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As President Donald Trump was signing the Mideast peace deal this week securing the release of all living hostages held by Hamas, the Islamic terror group was posting graphic videos of its members publicly executing Palestinian civilians it called "criminals and collaborators with Israel."
The gruesome action came just hours after Trump voiced the "end of an age of terror and death," inking a document with his 20-point peace plan.
The horrific clip shows eight beaten and blindfolded men on their knees before they're all shot on the street as a crowd cheers.
Two years of the world screaming "genocide" without a single instance of the IDF doing what Hamas is doing to Palestinians today.
https://t.co/jlWIhFa6Kd
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 14, 2025
⚠️ WARNING
More public executions of Gazans by Hamas.
Where is the "Free Palestine" mob?
Where is the BBC and Sky News?
Where is the UN?Silence.
— Kosher (@koshercockney) October 15, 2025
Suddenly, "pro-Palestinians" don't seem to care about Palestinians when Hamas is publicly torturing and executing them. pic.twitter.com/GMF8MS94ub
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 14, 2025
Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. CENTCOM, issued a statement on Wednesday, saying: "We strongly urge Hamas to immediately suspend violence and shooting at innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza – in both Hamas-held parts of Gaza and those secured by the IDF behind the Yellow Line."
BREAKING
Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM Commander statement to Hamas:
"We strongly urge Hamas to immediately suspend violence and shooting at innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza – in both Hamas-held parts of Gaza and those secured by the IDF behind the Yellow Line.
This is… pic.twitter.com/OYB7v6tjF5— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 15, 2025
"This is an historic opportunity for peace. Hamas should seize it by fully standing down, strictly adhering to President Trump's 20-point peace plan, and disarming without delay. We have conveyed our concerns to the mediators who agreed to work with us to enforce the peace and protect innocent Gaza civilians. We remain highly optimistic for the future of peace in the region."
American conservative commentator Avery Daye indicated: "I thought we were all about the wellness and the safety of Palestinians, 'cause look at Hamas' terror hasn't stopped."
"The problem is the majority of Palestinians actually do support Hamas and support this kind of terror because they love death as much as the Jews love life. They tell us that over and over and over again."
Hey, pro-Pali people, Hamas is literally executing Palestinians on the street and livestreaming it.
They've also dropped the whole genocide narrative since they're now posting videos of very healthy children dancing in the streets this week to celebrate the ceasefire.
Where are… pic.twitter.com/TlvR9vdgVw
— Avery Daye (@AveryDaye) October 14, 2025
Daye continued: I think they've forgotten to keep continuing to push the narrative because they're now posting videos of very healthy children that do not like they've been through a genocide."
"They have new clothes on. They look very well-nourished. … I don't see a starving child, a suffering child in sight."
Healthy-looking kiddos in keffiyehs and cool threads celebrating the ceasefire with an energetic dance.
Anyone remember the healthy children dancing choreographed routines after the Holocaust?
Neither do I. pic.twitter.com/lU8XVszzpK
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) October 11, 2025
Swedish journalist Peter Imanuelsen noted: "Hamas is now publicly executing civilians in Gaza. Will Greta Thunberg organize protests against this?"
BREAKING: Palestinians are posting videos titled "1st day in Gaza without war."
Bustling malls, fully supermarkets, and the brand new iPhone 17 for sale.
You have been manipulated for over two years.pic.twitter.com/RDDUbxqIqb
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 15, 2025
On Tuesday, Trump reminded everyone that the bodies of deceased hostages have still not been returned.
"ALL TWENTY HOSTAGES ARE BACK AND FEELING AS GOOD AS CAN BE EXPECTED," Trump exclaimed on Truth Social.
"A big burden has been lifted, but the job IS NOT DONE. THE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED! Phase Two begins right NOW!!!"
PRESIDENT TRUMP on Hamas: "If they don't disarm, we will disarm them." pic.twitter.com/TcA7ba2Dj6
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 14, 2025
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In what's being called an "epic hot mic moment," President Donald Trump clowned with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Monday's peace summit in Egypt.
World leaders met with the American president in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, after he brokered an historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas, as all 20 living hostages held by the Islamic terrorists were freed.
At one point, Carney said to Trump: "I'm glad you upgraded me to president."
"Oh, did I say [that]?" Trump asked as Carney laughed.
"At least I didn't say governor," Trump continued, poking fun at former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom Trump numerous times suggested could be the "governor" of the "great state of Canada."
