A New York appeals court judge has lifted a gag order that had previously restrained former president Donald Trump from commenting on court staffers involved in his civil fraud trial. The gag order, imposed last month by trial judge Arthur Engoron and accompanied by a fine of $15,000 for violation, followed after Trump criticized court staff for political bias in asocial media post. The decision to pause the gag order by Judge David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court arrived amid concerns about infringements on Trump’s free speech rights.
Trump’s lawyers, responding to the aforementioned gag order, have filed a lawsuit against Engoron, accusing the trial judge of abuse of power. Following this action, an emergency hearing was set on Thursday afternoon by Judge Friedman in a state appellate courthouse, located several miles away from the ongoing trial.
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The central issue at hand pertains to Trump’s claims of improper influence by law clerk Allison Greenfield in the trial. His defense team has frequently highlighted Greenfield during the trial, alleging the former Democratic judicial candidate has assumed an oversized role in the case against the ex-Republican president. Judge Engoron has defended Greenfield’s participation in the trial, responded with fining Trump for perceived violations, and further prohibited lawyers from commenting on “confidential communications” with his staff.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to transfer redistricting authority from an independent commission to the Democrat-dominated state legislature faces significant public opposition, according to a recent poll.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Gavin Newsom, California voters, and the state legislature.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Poll conducted between July 28 and August 12, 2025, across California.
💬KEY QUOTE: “If the other states call off their redistricting efforts, we will do the same. And American democracy will be better for it.” – Gavin Newsom
🎯IMPACT: The move could lead to intensified political battles over congressional maps and potential retaliation from other states.
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A plan to further gerrymander California’s congressional districts, pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), is being widely panned by Golden State voters. According to a new Politico–Citrin Center–Possibility Lab poll, Newsom’s gerrymander proposal, seeking to shift redistricting authority from California’s independent commission—enshrined in the state constitution—to the California legislature, is opposed by nearly two-thirds of respondents. Notably, the change would require voter approval through a statewide referendum, scheduled for November.
The survey, conducted between July 28 and August 12 among 1,445 registered voters in California, revealed that Californians overwhelmingly favor the independent panel. Only 36 percent of respondents support Newsom‘s plan, including a mere 39 percent of Democrats and 34 percent of Republicans.
Newsom has framed his redistricting effort as a countermeasure to Republican-led initiatives in states like Texas, where GOP lawmakers are pursuing new congressional maps that could secure up to five additional House seats for Republicans. In response, Newsom stated, “If the other states call off their redistricting efforts, we will do the same. And American democracy will be better for it.”
Critics, including Vice President J.D. Vance, have questioned the impartiality of California’s current congressional maps, which some argue already favor Democrats. The Princeton University Gerrymandering Project rated California’s map a “B” overall but gave it an “F” for competitiveness. Republicans currently hold just 17 percent of the state’s congressional seats, despite Donald Trump securing 38.3 percent of the vote in the 2024 presidential election.
The redistricting debate comes as other Democrat-led states, such as Illinois and Maryland—two of the most heavily gerrymandered states in the country—signal their willingness to redraw their maps in response to Republican efforts.
Meanwhile, Texas House Democrats recently returned home after fleeing the state to block a GOP redistricting proposal; however, another special session on the matter is expected to be called soon.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Aggressive protests targeting Vice President J.D. Vance and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) frontman Elon Musk, featuring unflattering billboards and other imagery, were orchestrated by charities funded by the British government.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: J.D. Vance, Elon Musk, Rainbow Migration, Hope Not Hate, the People vs Elon group, and the British government, particularly under the formerly governing Conservative (Tory) Party.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The protests and campaigns have been ongoing, with information on the charities the British government was involved with spanning from 2019 to 2024.
💬KEY QUOTE: “What on earth were the Conservative Party up to?” – Independent journalist Charlotte Gill.
🎯IMPACT: The involvement of charities in political campaigns raises questions about their role and government affiliations.
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Aggressive protests against Vice President J.D. Vance and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) frontman Elon Musk in the United Kingdom involved organizations directly linked to the British government. Independent journalist Charlotte Gill, building off research by Lewis Brackpool of the Restore Britain group, found that Rainbow Migration and Hope Not Hate, both part of a collective known as People vs Elon or Everyone Hates Elon, have received government advisory roles and funding.
