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Two mayors in central Mexican cities have been arrested on federal extortion charges, while authorities are currently searching for a third mayor. The mayors are all from the central state of Morelos. This week, Mexico’s Security Cabinet announced the arrests of Agustin Toledano, the current mayor of Atlatlahucan, and Irving Sanchez, the former mayor of Yecapixtla. Authorities are still actively searching for Cuautla’s Mayor Jesus Damian Corona. The arrests are all part of the ongoing Operation Beehive, aimed at taking down cartel-connected extortion operations that are helped by city officials throughout Mexico. Depending on the region, city officials in Mexico…

Edmund Phelps: The Prophet of Productivity Booms and Busts Edmund Phelps, who died last week at 92, won the Nobel Prize in Economics back in 2006 for his work on the deep structure of unemployment, inflation, and expectations. But one of his most provocative ideas—the productivity business cycle—has still not received the attention it deserves. That’s a shame because Phelps ideas are exactly what we should be paying attention to right now. American economist and the winner of the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Edmund Phelps, at a conference at the Ministry of Economy in Paris on November…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) discussed possible legal action against Raul Castro and said that “Legal accountability is critical. And, by the way, the Trump administration people may think about that as they undertake illegal wars and illegal actions, for example, the double-tap strike on the two individuals, the drug runners who were clinging to a sinking boat.” And “It is possible that Raul Castro undertook criminal activities, not a concept that would be entirely foreign to the occupant of the Oval Office himself.” Guest host Jim Sciutto asked, “Given that this might be…

The payments currently offered to migrants willing to repatriate voluntarily could increase eightfold, according to Focus The German Interior Ministry is considering offering Syrian refugees up to €8,000 ($9,300) to return home voluntarily, Focus magazine reports, citing government sources. The proposal comes as support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has been campaigning heavily on migration concerns, reaches record highs.Germany was one of the main destinations for Syrians fleeing the civil war during the 2014-2015 migrant crisis, after then-Chancellor Angela Merkel adopted an open-door migration policy.More than 951,000 Syrians were living in Germany as of August 2025, according…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said that he doesn’t think military action in Cuba will be needed to remove the Castro regime from power because the Cuban people will rise up, but we will need to use military force with Iran. While discussing Raul Castro, Scott said, “I think one of two things is going to happen: He’s going to move to another country and walk away from the atrocities that he’s committed and the Castro brothers committed and how they’ve destroyed an island, once a great economy, that’s one way that he’s going…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent  delivered the commencement address at the Brunswick School on Wednesday, and his remarks were exclusively obtained by Breitbart News. Bessent delivered the remarks at the Greenwich, Connecticut, preparatory school, noting that his son attended Brunswick. He said: Reflecting on the responsibility to form young men of resilience and character, Tom wondered if, quote, “the very absence of experience with obstacles may just prove to be the greatest obstacle our boys will ever face.” He asked, amid the bounty of places like Brunswick and Greenwich, “how we [can] instill the strength of character that often only comes…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) revealed that she had filed legislation “proposing a constitutional amendment” that would prevent foreign-born United States citizens from serving in Congress or as federal judges. In a post on X, Mace pointed out that lawmakers like Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) were all born in other countries. Mace added that lawmakers like Omar, Thanedar, and Jayapal were “making clear every single day their loyalty is not to America.” “Ilhan Omar. Shri Thanedar. Pramila Jayapal. All born in foreign countries, none were citizens by birth,” Mace wrote. “All sitting in the…

Republican businessman Zach Lahn says that if he is elected governor of Iowa, he will ban H-1B visa holders from taking jobs in state government and universities. He also pledged to require contractors doing business with the state to publicly disclose how many Americans they are hiring for a state project, which he says will be “inversely correlated to how many H1-Bs you have.” In a recent gubernatorial debate aired in Iowa on Tuesday, Lahn blasted the H-1B program and said it “is one of the most abused immigration programs that we have” because it gives jobs directly to foreigners…

On Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said he would do everything he could to fight the Department of Justice’s so-called anti-weaponization fund. Host Kaitlan Collins said, “Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, a Republican who has been outspoken about opposing this new fund. Congressman do you agree with the acting attorney general there that this is how Americans want their taxpayer dollars to be spent?” Fitzpatrick said, “I do not, Caitlin. You know, every dime that we spend ought to be going to, and especially with people mine over half of Americans that are living paycheck to paycheck. That’s…

Top lawmaker Adam Smith has pressed US Central Command chief Brad Cooper to acknowledge what he called “obvious” US culpability The Pentagon has once again refused to admit responsibility for a strike on an Iranian school that killed more than 170 people, most of them children, despite pressure from US lawmakers.The Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in southern Iran was hit on February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. According to Iranian officials, 175 people were killed, most of them children.US officials initially offered conflicting explanations, with President Donald Trump even suggesting the strike was “done…