"It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada," Trump wrote last year on Truth Social.
"I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!"
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All of the remaining living hostages taken by Hamas terrorists in that horrifying act of war on Oct. 7, 2023, now have been released.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed online their release under President Donald Trump's brokered peace deal for the Middle East shortly before Trump arrived in Tel Aviv.
All 20 hostages were released after being held by Hamas for more than two years. The final 13 remaining hostages released were Elkana Bohbot, Rom Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, Ariel Cunio, David Cunio, Evyatar David, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn, Segev Kalfon, Bar Kupershtein, Yosef-Chaim Ohana, Avinatan Or, and Matan Zangauker, according to a report from the Washington Examiner.
Seven were released in an initial transfer early Monday.
The IDF said the hostages were turned over to the Red Cross before being transferred to the IDF, to be brought to the Re'im base in southern Israel, the report said.
The events were livestreamed to watchers who gathered at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, which has been the site of protests since Hamas terrorists launched the war, killing some 1,200 civilians often in horrific slaughters in addition to taking hundreds hostage.
"I share in the joy of the families and the joy of the people of Israel, following the recent transfer of seven of the hostages into the hands of the Red Cross. We only recently met with their parents," French President Emmanuel Macron said when the hostage releases started. "Their release, alongside the expected release this morning of 13 additional hostages, brings with it renewed hope for peace — for Israel, for Gaza, and for the entire region. France will take part in all stages of the plan led by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, alongside the Arab partners that France has rallied for this endeavor. But for now — let the joy fill the heart."
Israel also conducted a series of releases of Palestinians who had been taken into custody also.
A billboard expressing gratitude to the president for his work toward the peace agreement and hostage releases greeted Trump on his arrival.
Trump said, "We're so happy for them. They're going to be happy, and they're going to have a great life. They've been very brave."
A report from Fox said Trump hailed the events as a "new beginning."
He was to address Israel's lawmaking body, Knesset.
"This is my great honor — a great and beautiful day. A new beginning," the president said, in a guest book.
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Donald Trump's historic Israel peace deal reshaped the Middle East, forged new alliances, and exposed the truth behind Hamas's rise and fall. In this special series, Elizabeth Farah sits down with a panel of distinguished guests to uncover how Trump and Netanyahu broke decades of failed diplomacy and brought strength back to Israel's position in the region. First, Elizabeth speaks with Pesach Wolicki, who breaks down the theological and geopolitical foundation of Trump's peace framework. He explains how faith, leadership, and moral clarity defined Trump's approach to Israel, and why the Abraham Accords marked a biblical realignment in the Middle East. Next, she is joined by Clifford May, who exposes how Trump's strategy forced Arab leaders to confront Hamas, how Netanyahu's resolve reshaped regional power, and how Western governments have long enabled terror under the guise of "peace." Together, these conversations reveal the truth behind the deal that the media refused to cover, and the spiritual, political, and moral stakes that still define Israel's fight for survival.
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A school board member at a California district that just recently defied leftist Gov. Gavin Newsom and state precedents to say that boys would not be allowed in girls athletics has revealed the inspiration for the common-sense move.
Kern High School District trustee Derek Tisinger was interviewed by Fox and said he and his colleagues "had to witness a Christian school forfeit to one of the schools in its district over a trans athlete."
It was difficult, he said.
"People try to say, 'Hey, it only affects a small amount of people,' but there were probably 30 girls that practiced and dreamed their whole life about playing volleyball, and they didn't get to play," Tisinger said. "To sit here and talk about this, it's almost ridiculous."
He said he has sympathy for the boy who was on the girls team, and created the dispute.
"This young man, he has every opportunity to play in any sport, men's sport, he can play golf, tennis, he can do whatever he wants to do, but I don't believe that he has the right to come in and displace a girl on a team and take her playing ability away and possibly taking away a chance for her to get a scholarship down the road," Tisinger said.
Kern, the largest high school district in the state, has joined more than a dozen other districts in the state in defying Newsom's leftist agenda.
The trigger for Tisinger was the decision by Bakersfield Christian to forfeit its freshman-sophomore game to Ridgeview High in the final week of September.
Bakersfield explained, "As a school grounded in the authority of Scripture, we affirm the biblical view that sex is determined by God at conception."
A report at Fox said the resolution was authored by Chino Valley Unified School Baord President Sonja Shaw, and was pushed through his own district by Tisinger.
