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As Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook challenges President Donald Trump's push to fire her for alleged mortgage fraud, a top Trump official is offering her advice.
Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" with guest host Jackie DeAngelis on the Fox News Channel, Peter Navarro, the White House senior counsel for Trade and Manufacturing, said: "What I think Lisa Cook needs to do is get up and explain to the American people what she did.
"Is there a reason that's legitimate for what seems like the worst kind of home fraud?"
DeAngelis agreed, saying, "I think the American people would love to hear it if she would stand up and explain that to us."
Navarro explained: "With respect to the president's ability to fire [Cook], of course he does."
"Here we've got a a case of what appears to be apparent malfeasance. This is not a slap-on-the-wrist thing."
"I went to prison, Democrats put me in prison for defending the Constitution. And I was there , there were a couple of guys there who had similar kind of bank-loan fraud. They were there for years. They had their assets forfeited and they had burdensome restitution."
Navarro discussed his opinion piece in the Federalist, in which he said Trump is perfectly right in firing Cook "for cause."
"Cook's 'cause' is alleged malfeasance tied to her mortgage paperwork. According to public reporting, in June 2021, Cook obtained a $203,000 mortgage in Michigan. Just two weeks later, in July 2021, she signed for a $540,000 mortgage in Georgia.
Each loan reportedly included a primary-residence occupancy clause requiring her to move in within 60 days and remain for at least one year unless the lender consented. If, as alleged, both applications represented those properties as 'primary residences,' two homes in two states two weeks apart creates an irreconcilable timeline absent lender consent. Those facts remain subject to litigation, but they are sufficient to test integrity and meet a for-cause threshold pending judicial review."
"Cook's firing is not about her incompetence and partisan weaponization of Fed policy — 'cause' though her incompetence well might be. Nor is Cook's firing an attack on the Fed's independence.
"Cook's firing is about the paperwork: two mortgages, two states, two weeks apart, both allegedly marked as a 'primary residence.' On the face of such alleged malfeasance, cause exists, and that is enough for a president to act while the courts resolve the rest.
"The lesson is simple: In public service, integrity is judged in real time, not deferred until a jury renders a verdict."
On another critical issue, Navarro says White House officials "feel very optimistic" about overturning an appeals court decision that said Trump's sweeping tariffs are unconstitutional.
"If we lose the case, President Trump is right. It will be the end of the United States," Navarro warned.
On Friday, Trump himself said of the tariff ruling: "A Highly Partisan Appeals Court incorrectly said that our Tariffs should be removed, but they know the United States of America will win in the end.
"If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country. It would make us financially weak, and we have to be strong. The U.S.A. will no longer tolerate enormous Trade Deficits and unfair Tariffs and Non Tariff Trade Barriers imposed by other Countries, friend or foe, that undermine our Manufacturers, Farmers, and everyone else.
"If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America. At the start of this Labor Day weekend, we should all remember that TARIFFS are the best tool to help our Workers, and support Companies that produce great MADE IN AMERICA products.
"For many years, Tariffs were allowed to be used against us by our uncaring and unwise Politicians. Now, with the help of the United States Supreme Court, we will use them to the benefit of our Nation, and Make America Rich, Strong, and Powerful Again! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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Another Department of Justice worker has been dismissed for attacking federal law enforcement, by messaging if not physically.
Earlier, Sean Charles Dunn, a DOJ paralegal, was canned after throwing a sub sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agents.
He was accused of felony assault but a grand jury in the leftist enclave of Washington declined to indict, so prosecutors came back with a misdemeanor charge that now is pending.
But he lost his position immediately.
Now it's happened a second time, with constitutional expert Jonathan Turley commenting on the firing of Elizabeth Baxter, another intern, who was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi "for abusive conduct toward federal officers."
"Baxter shouted profanities and flipped off a member of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on her way to work. The termination raises legitimate free speech issues, but Baxter may have crossed the line by recounting the abuse at work," he said.
Baxter's case is different from Dunn's in that she's not accused of any assault.
However, he explained, "According to the New York Post, after arriving at a DOJ building on the morning of August 18, Baxter bragged to a security guard about how she had just made the gesture at the Metro Center Metro Stop. She also recounted how she told the guardsman, 'F–k the National Guard.'"
Her original "protest" was not at work, or during work hours and DOJ guidelines affirm protection for expressing opinions on political subjects and candidates.
