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Trump promises oil executives ‘total safety’ if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House tries to quickly secure $100 billion in investments to fix the country’s neglected infrastructure and fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum. Since the U.S. military raid to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro…
Read MoreJudge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting needy children and their families from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now. The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze…
Read MoreThe ‘Illegal Stop’ Narrative Isn’t Just Wrong. It’s Dangerous | National Review
The social media response to the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis proves yet again that so-called internet ‘experts’ do not deserve the moniker. Source link
Read MoreColombian President Gustavo Petro is coming to the U.S. next month to meet Trump
President Trump will meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House next month. “I look forward to having a meeting with Gustavo Petro, the President of Colombia, in the White House, during the first week of February,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social. The president hinted that the meeting could focus on the…
Read MoreBorder turnaround takes center stage in GOP midterm strategy
HIDALGO, Texas — National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said Friday that the resources provided to border officials through the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act have uncuffed border patrol agents to do their jobs. It is a measure of success that Republicans are counting on voters to reward them for in the November…
Read MoreBacking Off Hyde Would Betray a Core Principle on Abortion | National Review
‘Flexibility’ on Hyde doesn’t just fund abortion — it abandons the position that abortion isn’t health care. Source link
Read MoreDonations top $1.5 million for wife and children of the woman fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis
The GoFundMe campaign created for the family of Renee Macklin Good has surpassed $1.5 million in the two days since she was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, an ICE officer fatally shot the 37-year-old in her car when she got into an altercation with the federal…
Read MoreU.S. expected to reap 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil
As much as 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil is on its way to the United States, according to President Trump, which would be the equivalent of one month’s worth of Venezuelan production. The president said the oil windfall is on the way “right now.” “It’s about $4 billion worth of oil and it’s on…
Read MoreFeds detail 3 more noncitizen voting cases
Federal authorities this week won a guilty plea from an illegal immigrant who cast votes in Michigan, plus announced indictments against two men they accused of voting illegally in New Jersey. The Michigan case involved Jose Gargenis Vasquez Rosa, from the Dominican Republic, who was living here under the stolen identity of an American citizen…
Read MoreHennepin County prosecutor calls on the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office
MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to her office, despite the Trump administration’s decision to hand the investigation solely to the FBI. Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively…
Read MoreDNC threatens lawsuits against states that cooperate with feds to scrub voter rolls
The Democratic National Committee warned 10 GOP-led states Friday that it will sue them if they cooperate in a Trump administration effort to clean up their voter rolls. The states are reportedly working on agreements that would have the feds scour their registration lists, looking for ineligible voters, and then the states would agree to…
Read MoreThe Unnecessary Greenland Crisis | National Review
The U.S. needs to replace stick with carrot. Source link
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