There now are 16 districts in California defying the state.
"People in our community and our district know that we are concerned about biological boys playing in girls' sports, and we don't want it to happen," Tisinger added.
Tisinger was threatened by parents who advocate for the transgender agenda, but he cited the warnings from the federal government and President Donald Trump that schools who allow boys in girls athletics risk the potential loss of funding.
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There are a lot of people in America who are opposed to, critical of, and even resentful toward, the nation's H-1B visa program, which is a scheme that corporations can use to fire American tech workers and replace them with much cheaper employees, either located overseas or brought to America from their home countries for the work.
Those already critical of the visa manipulations include those hundreds of thousands put out of work by the operations, their families, likely their friends, those business leaders interested in making America's business climate stable and prosperous and many more.
But now the fight has escalated to the point a church in Texas is attacking one of its members, actually an ex-member now that the elders of the reportedly Baptist-affiliated church have tossed him out over those very sentiments.
It is a report at the Blaze that details of the fight involving Daniel Keene, a small-business owner in a suburb of Dallas, Texas.
He noted that community members from India, which plays a massive role in the agenda to replace American workers with overseas hires, took over an entire street in his suburb for a block party.
He posted video online, and he commented, "We have to cancel the H-1Bs. I want my kids to grow up in America. Not India."
He later deleted that when he came under attack at his business, at his home, at his health club, and at his church, identified as Trails Church.
He more or less expected some backlash online, but it got "worse" when church officials "decided to interrogate him on his immigration stance," the report said.
"The elders at the Trails Church called him about his initial post, telling him to repent and that the post was 'uncharitable,'" the report said.
Church officials demanded he and his wife come in for a meeting, with "all the elders and staff who could be there."
"They hammered me for … hours," he explained.
The Blaze said, "The elders had apparently gone through the last three years of Keene's X account, looking for problematic posts. Keene said they brought up two posts that they found 'concerning.'"
But Keene said they kept shifting the goalposts, so he was left confused by their demands.
"On one hand, they are saying that the issue is not the position itself; it's how I expressed it. … but then we've had three hours of phone calls, and they're just hammering me on the position itself."
He asked for the elders' position in writing; they refused.
He explained, in the report, the elders "wanted him to apologize for his original post showing the Indian block party on his street and abandon his position on Indian immigration. While he respected their right to disagree with him, Keene told Blaze News he did not think apologizing for the post was appropriate."
Then, he said, elders threatened him with a "path to discipline."
Keene noted his detractors claimed, "We don't think you're a Christian any more because you haven't repented of a sin."
Later, he followed up his deleted post with a podcast talking about immigration, and questioned, "What would get you in more trouble at your church? Significant doctrinal error on the Trinity? Or opposing immigration to the harm of your neighbor?"
The elders, whose online store sells mugs, hats and $50 shirts, then "formally asked Keene to leave the church," he confirmed.
Church officials did not respond to a Blaze request for comment.
But other hits he has taken: Doxxing and threats, his business was review-bombed, someone claiming to have access to millions of Indian-American contacts apparently tried to extort him for $20,000. And his gym membership was canceled.
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President Donald Trump's Sept. 19 proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on all new H-1B petitions while acknowledging that the program has unjustly displaced many American workers has put the whole H-1B visa program under sharp scrutiny. It is the first time a presidential administration has admitted publicly that the program has inflicted measurable harm on Americans.
The H-1B promise vs. reality
The H-1B visa was created in 1990 under the Immigration and Nationality Act. It was meant to let companies bring in foreign workers for "specialty occupations" when no American worker could be found. Congress set the cap at 65,000 visas per year, later raising it to 85,000.
On paper, it looked like a narrow tool for filling rare shortages. In practice, the safeguards never existed and abuse has exploded.
Employers don't have to prove there's truly a shortage. They only need to claim they'll pay a "prevailing wage." Yet in reality, those wages are often well below market pay. On top of that, spouses and dependents arrive on H-4 visas, many of them also thus eligible to work. What was sold as a limited program has ballooned into a pipeline far larger than the statutory cap suggests.
U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Inspector
A 'cap' that isn't a cap
What most people don't know is that there are entire categories of employers, universities, research institutions and qualifying nonprofits that are legally exempt from the annual cap. Which means they can sponsor unlimited numbers of foreign workers year-round.
