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    Coast Guard Seizes Enough Cocaine to Kill Population of 3 Large US States
    The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 240,000 pounds of cocaine since the start of the Trump administration on Jan. 20, enough to kill the combined population of California, Texas, and New York, according to the Department of Homeland Security.   President Donald Trump “is keeping his promise to Make America Safe Again. The…
    Virginia Allen
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    He Smuggled Thousands of Illegal Aliens Into the US
    A Honduran national living in Texas and responsible for smuggling an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. has been sentenced for his crimes. Over the course of three years, Enil Edil Mejia-Zuniga was a leader of a large illegal-immigrant smuggling ring, helping thousands of migrants enter the U.S. from 11 different countries, according to…
    Virginia Allen
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    1 Year After Butler, Lawmakers Decry Political Violence, but Questions Remain Unanswered
    A year removed from the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, questions remain unanswered as to the motives of the gunman, who was fatally shot by a Secret Service countersniper, and how such a horrific episode can be prevented in the future. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., who represents…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Administration Sets Deportation Record
    The mass deportation of illegal aliens is not new. The U.S. has been removing thousands of illegal immigrants every year since the 1800s, according to official Department of Homeland Security data. Prior to the second Trump administration, the highest annual illegal immigrant-removal numbers reported were under the Obama administration, according to DHS figures.   During President…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘They’re Hiding Something’: Democrats Panic Over Masked ICE Agents
    Democrats presented a bill in the Massachusetts House on Wednesday to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from covering their faces during immigration raids and arrests. Democrats and Republicans are sparring over the issue with increased heat as leaders on the Left look to pass similar legislation on the federal level.   ICE agents have…
    Lucy Spence
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    ICE Finds 10 Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Marijuana Grow Sites
    Ten of the 14 children found at the marijuana grow sites in California did not have a parent present at the facility, according to Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary.   Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection conducted an operation at two marijuana grow sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Combating the LA Riots. A Battle Worth Having
    Déjà vu.   That’s what Americans felt after the recent riots, violence, and left-wing antics centered in Los Angeles, California. Radicals used President Donald Trump’s deportations of illegal immigrants from communities around the nation as their pitiful excuse for the chaos. After weeks of simmering opposition to the federal government’s enforcement actions, those advocating for lawlessness…
    Warren Petersen
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    Why John Brennan Belongs in Prison
    Former CIA Director John Brennan is one of the most contemptible and shady people in public life. Few people have abused their position, power, and access with such impunity and hubris. So, it was a pleasure to read a Fox News report that the FBI has launched a criminal investigation into Brennan, along with former…
    David Harsanyi
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    Defense Authorization Bill Protects Ukraine Aid, Boosts Border Security, Military Pay
    The Senate Armed Services Committee, building from new funding provided by the “Big, Beautiful Bill” signed into law last week, announced major changes to America’s military in a statement Friday. The committee listed its proposals for the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which are aimed at maintaining American military might around the world and strengthening…
    George Caldwell
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    Iowa Senator Leads Charge to Bring Spending Transparency to Pentagon
    Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is leading the charge to bring renewed transparency to the Pentagon through the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act. That legislation could set the Department of Defense on track to finally pass an audit by harnessing artificial intelligence and increasing transparency around government defense spending. “It is inexcusable that the Pentagon has…
    Jacob Adams
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    In Texas, the Cost of Early Warnings Was Paid in Death
    In the early morning of July 4, a flash flood emergency was issued for Austin and San Antonio by the National Weather Service in Texas. According to the NWS, a flash flood emergency is “exceedingly rare” and is only used when “there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage.” Less than two…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Fetterman, Ricketts Join Forces to Counter China’s Threat to US Farming
    Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and Democrat Sen. John Fetterman are joining forces to introduce bipartisan legislation to combat Communist China’s threat to American farming.   “It’s not just about the number of acres that they [the Chinese] own, but the fact that they own it around Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota or Fort…
    Quinn Delamater
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    USAID Shipped Thousands of Viruses to Chinese Lab With Military Links
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Agency for International Development shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan, China, over the course of a 10-year program, even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously unreported documents. The documents show that USAID funded the exportation of 11,000 samples from Yunnan Province,…
    Emily Kopp
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    Law Enforcement Deaths Fall Over 50%. Former Officer Explains Why.
    A new report shows a 50% decline in the number of law enforcement officers’ deaths in the line of duty since the start of 2025, compared with the same period last year.   The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund released its 2025 midyear fatalities report this week. The report found that 42 federal, state,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Cartels at the US Gate: How the Open Border Fueled a Foreign Terror Threat
    In January, the White House finally did what should have been done years ago: designate Mexico’s brutal drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This action gives U.S. authorities broader tools to freeze assets, gather intelligence, and dismantle these violent syndicates. As border czar Tom Homan said last week on X, “The Biden Administration is responsible…
    George Harizanov
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    Border Czar Homan Credits ‘Trump Effect’ for June’s Low Illegal-Alien Encounter Numbers
    Border czar Tom Homan is praising the “Trump effect” after another drop in illegal-alien encounters at the southern border in June.   “Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070,” Homan wrote on X. “That is less than a single day under [President Joe Biden]. As a matter of fact,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Zero Illegal Aliens Were Let Into US in June
    The Trump administration’s border czar Tom Homan announced on X Tuesday evening that not a single person detained at the border in June was released into the country. Last month’s border numbers are in, and they are a massive win for President Donald Trump and the rule of law. That goes alongside a dramatic decline in total border encounters…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Turning Up the Heat: China Continues Its Years Long Military Pressure Campaign Around Taiwan
    “Taiwan is, of course, a country,” proclaimed the island’s President Lai Ching-te on June 22. In his first of a series of 10 lectures, Lai reaffirmed that Taiwan’s sovereignty derives from its 23 million people, earning him a swift rebuke from Beijing. True to form, Beijing resorted to calling Lai’s speech “a ‘Taiwan independence’ declaration…
    Naomi Park | Brent Sadler
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    Grassley Reveals the FBI Suppressed Evidence of China Meddling in 2020 Election
    The FBI suppressed intelligence about Chinese meddling in the 2020 election, according to emails released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  The FBI declassified and provided requested records to Grassley after the senator received whistleblower information about the matter.  Emails show that on Sept. 25, 2020, the FBI’s field office in Albany, New…
    Fred Lucas
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    As a New York Resident, Here Is My Biggest Worry About Mamdani’s Socialism
    New York’s socialist mayoral candidate’s ideas threaten to bring back the post-George Floyd riots surge in crime. Of all the terrible policies 33-year-old New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has embraced over the last five years, none threaten New York City more than his ideas about the police and law and order. To a certain extent,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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