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The Commerce Department released details on Friday confirming that inflation remains very low – at 2.1% for the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, a mark that is almost exactly at the goal of the federal government to keep it in the 2% range.
While various economists are claiming that inflation will reach 3.5% by year's end, the report on Friday confirmed the 2.1% rate from April 2024 to last month, lower than forecasts by those experts of 2.2%.
The report said Core PCE inflation, which is the Federal Reserve's favored measure of price changes as it excludes more volatile food and energy categories, was 2.5% in April, lower than projections of 2.6%.
A report from the Daily Caller News Foundation described the results as "an economic victory" for President Donald Trump.
The rate was "at a level not seen since March 2021," the report said.
The index measuring goods and services showed an increase of $47.8 billion, or 0.2%, with gains in housing and health care, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the numbers show that the White House economic agenda "is working."
"Inflation has slowed noticeably since President Trump took office, and that means relief for the average American who has suffered under years of the Biden administration's cost-of-living crisis," EJ Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, told the DCNF. "Not only did the annual rate of increase in the core PCE price index for April hit its lowest level since March 2021, but annual inflation as measured by the headline PCE price index hasn't been lower since February 2021."
Under Joe Biden's regime in Washington, inflation exploded to as high as 9.1% for American consumers, and while Trump's work has slowed that increase, the prices that surged under Biden still remain at elevated levels.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reported, "51% of respondents to a Harvard University Center for American Political Studies/Harris poll released earlier this month said they believe the economy is 'strong' under the Trump administration."
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The Supreme Court on Friday with a two-word statement, "is granted," approved suspension of a lower court ruling that barred President Donald Trump from moving forward on his plan to halt the temporary legal protections, offered by Joe Biden, to about a million aliens in the country.
The ruling lifted a lower court order that demanded those protections remain in place for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
It follows on a decision by the court earlier to let the Trump administration revoke temporary protections for about 350,000 Venezuelan migrants in a separate dispute.
The move allows the Trump administration to advance its efforts to fulfill his campaign promise of deporting millions of illegal aliens allowed into America by the open borders actions of the Biden regime.
The appeal to the high court came after a leftist judge in Boston took over decision-making authority from the executive branch.
The court's full statement: "The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 15, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25–cv–10495, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgement of this court."
Kentanji Jackson, the justice who during her nominating hearing before the Senate was unable to define what is a "woman," complained, in a dissent joined by fellow leftist Sonia Sotomayor, that the decision would disrupt the lives of illegal aliens.
Jackson said the lower court judge, Indira Talwani, was correct that ending the protections would give people the choice of leaving the country or risk being detained and deported.
The dispute now heads to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
Jackson cited the "real harm to real people" who came into the U.S. without permission under Biden's open borders. The impact on the nation and the expense to taxpayers of those millions of arrivals, many of whom immediately were dependent on public assistance programs, remains to be fully calculated.
The administration had argued that such orders, usurping the authority of the executive branch, irreparably harmed its obligation to carry out the president's policies.
Jackson accused her fellow justices of facilitating "needless human suffering."
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A government worker with a top security clearance who complained to an FBI agent posing as a representative of a foreign government that he didn't "agree or align with the values" of the Trump administration has been arrested.
The suspect, Nathan Laatsch, 28, has worked with the Defense Intelligence Agency's Insider Threat Division since 2019.
He was accused of attempting to share classified information with an agent of a foreign government, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice.
The case was launched when the FBI got a tip in March that someone was willing to turn over classified information to a friendly foreign regime.
"An email to the FBI said that the person – later identified as Laatsch – didn't 'agree or align with the values' of the Trump administration, and would be willing to share classified information that he could access, including 'completed intelligence products, some unprocessed intelligence, and other assorted classified documentation,'" according to a report from Fox News.
The report said Laatsch began communicating with an FBI agent, whom he thought was a foreign government representative, and confirmed he was ready to turn over classified details.
He brought information out of his workspace multiple times after transcribing the secrets onto a notepad at his desk, the DOJ said.
