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The report said a Trump administration official confirmed the two nations have an "understanding" and China is not going to "impose the rare earth controls that they proposed."
And China is buying shiploads of soybeans, a development that will please American farmers.
"We have a deal. Now every year we'll renegotiate the deal," Trump said on Air Force One. "All of the rare earth has been settled, and that's for the world."
Rare earths are needed for American products including smartphones, electric vehicles, medical equipment, satellites and more.
China's chief even delivered an unexpected surprise, thanks to Trump for promoting peace around the globe. Trump has, in fact, worked to bring to a halt local conflicts in many locations.
"A spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed the progress between the two countries in a statement regarding the Trump-Xi summit," the report said.
"The leaders of China and the United States just met in Busan, South Korea, and discussed in depth issues such as China-U.S. economic and trade relations, agreeing to strengthen cooperation in economic and trade fields. China is willing to work with the United States to jointly safeguard and implement the important consensus reached at the meeting between the two heads of state," the China statement confirmed.
Trump said, "Additionally, China has agreed to continue the flow of Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Magnets, etc., openly and freely." He also said a deal is being developed for China to purchase American energy.
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President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel withdrew his name "due to a vicious witch hunt orchestrated by far-left outlets desperate to derail President Trump's agenda to drain the swamp."
What they had done was claim that he had been accused of sexual harassment.
The result is a $150 million defamation lawsuit by Paul Ingrassia against Politico and a reporter, Daniel Lippman.
A report in the Gateway Pundit, for whom Ingrassia served for a time as a contributor, revealed the development.
The report said the lawsuit comes "just days after Ingrassia was forced to withdraw his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel" because of that "vicious witch hunt."
Ingrassia announced, "I have just filed a $150,000,000 defamation lawsuit against Politico and Daniel Lippman. Very proud of all the hard work done by my absolutely incredible legal team – the Truth will finally come out, and Justice will be served!"
The case was brought in Virginia and confirmed by his counsel, Edward Andrew Paltzik of Taylor Dykema PLLC. It was triggered by Politico's October 9 article by Lippman titled "Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment."
Paltzik said such claims are "categorically false" and confirmed Ingrassia "has never sexually harassed anyone – full stop."
Paltzik told the Gateway Pundit, "Paul Ingrassia's case is about one of the most substantial threats to the future of Western Civilization and to our one-of-a-kind Republic in particular: the Far Left's weaponization of journalism. We can no longer afford to sit back and just hope against hope that the situation will improve. Only by fighting back in the courts against this weaponization, which is exactly what Mr. Ingrassia is courageously doing, will prevail against this scourge."
Ingrassia earlier withdrew his name from contention for the OSC position, pointing out that several senators had succumbed to the damage campaign from Politico.
"I do not have enough Republican votes at this time," he confirmed.
According to a report from the Washington Examiner, Ingrassia also is the current White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security.
There also was an issue with Politico reporting text messages involving Ingrassia, texts that have not been confirmed.
"Looks like these texts could be manipulated or are being provided with material context omitted," charged Paltzik. "However, arguendo, even if the texts are authentic, they clearly read as self-deprecating and satirical humor making fun of the fact that liberals outlandishly and routinely call MAGA supporters 'Nazis.'"
Those could be "outright falsehoods, doctored, or manipulated," the lawyer said.
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While President Donald Trump continues his trade-focused mission in the Far East, the commander in chief is irked by what he calls "fake ads" showing his polling levels "at low levels," and is now urging a ban on such commercials.
Shortly after arriving in Japan on Monday, Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social, stating: "After winning THREE Elections, BY A LOT, I am now getting the best Polling Numbers that I have ever received.
"People see how strong the Economy is, the Trillions of Dollars of Investment pouring into our Country, the Record Setting Strong Border (After years of millions of criminals pouring through it, totally unvetted and unchecked!), ending 8 wars in eight months, no men playing in women's sports, no transgender for everyone, rapidly falling Energy prices, and much more!
