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January 24, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Health
Politics

President Trump Cancels Fauci’s Taxpayer-Funded Security Detail.

President Donald J. Trump has terminated the security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, which was being paid for by American taxpayers through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Previously, Dr. Fauci was provided a security detail by the U.S. Marshals Service, which cost taxpayers around $15 million over the period of just two years. After the U.S. Marshals canceled their security detail for Fauci last month, a private contractor was hired at taxpayer expense.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) pushed for removing Fauci’s security earlier this week, stating: “I wish him nothing but peace, but he needs to pay for his own limos.” Following Trump’s order, Fauci will now have to pay for security out of his own pocket.

The move comes just days after former President Joe Biden issued a last-minute pardon for Fauci on January 20. Fauci has been extensively criticized for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and for being dishonest about the funding of gain-of-function research. The pardon from Biden allows Fauci to escape any possible federal prosecution regarding his actions during the pandemic.

Fauci is just the latest figure to have their security detail or security clearance revoked by President Trump this week. Prominent neoconservative John Bolton had his security clearance denied by Trump in an executive order. Trump blasted Bolton for trying to make money from publishing classified information in his memoir.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo likewise had his security detail removed this week. President Trump remarked that Pompeo had told him not to declassify the files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Trump signed an executive order to declassify the files on Thursday.

Image by The White House. 

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President Donald J. Trump has terminated the security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, which was being paid for by American taxpayers through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Previously, Dr. Fauci was provided a security detail by the U.S. Marshals Service, which cost taxpayers around $15 million over the period of just two years. After the U.S. Marshals canceled their security detail for Fauci last month, a private contractor was hired at taxpayer expense. show more
January 23, 2025
William Upton
Politics

Trump Orders Declassification of Files Related to JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassinations.

President Donald J. Trump is ordering classified documents relating to the federal investigations into the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, his brother and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and civil rights movement leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be declassified. The order was signed by Trump on Thursday, fulfilling a long-standing campaign promise to bring transparency as to what the U.S. government knows regarding the high-profile political assassinations that rocked the 1960s.

“Everything will be revealed,” President Trump told reporters as he signed the executive order in the Oval Office and directed the pen be given to RFK’s son, Robert F. Kenendy Jr.

During his first term in office, Trump declassified a portion of the U.S. government files on the JFK assassination. However, approximately 5,000 of the files were withheld by government officials, and Joe Biden moved to postpone further releases in 2021.

In addition to the JFK files, Trump is ordering the release of documents involving the assassination of the younger Kennedy, RFK, who was murdered by Sirhan Sirhan—a Palestinian-Jordanian national—in June of 1968. While JFK’s assassination is the subject of a wide array of conspiracy theories, his brother’s death is also dogged by speculation that the official government narrative is not the whole truth.

Meanwhile, civil rights movement activists have long held that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its founding director, J. Edger Hoover, specifically, were involved in the killing of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Members of the King family have consistently held that James Earl Ray, an escaped fugitive convicted of the murder, was a scapegoat and innocent of the crime. Instead, the family believes Memphis Police Department officer Lt. Earl Clark was the true assassin, whose actions were covered up and possibly even sanctioned by federal law enforcement officials.

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President Donald J. Trump is ordering classified documents relating to the federal investigations into the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, his brother and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and civil rights movement leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be declassified. The order was signed by Trump on Thursday, fulfilling a long-standing campaign promise to bring transparency as to what the U.S. government knows regarding the high-profile political assassinations that rocked the 1960s. show more
January 23, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics

KASSAM: ‘I’m Ecstatic With the Speed and Ferocity at Which Trump’s New Admin is Operating.’

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, has lauded President Donald J. Trump‘s new administration for having “hit the ground running,” delivering on campaign pledges within hours of his inauguration. Many in MAGA world, he told Charlie Kirk, had wondered, “How much can you get done, how quickly, how many roadblocks are there going to be from the Deep State, the holdovers?” He said the administration moving with “speed and ferocity” to implement its agenda would reassure many.

Executive orders signed by Trump at the start of his presidency include the recognition of only two genders, the declaration of a state of emergency at the southern border, the end of DEI in government, and more.

