According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), a human case of bird flu has been reported in England.
The individual, who has acquired the H5N1 virus, had been in prolonged contact with a significant number of infected birds on a farm in the West Midlands. The UKHSA has categorized bird-to-human transmission of this disease as “rare,” noting that such incidents have occurred only a few times in the UK previously.
The infected birds were identified with the DI.2 genotype, a strain observed among birds in the UK this season. This genotype differs from the varieties seen in the US among birds and mammals.
The UKHSA’s Chief Medical Adviser, Professor Susan Hopkins, stated that the risk posed by avian flu to the public is still very low. She emphasized the effectiveness of current systems aimed at early detection and response to potential human cases. There is currently no evidence suggesting further transmission from this initial case.
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According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), a human case of bird flu has been reported in England.
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Numerous current and former federal employees are expressing anger and outrage over the cessation of diversity programs within government agencies, according to posts made in a private Facebook group. These discussions, primarily among individuals associated with the National Park Service (NPS) and Department of the Interior (DOI), reveal apprehensions about President Donald J. Trump’s recent directive to dismantle federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Some have equated the move to historical periods of intense scrutiny, like McCarthyism.
The Trump administration has warned federal workers of disciplinary actions if they resist the order, issuing memos with instructions to report any non-compliance via a dedicated email tip line. A post from a Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee shared this policy communication sent to agency staff along with the reporting email address in the Facebook group. They compared the executive order to investigations into Communist Party membership in the 1950s.
Reactions within the group include criticism and sarcasm, drawing parallels to past political tactics. One user commented on the invocation of constitutional duty amid changes, while another likened the situation to an era of political witch hunts, suggesting figures like the late Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) would be approving of current actions. Notably, history has largely proven McCarthy correct about the communist threat within the U.S. federal government.
Concerns extend beyond policy changes, as individuals in the group ponder potential surveillance, despite assurances of privacy. The Department of the Interior has begun enforcing the policy, and communications among group members advise caution in navigating these directives.
Numerous current and former federal employees are expressing anger and outrage over the cessation of diversity programs within government agencies, according to posts made in a private Facebook group. These discussions, primarily among individuals associated with the National Park Service (NPS) and Department of the Interior (DOI), reveal apprehensions about President Donald J. Trump's recent directive to dismantle federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Some have equated the move to historical periods of intense scrutiny, like McCarthyism.
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Donald J. Trump’s government is implementing unprecedented sanctions against the nation of Colombia after the South American country refused to accept repatriation flights carrying deported criminal migrants.
Trump announced tariffs on all Colombian imports and the closure of the US embassy’s visa section in Colombia. This announcement followed Colombia’s decision to deny the landing of US military aircraft.
In a blistering statement on Truth Social, Trump described Colombia’s refusal as an action jeopardizing US national security. He attributed the decision to Colombia’s socialist President Gustavo Petro, stating that such actions forced the administration to respond.
Effective measures include imposing an immediate 25 percent tariff on all goods from Colombia, which will increase to 50 percent within a week. Additional steps comprise a travel ban and visa revocations for Colombian government officials, enhanced inspections of Colombian nationals and cargo, and financial sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The news is likely to shock other American partners and allies who have long taken for granted their client-status with the United States.
From President Trump on Truth:
I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures:
-Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.
-A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.
-Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.
-Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.
-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.
These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!
Image by Gage Skidmore.
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Donald J. Trump's government is implementing unprecedented sanctions against the nation of Colombia after the South American country refused to accept repatriation flights carrying deported criminal migrants.
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Comedian Rob Schneider has offered to cover the cost of parking tickets incurred by relatives of individuals detained in connection with the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. He made the announcement through his Instagram account on Thursday, inviting family members of the Biden government’s “political prisoners” to submit their parking tickets for reimbursement.
Known for his roles in various smash-hit comedy films and television shows, Schneider referred to the 2021 riots at the Capitol as “The FBI Guided Tour of the Capitol Building” in his Instagram post. He stated, “Seriously, to ANY and ALL Jan 6th, ‘The FBI Guided Tour of the Capitol Building,’ Family Members who, while waiting for your loved ones (political prisoners) to be released GOT TICKETED BY DC POLICE, I WILL PAY FOR YOUR PARKING TICKETS!”
Consequently, the actor has set up a section on his official website with detailed instructions on how individuals can submit their parking tickets for reimbursement. The initiative has a deadline: submissions must be made before January 31, 2025.