An even lesser-known loophole makes the system even more porous: Once a worker is hired by a cap-exempt employer, that same worker can hold a second job at a private company that normally would be subject to the cap. This effectively allows corporations to skip the H-1B lottery and gain unlimited access to foreign workers under the protection of nonprofit sponsorship.
The Build Fellowship: A nonprofit mask for corporate labor
The Open Avenues Foundation/Build Fellowship shows how these exemptions are being commercialized. Marketed as an educational fellowship, it advertises itself as a way to connect foreign professionals with U.S. universities. But the program's own documents reveal its business model is actually a visa pipeline.
Fellows are placed in nominal nonprofit roles for just five hours per week. That's enough to qualify them for a cap-exempt H-1B visa. Once they've cleared that hurdle, they move into full-time jobs at private companies through concurrent H-1B filings.
Universities like George Washington University lend the program legitimacy. Through GW's Market Discovery Program, international startups gain access to American markets under the guise of academic collaboration, with subsidized office space in Washington, D.C.'s Penn West "innovation district."
Other nonprofit partners, like DREAM Venture Labs repeat the same pattern. They openly pitch the fellowship as a way for immigrant entrepreneurs to obtain nonprofit roles that open the door to cap-exempt visas.
Universities from Boston University to Ohio State, Vanderbilt and Illinois Tech provide the legal foundation, giving the program an aura of academic respectability. In reality, these partnerships act as visa gateways, enabling a parallel immigration system outside the federal cap.
By layering nonprofit sponsorship over private-sector jobs, Build allows companies to bypass the federal H-1B lottery, avoid stronger wage requirements and slip foreign workers into U.S. jobs with minimal oversight. In its 2023 annual report, Open Avenues proudly describes itself as a "cap-exempt H-1B provider" with a "solid track record."
The report reveals its goals:
* Market the cap-exempt model nationwide, licensing it to other nonprofits.
* "Open source" the approach to scale it across the country.
* Promote it as a repeatable pathway for global workers to secure careers in the U.S.
In practice, this means nonprofits and universities are converted into labor sponsors, their nonprofit status used as cover while corporations gain steady streams of foreign hires. It's a structure that looks academic on the outside, but functions as a staffing pipeline.
When Build claims that immigrant workers participate in the labor force at higher rates than native-born Americans, it is not evidence of a high-skilled labor shortage. It reflects a stacked system of visa programs like the H-1B, F-1/OPT, L-1, H-4 EAD and others that enable employers to sideline qualified Americans in favor of cheaper foreign labor.
Discrimination hidden under 'diversity' branding
The Build Fellowship markets itself as a champion of "diverse teams," claiming diversity as a central benefit of its model. But its own documents reveal that the program brings real problems, from communication barriers to outright discrimination. Instead of treating these as failures to fix, the fellowship brushes them off as acceptable trade-offs, arguing that the program's benefits outweigh the harms.
What's left unsaid is crucial: Diversity is not a legal basis for an H-1B visa. By law, the H-1B can be used only for specialty occupations and then only when no qualified American is available. It doesn't matter whether that American worker is "diverse" or not; the law is about protecting U.S. jobs, not advancing corporate diversity campaigns.
The reliance on diversity as justification is not unique. Recent congressional oversight has raised alarms that H-1B visas are being used to staff Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) roles at universities, hospitals and public institutions, positions that do not meet the statutory definition of a specialty occupation under federal law.
The core issue is not only statutory compliance, however, but the real impact on American workers. By importing foreign nationals to fill positions labeled as "diversity" roles, employers bypass U.S. talent, including members of America's own minority populations. Instead of opening pathways for underrepresented Americans, these roles are diverted to foreign nationals whose continued presence in the United States depends on maintaining employment. This creates a system where the goal of increasing diversity within American institutions is achieved not by advancing opportunities for historically disadvantaged U.S. groups, but by expanding visa pipelines that place foreign workers into these roles.
Control, not talent
Build Fellowship materials highlight that visa sponsorship makes workers "much less likely to leave." In this model, retention is not driven by performance, merit or opportunity; it is secured through immigration status. A fellow's ability to remain in the United States depends entirely on a sponsoring employer. Federal anti-trafficking guidance identifies this dependency as a potential indicator of labor exploitation, since a worker's legal right to stay is contingent on keeping the job, regardless of working conditions.