"Despite all of this, the Radical Left Losers are taking fake ads, not showing REAL Polls, but rather saying that I'm Polling at low levels.
"These are the people that I've been beating for years, and am continuing to do so, but by even bigger margins. These ads should not be allowed to run because they are FAKE!
It was not immediately clear to which specific ads about polling Trump was referring.
Just last week, as WorldNetDaily reported, Trump pulled the plug on trade negotiations with Canada, where the economy relies in significant ways on the United States, over what he called a "FAKE" ad that appears to be trying to influence the U.S. Supreme Court's looming decision on tariffs.
Further, that Canadian ad may actually misrepresent President Ronald Reagan, whose words it uses.
Trump responded to that spot, saying: "The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs. The ad was for $75,000,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HERBY TERMINATED. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT."
The Hill explained, "Trump in August announced a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods, though products covered under the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement were exempt. Canada is one of the United States' top trading partners, and their economies are heavily intertwined when it comes to certain products. But Trump has repeatedly argued the U.S. does not need Canadian goods, and that Canada is far more reliant on America for its economy."
In fact, the Reagan Foundation confirmed the ad manipulated Reagan's words, and it announced it was reviewing its legal options"
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More and more evidence is coming out that all was not right with the Joe Biden administration.
The newest evidence comes from a letter signed by House Judiciary Committee chief Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and others.
It informs FBI Director Kash Patel that Biden's FBI "used a security-clearance process to potentially retaliate against a whistleblower, and even tried to interrogate his wife while denying her repeated requests for an attorney."
A report at Fox News outlines the allegations of egregious conduct.
The attack was on Special Agent Valentine Fertitta and his wife, in 2024.
The report noted Fertitta had revealed details of the FBI's misuse of "law-enforcement authorities," for which the Biden administration pushed for his "security clearance evaluation" to be extra long.
"During that time, the FBI made attempts to interrogate his wife, Emily Fertitta, and asked her to participate in a two-day interview," the report said.
She asked for her lawyer to be present, and the DOJ essentially said no.
"Documents available to the Committee show that SecD investigators denied Mrs. Fertitta the right to receive advice from an attorney during her interview and the opportunity to review FBI guidelines regarding the interview process beforehand," Jordan's letter warned.
She was told "policy guides, manuals, and an agenda or outline concerning the interview will not be provided."
Further, the administration warned her: "'An attorney may not be able to give you advice during the interview, nor ask any questions or prevent you from answering your questions during the interview. Essentially, he/she will just sit there silently."
The report noted such demands went "against the standard process for security clearance evaluations."
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Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is under fire this week for granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, is now making no secret he's interested in following Donald Trump as the next American president.
Appearing on "Sunday Morning" on CBS, Newsom answered positively when asked about his White House ambition.
"Yeah, I'd be lying otherwise. I'd just be lying. And I'm not – I can't do that," Newsom said.
"I'm looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment, and that's the question for the American people."
When asked about the specific reason he wants to be president, Newsom did not directly answer the question.
"I think the biggest challenge for anyone that runs of any office is people see right through you if you don't have that why. You doing it for the wrong reasons," he explained. "Look, fate will determine that."
"I happen to, and thank God, I'm in the right business," Newsom added when asked about his thrill in meeting South Carolina Democrats. "I love people. I actually love people."
During the interview, Newsom blasted Trump as "an invasive species … for the country, for the world. He's a wrecking ball. Not just the symbolism substance of the East Wing [of the White House], he's wrecking alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions."
In a separate interview, Newsom opined that efforts to fight wokeness in America are simply "anti-black."
"I mean they're rewriting history, censoring historical facts. It's an unf***ing-believable moment," he indicated.
"All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-black. Period. Full stop. All the CRT, ESG, DEI stuff, that's all this is. It's this great urge and it's happening in real time."
Jim Hoft at the Gateway Pundit slammed Newsom for his "failed leadership" in the Golden State, calling him "the man who presided over a mass exodus of businesses, rising homelessness, skyrocketing crime, and record-setting taxes."