The FBI coordinated with Laatsch for him to deposit classified information "for the foreign government to retrieve" from a location at a northern Virginia park, the DOJ said, and FBI agents watched him do that.
The FBI then retrieved a thumb drive that contained a message from Laatsch and "multiple typed documents with information portion-marked for Secret or Top Secret levels," the report said.
He offered that as "a decent sample size" of what he could do, the report said.
Laatsch later messaged the agent "appearing to say that he was seeking something in exchange" for the details, that he was interested in "citizenship for your country" as he didn't think his situation in America would "improve in the long term," the DOJ said.
He also was "not opposed to other compensation" but didn't really need "material compensation."
He then agreed to provide additional information and when he arrived at a meeting point, he was arrested.
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A ruling from the state Supreme Court in Missouri is allowing, at least for now, a shutdown of abortion business that do not meet minimum medical facility requirements.
"We're going to take a moment to celebrate, because this effectively shuts down abortion clinics in the state of Missouri for the time being," said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, during an interview with Tony Perkins on "Washington Watch."
The dispute is over the business operations meeting the state requirements for medical facilities.
"What the Supreme Court said was that the lower court did not apply the proper standard: The lower court said any likelihood, any chance of success on the merits, is sufficient. And that is not legally accurate," Bailey said.
A report from the Washington Stand said the result is that the case is being returned to the lower court for a re-evaluation of the issues based on the correct standard.
"Planned Parenthood at this point is starting to look more like a criminal enterprise than any kind of legitimate health care entity," Bailey charged.
"We said all along that Amendment 3 was bad, because it was not only going to result in the death of innocent children, but potentially harm to women, as well. And as soon as Amendment 3 passed, Planned Parenthood marched to court and said that they shouldn't have to have ultrasounds anymore. … They didn't have to have any plan to prevent hemorrhaging or sepsis of their 'patients,' that their facilities didn't have to be licensed, that they didn't need to sterilize their equipment, and that they didn't have to get informed consent voluntarily from the women before they performed these abortions," Bailey said.
"These are pernicious and dangerous positions that Planned Parenthood has taken in court. And they convinced a judge in Kansas City that they were correct that Amendment 3 wiped all of that out."
The amendment was the vote through which state voter allowed abortion in their state constitution.
The abortion cartel, with that amendment, had argued it no longer needed to meet state health and safety rules, no longer needed to assure the mother had not been coerced into abortion and had no reason to make preparations for the event of a botched abortion, the report explained.
It was Jerri Zhang, a circuit court judge in Jackson County, who claimed the state no longer could enforce health and safety rules such as a requirement abortionists have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of their business.
Zhang even, in an extreme move, blocked the state from requiring abortion businesses be licensed by the state.
The report noted that during a 2018 inspection of a Planned Parenthood business, state inspectors found "abortionists used an abortion suction machine clogged with 'blackish gray residue' that inspectors later identified as black mold. Planned Parenthood techs used the potentially infection-transmitting machine, although the replacement hose lay unused in a nearby cabinet. They documented that other equipment contained 'rusted areas, old peeling tape, dried adhesive residue' and 'uncleanable surfaces,' as well as the potential presence of mold or human blood during the unannounced September 26 inspection of Planned Parenthood's Columbia Health Center in Columbia, Missouri."
Abortionists have conceded in court filings that they don't even track complications and injuries that may result.
The amendment narrowly adopted by voters confirmed a woman's right "to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives."
It allows voters to protect the lives of the unborn after a baby reaches the age of viability.
Critics of the plan charged with it deliberately was vague so that it could be used to trash health and safety standards.
Bailey noted the voters were "defrauded" by amendment promoters.
"They sold people on this idea that you have a constitutional right to kill innocent children and that there should be no limitations on it. What they didn't explain is that it would eliminate all health and safety regulations," he said.
The report noted, however, that Zhang, a "liberal judicial activist," probably will side with the pro-abortion regime "under any legal standard."
Any such ruling likely will end up at the state Supreme Court again.
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A long list of dozens of judges at the entry level to the federal court system have issued nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump and his voter-endorsed agenda to cut waste and fraud, remove illegal alien criminals, and more.