But her employment rules also state she may not: "Participate in political activities (to include wearing political buttons) while on duty; while wearing a uniform, badge or insignia of office; while in a government occupied office or building; or while using a government owned or leased vehicle."
Turley explained Baxter's insistent on repeating the "protest" to a security officer took her actions "into the workplace."
"Not only did security footage capture her flipping off the National Guardsman and exclaiming, 'F–k you!' but she is also seen demonstrating to a department security guard how she held up her middle finger. She boasted to the security guard that she hated the National Guard and that she told them to 'F–k off!'" he wrote.
She could challenge the action, he noted, but, "She elected to repeat the political expression inside the federal building to at least one other federal employee during office hours. As such, she destroyed much of the constitutional protection afforded to her earlier statements and demonstration."
According to the Washington Examiner, "DOJ spokesman Gates McGavick praised the termination on Friday, writing in a post on X, 'if you don't support law enforcement, [Attorney General Pam Bondi's] DOJ might not be a good fit.'"
Bondi's termination notice said Baxter was booted "immediately" because of "inappropriate conduct."
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Walmart is reeling after revelations that a vice president in its Global Tech division allegedly pocketed bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars per day from Indian staffing firms. The scheme, exposed not by auditors but through anonymous posts on Blind and Reddit, led to the abrupt termination of about 1,200 contractors many believed to be on H-1B visas. The episode has sparked questions not only about corporate governance at America's largest retailer, but also about how deeply Walmart has relied on foreign labor pipelines to fill U.S. jobs.
While the company insists the scandal "had nothing to do with H-1B visas," the optics tell a different story. Contractors were locked out of systems overnight, projects were halted and an entire vendor stack tied to India-based firms was cut off. The incident highlights a bigger, long-standing issue: Walmart's extensive use of immigration programs that critics say sideline American workers while rewarding global staffing cartels.
For years, Walmart has leaned on H-1B and related visa schemes, partnering with outsourcing giants and body shops that recruit foreign nationals to fill U.S. tech roles. In 2023 alone, Indians accounted for over 70% of all H-1B visas issued under programs sold to the public as a way to fill "critical skills gaps," but that increasingly serve as a backdoor for cheap labor and corporate cost-cutting. Walmart's prior layoffs and restructuring moves have often overlapped with visa-heavy hiring, prompting outrage from American employees who see their careers displaced in favor of imported labor.
The current bribery scandal is not an isolated event, but rather is a flashpoint that pulls back the curtain on years of questionable hiring practices. From kickback schemes to vendor favoritism, to its deep ties with Indian outsourcing partners, Walmart's immigration history is riddled with red flags. The company's public denial will not erase the growing perception that Walmart has been part of the broader pattern of visa abuse undermining U.S. workers.
Walmart's Immigration Profile:
The numbers tell a stark story. Between 2017 and 2025, Walmart laid off more than 33,000 U.S. workers while simultaneously driving nearly 45,000 H-1B visa requests through direct filings and contracting companies. The company's reliance on foreign labor is even more clear in its green card pipeline. Of the 2,982 total cases, 87.1% were for Indian nationals, leaving all other countries combined at just 12.9%. With over 1,200 contracting companies feeding H-1B workers into Walmart's tech operations, the data suggest a deliberate strategy: cutting American jobs while expanding dependence on a foreign workforce, overwhelmingly from India. This imbalance raises fundamental questions about Walmart's priorities and their impact on U.S. workers.
Here are Walmart's Top 25 H-1B contracting companies:
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Sean Charles Dunn, 37, a now-former federal employee, was accused of shouting obscenities and throwing a sub sandwich at federal officers in Washington, D.C., striking one officer.
It turns out that a grand jury in that leftist enclave declined to indict him on a charge that presumably fell under "Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees."
That law bars those who assault, resist, or oppose anyone engaged in official duties, and provides penalties of up to eight years in prison if there's physical contact "or intent to commit another felony." It provides that "simple assault" be penalized with a sentence of up to one year.
According to Jonathan Turley, an expert on the U.S. Constitution, law professor at George Washington University, and popular commentator, "The District of Columbia is known as one of the most Democratic and liberal jury pools in the country. However, this may be a case of overcharging in the eyes of the jury."
He noted Dunn was "on video shouting obscenities at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents standing near 14th and U streets in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 10 and then striking an officer with a wrapped sandwich."
"Dunn appeared to shrug off the incident, saying, 'I did it. I threw a sandwich,'" Turley noted.
