Leaders from seven foreign nations are backing President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, Breitbart reported. The White House is calling Trump the "President of PEACE" as he heads into talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an attempt to broker an end to the war with Ukraine.
The White House celebrated the news in a post to Instagram on Tuesday. It lists Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Government of Pakistan, and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe as his backers.
Trump has brokered peace deals for nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and he's currently working towards peace in Europe. For these efforts, Trump has garnered some surprising support, including from his Democratic 2016 presidential opponent and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Trump has received support from the many grateful leaders of nations who recognize the work he's done to end conflict and war for them. Just last week, Trump helped Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to peace during a White House meeting through what he called the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" agreement.
It gave Azerbaijan "full access" to Nakhichevan, which is a territory located southwest of Armenia. "With this accord, we’ve finally succeeded in making peace, and we just left the Oval Office where we signed voluminous documents and very important elements to the agreement," Trump said on Aug. 8.
The president was also responsible for getting Cambodia and Thailand to agree to "quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE!" between the two nations. They had disagreed over the border, and the conflict left 150,000 people displaced.
Meanwhile, Trump received the hearty endorsement for the prize from Rwanda’s Nduhungirehe and Gabon’s Nguema after he put an end to the bloody conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo that had gone on for decades. "Anyone, including President Trump, who would help sizably to bring this conflict to an end deserves the Nobel Peace Prize," Nduhungirehe said to Breitbart in June just after signing the peace agreement.
Netanyahu said during a White House dinner in July that he recommended the president for the prize after he ended the 12-Day Israel-Iran War. The government of Pakistan said Trump deserves the prize as he "demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through a robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi, which de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation."
As these accolades are piling up from foreign nations, Trump met with Putin to hash out a possible deal for peace in the war with Ukraine, Fox News reported. Surprisingly, this led Clinton to share that she would also endorse Trump for the prize, which is awarded annually in December but typically announced in October.
"You know, look, if we could pull that off, if President Trump were the architect of that, I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize," Clinton said ahead of Trump's summit with Putin set to take place in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. She added some conditions, but nevertheless, it's a shocking promise from the former first lady.
"But maybe this is the opportunity to make it clear that there must be a ceasefire, there will be no exchange of territory, and that, over a period of time, Putin should be actually withdrawing from the territory he seized in order to demonstrate his good faith efforts, let us say, not to threaten European security," Clinton added. She said that her "goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin, aided and abetted by the United States."
Clinton believes it would be detrimental to America's standing in the world for Trump to accept these terms. "I think that’s a terrible, terrible precedent, and I think it would make our country less safe, I think it will reward Putin’s aggression, and he will not stop. We know that," Clinton said.
It's unlikely Trump gets Putin's unconditional surrender, but his track record demonstrates that the president knows what he's doing when it comes to brokering peace. Clinton may withhold her endorsement if things don't go exactly as she wants, but Trump has already proven himself to be a solid leader with a knack for peace, and leaders around the world already recognize that.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will head the Metropolitan Police Department after President Donald Trump federalized law enforcement in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV reported. The president cited rampant crime in the nation's capital that forced him to hand over the police force to Bondi, with Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole serving as interim federal commissioner of MPD.
On Monday, Trump stunned the nation's capital when he announced at a news conference that he was sending some 800 service members from the National Guard to Washington, D.C., to assist in bringing crime under control. "We will bring in the military if it’s needed," Trump told reporters.
"I don’t think we’ll need it," he clarified. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised National Guardsmen would be "flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week" with the promise of adding "other specialized units" if necessary to get the job done.
The Army has said the plan is for the troops to assist law enforcement in cleaning up the city. "Between 100 and 200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time. Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics, and physical presence in support of law enforcement," the Army said in a statement Tuesday.
Bondi got right to work on Tuesday by coordinating with Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., who agreed to "work closely" with the Trump administration after the president signed the order for the feds to take over the police force. Bondi posted about the meeting on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday.
"I just concluded a productive meeting with DC @MayorBowser at the Department of Justice. We agreed that there is nothing more important than keeping residents and tourists in Washington, D.C. safe from deadly crime," Bondi wrote.
