billion alone. We have other companies coming in with massive numbers. We have car companies that are coming in. No, we've never seen anything like it, maybe in the 1940s or '50s or something, but we've never seen anything like it."
Officials actually have said some of the amounts that have been committed actually will rise as projects progress.
"For instance, Stargate, a project by Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle that involves the establishment of data centers for the further development of artificial intelligence, has committed $500 billion. Apple also committed $500 billion, according to the data from the White House official. Computing and electronics giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has committed to a $100 billion investment in the U.S., and NVIDIA is in for $200 billion," the report explained.
The totals have changed several times as new commitments have been confirmed.
Other commitments have come from Hyundai, $20 billion, Venture Global, $18 billion, Johnson & Johnson, $55 billion.
The higher numbers are from nations, with $1.4 trillion from the UAE, $1 trillion from Japan, Saudi Arabia's $600 billion and India's $310 billion, the White House said.
"It's great to see companies looking to make strategic investments within the United States. We look forward to working with the administration to reduce regulatory burdens to spur further investments," said Jordan Crenshaw, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Technology Engagement Center.
A report at RedState expanded, "On Wednesday, the White House released data showing that since January (what was it that happened in January?) $7 trillion in private investment has been committed to come to the United States. That's $7 trillion – A 'T' followed by a 'rillion.' That's real money."
It added, "Note that a lot of the companies involved are from other countries or do much of their production in other countries. Now, of course, all of this is contingent on the companies following through – actually breaking ground and building new facilities, for instance. But if half of them follow through, that's still $3.5 trillion. That's $3.5 trillion invested in on-shore production that will create jobs, generate tax revenue, revive struggling communities, and maybe, just maybe, start the resurrection of America's dwindling middle class."