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🧒 Former ICE director Tom Homan says migrant children trafficked to pedophiles under the Biden administration are now being rescued by ICE agents.
💵 The U.S. has imposed sanctions on several Mexican banks, accusing them of laundering money for drug cartels.
🛑 ICE agents executed a criminal search warrant at a fire safety equipment plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, arresting dozens of undocumented workers as part of a federal immigration crackdown.
🗳️ Zohran Mamdani shocked the Democratic establishment by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral primary, signaling a major win for progressives ahead of November’s general election.
✈️ An airport in Russia will become the first to replace baggage handlers with AI-assisted robots that will carry out baggage handling duties and clear snow from the tarmac.
*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 AM ET.
Lead: Trump: Peace Talks Resume—Nuclear Treaties Dead
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President Trump says he’ll resume peace talks with Iran next week—but don’t expect a nuclear agreement. According to him, there’s nothing left to negotiate:
“We destroyed the nuclear. In other words, it’s destroyed… blown up to kingdom come.”
The Trump administration disputed a leaked U.S. intelligence assessment reported by The Washington Post that said Iran’s facilities were damaged but not “obliterated.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed the media for premature, false reporting.
I’ve never wanted to NOT question a government narrative so bad in my life. Fine, they were destroyed. The nuclear weapons they never had. Wink, wink. No backsies, no do-overs.
That means the U.S. government’s current position is that Iran no longer has nuclear capabilities—and all future diplomacy will operate from that assumption.
Trump put it bluntly:
“They had a war, they fought, now they’re going back to their world… I don’t care if I have an agreement or not.”
So what happens to the neocons who were so pumped up this month for the war with Iran they always wanted?
Has the Persian rug been pulled out from under them?
Daddy Issues: NATO Pledges, Trump Nods, U.S. Pays Less
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President Trump got NATO leaders to “commit” to doubling their military budgets in support of the so-called “defensive” alliance.
Only—they’re not actually going to do that.
The pledge is to boost spending over the next 10 years, and most of it is earmarked for infrastructure projects, not new weapons or military readiness. It’s a ruse.
Does President Trump know this? Of course he does. But what does it matter to him? His goal was to reduce the U.S. share of NATO’s budget—and he did. NATO wanted to make a big show of stepping up—and they did. Everybody wins except NATO itself which will inevitably shrink without the big bucks from the U.S.
NATO chief Mark Rutte even delivered an Oscar-worthy speech in front of Trump, praising members for meeting their financial goals. Trump nodded along approvingly. But it was all theater.
Need proof? Rutte called Trump “Daddy”. A reporter asked the President about it, and Trump smirked it off: Sure, he said, they need help.
The White House even posted a video leaning into it: Daddy’s home.
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Trump Wants Netanyahu Pardoned—To Save Israel or to Own Him?
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Do you think President Trump really thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is innocent of corruption? He said so in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.
Netanyahu is due back in court Monday to continue his long-running corruption trial—on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three separate cases. The allegations range from luxury gifts like cigars and champagne to trading regulatory favors for flattering media coverage. One case allegedly involved gifts that included… a Bugs Bunny doll.
President Trump says that Netanyahu is “a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel” and his “trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State.”
What is behind this? Surely he knows that the Prime Minister is still committing war crimes against innocent people in Gaza. Is that what he means by “warrior” or is this something more calculated?
Perhaps the President needs the Israeli Prime Minister to appear legitimate to legitimize the peace deal he brokered with Iran? Or maybe President Trump wants Netanyahu in his debt. Trump’s message isn’t just loyalty—it’s leverage. “We saved you, now you owe us.”
President Trump said that he is making “great progress” towards peace in Gaza. Is this praise part of the diplomacy or is this bro love for real?
News By The Numbers
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€40m-€48m. That is the estimated cost of the upcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez this weekend in Venice, Italy. Maybe they ran out of money when it came time to print the invites—because the leaked version looks like it was designed by a middle schooler in 1998 using Microsoft Word and butterfly clipart.
6 years. That is how many years Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been engaged, but the engagement has reportedly been called off. They have one child together, a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom, born in August 2020.
43. That is how many times the U.S. has bombed Somalia this year to target al-Shabaab.
What’s Trending?
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trending because she provoked a Twitter fight with President Trump while professing herself a “Bronx girl.” A New York lawmaker shot back with her yearbook photo from a Westchester County high school, which is NOT a working class neighborhood.
This woman is trending for cutting her hair to oppose budget cuts in California. Why does she think people care?
Marge Simpson is trending because a Simpsons producer hinted they may kill off her character in a future episode—though it’s not confirmed, the internet is melting down at the idea of losing the show’s iconic matriarch.
Hungary to EU: Keep Your Kinks Out of Our Country
Photo Credit: 2025 Los Angeles Pride Parade: Andy Ngo
Hungary’s government banned the Budapest Pride parade, citing “child protection” laws. I wonder why…?
Pride parades may have once been about equal rights for homosexuals, but they have morphed into public celebrations of sex acts. If a straight parade pulled half the stunts we’ve seen at these events, it would be shut down for indecency too.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened Hungary with sanctions over the ban. She voiced her “full support and solidarity to the Budapest Pride and LGBTQ+ community” and said “marching for your rights is a fundamental freedom.”
Funny—I don’t recall her saying that in 2021 when Europeans marched against draconian Covid restrictions and civil rights violations.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán responded on X, telling her to mind her own business.
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