He concluded, "There is a basis for a criminal charge of assault. A refusal to indict even on a lower offense would, in my view, be a form of jury nullification."
He said the question now is whether prosecutors will seek the lower charge.
"She should do so. Law enforcement officers are not dunk-tank targets for any citizen with rage issues. There need to be consequences—even if it is only a misdemeanor charge," he suggested.
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In the wake of the deadly Catholic church shooting in Minneapolis Wednesday, the city's mayor and other Democrats are ridiculing the notion of sending "thoughts and prayers" to the two child victims' families.
First Minneapolis Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey, speaking to media after the attack at Annunciation Catholic School, angrily discounted the value of prayer in the aftermath of the tragedy, tying in the fact the children shot were literally praying in the church as they were killed.
Echoing their party's reaction to past school shootings, other Democrats are seconding Frey's remarks, including former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
She posted to X: "Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers."
Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee is holding its summer meeting in Minneapolis, and Wednesday's session was adjourned when news broke of the shooting, which occurred about 10 minutes away from the Democrats' confab.
Ironically, the chairman of the DNC, Ken Martin, apparently did not get the "prayers-bad" memo, as he called the committee to prayer as he adjourned the meeting, reported Fox News.
"[Such shootings are] unacceptable and far too commonplace in our nation. It's just far too commonplace. Folks, we need your prayers. We need your faith. And we need leadership to stop this evil," Martin told Democrats.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed the Republican Party for the shooting, posting on X: "The GOP will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. This is sick."
Newsom did not mention that the governor of Minnesota, the attorney general, the majority of the State Senate and the mayor of Minneapolis are all Democrats.
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Elizabeth Farah sits down with U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt for a no-holds-barred conversation on his book, "The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court."
Schmitt walks viewers through the battles that defined his years as Missouri's attorney general, exposing Biden's censorship regime, recalling Fauci's deposition, and detailing Supreme Court wins that crushed vaccine mandates and blocked student-loan giveaways.
Elizabeth presses him on the border invasion, Title 42, Remain in Mexico, and why mass deportations must happen. Schmitt calls out omnibus scams in Congress, Chevron deference, and the globalist elites who shuttered 90,000 factories and sent millions of American jobs overseas.
Together they lay out the stakes: restore the rule of law, dismantle the administrative state, and fight for America's survival with courage and clarity. This interview is urgent, unapologetic, and armed with a playbook for how to win.
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The American program to issue H-1B visas to overseas workers with so-called "expertise" unavailable in American workers has been mired in scandal for weeks and months already.
Now a report from a Swiss tech consultancy organization, CTOL, charges that a Walmart executive was dismissed and some 1,200 tech contractors were locked out of their programs because there had been kickbacks of up to $30,000 a day involved in the dealings.
Under the program, foreign workers are granted special permissions to work in the U.S. or for U.S. companies if they have qualifications and skills for technical jobs that cannot be filled by American workers.
The upside for corporations is that they have been shown to be essentially concealing their job postings, then claiming there are no available Americans, then going with overseas workers under contract who are paid only a fraction of what American workers would make.
The latest scandal to hit took aim at Walmart, with CTOL alleging 1,200 "technology contractors found themselves locked out of their systems, their access badges deactivated, their projects suspended indefinitely."
The report, which revealed there was no confirmation from Walmart on the events, said the mass termination was because of a "corruption scheme that reached into the highest echelons of Walmart's Global Tech division."
It cited "sources" in charging, "The retail giant's abrupt severance of ties with Caspex-sourced contractors followed the firing of a Global Tech vice president who had been orchestrating an elaborate kickback operation. Daily payments starting from $30,000 flowed from contracting agencies seeking preferential treatment in Walmart's vast technology ecosystem."
CTOL charged, "The Walmart case exemplifies a pattern that has emerged across the technology sector's staffing ecosystem since 2023. Layered vendor relationships—where prime contractors sublease work to secondary vendors, who in turn engage tertiary providers—have created opaque financial structures that obscure accountability while enabling systematic exploitation."
The Hindustan Times reported that Walmart later confirmed the firings "had nothing to do with H-1B visas."
Walmart said, "Following an investigation, Walmart recently terminated one vendor and a small number of U.S.-based associates. This investigation had nothing to do with H1B visas."
Even so, the report said, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, suggested it may be time to pause H-1B visas.
The report continued, "Walmart, earlier this year, had announced plans to lay off 1500 workers, which was part of its restructuring efforts. Although this had nothing to do with H-1B workers, there was backlash on social media that the layoffs were being orchestrated to replace U.S. workers with H-1B holders."
