The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly surged 700 percent under President Donald Trump—and even includes chemical agents and warheads.
Federal purchasing logs show ICE spent $71,515,762 on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories,” including military supplies, weapons, and ammunition, in the nine months between Jan. 20 and Oct. 18.
Suárez, who has voted for Trump three times, said he once believed the president supported immigration reform. But he now blames White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for policies that created fear in Hispanic churches.
“I don’t blame President Trump as much as I blame Stephen Miller,” he said. “I’m not a Stephen Miller fan. I’m very frustrated with him, and I hold him responsible for a lot of the ideology.”
President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” has run into an unforeseen snag that has triggered a lawsuit.
The legislation, signed by Trump earlier this year, cuts over $1 trillion in Medicaid and food assistance programs, and phases out renewable energy and electric vehicle credits, while extending enormous tax cuts that go almost exclusively to wealthy voters. But one of the lesser-discussed changes this bill made was to impose a $100 annual fee on asylum seekers in the United States.
According to Politico, however, this was set up in such an unclear way that there isn’t even a way for asylum seekers to pay this fee, leading to a lawsuit against the administration.
President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to rewrite history blew up on him this week. Now he’s facing mounting backlash and accusations of lying after new footage surfaced showing him promising one thing and reality revealing another.
A viral clip posted to X shows Trump boasting in July that construction of the 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom “won’t interfere with the current building.” But in a split-screen cut, demolition crews can be seen ripping through the East Wing — sending clouds of dust into the air and Trump’s credibility with it.
“Here’s a clip of Trump lying & promising he would not damage the WH for his f***ing ballroom followed with video of his construction crew demolishing the East Wing today. Could you imagine the outrage if Biden or Obama did this? I’m so pissed. That’s our White House!” one furious user posted, garnering thousands of views.
We hardly see any days when the American immigration system is not seen in the headlines, especially during the reign of President Donald Trump, and once again it has come back, and again not for a good reason. Numerous people have died in ICE custody…. According to chilling new figures shared by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), 20 migrants have died in ICE detention since Trump took office, the highest single-year toll in decades. By comparison, there were 24 deaths total during Biden’s four years in power.
The surge has sparked national outrage and fear, as reports of violent raids, tear gas, and helicopters flood cities like Chicago, where residents say ICE’s crackdown feels like “a war zone.” They further stated, “They’re Making It a War Zone.” In a fiery interview with CNN, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted the Trump administration’s tactics, saying ICE has “turned Chicago into a battlefield.”
President Donald Trump couldn’t help but favorably compare himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a rambling speech in the Rose Garden on Tuesday.
“Hey, they didn’t put out eight wars, nine coming,” he said. “We put out eight wars, and the ninth is coming, believe it or not.”
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Trump then recalled a person “on television” who said he was the “third best president” behind Washington and Lincoln.
“I got extremely angry at this man,” Trump, 79, admitted.
President Donald Trump and White House officials have been accused of exaggerating claims regarding alleged unrest in Portland, contrasting with local journalists’ reports. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has faced significant local pushback for what officials have deemed as misleading narratives. Local journalists have documented mostly routine daytime activity, while the Trump administration has reported ongoing unrest at night.
Trump said, “It’s like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed-out cities and these bombed-out people.”
Trump added, “Unless they’re playing false tapes, this looks like World War II.”
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Journalists have published timestamped images challenging DHS portrayals, primarily reporting on daytime activity. Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Rachel Smolkin said, “Our OPB team is reporting the facts on the ground as they unfold with as much context as we can offer.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/journalists-dispute-dhs-claims-of-portland-unrest/ar-AA1OTKHU
Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s hand-picked prosecutor, reached out to a reporter about her coverage of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ indictment in what became a 33-hour exchange — and then insisted the conversation was “off the record.”
Last month, Trump tapped Halligan to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after her predecessor resigned and reportedly found insufficient evidence to criminally prosecute James. Overseen by Halligan, James was accused earlier this month of making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a loan for a property she purchased in 2020. She has denied any wrongdoing.
The New York Times then published an expose about James’ Norfolk, Virginia, home in question. Lawfare reporter Anna Bower tweeted screenshots of the article, which seemed to poke holes in the James indictment, and added her own commentary.
In an unusual move, Halligan reached out to Bower through the encrypted app Signal. Prosecutors rarely discuss ongoing cases. Still, the pair went back-and-forth and at the end, Halligan insisted everything was “off record.”
President Donald Trump hosted several Republican senators and his brand-new Rose Garden Club at the White House on Tuesday as the government shutdown entered its third week.
During the meeting with Republican leadership, the president went on a bizarre rant about how White House used to have a pool and that the Secret Service once turned away former first lady Jackie Kennedy. “And we’ve had press conferences. We finished it about a month ago,” Trump said of the newly repaved Rose Garden.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-speaks-gobbledygook-steroids-bizarre-1457892
