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February 25, 2025
William Upton
Breaking

BREAKING: Trump Says U.S. Will End EB-5 Visa Program Abused as a Cheap Way to Buy a Green Card.

President Donald J. Trump and his newly confirmed Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick have announced the United States will soon end the EB-5 visa program. Foreign nationals have abused the program through fraud to cheaply purchase a green card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card. The announcement, made as President Trump fielded questions from the press in the Oval Office, marks a significant shakeup in the U.S. visa system.

According to the America First leader, the EB-5 visa program will instead be replaced by what Trump describes as a “Gold Card.” Foreign nationals looking to attain U.S. residency will face a new series of requirements, with Trump floating a $5 million payment to the U.S. Treasury for the purposes of paying down the national debt, along with other guarantees on investments and creating jobs for American workers.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick explained, “So the EB-5 program was really… it was all full of nonsense, make-believe, and fraud. And it was a way to get a green card that was low price. So the President said, rather than having this sort of ridiculous EB-5 program, we’re going to end the EB-5 program, and we’re going to replace it with the Trump Gold Card.”

The abuse of U.S. visa programs has been a major issue for President Trump’s MAGA political base. Shortly before Trump’s inauguration in January, social media descended into a policy fight between the America First leader’s MAGA supporters and billionaire Elon Musk over H-1B visas. The work visa program is rife with fraud and abuse, costing American workers jobs and allowing already wealthy companies to import tens of thousands of cheap foreign workers every year.

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President Donald J. Trump and his newly confirmed Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick have announced the United States will soon end the EB-5 visa program. Foreign nationals have abused the program through fraud to cheaply purchase a green card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card. The announcement, made as President Trump fielded questions from the press in the Oval Office, marks a significant shakeup in the U.S. visa system. show more
February 25, 2025
William Upton
Lawfare

EXPLAINED: Judge’s Ruling Against Trump’s Refugee Resettlement Suspension Opens Constitutional Quagmire.

A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Washington, temporarily blocked President Donald J. Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States on Tuesday. The move is part of the latest lawfare efforts by far-left and progressive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to hamper the Trump administration’s efforts to undo former President Joe Biden’s mass immigration policies.

However, the preliminary injunction, issued by District Court Judge Jamal Whitehead, could be the subject of an emergency appeal by the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) to the U.S. Supreme Court as it opens concerning constitutional questions. Namely, it appears Judge Whitehead, in issuing the preliminary injunction, has determined that a Congressionally authorized refugee resettlement program falls under judicial rulings and Congressional actions regarding Executive Branch impoundments. According to the Impoundments Act and several court rulings, the President of the United States must generally comply with Congressionally appropriated programs and cannot significantly reduce their funding in contravention of the will of Congress.

In the current instance, though, it is unclear whether President Trump‘s action even constitutes an impoundment. The determination of qualifications for asylum and for immigration into the United States at large generally falls under the purview of the Executive Branch, which enjoys broad national security powers and exceptions. Despite this, Judge Whitehead contends Trump’s executive order is tantamount to an “effective nullification of congressional will,” stating specifically that it abrogates the Refugee Act of 1980, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause.

The first two provisions cited by Judge Whitehead can still be circumvented under the President’s broad national security powers, and the Fifth Amendment due process claim appears somewhat nonsensical. What is certain is that the ruling could represent—perhaps prematurely for the Trump White House—the opening salvo in a much broader fight over impoundments.

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A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Washington, temporarily blocked President Donald J. Trump's executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States on Tuesday. The move is part of the latest lawfare efforts by far-left and progressive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to hamper the Trump administration's efforts to undo former President Joe Biden's mass immigration policies. show more
February 25, 2025
William Upton
Media
Politics

Trump White House Kicks Press Correspondents’ Association to the Curb.

President Donald J. Trump‘s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, announced at Tuesday’s press briefing that the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) will no longer determine what media outlets will comprise the White House press pool. In the past, the WHCA has held a monopoly on White House media access—though President Trump has moved swiftly to end that control by initially inviting independent and alternative media outlets—like podcasters—to attend press briefings and travel pools for senior officials and cabinet members.