They've insisted on claiming the power to make decisions for the executive branch, even to the level of personnel hirings and firings.
And they've threatened the administration with contempt for not following their opinions.
But Congress now is formulating a response to that leftist agenda, a response that would withdraw the authority of those judges to enforce their own orders unless there was a bond posted when they issued the injunction.
That's already in federal law: A judge issuing an injunction can require those demanding the injunction to post a bond to cover the costs and expenses involved should that injunction eventually be overturned.
But most judges simply ignore that requirement or set a bond at zero.
A report in the Washington Examiner explains President Trump's "big, beautiful" bill, a reconciliation package approved by the House and now pending in the Senate, includes a resolution to the problem.
"The 1,000-page bill includes a provision to curb the power of federal judges to hold the Trump administration in contempt for violating court orders," the report said.
"We think what these federal judges are doing is tantamount to a national crisis," a GOP aide told the publication.
The plan is for courts to enforce a rule that calls for a bond to be posted before a federal judge can issue an injunction to stop an administration move.
"Judges often refrain from using these bonds, including if plaintiffs don't have the resources to pay, and can choose to set the bond at zero. Under the bill that passed the House, a judge's injunction would not have teeth without the bond payment," the report said.
The wording is: "No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), whether issued prior to, on, or subsequent to the date of enactment of this section."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chief of the House Judiciary Committee, said, "The judge can set the security at whatever level he wants. What's typically happened in these cases is he's just waiving it. Nobody's putting it up. And they're getting this injunction that applies nationwide, which is the concern."
The result would be, if it reaches the point of being signed into law, that every federal court injunction that waived the security requirement would suddenly be unenforceable.
It's not the only move developing in response to the judges' determination that they will make executive branch decisions.
"Last month, Rep. Darrell Issa's, R-Calif., bill to block district courts' ability to issue nationwide injunctions passed the House. Another attempt came from Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who introduced articles of impeachment against District Judge James Boasberg, who blocked the deportation of Venezuelan migrants. Boasberg has threatened contempt proceedings over the order," the report explained.
Democrats argue the plan to have judges require bonds, or lose the ability to enforcement their rulings, is unconstitutional.
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A plan being developed by the administration of President Donald Trump to screen the social media postings of foreign students who want visas to travel to, and study in, the United States has prompted a suspension of embassy appointments for those visas.
A report at CNN explains Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dispatched instructions to U.S. embassies and consulates to pause appointments for those students seeking permissions to come to America.
That's because the department is working to expand "social media screening and vetting" for all applicants.
The announcement comes, the report said, just as the Trump administration has revoked student visas for some students, and further withdrew permission for Harvard to enroll foreign students because of the presence of anti-Semitism on campus, although that decision was temporarily suspended by a judge.
Going on now, the State Department said, was "a review of existing operations and processes for screening and vetting of student and exchange visitor (F, M, J) visa applicants, and based on that review, plans to issue guidance on expanded social media vetting for all such applicants."
A large part of what has been creating problems is the rampant anti-Semitism on some university campuses. Anti-Israel protests have been allowed, and protesters protected, even as Jewish students face discrimination, according to multiple reports.
The cable explained those appointments, as well as the screening and vetting of applicants could have "potentially significant implications for consular section operations, processes and resource allocations."
The instructions are that embassies and consulates are not to add "any additional student or exchange visa … appointment capacity until further guidance is issued." Also, existing appointment openings are to be blocked.
At Politico, a report elaborated, "The administration had earlier imposed some social media screening requirements, but those were largely aimed at returning students who may have participated in protests against Israel's actions in Gaza. The cable doesn't directly spell out what the future social media vetting would screen for, but it alludes to executive orders that are aimed at keeping out terrorists and battling antisemitism."
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The Trump administration has confirmed in a new statement that, "We are out of business with Harvard."
Because of the presence of anti-Semitism on campus, and the way it handles student protests and censorship, the White House had asked the school, whose officials are sitting on some $53 billion in piles of endowment cash, to address those issues.
