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World & Nation
Judge Blocks Trump's National Guard Deployment in LA
The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National
Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a
federal judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a
preliminary injunction sought by California officials who opposed
President Donald Trump’s move to use state Guard troops without the
governor’s approval to further his immigration enforcement efforts. But
he also put the decision on hold until Monday.
California argued that conditions in Los Angeles had changed since
Trump first took command of the troops and deployed them in June. The
administration initially called up more than 4,000 California National
Guard troops but that number had dropped to several hundred by late
October. Only a 100 or so troops remain in the Los Angeles area.
Trump in Pa.: Dems Broke Economy, I'm Fixing It
President Donald Trump hit the road Tuesday night to tout his economic
successes during a rally in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that
could prove key to Republicans holding the House in the 2026 midterm
elections.
"I have no higher priority than making America affordable again," said
Trump, who spoke in front of a banner reading "Lower Prices, Bigger
Paychecks." "And again, they caused high prices, and we're bringing
them down. … But that's our message. They gave you high prices. They
gave you the highest inflation in history. And we're bringing those
prices down rapidly.
"You're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks. We're getting inflation
[down]. We're crushing it. And you're getting much higher wages. I
mean, the only thing that's really going up big, it's called the stock
market. And your 401(k) — that's going up."
Trump has faced criticism that he has taken his eye off the ball on the
U.S. economy, with Democrats and mainstream media outlets warning of an
affordability crisis as a central campaign issue heading into the
midterms.
Minnesota Dems allegedly let tax dollars fund terrorists as police left without money to protect public: cops
Police union leader warns Minnesota could lose another 2,500 officers over next few years
As violent crime endangers communities across Minnesota, police say
they were left stretched thin and underfunded while state leaders
directed millions elsewhere, a gap now drawing sharp scrutiny from
public-safety experts and police union leaders.
That gap is under the microscope as the state deals with a massive
fraud scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars, including
allegations of taxpayer money finding its way to terrorist group
Al-Shabaab in Somalia, all under the nose of Democratic leaders.
Randy Sutton, a police veteran and founder of The Wounded Blue, told
Fox News Digital the crisis extends far beyond one agency or city.
"The public safety is at risk… we are in a criminal justice crisis in
America," Sutton said. "Political leadership is destroying public
safety through their ideology."
Minnesota college administrator accused of impeding ICE arrest to protect student sexual predator
ICE agents arrested a student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis
A small private college in Minneapolis is at the center of controversy
after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused staff members
of impeding ICE operations in order to protect an illegal alien student
who the department says is also a registered sex offender.
On Monday night, DHS, responding to a local news report, said on X that
ICE agents arrested Jesus Saucedo-Portillo, a criminal illegal alien
and registered sex offender with a prior conviction for driving while
impaired.
That arrest was hindered when a school administrator teamed up with
campus security and attempted to prevent ICE agents from doing their
job.
Pro-Trump clerk convicted in 2020 election scheme threatened, attacked in prison, lawyer says
Tina Peters, 70, is serving a nine-year sentence after conviction in Mesa County voting systems breach scheme
A Colorado county clerk convicted in a pro-Trump 2020 election denial
scheme was threatened and attacked in prison, her lawyer says.
Tina Peters, 70, is serving a nine-year sentence on state charges in
Colorado. Her attorney, Peter Ticktin, says she has been violently
attacked by fellow inmates on three separate occasions. Ticktin made
the claim in a Saturday letter addressed to President Donald Trump, who
has expressed keen interest in the case.
"About 6 months ago, Mrs. Peters was threatened with harm. Her life was
threatened by a group of inmates, to stab her and to kill her. This was
reported to the FBI and DOJ, which had agents interview her. She was
moved to a different unit," Ticktin wrote.
"In the new unit, she was attacked by other prisoners three times in
different locations where guards had to pull inmates off of her," the
letter continued. "There is actually a safe unit where inmates who do
not cause problems can be assigned. She has applied to be put into that
unit but was denied six times without a valid reason."
Crockett faces blowback from GOP, Hollywood for far-left agenda, media presence after launching US Senate bid
Texas Rep. Gill called Crockett the most 'pro-criminal candidate' Democrats could have found
From Congress to Hollywood, Texans are pushing back on Democratic Rep.
Jasmine Crockett's U.S. Senate launch as she faces scrutiny for her
far-left policies and presence on social media.
Crockett, a progressive known for her viral social media clashes and
sharp exchanges in the House of Representatives, rolled out her Senate
bid on Monday. She framed her candidacy as an effort to stand against
President Donald Trump, something she said incumbent Republican Sen.