"At President Trump’s direction, @TheJusticeDept will work closely with D.C. city government and @DCPoliceDept to make Washington, D.C. safe again," Bondi concluded. She thanked all of those involved in a reply to the thread.
I just concluded a productive meeting with DC @MayorBowser at the Department of Justice.
We agreed that there is nothing more important than keeping residents and tourists in Washington, D.C. safe from deadly crime.
At President Trump’s direction, @TheJusticeDept will work…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 12, 2025
The nation's capital saw a violent crime spike in 2023, and though rates recently have fallen to the lowest number in decades, it's still a crime-ridden city, The Hill reported. Unfortunately, Bowser's hearty support for Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard was short-lived, but that hasn't stopped the plan from already getting results.
By Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there were already 100 arrests made after implementing Trump's plan, Fox News reported. Around 400 National Guard troops were out on patrol this week, with an additional 500 federal agents on the streets as well, with a focus on nighttime enforcement.
It's expected that about 200 National Guardsmen will patrol at a time around the clock. Meanwhile, a juvenile curfew is in effect in the Navy Yard until the end of the month following an incident there involving a juvenile discharging a weapon in the area.
Despite the early success, protesters are demonstrating against Trump's efforts to clean up crime in Washington. One of those protesters turned out to be Sean Charles Dunn, an international affairs specialist in the Criminal Division of the Office of International Affairs, who was arrested and charged with a felony after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent, CNN reported.
"If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony," Bondi wrote on social media after the arrest. "This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus the DOJ. You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement," she added.
Something had to be done about the problems with Washington, D.C., and that's what Trump has given Bondi the power to do. It's the nation's capital, where the business of the federal government takes place and where the president has his home, and it should be protected accordingly whether leftists like it or not.
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice sent a memo to employees on Tuesday requiring that "preferred pronouns" be deleted from email signatures, Breitbart reported. This is to comply wth the president's executive order "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government."
The use of preferred pronouns has proliferated throughout the government and corporate America over the last several years. It was a way to signal to the world that an employee was woke enough to accept that some people could choose to identify as a gender that is different from their biological sex.
Setting the record straight on this fallacy was part of Trump's campaign promise to roll back the madness, which allowed men who identify as women to participate in sports with females and enter their private spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms. The DOJ's edict this week is a bonus from that move back to normalcy.
"Extraneous content, such as preferred pronouns, motivational quotes, and GIFs, shall not be used in the signature block. The official Department logo may be added to the signature block at the employee’s discretion, directly below the last line in the block," the memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
A copy of the memo was shared with X, formerly Twitter, by Washington Times reporter Alex Swoyer. The news outlet broke the story about the change at the DOJ after obtaining a copy of the memo that was sent to employees.
Trump DOJ directs employees to cease using preferred pronouns starting August 25 @WashTimes @DAGToddBlanche pic.twitter.com/LUfWSGIsY6
— Alex Swoyer (@ASwoyer) August 12, 2025
"In pursuit of its law and order agenda each day, the Department deals with facts. To maintain the public trust, the Department’s communications must therefore reflect reality," the memo pointed out to employees.
It further noted that communications must be "oriented towards the mission of the department," whether they are sent internally or externally. "Signature blocks should not include extraneous and declarations, and certainly should not include content at odds with announced administration policies," Blanche's memo said.
The employees were given until August 25 to comply with the new rules set forth by the memo. This is a positive move for the government and for the restoration of sanity, which Trump has ushered in with his executive order and his presidency.
The 2024 presidential election gave voters the choice to return to normalcy after years of gender identity nonsense, among other social ills imposed on them by Democrats. Like many things Trump promised during his campaign, the president delivered with his executive order in January stating that there are only two genders, and that they are "not changeable and are grounded in fundamental incontrovertible reality."
The order noted that pretending there was anything other than male and female was destructive. "The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system. Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself," the order said.
