Judges legislating from the bench is an enormous problem. It almost always goes one way, too.

And now one activist judge just threw a major wrench in Donald Trump’s agenda.

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s bold plan to shrink the bloated federal workforce by offering employees eight months of pay and benefits in exchange for their immediate resignations.

U.S. District Judge George O’Toole issued an order extending the administration’s Thursday midnight deadline, delaying it until after a scheduled hearing at 2 p.m. Monday.

The administration had rolled out the mass buyout plan in a Jan. 28 email titled “Fork in the Road,” offering at least 2 million federal workers the chance to take the deal. So far, around 60,000 employees have accepted, with White House officials expecting that number to grow.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made it clear the administration is eager to move forward.

“We encourage federal workers in this city to accept the very generous offer. If they don’t want to show up to the office. If they want to rip the American people off, then they are welcome to take this offer, and we’ll find highly competent people to take these roles,” Leavitt said Thursday.

However, powerful federal employee unions were quick to fight back, filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. They claim the plan is “arbitrary and capricious” and violates labor laws governing workforce reductions.

Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, hailed the judge’s temporary ruling as a victory.

“We are pleased the court temporarily paused this deadline while arguments are heard about the legality of the deferred resignation program. We continue to believe this program violates the law, and we will continue to aggressively defend our members’ rights,” Kelley said.

Joining the lawsuit are the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the National Association of Government Employees, with Democracy Forward, a left-wing legal advocacy group, representing them in court.

The lawsuit alleges that the buyouts will destabilize government operations, failing to account for potential damage to essential services. Attorneys for the unions argue the “Fork Directive” lacks clear implementation guidelines and ignores best practices for reducing federal staff.

Union lawyers also claim the buyouts are a veiled effort to replace career federal workers with Trump-aligned employees, and they question whether the administration can even guarantee eight months of pay—given that the government’s temporary funding bill expires in March.

“If these employees leave or are forced out en masse, the country will suffer a dangerous one-two punch. First, the government will lose expertise in the complex fields and programs that Congress has, by statute, directed the Executive to faithfully implement. The government will have fewer qualified employees to execute the statutorily-required tasks that still remain,” the lawsuit stated.

Attorneys have requested Judge O’Toole, a Clinton appointee, to declare the “Fork Directive” illegal, delay the buyout deadline for at least 60 days, and force the Trump administration to provide additional legal justification.

President Trump has made no secret of his desire to shrink the federal government, crack down on wasteful spending, and bring an end to the remote-work culture that has left office buildings half-empty. In addition to the buyout offers, Trump has ordered all federal employees back to the office, reversing the widespread work-from-home policies that became entrenched during the previous administration.

Democrats in both the House and Senate, along with federal employee unions, have loudly opposed Trump’s plan.

Trump’s approach to government downsizing stands in stark contrast to former President Bill Clinton’s 1995 buyout program, which was first approved by Congress and capped severance pay at $25,000 per worker. Clinton’s plan, which excluded the Defense Department, ultimately led to over 100,000 federal employees leaving their jobs, with an overall reduction of 270,000 positions.

“Looking back, I can safely say that our buyout program has been a huge success. It achieved what we had hoped: to help us cut the workforce in a fiscally responsible and humane way,” Clinton said at the time.

Unlike Clinton, however, Trump isn’t waiting for congressional approval—he’s taking direct executive action to slash bureaucracy and rein in government overreach. Whether the courts will allow his aggressive streamlining to proceed remains to be seen.

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Joe Biden may be out of office, but his influence still permeates the government. But Trump isn’t going to stand for it.

And now an uncovered backroom Biden deal was just discovered by Trump and it’s dumbfounding.

President Biden was quick to spend over $100 million in taxpayer funds on transgender policies and programs within his administration—a plan that is still bleeding federal funds as the Trump administration attempts to shut it down.

Some of the spending is only now coming to light, including a breast cancer screening pilot program for men who identify as women, which is costing taxpayers $420,386.

