The United States has agreed to swap prisoners with the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as releasing $6 billion in previously frozen funds. A blanket waiver, issued by President Joe Biden’s State Department on September 11th, will allow international banks in South Korea to transfer $6 billion to Qatar’s central bank for Iran’s use without triggering U.S. sanctions. Congress was informed of the deal on Monday, despite Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly having signed off on the agreement last week.
The five Iranian prisoners held by the U.S. to be swapped are reported to be: Mehrdad Moein Ansari, Kambiz Attar Kashani, Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, Amin Hassanzadeh, Kaveh Afrasiabi.
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Kambiz Attar Kashani and Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani were imprisoned “…for conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods and technology to end users in Iran…” in violation of U.S. sanctions according to the Department of Justice. Kaveh Afrasiabi was arrested for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Iran, having lobbied both Congress and the State Department for policies favorable to the Islamic Republic. Michigan resident Amin Hasanzadeh was imprisoned for stealing a U.S. company’s trade secrets and conspiring to share them with the Iranian military through his brother who still resides in Iran. Mehrdad Ansari was also imprisoned over a scheme to circumvent U.S. sanctions.
At this time it is unclear what, or who, the U.S. will receive from the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the agreement.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald J. Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Tuesday, September 3, 2025, in the United States.
💬KEY QUOTE: “A country’s encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt, or to otherwise harm the United States,” the court wrote in its ruling.
🎯IMPACT: The decision blocks the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal immigrants, though other legal avenues for deportation remain available.
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A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that President Donald J. Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan illegal immigrant members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang. The administration had invoked the 18th-century wartime law in March to deport 137 alleged gang members to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
The law allows presidents to deport people from enemy countries during an “invasion or predatory incursion.” However, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the activities of the TdA gang do not constitute an “invasion” or “predatory incursion.” The court stated, “There is no finding that this mass immigration was an armed, organized force or forces.”
Since retaking office in January, the Trump administration has deported over 6,000 Venezuelans, including 238 sent to CECOT earlier this year. Family members and illegal immigrant advocates claim that many of those deported have no criminal record or gang ties—though evidence from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suggests otherwise.
The case originated with illegal immigrants detained in Texas who sued to block their deportation under the Alien Enemies Act. After the lower court dismissed the case, the Supreme Court intervened, ruling that the Fifth Circuit was wrong to dismiss the matter and that illegal immigrants had not been given adequate notice of their deportations.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Utah announced a settlement action and consent order against a number of adult content websites, including Pornhub and RedTube, that are operated by Aylo (formerly MindGeek).
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, FTC’s Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Christopher Mufarrige, Utah state officials, Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn, and Aylo.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The FTC announced the settlement action and consent order on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Pornhub’s operators turned a blind eye to the proliferation of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children on its sites so it could profit off this exploitation. Under the order we’re announcing today, Pornhub’s operators will be required to take concrete steps to block this harmful content and ensure that those who appear in videos on their sites are consenting adults.” — Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
🎯IMPACT: The settlement action and consent order impose a $15 million federal fine against Aylo, which will be suspended if the company pays a lesser $5 million fine to Utah. Additionally, Aylo will be required to no longer misrepresent its policies regarding child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual material (NCM).
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President Donald J. Trump‘s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that it will join Utah in a settlement action and consent order against a number of adult content websites, including Pornhub and RedTube. The Utah Attorney General’s office and the FTC contend the websites “deceived users by doing little to block tens of thousands of videos and photos featuring child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual material (NCM) despite claiming that this content was ‘strictly prohibited.'”
“Pornhub’s operators turned a blind eye to the proliferation of videos depicting the sexual abuse of children on its sites so it could profit off this exploitation,” the FTC’s Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Christopher Mufarrige, said in a statement. He continued: “Under the order we’re announcing today, Pornhub’s operators will be required to take concrete steps to block this harmful content and ensure that those who appear in videos on their sites are consenting adults.”
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak accused the adult content websites of having “inflicted grave harm on children and nonconsenting adults by promoting and distributing truly horrific material online.” She added: “As today’s complaint and proposed order make clear, the FTC will use every tool in its arsenal to stop such outrageous conduct.”
The proposed settlement and consent order take direct action against Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo—formerly known as MindGeek—which operates more than 100 pornographic photo and video-streaming websites. Among Aylo’s largest pornographic website properties are Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, which boast hundreds of millions of monthly visitors in the United States alone.
