President Donald Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in South Korea, and he called the meeting "friendly" and agreeable.
Trump said that Xi "agreed to almost everything" during their two hours face-to-face, and in return, he agreed to lower tariffs on the world's most populous nation.
"On a scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12," he told reporters who were traveling with him on the flight back to Washington.
"It was an outstanding group of decisions I think that was made. A lot of decisions were made too, there wasn't too much left out there," Trump said.
When Xi agreed to work toward decreasing the amount of fentanyl coming into the U.S. from China, Trump lowered the tariffs on Chinese goods from 57% to 47%.
"I believe he's going to work very hard to stop the death that's coming in," Trump said.
In another positive development, China agreed to end its pause on purchasing soybeans from the U.S. The pause caused problems for farmers.
China also agreed to a one-year pause on its limits in exporting rare minerals, which led to the U.S. loosening some of its own export restrictions.
"President Xi is a great leader of a great country, and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship for a long period of time," Trump said at the start of the meeting.
Of course, Xi is a communist dictator, not a great leader, but Trump was buttering him up to get what he wanted, so that's okay.
The pair hadn't met in person for six years, but they have spoken on the phone three times and exchanged several letters since Trump took office for the second time.
"China and the U.S. should be partners and friends. This is what history has taught us and what reality demands," Xi said through an interpreter.
They also talked about China buying oil from the U.S. (Alaska), but they skipped over several more controversial topics.
They didn't talk about Taiwan, TikTok, or China buying Russian oil, but hey, it's a good first step toward lowering tensions.
Senate Republicans are staging a rare rebellion against President Donald Trump’s tariff policies on Canadian goods, signaling a fracture in party unity over trade strategy.
A bipartisan coalition in the Senate, including a handful of GOP defectors, pushed forward a resolution to strip Trump of the emergency powers he invoked to slap hefty tariffs on Canada, challenging both his tactics and the economic fallout.
This saga kicked off earlier this year when Trump, wielding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, imposed a steep 35% tariff on Canadian imports, alongside a whopping 50% duty on steel from other nations.
Things escalated recently when Trump, irked by an Ontario government ad featuring audio from Ronald Reagan’s 1987 trade speech, upped the ante with an additional 10% tariff on Canada.
In a fiery Truth Social post, Trump declared, “ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” doubling down on his hardline stance.
Now, let’s be real—while Trump’s instinct to play tough on trade might resonate with those tired of globalist giveaways, this move risks alienating allies and hiking costs for everyday Americans.
Enter the Senate, where a resolution led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., gained traction to halt these emergency tariffs, with key Republicans like Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska crossing party lines.
Sen. Rand Paul, a co-sponsor, has been vocal, arguing that these tariffs are essentially a hidden tax on U.S. consumers and that “a rule by emergency is not what the Constitution intended, that taxes are supposed to originate in the House of Representatives.”
Paul’s got a point—emergency powers shouldn’t be a blank check for policy that sidesteps congressional oversight, no matter how much we cheer for America-first economics.
Meanwhile, the White House, clearly rattled, sent Vice President JD Vance to a Senate lunch to whip GOP votes, warning that breaking ranks on Trump’s tariff plan would be a “huge mistake.”
Sorry, Mr. Vance, but when Kentucky farmers and distillers are getting squeezed, as Sen. Mitch McConnell has pointed out, loyalty to policy over people starts looking like a misstep.
McConnell himself didn’t mince words, joining the opposition by highlighting the real-world pain these trade barriers inflict on his state’s economy.
This isn’t the only Senate action—Kaine’s resolution is part of a trio targeting Trump’s emergency tariff powers, with similar measures advancing against duties on Brazil and Canada.
Yet, don’t hold your breath for a House victory; these resolutions are likely dead on arrival there, leaving this Senate revolt more symbolic than substantive.
Still, the message is clear: even among conservatives who back Trump’s broader vision, there’s a line when trade wars start hitting home—and this tariff tussle might just be it.
In a surprising reversal, top public health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is soft-pedaling his bombshell claims tying autism to Tylenol use by pregnant women.
During a press conference Wednesday, Kennedy noted there is not enough data to establish a causal link, the Hill reported.