This arrangement departs from the original purpose of the H-1B program. Congress designed the visa to address narrow shortages in specialty occupations, with wage and worksite safeguards in place. Under models like Build, however, the visa operates as a tool to control labor supply. It becomes less about meeting genuine skill needs, and more about leverage, binding the worker to the employer through paperwork and legal dependency.
Federal oversight bodies have repeatedly warned that this structure is vulnerable to abuse. The Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General has reported criminal investigations exposing employers who misused temporary visa programs to commit labor trafficking. In one case, defendants tied to a transnational criminal organization allegedly exploited visa workers by charging unlawful fees, confiscating immigration documents, forcing them into physically demanding labor for little or no pay, housing them in degrading and unsanitary conditions and threatening deportation or violence.
The Office of Inspector General has also concluded that the H-1B program is "susceptible to significant fraud and abuse" by certain immigration agents, attorneys, labor brokers, employers and organized criminal groups.
The result is not a pipeline of specialized talent, but a system of dependency. Sponsorship functions less as a means of skills exchange and more as leverage, keeping workers tied to the employer who controls their legal status. For employers, this dependency brings clear financial advantages: Sponsored workers are less likely to leave for higher pay, less likely to demand competitive wages and less able to challenge conditions. Turnover costs are reduced, labor expenses are contained and the balance of power remains firmly with the sponsoring organization.
Build's fellowship structure capitalizes on this dependency, packaging visa sponsorship as a retention tool that guarantees employer control.
The benefactors' loophole
Build's benefactor guide reveals how the finances work. Every applicant must secure a "benefactor" to cover the cost of his or her visa. That benefactor can be an employer, a foreign company or even a shell LLC formed by the worker or a relative.
To qualify, applicants are required to make payments from a business account and demonstrate at least $250,000 in available funds or, alternatively, bypass the proof of funds by prepaying six months of fees in advance.
Build boasts a "99% acceptance rate," essentially turning immigration benefits into a purchasable commodity.
No employment commitment is required of the benefactor and payments can originate from entities outside the United States. Together, these elements create a system vulnerable to displacement of U.S. workers, manipulation of immigration rules and potential misuse of funds. For American professionals already navigating a competitive labor market, the effect is a system in which visa access can be financed and traded, while statutory protections for U.S. jobs are bypassed.
The pay-to-play pipeline
According to Build's pricing model, companies pay $4,000 per month for each participant. For that fee, Build places the worker in a token nonprofit role and secures cap-exempt status. From there, spouses and dependents also gain work authorization, multiplying the labor supply.
Nonprofits profit, too: They earn upfront fees, monthly "salary shares" and profits of $100 to $225 per fellow per month. A nonprofit hosting 50 fellows could generate more than $600,000 per year.
Build even offers to act directly as the visa sponsor, charging companies over $75 per hour for workers it places. At that point, it functions as both staffing agency and visa broker.
The numbers don't lie
Open Avenues has published extensive materials promoting its cap-exempt H-1B framework as a nonprofit innovation. The numbers, however, provide the clearest picture of how the model has been put into practice.
Between 2019 and 2025, Open Avenues filed 351 H-1B applications. In 2025 alone, it submitted 128 with most at the two lowest wage levels recognized by the Department of Labor. Many listed salaries under $60,000, well below industry standards.
The roles weren't limited to high-tech shortages. Petitions covered jobs in real estate, human resources, market research, finance and even graphic design, far outside the program's original purpose.
Nationwide, nonprofit and university-affiliated organizations secured 16,536 H-1B approvals in 2021, 23,079 in 2022, 25,019 in 2023 and 25,585 in 2024. By 2025, more than 3,200 nonprofit employers were listed as cap-exempt petitioners.
Taken together, the filings, federal statistics and Open Avenue's impressive list of "Company Partners" show how the nonprofit exemption has been operationalized into a very successful business model.
The bigger picture
Co-founder Danielle Goldman has been clear that her perspective is rooted in immigration law, citing her father's career as an immigration attorney and stating publicly, "We've always known the value of foreign talent in the United States." Michael Cruse, the fellowship's Immigration Program Co-Director, spent more than 15 years as an immigration lawyer for corporate and nonprofit clients before taking on the role of designing and managing its visa processes. Together, these backgrounds illustrate how the program has been constructed with insider legal expertise, ensuring that cap-exempt provisions are not incidental advantages, but central to its operating model.