Utah and the FTC contend that Aylo “deceived users by claiming it has zero tolerance for CSAM and works to block CSAM and NCM on its sites by, among other things, taking prompt action when videos are flagged by users.” However, in reality, the company—according to Utah’s complaint—failed to take any concrete action to remove flagged content, ban uploaders of CSAM, or prevent the reupload of removed content.
The settlement action and consent order impose a $15 million federal fine against Aylo, which will be suspended if the company pays a lesser $5 million fine to Utah. Additionally, Aylo will be required to no longer misrepresent its policies regarding CSAM and NCM.
Other provisions include a requirement for Aylo to enact “a program to prevent the publication or dissemination of CSAM and NCM content,” a thorough verification system for those appearing in uploaded content, and to remove offending content uploaded prior to the “implementation of the CSAM and NCM prevention program.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Liberal Police Department in Kansas has reportedly refused to assist in locating an illegal immigrant fugitive wanted for child rape if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is involved in the case.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Democrat Mayor Jose Lara, fugitive Guatemalan illegal alien Juan Ralios-Batz, the Liberal Police Department, U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The case is ongoing in Liberal, Kansas, with connections to Nebraska. The crimes occurred over the past two years.
🎯IMPACT: The refusal to cooperate with ICE could hinder efforts to capture a foreign fugitive wanted for heinous crimes, raising concerns about public safety and immigration law enforcement.
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The local police department in Liberal, Kansas, has stated it will no longer assist a U.S. Marshals Task Force in locating an illegal immigrant fugitive wanted for the rape and impregnation of a teenage minor if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) becomes involved in the investigation. The fugitive, Juan Ralios-Batz, a Guatemalan national believed to be 40 years old, is accused of repeatedly raping a female 13-year-old unaccompanied alien child (UAC) over two years.
Liberal Mayor Jose Lara (D) reportedly has a history of opposing federal immigration enforcement. Federal sources now say he has barred the Liberal Police Department from working with ICE in any capacity.
Notably, the teenage victim in the case—who authorities believe may have been trafficked into the U.S.—was impregnated by Ralios-Batz. The minor crossed into the U.S. illegally under the Biden government after being sponsored by the fugitive’s sister.
Ralios-Batz is wanted on multiple charges, including three counts of child rape, aggravated kidnapping, human trafficking, and child abuse. Federal sources disclosed that he unlawfully reentered the U.S. after a previous deportation, and his family may have helped him relocate to Nebraska to evade capture. A relative of his is already serving jail time for the rape of another unaccompanied alien child.
Federal investigators also discovered that several illegal immigrants interviewed during the search for Ralios-Batz had obtained REAL IDs using Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) issued under the Biden government. These documents were reportedly granted without rigorous verification of identity.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A House Judiciary Committee hearing transformed into a debate over online content rules and their impact on Western values after Reform Party leader Nigel Farage testified on the erosion of free speech rights in the United Kingdom.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nigel Farage, Jim Jordan (R-OH), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and others.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: September 3, 2025, at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We’ve kind of forgotten the Voltairian principles that we will fight and defend to the death your right to say something that we fundamentally disagree with. That is the absolute foundation, if you think about it, of free speech, of democracy, of living in freedom.” – Nigel Farage
🎯IMPACT: The hearing intensified the debate on censorship in the United Kingdom and online speech regulations.
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Testimony to the House Judiciary Committee by Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s populist Reform Party, on the state of free speech in his country on Wednesday quickly turned into a debate over online content rules and their impact on Western freedoms. Farage raised cases like those of Graham Linehan, an Irish comedy writer arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport for social media posts about transgenderism that he sent while in the United States, and Lucy Connolly, a mother of young children imprisoned for making unflattering comments about asylum seekers in the wake of a mass stabbing in Southport, England.
“We’ve kind of forgotten the Voltairian principles that we will fight and defend to the death your right to say something that we fundamentally disagree with. That is the absolute foundation, if you think about it, of free speech, of democracy, of living in freedom,” Farage told the committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Of Linehan’s case in particular, he stressed, “He’s not even a British citizen. He’s an Irish citizen. This could happen to any American man or woman that goes to Heathrow that has said things online that the British government and British police don’t like,” adding: “At what point did we become North Korea? Well, I think [Linehan] found that out two days ago.”
Farage criticized Britain’s new Online Safety Act and similar censorship regulations in the European Union (EU), warning Europe was falling into an “awful, authoritarian situation” and cautioning America not to go down the same path.
Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who has clashed with Farage before, attempted to undermine the Brexit champion, suggesting he did not really believe in free speech because he once opposed allowing pro-Palestinian protesters to demonstrate practically on top of a Remembrance Sunday service honoring Britain’s war dead. Raskin also interrogated Farage over his party supposedly not giving interviews or press credentials to certain media outlets and journalists, although the Democrat failed to explain how this would be comparable to law enforcement arresting social media users for “grossly offensive” posts.
The hearing is ongoing…
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized a U.S. military strike on a drug trafficking vessel, calling it “murder.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Trump administration, the U.S. military, and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua organization.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The strike occurred on Tuesday in the southern Caribbean; Petro’s comments followed on Wednesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Those who transport drugs are not the big narcos, but very poor young people from the Caribbean and the Pacific.” – Gustavo Petro
🎯IMPACT: The strike killed 11 cartel operatives, sparking criticism from Petro and highlighting ongoing tensions over U.S. anti-drug policies.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua drug trafficking vessel, labeling the operation “murder.” The strike, which took place on Tuesday in the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 traffickers designated as “narcoterrorists” by President Donald J. Trump.
Petro complained, “Those who transport drugs are not the big narcos, but very poor young people from the Caribbean and the Pacific.” He further complained that, for decades, drug transporters had been captured without being killed.
Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of cocaine, has faced decades of violence at the hands of cartels and communist militias involved in the drug trade. Petro, a former member of the violent Marxist 19th of April Movement (M-19) urban guerrilla faction, has sought to negotiate with armed groups since taking office in 2023. However, criminal organizations—especially Colombia’s infamous drug cartels—have only grown stronger during his tenure.
According to United Nations (UN) data, Colombia exported a record 2,664 metric tons of cocaine in 2023. Relatedly, the United States saw nearly 30,000 cocaine-related overdose deaths in the same year, driven predominantly by the drug increasingly being cut with fentanyl. President Donald J. Trump designated several Latin American cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and authorized military action against them in February.
Petro has previously courted controversy by claiming that cocaine is banned globally because it is primarily produced in Latin America, insisting it is “not worse than whiskey.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A newly released congressional video fills a one-minute gap in earlier surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s jail unit on the night of his 2019 death.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The House Oversight Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The footage covers the disputed minute from 11:58:59 PM on August 9, 2019, to midnight on August 10, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
💬KEY QUOTE: Attorney General Pam Bondi previously said, “What we learned from Bureau of Prisons was every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing”—but it appears this was inaccurate.
🎯IMPACT: The new footage raises further questions about the official narrative concerning Epstein’s death.
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New video from the jail unit where child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died has filled in a “missing minute” from previously released surveillance footage. The video, included in a nearly 34,000-file release by the House Oversight Committee, covers the critical minute absent from earlier footage outside Epstein’s cell block at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
The missing minute spanned from 11:58:59 PM on August 9, 2019, to midnight on August 10, 2019. Digital forensics experts had previously discovered that supposedly “raw” footage released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) had been edited and merged using Adobe Premiere Pro, raising suspicions about evidence tampering.
The new footage clarifies that the camera data switched around midnight, requiring two clips to be combined for seamless video. Merging the clips appears to reveal no gap in the footage—contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s earlier explanation for the missing minute. Bondi had claimed, “What we learned from Bureau of Prisons was every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing.”
This is not the first time Bondi has appeared to contradict herself on the Epstein case, with the current controversy around his death stemming from a DOJ memo stating that no Epstein “client list” exists, despite the fact she said a client list was “on [her] desk” in February.
The new video shows no previously undiscovered activity inside the jail block during the “missing minute.” The DOJ continues to assert that Epstein died by suicide in his cell while awaiting prosecution.
Notably, the footage released to the public does not cover Epstein’s cell door, only a corridor outside his cell block. While officials insist the released footage shows no one could have reached Epstein’s cell, analysts for CBS News have disputed this, noting it does not fully cover the cell block entrance or the staircase leading to Epstein’s level.
“To say that there’s no way that someone could get to that, the stairs up to his room, without being seen, is false,” they insist.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-Un gathered in Beijing, China, along with a handful of other world leaders to celebrate the 80th anniversary of World War II, though the event was overshadowed by Xi and Putin’s hot mic conversation regarding organ harvesting and immortality.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-Un, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and several other world leaders.
