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Sunday, January 18, 2026

With U.S. ties at their lowest point in modern history, Canada is turning to one of the only countries with which it had even worse relations: China. Canada is forging a "new strategic partnership" with China ... read more


Saturday, January 17, 2026

Just 16% of Republicans say Trump has helped "a lot" in addressing the cost of living, down from 49% in April 2024, when an AP-NORC poll asked Americans the same question about his first term. read more


Friday, January 16, 2026

This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released fraught earnings reports as President Trump's threatened cap on credit card rates loomed large. read more


Donald Trump's tariff war occupied US allies for much of last year. Now, President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world's other major economy. read more


Thursday, January 15, 2026

But in recent months, applicants for positions at the publication -- which reaches about 1.4 million people a day across its platforms, according to the publisher -- have been asked: "How would you advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired." read more


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More: The media is telling a certain story about ICE, giving the blow by blow on the most public horrors but never quite seeing the bigger picture that it's part of a larger war. As a military intelligence source told me, the ICE crackdown isn't just about immigration; it's about gathering intelligence in support of Trump's war on cartels " as well as on Antifa, on the radical left, and those who are "anti-American," and anyone else they consider terrorists. And since the administration has been so quick to label everyone, including Renee Good, terrorists, it's no wonder they think they're at war.

ICE's work is done under a set of task forces, with the agency calling upon other Department of Homeland Security agencies, like the Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Protective Service, and even the Secret Service. DHS now constitutes the largest federal law enforcement agency in the country " larger even than the FBI. And that was before ICE had its law enforcement budget nearly tripled last year.

"Operation Abracadabra was initiated with the requirement of Interviewing 100% of individuals apprehended to gather intelligence and identify follow-on targets such as stash houses and individuals conducting illegal activity," one of the documents, a briefing slide, reads. The purpose, it continues, is "Tying every individual who crosses the border illegally to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a Transnational Criminal Organization, and/or utilizing the intelligence to develop targets."

Another briefing about Operation Benchwarmer reveals the employment of agents dressing in "plainclothes" to disguise themselves as ordinary people in an attempt to gather intelligence.

"Plainclothes agents have been embedded in transport vans, sally ports, processing areas, and detention cells to gather important tactical intelligence and or information," the briefing says of this nationwide operation. The purpose? It's "focused on collecting information not normally gained during formal interviews."

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