A convert to Roman Catholicism in 2023, Schneider has been outspoken about his Catholic faith and strong support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald J. Trump.
Meanwhile, on his first day in office, President Trump signed pardons and commuted sentences for individuals involved in the January 6 events. In total, around 1,580 people were charged by federal prosecutors under the Biden government in connection to the riots. Of those set free by Trump was the leader of the Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, who—despite not even being present in Washington D.C. that day—was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Comedian Rob Schneider has offered to cover the cost of parking tickets incurred by relatives of individuals detained in connection with the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. He made the announcement through his Instagram account on Thursday, inviting family members of the Biden government's "political prisoners" to submit their parking tickets for reimbursement.
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The treasurer of the Orange County, Florida Democratic Party has been arrested on federal child sex crime charges. Matthew A. Inman, 39, from Orlando, was apprehended after allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material to an undercover officer, according to authorities. The Department of Justice (DOJ) states that he showed interest in boys as young as nine years old and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
According to the DOJ’s criminal complaint, Inman had allegedly saved numerous videos depicting child sexual abuse on his phone between August and October 2024. He reportedly traveled to Las Vegas in October last year, where he engaged in online communications with an undercover officer impersonating the father of a 9-year-old, expressing desires to meet the child for sexual purposes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized his electronic devices while executing a search warrant at his residence. Officials noted that Inman attempted to erase the incriminating material from his phone and hid in his attic during the raid.
In addition to his role with the Orange County Democratic Party, Inman is the president of the Orange County Rainbow Democrats, an LGBTQ advocacy group aligned with Democratic Party principles. His social media activity shows support for transgender and gender issues, and he has criticized Republican President Donald J. Trump.
This arrest was conducted under the DOJ’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, a strategy focused on combating the growing problem of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Inman was taken into custody earlier this month, with the charges carrying a potential prison sentence of five to 20 years if he is found guilty.
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The treasurer of the Orange County, Florida Democratic Party has been arrested on federal child sex crime charges. Matthew A. Inman, 39, from Orlando, was apprehended after allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material to an undercover officer, according to authorities. The Department of Justice (DOJ) states that he showed interest in boys as young as nine years old and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
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A Republican member of Congress has proposed a constitutional amendment allowing presidents who serve non-consecutive terms to run for office a third time, opening the path for President Donald J. Trump to run in 2028. The legislation, filed by Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN), seeks to alter the current presidential term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
Introduced on Thursday, the amendment would permit a three-term presidency as long as the terms were not served consecutively. This change would open a path for President Trump to seek a third term in 2028. Under the existing system, the 22nd Amendment—ratified in 1947—prevents anyone from being elected president more than twice, following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tenure of four terms.
The current regulation also restricts consecutive two-term presidents, such as Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, from seeking office again.
Ogles’ proposed amendment states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms.” According to Ogles, “This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”
Some have argued that Trump’s new term is, in fact, his third term, as they believe that the 2020 election contained excessive examples of fraud. However, critics of the 2020 election, like former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, were subjected to intense lawfare campaigns coordinated by the Biden-Harris government.
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A Republican member of Congress has proposed a constitutional amendment allowing presidents who serve non-consecutive terms to run for office a third time, opening the path for President Donald J. Trump to run in 2028. The legislation, filed by Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN), seeks to alter the current presidential term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
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The populist deputy prime minister of one of Europe’s largest economies has suggested following in the footsteps of President Donald J. Trump and leading his country out of the World Health Organization (WHO). Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, introduced the bill to withdraw Italy from WHO late Thursday.
“This morning, the League presented its bill to LEAVE the WHO (World Health Organization), as the United States did with Donald Trump,” Salvini wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He continued: “Italy no longer has to deal with a supranational power center – handsomely funded by Italian taxpayers – that goes hand in hand with multinational pharmaceutical companies.”
He added: “Let’s use those 100 million to support the sick in Italy and fund our hospitals and doctors!”
The proposal from Salvini follows recent financial constraints at the WHO, partly due to the U.S. withdrawal, which accounted for about 15 percent of the agency’s funding. The WHO’s budget for the 2024-2025 period is set at $6.83 billion.
Salvini criticized the WHO as a supranational entity funded by Italian taxpayers and suggested reallocating Italy’s $105 million contribution to local healthcare services. However, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, an ally of Donald Trump who attended the presidential inauguration, has not commented on Salvini’s proposal.
The U.S. decision to leave the WHO has been met with criticism from other international figures. Germany’s health minister, Karl Lauterbach, expressed hopes of persuading Trump to reverse the decision, claiming it detrimental to global health crisis management.
