Millions all over the world are still reeling from the brutal assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk back in September, and new details continue to emerge about what went wrong on that fateful day.
As Fox News reports, Brian Harpole, who served as Kirk’s security director, has stepped forward to reveal that despite multiple expressions of concern from his team about rooftop vulnerability and staffing gaps at Utah Valley University, local authorities provided assurances -- since revealed to have been tragically incorrect -- that the situation was “covered.”
It was during an appearance on the Shawn Ryan Show that Harpole went into detail about mistakes made during Kirk’s tour stop at the Orem, Utah campus.
A former law enforcement officer himself and the founder of a private firm known as Integrity Security Solutions, Harpole recounted the issues he and his team raised, particularly concerning rooftop vantage points near where Kirk was slated to speak.
Harpole recalled, “We were told the roof was covered. The chief said, ‘I got you covered.’”
To his lasting regret, Harpole explained, “I took him at his word.”
Noting that in many ways, his hands were tied in terms of alleviating the risks he observed that day, Harpole added, “We can’t break the law to do what needs to be done, so we relied on the police, and no one was up there.”
Many of Harpole’s concerns about the Orem campus set-up stemmed from other Turning Point USA events that had been deemed high-risk.
“We’ve seen it before,” he explained, referencing scenarios in which there were “people climbing fences, our exit routes compromised.”
Harpole added, “We told them this one was open air, surrounded by elevated ground. We needed more eyes, more coverage. But we were told it would be handled.”
Despite bringing extra security staff to assist with the event, law enforcement jurisdictional restrictions meant that Harpole’s team could only operate within the 30 meters that surrounded the spot where Kirk was to speak, and his plan to operate drones was thwarted by FAA and university rules.
It also emerged that assistance from the Orem Police Department was never sought by the university, despite the existence of a mutual-aid agreement, with Harpole observing, “This was a textbook example of what happens when lines of authority aren’t clear. We couldn’t act outside our jurisdiction, and the people who could didn’t.”
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of firing the shot that killed Kirk, remains in custody ahead of trial, with a preliminary hearing now set for January 2026, as the Deseret News reports.
Since Robinson's surrender to police, attorneys have been arguing matters ranging from whether he can wear civilian clothing in court to potential modification of a gag order in the case. Still, one thing is clear, namely, that the eyes of the nation will be watching once the proceedings finally get underway.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
With controversy raging over Democrats urging the U.S. military and intelligence community to refuse to obey "illegal orders" from President Trump, the Democrat senator who is leading the charge that Trump calls "sedition at the highest level" "punishable by death" was asked point-blank Sunday if any illegal orders have been issued by the commander in chief.
On ABC's "This Week" broadcast, anchor Martha Raddatz asked U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who is a former CIA officer: "Do you believe President Trump has issued any illegal orders?"
"To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal," Slotkin responded, "but certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela."
As WorldNetDaily reported, Trump took to Truth Social late Saturday night to blast Slotkin and her Democrat colleagues suggesting the chain of command be broken.
"THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK. IT WASN'T, AND NEVER WILL BE!" Trump exclaimed.
"IT WAS SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND SEDITION IS A MAJOR CRIME. THERE CAN BE NO OTHER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THEY SAID!"
Slotkin told ABC: "He's trying to get us to shut up because he doesn't want to be talking about this," Slotkin said. "In fact, I would argue that one of the things that he's been doing by repeating it and talking about it is trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, which were the [Jeffrey] Epstein files and then the economy."
Slotkin said: "My primary concern is the use of U.S. military on American shores … in our cities and in our streets. We've seen now the courts overturn the deployment of U.S. military into our streets, including here in Washington, D.C.
"When you look at these videos coming out of places like Chicago, it makes me incredibly nervous that we're about to see people in law enforcement, people in uniformed military, get nervous, get stressed, shoot at American civilians. It is very – a very, very stressful situation for these law enforcement and for the communities on the ground. So it was basically a warning to say, like, if you're asked to do something, particularly against American citizens, you have the ability to go to your JAG officer and push back."
