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#10 Canada Announces US Tariffs on Hold for 30 Days After Justin Trudeau Holds ‘Good Phone Call With President Trump’ - Samuel Chamberlain and Ryan King for New York Post, Justin Trudeau, drefanzor Memes, Mostly Peaceful Memes, Jason Riley, Acyn, and RICH TV SHOW on X
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal Monday evening to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other’s imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out. Trump, 78, and Trudeau, 53, spoke on the phone twice Monday before announcing the agreement, with Canada set to ensure 10,000 troops will be stationed at the northern border and the PM vowing to take steps to crack down on fentanyl smuggling. “Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country,” Trump announced on Truth Social, following the call with Trudeau. “Canada will implement their $1.3 Billion Border plan.”
#9 Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Condemning DOGE And The Trump Administration’s Illegal Seizure Of USAID, Putting American Security At Risk - Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer, End Wokeness, Rob SheelyDC/Daily Caller, and MAG 1775 on X
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce the Department of Government Efficiency’s illegal seizure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), halting the organization’s critical humanitarian and security efforts that protect American interests around the globe. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. Friday night, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency—led by billionaire Elon Musk—gained access to the Treasury Department’s entire system of payments, including Social Security and Medicare benefits and Americans’ tax refunds. I will say more about this in a moment...
#8 Why the Water Trump Ordered Released in California Won’t Help Los Angeles Firefighting - Jonathan Vigliotti and Nicole Brown Chau for CBS News, Adam Schiff, Rachel Bitecofer, Marjorie Taylor Greene/Donald J. Trump, Aaron Rupar, and Maze on X
Following the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles in January, President Trump ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in California's Central Valley, more than 100 miles away from the fire zones. Mr. Trump had claimed that California withheld water supplies that could have helped fight the flames. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials disputed those claims. Now, the water released from dams at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success is rushing into a dry lakebed in the Central Valley, where experts say it can't flow to Southern California and will likely go to waste...
#7 New York AG Warns Hospitals Against Suspending Gender-Affirming Care - Brooke Migdon for The Hill, Libs of TikTok, Nick Sortor, Sam Fernandez, Twitchy Team, and Rapid Response on X
New York’s Democratic Attorney General Letitia James warned hospitals Monday that prematurely pausing gender-affirming care for transgender minors in compliance with a recent executive order from President Trump could violate state law. Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order, one of several dozen the president signed during his first days back in office, broadly targets federal support for transition-related care for transgender children and teenagers up to 19 years old. It directs federal agencies to block government funding for medical institutions, including medical schools and hospitals, that provide puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery to youth, causing some facilities to suspend gender-affirming care preemptively over fear they will be stripped of federal dollars needed to keep them up and running...
#6 Thousands Rally in Downtown Los Angeles, Shut Down 101 Freeway to Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies - Daniel Miller and Ben Poston for the Los Angeles Times, Charlie Kirk, Allie Beth Stuckey, ProudArmyBrat, Terrence K. Williams, and Law of Self Defense on X
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday and shut down a section of the 101 Freeway to protest President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and his aggressive deportation policies. Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets, amid honking horns and solidarity messages from passing motorists. Protesters blasted a mix of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker, and some danced on the road in traditional feathered headdresses.
#5 Two Airport Authority Workers Arrested for Allegedly Leaking DC Plane Crash Video to CNN - David Propper for New York Post, T.J. Cutini, and Mario Nawfal on X
Two employees of the authority that manages Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were arrested over their alleged involvement in leaking surveillance footage of last week’s deadly midair aircraft collision to CNN.The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers are accused of making an unauthorized copy of records and are facing charges of computer trespass, the agency said Monday. The legal trouble is tied to the chilling video obtained by CNN last week that offered a horrifying new vantage point in the crash over the Potomac River, ABC News reported. The Wednesday night collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet killed all 67 people on both aircraft...
#4 Biden’s State Dept. Spent $50K on ‘Transgender Opera’ in Colombia, Another $32K on Transgender Comic Book In Peru - Andrew Chapados for Blaze Media, Dave Bondy, RT, Rapid Response 47, Bob, and Media Research Center on X
President Joe Biden's Department of State spent at least $100,000 promoting "LGBTQ" propaganda abroad, according to a Republican congressman. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) said the Biden administration spent absurd amounts of money to promote publications and events in different countries. Mast appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation," where he talked about a "purging" of the State Department and freezing foreign aid as being "very important steps" toward securing the United States. Host Margaret Brennan immediately wanted to know what Mast meant by "purging."
#3 El Salvador Offers to House Criminals Deported From the US in Its Jails - Simon Lewis for Reuters, Nayib Bukele, Nick Sortor, Kyle Seraphin, and Chuck Callesto on X
El Salvador on Monday offered to house in its jails "dangerous criminals" from anywhere in the world deported by the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after lengthy talks with the Central American country's leader. Rubio, who is on his first overseas tour as the U.S. top diplomat, is seeking support from countries in the region for the Trump administration's attempts to deport large numbers of migrants...#2 FBI in ‘Battle’ With Trump Amid Purge of Officials, Top Agent Warns Staff - Anna Betts for The Guardian, Collin Rugg, Jack Poso, Leading Report, Steve Friend/John Nantz, and Garret O'Boyle on X
The assistant director at the FBI’s New York field office reportedly told staff in an email that they were in the “middle of a battle” and that it was time for him to “dig in” as the Trump administration targets bureau officials who investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol. “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy,” wrote James E Dennehy, who has led the New York field office since last September, in an email viewed and reported by the New York Times...
#1 Mexican Cartels Targeting Border Patrol Agents With Kamikaze Drones, Explosives Amid Trump Crackdown - Louis Casiano for Fox News, Melissa Hallman, KrisiAnn, and P.J. Lofland Tim McClone on X
Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to target U.S. Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives amid a crackdown at the southern border by the Trump administration. An internal memo titled "Officer Safety Alert" cited social media posts and other sources for the warning to federal agents, the New York Post reported. Agents were reminded to be "cognizant of their surroundings" and should be wearing their ballistic armor and utilizing their long firearms...