Beyond healthcare, however, Biden’s administration spent millions implementing transgender policies across the federal government, implementing aggressive workplace and inclusion initiatives.

Now determined to stop that, President Trump has launched a series of executive orders aimed at scrubbing the federal agencies of transgender-related programs he calls “transgender lunacy.

His latest executive order, signed Wednesday, takes direct aim at men competing in women’s sports. “There will be no federal funding” for schools that violate the new rule, Trump warned during a White House ceremony.

Earlier in the week, Trump took an even broader step to cut off federal funding for all transgender-related initiatives.

One of his first actions was to shut down the USAID headquarters in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, as officials began investigating the department’s massive spending on transgender and DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – programs in foreign countries.

Some of this spending occurred right under the agency’s own roof. Nearly $900,000 in taxpayer funds went toward building gender-neutral restrooms inside the Reagan Building.

But the NIH outdid them all with the $1.12 million it paid to build just one gender-neutral bathroom at its Bethesda, Maryland campus. Of that, a cool $123,320 went to design fees alone. The final construction costs: well over $1 million.

Another $1 million in federal funds in New York was used to convert men’s and women’s restrooms at Letchworth State Park into gender-neutral facilities – justified in grant paperwork as a way to “address a changing view of gender concerns.”.

All in all, the Biden administration shelled out at least $3 million to construct gender-neutral restrooms in a few government buildings—talc of over $100 million dished out to transgender-related initiatives at home and around the world.

One particularly egregious example was the State Department’s decision to spend $50,000 in Hyderabad and Chennai, India to “sensitize employees of corporate entities” to transgender issues in the workplace. In 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts used $25,000 in taxpayer money to fund the National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco.

Last month, Trump went further and barred federal funding of gender transition-related healthcare for children. Under Biden, millions had already been spent on research into transgender medical treatments for minors.

For example, the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati received $1.7 million in federal grants for a study still under way on blood clot risks for transgender adolescents and young adults receiving hormone therapy. The study promotes hormone treatments—despite their irreversible effects—as “one of the most effective interventions for treating gender dysphoria” in transgender youth.

The investigative think tank Capital Research Center has been tracking the Biden administration’s extravagant transgender spending. The total sum is likely even higher, says researcher Parker Thayer, since Biden pushed through additional funding in his final months in office.

These grants ran the gamut from smaller tens-of-thousands-dollar allocations for more localized transgender initiatives to multi-million-dollar scientific research projects. A large portion of the spending focused on mental health and medical issues, including the transmission of HIV among transgender individuals.

One blatant example: the NIH awarded Emory University $5 million to study transgender women—biological men—living with HIV.

While much of Biden’s transgender funding has already been spent, some programs remain active but are now at risk of losing federal support under Trump’s leadership.

Not surprisingly, Trump’s crackdown is facing fierce resistance from the LGBTQ lobby.

On Thursday, activist group PFLAG, along with the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, filed a suit against Trump in an effort to block his executive order defunding transgender medical services for minors.

The lawsuit calls Trump’s order “discriminatory and dangerous,” while it contends that hospitals around the country are “abruptly halting medical care for transgender people under nineteen, canceling appointments and turning away some patients who have waited years to receive medically necessary care for gender dysphoria.”

Trump, however, remains undeterred.

“Every day we are eliminating the extremism of the last four years,” he declared on Wednesday.

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As the largest denomination in the country, Catholic Americans have a lot of voting power. Trump won by the largest margin in decades.

But now Catholic Bishops from this key swing state just handed Trump a major shock.

The Catholic bishops of Georgia reaffirmed the Church’s teachings on immigration in a statement issued on Feb. 4, expressing their solidarity with immigrants while also acknowledging the need for law and order.

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of the Diocese of Savannah, and three auxiliary bishops of Atlanta signed the statement, which was published in The Georgia Bulletin.

In their message, the bishops emphasized that every human being has inherent dignity, as they are created in God’s image.

