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Gang That Grew Out of Venezuelan Prisons Fueling U.S. Crime Wave

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Two cops shot in New York City. A jogger beaten to death in Georgia. A Texas hotel taken over by armed criminals.

The common thread in a sprawling nationwide web of violence, according to law enforcement officials, is a ruthless Venezuelan prison gang exporting its drug-weapon-human-trafficking operations north to U.S. cities.

But the gang’s leaders have largely eluded any effort to bring them to justice in the U.S., according to analysts who have studied Tren de Aragua, or TDA, as the gang is commonly known.

TDA’s secretive hierarchy has helped its crime bosses stay steps ahead of U.S. authorities, said Gregg Etter, a University of Central Missouri criminologist who has written extensively about the gang.

More than 150 TDA members have been arrested at the border, and dozens more inside the U.S., the past two years. But thanks to the group’s decentralized chain of command, police are mainly capturing low-level gang members, Mr. Etter told The Washington Times. (Read more from “Gang That Grew Out of Venezuelan Prisons Fueling U.S. Crime Wave” HERE)

Biden Says U.S. Discussing Possible Israeli Strikes on Iran Oil Facilities

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Joe Biden has said the US is discussing with Israel the possibility of Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure.

When asked if he would support such strikes, Mr Biden said: “We’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.”

His off-the-cuff remarks, made as he left the White House, did not make clear Washington’s stance. Mr Biden has previously said he would not support Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

The price of benchmark Brent crude oil shot up by 5% immediately after the remarks. It has now increased by 10% since Iran’s large-scale missile attack on Israel on Tuesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran “will pay a heavy price” for Tuesday’s attack, which saw at least 180 ballistic missiles fired at Israel. (Read more from “Biden Says U.S. Discussing Possible Israeli Strikes on Iran Oil Facilities” HERE)

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White House Reporters Audibly Shocked at Sight of Joe Biden in White House Briefing Room

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Reporters in the White House press briefing were audibly shocked when President Joe Biden entered the room Friday to take questions for the first time in his administration.

Biden paid a surprise visit to the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room to give remarks about the latest jobs report and take several questions for about 15 minutes. Reporters gasped when the president entered the room for the first time in his presidency alongside White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

When Biden began his fourth year in office, he was averaging the lowest number of press conferences per year, 11, since former President Ronald Reagan, according to data compiled by the University of California at Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project. As of Feb. 2024, Biden had participated in fewer interviews with media outlets than his predecessors, only doing 86 interviews since his inauguration in 2021, according to NBC News.

The president appeared in the briefing room after an early morning report from Axios that the president has had no public events scheduled on 43 of the 75 days since he ended his 2024 campaign. Of the public events the president did participate in, only two were scheduled before 11 a.m., zero before 10 a.m. and five after 5 p.m., the Axios analysis shows. The president has also taken all calls and meetings with world leaders, except for one instance, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m since leaving the race, Axios reported.

(Read more from “White House Reporters Audibly Shocked at Sight of Joe Biden in White House Briefing Room” HERE)

WATCH: News Host Goes Scorched Earth on Reporters for Not Asking Biden About Hurricane Victims During Briefing

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Fox News host Sandra Smith criticized White House reporters Friday for not asking President Joe Biden questions about the victims of Hurricane Helene during a press briefing.

Over 200 people were killed by the hurricane, with people in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia still struggling to recover from wind damage and flooding. Smith noted the conditions in the southeast and questioned why reporters failed to ask what the Biden administration was doing to alleviate the “absolute devastation” when the president appeared for the press briefing.

“It is still dire circumstances there, and Mike, worth pointing out when that White House press briefing was happening, what the opportunity was that those journalists had to ask questions of the president, I didn’t any hear questions about the storm damage or the relief efforts. There are people who are still stranded in their homes right now,” Smith said.