Comments on the issue at Revolver included, "The H-1B visa system is a scam, plain and simple. What started decades ago as a 'temporary work program' to fill supposed gaps in specialized fields has turned into a full-blown racket that sells out American workers and ships our middle class right out the window."
The commentary charged, "U.S. corporations are gaming the system, replacing qualified Americans with cheaper foreign labor, all while patting themselves on the back for being 'innovative' and 'diverse.'"
And it went on, "For years now, corporate elites and their buddies in The Swamp have locked Americans out of good jobs by rigging the hiring system so cheap foreign labor can help line their pockets. They've built an underground pipeline that pretends to 'recruit' U.S. workers while actually funneling the positions to cheap H1-B workers. The whole scheme runs on secrecy, red tape, and the government's flat-out refusal to enforce the law."
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The American stock market on Friday surged upward, with the Dow Jones Industrials gaining more than 900 points at one point for an all-time high of 45,757, after Jerome Powell dropped a hint that circumstances are changing.
He's been adamant in keeping interest rates for Americans high, despite good jobs and inflation reports in the months since President Donald Trump took office.
Trump has dubbed Powell "Too Late" for his repeated delays in lowering rates that Trump believes should be changed.
Powell wasn't explicit about rates, but said, during a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, "Over the course of this year, the U.S. economy has shown resilience in a context of sweeping changes in economic policy.
"In terms of the Fed's dual-mandate goals, the labor market remains near maximum employment, and inflation, though still somewhat elevated, has come down a great deal from its post-pandemic highs. At the same time, the balance of risks appears to be shifting."
The Fed next meets in September. Key during the August meeting, at which he maintained higher rates that deprive Americans of the ability to buy homes, two of the board members sought a rate cut, but they were overruled by the majority, led by Powell.
Trump long has called on Powell, in light of the huge improvement in America's financial position, to lower rates. It was during June that the nation reported its first trade surplus in many years.
"In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, and risks to employment to the downside—a challenging situation," Powell said. "When our goals are in tension like this, our framework calls for us to balance both sides of our dual mandate.
"Nonetheless, with policy in restrictive territory, the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance," he added. "[Federal Open Market Committee] FOMC members will make these decisions, based solely on their assessment of the data and its implications for the economic outlook and the balance of risks. We will never deviate from that approach."
Based on his comments, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 903 points, or 2%.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 gained 1.6% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed nearly 2%, according to CNBC.
Trump informed Powell as recently as this week, "There is no inflation, and every sign is pointing to a major rate cut."
Inflation actually exploded to more than 9% under Joe Biden.
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A new report in Revolver.News warns that now the "jig is up," and there's coming a crackdown on a system rigged to give foreigners Americans' jobs.
The system is the H-1B visa system that purportedly is to allow foreigners with technical expertise to come to America for jobs when there aren't enough qualified Americans for the work.
The report cited a new looming crackdown by the Trump administration:
For years now, corporate elites and their buddies in The Swamp have locked Americans out of good jobs by rigging the hiring system so cheap foreign labor can help line their pockets. They've built an underground pipeline that pretends to "recruit" US workers while actually funneling the positions to cheap H-1B workers. The whole scheme runs on secrecy, red tape, and the government's flat-out refusal to enforce the law. But now, The jig is up. Americans have had enough, and they're fighting back. Thousands of American workers are now flooding these rigged job postings and exposing the bald-faced lie that there are "no qualified US workers." US workers are jamming up the PERM process, exposing the big con and forcing the truth about the rigged system out into the open. This is what it looks like when ordinary American workers finally fight back.
It is economist Peter St. Onge who is quoted describing how a program "sold to Americans as this 'high-skilled program' is now a marathon race-to-the-bottom that's costing us our jobs, our innovation, and our competitive edge."
Trump, however, is adopting an agenda to end the H1-B program as it exists, the report said.
"They're ripping out the coding sweatshops by the roots and taking the program back to what it was supposed to be – bringing in true experts when needed, not churning out boatloads of cheap labor to make corporations richer and Americans poorer," Revolver.News said.
Testimony about the corruption of the system already has made its presence known online:
One insider reported, "There are many of us who have worked for H1B dependent companies and managed B1B2/ L1/ H1Bs. Myself, I have managed over 3000. As outlined in my congressional testimony I stated this is nothing but cheap labor. Out of 50 people (NO AMERICANS but me!) That I had in an average implementation, there was one competent H1B. The remaining had to work 10 hours on the client site and then 8 hours at night with co workers in India to get their work completed. They lived 8 to 10 in a 2 bedroom apartment. This was nothing but taking jobs from Americans and on the job training."