John Cornyn will not do.
"I'm done watching the American dream on life support while Trump tries
to pull the plug. The gloves have been off, and now I'm jumping into
the ring," she said.
Zelenskyy appears to change his mind on holding elections after Trump's criticism
The Ukrainian president says country
could be ready for first vote since 2022 Russian invasion within 60-90
days if some provisions are met
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country could be ready
to hold its first election since Russia's invasion in 2022 as long as
partners can give him security guarantees.
Zelenskyy, whose term was set to end in May 2024, said that there are
two main issues that have to be addressed before Ukraine can hold
elections: security and the legislative framework. Zelenskyy said that
he has asked lawmakers from his party to work on legislative proposals
to allow Ukraine to hold elections while the country remains under
martial law, according to The Associated Press.
Because Ukrainian law prohibits elections when martial law is in place,
Zelenskyy has declined to call a vote, a stance widely supported by
Ukrainians, according to the AP. The country has been under martial law
since the war with Russia began in February 2022.
Rep. Stevens Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against RFK Jr.
Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for an open Senate seat in Michigan,
formally introduced articles of impeachment Wednesday against Health
and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a move with
virtually no chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled House.
Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, first said in September that she intended
to file the impeachment measure, contending Kennedy's actions and
public remarks have jeopardized public health, increased healthcare
costs, and led to cuts in medical research programs.
In a post on X early Wednesday, Stevens said Kennedy "has to go" and
announced she had introduced articles of impeachment to remove him from
office.
US to Deploy Gaza Stabilization Force in 2026
Amid reports that the United States plans to advance the ceasefire in
Gaza to its second phase before the end of the year, a U.S. official
told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday night that the International
Stabilization Force (ISF), which is an integral part of the plans for
this phase, will be sent to Gaza at the start of 2026.
Addressing a key concern of countries weighing whether to send troops,
the official said the ISF "will not be deployed in areas controlled by
Hamas in the Gaza Strip."
He added that the force is currently planned to comprise troops from
one or two countries, while more countries could potentially join in
the future.
Final Epstein files are unsealed by judge in dramatic last act
A Manhattan federal judge has granted the Justice Department's request
to unseal secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex
trafficking investigation.
US District Judge Richard M. Berman on Wednesday reversed his earlier
decision to keep the materials under wraps, marking what appears to be
the final unlocking of one of the most scrutinized criminal cases in
recent history.
Within days, the last vaults have cracked open. Berman became the third
federal judge in a week to order documents unsealed, joining rulings on
Maxwell's 2021 New York case and the 2006 Florida proceedings against
Epstein.
How misreading Somali poverty led Minnesota into its largest welfare scandal
Minnesota's welfare fraud by
Somali immigrants went unchecked as officials feared being labeled
racist, confusing immigrant poverty with systemic racism
The billion-dollar pandemic-era social service billing fraud
perpetuated mainly by Somali immigrants in Minneapolis is shocking in
its scale. That Minnesota public officials would have turned a blind
eye to one of the largest state welfare scandals in American history,
for fear of being viewed as racist, should surprise no one.
For years, the state has wrongly convinced itself that its Black
residents suffer from a deeply racist past. Progressives made a key
error, confusing the situation of new immigrants who happen to be Black
Africans with those who are the descendants of American slaves. But
they were sure they had to correct the past with dramatic policy
changes.
This under-appreciated story began with what seemed to be an alarming
2019 investigation by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that labeled
Minnesota "one of the most racially inequitable states" — a conclusion
based on a poverty rate four times higher for Blacks than Whites. But
this is the same state that had extended a warm welcome, through
Lutheran and Catholic social service groups, to refugees fleeing the
Somalian civil war; by 2024, some 107,000 residents of Somali descent
would reside in Minnesota. The state had effectively imported
large-scale Black poverty — but this had everything to do with
immigration and nothing to do with Jim Crow and its legacy.
Citizens are fed up with Dem-invited migrants who have disdain for US law and culture
It is hard now even for Democrats to defend illegal immigration, given
that the Biden administration allowed in more than 10 million entrants.
Among them were an estimated 500,000 criminals. No one believes that
was wise or should ever be repeated.
Worse, the message went out that there would be few, if any, deportations and no real ICE kinetic activity beyond the border.
The world’s poor, sick, both law-abiding and criminal, young and old,
understood that anyone could now enter the US at will. Deterrence and
legality were lost.
In its place, the message went out that if it was permissible to cross
the border unlawfully, then, by extension, it would be seen as equally
fine to reside illegally — and perhaps further to ignore laws, on the
theory that the host had sanctioned all such exemptions.
