Transgender Military Members Sue Trump, Hegseth Over Trans Ban

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Several transgender members of the military are suing the Trump administration over a ban on transgender service members.

The federal lawsuit was filed by two LGBTQ+ activist organizations on behalf of six active transgender service members and two others who wish to enlist. They argued that the transgender ban violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

“This ban betrays fundamental American values of equal opportunity and judging people on their merit,” said Jennifer Levi, the transgender and queer rights senior director for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

“It slams the door on qualified patriots who meet every standard and want nothing more than to serve their country, simply to appease a political agenda,” she added. “That’s not just un-American; it makes our country weaker by pushing away talented service members who put their lives on the line every day for our nation.” . . .

President Donald Trump ordered the ban on transgender military members on Monday. He first issued the ban in his previous term, but it was rescinded by an order from former President Joe Biden in 2021. (Read more from “Transgender Military Members Sue Trump, Hegseth Over Trans Ban” HERE)

Dozens of Former Intel Officials Urge Senators to Confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence

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Dozens of top former intelligence officials are urging members of the Senate to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she will “begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies,” Fox News Digital has learned.

Former White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell, Navy SEAL veteran and member of the intelligence community Erik Prince and more than four dozen other former intelligence officials penned a letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., on Monday, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.

“We, the undersigned former intelligence and national security officials, urge members of the United States Senate to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence,” they wrote. “Her service as DNI will begin undoing the gross politicization that has come to characterize intelligence bureaucracies, which has been to the great detriment of the freedom and security of the United States and its citizens.”

The officials said Gabbard’s experience “more than qualifies her for this important position.”

Gabbard is a military officer with more than 20 years of service and multiple combat deployments. She also served in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years and served on numerous national security committees. (Read more from “Dozens of Former Intel Officials Urge Senators to Confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence” HERE)

Trump White House: ‘Mystery’ Drones over New Jersey Were Authorized by the FAA

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The “mystery” drones flying over New Jersey and other parts of the country were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday during the first press briefing of the second Trump administration.

Leavitt made the announcement before taking questions from reporters, many of whom were ostracized by the previous administration, including Breitbart News.

“Before I turn to questions, I do have news directly from the President of the United States that was just shared with me in the Oval Office,” Leavitt said.

“From President Trump directly, an update on the New Jersey drones,” she said. “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey, in large numbers, were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.”

However, she did not elaborate on what this “research” entailed, nor what the “various other reasons” meant, specifically. She did add that some of the drones were “also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones.” (Read more from “Trump White House: ‘Mystery’ Drones over New Jersey Were Authorized by the FAA” HERE)

Investigation Into Border Patrol Agent Killing in Vermont Reveals Delaware County, Pa. Connection

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A Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California, a federal prosecutor said in court documents Monday.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces two weapons charges in connection with the death of Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, who died Jan. 20 during the shootout in Coventry, a small town about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border.

She had been traveling with Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who also was killed, and the pair had been under surveillance for several days.

In a motion filed Monday, U.S. Attorney Michael Drescher said Youngblut should be detained as the case proceeds due to the nature of the crime, the weight of evidence against her, her lack of ties to Vermont, and the danger she poses to the community.

According to the motion, the gun used by Youngblut and one that Bauckholt was carrying were purchased by a third person in Vermont last February. The buyer is a person of interest on a double homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Drescher said. (Read more from “Investigation Into Border Patrol Agent Killing in Vermont Reveals Delaware County, Pa. Connection” HERE)

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Tucker Carlson Makes Bombshell Claim About U.S. Attempt to Kill Putin

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The United States attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to a shocking claim by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Political commentator Carlson, who last year travelled to Moscow for a lengthy sit-down interview with the Russian President – dropped the bombshell allegation during an episode of ‘The Tucker Carlson Show’ with US journalist Matt Taibbi.

‘[Ex-US Secretary of State] Tony Blinken was pushing so hard for a real war, trying to kill Putin, for example – which the Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin.

‘Yes. Yes, they did. Which is insane,’ Carlson said in his most recent episode, hosted on social media platform X.

Without providing evidence for his claim, Carlson went on to imagine a scenario in which the US was successful.

‘If like [Putin was assassinated]… okay, so who takes over Russia?

(Read more from “Tucker Carlson Makes Bombshell Claim About U.S. Attempt to Kill Putin” HERE)

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Pentagon Pulling Gen. Milley’s Security Detail and Clearance ‘Immediately,’ May Face Demotion in Retirement

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is “immediately pulling” retired Gen. Mark Milley’s personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.

The secretary is also directing the new acting Inspector General to conduct a review board to determine if enough evidence exists for Gen. Milley to be stripped of a star in retirement based on his actions to “undermine the chain of command” during President Donald Trump’s first term, officials say.

The Pentagon will also be removing a second portrait of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon. This one is from the Army’s Marshall Corridor on the third floor honoring his service as chief-of-staff of the Army. Fox is told the removal of this second portrait will take place as soon as tonight. This means there will be no more portraits of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon.

