Category Archives: National News
Trump Makes History: Government Shutdown Will Be Longest On Record
The partial government shutdown, that is currently in its 21st day, will surpass what was the longest shutdown that ended in December 1995. Thus becoming the longest in American history.
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Watch President Trump Addresses Nation’s Border Security (& Dems Respond) [VIDEO]
Many watched with anxious anticipation as President Trump took to the Oval Office – after a trip to the Southern border – where he gave a major policy speech about his plans for border security and his promised wall.
Read moreTrump Did Not Expose “Covert” SEAL Team In Iraq, Say Special Forces Vets
Task & Purpose, a military analysis site, notes that while photographing deployed special forces troops is not ideal, it in no way constitutes revealing “covert ops” as many of the headlines are now claiming. “Is it a secret that these guys are out there in that part of the world? No,” a defense official told Task & Purpose on condition of anonymity. “It’s been a little more sensationalized than we would’ve hoped.”
Read more“No End To Shutdown In Sight” As Trump Promises “Whatever It Takes” To Fund The Wall
“Whatever it takes,” Trump said. “I mean, we’re gonna have a wall. We’re gonna have safety. We need safety for our country.”
Read moreNew Census Data Show Americans Are Migrating from Tax-Punishing States
The Census Bureau released new data that show Americans are continuing to move from high-tax to low-tax states.
Read more1 In 3 ‘Caravan’ Migrants Are Sick, Some With Deadly Diseases [VIDEO]
Tijuana health officials have said that of those migrants in the caravan at the United States’ border with Mexico, about one third is being treated for health concerns. Migrants who came with the caravan are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox, and some other serious health issues, Tijuana’s Health Department warned on Thursday morning.
Read moreSan Ysidro Port Locked Down As Hundreds Of Migrants Rush US Border; Tear Gas Deployed [VIDEO]
Officials closed the largest land crossing in North America on Sunday at San Ysidro as hundreds of migrants rushed the US border in an attempt to cross into the United States.
Read moreTrump Signs Order Closing Border With Mexico, Authorizing Lethal Force
Besides authorizing troops stationed at the border to act in a law enforcement capacity to “perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary” to protect border agents, including “a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search.”, the president said on Thursday that he also signed an order to close the U.S. border with Mexico, adding that he’s authorized troops to use lethal force against migrants who attempt to enter the U.S.
Read moreThe Postal Service Lost $3.9 Billion Last Year
Despite a $1 billion increase in revenue, unsustainable personnel costs pushed USPS’ losses to such great heights. “Simply put, we cannot generate revenue or cut enough costs to pay our bills,” says Postmaster General Megan Brennan.
Read moreWaves Of Caravan Migrants Arrive In Tijuana, Begin Climbing San Diego Border Fence [VIDEO]
As the first waves of Central American migrants arrived in Tijuana, dozens of people on the Mexican side of the border could be seen scaling the border fence.
Read more5,000 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.
Read more‘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.
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