They stressed that immigrants, regardless of status, should be treated with respect and compassion.

However, they also voiced concerns that certain immigration policies under discussion could have harmful consequences for immigrant communities.

At the same time, the bishops made it clear that criminal activity cannot be ignored.

“However,” they wrote, “we also understand and agree that those who come to our country with previous criminal records and those who commit crimes after their arrival must be held accountable and deported to their home countries.”

The statement echoed Archbishop Timothy Broglio’s response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration, reaffirming the Church’s long-held stance: while people have the right to seek a better life for themselves and their families, nations also have the right to secure their borders.

“The call and desire of every Catholic, regardless of national origin or legal status, is to worship the Almighty,” the bishops wrote.

“And we pray that our churches may be places of peace through solemn prayer, places of grace afforded by the celebration of the Sacraments, and places of compassion provided by fellowship and accompaniment.”

The bishops concluded with a message of hope and unity, lifting up prayers for immigrants and all those on the margins of society.

“We also lift in prayer our immigrant brothers and sisters and all who are marginalized, that the light of Christ will guide them to peace. During this Jubilee Year and always, may we have the desire to journey together as Pilgrims of Hope.”

This comes on the heels of Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia coming to the defense of Trump’s immigration policy.

“Even when immigration reform includes repatriation of those persons who have committed violent crimes, or who otherwise violate the terms of a right to remain, human dignity can be respected,” he wrote.

“We must not presume a conflict between human dignity and the rule of law.” Bishop Burbidge also acknowledged the reality of crime within some immigrant populations. “Sadly, some of those who have entered our country, legally or illegally, have committed serious crimes,” he wrote.

“There must be consequences for such behavior, as there is no place for violence, trafficking, or gang activity in our society. Our laws exist to safeguard the good of all, and they must be respected.”

Quoting other Catholic bishops who have recently addressed immigration in response to federal deportation raids, Bishop Burbidge affirmed their shared position “that every country has the right and the responsibility ‘to promote public order, safety, and security through well-regulated borders and just limits on immigration.’”

Though the self-identified Catholic electorate in this country has split between Left and Right, we may be seeing a seismic shift.

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This administration is moving fast. They learned their lesson from the first term.

Now Trump cut the legs out from under Democrats in Congress with this bold move.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., revealed that Republicans are setting their sights on roughly $1 trillion in spending cuts as they prepare a sweeping conservative policy overhaul.

“I think when you look at where we are, we’re close to a trillion and still working,” Scalise said late Tuesday night in response to a question from Fox News Digital. When pressed by another reporter on whether $1 trillion was the GOP’s baseline, he confirmed, “Roughly.” However, no final decisions have been made yet.

Republican majorities in both the House and Senate are working to enshrine large portions of President Donald Trump’s agenda using the budget reconciliation process.

This maneuver lowers the Senate passage threshold from 60 votes to just 51, allowing Republicans to bypass Democrat obstruction—so long as the legislation pertains to budgetary and fiscal matters. The House, already governed by a simple majority threshold, is positioned to move quickly.

But internal disagreements over spending cut targets have slowed House Republicans’ ambitious timeline. Their goal is to send a finalized bill to Trump’s desk by May, yet finding common ground on a baseline for cuts has proven to be a major hurdle.

The House Budget Committee was expected to advance an initial reconciliation resolution this week. However, spending hawks on the panel derailed that plan after rejecting House GOP leaders’ initial proposal of $300 billion in federal funding rollbacks.

They also dismissed a higher offer nearing $900 billion, Fox News Digital reported.

Scalise confirmed Tuesday night that leadership is now aiming for next week to advance the bill out of the House Budget Committee.

Conservative lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital expressed skepticism that the spending cuts would go much deeper than the agreed-upon baseline. However, Republican leaders maintain that additional opportunities for cuts will remain on the table.

Scalise also emphasized that negotiators are navigating spending projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan agency whose estimates have frequently drawn Republican criticism.