“[T]he crucial thing to know here… is People vs Elon also goes by the name Everyone Hates Elon, and Everyone Hates Elon, if you go to its Instagram page, you will see it’s… behind all of the recent J.D. Vance nastiness,” Gill explained in a video posted to social media, referring to a billboard and poster campaign intended to harass the Vice President during a recent vacation in England’s Cotswolds.
Hope Not Hate, which claims to be an anti-fascist organization but spends much of its time doxxing and harassing people with popular right-leaning opinions, has a private wing funded by its charitable trust. Gill notes that this legally separate arm allows it to engage in political lobbying, despite its advisory role with the Home Office’s Counter Extremism Unit.
The involvement of the British government in propping up charities behind political campaigns against American political figures like Vance and Musk raises questions about the misuse of public funds for partisan politics. Gill stressed that much of the charities’ government links stem from the period when the Conservatives, rather than Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, were still in power.
“What on earth were the Conservative Party up to? It just shows what a complete mess the charity sector is that we have these organizations that have been really aggressive to the Vice President of the U.S. and they worked with a Conservative government,” she emphasized, adding, “You can’t make it up.”
President Donald J. Trump, speaking to Nigel Farage of the Reform Party—which is rapidly supplanting the Conservatives on the British right—observed in 2023, “[The Conservatives] really weren’t staying conservative… they were literally going far left. It never made sense.”
EXCLUSIVE: The Home Office, under the past Conservative government, worked with charities responsible for recent anti-Musk and anti-Vance protests
❓WHAT HAPPENED: First Lady Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for $1 billion over false claims linking her to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Melania Trump, Hunter Biden, Jeffrey Epstein, and author Michael Wolff.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Comments aired during Biden’s interview with the Channel 5 podcast; lawsuit threats issued shortly after.
💬KEY QUOTE: “What I said is what I have heard and seen reported and written, primarily from Wolff.” – Hunter Biden
🎯IMPACT: Melania Trump alleges significant financial and reputational harm, while Biden is dismissing the lawsuit threat.
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First Lady Melania Trump has initiated legal action against Hunter Biden, demanding $1 billion in damages for what her legal team describes as “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” linking her to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The claims were made during Biden’s appearance on the Channel 5 podcast and YouTube show and have since been widely circulated on social media and various media outlets.
Hunter Biden alleged that Jeffrey Epstein introduced the First Lady to President Donald J. Trump, alleging it was “beyond a doubt” that Trump and Epstein were “very close friends” who spent significant time together. Biden attributed his claims to author Michael Wolff, whose credibility has been called into question by the Trump family in the past, with President Trump labeling him a “Third Rate Reporter.”
Melania Trump’s legal representative, Alejandro Brito, stated in a letter to former President Joe Biden’s son that his comments caused her “overwhelming financial and reputational harm.” Despite the threat of legal action, Hunter Biden has refused to apologize or retract his apparently false assertion, insisting, “What I said is what I have heard and seen reported and written, primarily from Wolff.”
Channel 5 even offered Biden a chance to retract his statements and apologize to Melania Trump to avoid the lawsuit, but Biden declined, dismissing the legal threat as a distraction. He added, “I don’t think these threats of a lawsuit add up to anything.”
President Trump and Melania have consistently related that they were introduced by Paolo Zampolli, a modeling agent, at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998. The National Pulse reported last week that Democratic strategist James Carville was forced to issue a public apology after making the same false claim as Biden.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents initiated an immigration enforcement action on Thursday outside a venue in downtown Los Angeles, California, where Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was holding a political rally.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), Gov. Gavin Newsom, Prof. Sara Sadhwani, and illegal immigrants.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We have witnessed masked gunmen kidnapping our neighbors off the streets—and my understanding is they’re outside waiting to do it again.” — Sara Sadhwani, a former California redistricting commission member
🎯IMPACT: The enforcement action saw several arrests for suspected immigration law violations.
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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents initiated an immigration enforcement action on Thursday outside a venue in downtown Los Angeles where Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was holding a political rally in support of his plan to further gerrymander the state’s congressional districts in favor of Democrats. The enforcement action saw several arrests for suspected immigration law violations.
