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Trump, Putin Expected to Speak This Week About Ukraine Cease-Fire Push, White House Envoy Says

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President Trump is likely to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone this week as the U.S. push to end the Russia-Ukraine war accelerates, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday.

Mr. Witkoff, who met with Mr. Putin in Moscow last week, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the U.S. is in communication with all sides, including Russia, Ukraine and other European powers, about a potential cease-fire deal.

Mr. Witkoff said the U.S. and Russia have gotten closer in their positions in recent days, despite Mr. Putin’s reluctance to embrace the 30-day cease-fire agreed to by the U.S. and Ukraine after high-level delegations from those two nations met in Saudi Arabia last week.

“The two sides are today a lot closer,” Mr. Witkoff said, referring to the U.S. and Russia. “The two sides, we’ve narrowed the differences between them and now we’re sitting at the table.”

“I think President Trump is involved in every aspect and dimension of these discussions,” he said. “The president is getting updates in real time on everything that’s happening and he’s involved in every important decision here.” (Read more from “Trump, Putin Expected to Speak This Week About Ukraine Cease-Fire Push, White House Envoy Says” HERE)

Trump Ties for Highest Approval He’s Ever Had — As More Americans Say U.S. Is on Right Track Than Any Time in 20 Years: Poll

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Three months into his second term, President Trump hit the highest approval rating he’s ever had as commander-in-chief — while more Americans say the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll found.

That’s the good news, according to an NBC News Poll released Sunday.

The bad news is that Trump still has not won over a majority of Americans, and 54% said they disapprove of his handling of the economy — the first time he’s lost a majority on that issue in NBC’s poll.

Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing “the right kind of change” on the key issues — even tariffs.

More Americans support his changes to trade policy (41%) than oppose it (38%), according to NBC. (Read more from “Trump Ties for Highest Approval He’s Ever Had — As More Americans Say U.S. Is on Right Track Than Any Time in 20 Years: Poll” HERE)

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Houthis Post Message Involving American Flag Draped Coffins After Trump Launches Strike In Yemen

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The Houthi rebels in Yemen have posted a cryptic video featuring American flag-draped coffins in response to President Donald Trump’s “decisive and powerful” airstrikes against the terrorist group on Saturday.

The video opens with an animated coffin draped in the American flag drifting on the ocean’s surface. As mournful music plays in the background, the camera gradually zooms out, revealing a haunting scene of numerous other flag-draped coffins floating away from wrecked Navy vessels.

This follows Trump’s authorization of a “powerful” military strike against the Iranian-backed rebels, who have been behind numerous destabilizing actions in the Middle East. The president emphasized that he would not tolerate such behavior, criticizing former President Joe Biden for being “pathetically weak” in handling the situation.

“To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

The Houthis’ political bureau described Trump’s attacks as a “war crime” and are “fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation.” (Read more from “Houthis Post Message Involving American Flag Draped Coffins After Trump Launches Strike In Yemen” HERE)

Trump Invokes Wartime Powers, Targets Foreign Gangs for ‘Immediate Apprehension, Detention, and Removal’

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President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) on Saturday, making gang members liable to immediate arrest and removal as “Alien Enemies” of the U.S.

“[A]ll Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies,” Trump proclaimed, citing the authority of the U.S. Constitution and laws “including the Alien Enemies Act.”

Alien Enemies would be “subject to immediate apprehension, detention, and removal, and further that they shall not be permitted residence in the United States,” according to the proclamation.

(Read more from “Trump Invokes Wartime Powers, Targets Foreign Gangs for ‘Immediate Apprehension, Detention, and Removal’” HERE)

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Democratic Insiders Complain Kamala Harris Is ‘MIA’ After Election: ‘Not the Leadership the World Needs’

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. . .Democratic insiders are still stinging from losing the election to Donald Trump — and view Kamala Harris as a political “Where’s Waldo” who’s gone “MIA,” they say.

“She’s MIA!” groused one Democratic insider to Page Six of Harris.

The political source added Harris’ husband “Doug [Emhoff] is telling people she’s the leader of the party, but there is a clear lack of leadership.”

“The person you just spent $2 billion on trying to elect? I’m glad she’s having a good time going to a musical, and being repped by CAA,” said the insider, but, “this whole strategy of ‘do not do anything, or say anything,’ that’s not the kind of leadership the world needs right now.”

Last month Harris signed with CAA, and saw “A Wonderful World” and “Gypsy” on Broadway.

(Another source told us of Harris, and Joe Biden who’s also repped by the Hollywood power agency, “I don’t think bookings for them are through the roof.”) (Read more from “Democratic Insiders Complain Kamala Harris Is ‘MIA’ After Election: ‘Not the Leadership the World Needs’” HERE)

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Trump Wants To Eliminate Fed Income Tax For 93% Of Americans, Commerce Sec Says

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said this week that President Donald Trump’s goal is to significantly cut taxes across the board, and completely eliminate the federal income tax on Americans making under $150,000 annually — which could impact 93% of Americans.