Raddatz asked the senator: "And with these service members calling you, couldn't you have done a video saying just what you just said? If you are asked to do something, if you are worried about whether it is legal or not, you can do this. It does imply that the president is having illegal orders which you have not seen."
Slotkin replied: "I think for us, it was just a statement widely, right? We say very quickly and very – to all the folks who come to us – this is the process: Go to your JAG officer, ask them for explanation, for top cover, for their view on things. We do that on a case by case basis, but we wanted to speak directly to the volumes of people who had come to us on this.
Regarding the potential for further U.S. military action targeting Venezuela. Slotkin said: "Certainly, the sheer size of the military buildup in and around Venezuela – I mean, you have to assume that when superpowers put that much force into an area that they're going to use it. They brought in aircraft carriers. They brought in F-35s."
"Certainly if we're going to actually think about prosecuting some sort of war or military action against the mainland of Venezuela, I would hope that the president would want to have that conversation publicly, bring in the American people who are not looking to get into another war, who are not looking to get into regime change."
President Donald Trump has given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a harsh ultimatum to take a peace deal or risk losing U.S. support for the continued war with Russia, the UK Daily Mail reported.
The Ukrainian president has been given until Thanksgiving Day to make up his mind.
Many of the 28 points in the proposal cut against Ukraine, but the war has been going on for nearly four years without an end in sight. Some of the concessions include cuts to the size of its military and giving up on land that Ukraine has sacrificed lives and years defending.
It would also indemnify the U.S. for the outlay of cash, both through a multi-billion-dollar return from the Ukrainian military and a rare-earth minerals deal with Russia. For his part, Zelensky characterized this deal as a shakedown from the U.S. "Today is one of the most difficult moments in our history," Zelensky lamented.
'The pressure on Ukraine is now at its most intense. Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a major security partner – 28 points or an extremely harsh winter," the Ukrainian president added.
It seems Zelensky has finally reached the end of the road after receiving money and material support from the U.S. for years. "'Ukraine's national interest must be taken into account," he said about what he'll do after the plan is unveiled.
"We're not making loud statements; we'll be calmly working with America and all the partners. We'll have a constructive search for solutions with our main partner [the US]," Zelensky added.
However, it seems his time is up as the world and American taxpayers grow weary of funding this endless war that appears to have no clear objective for peace anymore. Russia has more manpower and resources, and it seems that Russian President Vladimir Putin also has the will to keep fighting.
Still, Putin said the new plan could "form the basis of a final peace settlement" between the two nations. He added that Ukraine was only "dreaming" that it had what it takes to overcome the Russian military, and although an inconvenient fact, it's a true one as years of fighting and injection of foreign aid to Ukraine have shown.
Even though Zelensky is reluctant to give up, it's clear he knows it's time. "I will present arguments, I will persuade, I will offer alternatives, but we will definitely not give the enemy any reason to say that Ukraine does not want peace, that it is disrupting the process, and that Ukraine is not ready for diplomacy," Zelensky said.
Trump has rightly recognized that Zelensky has little choice in the matter. "They’re losing land. They’re losing land," Trump told Brian Kilmeade during Friday's broadcast of the Fox News The Brian Kilmeade Show.
"We in it for one thing. We want the killing to — you know, they lost 25,000 people last month between the two countries, 25,000 people," Trump said.
"It’s out of control. It’s a bloodbath," he added. The way Trump and the rest of the world see it, Zelensky doesn't have much of a choice after so much was wasted to get nowhere.
It's about time to end the war in Ukraine, whether or not Zelensky and leftists in Washington, D.C. are happy about the terms. Once the war between Russia and Ukraine is ended, the world will be better off, and the U.S. will be richer and safer for it.
Former first lady Michelle Obama ignited a firestorm by making bigoted statements about Americans, and even prominent leftists aren't happy with her flippant comments.
Obama was conducting a book tour at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week when she claimed that America isn't ready for a female president and cited that as her reason for not running for president in 2028.
Speaking to actress Tracee Ellis Ross, Obama said, "As we saw in the past election, sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like, don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. You are not. So don’t waste my time."
However, it only got worse as Obama became downright condescending when she said, "We got a lot of growing up to do and there’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it."
