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Alice Johnson Highlights Stories of Trump Pardon Recipients Ahead of Thanksgiving

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson shared Thursday heartfelt stories of former inmates who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump ahead of Thanksgiving.  In an X post, Johnson, herself a beneficiary of a Trump pardon, highlighted Anabel Valenzuela and Edward and Joe Sotelo, all of whom...

Mark Kelly Again Tells Military to Defy Trump: ‘Not Backing Down’ 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., doubled down on his controversial demands that service members defy what he calls President Donald Trump’s “illegal” orders, even though he has failed to identify a single example.  Kelly appeared in a Tuesday interview on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, insisting he is not...

Socialist Zohran Mamdani May Give Himself a $50K Pay Raise

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Zohran Mamdani may have run for New York City mayor on a socialist platform, but one of the first bills he could sign would distribute wealth not to ordinary New Yorkers, but to the political elite. The City Council is quietly preparing a 16 percent pay hike...

Afghan Suspect in Shooting of National Guard Members Now Facing a First-Degree Murder Charge

(Headline USA) ​​ Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical...

Trump Criticizes Afghan Refugee Program

(Headline USA) ​​ The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the United States after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from their country as the Taliban took over, authorities said. The program, called Operation Allies Welcome, was created...

Trump Cancels Biden Orders Signed by Autopen

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Friday he will “terminate” all executive orders enacted during the Biden administration that were approved using the controversial autopen.  Unelected officials in the Biden White House repeatedly relied on the autopen to issue orders supposedly authorized by Joe Biden.  According to the House Oversight Committee, several of these orders...

Judge Rejects Israeli Official’s Attempt to Dismiss Sex Sting Charges

(José Niño, Headline USA)  An Israeli diplomat's attempts to dismiss child luring charges collapsed in court Monday when a Nevada judge found that grand jury proceedings were properly conducted and provided adequate probable cause for prosecution. Tom Alexandrovich, the executive director of the Cyber Defense Division at the Israel National...

Heritage Foundation Fellow Claims Trump Admin is Falling Short on Deportation Promises

(José Niño, Headline USA)  President Donald Trump's administration has not followed through on its immigration enforcement commitments, according to Mike Howell, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center. He shared his bleak assessment with the Washington Examiner during a phone interview. The president's failures stem from...

Texas Officials Seek to Establish Turning Point Chapters

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) Texas officials are seeking a partnership with the conservative organization Turning Point USA to place chapters on every college and high school campus in the state. Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of TPUSA, at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, many have debated...

Assaults Against ICE Up 1,153% in 11 Months

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Assaults against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are up 1,153% in 11 months, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. As ICE officers continue to arrest the most violent criminals nationwide, U.S. citizens have increasingly obstructed their efforts, including physically attacking them and...

WATCH: Trump Attacks J.B. Pritzker

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has revived his criticism of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker over crime, and Pritzker has fired back by blasting Trump over Thanksgiving dinner prices. The president spoke at the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning outside the White House Tuesday. Referring to Chicago Mayor Brandon...

Attorneys General Sue to Keep SNAP for Legal Immigrants

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) Democratic attorneys general from 22 jurisdictions sued the Trump administration Wednesday over ending food assistance for noncitizens who are legal permanent residents. The lawsuit, which names the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins as defendants, was filed in the Eugene division...
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