The school declined, and the Trump administration has responded by canceling $2.7 billion in federal contracts and grants, proposing a plan to remove the school's exemption from taxes as well as creating a tax for those endowment accounts, and canceling its permission to enroll foreign students, a plan temporarily suspended by a judge.
Now, the Washington Examiner reports the White House "is set to divert all remaining federal contracts away from Harvard University."
The report noted the General Services Administration has instructed federal agencies to review any contracts they hold with Harvard and end unnecessary contracts, while moving those that are needed to another school.
"Agencies have also been ordered not to consider Harvard for future contracts," the report said.
"We are out of business with Harvard, so look for other vendors for things you would have considered Harvard for," the report confirmed the official explained.
It was Josh Gruenbaum, GSA's commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service, who sent a letter detailing cuts of about another $100 million form the school.
"As fiduciaries to the taxpayer, the government has a duty to ensure that procurement dollars are directed to vendors and contractors to promote and champion principles of non-discrimination in the national interests," he wrote.
Instead of agreeing to address anti-Semitism on campus, the school sued to keep getting billions of dollars from taxpayers.
Also, the school now is under investigation by the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
President Donald Trump, in fact, has suggested that the $3 billion that Harvard had been getting from taxpayers instead go to trade schools.
Further, the newest decision letter confirms that Harvard has failed to comply with a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023.
"As relevant here, GSA understands that Harvard continues to engage in race discrimination, including in its admissions process and in other areas of student life. For applicants in the top academic decile, admissions rates varied significantly by race. In this decile, admissions rates were: 56% for African Americans; 31% for Hispanics, 15% for whites; 13% for Asians," Gruenbaum's letter explained.
"Harvard has shown no indication of reforming their admission process."
He also cited "Troubling revelations have come to light regarding Harvard and its affiliates' potential discriminatory hiring practices and possible violations of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Harvard is suspected of engaging in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment in hiring, promotion, compensation, and other personnel-related actions."
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On Memorial Day 2025, President Donald Trump unleashed a holiday greeting in all capital letters to Americans, including what he calls "THE SCUM."
Trump said in a lengthy post on Truth Social: "HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTALLY INSANE, THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN — ALL PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY."
"HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL.
"BUT FEAR NOT, WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND AMERICA WILL SOON BE SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! AGAIN, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
Jack Posobiec of Human Events noted: "Trump is now using Memorial Day to rip into the scum who were destroying our country from within. Is this what you voted for?"
Mike Sington, a retired senior executive at NBCUniversal, said: "Trump's Memorial Day message to America is disgraceful, unhinged, and the rant of a mentally deranged madman. Just more proof he's completely unfit to hold the office of President."
There are plenty of other mixed reactions online, including:
"Ya gotta LOVE President Trump's Memorial Day Truth! And the fact that it's in ALL CAPS too… "
"On Memorial Day and every day, Donald Trump is an insult to those who died serving this nation."
"President Trump unleashed an angry tirade against the Marxist movement, destroying our country on Memorial Day. Media will attack him for 'not honoring the troops' on this solemn day, but they don't realize that's exactly what he did. Almost all of the men and women who fought and died for America sacrificed everything to protect a country they loved. A country based on the rule of law with strong borders, ethical judges, legitimate elections, free speech, and the American Dream. They didn't die for Marxists who hate our country and want to destroy it from within. President Trump and his voters know this, and that's his message on Memorial Day is so well said. God bless the troops that gave up everything to keep America Free. May we ensure our country truly is free so that their sacrifices were not made in vain."
"F*** Trump's entire message. Tone deaf, self-indulgent, and a slap in the face to veterans. 'Happy' Memorial Day. F***ing clown."
"Trump could've just stopped at Happy Memorial Day."
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PALM BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted Harvard's secrecy when it comes to the university's large number of students from foreign countries.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: "Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student's education, nor do they ever intend to. Nobody told us that!
"We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn't exactly forthcoming. We want those names and countries.
The president concluded: "Harvard has $52,000,000, use it, and stop asking for the Federal Government to continue GRANTING money to you!"