The Build Fellowship by Open Avenues "law Firm Networks"
Closing the gap with cap
The Build Fellowship demonstrates how the system has drifted away from serving American interests. What was originally intended to address rare labor shortages has instead become a marketplace where visas are bought, sold and scaled, leaving American workers excluded.
Each loophole erodes fairness in the labor market. Every carve-out forces U.S. workers to compete not against genuine shortages, but against a system deliberately structured to undercut them. For American families, this translates into lost jobs, lower wages and diminished opportunities for future generations. For the nation, it represents a loss of sovereignty over who works and who benefits from the economy.
The H-1B cap was designed as a safeguard for American workers. Programs like Build reveal that, in practice, the cap no longer functions and unless the system is corrected, American workers will continue to bear the cost.
WND contacted the Build Fellowship with questions regarding its role in the H-1B cap-exempt process. In particular, Build was asked to address the contrast between its public branding as an educational fellowship and its own reports marketing the program as a cap-exempt H-1B model designed to scale nationally and provide corporations with steady access to foreign workers.
As of publication, Build has not responded. This article will be updated as the story develops.
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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is revealing bounties of up to $10,000 have been put on the heads of federal agents, encouraging Americans to murder officers enforcing U.S. immigration laws.
"Gangs, cartel members, and known terrorist organizations have placed bounties on the heads of several of our law enforcement officers," Noem posted Sunday on X.
"These violent riots are not about free speech. This is the rule of law vs. anarchy. We will win."
U.S. cities including Portland, Oregon, and Chicago have been the scene of increasing attacks against ICE officers in recent days, and during an appearance on "Fox & Friends" Sunday morning, Noem detailed the bounties that urge Americans to kidnap or kill the federal officers.
"Our intelligence indicates that these people are organized," Noem said.
"They're getting more and more people on their team as far as attacking officers and they're making plans to ambush them and to kill them."
"We have specific officers and agents that have bounties that have been put out on their heads. It's been $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to kill them. They've released their pictures. They've sent them between their networks and it's an extremely dangerous situation and unprecedented."
Noem said "protective detail" has been placed around the targeted officers, and DHS has "changed some of our operations to keep our officers safe."
"But make no mistake," she added. "This isn't just about protesting free speech or that they don't like that people out here are upholding the law of our country.
"They're actually going out there and saying, 'Kill these people, and we'll give you this much money to do it.'"
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They call you a neocon to silence you. They smear you as a warmonger, a globalist, or worse, just for believing America must stand strong. Clifford May, founder of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, destroys that lie. He shows why weakness provokes war, how China is building an empire through supply chains and TikTok, why Iran still chants "Death to America," and what happens if we stop leading the free world. This is about truth, survival, and the future of your children. If America retreats, communists and Islamists will fill the void. Watch this and understand what is at stake.
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The federal government went into a partial shutdown mode on Wednesday after Democrats demanded an extraordinary $1.5 trillion in spending for a wide range of their constituencies, including Obamacare subsidies, illegal aliens and leftist propaganda.
And one of the first consequences was an $18 billion hit to the state represented by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who led the battle for the shutdown.
The New York City projects affected by the White House punching the pause button also hit in the district represented by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., another advocate for the massive spending agenda.
A report at the Daily Mail noted that those who are "leading the obstruction against Trump's agenda."
The "hardball" announcement came from Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, who said the projects were blocked immediately to prevent funds "flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles."
President Trump, meanwhile, has discussed his opportunity for a renewal of the cuts made to the federal workforce early in his term by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Tens of thousands of jobs were eliminated as unnecessary.
Vought was scheduled to meet with House Republicans about those plans.
He is responsible for about 3 million workers, and his agency decides which government jobs are essential, and continue to get funding during a shutdown, and which do not.
The publication reported, "Vought previously warned agencies to get ready for a 'reduction in force notices for all employees,' specifically highlighting departments and programs that he referred to as 'not consistent with the president's priorities.'"
The OMB memo just days ago said agencies needed to have a list of layoff options for workers "whose salaries aren't paid using the Big Beautiful Bill, obligatory funds. This also included 'programs and projects' that are not consistent with 'the president's priorities.'"
Trump repeatedly has spoken of options that the administration has during a shutdown that can create impacts that are "irreversible."
Trump said, "A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want."
House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose body approved a resolution extending government spending only to see it defeated by Democrats in the Senate, said the shutdown will last until Democrats decide to end it.
Leftist labor unions already are threatening to sue over any job reductions.