“There are a lot of numbers floating around. I mean, you know, CBO’s got their numbers, and we’ve had real issues with them, because CBO has been wrong so many times, but yet you still have to start with their numbers,” Scalise said.

“And then, you know, what kind of economic growth are you gonna get if you have better energy policy and better regulatory policy? And those are real factors. And our members recognize that, but, you know, you’ve got to come to an agreement on what is that growth factor gonna be? What’s a fair number?”

GOP negotiators met Tuesday evening to strategize the path forward. A source familiar with the discussions said Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., did not commit to any specific plan, and talks are still ongoing.

Republicans are aiming to use reconciliation to pass key Trump priorities, including more border security funding, the elimination of taxes on tipped and overtime wages, increased defense spending, and pro-fossil fuel energy measures.

The House had originally planned to pass its reconciliation bill first, but delays have raised concerns that the Senate could move ahead with its own version instead. Senate Republicans have signaled they are prepared to act if House infighting continues to slow progress.

Asked about the possibility of the Senate taking the lead, Speaker Johnson dismissed the idea outright. “Senate will not take the lead. We’re going to, and we’re right on schedule,” he told reporters Tuesday.

Scalise echoed that confidence, insisting that pushing the committee markup to next week would not derail the GOP’s overall timeline.

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Trump is bringing back accountability. And no one’s secrets are safe.

Now the White House unveiled this declassified video that changes everything.

Trump’s Leadership Strikes Major Blows Against ISIS in Iraq and Africa

The Trump administration’s commitment to eradicating ISIS has once again delivered results, as a joint U.S.-Iraqi military operation successfully took out multiple ISIS terrorists in a newly revealed strike late last week.

According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the mission—spearheaded by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) with vital support from U.S. forces—was executed near Kirkuk, Iraq, where five ISIS operatives were eliminated.

“An initial post-strike clearance found multiple explosive suicide belts and other materials,” CENTCOM reported, emphasizing that this ISF-led operation is part of the ongoing effort to dismantle ISIS networks and cripple their ability to wage terror.

The statement highlighted that Coalition Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CTF-OIR) provided technical and intelligence support to ensure the strike’s success.

This decisive action came just hours before President Donald Trump personally authorized another high-impact strike—this time targeting ISIS terrorists in Africa.

Trump Delivers Devastating Blow to ISIS in Somalia

On Saturday, Trump ordered precision airstrikes that wiped out multiple ISIS operatives in Somalia, marking yet another success in his relentless pursuit of America’s enemies.

“This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump announced. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies.”

Unlike the weak and hesitant response of the previous administration, Trump acted swiftly and decisively. His leadership ensured that the terrorists were completely neutralized.

“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump added.

“Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!”

A Clear Message to America’s Enemies

Trump made it clear that under his leadership, there will be no safe haven for those who threaten the United States.

“The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’” he declared.

Once again, Trump has proven that when it comes to national security, he is a leader who takes action—not one who cowers behind bureaucratic red tape.

While the previous administration hesitated and let threats fester, Trump is ensuring that America and its allies remain protected by taking the fight directly to the enemy.

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The government is bloated beyond measure. Now it’s time to take the axe to it.

And a mass exodus from the federal government is setting off alarms in Washington, D.C.

Over 20,000 Federal Workers Accept Trump Administration’s Buyout Offer

The number of federal employees opting into the Trump administration’s buyout plan has surpassed 20,000, with a surge in resignations expected ahead of Thursday’s deadline, according to the Washington Times.

A White House official revealed that the number of workers accepting the deal is climbing rapidly, with the largest spike in resignations anticipated in the final 24 to 48 hours before the cutoff.

The pace of departures has been so swift that even the administration’s internal estimates are struggling to keep up.

At more than 20,000 resignations, the number represents roughly 1% of the two million-strong federal workforce.

However, this remains lower than the White House’s initial projection, which estimated that between 5% and 10% of federal workers would take the deal.

The administration argues that the buyouts will significantly reduce government bloat, estimating that the departures will save taxpayers a staggering $100 billion.