“Eight years ago, people were really getting to grips with, ‘How do these processes operate?’ And I think within the last four, five years there’s become ingrained institutional knowledge in MAGA world that says, ‘The processes will work however we want them to work, actually,'” Kassam explained. “That’s how the left approaches government, and that is how MAGA needs to approach government, too.”

He cautioned that, historically, there has been “too much appeasement on the Republican side of cutesy little processes and bureaucratic backstops, but those times are over,” explaining, “When you have the yoke, you have the mantle, you have the momentum and the wind at your back, a mandate from the public like Donald J. Trump got, you have to use every single tool in your arsenal to carry out your campaign pledges.”

“So, I’m ecstatic, frankly, with the speed and ferocity with which they’re operating,” Kassam concluded.

One early executive order signed by President Trump declared the end of birthright citizenship, preventing the children of illegals and those on temporary work and student visas from gaining automatic citizenship. This policy is already facing lawsuits, and on Thursday, January 23, U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour temporarily blocked the order, claiming it is “blatantly unconstitutional.”

This lawfare effort strongly suggests that President Trump was right to commence what is likely to be a protracted fight right at the start of his term.

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Jack Montgomery contributed to this report.

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The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, has lauded President Donald J. Trump's new administration for having "hit the ground running," delivering on campaign pledges within hours of his inauguration. Many in MAGA world, he told Charlie Kirk, had wondered, "How much can you get done, how quickly, how many roadblocks are there going to be from the Deep State, the holdovers?" He said the administration moving with "speed and ferocity" to implement its agenda would reassure many. show more
January 23, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
NatSec
Politics

Trump Revokes Mike Pompeo’s Security Detail.

President Donald J. Trump has revoked the security detail assigned to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former aide Brian Hook. Pompeo, who initially supported Trump during the fallout from January 6, 2021, later legitimized the lawfare the former Biden-Harris regime pursued against the America First leader.

In 2023, he commented on former special prosecutor Jack Smith’s indictment against Trump over the handling of classified documents, saying, “If the allegations are true, and there’s lots of indications that they are, President Trump had classified documents where he shouldn’t have had them, and then when given the opportunity to return them, he chose not to do that for whatever reason.”

Last November, Pompeo appeared to backtrack on that view, claiming it was good Smith’s cases were being dropped following Trump’s November election victory. “This was a gross abuse of power and politicization of the Justice Department,” Pompeo said on X (formerly Twitter).

The move to revoke Pompeo’s security comes after Trump mentioned that he asked the president not to release files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity, “I felt he knew something,” and questioned why Pompeo would ask him not to release the files.

Earlier this week, President Trump also revoked the security detail from former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

Bolton emerged as a major critic of Trump. He later published a memoir referenced by the executive order revoking his security clearance. Trump argues that Bolton looked to profit from publishing sensitive information entrusted to him.

Image by Mark Taylor.

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President Donald J. Trump has revoked the security detail assigned to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former aide Brian Hook. Pompeo, who initially supported Trump during the fallout from January 6, 2021, later legitimized the lawfare the former Biden-Harris regime pursued against the America First leader. show more
January 22, 2025
William Upton
Health
NatSec
Politics

Trump Rescinds COVID Vax Requirement for Legal Immigrants.

President Donald J. Trump is rescinding the Biden government requirement that legal immigrants receive COVID-19 vaccination as part of their application for lawful permanent status. The order, effective January 22, 2025, states United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will no longer require documentation of receiving a vaccine nor will the agency make requests for evidence of vaccination.

“Effective January 22, 2025, USCIS waives any and all requirements that applicants for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident present documentation on their Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that they received the COVID-19 vaccination,” the notice on the USCIS website reads, continuing: “USCIS will not issue any Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) related to proving a COVID-19 vaccination.”

“USCIS will not deny any adjustment of status application based on the applicant’s failure to present documentation that they received the COVID-19 vaccination,” the notice states.

After being inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025, Trump has swiftly enacted a hundreds of executive orders ending a bevy of Biden-era policies. In addition to the suspension of the USCIS vaccine mandate, Trump says he will reverse the firings of more than 8,000 U.S. military personnel who were dismissed for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

“This week I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate—with full back pay,” the President said earlier this week.

