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September 3, 2025
William Upton
News

Trump FTC Takes Action Against Pornhub Over Child Sexual Abuse Material.

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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).

👤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).

IN FULL

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.”

Image by Ivan Radic.

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September 3, 2025
Crime
Immigration

Dem-Run Town Refusing to Help ICE Catch Fugitive Child Rapist: Report.

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❓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.

📍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.

IN FULL

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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September 3, 2025
1A
News
UK

WATCH: Nigel Farage Defends Free Speech Before House Judiciary Committee.

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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.

📍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.

IN FULL

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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September 3, 2025
NatSec
War

South America’s Cocaine Capital Fumes Over Trump’s Nacro Strike.

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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.

📍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.

IN FULL

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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September 3, 2025
News

‘Missing Minute’ From Epstein Jail Video Found in Files Released by House.

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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.

📍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.

IN FULL

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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September 2, 2025
Economy
News

Trump Tariff Revenues Hit Record $31 Billion in August 2025.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. collected over $30 billion in tariff revenues in August, marking the highest monthly total so far for 2025.

👤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.

IN FULL

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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September 2, 2025
Immigration

UN: Migration Towards the U.S. Is Down 97 Percent Under Trump.

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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.

👤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.

IN FULL

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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September 2, 2025
Crime
News

Trans Pedo Arrested for Brutal Assault of Girl, Five, During Home Invasion.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A trans-identifying man allegedly broke into a home in Ontario, Canada, and sexually assaulted and choked a toddler.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Convicted pedophile Daniel “Dani” Senecal, a 25-year-old man who uses “she/her” pronouns, and a five-year-old girl.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred early on the morning of August 31 in Welland, Ontario.

💬KEY QUOTE: “That poor little girl, my heart breaks. To be honest, I feel like I failed… The fact that the justice system did not do more makes me hurt.” – Mother of Senecal’s previous victim.

🎯IMPACT: The five-year-old victim required medical care but is now in stable condition. The case has raised concerns over the justice system’s handling of repeat offenders.

IN FULL

Daniel “Dani” Senecal, a 25-year-old man who recently began identifying as transgender, has been charged in connection with a serious assault on a girl in Ontario, Canada. Authorities responded to a call for medical assistance in the city of Welland early Sunday morning. They found a young child suffering from injuries that required urgent medical attention. The five-year-old girl is now reported to be in stable condition.

During the investigation, police discovered evidence of a break-in at the victim’s home. Reports indicate that the girl’s parents woke up to the horrifying realization that their daughter had been assaulted overnight. Surveillance footage from a witness helped law enforcement identify Senecal as the suspect, leading to his arrest. He now faces multiple charges, including aggravated sexual assault on a child, sexual interference with a child, assault, assault by choking, and breaking and entering.

Notably, Canadian media reports that Senecal had previously been convicted of sexually assaulting a young boy in the same area. However, he received just 18 months in prison, and was released in March, six months early. The mother of this earlier victim expressed deep frustration over the system’s failure to impose a meaningful punishment, saying, “I feel like I failed to get him locked up longer. The fact that the justice system did not do more makes me hurt.”

The case is just one of many involving transgenders accused, charged, or convicted of child sexual abuse. In January, for instance, three men identifying as women were accused of gang raping a girl at a local Pride festival that took place in 2024 in Bergen, Norway.

Last month, a transgender illegal immigrant who was let into the U.S. under the former Biden regime in 2023 was also charged with child rape. Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a Colombian transgender, faces first-degree rape of a minor under 17 charges, along with other charges.

Image by Oriel Frankie Ashcroft.

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September 2, 2025
Crime
Media

MSNBC Analyst Robbed Repeatedly in DC Doesn’t Understand Why Trump Cracked Down on Crime.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: MSNBC analyst Ashley Parker criticized the deployment of National Guard troops to restore order in Washington, D.C. calling it an “occupation” and suggesting they served no purpose—despite complaining of repeated robberies just months prior.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ashley Parker, co-author Nancy A. Youssef, President Donald J. Trump, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the National Guard, federal law enforcement agencies, and D.C. residents.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The Atlantic article was published on August 29, while Parker’s viral social media post dates back to June.

💬KEY QUOTE: “After another bike was stolen last night, my husband and I realized our life as D.C. homeowners by the numbers includes: 1 stolen car; 2 stolen scooters/Vespas; 3 stolen bikes; a partridge in a pear tree; etc.” – Ashley Parker

🎯IMPACT: Parker’s criticism of the National Guard deployment contrasts with her own acknowledgment of D.C.’s crime crisis, highlighting partisan hypocrisy in the corporate media.

IN FULL

MSNBC analyst Ashley Parker is facing criticism for calling President Donald J. Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., an “occupation” and suggesting the troops serve no real purpose, despite previously lamenting repeated crimes against her family in the American capital. In a recent Atlantic article co-authored with Nancy A. Youssef, Parker argued the Guard’s presence had “chilled life in the city” and mocked the deployment as “sitcom-esque.”

“To some—especially undocumented immigrants [sic]—the Guard presence is disconcerting at best, terrifying at worst,” she wrote, while dismissing President Trump’s federal crime crackdown as a “farcical” effort. However, social media users quickly pointed out Parker’s own admitted frustrations with D.C. crime. In a post from June, she wrote: “After another bike was stolen last night, my husband and I realized our life as DC homeowners by the numbers includes: 1 stolen car; 2 stolen scooters/Vespas; 3 stolen bikes; a partridge in a pear tree; etc.,” painting a clear picture of ongoing theft and rising public safety concerns in the nation’s capital.

Despite her claims, Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal law enforcement has clearly curtailed crime in D.C., with even Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, acknowledging, “We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of guns goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” specifically noting an “87 percent reduction in carjackings” since Trump’s takeover.

President Trump has invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act to place the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal authority and mobilized hundreds of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officers throughout the city. The operation has cut violent crime dropped nearly 50 percent compared to the same time last year.

Over 1,000 arrests have been made, including members of dangerous gangs such as MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. Dozens of homeless encampments have also been dismantled.

Trump also signed an executive order ending cashless bail in D.C. and directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in homicide cases. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital—Washington, D.C.—we’re going to be seeking the death penalty,” Trump said, calling it a “very strong preventative.”

A recent poll showed the majority of voters support Trump’s crime crackdown, viewing it as both “justified” and “necessary.”

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September 2, 2025
News

Eleven Dead After Trump Orders Military Strike on Tren de Aragua.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. military forces carried out a strike against Tren de Aragua in international waters, at President Donald J. Trump’s direction.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. military forces, President Trump, Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday morning, in the United States Southern Command (SouthCom) area of responsibility, international waters.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!” – President Trump

🎯IMPACT: Eleven “narcoterrorists” were killed in the strike, potentially deterring further drug running.

IN FULL

U.S. military forces have executed a strike against Tren de Aragua (TdA), designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by President Donald J. Trump, in international waters. TdA, characterized by President Trump as operating under the control of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, gained a significant foothold in the U.S. under former President Joe Biden, and has been linked to serious crimes including mass murder, drug trafficking, and sex trafficking across the United States and the wider Western Hemisphere.

“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM [United States Southern Command] area of responsibility,” Trump confirmed in a post to his Truth Social platform. He stressed that TdA “is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro,” explaining that the strike was carried out “while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States.”

“The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike,” he added, warning: “Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!”

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