This remark predictably made many Americans angry, and even leftists like 'Real Time' host Bill Maher and ex-DNC chair Donna Brazile blasted Obama for her divisive and inaccurate comments.
The Obama couple has made a massive career out of pushing grievance politics and dividing Americans, but many people are sick of it. So much for hope and change.
On Friday's showing of “Real Time," Maher tore into Obama saying, "She was in the news this week, Michelle Obama. She has a book out. A coffee table book. Her statement, I was rather shocked by it. To me, this is logical fallacy 101. Just because we weren’t ready or didn’t like the candidates, Hillary and Kamala, doesn’t mean we are not ready for a woman."
He continued by saying, "I think it’s a bad attitude. We said we weren’t ready for a black president and someone, I can’t remember who maybe she remembers, said maybe it just has to be the right one."
Brazile chimed in by pointing out that Hillary Clinton actually won the popular vote in 2016 despite losing in the electoral college. Obama's assertion that Americans aren't ready for a woman president is absurd considering two women very nearly became president.
The real issue is that those two candidates, Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris, were some of the worst candidates in American history.
Furthermore, both of those candidates attempted to leverage their status as women to guilt Americans into voting for them. The reality is that the right woman candidate would win an election, but not just any woman.
The harsh reality is that Michelle Obama is likely not running for president in 2028 due to the fact that she simply isn't that great of a candidate. The stock of the Obama name has cratered in recent years as the luster has worn off with increased scrutiny of her husband's record.
Michelle Obama has come up as a possible candidate for the Democrat Party because of their lack of good candidates. Democrats were forced to run a geriatric Joe Biden twice in a row, and the results were far from ideal.
The less said about former Vice President Kamala Harris, the better. At this stage, a presidential run could do more damage to Obama's image for little reward. Of course, that's assuming the Obamas don't continue to make inflammatory statements that anger large swaths of Americans.
Brace yourselves, folks—President Donald Trump just dropped a policy bombshell that’s shaking up Minnesota like a Midwest tornado.
On a dramatic Friday evening, Trump took to Truth Social to announce the abrupt end of deportation protections for Somali nationals in Minnesota through the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, Fox News reported.
This TPS program, for those not in the policy weeds, has long allowed Somali individuals to reside and work in the U.S. due to dangerous conditions back in Somalia. Minnesota, home to a significant Somali community, now faces a seismic shift as these protections vanish “effective immediately.” It’s a bold move, and the ripple effects are already being felt.
Trump didn’t mince words when he made his stance clear on the social platform, pointing fingers at what he sees as rampant issues in the state. “Minnesota, under Governor [Tim] Walz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,” he declared, as reported on Truth Social. Well, that’s quite the accusation—calling out a governor for allegedly turning a blind eye to financial shenanigans.
But the president didn’t stop there with his digital megaphone. He also claimed, “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing,” per his Truth Social post. If true, that’s a gut punch to law-abiding Minnesotans who just want safe streets and accountable governance.
Let’s unpack this a bit, because those are hefty charges. Trump’s decision to scrap TPS seems rooted in a belief that Minnesota has become a hotspot for crime and corruption under current leadership. It’s a classic tough-on-crime approach, though one wonders if the brush is too broad for such a complex issue.
Now, to be fair, Minnesota hasn’t exactly been a poster child for fiscal integrity lately. The state has grappled with major fraud scandals, like the Feeding Our Future scheme, where hundreds of millions in COVID-19 relief funds were reportedly embezzled. That’s not pocket change—it’s a staggering betrayal of public trust.
Adding fuel to the fire, a recent report from the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, alleges that some of this stolen money found its way to the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab. Researchers Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo claim to have uncovered a tangled web of deceit involving programs like Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services. If their findings hold water, this isn’t just fraud—it’s a national security concern.
Thorpe and Rufo further assert that federal counterterrorism sources confirmed millions in pilfered funds were funneled back to Somalia, directly benefiting Al-Shabaab. That’s a chilling thought for any American who values safety over unchecked policy loopholes. It’s no surprise Trump seized on this as justification for his abrupt TPS decision.
Still, let’s take a breath and consider the human side of this policy shift. Many Somali nationals in Minnesota have built lives here under TPS, fleeing genuine peril in their homeland. Upending their status overnight raises questions about fairness and due process, even if the fraud allegations are proven.