"This unhealthy road is paved by an ongoing and purposeful attack against the ordinary and longstanding use and understanding of biological and scientific terms, replacing the immutable biological reality of sex with an internal, fluid, and subjective sense of self unmoored from biological facts." Trump's order recognized that deviating from this was dangerous to women.
"Invalidating the true and biological category of ‘woman’ improperly transforms laws and policies designed to protect sex-based opportunities into laws and policies that undermine them, replacing longstanding, cherished legal rights and values with an identity-based, inchoate social concept. Accordingly, my Administration will defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male," the order declared.
This was a crucial step to restoring sex-segregated spaces that are necessary to the protection of women and girls, and Trump wasn't afraid to stand up to the woke mob to do it. This order has also empowered the DOJ to make a minor but equally significant change to email signatures that will surely outrage the woke Democrats.
President Trump has endorsed Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones for the state's 2026 gubernatorial race, The Hill reported. Jones is the second high-profile Republican to announce the intention to replace the term-limited current GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.
Jones announced his candidacy last month to much fanfare. According to his campaign ad, Jones said that he is in favor of keeping men out of women's sports, abolishing the state income tax, and addressing the fentanyl epidemic.
Jones has also been a staunch supporter of Trump's Make America Great Again agenda. The president announced he was supporting Jones in a post on his Truth Social on Monday.
Trump is backing Jones to become Georgia's new executive, emphasizing the state's importance while offering his strong endorsement. "Highly Respected and very popular Lieutenant Governor, Burt Jones, is running to be the next Governor of the Great State of Georgia, a very special place to me in that we had a BIG Presidential Election Win just eight short months ago, November 5, 2024," Trump wrote.
"As the first member of the Georgia State Assembly to Endorse 'DONALD J. TRUMP' for President, Burt was strongly committed to my Campaign in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and worked tirelessly to help us WIN. He has been with us from the very beginning," Trump continued.
The president said that Jones has been "tested at the most difficult levels and times" and "has proven he has the Courage and Wisdom to deliver strong results for the incredible people of his wonderful State and Nation," Trump said. The president also said that Jones will implement an agenda similar to his.
"As your next Governor, Burt Jones will fight hard to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion American Energy DOMINANCE, Continue to Secure our now Secure Southern Border, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Advance Election Integrity, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Burt Jones for Governor has my Complete and Total Endorsement – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" Trump concluded.
Georgia is a critical swing state for Republicans, and Trump clinched its 16 electoral votes in the 2016 and 2024 elections. He lost in 2020 and famously fell out with Kemp over it, which means a new Republican governor on Trump's side would go a long way to restoring party unity.
According to the Associated Press, Georgia became the center of the controversy in 2020 over Trump's claims about a stolen election. He placed a call late in 2020 to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the votes that would award the state to him instead of then-President Joe Biden.
The media and the Democrats tried to spin this as a shakedown, but Trump was asking for help in counting legitimate votes as he thought the election had been stolen from him. Raffensperger has used this as a springboard for his own self-serving narrative, but it bled over into the relationship with Kemp, who has denied election integrity problems.
"For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward - under oath - and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair, and will continue to be as long as I am governor," Kemp said in 2024, according to Fox News.
Although Kemp didn't campaign with Trump, he eventually endorsed him against then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Now, if Jones becomes governor, it will put the feud to rest for good.
Trump is using his clout to help Republicans in Georgia far ahead of the next election, and that's a good sign. The president is as popular as ever, and it's clear that Trump wants to leave the party in a good position for the next presidential election and beyond.
Ed Martin was only appointed to be President Donald Trump's pardon attorney in May, but he will now lead the DOJ's Weaponization Working Group, which includes overseeing cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA).
Both Schiff and James are accused of fraudulently claiming primary residences in areas around Washington, D.C. to get more favorable loan terms.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) made a criminal referral against James earlier in the year over her Virginia property, which she claimed as primary even though her job in New York required her to live there. A similar referral was made for Schiff in May.
Schiff is under investigation for claiming that his home in Maryland was his primary residence even though he was required to live in California while a House member representing four different districts from that state during his 24-year tenure.
