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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) 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. |
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