📍WHEN & WHERE: September 2 and 3, China.
💬KEY QUOTE: “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live longer and longer, and even achieve immortality.” — Vladimir Putin
🎯IMPACT: The sparsely attended event suggests that China and Russia continue to struggle to muster support for an anti-American global economic and political bloc outside their direct spheres of influence.
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Around two dozen world leaders gathered in Beijing, China, yesterday for what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) billed as a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Imperial Japanese occupation of the East Asian country. While the event featured Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean autocrat Kim Jong-Un prominently—along with a military parade showcasing the Chinese military’s weaponry—a U.S. delegation was noticeably absent. This fact—despite the United States having played the preeminent role in the war’s Pacific theater—did not go unnoticed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
“The big question to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the massive amount of support and ‘blood’ that The United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its FREEDOM from a very unfriendly foreign invader,” President Trumpwrote late Tuesday night in a post on Truth Social. “Many Americans died in China’s quest for Victory and Glory. I hope that they are rightfully Honored and Remembered for their Bravery and Sacrifice! May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration.”
“Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America,” he added.
In a 90-minute military parade, China showcased what it says is the latest in its military technology before 24 world leaders—mostly from former Soviet Socialist Republics and a handful of politically isolated nations like Iran. However, what the CCP hoped would be a global flex of its military prowess is being overshadowed by a hot mic moment where Xi and Putin, along with Kim Jong-Un, were discussing the use of organ transplants to prolong their lives to 150 years.
“Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you’re still a child,” said Xi, 72, through a translator to Putin, also 72, as a smiling Kim walked next to them. Putin—also through a translator—responded to Xi, “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live longer and longer, and even achieve immortality.”
“Predictions are, this century, there’s a chance of also living to 150,” Xi said, eliciting approving laughter from Putin and Kim.
The exchange is notable as Russia, North Korea, and especially China have all been accused of engaging in illicit organ harvesting, with allegations suggesting organs are sometimes taken by force from healthy young adults who are political dissidents or ethnic minorities. Notably, China has been accused of harvesting organs from members of the Falun Gong movement and the Uyghur ethnic minority group.
WATCH 🚨 Hot mic moment on CCTV in China today: Putin and Xi, both 72, were caught casually chatting about living to 150 years — or maybe forever — thanks to organ transplants pic.twitter.com/5kSPqUOsDL
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is set to speak at the U.S. Congress, accusing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of a “war on freedom” and calling for the U.S. to impose penalties on countries restricting free speech.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nigel Farage, Sir Keir Starmer, arrested comedy writer Graham Linehan, and others.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Farage will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., later today.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The Graham Linehan case is yet another example of the war on freedom in the UK.” – Nigel Farage
🎯IMPACT: The testimony follows the arrest of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan by five armed police officers at London’s Heathrow airport, over social media posts critical of transgenderism.
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Reform Party leader Nigel Farage will address the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. today, where he will accuse Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, of the far-left Labour Party, of waging a “war on freedom.” He is expected to call on the Trump administration to impose diplomatic and trade sanctions on countries that curb free speech, spotlighting the recent case of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan being arrested by five armed police officers at London’s Heathrow Airport for posts on X (formerly Twitter) critical of transgenderism.
“The Graham Linehan case is yet another example of the war on freedom in the UK,” Farage is expected to tell Congress. He will also address the imprisonment of Lucy Connolly, a mother with young children who was prosecuted after calling for “mass deportations now” and saying she would not care if asylum hotels were burned down following the murder of multiple little girls by a migration-background teenager in Southport, England.
“Free speech is a fundamentally British value. We would do well to remember that every signatory of the American Declaration of Independence was, after all, a British subject,” he is expected to say.
Sir Mark Rowley, who leads London’s Metropolitan Police force, has claimed his officers are in an “impossible position” due to the various laws against “grossly offensive” communications and inciting “hatred” in Britain—although there is no law forcing them to aggressively pursue people for speech crimes when assaults, burglaries, and other crimes most members of the public would consider more important usually go unsolved and often uninvestigated.
In an attempt to counter Farage, Prime Minister Starmer claims the Brexit champion is being “unpatriotic” by raising Britain’s erosion of free speech, with the notionally right-wing Conservative (Tory) Party that governed the country before Labour echoing the same talking points.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. collected over $30 billion in tariff revenues in August, marking the highest monthly total so far for 2025.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Treasury Department, President Donald J. Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
📍WHEN & WHERE: August 2025, with data released Thursday, and tariffs remaining in place through at least October 14.