Grand juries in Virginia and Maryland are hearing evidence of James and Schiff's alleged crimes, and will decide soon whether they will face trials there.
Charges including potential mortgage fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud can carry jail terms of up to 30 years.
Martin will be a special prosecutor in those cases if the grand jury does decide to indict them.
“Attorney General Bondi and President Trump have given me a very serious mission,” Martin said of the assignment. "I am committed to going where the facts take me."
“For months DOJ and the FBI have been working on these two cases," he continued. "It is my job to stick the landing.”
Both James and Schiff have been vocal critics of President Donald Trump for many years.
Ironically, James prosecuted him for allegedly overvaluing his properties to get favorable loan terms, while Schiff presided over his first impeachment in the House.
James convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records and got an almost half billion dollar judgment against him, which is being appealed.
James's attorney Abbe Lowell, who once helped defend Trump, said in a statement, “Investigating the fraud case Attorney General James won against President Trump and his businesses has to be the most blatant and desperate example of this administration carrying out the president’s political retribution campaign."
Schiff's attorney, former New York prosecutor Preet Bharara, said, “Ed Martin, the most brazenly partisan and politically compromised person possible for the task, has been picked to investigate a political adversary. The bias here is glaring."
Bharara pointed out that Schiff had placed a hold on Martin's previous nomination to be a U.S. Attorney in D.C. and forced him to step down from consideration.
Is Trump going after his enemies to even the score for the things they have done to him and his allies, or is the DOJ just trying to see justice be done?
One of the most surprising aspects of President Donald Trump’s second term in office thus far has been his commitment to the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) platform championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Now that the second Trump administration has been in place for more than 200 days, MAHA supporters and advocates are touting a host of milestones and additive bans that have already been achieved, as Breitbart reports, and are looking ahead to what is yet to come.
Several key accomplishments already notched by RFK and HHS can be seen in the changes to which food industry giants have agreed, adjustments that span cooking practices as well as additives.
Fast food notable Steak & Shake pledged to banish seed oils and begin preparing its offerings with beef tallow, a health-conscious shift lauded by Kennedy and his supporters.
Iconic West Coast chain In-N-Out Burger promised to eliminate Red Dye 40, Yellow 5, and artificial flavorings from its products, marking another sea change in fast food.
Other household names that appear ready and willing to get on board the MAHA train include PepsiCo, McCormick, Kraft, Nestle, Heinz, Conagra, Tyson, Hershey, and General Mills, all of which have committed to the elimination -- or at least reduction -- of their use of synthetic dyes in their product lines.
In a push to encourage healthier eating among impoverished communities, the Trump administration, with the help of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has authorized waivers for a growing number of states to ban the use of food stamps for the purchase of junk foods and sodas.
Kennedy, who has had a decades-long interest in vaccine safety, made headlines last week when it was announced that HHS would be initiating a “coordinated wind-down” of its mRNA vaccine development activities.
The push is set to include the “cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations” which had been undertaken pursuant to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
According to HHS, the decision “follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency.”
Kennedy explained, “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted. BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
He continued, “We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”
Though critics such as former Surgeon General Jerome Adams have blasted the mRNA funding decision in particular and suggested that “people are going to die” as a result, the administration stands firm in trumpeting the MAHA achievements tallied to date.
White House spokesperson Liz Huston declared last week, “In its first 200 days, the administration has delivered on the president’s pledge by restoring Gold Standard Science at HHS,” adding her belief that “the best is yet to come – the administration is committed to doubling down and continuing to transform American good, health care, and science to Make America Healthy Again,” a focus for which millions are assuredly grateful.
President Donald Trump wants the next census to exclude illegal immigrants from the count, Breitbart reported. This issue matters as congressional districts are given representatives based on population, while Democrats import millions of illegal immigrants.
In a post to Truth Social on Thursday, Trump shared that he already has plans in the works to change how the surveys are conducted. "I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern-day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024," Trump wrote.
"People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" the president concluded. Although the president has no authority to recount the census, he and other lawmakers can fine-tune how the data is used.