The first portrait of Gen. Milley, from his time as the U.S. military’s top officer, was removed from the Pentagon last week on Inauguration Day less than two hours after President Trump was sworn into office.

The now retired Gen. Milley and other former senior Trump aides had been assigned personal security details ever since Iran vowed revenge for the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in 2020 ordered by Trump in his first term. (Read more from “Pentagon Pulling Gen. Milley’s Security Detail and Clearance ‘Immediately,’ May Face Demotion in Retirement” HERE)

Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funding for Medical Mutilation of Minors

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Under President Donald Trump, the United States will no longer “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” the medical mutilation and chemical castration of children in the name of gender ideology. Accordingly, the federal government will “rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

Trump signed an executive order Tuesday ending federal funding for the medical “transitioning” of gender dysphoric children, including performing irreversible surgeries and the prescription of chemically castrating drugs like puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

According to Trump’s decree, “Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end.”

Trump already took executive action revoking President Joe Biden’s harmful order previously promoting such barbaric practices that trans activists call “gender-affirming care.”

Trump is now ordering all agencies to use every available means to cut off federal financial participation in institutions that offer these so-called “services.” In other words, the order directs federally run insurance programs to exclude coverage for pediatric “transgender treatment.” (Read more from “Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funding for Medical Mutilation of Minors” HERE)

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‘This Is Insane’: Magazine Crops Blacks From Trump Inauguration Party Photo, Then Complains Event Is Almost Only White

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Among the many events held in conjunction with President Donald Trump’s inauguration was a party hosted by black conservative CJ Pearson.

New York Magazine took a photograph of the event, put it on the cover, and complained that “almost everyone is white.” . . .

It is NotTheBee that explained, “Erasing black people from history seems to be a trend on the Left these days, and the trend kept on a kickin’ when New York Magazine decided to crop three black people from their cover photo of a Trump inauguration event and then claim ‘Almost everyone [at the party] is white’ in the accompanying article. Sounds like satire, but it’s real.”

From the magazine itself, which bragged about Brock Colyer reporting on the “young, gleeful, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers.”

Pearson noted that the magazine “intentionally left me out of their story because it would have undermined their narrative that MAGA is some racist cult.” (Read more from “‘This Is Insane’: Magazine Crops Blacks From Trump Inauguration Party Photo, Then Complains Event Is Almost Only White” HERE)

Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Have Significant Ramifications for Federal Immunity

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Curtrina Martin, a Georgia resident whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI.

The eventual ruling will determine whether federal agencies can be held civilly liable when their actions adversely affect American citizens.

Martin lived with her fiancé and seven-year-old son back in 2017 when the raid happened. The authorities were trying to apprehend a gang member who lived near the couple.

On an early morning in 2017, Martin and her then-fiance, Hilliard Toi Cliatt, were awoken by the FBI detonating a flash grenade in their home and ripping their door from its hinges. The agents then made their way to their bedroom and found the couple hiding in the closet, where they had retreated in fear; an officer dragged Cliatt out and handcuffed him, while another pointed his gun and screamed at Martin, who says she fell on a rack in the rapidly unfolding mayhem. Her 7-year-old son was in his room, and she says her mind went to a dark place.

“I don’t know if there is a proper word that I can use” to capture the fear she felt, Martin told me this summer.

The FBI would not find who they came for, because the suspect didn’t live there, nor did he have any relation to Martin or Cliatt. When Martin sued, the 11th Circuit not only gave immunity to Lawrence Guerra, the leader of the SWAT raid, but the judges also said her claims could not proceed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the legislation that allows people to bring various state torts against the federal government.

(Read more from “Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Have Significant Ramifications for Federal Immunity” HERE)

NYT Uses Anonymous Terrorist Sources For Latest Deep State Hit On Tulsi Gabbard

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The New York Times is preparing to publish a deep state hit piece on President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. The piece is purportedly based on National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance of a pair of anonymous terrorists.

Two people familiar with the matter told The Federalist the Times will accuse Gabbard, a former Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii, of meeting with then-Lebanese Hezbollah Supreme Leader Hassan Nasrallah on a Middle East trip in 2017. The paper of “all the news that’s fit to print” is expected to run the deep state smear against Gabbard as early as Tuesday afternoon, two days before a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Bernard Hudson, who was director of counterterrorism at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2016 and 2017, called the story by the Times, “one of the most bizarre allegations against a serving member of the U.S. military I have ever heard.”

“It strains credulity at every level,” Hudson told The Federalist.

“This is the kind of cheap skullduggery for which the Deep State has become infamous with the American people,” said Dave Reaboi, a national security expert and fellow at the Claremont Institute. “We entrust these people with tremendous power to operate in the shadows and keep secrets from us, imagining that they are professionals dedicated to safeguarding our national security. Instead, many of the IC’s senior leadership have undermined the faith we placed in them, using the capabilities their profession affords them to make war on their domestic political opponents.” (Read more from “NYT Uses Anonymous Terrorist Sources For Latest Deep State Hit On Tulsi Gabbard” HERE)

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