(Read more from “WATCH: News Host Goes Scorched Earth on Reporters for Not Asking Biden About Hurricane Victims During Briefing” HERE)

In the Days After Hurricane Helene, Not One of the Biden-Harris Cabinet Visited

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The death toll for Hurricane Helene has reached more than 160 and hundreds of Americans are still unaccounted for, as massive swaths of the American South are reeling from the natural disaster. The Dossier has found that not a single Biden-Harris administration cabinet official is on the ground in disaster areas, and none have expressed an intention to visit the sites most impacted by the hurricane.

President Biden spent Friday to Sunday at the beach in Delaware, according to his public schedule. On Monday, he was at the White House to celebrate the U.S. Olympic team.

When asked what he’s doing to help with the Helene response, Biden said he “was on the phone for two hours yesterday” while he was in reality just sitting on the beach in Delaware.

Vice President Kamala Harris spent the weekend campaigning and raising money on the West Coast, hosting high-dollar fundraisers and rallies in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.

After some blowback, her team released a “Veep”-like PR photo Monday on X, showcasing Harris on her plane (with unplugged headphones and blank pieces of paper in front of her), cosplaying a leader who is managing the Helene response.

(Read more from “In the Days After Hurricane Helene, Not One of the Biden-Harris Cabinet Visited” HERE)

Report: Biden-Harris in Contact With Iran Over ‘Scope’ of Attack on Israel

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Following Iran’s missile attack on Israel, a move that clearly vastly destabilized the Middle East and could even end up as the trigger for a World War III, a stunning report was released that suggested Joe Biden and Kamala Harris knew more about it than would have been expected.

In fact, the report from Caroline Glick of JNS said, “CH 14 reported that the U.S. and Iran are negotiating the scope of the strike so that the U.S. will be able to compel Israel not to retaliate.”

“Get it? The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly telling a U.S. enemy what level of assault against a U.S. ally is acceptable.”

Iran, of course, repeatedly has threatened to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, and has publicly stated its nuclear program is for that purpose.

Iran’s attack included hundreds of missiles launched against Israel, some of which were intercepted and some of which were not. Also dispatched were several gunmen to murder six people in a Jaffa train station, gunmen that Israel soon announced were “neutralized.”

(Read more from “Report: Biden-Harris in Contact With Iran Over ‘Scope’ of Attack on Israel” HERE)

Dana Carvey Makes a Brilliant, Doddering Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Premiere (VIDEO)

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For the first time ever, “Live from New York, it’s ‘Saturday Night’!” made me tear up a little. . .

[I]t was a big and brilliant move to bring back “SNL” legend Carvey as a doddering President Joe Biden. I squealed when he took the stage.

After so many lame attempts to capture the essence of the cuckoo prez — Jason Sudeikis, Woody Harrelson, Jim Carrey, Mikey Day — the excellent Carvey finally batted it out of the park.

“A lot of people forget I’m president,” he said next to Rudolph’s Kamala Harris. “Including me!” . . .

He confusedly wandered offstage, creepily sniffed Kamala’s hair and inexplicably whispered “The. Rich. Don’t. Pay. Their. Fair. Share.”

[Editor’s note: the clip featuring Biden begins at about 10:30]

(Read more from “Dana Carvey Makes a Brilliant, Doddering Joe Biden on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Premiere (VIDEO)” HERE)

Report: Biden-Harris Admin Is Stonewalling Congress’s Investigation Into First Trump Assassination Attempt

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By The Federalist. The Biden-Harris administration is refusing to forfeit information relevant to the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, a newly released bipartisan Senate report alleges.

Published on Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the interim analysis documents the massive security breakdown by the Secret Service (USSS) during the July 13 attempt on Trump’s life in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The investigation was spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Among the notable takeaways from the report are allegations that relevant agencies within the Biden-Harris administration are refusing to provide records necessary to the committee’s investigation.

The analysis noted that “key requests to [the Federal Bureau of Investigation] FBI, [Department of Homeland Security] DHS, [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] ATF and USSS remain outstanding.” It specifically highlighted how the “majority of documents provided by the USSS and DHS are heavily redacted.”