BREAKING: Border Patrol has arrived outside of the downtown LA venue where Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference today & appears to have made at least one arrest. Chief Greg Bovino tells @FOXLA cameraman:
Inside the Democrat rally, Sara Sadhwani—a former California redistricting commission member and Pomona College political science professor—hysterically alerted attendees to the presence of CBP agents outside. “But these are extraordinary times, and extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We have witnessed masked gunmen kidnapping our neighbors off the streets—and my understanding is they’re outside waiting to do it again,” Sadhwani declared.
🚨 At the @GavinNewsom election rigging rally, speaker @sarasadhwani (former redistricting commission member) warned that “masked gunmen” are you”waiting outside” the arena where they’re speaking to “kidnap” people. Referring to the border patrol 👇 https://t.co/xU0a9KfGtSpic.twitter.com/0KpMzCdwGA
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) August 14, 2025
Meanwhile, Gov. Newsom responded to the CBP enforcement action in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter). “Donald Trump has sent armed agents to our rally,” Newsom wrote, adding, “We will not be intimidated.”
In recent weeks, Los Angeles has seen a series of large-scale CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, though the actions currently require approval from U.S. District Court Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong per a court order she issued in July. The Trump administration has appealed Frimpong’s order to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Notably, the Los Angeles enforcement action comes just hours after the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) issued a directive instructing officers to cooperate with federal immigration agents in the nation’s capital. On August 11, President Donald J. Trump announced he had signed an Executive Order temporarily federalizing the MPD—and bolstering their ranks with federal law enforcement—as part of a sweeping crackdown on violent crime in the District of Columbia.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) declared a state of emergency in Rio Arriba County, citing rampant violence and drug trafficking.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, local law enforcement, Native American pueblo communities, and Republican leaders.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The emergency declaration was announced on Wednesday in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, which spans from Española to the Colorado state line.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We are making every resource available to support our local partners on the ground and restore public safety and stability to these areas that have been hardest hit by this crisis.” – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
🎯IMPACT: The declaration allocates $750,000 for coordinated response efforts, allows for potential National Guard deployment, and aims to address crime, homelessness, and drug-related issues.
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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) has issued a state of emergency in Rio Arriba County due to rising violent crime and drug trafficking. Grisham infamously attempted to suspend the right to bear arms across parts of the state in 2023, claiming, “No constitutional right… including my oath, is intended to be absolute.”
The problem county, home to Native American pueblo communities, is grappling with ongoing issues related to opioid overdoses and public safety. Grisham noted that local leaders sought state support, with current resources being insufficient to address public safety threats. “When our local leaders called for help to protect their communities, we responded immediately with decisive action,” she said. The emergency declaration allocates $750,000 to the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to coordinate responses and distribute resources.
In Española and nearby areas, police calls have more than doubled in two years, and business-related dispatches have quadrupled. Rio Arriba County has the highest overdose death rate in New Mexico, with fentanyl abuse being a major issue.
New Mexico Republican leaders, including Republican Party Chairwoman Amy Barela, supported the emergency declaration. However, Barela is pressing for stronger measures, saying, “The people of Española deserve more than just street counselors—they deserve action that addresses the root of the problem.”
Notably, the emergency declaration comes as President Donald J. Trump is mulling the establishment of a federal Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force, comprised of hundreds of National Guardsmen, to intervene in areas where law and order are breaking down. The America First leader has already used the National Guard and U.S. Marines to contain pro-illegal immigrant riots in Los Angeles, California, and federalized law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has left the capital city for Martha’s Vineyard as President Donald J. Trump’s federalization of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) hits full swing and reports indicate that city law enforcement will now cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents, despite the nation’s capital’s sanctuary city status.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Muriel Bowser, President Trump, Border Czar Tom Homan, the MPD, federal officials, criminals, and illegal immigrants.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Bowser was revealed to have left for Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday, August 14.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Every American has a constitutional right to be able to access and petition their government in safety. And countless government officials and employees, likewise, have the right to carry out their jobs in peace without being shot.” — President Trump
🎯IMPACT: The lack of resistance from Bowser and other D.C. officials is seen by many as a tacit admission that the Democrat city government has failed to curb violent crime.