“We’ve all said from the beginning that the causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy … is not sufficient to say it definitely caused autism, but it is very suggestive,” Kennedy said.
“And so there should be a cautious approach to it, and that’s why our message to patients, to mothers, to people who are pregnant, the mothers of young children, is consult your physician, and we have asked physicians to minimize the use to one that’s absolutely necessary,” Kennedy added.
The controversial Health Secretary has come under fire for a number of unorthodox and unproven health claims.
In September, Trump and Kennedy held a White House press conference where they urged pregnant women to be cautious of Tylenol, with Trump telling mothers to "tough it out" unless absolutely necessary.
The Tylenol claims brought furious backlash from the medical community, with critics accusing Trump and Kennedy of sowing confusion among parents.
At a Cabinet meeting earlier this month, Kennedy suggested Tylenol use after circumcision could "double" the rate of autism in boys.
“There’s two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they were given Tylenol,” he said.
Kennedy later accused the mainstream media of distorting his comments by making it sound like he was tying circumcision itself to autism, when he pointed to the use of Tylenol after the procedure. But one of the studies Kennedy cited, a controversial 2015 paper from Denmark, did not have data on what medications were used for pain management. The authors found a slight correlation between autism and circumcision and pointed to the stress of the procedure as a potential mechanism.
As usual, the mainstream media attacks me for something I didn’t say in order to distract from the truth of what I did say.
At yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, I said: “There are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it’s highly…
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) October 10, 2025
In recent weeks, Trump has continued to give out highly specific medical advice that echoes Kennedy's skepticism of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals.
“Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
While there is some evidence linking Tylenol and autism, Trump's remarks have been more definitive than the cautious statements of his health officials.
"To be clear, while an association between acetaminophen and autism has been described in many studies, a causal relationship has not been established and there are contrary studies in the scientific literature," the FDA wrote in September.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The situation already made officials at the Loudoun County, Virginia, school district look bad.
In their pursuit of transgenderism for all, they punished, for alleged sexual harassment, two boys who caught a girl in their locker room, threatening them and worse.
The district was sued, and now a new filing in that case has charged that officials "coordinated" with a local leftist political action committee "to smear" the families of the boys.
According to the Washington Examiner, lawyers for the boys and their families have amended their complaint to charge district officials with "civil conspiracy,"
The school allegedly used the confidential information it had about the situation to give to an organization called Loudoun For All for the purpose of "stoking political outrage ahead of local elections," the report said.
The materials included press releases and a case timeline, and the new filing explains the details were leaked "to assist in issuing statements labeling the families liars," the report said.
The information, containing "false and defamatory allegations," soon appeared on the PAC's website.
"It appears the school board was passing along confidential information to a political action committee for the purpose of further retaliating against our clients," explained Ian Prior, a lawyer with America First Legal, which is working the Founding Freedoms Law Center to help the families.
It all dates back to when a girl who calls herself a boy went into the boys locker room at Stone Bridge High School and recorded the boys objecting to her presence. Even though her recording apparently violated school policy, the school chose to punish the boys.
The newest filing also charges that Loudoun's Title IX process "relied on non-credible evidence, omitted key witness interviews, and deleted video footage that could have supported the boys' account," the report said.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights already has concluded Loudoun violated Title IX by failing to "meaningfully investigate" the concerns raised by the boys – about a girl entering a male-only facility.
Based on the federal conclusions the district could lose federal funding if officials do not protect individuals in single-sex facilities.
Also, a federal judge has ordered the schools not to punish the boys further while the case is pending.
WND reported when students, fed up with the district's refusal to protect boys and girls in such settings, took to the streets to encourage voters to remove from power those with that leftist ideology.
A commentary at Twitchy was prompted to state, "BOOM! VA teens take matters into their own hands to stop school board trans-LUNACY…"
Local broadcaster WJLA said, "For the past four years, LCPS has allowed students to use bathrooms and locker rooms at school based on their chosen gender identity and not biological sex. Several students have protested the policy in the past, but the school board hasn't budged. Since the teens said the school board hasn't listened to their concerns, these students want a new school board and they're asking voters to help."