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President Donald J. Trump is rescinding the Biden government requirement that legal immigrants receive COVID-19 vaccination as part of their application for lawful permanent status. The order, effective January 22, 2025, states United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will no longer require documentation of receiving a vaccine nor will the agency make requests for evidence of vaccination. show more
January 21, 2025
Immigration
Politics

Democrat States Challenge Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in Court.

Democrat attorneys general from 18 states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, challenging his executive order that denies birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. The legal action was initiated in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, with San Francisco and Washington, D.C., joining as co-complainants. This lawsuit represents the beginning of what is anticipated to be an extended legal dispute over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D), leading the lawsuit along with counterparts from California and Massachusetts, claims the executive order is presidential overreach, stating that Trump cannot unilaterally amend constitutional rights. Platkin emphasized, “Presidents are powerful, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with a stroke of the pen.”

The executive order was signed by Trump on Monday, at the onset of his second term in the White House. Under Trump’s order, if both parents are immigrants, their children born in the United States are not automatically granted citizenship. The order argues that these children are not covered by the 14th Amendment‘s citizenship clause.

This interpretation challenges late 19th and early 20th-century legal precedent affirming birthright citizenship, with only a specific exclusion for children of accredited diplomats. However, there is division within the judiciary. For instance, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has shown some agreement with Trump’s perspective.

Nonetheless, this court’s jurisdiction does not extend to cases in Massachusetts, where the current lawsuit was filed.

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Democrat attorneys general from 18 states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, challenging his executive order that denies birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. The legal action was initiated in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, with San Francisco and Washington, D.C., joining as co-complainants. This lawsuit represents the beginning of what is anticipated to be an extended legal dispute over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. show more
January 21, 2025
Politics

Fetterman Denies Rumors He’ll Switch Parties: ‘It’s Not Gonna Happen.’

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is denying rumors that he intends to switch his affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican Party. The Pennsylvania Democrat’s partisan intentions became the subject of feverish speculation on social media after New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley claimed he was told a prominent Democrat Senator would soon announce they were switching political parties.

“Just left a conversation and my source indicated to me that a key Democratic senator is expected to change party affiliation to Republican by next week. Wow!” Holley wrote on X (formerly Twitter) late Monday. A New Jersey state Democrat lawmaker, Holley is a close political ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

“That’s amateur hour shit,” Sen. Fetterman said in response to the social media rumors regarding his potential party switch. He continued: “It’s not gonna happen. And even if I wanted to do that, that is a rocket sled to Palookaville to try to switch. I would make a pretty bad Republican.”

He emphasized that he would not follow the path of former Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), both of whom changed their political affiliations from Democrat to Independent while serving in office.

Earlier this month, Fetterman raised eyebrows among his U.S. Senate Democrat colleagues when he bucked party leadership and met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. After the meeting, Trump lauded the Pennsylvania Senator, calling him “fascinating” and adding: “I couldn’t be more impressed.”

“He’s a commonsense person. He’s not liberal or conservative. He’s just a commonsense person, which is beautiful,” Trump said of Fetterman.

Image by Tom Wolf.

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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is denying rumors that he intends to switch his affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican Party. The Pennsylvania Democrat's partisan intentions became the subject of feverish speculation on social media after New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley claimed he was told a prominent Democrat Senator would soon announce they were switching political parties. show more
biden
January 21, 2025
Politics
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5

President Trump Begins Mass Firing of Biden Govt Appointees.

President Donald J. Trump revealed late Monday that his White House is already undertaking the removal of former President Joe Biden’s remaining political appointees, including those holding influential positions on presidential and national commissions. In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced he is dismissing over one thousand appointees who do not align with his “Make America Great Again Agenda.”

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again,” the newly inaugurated President wrote. Trump singled out four individuals specifically for dismissal: “Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council.”

President Trump concluded with an emphatic: “YOU’RE FIRED!”

Additionally, Trump emphasized the ongoing efforts of his Presidential Personnel Office, highlighting their role in identifying and removing over a thousand appointees from the prior administration. He stated that this operation was vital to ensure alignment with his administration’s objectives, underscoring the need for unity in pursuing his policy vision.

