By Naveen Athrappully Multiple gang members and illegal aliens were apprehended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities in recent days amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown against illegal immigration. On Jan. 28, ICE officials arrested three Venezuelan illegal immigrants from El Paso, Texas, according to a Feb. 3 statement from the agency. This […]
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Trump’s Border Czar Says Illegal Crossings Down 93 Percent
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said Sunday that the United States’ southern border has had an enormous drop in border encounters and crossings in recent days. “We’ve got the numbers this morning. The crossings on the border are down 93 percent,” Homan said. “That’s a bigger decrease than under the first […]
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Canada Retaliates With 25 Percent Tariffs on $155 Billion Worth of US Imports
By Omid Ghoreishi Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will be imposing 25 percent tariffs on $155 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to President Donald Trump’s order to place 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. “We will stand strong for Canada,” Trudeau said at a press conference on Feb. 1. Trump signed an […]
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Panama’s President Says There Will Be No Negotiation Over Canal’s Ownership: ‘It’s Impossible’
By Jack Phillips Panama’s president said on Thursday that he will not hold any negotiations about ownership of the Panama Canal, following President Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States could take ownership of the waterway again. In his weekly news conference on Thursday, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said he wanted to clarify confusion about […]
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Long Awaited JFK Files Could Be Released Soon
By Travis Gillmore The Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. Attorney General have until Feb. 7 to present a full disclosure plan for the records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, according to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 23. “I have now determined that the continued redaction […]
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Trump Signs Laken Riley Act Into Law
By Arjun Singh WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 29 signed into law the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation to receive his assent during his second term. The act is named after the late Laken Hope Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University in Athens, Georgia. Riley was murdered on Feb. 22, […]
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Chinese Control of Key Panama Canal Ports Could Violate Neutrality Treaty, Says Expert
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez An international law expert testifying before the U.S. Senate on national security threats to the Panama Canal said that “foreign operation” of the canal is prohibited and that China’s de facto control of ports on both ends of the canal potentially violates its Neutrality Treaty. Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at George […]
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Cold-Water Fish Improves Cognitive Function, Helps Build a Healthy Brain
By Chris Chen New evidence suggests that eating cold-water fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids is effective in protecting brain health and enhancing cognitive performance in midlife. Cold-Water Fish Are Rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids The American Heart Association stated that people should consume at least two servings of cold-water fish per week. […]
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National Guard Says It’s Responding to Declared Emergency on US–Mexico Border
By Jack Phillips The U.S. National Guard is deploying more troops to the U.S.–Mexico border as the Trump administration ramps up border and immigration enforcement efforts. In a statement on Wednesday, the National Guard Bureau confirmed it will send more assets to assist the military’s U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) alongside the Department of Homeland Security […]
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The Alien Enemies Act of 1798: An Explainer of the Law Trump May Invoke
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez President Donald Trump may dust off a centuries-old law to expedite the deportation of foreign national gangs and cartel members to help secure the U.S. border. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to “invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American […]
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‘Big Discussion’ Coming on FEMA’s Future: Trump
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump suggested changes may be coming to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) because he would rather see states handling disaster response rather than the federal government. When asked about the agency by Fox News’s Sean Hannity in a Wednesday interview in the White House, Trump was critical of FEMA’s […]
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Trump Announces $500 Billion Investment to Build AI Infrastructure
By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 announced $500 billion in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle will invest in the infrastructure through their joint venture, Stargate. Trump described it as the “largest AI infrastructure project by far in history.” Speaking during […]
