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Trump: Working With GOP Leaders on Comprehensive Crime Bill
President Donald Trump early Wednesday said that he and Republican
congressional leaders are working on a "comprehensive crime bill" for
the United States.
"Speaker Mike Johnson and Leader John Thune are working with me, and
other Republicans, on a Comprehensive Crime Bill. It's what our country
need[s], and NOW! More to follow," Trump posted on his Truth Social
page shortly after midnight.
He did not elaborate further on what the bill would involve. Still,
legislation could add to his efforts in fighting crime in the nation's
major cities, including Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, while
helping to codify his recent executive orders into law.
Comprehensive crime bills have been enacted in past years, including
the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, which established the
United States Sentencing Commission, eliminated parole for federal
prisoners, and introduced the nation's first statute on computer crime.
WH Asks Supreme Court to Halt Foreign Aid Payments
President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on
Tuesday to intervene in its efforts to withhold billions of dollars
from foreign aid organizations and lift an injunction that is forcing
it to keep making payments.
The U.S. Department of Justice, in an emergency filing with the 6-3
conservative majority court, noted that a 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit earlier this month
ruled the injunction should be overturned.
Despite that ruling, the injunction issued by Washington-based U.S.
District Judge Amir Ali remains in effect, after the full federal
appeals court last week declined to put it on hold. Ali rejected a
similar request on Monday.
Trump imposed a 90-day pause on all foreign aid on Jan. 20, the day
that he was inaugurated for a second term in the White House.
Bessent says US tariff revenue could be well over $500 billion a year
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that customs duty
revenues from President Donald Trump's tariffs may top $500 billion a
year, with a substantial jump from July to August and likely a bigger
jump in September.
Bessent told a White House Cabinet meeting that his prior estimate of a $300 billion annual tariff collection rate was too low.
"We had a substantial jump from July to August, and I think we're going
to see a bigger jump from August to September," Bessent said. "So I
think we could be on our way well over half a trillion, maybe towards a
trillion-dollar number. This administration, your administration, has
made a meaningful dent in the budget deficit."
Tariff revenue would offset the deficit increases triggered by the
Republicans' tax-cut and spending bill passed this year. CBO estimated
this bill would widen the deficit by $3.4 trillion over the next decade.
Kremlin Praises US Peace Efforts, Rejects Europe's Ukraine Plans
The Kremlin on Wednesday praised efforts by the United States to
achieve peace in Ukraine, saying this month's U.S.-Russia summit in
Alaska had been "meaningful and necessary."
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow took a
negative view of European proposals regarding security guarantees for
Kyiv. He reiterated Russia's longstanding position that no troops from
NATO countries should be deployed to Ukraine.
Worse than Antifa: Inside the new breed of ultra-extremist groups dedicated to chaos, violence — and even alleged murder
Scram-tifa?
The far-left radical movement known as Antifa has been getting its own taste of cancel culture.
Just look at what happened on Aug. 19 in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights
neighborhood. Masked, fist-clenched agitators belonging to the
anarchist collective turned up to sow chaos — but locals banded
together to confront the troublemakers, telling them to get lost.
For some people who ascribe to the Antifa ideology, protests and petty
vandalism have gotten old — with groups now turning to ghastly acts of
violence.
Israeli Tanks Close in on Gaza City, Trump to Chair Meeting
Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza
City overnight, destroying houses and prompting residents to flee,
witnesses said, ahead of an expected meeting on the war to be chaired
by President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Tanks late on Tuesday entered into the Ebad-Alrahman neighborhood on
the northern edge of Gaza City and shelled houses, wounding several
people and forcing many others, who had been taken by surprise, to move
deeper into Gaza's largest city, residents said.
"All of a sudden, we heard that the tanks pushed into Ebad-Alrahman,
the sounds of explosions became louder, and louder, and we saw people
escaping towards our area," said Saad Abed, 60, a former construction
worker.
Democrats break GOP's supermajority in Iowa after flipping state Senate seat
Catelin Drey's victory marks second flip of a GOP-held Iowa state Senate seat this year
Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey on Tuesday defeated Republican Christopher
Prosch for an open state Senate seat, flipping the Republican-held seat
and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the upper chamber for the first
time in three years, according to unofficial results from the Woodbury
County Auditor's Office.
Drey secured 55% of the vote in the race to replace late Republican
state Sen. Rocky De Witt, who died in June at the age of 66 after a
battle with pancreatic cancer.