On the flip side, if taxpayer dollars are indeed vanishing into criminal or terrorist hands, that’s a problem no administration can ignore. Trump’s supporters will likely see this as a decisive stand against a broken system. Critics, though, might argue it’s a sledgehammer approach when a scalpel could suffice.
The fraud claims, especially those tied to Al-Shabaab, are serious enough to warrant deep scrutiny, not just soundbites. If the Manhattan Institute’s investigation is accurate, Minnesota’s oversight failures have consequences far beyond state lines. It’s a wake-up call for tighter controls, no matter who’s in charge.
So, where does this leave Minnesota’s Somali community and the state as a whole? The sudden end of TPS means uncertainty for many who’ve called this place home, often contributing through work and culture. It’s a tough pill to swallow, even if the policy intent is to curb crime.
For Trump’s base, this is likely a red-meat win—tackling fraud and security with no apologies. Yet, one can’t help but wonder if there’s a way to address the bad actors without casting a net over an entire group. Precision, not pageantry, might be the smarter long-term play.
At the end of the day, Minnesota’s challenges—fraud, crime, and now this TPS termination—are a microcosm of broader national debates on immigration and accountability. Trump’s latest move is a lightning rod, sure to spark heated discussion from all sides. Let’s hope the conversation stays grounded in facts, not just feelings, as the state navigates this uncharted territory.
In a striking push against what many view as oppressive federal overreach, House Republicans have advanced two energy bills to revitalize American energy independence.
On Thursday night, the House approved the REFINER Act and the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, targeting stronger U.S. refineries and faster liquefied natural gas (LNG) project approvals while reversing restrictive policies from the prior administration, as the Daily Caller reports.
First, consider the REFINER Act, led by Rep. Bob Latta of Ohio, which passed with a solid 230-176 vote. This bill mandates a National Petroleum Council report to Congress and the Energy Secretary on whether U.S. policies are obstructing the refinery industry. It’s a no-nonsense effort to spotlight red tape that may be inflating gas prices.
Then there’s the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, brought by Rep. August Pfluger of Texas, which cleared the House 217-208. This measure transfers LNG project approval authority from the politically swayed Department of Energy (DOE) to the more impartial Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). After a 2024 DOE order stalled LNG approvals under the Biden administration, this aims to dodge future bureaucratic bottlenecks.
House Republicans are clear about their mission with these bills. They claim this legislation breaks away from what they call stifling energy rules of the past, paving the way for American energy leadership and relief at the pump. While the vision is bold, the Senate’s response remains a wildcard.
Pfluger didn’t mince words about his LNG bill’s impact. “Today’s House passage of my Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act is another major victory in achieving American energy dominance,” he told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“My legislation reforms the broken, politically weaponized approval process so we can streamline permitting for exporting LNG once and for all,” Pfluger added. If this shift to FERC holds, it could spark infrastructure investment and bolster allies’ energy security -- though partisan interference isn’t entirely off the table.
Economically, proponents of both bills argue they’ll fine-tune refinery efficiency and free the LNG industry from abrupt policy shifts. That’s a potential boost for jobs and stability, even if detractors question the risks of loosening oversight.
House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer also took a sharp swipe at previous policies. “House Republicans and President Trump are undoing the damage done by climate alarmists and activist bureaucrats,” he told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“For four years, the Biden administration crippled America’s energy production with burdensome regulations that drove up costs and increased our dependency on foreign adversaries,” Emmer continued. His point about soaring costs and foreign reliance resonates with many feeling the pinch, even if the tone might ruffle feathers.
Structurally, the difference between agencies matters here. The DOE, under a presidential appointee, often sways with political tides, while FERC’s bipartisan setup focuses on technical energy regulation. Shifting LNG approvals to FERC could insulate projects from ideological flip-flops, though it’s not foolproof.
Brett Guthrie, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, backed the bills in a Thursday statement. He framed them as vital for energy security and easing costs for working families. It’s a relatable argument, even with the Senate hurdle looming large.