Last week, the Trump administration formally announced the buyout plan, offering all federal employees the option to resign by Thursday in exchange for a severance package.

Those who take the offer will receive the equivalent of eight months’ salary, ensuring their pay continues through September 30.

However, those who refuse to take the buyout were given a stark warning: their job security is not guaranteed.

An internal email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) made it clear that employees who stay on may still find themselves without a job in the near future.

The email stopped short of guaranteeing continued employment, stating, “Should your position be eliminated you will be treated with dignity and will be afforded protections in place for such positions.”

This sweeping buyout initiative is part of President Trump’s broader effort to streamline the federal government, slashing bureaucracy at an unprecedented rate.

The plan also serves as a way to remove employees who are unwilling to return to in-person work after years of remote arrangements following the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of Trump’s first executive orders after returning to office was a directive mandating federal employees return to the office full-time.

The move has sparked backlash from federal employee unions, which have threatened legal action, claiming the order violates collective bargaining agreements they previously secured.

Despite union pushback, Trump remains committed to reshaping the federal workforce, cutting costs, and ensuring that government employees are present and accountable to the American people.

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Biden may be out of office, but he’s sticking around in the spotlight. He can’t get over that he lost.

Now Joe Biden’s new job is raising everyone’s eyebrows.

Biden Cashes In on Hollywood Ties After White House Exit

After his disastrous presidency, former President Joe Biden is wasting no time securing his next payday—signing with a top Hollywood agency in one of the first major moves of his post-White House career.

The 82-year-old Democrat, whose administration was plagued by economic failures, border chaos, and foreign policy blunders, has re-signed with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the same firm that represented him after he left the Obama administration in 2017.

On Monday, he made the move official once again, setting the stage for what will likely be a lucrative book deal and a media tour aimed at rewriting his legacy.

“President Biden is one of America’s most respected and influential voices in national and global affairs,” CAA Co-chairman Richard Lovett claimed in a statement, attempting to spin Biden’s deeply unpopular tenure as something to be admired.

“His lifelong commitment to public service is one of unity, optimism, dignity, and possibility. We are profoundly honored to partner with him again.”

Of course, Lovett conveniently ignored Biden’s record of failure—from skyrocketing inflation and open-border policies to his botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and inability to handle foreign adversaries like China and Russia.

Biden previously worked with CAA when he published *Promise Me, Dad* in 2017, a memoir centered on his late son Beau. That deal led to his “American Promise” tour, which the agency claims sold over 85,000 tickets across 45 stops.

CAA is no stranger to Democratic power players, representing Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground media company. They also manage a slew of left-wing Hollywood elites, including singer Ariana Grande, actor Pedro Pascal, and baseball star Shohei Ohtani.

While Biden hasn’t announced any concrete plans for his post-presidency career, he made sure to push his favorite talking point—so-called “threats to democracy”—during his last interview in office.

“I really am concerned about how fragile democracy is,” he said. “I really think we’re at an inflection point in history here.”

Translation: Biden is still trying to paint himself as a defender of democracy, despite presiding over an administration that weaponized the DOJ against political opponents and suppressed free speech through Big Tech collusion.

Reports indicate Biden is gearing up to write another book, likely spinning his humiliating downfall in the 2024 election and his reluctant concession to former Vice President Kamala Harris.

He has reportedly told allies that he *would* have beaten President Donald Trump had he stayed in the race—though voters overwhelmingly rejected his leadership, forcing Democrats to push him aside.

As he fades from public life, Biden will likely spend more time at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware—a spot he frequented during his presidency while Americans suffered under his economic policies.

Notably, he hasn’t visited since November, but with his political career effectively over, he’ll have plenty of time to relax as he cashes in on his Hollywood connections.

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So-called “Catholics” like Biden and Pelosi would have you believe their Church is gung-ho for Leftism. Well they’ve just been proven dead wrong.

And now a Catholic Bishop broke ranks and gave this Trump order his blessing.

