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U.S. Border Patrol agents and ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents teamed up to dismantle a human smuggling scheme in El Paso, Texas, that ultimately led to the arrest of 35 illegal aliens. The arrests took place after the alleged smugglers crashed their vehicle while trying to evade arrest by the Border Patrol. The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem provided details of the arrests on Sunday in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter). According to Noem, DHS Homeland Security Special Agents investigated an illegal alien smuggling case that began when two alleged human smugglers were…

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, delivering a significant victory for the administration in a case that tests long-standing limits on presidential control over independent regulatory agencies. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a brief order blocking a lower-court ruling that had reinstated Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter while her legal challenge proceeded. While the order didn’t resolve the broader constitutional question of whether presidents can dismiss FTC commissioners without cause, it hints that the justices may uphold the administration’s position when they eventually rule on the merits. The…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have launched an operation in Massachusetts to nab criminal illegal aliens as President Donald Trump’s administration works to arrest such individuals across the nation. A senior spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ICE is calling the effort Operation Patriot 2.0, NBC Boston reported on Saturday. The outlet noted that an earlier effort dubbed Operation Patriot yielded 1,500 arrests in May. The report continued: In the new statement, the DHS spokesperson, who didn’t give their name, referred to the initial operation as a success, and derided the so-called sanctuary policy of…

Democratic voters in particular increasingly prefer socialism, an opinion poll has indicated Barely half of Americans view capitalism favorably, while Democratic voters increasingly prefer socialism, a new Gallup poll has indicated.The survey, conducted in August among over 1,000 adults nationwide, showed just 54% of respondents had a positive opinion of capitalism – the lowest figure since Gallup began tracking views on the system in the early 2010s, when approval stood at 61%. Support for socialism remained largely unchanged at 39%, Gallup said Monday.Republicans continue to strongly back capitalism, with 74% expressing support. Among Democrats, approval has slipped to 42%, lower…

President Trump responded on Monday to Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) recent attack on faith, the Declaration of Independence, and the American way of life, in claiming that natural rights do not come from the Creator and that it’s radical to think otherwise.  President Trump delivered remarks this morning to the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. The President previously signed an executive order, creating the 14-member Commission to “advise the White House Faith Office and the Domestic Policy Council on religious liberty policies of the United States.” “The need for this commission has…

LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry arrived in the U.K. on Monday leading to speculation about whether he will meet with his father, King Charles III, for the first time in 19 months. Amid signs of a thaw in the frigid relationship between Harry and the rest of the royal family, British media suggest that the prince´s trip to London on Monday’s third anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II provides an opening for a long-overdue rapprochement between Charles, 76, and his estranged son. Harry visited the monarch’s grave in Windsor to offer his respects and lay flowers. Harry has…

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Trump border czar Tom Homan explained the Trump administration was going to war with “criminal cartels” while Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) protected them. Host Jake Tappr said, “Is President Trump planning to go to war in Chicago?” Homan said, “I think his words are being taken out of context. I say we’re going to war with the criminal cartels. We’re going to war with illegal aliens, public safety threats that rape children, that raped citizens that committed armed robberies, that the distribute narcotics that kill Americans. We’re at war with the criminal cartels.…

President Donald Trump offered support Monday for GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s push to circumvent House Republican leaders and force a vote on a congressional stock trading ban. Trump on Monday morning shared a post on Truth Social with a video of Luna’s pushing her promised discharge petition that would force a House vote on banning member trading that Speaker Mike Johnson has so far bottled up. Trump’s post included a previous comment that called the effort a “MASSIVE WIN” and praised her for deploying “a procedural loophole” to take action. Johnson and GOP leaders have sought for weeks to…

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to fire Biden-appointed FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. Last Tuesday, a federal appeals court reinstated a Biden appointee to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite Trump’s previous attempt to fire her. In March, President Trump fired both Democrat commissioners at the FTC. “President Donald J. Trump is the head of the executive branch and is vested with all of the executive power in our government. I have no doubts about his constitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government. The Federal Trade Commission will continue its tireless…

The FBI and Capitol Police are reportedly investigating a string of fake emails sent to House staffers by Chinese hackers masquerading as Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Sunday, the emails were sent to staffers on Moolenaar’s committee, plus members of “several trade groups, law firms and U.S. government agencies” in July, when trade talks between the U.S. and China were ramping up. The email included a draft copy of legislation for…