One teen told the outlet, "I've been sick of it for quite a while. I just can't put up with it anymore. It's not normal. It's not something we should be supporting."
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
President Donald Trump has used his business expertise to advocate for Americans' finances in the White House, from demanding better trade deals with foreign nations to fighting inflation, which exploded to more than 9% for a while under Joe Biden.
One plan to save money, even generate income, now is being advanced by Sen. Joni Ernst R-Iowa, who has proposed the idea of letting the government sell its vacant buildings, eliminating ongoing maintenance costs and even generating sales price income.
"For too long, the entrenched bureaucracy has used red tape to prevent these ghost towns from being sold off," she said, in a report at Fox News.
The Disposal Act "immediately lists six prime pieces of D.C. real estate on the auction block and slashes through pointless regulations to fast-track the sale of the government's graveyard of lifeless real estate to generate hundreds of millions of dollars and save taxpayers billions," the report said.
It was several years ago she released a report on the federal government's lack of use of many buildings, in her "naughty list of no-show federal agencies" following the COVID-19 pandemic closures.
Her plan is the "Disposing of Inactive Structures and Properties by Offering for Sale And Lease (DISPOSAL) Act."
It would put on the market immediately the Frances Perkins Federal Building, home to the United States Department of Labor; the Department of Energy's James V. Forrestal Building; the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, which is home to the Office of Personnel Management; Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, where the Department of Housing and Urban Development was headquartered before announcing in June it planned to move; United States Department of Agriculture's headquarters at the Department of Agriculture South Building; and the Hubert H. Humphrey Federal Building, which headquarters the Department of Health and Human Services.
The report noted there are an estimated 7,700 vacant federal buildings nationwide, and nearly 2,300 more that are mostly empty.
"The Office of Management and Budget reported in 2023 that the annual cost of operating federal buildings deemed 'underutilized' sits at $81.346 million, while the General Services Administration reported in 2025 that deferred maintenance and repair backlogs at federal buildings exceeds $6 billion and will balloon to more than $20 billion in five years,." Fox reported.
The legislation lines up a path for more building sales in the future.
Ernst is part of the Senate's support team for Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, which is working to cut spending and save taxpayers money.
Trump himself has expressed concern over federal workers who stopped showing up at their offices during COVID, and haven't returned.
"We have hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have not been showing up to work. My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again. Any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately," he charged.
Hold onto your hats, folks—Washington’s latest scandal might just make your head spin with questions about who’s really been running the show.
According to Breitbart, the House Oversight Committee dropped a bombshell report on Tuesday, alleging that several executive actions under President Joe Biden’s administration, including pardons and commutations, were signed with an autopen without his direct approval, rendering them potentially invalid.
This isn’t just a paperwork glitch; it’s a serious accusation of bypassing presidential authority. The Committee’s findings suggest Biden’s aides may have used a mechanical device to replicate his signature on critical documents. And if true, that’s not just a shortcut—it’s a constitutional crisis waiting to happen.
On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee didn’t hold back, urging the Department of Justice to dig deep into executive actions from Biden’s tenure. They claim evidence points to decisions made without the president’s personal sign-off. It’s the kind of revelation that makes you wonder how much oversight there really is in the Oval Office.
The report specifically calls out the use of an autopen—a machine that mimics signatures—for actions like clemency orders. According to the Committee, these moves are void if not directly authorized by Biden himself. That’s a polite way of saying someone might have played fast and loose with the highest office’s power.
Diving into the 91-page document, the Committee paints a troubling picture of Biden’s mental and physical state during his presidency. They allege senior White House staff worked overtime to hide any decline from the public eye. It’s a claim that, if substantiated, raises ethical questions about transparency at the top.
The report doesn’t just stop at signatures—it accuses aides of colluding to maintain an illusion of presidential control while Biden’s capacity allegedly waned. This isn’t just about a pen; it’s about whether the American people were misled. And that’s a bitter pill for anyone who values honesty in governance.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer didn’t mince words in his assessment of the situation. “The Biden Autopen Presidency will go down as one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history,” Comer said in a written statement. If that doesn’t make you sit up and take notice, what will?
