Trump Revokes Security Clearances, Denies Access To Federal Buildings To Slew Of Former, Current Officials

President Donald Trump has ordered that some former and current federal and state officials lose their security clearance and access to federal buildings, the New York Post reported Saturday.

Former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are three of the eight officials who are expected to be affected, according to the outlet. The revocations come just a day after Trump revoked the security clearance of his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, and ended Biden’s daily intelligence briefings, citing reciprocity and cognitive decline.

Blinken spearheaded the Oct. 20, 2020 missive signed by 51 former intelligence officials that implied that the news story of a laptop belonging to former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter that revealed Hunter’s exploitation of his father’s position — with his father’s probable knowledge — for Hunter’s gain was Russian disinformation, former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell told lawmakers.

“Bad guy. Take away his passes,” Trump said concerning Blinken, the Post reported. “This is to take away every right they have [revoking security clearances] including they can’t go into [federal] buildings.” (Read more from “Trump Revokes Security Clearances, Denies Access To Federal Buildings To Slew Of Former, Current Officials” HERE)

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‘Let’s Do A Deal’: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Says Yes To Trump’s Demands

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters on Friday that he hopes to make a deal with President Donald Trump to bring an end to the war with Russia.

During his campaign for office, Trump vowed to bring peace to the world, as multiple foreign wars had been pushed during the Biden-Harris administration. In an interview with Reuters, Zelenskyy said he was open to making a deal with the U.S. regarding Trump’s request for Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths and other minerals in exchange for continued financial aid.

“These deposits are priceless, it is huge amounts of money, huge. That’s why we need to protect it,” Zelenskyy said. “If we are talking about a deal, then let’s do a deal, we are only for it.”

The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted more than two years, with the Biden-Harris administration providing $175 billion in economic and military aid to Ukraine, but the conflict shows no signs of ending. Last year, Ukraine presented a “victory plan,” suggesting the idea of allowing allies to invest in its essential minerals, according to Reuters.

With Russian occupation controlling less than 20% of Ukraine’s mineral resources, including roughly half of its rare earth deposits, Zelenskyy told Reuters that Moscow could potentially strike deals with North Korea and Iran. (Read more from “‘Let’s Do A Deal’: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Says Yes To Trump’s Demands” HERE)

Alaska Plane That Went Missing Found in Sea Ice With All 10 on Board Dead

The wreckage of the small plane that went missing flying over Alaska was found Friday on sea ice — with all 10 on board dead, authorities said.

Coast Guard spokesperson Mike Salerno said rescue crews located the plane by helicopter while scouring over the aircraft’s last known location and lowered two rescue swimmers to investigate.

The two swimmers identified three bodies inside the plane, while seven others are believed to be inside the wreckage but were inaccessible due to the condition of the aircraft, the US Coast Guard Alaska said in a statement on X.

The Cessna Caravan carrying nine passengers and one pilot left Unalakleet around 2:37 p.m. Thursday and was headed for Nome, about 150 miles away, but lost contact with officials less than an hour later.


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Wreckage of the missing aircraft was located 34 miles southeast of Nome, officials said.

Officials on Friday said the plane experienced a “rapid loss” in elevation and speed just before vanishing. (Read more from “Alaska Plane That Went Missing Found in Sea Ice With All 10 on Board Dead” HERE)

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Awesome Republican Addresses Transgender ‘Congresswoman’ as ‘The Gentleman’ in Epic Floor Session (VIDEO)

Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller said she ‘refused to deny biological reality’ by addressing Sarah McBride as ‘the gentleman from Delaware’ on the floor of the House Thursday.

McBride is the first transgender member of Congress, winning Delaware’s at-large seat in November.

Republicans have successfully sought to block [his] access to the women’s restroom at the Capitol.

Miller, an Illinois representative, gave the introduction as McBride was set to give her first speech on the House floor.

‘The chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for five minutes,’ Miller said. (Read more from “Ruthless Republican Addresses Transgender ‘Congresswoman’ as ‘The Gentleman’ in Awkward Floor Session” HERE)

Jesus Takes Center Stage at Super Bowl LIX

Super Bowl LIX is shaping up to be a continuation of an emerging trend: football players becoming outspoken advocates for their Christian faith.

Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles players spoke about the importance of their belief in Jesus and the Gospel during a series of interviews with Sports Spectrum this week.