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, issued a pastoral letter on Jan. 31, making it clear that a responsible immigration policy must uphold both human dignity and the rule of law—not undermine one for the sake of the other.

Opening his letter, Bishop Burbidge extended “pastoral encouragement” to President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congressional leaders, elected officials, and all Catholics and people of goodwill, urging them “to consider the common good of our country with the light of faith.”

The bishop firmly emphasized that “the rule of law is to defend and promote the common good” and stressed that “comprehensive immigration reform need not harm the dignity of any person.” He made it clear that enforcing immigration laws is not incompatible with treating individuals humanely.

“Even when immigration reform includes repatriation of those persons who have committed violent crimes, or who otherwise violate the terms of a right to remain, human dignity can be respected,” he wrote. “We must not presume a conflict between human dignity and the rule of law.”

Bishop Burbidge did not shy away from addressing the harsh realities of illegal immigration.

“Sadly, some of those who have entered our country, legally or illegally, have committed serious crimes,” he acknowledged. “There must be consequences for such behavior, as there is no place for violence, trafficking, or gang activity in our society. Our laws exist to safeguard the good of all, and they must be respected.”

His words stand in stark contrast to the open-border policies pushed by left-wing politicians, which have allowed dangerous criminals to flood American communities. By affirming that “every country has the right and the responsibility ‘to promote public order, safety, and security through well-regulated borders and just limits on immigration,’” he made it clear that a nation’s duty is first and foremost to its citizens.

He also echoed Pope Francis in reminding Catholics that every migrant is “a child of God.” But unlike the progressive narrative that seeks to blur the lines between legal and illegal immigration, Bishop Burbidge remained firm in the Church’s stance that national sovereignty and security come first.

He highlighted the contributions of legal immigrant communities to the Church in Northern Virginia but reinforced the need to uphold law and order.

The Church, he said, supports “the rights of persons to the integrity and unity of their families irrespective of where they settle” and “the right of all to the spiritual care afforded by the sacraments.”

Catholics, he urged, have a moral obligation to serve those in need, but that does not mean endorsing lawlessness.

“We are also obligated, as believers in Jesus Christ, to serve those who come to us for assistance—no matter who they are.”

In a direct plea to law enforcement, he asked for discretion when it comes to Church spaces but did not suggest that enforcement of the law should be abandoned.

“For these reasons, I plead with those responsible for law enforcement to refrain from entering our sacred spaces unless absolutely and unequivocally necessary to ensure the safety of all persons,” he urged.

Bishop Burbidge concluded with a decisive statement: “We are a Church that stands for justice, not against the enforcement of law, but for its application with mercy and understanding for the good of all persons and our country.”

His message was clear—justice requires a strong, secure border, and law enforcement must be allowed to do its job to protect American communities.

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The age of pushover conservatism is over. Now it’s time to get stuff done.

And Trump’s Border Czar went on Fox News and started throwing punches immediately.

Border Czar Tom Homan announced over the weekend that the Trump administration has already made incredible progress in securing the border, slashing illegal crossings by a staggering 93%—a number that even surpasses the success of Trump’s first term.

Speaking on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Homan credited President Trump’s decisive action and no-nonsense approach for the rapid turnaround.

“We’ve got the numbers this morning. The crossings on the border are down 93%. 93%!” Homan declared.

“That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration.”

Homan didn’t mince words about why the strategy is working. “I said it—President Trump’s the game-changer,” he continued.

“No one has had the success he’s had in securing the border. He clearly understands we can’t have strong national security if we don’t have border security. We need to know who’s coming in, what’s coming in, where, and why.”

In just under two weeks, the administration has already achieved tangible results. “We’ve achieved success on the border already,” Homan said.

“We’ve got more work to do. And as far as the deportation operation, I think we got 5,000 arrested the first week, and a majority of them being criminals.”

Homan also took aim at left-wing sanctuary cities, which continue to shield illegal immigrants despite the overwhelming evidence that these policies endanger American communities.