Consequently, the Trump White House actions come alongside signing an executive order focused on easing the process of terminating federal employees in policy-making positions. This order responds to what Trump described as “numerous and well-documented cases” of career employees obstructing executive directives. The order underscores the importance of accountability, especially for those in influential roles, and aims to restore principles of good administration within the federal civil service.

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President Donald J. Trump revealed late Monday that his White House is already undertaking the removal of former President Joe Biden's remaining political appointees, including those holding influential positions on presidential and national commissions. In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced he is dismissing over one thousand appointees who do not align with his "Make America Great Again Agenda." show more
January 20, 2025
Lawfare
News
Politics

Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ Faces Lawsuit as Trump Takes Oath.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is facing a lawsuit right as President Donald J. Trump takes office. The 30-page lawsuit questions the legality of Trump’s proposed government advisory committee and alleges that the committee would violate federal transparency standards regarding public disclosure, hiring, and related practices.

National Security Counselors, who filed the claim, argue that Musk‘s efficiency panel qualifies as a “federal advisory committee” but does not meet the required criteria. These criteria include maintaining a balanced representation, documenting meetings, and being open to public scrutiny.

Reports indicate that DOGE has already engaged dozens of employees. These individuals operate from Musk’s SpaceX offices in Washington, D.C., and communicate using the encrypted messaging platform Signal. The legal challenge will not surprise Musk, who believes governmental opponents use “lawfare” to impede his ventures.

While details of DOGE’s efficiency initiative remain undisclosed, some cite secrecy as crucial to preventing legal obstruction. Trump claims the project will drive sweeping changes, though the advisory committee lacks direct authority to execute government cuts.

According to reports, DOGE’s executive roles are unpaid, with individuals expected to serve six-month terms. These executives will be classified as “special government employees.” Prospective employees for DOGE include Silicon Valley figures such as Marc Andreessen and Shaun Maguire.

Vivek Ramaswamy was initially set to co-lead with Musk but has withdrawn to focus on a gubernatorial run in Ohio. Last month, Ramaswamy angered many conservatives after praising H-1B visas, heavily used in the tech sector, which undercut American workers.

Ramaswamy claimed that American culture venerates “mediocrity over excellence” but went near silent following the backlash for his comments until announcing his intention to seek the governorship in Ohio.

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is facing a lawsuit right as President Donald J. Trump takes office. The 30-page lawsuit questions the legality of Trump's proposed government advisory committee and alleges that the committee would violate federal transparency standards regarding public disclosure, hiring, and related practices. show more
January 20, 2025
William Upton
Politics
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5

Trump’s Defense Sec Nominee Pete Hegseth Advances to Full Senate Vote.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald J. Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Defense (DoD), has cleared a critical confirmation hurdle. His nomination passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee on a fourteen-to-three partisan line vote. Democratic Party lawmakers on Capitol Hill have tried to derail the Hegseth nomination to no avail, and the Army veteran and former Fox News host is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate.

During Hegseth’s confirmation hearing last week, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) baselessly questioned the Secretary of Defense nominee’s qualifications to lead the department, suggesting he would better serve as the DoD’s communications chief. The National Pulse reported that Blumenthal, infamously, has engaged in stolen valor—falsely telling Connecticut voters in the mid-2000s that he served in Vietnam. However, the Connecticut Demcorat’s military records show no such service. In fact, Blumenthal was safely stationed in Washington, D.C.—nearly 9,000 miles from the conflict.

Additionally, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has attempted to smear Hegseth as an extremist threat due to his Jerusalem Cross tattoo. The cross is an important symbol to Roman Catholics and is displayed in countless churches worldwide.

Hegseth, although not a Catholic, sports a large Jerusalem Cross tattoo on his chest, a symbol of the city of Jerusalem and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Pete Hegseth, President Donald J. Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense (DoD), has cleared a critical confirmation hurdle. His nomination passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee on a fourteen-to-three partisan line vote. Democratic Party lawmakers on Capitol Hill have tried to derail the Hegseth nomination to no avail, and the Army veteran and former Fox News host is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate. show more