Trump says Signal chat isn’t ‘really an FBI thing.’ The FBI has a long history of such inquiries
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during the […]
Meet Elon Musk’s ‘Grim Reaper’: He is loathed by the left as DOGE’s cruel henchman. Now, friends reveal the surprising truth of their intimate relationship
Wearing a smile and a t-shirt with the Jolly Green Giant logo on it, Steve Davis looks about as far from Elon Musk’s shadowy henchman as you could imagine. The photo, obtained exclusively by the Daily Mail, was taken in 1997 during Davis’s senior year at high school in Massachusetts. Back then Davis, now 45, […]
Leavitt refuses to take CNN reporter’s question
WASHINGTON (TNND) — For the second time in as many weeks, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shut down the same reporter during a news briefing. The journalist, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, asked Leavitt a follow up question Wednesday about how top national security officials shared sensitive attack plans over the messaging app Signal — and […]
JUST IN: President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Foreign Cars, Says Up to $1 Trillion Will be Collected Over Next Year or Two (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit
President Trump on Wednesday adjusted tariffs on foreign-made cars to impose 25% tariffs on “imported passenger vehicles (sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans) and light trucks, as well as key automobile parts (engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical components), with processes to expand tariffs on additional parts if necessary.” This comes as the President’s executive […]
The ‘state secrets privilege’ sounds mysterious. Here’s what it is and how it works
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants who were being deported from the United States. The Justice Department said in court papers Monday that it was invoking the “state secrets privilege” […]
BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Judge Chutkan’s Order Doxxing DOGE Workers | The Gateway Pundit
Judge Tanya Chutkan The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday temporarily blocked Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order doxxing DOGE workers. Earlier this month Judge Chutkan demanded Elon Musk and DOGE turn over sensitive documents and data within 21 days—all to appease a coalition of Democrat state attorneys general. Chutkan’s order mandated that DOGE disclose sensitive […]
Trump places 25% tariffs on imported autos, possibly increasing costs and hurting sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.“This will continue to spur growth,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll effectively be charging a 25% […]
US-Canada border eyed as vulnerability by China, Russia, says Patel: ‘The enemy adapts’
U.S. adversaries such as China and Russia have started to target the northern U.S. border with Canada, FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers Wednesday. During testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee, Patel told lawmakers that the “effective resolution” to the crisis at the southern border has caused adversaries such as China, Russia and […]
Team Trump picks a fight over the Signal cha. Republicans play ignorant
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