Hoft posted a list of "several major crises that have unfolded in Gavin Newsom's tenure as governor of California, according to California Senate Republicans:"
10. Homelessness – The latest data shows California is home to America's most homeless despite spending more than $20 billion of taxpayer dollars under Newsom's leadership. The homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control.
9. Drought – California is being pummeled by several atmospheric river storms, yet we lack the water storage to capture it. Newsom has not delivered one extra drop of water to farmworkers and farmers in the state as California crops are being devastated because of the drought.
8. High Gas Prices – As a benefactor of the Getty oil money fortune, our dear governor has proposed a so-called "Windfall Profits Tax" on the state's gasoline industry in the name of lowering gas prices. In fact, Newsom's proposal would only hike up the cost of gasoline at the pump.
7. Early Release of Convicted Felons – Through an Executive Order, the governor's California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation made it easier for thousands of convicted felons to be eligible for early release with little transparency.
6. Education Failures – According to statewide test scores released by the California Department of Education, 2/3 of California students failed to meet Math standards and more than half of California students did not meet the state's English standards.
5. Businesses Fleeing California – Stanford University Hoover Institution Study reveals that businesses are leaving the state twice as fast as years prior. Businesses forced to flee are taking revenue, jobs, and opportunities with them.
4. EDD – Newsom ordered California's businesses to shut down leaving hundreds of thousands of Californians unemployed. In a disorganized scramble to get out unemployment benefits, Newsom's Employment Development Department sent out $33 billion in unemployment fraud. The number may be higher.
3. French Laundry Scandal/NFL Luxury Suite Scandal – During the coronavirus surge, Newsom attended a swanky dinner at the expensive French Laundry even though he discouraged Californians from traveling during the holidays and partied maskless in an NFL Luxury Suite despite state masking orders. Rules for thee but not for me, right governor?
2. Wildfire Prevention Efforts – An investigation from CapRadio and NPR's California Newsroom found the governor overstated, by an astounding 690%, the number of acres treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns. Newsom claimed that 35 "priority projects" were carried out as a result of his executive order which resulted in 90,000 acres being treated. But the state's own data shows the actual number was only 11,399 acres.
1. High-Speed Rail – In his first State of the State remarks in 2019, Newsom declared his intentions to pull the plug on the massive public works failure known as the High-Speed Rail. Since then, he has flip-flopped and has been pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into this money pit.
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Leftists often complain that President Donald Trump doesn't follow court rulings. Actually he does. The facts are that it was Joe Biden who openly defied a Supreme Court rejection of his plan to transfer to taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt, for them to repay, rather than the people who actually borrowed the money.
Now another case has developed in which leftists are actively rejecting, and trying to get around, a decision from the high court.
It's happening in Wisconsin, and the fight has been profiled by the Federalist.
In the original fight, the Supreme Court unanimously said, regarding Catholic Charities, that the state was refusing to provide the charitable organization a tax-exempt status, like other organizations had, in a discriminatory fashion.
In the months since, the Democrat-led government there now has been trying to reimpose that punishment on Catholic Charities, and claims it is not discrimination because it wants to add the same punishment to a long list of additional charities.
"This is an organization that's trying to help people and trying to do it as efficiently as possible. They have limited resources. They want to use them well. You'd think the state would want to partner with that as opposed to targeting it," Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Attorney Colten Stanberry told the Federalist.
The report charged, "Amid leftists' ongoing judicial coup against the Trump administration, America's propaganda media have fomented baseless fears that President Trump is going to 'defy' or 'ignore' a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court if it rules on a case in a way he doesn't like. But if these so-called 'defenders of democracy' are concerned about government officials 'ignoring' court rulings as they claim, where is their outrage about Democrat-led Wisconsin's apparent bid to sidestep SCOTUS in a prominent religious liberty decision issued earlier this year?"
Catholic Charities Bureau is an arm of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin and works with many groups, some of which are funded through government contracts.