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has left the capital city for Martha’s Vineyard as President Donald J. Trump’s federalization of the city’s police force, aimed at cracking down on violent crime and rampant vagrancy, hits full swing. The Democrat mayor, who has only meekly opposed the federalization, largely acknowledged earlier this week that Trump is within his legal rights as President and that the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will comply with federal officials.
Importantly, the MPD is reportedly now cooperating with federal immigration enforcement agents, despite the nation’s capital’s sanctuary city status. While national Democratic Party figures and 2028 presidential hopefuls, like Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), have vigorously opposed Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown, the lack of resistance from Bowser and other D.C. officials is seen by many as a tacit admission that the city government has failed to curb violent crime.
The National Pulse reported earlier on Thursday that White House Border Czar Tom Homan declared Washington, D.C.’s sanctuary polices were effectively null and void amid Trump’s federalization of law enforcement. “The illegal alien criminal threat in D.C. is not going to be protected. There’s no sanctuary for these people in the city of D.C,” Homan said.
Illegal aliens may be crawling out of the woodwork in D.C., but our officers will not stop until our nation’s capital is safe and prosperous once again. pic.twitter.com/j6OvK1vLnt
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) August 13, 2025
On Monday, at a press conference announcing the federalization of the MPD and crime crackdown, Trump pledged, “We’re going to take our capital back.”
He added, “Every American has a constitutional right to be able to access and petition their government in safety. And countless government officials and employees, likewise, have the right to carry out their jobs in peace without being shot.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, stated that Washington, D.C., will not enforce sanctuary city policies while its police force is under federal control.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tom Homan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, National Guard personnel, and D.C. law enforcement.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Washington, D.C., during the 30-day federal policing period.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The illegal alien criminal threat in D.C. is not going to be protected. There’s no sanctuary for these people in the city of D.C.” – Tom Homan
🎯IMPACT: Federal enforcement overrides sanctuary city policies, allowing ICE to detain criminal illegal immigrants.
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Trump White House Border Czar Tom Homan says that Washington, D.C., will not function as a sanctuary city while under federal control. Homan made the assertion on Wednesday while speaking with the media.
According to Homan, President Donald J. Trump’s order to federalize the U.S. capital’s police force effectively negates the city’s sanctuary laws, allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to engage in enforcement actions alongside assisting the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “Yes, I think D.C. under federal control is not going to be a sanctuary city. We’re working with the police hand in hand, and when we encounter a criminal, illegal alien, they will be turned over to ICE, and that’s the way it should be,” Homan said.
The Border Czar emphasized that the focus would be on criminal illegal immigrants, noting, “I’m not saying every illegal alien in D.C. is a criminal, but many are. So these are people we are going to focus on. The illegal alien criminal threat in D.C. is not going to be protected. There’s no sanctuary for these people in the city of D.C.”
During the first night of federalization, the MPD made 23 arrests, which were on the higher end of the daily average despite occurring over less than a 12-hour period. Earlier Monday, President Trump declared, “We’re going to take our capital back,” vowing to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A medical watchdog group, Do No Harm, released a report criticizing the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for pressuring hospitals to submit to gender ideology and promote child sex-change interventions.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Do No Harm, the Human Rights Campaign, and participating pediatric hospitals across the U.S.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The report was released on August 14, 2025, with findings applicable to pediatric hospitals nationwide.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Our report sheds light on how the HRC weaponized its so-called ‘Healthcare Equality Index’ to pressure pediatric hospitals into chemically and surgically castrating children.” – Dr. Kurt Miceli, Medical Director at Do No Harm.
🎯IMPACT: The report calls on healthcare workers to reject HRC’s policies, warning of the dangers of gender ideology in pediatric care.
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Do No Harm, a medical watchdog group, published a report titled “How The Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index Infects Pediatric Hospitals With Gender Ideology,” exposing Human Rights Campaign (HRC) influence on pediatric hospitals. The report details how HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) pushes hospitals to adopt policies that promote gender ideology and child sex-change interventions.
According to the report, HEI-participating hospitals are assessed on compliance with HRC’s gender ideology criteria, such as providing transgender-specific clinical services, establishing multidisciplinary gender clinics, and mandating HRC-approved gender training for staff. One such training advises hospital staff to ask children as young as three about their “gender identity” without their parents being present.
