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World & Nation
Trump Calls on Pharmaceutical Companies to Justify Success of COVID Drugs
President Donald Trump on Monday called on pharmaceutical companies to
justify the success of their drugs intended to treat COVID.
He said there is disagreement on whether the drugs saved lives.
"With CDC being ripped apart over this question, I want the answer, and
I want it NOW," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I have been shown
information from Pfizer, and others, that is extraordinary, but they
never seem to show those results to the public."
Trump Warns 'Radical Left Court' Against Ending Tariffs Plan
President Donald Trump is urging obstructionists to stop the crusade
against his agenda, saying if the "radical left court" terminates the
prosperity from tariffs, the U.S. would become a "third world nation."
"More than 15 trillion dollars will be invested in the USA, a record,"
Trump hailed in a Sunday night Truth Social post. "Much of this
investment is because of tariffs.
"If a radical left court is allowed to terminate these tariffs, almost
all of this investment, and much more, will be immediately canceled! In
many ways, we would become a third world nation, with no hope of
greatness again.
Trump's remarks come as courts weigh legal challenges to key elements
of his trade policy. He framed tariffs as a driver of record U.S.
investment and positioned their removal as a threat to American
prosperity, amplifying his broader campaign message of economic
nationalism.
FBI director Kash Patel's girlfriend sues ex-agent for defamation over Israeli spy claim
Alexis Wilkins, the longtime girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, is
suing an ex-agent and self-described whistleblower for defamation,
alleging he called her a former Israeli spy whose relationship with
Patel is a "honeypot" operation.
The defendant, Kyle Seraphin, "has maliciously lied" about Wilkins by
"falsely asserting that she—an American-born country singer—is an agent
of a foreign government, assigned to manipulate and compromise the
Director of the FBI," Wilkins' attorney wrote in the lawsuit filed
Wednesday in federal court in Austin, Texas.
Wilkins accuses Seraphin, a conservative podcaster who calls himself a
"recovering FBI agent," of "using this fabricated story as
self-enriching clickbait."
Wilkins is seeking at least $5 million in damages. The suit was first
reported by Reason and highlighted Friday morning by Court Watch.
Minnesota bishop rebukes Dem mayor for dismissing prayer following deadly Catholic school attack
Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron sharply criticized Minneapolis Mayor
Jacob Frey for dismissing calls for prayer following Wednesday’s deadly
Catholic school shooting, calling the mayor’s remarks "completely
asinine."
"Catholics don’t think that prayer magically protects them from all
suffering. After all, Jesus prayed fervently from the cross on which he
was dying," Barron told Fox News Digital.
The shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis killed two
children and injured 18 other people during a morning Mass, according
to police. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau is
investigating the attack as both a possible act of domestic terrorism
and a hate crime targeting Catholics.
Investigators said the gunman left anti-religious writings in his manifesto and scrawled similar messages on his firearms.
Kristi Noem accuses CBS News of ‘shamefully’ editing her interview about Kilmar Abrego Garcia
CBS pushes back after Noem accuses network of trying to 'whitewash the truth'
Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday accused CBS
News of editing her interview to "whitewash the truth" about an alleged
MS-13 gang member, but the Tiffany Network says it was simply cut for
time and meets all network standards.
"Face the Nation" host Ed O'Keefe asked Noem why the Trump
administration was working to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia instead of
forcing him to face charges in the United States. She took to social
media after her segment aired to blast the network.
"I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Instead,
CBS shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth about this
MS-13 gang member and the threat he poses to American public safety,"
Noem wrote alongside video clips to back her point.
Trump: 'Crooked' Comey, Brennan 'Should Be Arrested'
President Donald Trump has no issue with sending Obama-era FBI Director
James Comey and CIA chief John Brennan — one of the 51 "spies who lie"—
to prison.
"I don't know if there's going to be" arrests, Trump told The Daily
Caller in excerpts of an interview that will be released in full on
Monday, adding, "there should be.
"What they did is a disgrace. They cheated, they lied, they did so many
bad things, evil things that were so bad for the country, and because
they did something to me that should have never been done, nobody
thought they'd ever do that."