Lutnick said the administration wants to have other nations chip in through tariffs and closing overseas tax loopholes so Americans can pay less in taxes. “His goal is to have external revenue,” Lutnick said of Trump, on CBS this past Wednesday.

“The rest of the world leans on our economy, breathes off our economy,” he said. “Not only is our economy $29 trillion GDP, but we consume $20 trillion a year — we are the buyers of everybody’s stuff. So, who’s more important, the people who sell stuff, or the people who buy stuff?”

“Let them pay a membership fee — we all understand that model,” Lutnick continued. “How about no tax on tips, how about no tax on overtime, how about no social security [tax]?”

“These are the kinds of things that will change America,” the secretary added. “I know what [Trump’s] goal is: no tax for anybody who makes less than $150,000 a year. That’s his goal.” (Read more from “Trump Wants To Eliminate Fed Income Tax For 93% Of Americans, Commerce Sec Says” HERE)

Trump Takes Aim at Government-Funded News Agency, Starts Dismantling ‘Propaganda’

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President Donald Trump took a decisive step in overhauling the Voice of America (VOA) with a new executive order, slashing its operations and putting nearly all its employees on leave. The move, which aims to eliminate government-funded propaganda-fueled media outlets, is part of Trump’s broader effort to reign in biased media.

“President Trump is delivering on his promise to make our government more efficient,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told USA TODAY on Saturday. “American taxpayers should not be funding anti-American propaganda in the name of journalism.”

Before the weekend, Trump signed an executive order, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” aimed at several government agencies, including the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent organization of Voice of America. He called the move “necessity.” Employees received an email informing them they were being placed on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until notified otherwise.

The White House stated that the executive order “will protect taxpayers from funding radical propaganda,” highlighting criticisms of Voice of America. (Read more from “Trump Takes Aim at Government-Funded News Agency, Starts Dismantling ‘Propaganda'” HERE)

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‘Stop This’: Trump Team Defies Judge’s Order to Halt Deportations of Violent ‘Monsters’

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Members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet are firing back defiantly against a federal judge’s order to block deportation of dangerous Venezuelans who are members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang.

D.C. District Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, ordered Saturday an immediate stop to deportation flights for TDA members, and even demanded planes already in flight turn around and return the violent criminals back to America.

“Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished,” Boasberg said, according to Politico.

“Make sure it’s complied with immediately.”

Despite the ruling, officials in the Trump administration refused to comply.

On Sunday morning, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained: “We have sent 2 dangerous top MS-13 leaders plus 21 of its most wanted back to face justice in El Salvador.

(Read more from “‘Stop This’: Trump Team Defies Judge’s Order to Halt Deportations of Violent ‘Monsters’” HERE)

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Trump Stares Down Reporter After Being Hit in the Face With a Boom Mic: ‘She Just Became a Big Story’

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President Trump was inadvertently struck in the face by a boom microphone Friday as he fielded questions from reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

The fuzzy end of the extended microphone – sometimes referred to as a “dead cat” in the industry – struck the 45th and 47th president in the mouth and slid across part of his face as he closed his eyes and leaned back to avoid further contact.

Trump, 78, glared at the reporter and raised both eyebrows in apparent amusement as the mic was quickly pulled away.

“She just made television tonight,” the president quipped, apparently referring to the clumsy reporter. “She just became a big story tonight.”

“Did you see that?” Trump asked someone off camera, laughing off the incident.

It’s unclear which media outlet the boom mic operator works for. (Read more from “Trump Stares Down Reporter After Being Hit in the Face With a Boom Mic: ‘She Just Became a Big Story’” HERE)

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Trump Slams ‘Communist’ Persecution Of Conservatives While Speaking At DOJ

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The Department of Justice was persecuting Donald Trump with sham trials just last year. But today, now-President Trump spoke at the DOJ, calling out the “communist” federal persecution of conservatives.

“They tried to turn America into a corrupt communist and Third World country, but in the end, the thugs failed and the truth won. Freedom won, justice won, democracy won, and above all, the American people won,” Trump said. “There could be no more heinous betrayal of American values than to use the law to terrorize the innocent and reward the wicked.”

A “corrupt group of hacks and radicals” in the federal government “weaponized the vast powers of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies to try and thwart the will of the American people,” Trump stated. He acknowledged the “lies and abuses that have occurred within these walls” at the DOJ.

Federal agents “target[ed] patriotic parents at school board meeting” as domestic terrorists, treated traditional Catholics similarly, let supporters of Antifa and Hamas walk free, and jailed “elderly Christians and pro-life activists,” Trump noted. Meanwhile, federal officials “imported illegal alien murderers, drug dealers and child predators from all over the world.”

“Our predecessors turned this Department of Justice into the Department of Injustice,” Trump stated. “But I stand before you today to declare that those days are over and they are never going to come back.”

(Read more from “Trump Slams ‘Communist’ Persecution Of Conservatives While Speaking At DOJ” HERE)

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