He pushed back against media narratives suggesting the administration is targeting innocent people.

“The ‘non-criminals’ the media keeps talking about? They were arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than allowing us to arrest the bad guy in jail,” Homan explained.

“And when we find that criminal, he’s most likely with others, and they’re going to go, too.”

He made it clear that cities refusing to enforce immigration laws will face the consequences.

“If you want to be a sanctuary city, you’re going to get more agents in the community,” he warned.

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WATCH: Trump Border Czar Tom Homan says that border crossings are down 93%!!

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Trump’s making waves on the international stage. And not everyone is happy about it.

But this foreign leader wrote one letter that left Donald Trump grinning ear to ear.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro folded yet again under President Trump’s tough new immigration policies, this time urging his citizens who are in the U.S. illegally to quit their jobs “immediately” and return home.

Petro’s plea for voluntary returns came just days after his failed attempt to block deportation flights—an effort that crumbled when Trump responded with the threat of punishing trade tariffs as high as 50%.

Faced with economic consequences his country couldn’t afford, Petro had no choice but to back down.

“I ask undocumented Colombians in the US to immediately leave their jobs in that country and return to Colombia as soon as possible,” Petro posted on X, a message that quickly went viral, drawing widespread attention.

Despite his humiliating reversal, Petro attempted to reframe his surrender as a patriotic move for Colombia’s economic well-being.

“Wealth is produced only by working people,” he claimed, while promising government-backed loans through Colombia’s Department of Social Prosperity.

“Let’s build social wealth in Colombia,” his statement read, as if his sudden about-face had been part of a grand plan all along.

Petro’s initial defiance had included blocking deportation flights and making reckless slurs about newly inaugurated President Trump.

But it didn’t take long for him to cave, allowing U.S. deportation flights to resume— and even offering Colombia’s own military aircraft to help return illegal migrants.

By Tuesday, two Colombian Air Force planes had landed, carrying more than 200 deported migrants, including women and children.

Desperate to save face, Petro welcomed them back with a post on X, declaring that they were now “free” and “in a country that loves them.”

Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo assured the media that none of the returned migrants had criminal records in the U.S. or Colombia—though it’s unclear whether his claim holds any weight.

Some of the migrants, meanwhile, complained about their treatment on the flights back.

“We were shackled from our feet, our ankles to our hips, like criminals,” José Montaña told AP News, conveniently ignoring the fact that securing deportees during transport is a standard safety measure.

President Trump addressed the showdown with Petro at a House Republican policy conference at his Doral golf club in Florida on Monday.

He made it clear that security protocols would not be changing, reinforcing that migrants must be properly restrained during deportation flights to ensure safety.

Once again, Trump’s leadership proved decisive—forcing yet another weak foreign leader to comply with policies designed to protect American sovereignty.

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The FBI was Joe Biden’s personal police. Now their crimes are coming to light.

And the US Senate released a bombshell FBI investigation that revealed a terrifying reality.

Two top Republican lawmakers unveiled whistleblower disclosures on Thursday, exposing how an anti-Trump FBI official bypassed standard procedures to help jumpstart the federal election interference case against President Trump.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin released internal FBI documents and emails, revealing what they describe as a politically motivated scheme led by former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault.

Thibault, who was forced to retire in 2022 after his blatant anti-Trump bias was exposed, played a key role in setting the foundation for special prosecutor Jack Smith’s politically charged case against President Trump over the 2020 election.

According to the newly released records, Thibault personally crafted the initial language that evolved into Smith’s federal prosecution.

The documents show that Thibault essentially opened and approved his own investigation—an egregious breach of standard FBI protocols.

The case was formally titled “Arctic Frost,” a name that would later be tied to the broader Trump elector probe.

Further records reveal that Richard Pilger, a Justice Department official in the Public Integrity Section, not only reviewed but also greenlit the Arctic Frost investigation.