Oversight Asks Treasury for Epstein Suspicious Activity Reports
The House Oversight Committee, led by Chair James Comer, R-Ky.,
continues to "follow the money," requesting from the Treasury
Department suspicious activity reports (SARs) linked to convicted sex
trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
"The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the
possible mismanagement of the federal government's investigation of Mr.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and
subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein's death, the operation of
sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to
effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules
related to elected officials," Comer wrote in a letter Sunday to
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
"The committee requests that the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(Treasury) produce certain Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) relevant
to the committee's investigation."
Ukraine Police Link Russia to Politician's Murder
Ukraine suspects Russian involvement in the murder of former
parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, the head of the Ukrainian police
said on Monday.
Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday and
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier on Monday that a suspect had
been arrested for what he called "a horrific murder" that impacted
"security in a country at war."
"We know that this crime was not accidental. There is Russian
involvement. Everyone will be held accountable before the law," police
chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said on Facebook.
AG Pam Bondi Fires DOJ Paralegal Following ‘Inappropriate Conduct’ Toward National Guard
Employee removed from her position after security footage and witness
accounts cited repeated inappropriate behavior directed at service
members.
An employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ) was terminated from her
position on Friday following an investigation into her conduct toward
National Guard members stationed in Washington, D.C. According to a
statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi, the action was taken due to
what she described as "inappropriate conduct."
The employee, Elizabeth Baxter, worked as a paralegal in the DOJ's
environmental division. The termination came after a review of multiple
incidents that reportedly occurred this month at the DOJ’s 4CON
building.
Fox News reported that security footage captured Baxter on August 18,
where she allegedly told a security guard about making an obscene
gesture toward a guardsman. A report from the New York Post indicated
she was later recorded demonstrating the gesture and using expletives
toward department security personnel.
China's Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by leaders of Russia and India
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pressed his vision for a new
global security and economic order that prioritises the "Global South",
in a direct challenge to the United States, during a summit that
included the leaders of Russia and India.
"We must continue to take a clear stand against hegemonism and power
politics, and practise true multilateralism," Xi said, in a thinly
veiled swipe at the United States and President Donald Trump's tariff
policies.
"Global governance has reached a new crossroads," he added.
Xi was hosting more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries at a
summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation, a China-backed initiative given renewed impetus by the
presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Ex-Biden Official Invokes Fifth Amendment
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini reportedly
invoked the Fifth Amendment during a closed-door deposition. She has
become the third Biden administration official to do so, raising
concerns over the conduct of former President Joe Biden’s inner circle.
The depositions have come amid ongoing inquiries regarding his alleged
cognitive decline and an alleged cover-up.
She was the third Biden administration official to avoid answering questions.
Tomasini appeared for a voluntary interview that became a subpoenaed
deposition at her lawyer’s request. She refused to answer questions
regarding her communications with Biden regarding his health and
classified documents.
Democrats’ head-scratching reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
The unhinged hostility to Donald Trump’s successful crime crackdown in
Washington, DC, puts Democrats inexplicably on the wrong side of their
own voters. What on earth are they thinking?
Law and order is quite literally an 80-20 issue. You don’t need a
pollster to say so, but 81% of Americans of all political persuasions
say crime is a “major problem,” according to a new AP-NORC poll
released last week.
The other 19% must be either criminals or blue-city politicians — or both.
The president’s approval rating has shot up from 40% in July to 45%,
likely as a result of his deployment of the National Guard to DC and
his promise to replicate the model in crime-ridden cities from Chicago
to Baltimore and New York.
From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions
For over a century, clashes over
public-sector unions have fueled a fight over government power and the
future of American democracy
President Donald Trump recently canceled public-employee union
contracts for thousands of federal workers. The employees worked in
agencies tied to national security, allowing Trump to invoke a national
security exemption to the normal rules governing federal employees.
Trump’s decision builds on his March executive order expanding the
agencies covered by the exemption.
It is the latest step in a series of battles over public-sector
unionism at the federal level that goes back more than a century — a
debate that touches on key aspects of democratic governance.
In 1902, President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt issued an order barring
federal workers and postal employees from lobbying Congress. His
successor, William Howard Taft, took a similar action in 1909 with
Executive Order 1142, which focused on preventing lobbying by members
of the military. Congress overturned these orders in 1912 with the
Lloyd-La Follette Act, but the move did not lead to widespread
public-sector unionism.