When asked by Sports Spectrum’s Annabelle Hasselbeck who Jesus is to him, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes replied, “Jesus is my Lord and Savior. It’s someone that I look up to every single day to decide what I want to do with my life and how I want to live my life. And so, Jesus is everything to me at the end of the day.”

Mahomes’ counterpart, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, has long professed his faith in Jesus.

“I’ve always wanted to root myself in that and keep Him in the center of my life in everything I do,” Hurts told Sports Spectrum’s Matt Forte. “Through the highs and the lows, He’s greater than all of them.”

(Read more from “Jesus Takes Center Stage at Super Bowl LIX” HERE)

Top Federal Agency With History of Wasteful Spending Could Be Next DOGE Target

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk’s efforts to clean up waste and fraud in the federal government will soon shift its focus to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in a move likely to create a firestorm with Democrats.

The SSA, created by the Social Security Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and tasked with establishing a federal benefits system for older Americans, will soon become a focus of DOGE, according to a report from Semafor that was not denied by the White House when contacted by Fox News Digital.

While several Democrats — including Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in a post on X — have been quick to accuse this move as being aimed at slashing Social Security benefits for the elderly, several areas with potential waste exist in the agency that don’t involve cutting current benefits.

Just Facts, a nonprofit research institute, previously reported that the agency disbursed roughly $2 billion in fraudulent or improper payments in 2022, which it calculated was enough “to pay 89,947 retired workers the average annual old-age benefit of $21,924 for 2023.”

Just Facts explained that through a policy known as “administrative finality,” once the “SSA mistakenly overpays a beneficiary for more than four years, it does not recover past overpayments and deliberately continues to make future overpayments excepting cases of fraud.” (Read more from “Top Federal Agency With History of Wasteful Spending Could Be Next DOGE Target” HERE)

Trump Freezes Aid to South Africa, Promotes Resettlement of Refugees Facing Race Discrimination

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order cutting all foreign aid to South Africa, citing concerns about the country “seizing” ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation.

Trump alleged South Africa’s recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 “dismantles equal opportunity in employment, education, and business.”

The order notes “hateful rhetoric” and government actions have been “fueling disproportionate violence against racially disfavored landowners.”

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa previously released a statement arguing that no land was confiscated.

“We look forward to engaging with the Trump administration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest,” according to the statement. “We are certain that out of those engagements, we will share a better and common understanding over these matters.” (Read more from “Trump Freezes Aid to South Africa, Promotes Resettlement of Refugees Facing Race Discrimination” HERE)

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Immigrants Took Nearly 90% of New Jobs Since 2020

The U.S. economy has netted 5.4 million jobs over the past five years, with 90% of that growth going to immigrants, according to new government data Friday.

That works out to 4.7 million net new jobs filled by immigrants compared with January 2020, or just before the pandemic and before the Biden border surge.

By contrast, U.S.-born employment is up just 645,000.

In just the past year, immigrants netted 1.9 million new jobs, or 72% of the total growth.

Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, said 60% of the new immigrant-held jobs went to those in the country illegally. (Read more from “Immigrants Took Nearly 90% of New Jobs Since 2020” HERE)

Trump Revokes Joe Biden’s Security Clearances

President Donald Trump announced that he had revoked former President Joe Biden’s security clearances, noting that there was “no need” for the former president to “continue receiving access to classified information.”

“There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings. He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents.”

Trump added that the “Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from ‘poor memory’ and, even in his ‘prime,’ could not be trusted with sensitive information. I will always protect our National Security — JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

(Read more from “Trump Revokes Joe Biden’s Security Clearances” HERE)

Black Hawk Had Key Safety System Turned Off During Deadly DC Crash, Senator Says

A key safety system was turned off on the US Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week near Washington’s Reagan Airport, killing 67.

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters the Black Hawk helicopter had turned off its automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), which is permitted for military aircraft.

“This was a training mission, so there was no compelling national security reason for ADS-B to be turned off,” Cruz said after a briefing from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.

In the deadliest US air disaster in more than 20 years, the aircraft collided last week, with both craft plunging into the Potomac River.

The helicopter was flying about 100 feet over the maximum allowed for that route, the NTSB said earlier. (Read more from “Black Hawk Had Key Safety System Turned Off During Deadly DC Crash, Senator Says” HERE)