“The President and this entire White House are committed to ensuring the American people continue to receive this same level of historic transparency, access, and visibility,” Leavitt stated at Tuesday’s White House press briefing before continuing: “As you all know, for decades, a group of D.C..-based journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore.”

“I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch television shows and listen to your radio stations. Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team,” the White House press secretary said, adding: “Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join, fear not, but we will also be offering the privilege to well deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility.”

The WHCA—which turned 111 years old on Tuesday—has long controlled which media outlets have access to the President of the United States and senior White House officials. This has led to an environment in which independent media has been frozen out of these traditional avenues of access in favor of corporate and legacy media organizations.

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President Donald J. Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, announced at Tuesday's press briefing that the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) will no longer determine what media outlets will comprise the White House press pool. In the past, the WHCA has held a monopoly on White House media access—though President Trump has moved swiftly to end that control by initially inviting independent and alternative media outlets—like podcasters—to attend press briefings and travel pools for senior officials and cabinet members. show more
February 25, 2025
William Upton
Politics

The Truth About Those ‘21 DOGE Staffers’ Who ‘Resigned’ in Protest.

The corporate media is running with a new narrative that 21 federal technology staffers with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have resigned over proposed cuts to “critical” services. Corporate media outlets like the Associated Press—currently barred from White House press briefings and the press pool on Air Force One—are running headlines claiming, “Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE.” However, the truth of the matter paints a very different picture.

“We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”

Notably, the 21 technology staffers who resigned from DOGE predate the department’s creation under President Donald J. Trump. All 21 individuals were employed by the United States Digital Service—the entity renamed as DOGE—which was created by former President Barack Obama. These federal civil service staffers are not political appointees, and their employment predates President Trump’s election.

As for the supposed demands that they use their expertise to “dismantle critical public services,” thus far, DOGE has predominately focused on employment redundancies—recommending the firings of probationary employees to prevent duplicative work. Additionally, DOGE has gone after the federal government’s use of American taxpayer dollars to fund wasteful overseas projects through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that often undermine U.S. interests abroad. Neither of these instances reflects what most Americans consider “critical public services” like Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

The National Pulse has previously reported that the Elon Musk-led DOGE has found billions in savings for American taxpayers in a little over a month of its existence.

Image by Ted Eytan.

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The corporate media is running with a new narrative that 21 federal technology staffers with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have resigned over proposed cuts to "critical" services. Corporate media outlets like the Associated Press—currently barred from White House press briefings and the press pool on Air Force One—are running headlines claiming, "Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE." However, the truth of the matter paints a very different picture. show more
February 25, 2025
Lawfare

New Bill Aims to End Democrat Lawfare Against Trump’s Agenda.

Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced a bill aimed at limiting the reach of injunctions issued by federal judges. The legislation, titled the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), seeks to amend the legal parameters within which judges can issue injunctions. According to Issa, “universal” injunctions have been used to hinder President Donald J. Trump‘s agenda since he assumed the presidency in January.

NORRA proposes changes to Chapter 85 of Title 28 of the United States Code, specifying that district courts should issue injunctive relief only for parties directly involved in a legal case. This move is intended to restrict judges from extending injunctions beyond the immediate parties seeking relief. Issa argues that judges acting beyond these limits contribute to “judicial tyranny” and the “weaponization of courts.”

Since January, more than 50 lawsuits have challenged the Trump administration’s executive actions, including executive orders and proclamations. Issa contends that such legal actions exacerbate a trend of judge-shopping, which undermines the executive branch.

Issa’s proposal has gained traction among Republicans. Consequently, the California Republic believes his bill will likely pass through Congress and reach President Trump.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has echoed concerns regarding the recent wave of judicial actions against the administration. Labeling the issue a “constitutional crisis,” she criticized the numerous injunctions against Trump’s policies, attributing these to judicial activists rather than impartial judges. Leavitt has mentioned that within just two weeks, at least 12 injunctions were issued, often lacking sufficient legal grounding. These developments, she argues, represent a strategic lawfare effort by Democrat activists against the executive branch.

