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Hundreds of Tren de Aragua gang members and associates have been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) since President Donald Trump took office, top officials revealed this week. Late on Monday, Acting Attorney General (AG) Todd Blanche announced charges against more than 25 members and associates of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, including many illegal aliens who arrived in the United States under the Biden administration, as part of a nationwide crackdown. The charges include firearms trafficking and drug trafficking, among other things. Blanche said federal agents seized more than 80 firearms, about 18 kilograms (39.6 lbs.) of…

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Republican lawmakers Wednesday that Congress needs to fund security aspects of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project because the Secret Service is prohibited from using private funds for that purpose, according to four people who heard the remarks. Mullin’s comments to a meeting of the Republican Governance Group came as the Trump administration is pressing GOP lawmakers to approve $1 billion in new Secret Service funding, as much as $220 million of which could fund parts of the controversial ballroom project. His claim of a legal prohibition on private funding for security upgrades…

The US and Israeli attack on Iran in February and their subsequent failure to achieve their objectives has already changed the strategic calculations of every major power. In some respects, it has also opened new opportunities for political dialogue. Seizing those opportunities would benefit international politics as a whole.The Middle East has always been one of the most unstable regions in the world. Rivalries there rarely disappear; they merely evolve. States that are bitter enemies one year often find themselves entering temporary pragmatic arrangements the next. But these understandings are tactical rather than lasting. The region remains trapped in a…

A report released this week by researchers at Conflict Armament Research (CAR) revealed that the Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist organization, have been rapidly rebuilding their weapons arsenal through shipments of components, including for missiles and underwater weapons. The components found to be entering Yemen reportedly bore marks linking them to defense companies in a variety of unexpected countries, including America, Switzerland, and South Korea. CAR warned, however, that many of the parts may be counterfeit and their greater concern with the influx of components is that it indicates the Houthis have improved their ability to build their own weapons…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has technically been banned from visiting China by its communist government, but he accompanied President Donald Trump on his trip to Beijing on Tuesday using a bureaucratic loophole created by the Chinese to let him in. Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles to Florida who was elected to the Senate in 2011, was one of several congressional representatives banned from traveling to China in July 2020 because they spoke out against China’s brutal oppression of the Uyghur Muslims of occupied East Turkistan. The U.S. had previously sanctioned four Chinese officials for herding the Uyghurs into…

After last week’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling from the Supreme Court, some Republican-led states have moved to redistrict their congressional maps to create a more favorable outcome for the GOP on November 3. During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that, combined with a failed redistricting effort in Virginia, it will be enough for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives in this year’s midterm elections. “Any thoughts on redistricting?” host Maria Bartiromo asked. “Is that going to be a help or a hurt going into the midterms?” Jordan replied,…

Senate Republicans aren’t sold on their House counterparts’ dreams of passing yet another party-line bill this summer. GOP senators are still trying to push through a narrowly targeted immigration enforcement bill — their second attempt at using the budget reconciliation process this Congress following last summer’s tax-cuts-focused megabill. With that legislation still in flux, they aren’t showing much enthusiasm for the House GOP’s goal of passing a third reconciliation bill by late July — and several aren’t convinced a third bill happens at all. “I wouldn’t bet my house on it, and if it were your house I were betting…

Imports surged 16% in Q1 2026 amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to industry think-tank IEEFA The EU’s imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) has reached a record high this year, amid the growing energy crisis triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to a report by a US-based energy think tank.The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) reports that the bloc’s imports jumped 16% year on year in January-March, with France, Spain, and Belgium accounting for most deliveries. Russia remains the EU’s second-largest LNG supplier, despite the bloc aiming to phase out Russian fossil…

As Washington and Tehran test fragile diplomatic channels, regional powers are competing for the right to shape the future of Middle East negotiations After threatening to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” a few hours before the deadline he set for Iran, US President Donald Trump suddenly announced a two-week ceasefire that continues to this day, though it remains fragile. Throughout this time, the White House has been urgently pushing the narrative about an active negotiation process with Iran, which is supposedly yielding results. Washington still talks about progress and work on a framework agreement, though Tehran has accused Washington of violations and…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has signalled that Brussels may seek to introduce legislation for a blanket ban on social media access for teenagers throughout the entire bloc by the summer. Speaking at the European Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Children in Copenhagen, EU boss Von der Leyen said that plans for a ban on children using social media could be put forward in the coming months. “We are witnessing the lightning speed at which technology is advancing – and how it penetrates every corner of childhood and adolescence,” she said per Euronews. “We all know that sustainable change…