Both the REFINER Act and the LNG bill now advance to the Senate, where their future is uncertain. Will senators embrace these as practical solutions or dismiss them as partisan maneuvers? That’s the critical uncertainty for energy supporters.
For the moment, House Republicans are positioning these bills as a turning point in energy policy, favoring American strength over what they see as excessive environmental mandates. It’s a deliberate move to shift the conversation, backed by solid House votes.
Yet, the ultimate outcome hinges on Senate action. These bills carry big promises -- lower costs, energy dominance -- but delivering on them isn’t guaranteed. House GOP has fired the first shot; now it’s a waiting game.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A new research project is charging that Minnesota state taxpayers are the biggest single source of funding for the Muslim terror network of al-Shabaab.
The research, published in the City-Journal, reveals that an investigation has confirmed what many suspected would happen when "a tribal mindset meets a bleeding-heart bureaucracy."
The state, under Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, who was on board in Kamala Harris' catastrophically failed 2024 presidential bid for her party, already is "drowning" in fraud. "Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare regimes in the country, are asleep at the switch. And the media, duty-bound by progressive pieties, refuse to connect the dots," the report said.
The new, and major, fraud scheme "has allegedly been perpetrated by members of Minnesota's sizeable Somali community," the research explained. "Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab."
The report noted one source confirmed, "The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer."
"If you were to design a welfare program to facilitate fraud, it would probably look a lot like Minnesota's Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The HSS program, the first of its kind in the country, was launched with a noble goal: to help seniors, addicts, the disabled, and the mentally ill secure housing. It was designed with 'low barriers to entry' and 'minimal requirements for reimbursement.' Nonetheless, before the program went live in 2020, officials pegged its annual estimated price tag at $2.6 million," the research charged.
But costs in 2021 alone totaled $21 million, and since then annual totals have been $42 million, $74 million, $104 million.
State officials there noticed the "credible allegations of fraud, and decided to shut it down, and just weeks ago, acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson confirmed criminal fraud indictments against Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, Christopher Adesoji Falade, Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, Asad Ahmed Adow, and Anwar Ahmed Adow.
Six of those are in the state's Somali community.
"Thompson made clear that this is just the first round of charges for HSS fraud that his office will be prosecuting," the report said.
"Most of these cases, unlike a lot of Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud cases nationally, aren't just overbilling. These are often just purely fictitious companies solely created to defraud the system, and that's unique in the extent to which we have that here in Minnesota," Thompson confirmed.
He said many schemes operate out of rundown offices with perpetrators targeting people out of rehab and putting them on government benefits for services the companies have no intention of providing.
"What we see are schemes stacked upon schemes, draining resources meant for those in need. It feels never ending," Thompson said. "I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor and the depth of the fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away."
Already, there have been 56 people who admitted gjuilt in a $250 million "Feeding Our Future" fraud, the report confirmed.
That purportedly was to provide daycare assistance, but it used "fake meal counts, doctored attendance records, and fabricated invoices" to demand reimbursement of nearly $200 million.
"In reality, the money was being used to fund lavish lifestyles, purchase luxury vehicles, and buy real estate in the United States, Turkey, and Kenya," the report confirmed.
David Gaither, a former state lawmaker warned that the legacy media, "alongside Minnesota's Democratic establishment, have long turned a blind eye to fraud within the Somali community."
That allows problems to explode in size.
The "fraudsters" even had cultivated appearances with Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born congresswoman from Minneapolis.
Involved in promoting "Feeding Our Future" have been Omar's deputy district director, a former state senator who ran for Minneapolis mayor, and a senior aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Federal prosecutors revealed that another fraud scheme involved boosting the number of Somali children getting federal aid for autism.
Asha Farhan Hassan, a Somali community member also named in the "Feeding our Future" case, allegedly set up a $14 million scheme using Minnesota's Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program.
"Hassan and her co-conspirators 'approached parents in the Somali community' and recruited their children into autism therapy services. It didn't matter, prosecutors suggested, if a child did not have an autism diagnosis: Hassan would facilitate a fraudulent one," the report confirmed.