Dr. Kurt Miceli, Medical Director at Do No Harm and co-author, stated, “By capitulating to the HRC’s political scheme, hospitals have utterly betrayed patients, especially children struggling with gender dysphoria. If health systems care about providing high-quality pediatric care, then they should distance themselves from the HRC and its Index.”
The report notes that from 2019 to 2023, hospitals submitted over $100 million in claims for experimental treatments on children, including puberty blockers and breast and genital mutilation surgeries. In 2024, 41 pediatric hospitals participated in the HEI, with 20 earning a “perfect” score of 100, signaling full commitment to pediatric medical transition interventions and suppression of dissenting opinions.
Do No Harm urged healthcare workers to resist HRC’s policies and oppose the spread of gender ideology in pediatric care, stating, “It is time for courage. Employees of all levels employed at HEI institutions caring for children need to speak out against the trainings and policies that HRC brought in to promote gender ideology. Now is not the time to ‘go along to get along.’ The quiet majority must raise its voice.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A man who allegedly assaulted a federal agent in Washington, D.C., using a Subway sandwich, has been identified as Sean Charles Dunn, a now-former employee at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sean Charles Dunn, 37, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Earlier this week in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony.” — Attorney General Pam Bondi
🎯IMPACT: Dunn has been charged with felony assault as federal efforts continue to combat crime in D.C.
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Sean Charles Dunn, 37—who has been charged with felony assault after allegedly pelting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent with a Subway sandwich in Washington, D.C., earlier this week—has been revealed as a now-former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday that Dunn has been fired from his position.
“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you. I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony,” Bondi wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding: “This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ. You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
The criminal case was announced on Wednesday by Washington, D.C.’s U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who stated, “The police are not out there to get pushed around or beat up.” She added in a video posted to X, “He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today because we charged him with a felony: Assault on a police officer.”
According to the criminal complaint, Dunn admitted to a D.C. police officer, “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” Video footage appears to show Dunn hurling the deli sandwich at federal agents while shouting insults and attempting to flee the scene.
This arrest comes amid federal action to address rising crime in Washington, D.C. On August 11, President Trump deployed federal officials to support local law enforcement. The initiative includes the activation of the National Guard and has resulted in over 100 arrests, including individuals accused of gun crimes, drug offenses, and illegal immigration.
🚨#BREAKING: A DC man has been charged with felony assault charges after hitting a federal agent with Subway sandwich
A Washington, D.C. man is now facing federal charges after allegedly throwing a sub-style sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection… pic.twitter.com/e2zcx20Y1E
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration for its efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine and expressed optimism about upcoming meetings on nuclear arms control.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, and senior officials from both nations.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Meetings between Trump and Putin are set to take place in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, following remarks by Putin on Thursday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The current American administration… is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict,” Putin said.
🎯IMPACT: The potential for a peace deal hinges on agreements over Ukraine and nuclear arms control.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration on Thursday for its “energetic” and “sincere” efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a press briefing, he voiced optimism about planned meetings in Anchorage, Alaska, which he said could establish “long-term conditions for peace between our countries, as well as in Europe, and in the world as a whole.”
“The current American administration… is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict,” the Russian leader continued, also stressoing the need for nuclear arms control agreements, referencing the 2011 New START treaty, which limits strategic nuclear weapons but is due to expire in 2026. Trump has often expressed his view that “nuclear warming” is the greatest threat facing mankind.
President Donald J. Trump appears hopeful that a deal can be reached, but he has voiced skepticism over Putin’s intentions in recent weeks. “We get a lot of bulls**t thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said last month, adding: “He’s very nice all of the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.” He has also warned of “severe consequences” for Russia if the Ukraine conflict continues, including sweeping secondary sanctions on its trading partners.
Trump has said he believes the Alaska meeting “sets up the second meeting,” where the details of a peace deal can be hammered out—”but there is a 25 percent chance that this meeting will not be a successful meeting.”
The America First leader has said he expects press conferences following the meeting, although they may be separate rather than joint “if the meeting doesn’t end well.”
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