According to Newsweek, changes are coming through a proposed Department of Homeland Security rule that would alter the visa effort.
It already has cleared the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
"Federal regulators cleared a proposed rule that would apply a 'weighted selection process' by replacing the current random lottery with a new system that gives priority in the selection process to registrants who meet or exceed certain criteria, such as wage or education level," the report said.
It explained, "The H-1B program supplies tens of thousands of specialty-occupation workers to U.S. employers each year and is heavily used by the technology sector. Any shift from a random lottery to a weighted, wage- or skill-based system could change hiring incentives for employers, affecting which foreign professionals obtain U.S. work authorization."
In fact, the report suggested the changes could "incentivize employers to offer higher wages to improve odds in a weighted system or change recruitment strategies."
The report said the next step in the process is publication of a proposed rule in the Federal Register and a public comment period.
Trump's first administration had proposed a similar plan, when he sought to "rank and select petitions by wage tiers (OES wage levels IV down to I)." He argued it would focus on higher-paid, highly skilled hires.
Joe Biden killed the plan, however.
Newsweek said, "The Institute for Progress, a nonpartisan think tank examining innovation policy, earlier this year suggested eliminating the H-1B lottery. It argued that the economic value of the visa program could be increased by 88 percent if applicants were evaluated based on seniority or salary. The H-1B visa has come under increasing scrutiny since Trump assumed office in January, as the president's supporters have called into question the number of visas handed out to foreign nationals at what they claim is the expense of American workers."
For instance, Microsoft repeatedly has demanded to hire employees under the program. It applied for 9,491 visas during the last fiscal year, at a time when it was laying off 16,000 Americans.
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The shooting death of Kevin Mullins, a district judge in Kentucky, in his office in the courthouse – allegedly by his friend Sheriff Shawn Stines, has been in the headlines for months already.
But the case has taken a new turn as a woman now has charged that the judge was running a "depraved sex ring" from his government office.
The Daily Mail has documented the twist in the case involving the death of Mullins, 54, killed in a shooting in September 2024.
One witness has told police Mullins ran his chambers "like a brothel" and was seen having sex with a girl inside his office in Whitesburg.
"Tya Adams – another alleged victim – has now come forward with her account, saying she first knew Judge Mullins through his former role as an assistant commonwealth's attorney," the report explained.
Adams confirmed the judge introduced her to "his friends."
"And we would do sex parties and perform shows and have sex with them for money, things like that," she charged.
The judge's power came from her fear, and the fear of others, of the powerful legal system and the threat of Child Protective Services.
"They would make sure to make you feel as small and degraded and belittled as possible to take your power away," Adams charged, adding "It was consensual. But it was the thing that we were so young, and then they used it against us to destroy our lives later.
"He's the one with the power; he holds my entire life in his hands. He's the one who makes the decisions over whether I get to keep my children or not. He's the one who makes the decisions on whether I go to jail."
She confirmed she was warned to stay silent.
"And, who would believe it anyway? Because the whole town was doing it. Nobody cares. They're all swingers. It's all a big party to them. It was just normal," she charged.
Further, the Daily Mail said Sarah Davis, a former deputy jailer at Letcher County Jail, said she didn't witness such misconduct firsthand, but said the rumors that reached her were "nasty and sickening," according to a report from NewsNation about the case.
The Daily Mail said Adams' interview "marks the third time a woman has come forward alleging that Mullins' alleged abuse of power extended far beyond just what happened inside his chambers. She claimed it wasn't just her – that hundreds of women, along with men and even children in trouble with the law, were sent to visit him for the same reason."
A further allegation was from Sabrina Adkins, who was raped by Ben Fields – one of Stines' deputies.
News Nation reported she said, "I seen Judge Mullins having sex with a girl… in his office, in the judge's chambers."
The report said Fields later served six months in jail for coercing Adkins into sexual favors within Mullins' chambers.
Stines has pleaded not guilty to murder, charging that the shooting happened in the heat of passion and should be considered manslaughter at most.
The report revealed, "Detectives have been investigating possible motives, with one theory suggesting that Stines may have discovered his daughter's phone number in Mullins' phone – allegedly after Mullins called her just moments before the shooting."