In fact, prosecutors charge, "To drive up enrollment, Hassan and her partners paid monthly cash kickback payments to the parents of children who enrolled. These kickback payments ranged from approximately $300 to $1500 per month, per child. The amount of these payments was contingent on the services DHS authorized a child to receive—the higher the authorization amount, the higher the kickback. Often, parents threatened to leave . . . and take their children to other autism centers if they did not get paid higher kickbacks."
The report cited autism program costs in Minnesota: $3 million in 2018, then up to $54 million, $77 million, $183 million, $279 million, and $399 million in 2023.
"These massive fraud schemes form a web that has stolen billions of dollars in taxpayer money. Each case we bring exposes another strand of this network," Thompson charged.
And the report revealed, "At least 28 fraud scandals have surfaced since Walz was elected governor in 2019. Most of the large-scale fraud rings, according to two former FBI officials who spoke with City Journal, have been perpetrated by members of the Somali community."
And where did the money go?
"The Somali fraud rings have sent huge sums in remittances, or money transfers, from Minnesota to Somalia. According to reports, an estimated 40 percent of households in Somalia get remittances from abroad. In 2023 alone, the Somali diaspora sent back $1.7 billion—more than the Somali government's budget for that year," City Journal said.
And the report added, "Our investigation reveals, for the first time, that some of this money has been directed to an even more troubling destination: the al-Qaida-linked Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab. According to multiple law-enforcement sources, Minnesota's Somali community has sent untold millions through a network of 'hawalas,' informal clan-based money-traders, that have wound up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab."
Confirmation came through Glenn Kerns, a retired detective who worked on a federal Joint Terrorism Task Force, who said the Somalis' money network routed huge amounts of cash to hawala networks in Somalia, with one getting $20 million in a single year.
Another investigator, who was cited anonymously, said, "Every scrap of economic activity, in the Twin Cities, in America, throughout Western Europe, anywhere Somalis are concentrated, every cent that is sent back to Somalia benefits Al-Shabaab in some way. For every dollar that is transferred from the Twin Cities back to Somalia, al-Shabaab is . . . taking a cut of it."
The Gateway Pundit lauded the work of reporters Ryan Thorpe and Chris Rufo, explaining, "This is insane."
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
There's hope for a future for New York City under a mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, who follows socialist, some even say communist, values, and President Donald Trump, who has been accused by Mamdani supporters of being "fascist":
The two political leaders, one heading a city and the other heading the nation, met for talks on Friday only about 10 days after Mamdani was elected.
At stake is the future of the city that has gone far left in recent elections but remains a leading municipality in America.
According to a report from one network, ABC, the two met in the Oval Office and both had good things to say.
"I just want to congratulate. I think you're going to have hopefully a really great mayor and the better he does, the happier I am. I will say there's no difference in party. There's no difference in anything. And we're going to be helping him, to make everybody's dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York and congratulations, Mr. Mayor," Trump said.
Mamdani, meanwhile, followed up by meeting with Trump after promising that he would be willing to work with Trump.
"It was a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers," Mamdani said. Trump has spent building skyscrapers in New York, and is known for his support for the city.
They both talked about affordability, which is becoming a problem for more and more people following Joe Biden's tenure in the White House when inflation exploded to as much as 9.1%.
Mamdani actually is a member of the Democratic Socialist organization, but Trump is anything but the "fascist" his critics claim.
Trump noted that Mamdani is "different" but actually ran a successful campaign, "And we all know that runs are not easy."
He said the goal is to make New York strong.
Mamdani had thrown out any conciliatory attitude he had held when he was elected, addressing Trump on election night with, "So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
The president does hold a significant power of the purse in a lot of federal programs that provide funding to New York, and has suggested he would withhold that support if needed.
Mamdani has, meanwhile, suggested taxing white people, providing free transit services in the city and other projects that even his fellow liberals do not support. The New York governor has suggested a block on Mamdani plans to boost taxes.
Mamdani also has claimed he'll enforce international law and arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on orders of an international court, if he comes to New York, prompting a scolding from commentators who say Mamdani will earn quickly that he's bound to follow the U.S. Constitution and U.S. law.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
In a state that long has pursued an aggressive anti-Christian agenda through its official actions, including the LGBT activism of homosexual Gov. Jared Polis, it now is school children who are being targeted, according to a report from ADF's legal team.