Comer’s statement goes further, alleging a deliberate deception by Biden’s inner circle. “Our report reveals how key aides colluded to mislead the public and the extraordinary measures they took to sustain the appearance of presidential authority as Biden’s capacity to function independently diminished,” he added. That’s a zinger that lands hard, pointing fingers at a systemic failure rather than just a technicality.
The Committee’s recommendations are as sharp as they come, pushing for the Department of Justice to scrutinize every executive action taken under Biden’s name. They’re not just asking for a peek—they want a full-blown review. It’s a demand for accountability that resonates with anyone frustrated by bureaucratic overreach.
Chairman Comer also pointed the spotlight at specific aides, including Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Annie Tomasini, and Anthony Bernal, for invoking the Fifth Amendment during inquiries. He’s called for the DOJ to take a closer look at their roles. If silence is golden, it’s also awfully suspicious in this context.
Adding another layer, Comer urged the D.C. Board of Medicine to examine Dr. O’Connor’s conduct as Biden’s personal physician. The implication here is clear: was the president’s health status hidden to prop up a faltering administration? That’s a question that cuts to the core of public trust.
The report labels many executive actions, especially clemency decisions, as “illegitimate” due to the autopen’s use. If the DOJ agrees, we could see a cascade of reversals that rewrite parts of Biden’s record. It’s a potential unraveling that would shake up an already polarized political landscape.
For conservatives, this saga is a glaring example of why unchecked power and progressive overreach need reining in. Yet, it’s worth noting that any resolution must prioritize fairness and due process over political point-scoring. After all, the goal here is restoring faith in our institutions, not just settling grudges.
So, where does this leave us? The House Oversight Committee has thrown down the gauntlet, and now it’s up to the DOJ and other bodies to pick it up. One thing’s for sure—this autopen affair is a reminder that in Washington, even a signature can signpost a scandal.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
With the government shutdown in its 29th day and federal food assistance about to vanish, disturbing videos are emerging with one black woman threatening to hunt down, roast and eat white Americans, and another threatening to kill anyone who tries to stop looting.
In one video, a woman addresses "the white man" in the U.S., saying: "I'm here to let you know that we are going to eat regardless even if we have to hunt you animals down and roast and eat you, the delectable crackers and cheese.
"We will make it happen if we have to, trust and believe me. And if it takes this government shutdown for black people to finally come from under the government and understand that we don't need to be paying our taxes into this government.
"What we really need to be doing is taking care of one another, buying land and growing our own food and building our own nation. If this government shutdown and starvation is what it's going to take, then let the party begin. It's black power, baby, and we rise."
She added: "Black Americans do not care about your government shutdown. And black Americans do not care about you taking away our EBT and our government assistance because black Americans never depended on the American government to take care of us and feed us because we never could.
"We were never able to depend on the government in spite of what you may say and what you may try to force us to believe. So you can sit back and you can mock, you can laugh and you can think that you're about to starve us to death."
In another video, a woman urges security guards to let people steal food while threatening to kill any person who tries to intervene to stop the looting.
"I would hate for you to not be able to make it back to your family and for you to not be able to make it back home because you tryin' to save the billionaire companies," she says.
"When all this sh** is over, you either will be here, or you won't. I'm just gonna say that. Either you gonna make it out, or you won't because people are not gonna let you come in between they kids' next meal."
'You're about to see the beast come out of a lot of people – people that didn't even know that they had that in them."
Yet another woman wondered aloud what you would do if she broke into your house to steal your food.
As WorldNetDaily reported Tuesday, another woman claiming she's out of food stamps is bragging online about stealing from a grocery store while urging others to steal at will and "infiltrate" churches to get cash.
"Everything out here is yours," she said. "Whether or not you take it, they call that sh** free will. I call that sh** eminent domain. You know what I'm saying? One thing I learned from the white men: Take it!"
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates another quarter point, giving hope to those in real estate and finance that the economy, which already has been providing positive indicators, will expand.
While inflation remains slightly above the central bank's target, the move is expected also to support the labor market.
The cut of 25 basis points puts the new range of 3.75% to 4%, and it follows a cut of the same size just last month.