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Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced a bill aimed at limiting the reach of injunctions issued by federal judges. The legislation, titled the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), seeks to amend the legal parameters within which judges can issue injunctions. According to Issa, "universal" injunctions have been used to hinder President Donald J. Trump's agenda since he assumed the presidency in January. show more
February 25, 2025
William Upton
Politics

‘The Winning Continues,’ WH Press Sec. Declares After Judge Rejects AP Lawsuit.

U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden has rejected an Associated Press (AP) emergency motion to restore their access to the White House press briefing room and Air Force One. Following the ruling, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declared, “The winning continues.”

The AP has been barred from White House and Air Force One access for nearly two weeks after the corporate media outlet refused to update its style guide to reflect President Donald J. Trump‘s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Notably, major tech companies that provide map and direction apps, like Apple and Google, have made the change. The AP remains an outlier in refusing to make the name change even among their corporate media colleagues.

“The judge’s denial of the Associated Press’s request reinforces what I said from the podium last week and what President Trump has been saying, covering the American presidency—and the most intimate and limited spaces in this White House, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One—is a privilege,” Leavitt said following Judge McFadden’s ruling. “It is not a legal right.”

While Judge McFadden refused to grant temporary relief to the AP, he has set another hearing in the matter for March 20. The AP contends that the White House ban is an infringement on their First Amendment press rights and the requirement to use the Gulf of America is an infringement on their First Amendment speech rights.

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U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden has rejected an Associated Press (AP) emergency motion to restore their access to the White House press briefing room and Air Force One. Following the ruling, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declared, "The winning continues." show more
February 24, 2025
Politics

Musk Demands Federal Workers List Weekly Achievements or Face Firing, But Not All Agencies Will Comply.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk notified thousands of federal workers over the weekend that they must submit a list of five accomplishments they achieved last week by Monday at 11:59 PM or face possible firing. The memo came after President Donald J. Trump urged Musk and DOGE to be more aggressive in cutting government waste and employee redundancies across federal agencies.

Despite Musk’s order, not all federal agencies say they will comply. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Defense (DoD) all instructed their personnel not to comply with the order. Initially, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. informed his agency’s employees to comply but rescinded the directive late Sunday night.

Kash Patel, Trump’s new FBI director, instructed bureau personnel to ignore the order. “The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,” Director Patel wrote in an email. He added, “When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.”

Similarly, a memo sent to State Department employees stated department leadership would handle the situation. “No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command,” the memo reads. Additionally, the DoD told its personnel to “pause” sending any replies to Musk, and DHS told its staff “no reporting action from you is needed at this time.”

Musk defended the move on Sunday, calling it “a very basic pulse check,” arguing: “In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks.”

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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk notified thousands of federal workers over the weekend that they must submit a list of five accomplishments they achieved last week by Monday at 11:59 PM or face possible firing. The memo came after President Donald J. Trump urged Musk and DOGE to be more aggressive in cutting government waste and employee redundancies across federal agencies. show more
Trump Border Mass Deportations
February 24, 2025
Immigration

Trump to Reinstate Title 42 Public Health Order to Bolster Mass Deportations: Report.

President Donald J. Trump may be poised to reinstate Title 42, a public health order used during the COVID-19 pandemic to expel over three million asylum-seeking illegal immigrants. Despite its suspension in May 2023 by the Biden government, documents obtained by CBS News suggest that Trump plans to use this order again to deport illegal immigrants, citing public health risks.

In addition to bolstering his administration’s defense of mass deportations in federal court, Trump’s invoking of Title 42 could also allow for border officials to more effectively bar asylum seekers from entering the United States. The order, directed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), expands certain authorities under a public health declaration for border officials and allows them to circumvent normal U.S. immigration statutes and international agreements.

According to the documents, the Trump administration believes the increasing number of tuberculosis cases in the United States—with 10,000 occurrences and 600 deaths reported in 2023—could serve as the legal cause for reinstituting Title 42 restrictions. Last year, Stephen Miller—now the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy—argued Title 42 should be used to restrict immigration in order to combat “severe strains of the flu, tuberculosis, scabies, other respiratory illnesses like R.S.V. and so on, or just a general issue of mass migration being a public health threat and conveying a variety of communicable diseases.”

