Category Archives: National News
5,000 Troops To Be Deployed To Southern Border; Military Actively Moving Equipment
The US military will deploy 5,000 troops to the southern border – up from initial estimates of 800, according to the Wall street Journal, citing US officials. The troops will be sent to Texas, Arizona and California as Central American migrant caravan makes its way north through Mexico.
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‘Migrant Caravan’ Refuses Mexico’s Promise Of ‘Food, Shelter And Jobs’ As March North Continues
Outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced what amounted to a program of government handouts, dubbed “you are home” for the Central Americans to stay in Mexico, It promised the migrants shelter and medical attention and schooling if they agreed to stay in southern Mexico. But, a large block of migrants voted to reject Mexico’s offer.
Read moreAs ‘Caravan’ Crosses Mexico, ‘Temporary’ Tent City For Migrant Kids Balloons In Size [VIDEO]
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows President Trump’s temporary tent city for unaccompanied alien children at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Tornillo, Texas Land Port of Entry has dramatically expanded its capabilities over the last several months. The temporary shelter has 3,800 beds for unaccompanied alien children between ages 13 and 17, 1,400 of those beds are on special reverse status.
Read moreBomb Found In Mailbox At George Soros’s Westchester Home
An employee of billionaire investor George Soros discovered a bomb placed in a mailbox at Soros’s Westchester County home on Monday. The explosive device was later “protectively detonated” by an FBI bomb squad after the employee moved it to a wooded area.
Read moreMigrant “Attack Caravan” Regroups; 5,000 Push North As Mystery Men Hand Out Cash [VIDEO]
A Central American migrant caravan which was temporarily delayed by the Mexican government has regrouped, resuming their advance towards the US border on Sunday. The number of migrants swelled overnight to approximately 5,000 as the mile-long caravan set out.
Read more“I Have No Words”: Aerial Footage Shows Trail Of Devastation Left By Hurricane Michael [VIDEO]
Florida search-and-rescue teams are searching for survivors after Hurricane Michael carved a path of devastation through several communities.
Read moreNew Report Says Trump Wants Chinese Parts Out Of American Weapons
Top defense officials said last week that the Pentagon intends to invest in domestic manufacturing to reduce it over-reliance on Chinese and other foreign-made parts in American weapons.
Read moreExplosive Report Details Chinese Infiltration Of Apple, Amazon And The CIA
Bloomberg Businessweek conducted a sprawling multi-year investigation into China’s infiltration of US corporate and defense infrastructure. Most notably, it confirmed that, in addition to efforts designed to sway US elections, China’ intelligence community orchestrated a pervasive infiltration of servers used to power everything from MRI machines to the drones used by the CIA and army. They accomplished this using a tiny microchip no bigger than a grain of rice.
Read moreUS-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Reached Ahead Of Midnight Deadline
A NAFTA deal has been reached. Canada has agreed to join the trade deal that the U.S. and Mexico announced last month. The move preserves the three-country format of the original North American Free Trade Agreement favored by business groups and congressional Republicans,The treaty is expected to be signed by leaders of all three countries in 60 days, with Congress likely to act on it in 2019.
Read moreThe U.S. Returns to Top 10 in World Economic Freedom Index
After nearly two decades of declining economic freedom, the United States is now the 6th most economically free country in the world.
Read moreVerizon Wireless Network Suffers Massive Outage Across US
Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile telecommunications provider in the US, has been experiencing massive outages, with the East Coast and Southern US reportedly hit the hardest.
Read moreNew Documents Reveal Secret Gov’t Rules For Spying On US Journalists
Journalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents (obtained through an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed last November) revealing the U.S. government’s secret rules for using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders to spy on reporters, calling the revelations “important” and “terrifying.” “There’s a lack of clarity on the circumstances when the government might consider a journalist an agent of a foreign power,”.
Read moreTrump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates
The White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end of the year, but in an unexpected twist, are set to rise to 25% on January 1, 2019. A substantial portion of the imports targeted this time are consumer goods, which means that the pain to the US household bottom line is about to get real.
Read more1.3 Million Ordered To Evacuate As “Nightmare” Hurricane Florence Bears Down On Carolinas [VIDEO]
“Hurricane Florence may end up being the worst natural disaster in recorded history for the Carolinas and Virginia. 3 to 4 feet of rain, IF predictions hold!”
Read moreCDC Investigating After Multiple Passengers Fall Ill At Philadelphia Airport
One day after ten passengers fell ill during a JFK flight from Dubai, CBS Philadelphia reports that multiple passengers fell ill on separate international flights coming into Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday.
Read moreSmall Businesses Flee Facebook After Algorithms Hobble Revenue-Generating Traffic [VIDEO]
“it decreased my income from Facebook by 60 percent, overnight. No explanation.”
Read moreCompany Making Bulletproof Backpacks For US Students Flooded With Orders [VIDEO]
After the horrific shooting of 17 kids at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, the civilian defense industry as a whole experienced an influx of sales from school districts and worried parents. The hottest item on the block is the bulletproof backpack and there are several companies that have reported booming sales.
Read moreArmy Secretary Wants Hypersonic Weapons On Battlefield In Next 10 Years
Hypersonic weapons, capable of striking Russia and China at Mach 5 or higher, could be the Pentagon’s answer in correcting American hegemony that is widely perceived to be in terminal decline.
Read moreHomeland Security Unearths KFC Drug Tunnel In Arizona [VIDEO]
Homeland Security and Border Patrol held a press conference last week disclosing new details of a secret drug tunnel stretching from a former KFC restaurant in the state of Arizona to Mexico.
Read moreDrug Overdose Deaths Jump To Record 72,000 Last Year
The third wave of the opioid epidemic is here, as new synthetics [fentanyl analogs] – that are 10,000 times as potent as morphine – are attributing to the latest surge in deaths.
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