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts its survey once a decade for the entire United States and its five territories. The last census was conducted in 2020, marking the first time the option to complete the census online was available, meaning the next will be due in 2030 after Trump leaves office.
Those counted have always included people who entered the country illegally, but with so many swaying the balance in Congress, Trump believes the time has come to exclude them from assigning representatives. It's long been understood as a Democratic strategy to inflate their influence like this, and the numbers bear that out.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, California, New York, and Texas gained additional seats while Alabama, Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota lost seats due to illegal immigrants in the count. Moreover, there are as many as 22 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S., with an expected rate of one-in-six U.S. residents being foreign-born by 2060.
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller said on Wednesday's Hannity program on Fox News that Democrats have incorporated this into their strategy. "Democrats have gerrymandered the vote beyond recognition to try and maintain their advantage in the House elections," he told host Sean Hannity.
"Let’s not forget, Democrats rigged the 2020 census by including illegal aliens!" Whether his opinion about the "rigged" census is correct or not, it's an issue that is being addressed by some GOP lawmakers.
According to Fox News, the "Equal Representation Act" was introduced in the Senate in June with heavy Republican support. This legislation would add the question and exclude noncitizens from being counted in apportionments, given their significant political influence.
"It is unconscionable that illegal immigrants and noncitizens are counted toward congressional district apportionment and our electoral map for the presidency, which also heavily skews the seat count in the U.S. House of Representatives," said Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in a statement when the bill was introduced in June. Hagerty noted that Democrats purposely allow unchecked illegal immigration for this purpose.
"While people continue to flee Democrat-run cities, desperate Democrats have backfilled the mass exodus with illegal immigrants so that they do not lose their seats in Congress or their electoral votes, hence artificially boosting their political power and, in turn, diluting the power of other Americans’ votes. I’m pleased to lead my colleagues in reintroducing this legislation that would require a citizenship question on the census and will ensure that only citizens are counted in congressional redistricting," Hagerty said.
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), who introduced a similar measure in the House during the Biden administration, noted that the U.S. Constitution mandates everyone be counted. "But the Constitution does not specify whether noncitizens or illegal aliens must be counted for the purpose of apportioning House seats," Edwards said.
There's no reason that illegal immigrants should go toward the count that decides a state's representation in Congress. Democrats have been benefiting as illegal immigrants flood into their states, and Trump and the Republicans are right that this has to stop.
President Donald Trump's Department of the Interior has nixed the Lava Ridge Wind Project that was pushed through late in the Biden administration, Town Hall reported. The project would have installed a vast wind farm consisting of 231 wind turbines along 57,447 acres of rural Idaho landscape.
The need for energy solutions remains a priority, but wind farms have long been understood to be less than ideal for that purpose. Still, President Joe Biden's Bureau of Land Management approved the project in December 2024, which would have created the largest wind farm on land.
It was expected to generate 1,000 megawatts of power, but this technology comes with many more downsides. When announcing the cancellation, the Department of the Interior cited some of the cons of the renewable energy source.
"Under President Donald J. Trump, the Department of the Interior will no longer provide preferential treatment towards unreliable, intermittent power sources that harm rural communities, livelihoods, and the land, such as the Lava Ridge Wind Project and the radical Green New Scam agenda that burdens our nation and public lands," the department said in a statement. The decision is one welcomed by the people of Idaho and its leaders.
The project was bad policy for several reasons, but Interior Department officials found out that the project was also full of "crucial legal deficiencies" in the way then-President Joe Biden approved it. The department found that "unique statutory criteria that were ignored" at the time, which was enough to give the Interior Department pause.
Trump had made it a priority to halt the project on day one of his presidency, suspecting that the controversial project was rubber-stamped during Biden's final month in office. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum praised Trump for doing so in a statement.
"Under President Donald Trump's bold leadership, the Department is putting the brakes on deficient, unreliable energy and putting the American people first. This decisive action defends the American taxpayer, safeguards our land, and averts what would have been one of the largest, most irresponsible wind projects in the nation," Burgum wrote.