Already, President Trump has moved to end the Temporary Protected Status for over one million illegal immigrants, clearing the way for their return to their home countries. Additionally, Trump has opened a 30,000-bed facility at Guantanamo Bay to hold the most dangerous illegal immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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President Donald J. Trump may be poised to reinstate Title 42, a public health order used during the COVID-19 pandemic to expel over three million asylum-seeking illegal immigrants. Despite its suspension in May 2023 by the Biden government, documents obtained by CBS News suggest that Trump plans to use this order again to deport illegal immigrants, citing public health risks. show more
February 24, 2025
Politics

Government TVs Hacked, Displaying Gross Trump-Musk Video.

An artificial intelligence-altered video featuring President Donald J. Trump appeared on the television screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) cafeteria on Monday, causing shock and surprise among employees. The video displayed the phrase “Long Live the Real King” alongside digitally altered footage of Trump appearing to kiss Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk‘s feet.

The method by which the video was broadcast on the cafeteria’s screens remains unclear. HUD spokesman Kasey Lovett assured that an investigation is underway to hold responsible parties accountable. “Another waste of taxpayer dollars and resources. Appropriate action will be taken for all involved,” Lovett said regarding the incident.

It appears likely the video was the work of a disgruntled federal employee who is lashing out following President Trump’s recent directive to the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to uncover and eliminate government waste, fraud, and abuse. The DOGE initiative has resulted in significant cuts to the federal government workforce, with some agencies—like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—being almost totally shuttered.

Additionally, Musk has drawn further government worker ire after sending an email with the subject line “What did you do last week?” and demanding thousands of employees respond with approximately five bullet points of their achievements and to copy their manager. Musk warned in a post that failure to comply with these instructions would be “taken as a resignation.” The employees were given until the end of the day Monday to submit their responses.

Meanwhile, The National Pulse reported on Monday that President Trump’s job approval now sits at 52 percent, with voters overwhelmingly supporting his political agenda—including the DOGE efforts.

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An artificial intelligence-altered video featuring President Donald J. Trump appeared on the television screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) cafeteria on Monday, causing shock and surprise among employees. The video displayed the phrase "Long Live the Real King" alongside digitally altered footage of Trump appearing to kiss Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk's feet. show more
February 24, 2025
Politics

Trump Administration Slashes 1,600 Jobs at USAID.

The Trump White House announced late Sunday that it is cutting an estimated 1,600 U.S.-based jobs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). According to an agency memo, effective Sunday at 11:59 PM, “direct hire personnel” globally have been placed on administrative leave, except for those essential to mission-critical roles and core leadership tasks.

USAID disclosed on Sunday that employees impacted by the Reduction-in-Force received notifications on February 23, 2025, detailing their benefits and rights. Essential personnel were notified by 5:00 PM the same day. For those overseas, USAID is offering a voluntary, funded return program and other benefits while maintaining access to agency resources until their return.

The staff reduction follows a federal judge’s decision on Friday to allow the administration to proceed with its restructuring plans, rejecting efforts by several government unions to block the move. Earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump placed most USAID employees on administrative leave and repositioned its leadership under Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

These changes have led to the closure of some office spaces. United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken over a former USAID office in Washington, D.C. The shake-up aligns with the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts, led by Elon Musk, who cited excessive spending on ideologically driven projects as the rationale for the downsizing.

Musk asserts the need for a comprehensive overhaul of USAID, calling it unrepairable in its current state. Rubio has underscored the administration’s commitment to continuing some foreign aid programs while eliminating those inconsistent with U.S. national interests. The overarching goal is to maintain effective programs while addressing those lacking alignment with national priorities.

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The Trump White House announced late Sunday that it is cutting an estimated 1,600 U.S.-based jobs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). According to an agency memo, effective Sunday at 11:59 PM, "direct hire personnel" globally have been placed on administrative leave, except for those essential to mission-critical roles and core leadership tasks. show more