🎯IMPACT: Tariff revenues for 2025 have already surpassed $183 billion, cutting the budget and trade deficits.
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The Trump administration collected over $30 billion in tariff revenue in August alone, marking the highest monthly total of 2025 so far, even with data from the last three days of the month not yet factored in. According to Treasury Department figures released last week, total tariff revenue for the year has already surged past $183 billion, more than double what had been collected by this point last year.
Revenue has climbed fast in recent months, from $17.4 billion in April, to $23.9 billion in May, $28 billion in June, and $29 billion in July. At this pace, the government could match last year’s full-year tariff take in just a few months.
The surge comes as President Donald J. Trump’s trade agenda gains traction again, both economically and legally. Despite a federal appeals court ruling that said Trump overstepped by using emergency powers to impose global tariffs, the court has allowed the tariffs to stay in place through October 14. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing the anti-tariff decision to the Supreme Court.
Trump’s tariffs, aimed at levelling the playing field for American workers against sweatshop economies and countries that price out American expoirts through tariff and non-tariff trade barriers, are already “reshoring” jobs to the United States. For instance, GE Appliances recently announced a $3 billion investment to move manufacturing from China and Mexico back to the U.S. Products like refrigerators and water heaters will now be built in states like Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee, bringing over 1,000 new jobs. CEO Kevin Nolan said the goal is “manufacturing close to our customers.”
The U.S. goods trade deficit has seen major improvement, narrowing from $96.4 billion in May to $86.0 billion in June, thanks to falling imports, a sign that the tariffs are working as intended.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now projects Trump’s tariff policy could slash the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade, including $3.3 trillion in primary deficit reduction and $700 billion in interest savings. Customs duties alone could reach $200 billion by year’s end.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A United Nations (UN) report has revealed that migration from Venezuela towards the U.S. is down around 97 percent, with over 14,000 migrants reversing course and abandoning their plans to cross into the United States mid-journey, citing the Trump administration’s strict border enforcement policies.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Migrants primarily from Venezuela, along with the governments of Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica, supported by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Migration through Central America and the Darién Gap peaked under former President Joe Biden in 2023, with a significant decline reported in early 2025 as U.S. border policies tightened under Trump.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It’s time to go back,” said one migrant quoted in the report.
🎯IMPACT: Migration toward the U.S. has slowed dramatically, with July 2025 recording the lowest monthly apprehensions in U.S. Border Patrol history.
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A United Nations (UN) report has confirmed a dramatic shift in migration trends, with migration towards the U.S. from Venezuela down almost 100 percent. Over 14,000 migrants have abandoned their journeys north through Central America in what has been dubbed “reverse flow” migration. The transformation comes after President Donald J. Trump reinstated strict border enforcement policies, resulting in record-low illegal crossings.
The report, compiled by the governments of Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica with support from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, shows that migration from Venezuela toward the U.S. has dropped by a staggering 97 percent. Migrants cited tougher U.S. policies (46 percent) and being unable to cross the border (49 percent) as their main reasons for turning back. Others mentioned running out of money (34 percent) or fear of detention and deportation (17 percent).
“It’s time to go back—the American dream wasn’t like this,” complained one migrant quoted in the report.
“The world is hearing our message that America’s borders are closed to lawbreakers,” commented Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, pointing to a near halt in crossings through Panama’s treacherous Darién Gap. In June, just 10 migrants reportedly made the journey, down from over 500,000 in 2023.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for May 2025 also show a 93 percent decrease in illegal crossings compared to the same month last year. Only 8,725 encounters were recorded, with zero migrants paroled into the U.S., compared to over 62,000 releases in May 2024. Border Czar Tom Homan has previously highlighted that releases have dropped by 99.99 percent compared to the Biden era.
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Many people are shocked to learn that because of active censorship, we currently have to spend more time making sure you can even see The National Pulse, than on producing the news itself. Which sucks. Because we do this for the truth, and for you.
But the regime doesn’t want you being informed. That’s why they want us to go away. And that will happen if more people don’t sign up to support our work. It’s basic supply and demand. So demand you get to read The National Pulse, unrestricted. Sign up, today.
We don’t sell ads, and refuse corporate or political cash. It all comes down to you, the reader. I hope you can help.