The bank has been trying to fulfill its mandates of stable prices, in the range of a 2% inflation, while promoting maximum employment.
The Federal Open Market Committee said in its statement risks remain on both agendas.
One member of the board favored a half-percentage cut..
Chairman Jerome Powell issued a statement that the data available now "suggests that the outlook for employment and inflation has not changed much since our meeting in September."
The government, of course, has been shut down for much of that time by Democrats who have opposed continuing current spending for a few months, instead demanding a $1.5 trillion raid of American taxpayers' pockets for their free health care of illegals agenda.
President Donald Trump repeatedly has called for the interest rates to be lower, in order to stimulate an economy he already has revived significantly from the 9% inflation Americans suffered under Joe Biden.
Inflation currently is estimated to be running at about 3% while unemployment, two months ago, was at 4.3%.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
"You know it's going to be a bad traffic stop, when you have to repeat 'Put your pants on!'"
And it was.
That social media comment followed video of an Arkansas trooper's encounter with a naked truck driver who had parked alongside the road, and apparently was sleeping.
The driver repeatedly exhibits no understanding of English, nor recognition of road signs.
He ended up being pulled off the road, according to the video.
The incident comes at a time in America when multiple foreign drivers have been documented to fail at understanding or speaking English, or recognizing ordinary traffic requirements.
The cost has been multiple Americans' lives, as the drivers repeatedly have triggered massive violent and deadly accidents.
The problem has been defined on social media as California's agenda to deliver commercial driver's licenses to such individuals.
Other social media comments included: "That's freaking scary."
And, "Hold the company accountable."
Not the Bee reported, "This trooper's interaction with a trucker who can't speak English will be the most frustrating thing you'll watch all day."
American Truckers said, "California's treasonous Non-Domicile CDL standards are endangering motorists nationwide. How long before other states revoke all reciprocity for California CDLs?"
The driver responded "California" to the question about his employer, and also "California" when asked if there was anyone else in the truck with him.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Two federal prosecutors have been put on an administrative leave only hours after they filed a court document where they editorialized about how the Jan. 6, 2021, events in Washington were carried out by a "mob of rioters."
That's when thousands of protesters challenging the validity of Joe Biden's election to the Oval Office gathered. A few hundred did violate the law by going into the Capitol without permission, and a fraction of those vandalized it.
It turns out that the election was influenced by several outside and unique factors, including Mark Zuckerberg's handouts of $400 million plus to local election officials who often used it to recruit voters in Democrat districts, and the FBI's interference when it described accurate accounts of Biden family scandals as Russian disinformation. President Donald Trump later issued a pardon for most of the offenses from that day.
Earlier, a number of the prosecutors who pursued extreme charging and sentencing standards for offenders were dismissed or demoted.
But now two others, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, both assistant U.S. attorneys, have been assigned a leave after editorializing in a statement to the court in a case involving Taylor Taranto. He was a recipient of Trump's pardon for J6, but later involved himself in situations that generated other charges.
A report at Politico said Valdivia and White claimed the J6 events were done by "thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters," the report said.
It came in a sentencing recommendation for Taranto, where the prosecutors called for a term of more than two years for a hoax threat against a federal bureaucracy, and for driving in a neighborhood where Barack Obama's owns an expensive home while having firearms in his vehicle.
The prosecutors also alleged that Taranto was involved in having "promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021."
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who leads the Washington, D.C., office prosecuting Taranto, said, "While we don't comment on personnel decisions, we want to make very clear that we take violence and threats of violence against law enforcement, current or former government officials extremely seriously."
Politico's report said Valdivia and White claimed Taranto returned to Washington in 2023 and "made livestreamed threats to blow up his van outside the National Institute of Standards and Technology," then drove his van, carrying weapons, through Obama's Kalorama neighborhood.
Politico explained, "It's unclear which portion of the memo triggered the move by Justice Department officials to place Valdivia and White on leave. However, they're the latest Jan. 6 prosecutors to face punishment for their involvement in related cases. Dozens of others were either terminated or demoted. One of them, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gordon, is suing over his termination."