This is the second time this year Democrats have flipped a
Republican-controlled state Senate seat in Iowa, after Democrat Mike
Zimmer defeated Republican Katie Whittington in a special election in
January.
Family member of infants burned alive by cartel thanks Trump for crackdown: ‘Hopeful for the first time’
'No American family should ever have to suffer the way that my family has suffered,' said Adriana Jones
A woman whose sister, nieces and nephews were gunned down and burned
alive by the Juarez cartel is now speaking out in support of President
Donald Trump’s crackdown on cartel violence, saying she is "very
hopeful for the first time in a long time."
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Adriana Jones, president of American
Families Against Cartel Terrorism, shared the story of how her sister,
Maria "Rhonita" LeBaron, and nieces and nephews, Howie, 12, Krystal,
10, and 8-month-old twins Titus and Tiana, were killed by Mexican
cartel members in November 2019. Jones said the family had been driving
to Phoenix and was just 70 miles south of Mexico’s border with Arizona.
"Gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, killing everybody in it, and then
lit it on fire when they were gunned down. So, they were burned, most
likely still alive," she explained. "There were two other vehicles that
had been driving along that same route, family members, that two other
mothers were murdered along with two more children, and there were
seven surviving children, all gunned down, all American citizens, all
right there along the border."
Federal judge refuses to dismiss charges against Milwaukee judge in ICE enforcement case
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman has denied a motion to dismiss the
federal case against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, clearing the
way for a trial on charges she obstructed immigration officers who came
to her courtroom to make an arrest.
In the crucial, long-awaited ruling, Adelman turned back the arguments
of Dugan's high-powered legal team that the judge was immune from
prosecution and that the case was an example of judicial overreach.
Adelman's ruling agrees with the report of U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy
Joseph, who recommended in early July that the Dugan case should not be
dismissed.
Trump: Hit Soros With RICO Charges for 'Support' of Protests
Going beyond allegations of sowing discord in America and funding
Democrats, President Donald Trump is now calling for billionaire George
Soros and his liberal financier network, led by his "radical left son,"
to face federal racketeering charges.
"George Soros, and his wonderful radical left son, should be charged
with RICO because of their support of violent protests, and much more,
all throughout the United States of America," Trump wrote Wednesday
morning on Truth Social. "We're not going to allow these lunatics to
rip apart America any more, never giving it so much as a chance to
'BREATHE,' and be FREE.
"Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our country! That includes his crazy West Coast friends.
Trump's comments mark his latest linking Soros and progressive activists to unrest in U.S. cities.
Cracker Barrel scraps new logo design, keeps 'Old Timer' after listening to customers
Restaurant chain's stock price sank following removal of 'Uncle Herschel' from branding
Cracker Barrel said Tuesday that after listening to its customers, it will scrap its new logo and keep the "Old Timer" in place.
"We thank your guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker
Barrel," the restaurant chain said in a statement to FOX Business. "We
said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our
‘Old Timer’ will remain. At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been – and
always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and
the kind of country hospitality that feels like family."
"As a proud American institution, our 70,000 hardworking employees look
forward to welcoming you to our table soon," the restaurant chain added.
Trump’s National Guard patrols are a big winner — but not remotely a cure-all
Donald Trump’s alleged fascist crackdown is finally here — federal
troops are on the streets of major US cities, with almost certainly
more on the way.
First, they came for Los Angeles, then for Washington, DC, and next, if reports are to be believed, Chicago.
There’s no doubt that Trump loves the optics and sense of strength that
comes with deploying the National Guard to US cities, while many of his
political enemies love the thrill of decrying the arrival of the
dystopia they’ve always warned about.
What Fed must do now after Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole epiphany
Powell's comments open door to September rate cuts as Treasury yields tumble
Last Friday in Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell
finally – and grudgingly – admitted what the Trump team has been saying
all along: tariffs don’t fuel inflation.
At most, tariffs create a one-time adjustment in prices, not the kind
of runaway spiral that demands punishing rate hikes. And even that
one-time bump may be negligible if, as we have long argued, foreign
exporters – not American consumers – shoulder most or all of the
burden.
The implication is clear: whether the impact is zero or merely a
one-time step-up in prices, there is absolutely no justification for
the Fed to hide behind "tariff uncertainty" as an excuse for overly
restrictive interest-rate policy.