"By reversing the Biden administration's thoughtless approval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project, we are protecting tens of thousands of acres from harmful wind policy while shielding the interests of rural Idaho communities," Burgum added. The decision was also popular with Idaho Gov. Brad Little, who passed an executive order similar to Trump's that was aptly named "Gone with the Lava Ridge Wind Project Act."
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson also celebrated the project's demise. "For four years, the Biden administration demonstrated that it would rather prioritize renewable wind power over multiple-use mandates directed by Congress," Simpson wrote, adding that Biden didn't "genuinely engage with stakeholders to address concerns about the Minidoka National Historic Site, grazing, wildfire response, and more" during the approval process.
Despite all of the problems that come with wind turbines, including aviation concerns, impact on wildlife, and quality of life, some in Idaho are lamenting the project's cancellation, according to the Idaho Capital Sun. The Idaho Conservation League said that this decision does not address the continued need for renewable energy.
"While the Lava Ridge Project wasn’t perfect, we desperately need to develop new sources of renewable energy in order to meet the growing demand for electricity and replace carbon-emitting coal and gas power plants," the environmental conservation group said in a statement. The 2024 report from Idaho’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources’ Energy Landscape 2024 Report noted that 40% of its energy comes from out of state.
“If the Lava Ridge Project is not a suitable location, then we need to work together to find locations that are suitable for the development of wind and solar in Idaho. Opposing all wind and solar projects is not a viable solution,” the Idaho Conservation League claimed.
The organization believes that continuing to use more coal and fossil fuels to generate energy is a net negative for the people of Idaho. "At the end of the day, if we fail to develop wind and solar projects, then we will be on the hook for higher electric bills and longer, hotter, drier, and smokier summers," the organization claimed.
Wind farms are unsightly and use vast expanses of open space that could otherwise be used to farm or for recreation. Nobody wants these on their land, but radical environmentalists want to keep pushing it on people in rural communities. Trump was right to do what he did, and the people of Idaho are grateful to him for it.
Sen. Adam Schiff is under federal investigation for mortgage fraud after the Federal Housing Finance Agency sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, Newsmax reported. The California Democrat is accused of falsifying documents claiming two primary residences to obtain favorable terms on home loans and taxes.
Schiff certified that a residence he and his wife purchased in Potomac, Maryland, in 2003 was their primary residence. The purchase price was $870,000, and the Schiffs secured a $610,000 loan backed by Fannie Mae because they claimed it as their primary home.
Meanwhile, Schiff was claiming the same status on a condo he purchased in Burbank, California. At the time, he was representing the Golden State as a congressman, which would have required California residency.
When Schiff refinanced the Maryalynd home between 2009 and 2013, he once again made the Maryland home his primary residence, allowing for better interest rates and loan terms. He also certified the same in a 2011 affidavit. Meanwhile, the 65-year-old lawmaker was still benefiting from a $7,000 property tax break in California by simultaneously claiming the Burbank condo was his primary residence.
The FHFA referred the matter in May to the U.S. Attorney's Office. FHFA Director William Pulte sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stating that "Mr. Adam B. Schiff has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms, impacting payments from 2003-2019 for a Potomac, Maryland-based property," Pulte wrote, according to Fox News.
"As regulators of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, we take very seriously allegations of mortgage fraud or other criminal activity. Such misconduct jeopardizes the safety and soundness of FHFA’s regulated entities and the security and stability of the U.S. mortgage market," Pulte added.
Indeed, a 2023 letter doubled down on the assertion that Schiff resided in California, where he received a 1% tax property tax break for living there full time. "Adam’s primary residence is Burbank, California, and will remain so when he wins the Senate seat," the letter said.
When CNN inquired about it that year, the California Democrat seemed to admit the alleged fraud. "Adam’s California and Maryland addresses have been listed as primary residences for loan purposes because they are both occupied throughout the year and to distinguish them from a vacation property," a letter from Schiff's spokesperson said at the time.
Now, Pulte believes Schiff "appears to have falsified records in order to receive favorable loan terms, and also appears to have been aware of the financial benefits of a primary residence mortgage when compared to a secondary residence mortgage." With the mounting evidence, the federal housing authority believes he may have committed bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and made false statements to financial institutions.
