DeSantis signs nation’s toughest immigration law

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Trump signs reciprocal tariff plan, warns foreign nations to play fair
Trump announced a new tariff policy charging trading partners the same rates they impose on the U.S., calling it a "beautiful, simple system." Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick said tariffs could take effect by April, with no exceptions expected.

Trump signs off on auditing the IRS
Trump on Thursday threw his support behind the Department of Government Efficiency investigation into alleged fraud and waste at the Internal Revenue Service.

India to buy more oil, gas from US after Trump meeting with Modi
“We have more oil and gas than any other country in the world by far. They need it, and we have it,” Trump said sitting next to Modi at a press conference at the start of the meeting.

Trump says US to increase military sales to India
"We'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters," Trump told reporters.

EPA's Zeldin: Biden's $20B green slush fund was hidden in Citibank, handed out with no oversight
"This was an arrangement the EPA sought out, working with the Biden Treasury Department to park $20 billion outside of government and that deliberately resulted in less transparency, accountability and oversight."

New EPA leader shuts down $50M Biden-era ‘climate justice’ handout to pro-Palestine group
Lee Zeldin canceled a $50 million environmental justice grant to the Climate Justice Alliance, a group pushing “climate justice” through a “Free Palestine.”

DOGE Begins Publishing Data After Transparency Complaints
After Elon Musk promised "maximum transparency," the DOGE's website posted organizational charts of federal agencies and statistics on the federal work force.

DOGE daily update for February 13, 2025
"167 cancellations with savings of ~$115M, including a $2.23M contract for HHS for 'equity assessments of existing program policies.'"

Elizabeth Warren's Hubris Allowed Trump to Defund the CFPB
Instead of isolating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Congress' budget-making authority, Warren and former President Obama made it easier for a president to effectively shut it down.

WaPo opinion: DOGE critics fear big spending is coming to an end
The same people who cheered Obama’s tech hires, who were "change-makers working at the highest levels of the federal government," are now suing to block Musk’s team from auditing federal agencies — because this time, the mission is saving tax dollars instead of spending them.

New York Times says Musk has no ‘proof’ of fraud but simple Google search shows otherwise
The Times concluded that because Musk did not provide reporters with screenshots, receipts, and specific documentation at a single press conference means such fraud and waste never happened.

Sen. Chris Coons humiliated after false claim about Musk’s cost-cutting efforts
The Democrat tried to attack the DOGE's reforms, claiming they caused $300 million in wasted medicine. Online sleuths quickly debunked him, pointing out logistical flaws and visible expiration dates in his own photo.

Trump FBI pick Kash Patel clears Senate panel, headed for confirmation vote
A final confirmation vote is likely next week.

Senate confirms RFK Jr. for head of HHS
"He promises to make HHS a collaborative, transparent, and science-driven agency under his leadership," Republican Majority Leader John Thune said.

Linda McMahon vows to uproot disfunction in Education Department: ‘Listen to parents, not politicians’
Trump’s education nominee Linda McMahon pledged to prioritize school choice, parental rights, and career-focused learning over bloated bureaucracy.

After initial blip, Trump nominees have unbroken winning streak despite Democrat resistance
Trump is moving at warp speed to accomplish his agenda. His Cabinet will soon be complete to help that happen.

Federal judge rushes to block Trump’s treasury probe, timeline suggests ruling was preplanned
Judge Paul Engelmayer issued an unprecedented restraining order blocking Trump’s access to Treasury documents just hours after receiving 100+ pages of filings.

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban On Child Sex-Change Procedures
The judge claimed that stopping transgender drugs and surgeries for children would be “horribly dangerous for anyone, for any care, but particularly for this extremely vulnerable population.”

North Carolina Residents Ask Trump To Intervene After Officials Prioritize Hurricane Relief By Race
"The county directed that the funds be used in a manner that prioritizes one group of business owners over another based solely on skin color."

Chip Roy: Only the government could mess up a gas can. Let’s fix it.
Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill to repeal Obama-era gas can regulations that removed vents, turning a simple task into a spill-prone mess. Roy says the feds never needed to meddle in gas cans and vows to restore functionality with the Gas Can Freedom Act.

Clueless protesters demand funding for AIDS program Trump already restored
Once the protesters were removed from the hearing, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said, “I guess these guys don’t watch the news. They didn’t realize that PEPFAR was one of the many programs that did prove to be lifesaving so the funding was restored.”

Did Trump Create a $400 Million Contract to Buy Armored Teslas from Elon Musk?
The Biden administration orchestrated the armored EV contract, the State Department has put the contract on hold, and there was only one bidder on the contract during the Biden administration — Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Mass. doctor says his gold Cybertruck has ‘people screaming at the car'
Dr. Kumait Jaroje says clients are canceling appointments, his social media is tough to look at, and he received a voice message urging him to shoot himself.

House Republicans pass $4.5 trillion budget resolution, setting collision course with Senate
The House Budget Committee voted along party lines Thursday night to advance a $4.5 trillion budget resolution that lays out funding plans for Trump’s border, defense, and energy policies. It also extends Trump’s 2017 tax cut for the next ten years.

Sinking Ship? Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith Becomes Latest Dem To Drop Re-election Bid
Tim Walz, Ilhan Omar reportedly considering runs.

He Said He'd Take Jews 'Back to Poland.' Gretchen Whitmer Took Him on an Official State Trip to the Middle East.
Osama Siblani has praised Hezbollah leaders as "heroes" and "martyrs."