That group now has filed a briefing with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opposing a school district policy that "directs that students should be 'assigned to share overnight accommodations with other students that share the student's gender identity' rather than rooming by sex."
Further, officials in the district involved, Jefferson County, refuse "to give parents truthful, pertinent information about their children's overnight accommodations, thus hampering parents' ability to make informed decisions about their children's education and privacy."
The school simply lets children say they are boys or girls, and then assigns roommates for overnight outings based on what the children say.
Joe and Serena Wailes, Bret and Susanne Roller, Rob and Jade Perlman, Daniel and Annette Brinkman, and their children are challenging the district's decision to violate "parents' fundamental right to make decisions about the upbringing and education of their children."
Colorado's antagonism toward Christianity and Christians dates back more than a decade. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop has been in the courts for that long for refusing to submit his Christian faith to the progressive LGBT agenda in which state officials believe.
That's despite the state losing at the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight.
Same thing happened with the state's demand that a web designer violate up her Christian faith in order to operate her business. Colorado lost again at the Supreme Court, and taxpayers there were billed millions for state officials to waste in their legal fight.
Right now the Supreme Court is considering whether to allow the state to censor pro-Christian comments by counselors, who are urged to deliver pro-LGBT ideologies to young clients. And the state recently attempted to impose its transgender beliefs on a Christian children's camp.
Further, the state is in court trying to defend its decision to discriminate against Christian preschools. Under a state "universal" preschool program, children are provided free preschool services, unless they choose a preschool linked to the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, and in those cases they are discriminated against.
In the Jefferson County fight, the families are asking the court to stop school-district officials from requiring their children to share bedrooms and shower facilities with students of the opposite sex on school-sponsored overnight trips, ADF explained.
The district's practices violate "the families' free exercise, bodily privacy, and parental rights."
"Parents, not government bureaucrats, have the right and responsibility to direct the upbringing and education of their children, and that includes making informed decisions to protect their children's privacy," said ADF lawyer Kate Anderson. "This fundamental right is especially vital for all parents who wish to raise their children according to their religious values and protect their children's bodily privacy. Jefferson County Public Schools claims to 'freely grant accommodations to all,' yet they will not offer equal accommodations to religious students to access educational opportunities without sacrificing their bodily privacy."
The district, in practice, tells parents when their children are on overnight outings sponsored by schools, that "girls will be roomed together on one floor, and boys will be roomed together on a different floor."
But then officials allow a boy who says he is a girl to room on the girls' floor.
The district's operations stunningly assigned a male to share a bed with the Waileses' 11-year-old daughter on a trip.
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A new jobs report, delayed by the Democrats' decision to shut down the U.S. government for six weeks, now shows that there were more jobs created in September than expected.
And Vice President JD Vance, in an interview, confirms it is Americans who are being helped by the economy under President Donald Trump.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 119,000 jobs in the month, and unemployment nudged up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.4%.
Forecasters had expected maybe 55,000 new jobs.
"This jobs report confirms that you have the number of manufacturing hours worked in the economy is actually going up. You see, the private sector is really driving this economic growth and is driving the job creation. And this is really important, I know to you, Matt, but really to me, and it's that we are seeing the job growth go to native-born American citizens," Vance explained in an interview with Breitbart News' Matthew Boyle."
During the Joe Biden administration, jobs were going to foreigners, he explained.
"And what happened under the Biden administration is to the extent there was any job growth at all. If you looked at the data, almost all of the net job creation in the United States under the Biden administration went to the foreign-born," he said. "Now, of course, some of those people are illegal immigrants to the United States, but that means that a lot of the job creation was actually going to illegal aliens who shouldn't have been in our country."
The Washington Examiner said Dan North, an economist with Allianz Trade Americas, confirmed the unemployment numbers remain a concern.
Further, the report noted a concern for the looming October report as it may show job losses, in part because of the Trump administration's deferred resignation program for federal workers.
Additionally, other questions remain because of the president's immigration policies, which have deterred the mass in-migration that Joe Biden promoted.
The report said federal employment is down by about 97,000 since Trump took office less than a year ago.