Schiff spent so much time and energy attacking President Donald Trump, but now the tables have turned when news broke of the potential scandal. In a post to his Truth Social last month, Trump unleashed on Schiff as the matter was being referred for further investigation.
"I have always suspected Shifty Adam Schiff was a scam artist. And now I learn that Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division have concluded that Adam Schiff has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible Mortgage Fraud. Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA because he was a Congressman from CALIFORNIA," Trump wrote on July 15.
"I always knew Adam Schiff was a Crook. The FRAUD began with the refinance of his Maryland property on February 6, 2009, and continued through multiple transactions until the Maryland property was correctly designated as a second home on October 13, 2020. Mortgage Fraud is very serious, and CROOKED Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice," Trump said.
As a lawmaker, Schiff was certainly sophisticated enough to understand the difference between a primary residence and a secondary or vacation home when securing loans. If the allegations are factual, Schiff was peddling lies that were easy to verify as false, and he should suffer the legal consequences if he is found guilty.
The Walking Dead actress Kelley Mack passed away Saturday at the age of 33, the New York Post reported. In January, Mack was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, a cancer of the brain and spinal cord, but lost her battle over the weekend, her family said.
The first indication that anything was wrong with Mack, whose real name is Kelley Klebenow, came in October 2024 when she experienced "persistent lower back pain." By the next month, the problem had become so severe that she headed to the emergency room on the night before Thanksgiving.
Doctors ordered an MRI, which revealed "an abnormal mass" on her spinal cord. A biopsy was done, which led to the diagnosis, but it also left Mack with permanent damage. "Due to the biopsy surgery on my spinal cord, I have lost the use of my right leg and most of my left leg, so I now get around with a walker and a wheelchair," Mack shared in a post to social media.
She continued to document her journey for her followers, and on March 26, Mack told fans that she was "re-learning how to walk" with the use of physical therapy. "Life has also had its ups and downs lately, am I right?" Mack wrote.
Despite Mack's determination to get well, the cancer eventually took its toll on the "Chicago Med" actress, who passed away in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her sister shared the sad news in a post on Mack's Instagram on Tuesday.
"It is with indelible sadness that we are announcing the passing of our dear Kelley. Such a bright, fervent light has transitioned to the beyond, where we all eventually must go," Mack's sister, Kathryn, told the actress's thousands of followers.
"Kelley passed peacefully on Saturday evening with her loving mother Kristen and steadfast aunt Karen present. Kelley has already come to many of her loved ones in the form of various butterflies. She will be missed by so many to depths that words cannot express," the post continued.
A Caringbridge site for Mack announced a celebration of life to be held on August 16 in her native Ohio. "She would want you all to know how much she loves you. And as her sister, I want you all to know how brave that tough SOB was, especially when she decided to make the leap to be reunited with God," Kathryn concluded before noting she is "proud of" her sister.
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Mack began her promising career as a child actress, landing roles in various commercials. However, her first major success came in the short film, Elephant Garden. The film was honored at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, winning the Student Visionary Award.
In 2018, Mack appeared in five episodes of season nine of The Walking Dead as "Addy," who was one of the residents of Hilltop Colony. "I was only supposed to be in 2 episodes originally, so I was grateful to have been able to work on five of them and hadn’t anticipated that I’d stay on the show for too long," Mack said of her stint on the horror series.
According to her profile on IMDb, the actress also landed a role in an episode of 9-1-1 in 2019 and Chicago Med in 2022. Mack also had appeared in the films Delicate Arch and Mr. Manhattan in 2024 and played "Ricky" in this year's Universal flick, which was released in June.
Unfortunately, it would turn out to be her last film. Aside from her sister, Mack leaves behind parents, Kristen and Lindsay Klebow, brother Parker, and grandparents Lois and Larry Klebenow.
Cancer is a terrible disease that can strike at any time and take out even the toughest among us. Mack had a promising career and, by all indications, a full life. Cancer robbed her of both, and she will be deeply missed by those who loved her.