As WorldNetDaily reported, Harvard has sued the federal government to keep the privilege of enrolling foreign students, a lucrative source of revenue for the college as well, additionally, a path to international influence.
The Trump administration had revoked the school's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a dispute over Harvard's decision to refuse to cooperate with the government on issues including student protests, anti-Semitism and even cooperation with China, explodes.
The administration has explained Harvard has refused to comply with a list of demands sent to the school in April regarding student protests, many being anti-Israel and pro-Hamas, the anti-Semitism present on campus and allegations that the school has allowed infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party.
Republicans on the House Select Committee on China and the House Committee on Education and Workforce have begun investigating what links there may be between the school and the CCP.
Harvard, in the latest lawsuit it has brought against the Trump administration, is claiming the ending of its certification is a "blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act."
A federal judge in Harvard's back yard immediately came to the school's aid, temporarily blocking the administration decision to cancel the program for foreign students.
The order came from Allison Burroughs, a judge in Boston.
The administration move left the campus in disarray only days before graduation this year, the school claimed, as foreign students now are deciding whether to transfer or risk staying, and possibly losing legal status to remain in the U.S.
A report from the Washington Examiner said Alan Garber, the school chief, claimed the withdrawal of the privilege of enrolling foreign students, "imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams."
The end of that certification, in fact, would mean many students at Harvard would have to transfer to another school. Estimates are that about one fourth of the student population there is foreign.
Harvard's filing claimed, "It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government's demands to control Harvard's governance, curriculum, and the 'ideology' of its faculty and students."
The school also has lost an estimated $2.7 billion in government grants because of its agenda, following decisions byi federal officials with end those payments.
The foreign students are a lucrative source of cash for the school, which already has a $53 billion endowment.
The report said, "Most international students at Harvard pay full tuition, which is $59,320 for the 2024-25 academic year. Room and Board on campus and other mandatory fees amount to an additional $27,606 per student. The total for an international student to attend Harvard is $86,926 per year."
WorldNetDaily reported when the decision to withdraw Harvard's permission to enroll foreigners was announced.
The Department of Homeland Security said Harvard has created "an unsafe campus environment" by allowing "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators" to assault Jewish students on campus.
Homeland Security reports have confirmed how Jewish students report discrimination and bias on campus.
A Breitbart report elaborated on the new moves, explaining DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said, "This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.
"It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country."
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Another scandal from the era of Joe Biden in the White House has been uncovered in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., was left stunned.
That was by the fact that the Biden administration handed out a "staggering" $93 billion in loans and commitments during the final 76 days of Biden's tenure, apparently without even reviewing a business operating plan or a project review.
A report at PJMedia documents Kennedy's reaction when Energy Secretary Christopher Wright dropped the bombshell.
"The 76-day period you're talking about, that's the period between the time that President Trump was elected and President Biden left office. Is that right?" Kennedy demanded.
"That is correct," Wright said.
"How do you do due diligence on one loan, much less $93 billion?" Kennedy asked.
"I think it's probably pretty clear it wasn't done in many cases. There were commitments made from businesses that provided no business plan, no numbers about their own financial solvency, or how this project actually worked," Wright confirmed.
Kennedy continued, "So, so you're telling me that the Department of Energy in the 76-day period before their boss was gonna leave office, gave or loaned money to, to entities that had no business plan?"
Yes, Wright affirmed.
"No financials?" Kennedy asked.
"Correct. I've come in with great concern about how this institution, this great American institution, has been run and how American taxpayer money has been handled," Wright explained.
A review now is under way, he confirmed.
Wright also confirmed he could not provide assurance that none of the recipients lied.
And Kennedy asked about fraud.
"Is it conceivable that some of these folks… came to you with a half-baked idea?" he said
"Very conceivable. In fact, I've seen such plans … that didn't have a business plan — just a promise to develop one later," Wright said.
Wright assured the senator he would be turning down wasteful projects and referring those who acted inappropriately to the Department of Justice.
The money handed out during those 76 days was more than double to loan total from the previous 15 years, the report said.