Prosecutors were prepping to charge Eric Adams with destroying evidence, Manhattan US attorney’s resignation letter reveals
Danielle Sassoon, who resigned from her post Thursday rather than obey an order from Trump’s DOJ to kill the case, blasted the “rushed and superficial” reasoning she says was behind the dismissal.

Ohio and Mississippi bill aims to make ejaculating without intent to conceive a felony
It's a bill being pushed by Democrats, knowing the media will run sensational headlines and people won't bother to read the story.

Gold set for seventh weekly gain as trade war risks lift demand
Silver, platinum, and palladium are also set for weekly gain.

DeSantis signs toughest immigration laws in the nation
The new laws include creating a State Board of Immigration Enforcement and mandating harsh penalties, including a death sentence for illegal aliens convicted of murder or child rape. The laws also ban illegal aliens from receiving state-issued IDs.

Border Crossings Plunge 90% To Historic Lows Under Trump Crackdown
"We haven't had numbers this low since the 1960s."

New York City mayor to issue executive order allowing ICE agents into Rikers Island
Homan confirmed that the mayor committed to helping restore a federal presence in Rikers Island prison.

Hamas agrees to release hostages following Trump's warning
Hamas announced on Thursday that it will proceed with its original agreement with Israel to release more hostages on Saturday.

Hamas forced surveillance troops to watch torture videos of male hostages, says mother
Shira Albag quotes her daughter Liri as saying, “I got out of the hell that we went through there, but the men, the soldiers, are going through worse than us.'”

Top Arab Diplomat Sees No Alternative to Trump's Gaza Plan
"I don't see an alternative to what's being proposed. I really don't," Yousef Al Otaiba said Wednesday at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. "So if someone has one, we're happy to discuss it, we're happy to explore it, but it hasn't surfaced yet."

Even before the war: 44% of young Gazans considered emigrating
The question being asked today around the world is whether Trump’s plan to resettle Gazans in other countries can succeed. Judging by a poll taken just prior to the war, before much of Gaza was destroyed, Trump’s proposal is reasonable.

JD Vance plays bad cop, threatens sanctions, military action to push Putin into Ukraine deal
"There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage" the U.S. could use against Putin. "There are any number of formulations, of configurations, but we do care about Ukraine having sovereign independence.”

China’s 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals, report says
China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardizing the country’s goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030.

Chinese Gangsters Enslaved Women in Egg Harvesting Scheme
Three Thai women were rescued after a group of Chinese gangsters enslaved them in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in order to harvest their eggs.

Canadian bill would send people to prison for saying anything favorable about oil, gas, or coal
Among other things, the bill would criminalize statements of fact, such as saying natural gas has lower emissions than coal.

Afghan criminal who drove car into crowd in Munich should have been deported after asylum application was rejected
He injured at least 28 people, including a child, after ploughing his Mini Cooper through a demonstration in Munich on Thursday.

Entertainers exit stage left as Trump works to make Kennedy Center great again
Shonda Rhimes, Ben Folds, and other leftists quit in protest as Trump promised an end to drag shows and to bring on a “Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”

Sunny Hostin claims Trump wants an ‘underclass’ of uneducated workers
"The View" host claimed that Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education to create a "permanent underclass" of uneducated laborers.

‘The swastika shirt was the last straw’: Kanye West and wife reportedly split up
Reports on split between rapper, Bianca Censori follow extended rant in which he boasted of being a "Nazi" and said he had "dominion over" her.

Shatner trolls Mark Hamill over Luke Skywalker's sexual orientation
"Hamill actually ruined it for you when he revealed Luke was gay."

New ‘Captain America’ Movie Trashed By Critics Ahead Of Release
“No blockbuster that cost this much money should look this shoddy,” one critic said. However, early audience reviews are more positive.

At the University of Michigan, DEI Now Hides in Office of ‘Community Culture’
As Trump unleashed a suite of executive orders targeting DEI, the University of Michigan School of Nursing began quietly revamping its website.

UCLA Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapters After Agitators Vandalize Jewish Chancellor’s Home
Students targeted Hollywood talent agent and UC Regent Jay Sures, an outspoken Israel defender.

‘The Terminator’ creator warns: AI reality is scarier than sci-fi
James Cameron says AI’s real threat isn’t killer robots, but corporate-controlled intelligence shaping society without oversight.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt worried about ‘bin Laden’ AI scenario
“I’m always worried about the Osama bin Laden scenario where you have some truly evil person [who] takes over some aspect of our modern life and uses it to harm innocent people,” Schmidt said.

Viral AI video depicts celebrities protesting Ye's anti-Semitic remarks
An AI-generated video depicting celebrities — including Scarlett Johansson, Jerry Seinfeld, and Adam Sandler — protesting Ye's anti-Semitic comments has gone viral online, prompting criticism from Johansson over the "misuse of AI."

Mexico Demands Google Restore 'Gulf of Mexico' on Maps
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has demanded Google reverse its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” for U.S. users on Google Maps, warning that Mexico may pursue legal action if the company refuses to comply.

Babylon Bee: Trump Unveils Bold New Country Names
President Trump has been making sweeping changes only a few weeks after starting his second term. But did you know some of those changes are happening globally?

Here’s when the world will end, according to 1704 letter from Sir Isaac Newton
Newton’s theories about Armageddon are based on extensive biblical texts that would see the world reset in 2060 — exactly 1,260 years after the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire— following plagues, war, and “the ruin of the wicked nations.”

Kayaker gets swallowed by humpback whale before he’s spit back out: ‘I thought it had already eaten me’
Astonishing footage captured the moment a kayaker was swallowed whole by a humpback whale.