“This has unnecessarily hindered the Committee’s ability to carry out its constitutional authority to investigate and acquire information necessary to identify needed reforms,” the report reads. “These overly burdensome redactions, including of communications related to the same individuals who the Committee interviewed, only served to delay the Committee’s ability to conduct these interviews and carry out its investigation efficiently and effectively.” (Read more from “Report: Biden-Harris Admin Is Stonewalling Congress’s Investigation Into First Trump Assassination Attempt” HERE)

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Trump to Rally at Site of 1st Assassination Attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania

By CBS News. Former President Donald Trump will return to the site of the first assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, in the first week of October, according to two sources familiar with the Trump campaign’s planning.

Leslie Osche, chair of the Butler County Commissioners, confirmed to CBS Pittsburgh that the second Trump rally will be on Oct. 5.

The rally will take place at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds, where gunman Thomas Crooks shot at him and grazed his ear on July 13. The set-up for the upcoming event is likely to be similar to the July rally.

Trump has repeatedly said he’d return to Butler, writing on his social media platform Truth Social in late July that he was going back to Butler for a “BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY.”

Crooks opened fire on Trump from a rooftop roughly 400 feet away from the former president during an outdoor campaign rally in Butler. A CBS News video analysis determined that the gunman fired eight shots in under six seconds before he was fatally struck by a round from one of the Secret Service counter snipers — a fact later confirmed by the FBI. Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore was shot and killed at the July rally, and two other attendees were seriously injured. (Read more from “Trump to Rally at Site of 1st Assassination Attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania” HERE)

Who Exactly Is Running the Country? Certainly Appears to Be Jill Biden — And Not Joe

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It’s easy to forget because he’s usually invisible but we still have Joe Biden as president for four months.

That’s a scary prospect considering his obvious cognitive decline. He’s spent almost half his presidency goofing off and being shielded from scrutiny but the situation is rapidly getting worse.

The fate of the free world should not be left in the hands of a man who can’t remember where he is or what he’s meant to be doing at any given moment. . .

The whole thing was an embarrassment. Starting with the fact that the Quad leaders were not being hosted with dignity at the White House and instead were housed at the rundown Hotel DuPont in Biden’s podunk hometown and had to hold their summit at Archmere Academy, the posh Catholic prep school Biden attended while his younger brothers had to content themselves with the local public school.

At least the Quad leaders got individual tours of Joe’s palatial estate, which has been off limits to the media due to fascinating speculation about how the self-described “poorest man in Congress” could afford such luxury, a Georgian pile Joe had built by master craftsmen from Bryn Mawr on a lake in the ritziest neighborhood in Delaware, an upgrade from his former Du Pont mansion. (Read more from “Who Exactly Is Running the Country? Certainly Appears to Be Jill Biden — And Not Joe” HERE)

Awkward Moment Biden Fumbles, Snaps at Staffers After Forgetting He Was Supposed to Introduce Indian Prime Minister to Stage

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A confused-looking President Biden fumbled and snapped at staffers after forgetting which world leader he was supposed to introduce at a press conference event during the Quad summit Saturday.

Biden, 81, was supposed to call India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the stage, but appeared to be unsure which of the three visiting heads of government he was meant to name.

“Thank you all for being here and now, uhh, who am I introducing next? Who’s next?” Biden shouted after wrapping up his remarks.

An announcer then revealed that Modi — the head of the world’s largest democracy — was up next and the prime minister came up and shook hands with Biden soon thereafter.

The outgoing president has been hosting allies of the four-nation Quad alliance at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, for a short, two-day summit as foreign leaders travel to the US for the United Nations General Assembly meeting. (Read more from “Awkward Moment Biden Fumbles, Snaps at Staffers After Forgetting He Was Supposed to Introduce Indian Prime Minister to Stage” HERE)