The facts are that neither employees nor recipients are required to hold a particular religion.
The fight is over state demands that Catholic Charities pay for the state's unemployment system, which the faith organization opposed doing. State officials claimed then the religious group was not religious enough.
The Supreme Court's ruling said it was, warning, "When the government distinguishes among religions based on theological differences in their provision of services, it imposes a denominational preference that must satisfy the highest level of judicial scrutiny. Because Wisconsin has transgressed that principle without the tailoring necessary to survive such scrutiny, the judgment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion."
Now, the report said, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has suggested eliminating the exemption entirely, punishing all faith groups that are involved in such activities in the state.
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Letitia James, the Democrat attorney general in New York who campaigned for office on the claim she would "get" President Donald Trump, is claiming that she's innocent in a mortgage fraud case federal prosecutors have brought against her.
A report at Fox confirms she was arraigned in Norfolk, Va., on Friday, submitting pleas of not guilty to felony counts of bank fraud and making false statements.
The charges come from her own actions and statements, including when she bought a home in Norfolk in 2020 when she allegedly misled a bank about the use of the residence in order to get better loan conditions.
She claimed it would be her secondary residence, but instead rented it out.
She's accused of trying to benefit by a sum of about $19,000 through a lower interest rate.
The Daily Caller News Foundation documented the case as serious, and Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett explained how she incriminated herself.
A federal grand jury in Virginia delivered charges against her just days ago, after prosecutors led by Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan brought the case forward.
Jarrett said the charges appear to be justified.
"She'll also claim, of course, 'Oh, it's a big misunderstanding, paperwork snafu, somebody else is to blame.' But under her own stated standard in the Trump case, she declared that is never an excuse. So she's hoisted on her own petard, as Shakespeare would say in Hamlet," Jarrett said.
Jarrett said that the case against James rests squarely on the paperwork she personally executed.
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"It's a pretty serious case against her, Sean. You cannot claim an occupied residence, get a lower mortgage rate, and then rent it out. You're cheating the lender by lying, and James actually incriminated herself. Both her mortgage and her insurance documents said she occupied it, but on an IRS records form she admitted it was purely a rental with zero personal occupancy," Jarrett said.
The DCNF reported Jarrett said James is now facing the same standards she once used against others, arguing that her own conduct left little room for defense.
"Well, it can't be both. That's illegal. Predictably, today she just whined that the law is being weaponized against her. Spare me the moral outrage. It was phony. She was the one who campaigned on the promise to get Trump, then conjured up that ludicrous case only to get slapped down by the appellate court in an epic embarrassment," Jarrett said. "I think he or she's going to do exactly what James Comey is doing, claim selective, vindictive prosecution, try to get the case dismissed, avoid trial entirely. But, you know, under the law the burden shifts to her to prove by clear evidence that the case has an unjustifiable motive."
Additional James' mortgage documentation also is at play, including when she allegedly listed her father as a "spouse" on a purchase agreement.
It was the Federal Housing Finance Agency that referred James to the Justice Department for the alleged crimes.
James had orchestrated a civil fraud case against Trump and his companies, obtaining from a radicalized judge in New York a judgment that would have amounted to about half a billion dollars against Trump.
An appeals court threw it out.
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American voters resoundingly rejected Kamala Harris at the last presidential election.
She lost, by landslide numbers, at the Electoral College, the popular vote, and much more.
That's even though she spent some $1.5 billion in three months, on travel, friends' endorsement appearances and such.
Now the Free Beacon is reporting even Democrat fundraisers are rejecting her.
The publication confirmed, "Major Democratic donors turned down the Democratic National Committee's request to host a fundraiser, with one sending a 'profanity-laced' message in response."
The Wall Street Journal said, of the dispute, "At one point earlier this year, the DNC reached out to big donors to host a San Francisco-area fundraiser headlined by former Vice President Kamala Harris. Most of the donors rejected the request."
The result was that while the event eventually was held, it "brought in less than the committee had hoped."