Pilger’s approval allowed the Justice Department to escalate the case into a full-blown criminal investigation, eventually leading to the grand jury proceedings targeting Trump and his allies.

Senator Grassley had already sounded the alarm about Pilger’s troubling record at the DOJ in a 2021 report, warning of his pattern of political bias.

In 2022, Grassley also questioned Thibault’s actions at the FBI, writing:

“I remain very concerned that political bias by a select group of Justice Department and FBI officials has infected the Justice Department’s and FBI’s usual process and procedure to open and pursue high-profile and politically charged investigations.”

Recognizing the dangerous precedent being set, Grassley and Johnson urged Jack Smith in November to preserve all records related to the politically motivated Trump investigations.

“It’s clear how unfair and corrupt the Trump prosecution was, and that’s created little faith at best in the grand jury process,” Grassley declared during the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s FBI Director nominee, Kash Patel.

“Jack Smith’s lawfare efforts and his corrupt process should be what this committee investigates,” he added, calling out the abuse of power behind the Trump prosecutions.

Ultimately, Smith’s case against Trump collapsed, and he withdrew the prosecution after President Trump’s victory in November.

Grassley made it clear that the Senate should not allow remnants of this “corrupt process” to be used against Kash Patel, who had been compelled to testify before Smith’s grand jury in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case under immunity.

Democrats on the Judiciary Committee attempted to pressure Patel into revealing his grand jury testimony, but he stood firm, refusing to do so without access to the full transcript.

His resistance underscores the ongoing fight against the left’s relentless attempts to weaponize the legal system against President Trump and his allies.

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The President has been moving fast since taking back the White House. But no one expected this.

And now Trump received a game-changing test result that is dropping jaws.

Polls Show Americans Back Mass Deportations as Liberal Media Melts Down

A majority of Americans now support deporting all illegal immigrants, according to CNN’s own polling expert Harry Enten.

Last week, Enten reported a “massive shift” to the right on immigration, revealing that 55% of Americans want immigration levels decreased—a staggering 17-point jump since 2016.

Despite this overwhelming public support, Democrats and their media allies are in full meltdown mode over President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation campaign.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out mass arrests on Thursday, targeting criminal aliens across the country.

By the evening, ICE had detained 373 criminals, including child s–x offenders and gang members, along with 165 non-criminal illegal immigrants. These actions come after Trump reversed Biden-era restrictions that prevented ICE from making arrests in so-called “sensitive places.”

But rather than acknowledge the removal of dangerous criminals from American communities, left-wing voices have rushed to condemn the effort.

MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton attacked the operation on Friday, calling Trump’s orders a civil liberties “nightmare” and claiming they promote racial profiling.

“When you look at the fact that there’s a serious element of profiling here, that we’re looking for people of a certain Black or Brown color… He’s opening the doors for police brutality, so I assume that would go with ICE as well,” Sharpton ranted on Morning Joe.

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also chimed in, telling MSNBC that Americans never “signed up for actual mass deportations” and accusing Trump of creating an “un-American” police state.

Over on CNN, political commentator Maria Cardona dismissed Trump’s policies as “focused on cruelty, on division, on separating families and on inflicting as much pain as possible.”

Another CNN commentator, Kate Bedingfield, piled on, saying Trump seemed “gleeful in pursuing policies that are hurting young children or hurting young families.”

CNN also aired segments amplifying the supposed “fear” among illegal immigrants and speculating that deportations could hurt economies in areas with large Hispanic populations.

Meanwhile, The New York Times sounded the alarm over Trump’s designation of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, claiming it could hurt U.S. businesses operating in Mexico.

But while the media spins hysteria, Trump is charging full steam ahead. On Monday, he signed 10 executive orders to crack down on illegal immigration, including restarting border wall construction, ending parole programs, limiting birthright citizenship, and deploying the military to secure the border.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the media outrage, pointing to ICE’s latest arrests as proof that Trump is delivering exactly what the American people voted for.

“The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway,” she posted on X. “Promises made. Promises kept.”

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