CHINESE INFLUENCE.
The WHO, however, is deeply connected with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with current WHO head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus being accused of selling out his native Ethiopia to the CCP while serving as the country’s foreign minister in 2013.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Tedros publicly denied the theory that the virus was leaked from a research lab in Wuhan, China. However, in 2022, it later emerged that in private, he had confided to a senior European politician that he thought the lab leak theory was the most likely explanation for the outbreak.
The populist deputy prime minister of one of Europe's largest economies has suggested following in the footsteps of President Donald J. Trump and leading his country out of the World Health Organization (WHO). Italy's deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, introduced the bill to withdraw Italy from WHO late Thursday.
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United States Marines began their deployment to the southern border on Friday, January 24, as part of a 1,500-strong military force aimed at helping secure the border with Mexico under the new Trump administration. The move aims to bolster efforts to halt the flow of migrants attempting to cross the border illegally.
These forces will assist in detecting, monitoring, maintaining, and constructing physical barriers. The Marine Corps units dispatched for this mission hail from Camp Pendleton, California, including a detachment from the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and a detachment from the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group.
The US Marine Corps Is On The Border Assisting CBP With The Mission To Secure America
Marines will be joined by Army personnel from various units based in Texas, Kentucky, New York, Georgia, Kansas, Colorado, and Washington. The military personnel assigned to the border are expected to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in managing security challenges and ensuring the integrity of the U.S. border.
The deployment of troops to the border is part of President Donald J. Trump’s broader plan to secure the border and stop the flow of illegals into the country. Under the previous Biden-Harris regime, millions of illegals flooded into the United States across the southern border. Trump, meanwhile, has already shut down the major entry point at El Paso, Texas.
The Trump administration has also shut down the CBP Oneapp. Thousands of illegals used the mobile app to gain entry into the United States.
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United States Marines began their deployment to the southern border on Friday, January 24, as part of a 1,500-strong military force aimed at helping secure the border with Mexico under the new Trump administration. The move aims to bolster efforts to halt the flow of migrants attempting to cross the border illegally.
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The U.S. State Department has ordered a massive 90-day freeze on new foreign aid, with very few exceptions. This is one of the first actions of newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
President Donald J. Trump’s State Department has frozen new foreign aid funding for nearly all countries except for emergency food aid and military assistance to Egypt and Israel. Around one percent of the United States’s annual budget—an estimated $60 billion—is directed toward foreign aid, making it the largest foreign aid budget of any country on Earth.
Secretary of State Rubio informed U.S. embassies worldwide of the aid freeze, which relates to an executive order signed by President Trump earlier this week that halts certain foreign assistance programs. Aid groups already view the order as an immediate impediment to their work and could shut down their operations to avoid additional costs.
Abby Maxman, head of Oxfam America, released a statement criticizing President Trump and claiming that the administration is “threatening” people’s lives.
The order, most notably, does not mention Ukraine either. While the former Biden-Harris regime spent billions of taxpayer dollars to continue the Ukrainian war with Russia, President Trump has been adamant about his goal to end the conflict as soon as possible.
Both President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have tentatively agreed to meet sometime this year to begin discussions to end the conflict. However, around $3.85 billion of congressionally approved spending for Ukraine still remains available.
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The U.S. State Department has ordered a massive 90-day freeze on new foreign aid, with very few exceptions. This is one of the first actions of newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for initiating the declassification of files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday permitting the declassification of these documents. After signing, he instructed an aide to present the pen used in the process to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), RFK Jr., the son of Robert F. Kennedy, thanked Trump for showing trust in American citizens and reversing what he views as a detrimental path toward government secrecy. He cited John F. Kennedy’s belief in the importance of transparency in a democratic society.
Kennedy Jr. criticized what he described as a “60-year strategy of lies and secrecy,” which he claims was used by intelligence officials to obscure facts regarding the assassinations, Vietnam, 9/11, the Iraq war, and COVID-19.
According to the executive order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General have 15-day and 45-day deadlines, respectively, to devise plans for releasing the JFK files, as well as the RFK and MLK files. The order emphasized the need for transparency over five decades after the events. It states that the American public deserves access to the full details of the assassinations without further delay.
JFK warned that “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secrecy … We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers… https://t.co/cM0lxiycA7
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed gratitude to President Donald J. Trump for initiating the declassification of files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday permitting the declassification of these documents. After signing, he instructed an aide to present the pen used in the process to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been nominated as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
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