In fact, Democrats continue paying off Harris' campaign debt even now, a year after her catastrophic loss.
The Journal said, "Upon receiving the invitation, one [donor] replied with a profanity-laced rejection. Others said they didn't want to give to the party until it produced substantive plans to win elections. Those who declined told the national party they had commitments and couldn't make it work."
The Free Beacon revealed that the DNC is trailing, by far, the Republicans in fundraising.
"At the start of October, the DNC held around $12 million in cash reserves, compared with the Republican National Committee's $86 million," the report said.
Financial troubles, infighting, disorganization, a lack of leadership and a lack of coherent message to which voters would respond all have plagued the party since Harris replaced a mentally failing Joe Biden in the 2024 race, and immediately turned to such extremist positions voters were repelled.
The Democrats' collapse has become such that, at one point, the committee tossed out its own now-former vice chair.
The Journal claimed, "Some donors remain angry about how their money was spent in last year's presidential election by outside groups, including on what they see as excessive salaries for Washington, D.C., consultants."
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The U.S. military destroyed another purported drug-smuggling vessel Tuesday, but this time it was on the Pacific side of South America.
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted video of the exploded boat, stating: "Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
"The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics," Hegseth continued.
"There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. Both terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.
"Narco-terrorists intending to bring poison to our shores, will find no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere. Just as Al Qaeda waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border and our people. There will be no refuge or forgiveness – only justice."
This is the eighth known U.S. attack on a vessel since Sept. 2, with the other seven targeting vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday voiced support for the action, saying at the White House: "The bottom line, these are drug boats. If people want to stop seeing drug boats blown up, stop sending drugs to the United States."
Hegseth is receiving plenty of positive and negative feedback to his announcement on X, including:
"Why do all of these peaceful, simple fisherman have $60,000+ in motors on their fishing boats?"
"That is clearly a bunch of poor fishermen just trying to feed their families. Seriously, everyone knows that you need 3 outboard motors to catch the really fast fish!"
"Congrats bro we get it you are killing random people with 0 evidence of a crime and then you're posting the killcam as if it's a highlight reel. This admin is not one of peace, it is a typical regime change admin looking out for the neocons."
"You going to provide any evidence, arrest and try them like civilized countries do? Or just going to kill whomever you please, same as every other warmongering regime in the American Empire?"
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Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden and expert on everything related to crack cocaine, is flushed with outrage after President Donald Trump shared an artificial intelligence video of himself dropping poop on protesters.
The commander in chief late Saturday posted an epic video of himself piloting an American fighter jet called "King Trump," dumping what appears to be loads of feces on "No Kings" protesters voicing their objections over the weekend against the president.
Among the protesters is left-wing influencer Harry Sisson, who is seen getting completely doused in dung.
Hunter Biden said during a podcast with some graphic language: "So when I see the president of the United States create an A.I. video wearing a crown and dumping excrement on the heads of American peaceful protesters and, you know, TikTok stars like Harry… I see him basically, you know, painting a bull's-eye, painting a bull's-eye on somebody like that."
Biden added the video just cements the notion that Trump is acting like a king, rather than a president.
"It's not only the potential for violence, it's this. Isn't he just completely conditioning us? How many times has he sent out videos of him wearing a crown? And by the way, it's not a joke, it's not just a troll," he said.
"He's done it! He just commuted George Santos' sentence. By the way, nobody likes George Santos! Republicans don't like George Santos. Nobody on Fox News likes George Santos. Everybody was happy that George Santos was going away. Why did he do it? Do you know why he did it? To show that he can do anything, anything he wants. Because he can."
"Pathetic," said New York Times best-selling author Brigitte Gabriel. "Where was his outrage about the assassination of Charlie Kirk?"
Journalist Collin Rugg noted: "The left is so scared that the right is going to be 'violent' with them, but it turns out all the violence comes from their side. Charlie was assassinated. Trump had at least two attempts on his life. It is only coming from one side."