Broadly discourages pretrial release

A Honduran national has been charged in federal court on charges he knowingly attempted to smuggle 51 illegal aliens in a refrigerated semi-tractor trailer near the Mexican border near Freer, Texas. The suspect is now facing up to ten years in federal prison.

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'Has not been functional as a person'

Military fighter jets on Saturday scrambled to intercept a civilian aircraft that entered temporarily restricted airspace over Palm Beach, Florida, shortly after President Donald Trump arrived at his resort there.

A year away from the midterm elections, President Donald Trump and Republicans will face a test in Tuesday’s House special election in Tennessee.

“To the Great People of Tennessee’s 7th District, who gave me Record Setting Wins in each of three Elections, I am asking you to get out and VOTE FOR MATT VAN EPPS,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Sunday.

Van Epps, the Republican nominee, is running to replace Republican former Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from Congress in July to work in business.

Trump also heaped scorn on Aftyn Behn, the Democrat Tennessee state representative seeking an upset in a district where Republicans have won comfortably in the past.

“Matt is fighting against a woman who hates Christianity, will take away your guns, wants Open Borders, Transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, and openly disdains Country music,” Trump wrote.

Republicans have highlighted Behn’s online footprint in recent days, including a podcast appearance in which she said of Nashville, the home of country music, “I hate this city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music. I hate all of the things that make Nashville, apparently, an ‘it’ city to the rest of the country, but I hate it.”

Nashville is the largest city in the district.

In response to the resurfacing of the audio, Behn said on CNN, “I was a private citizen. Nashville’s my home. Do I roll my eyes at the bachelorette parties and the pedal taverns that are blocking my access to my house? Yeah. Every Nashvillian does, but this race has always been about something bigger.”

In 2020, Behn expressed support on social media for calls to defund the police, in addition to writing, “good morning, especially to the 54% of Americans that believe burning down a police station is justified.”

Pressed for clarification on those remarks, Behn said on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, “I don’t remember these tweets” and “I’m here to talk about my race which is in literally nine days.”

The race comes at a crucial point in Trump’s presidency. Republicans are one year away from midterm elections which could either save their trifecta or hand power to Democrats.

Tennessee has not elected a Democrat president since Bill Clinton in 1996, but it was a quintessential swing state for much of the 20th century.

A recent survey from Emerson College Polling and The Hill shows the race could be uncomfortably close for Republicans, with Van Epps leading at 48% support against Behn’s 46%.

In addition to Trump’s call for middle Tennessee to rally behind Van Epps, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., also joined the candidate at rallies on Monday. Tennessee Republican Reps. Tim Burchett and Andy Ogles, as well as Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty joined as well.

The campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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West Virginia state Sen. Tom Willis criticized the Biden administration over its Afghan refugee resettlement program, describing it to Newsmax on Monday as "dangerously naive" in the wake of a deadly attack on members of the West Virginia National Guard.

President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One that he spoke with Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro over the phone.

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Hundreds of Minnesota government workers have accused the state's leftist governor of being responsible for a massive fraud case that has drawn tons of attention.

The post Minnesota DHS Workers Blame ‘Dishonest’ Gov. Tim Walz for Massive Fraud: ‘100 Percent Responsible’ appeared first on Breitbart.

President Donald Trump has reportedly guaranteed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his family safety, but only if they flee the country right away.  

Trump and Maduro spoke on the phone in November, and according to a report, the White House told Maduro to leave the country and allow for democratic leaders to assume rule of the nation. Sources told the Miami Harald that Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and his son Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra, 35, would be given safe passage out of the country, but only if Maduro resigns.  

On Sunday, Trump confirmed the call with Maduro had taken place, telling reporters aboard Air Force One the call was neither good nor bad.  

“It was a phone call,” the president said, declining to comment further.  

On Saturday, Trump said the airspace over Venezuela should be considered “closed.”  

“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.  

When asked if the comment should mean an airstrike on Venezuela is eminent, Trump told reporters to not read “anything” into the remarks.  

The tension between Trump and Maduro is growing as the U.S. continues to carry out strikes on reported narco-terrorists’ vessels off the coast of Venezuela. On Friday, The Washington Post reported that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered a strike on a vessel on Sept. 2 that was, according to the administration, carrying members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua. When two survivors were seen in the water after the first strike, a second strike was reportedly conducted.  

The targeting of the men “amounts to murder,” Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces, told The Washington Post.  

Asked about the incident, Trump said he did not “know anything” about the it, adding Hegseth “said he did not do it.”  

The Trump administration has now carried out more than 20 strikes on alleged narco-vessels.  

Hegseth has repeatedly defended the strikes and on Saturday, following The Washington Post’s report on the second strike targeting the two men, he blamed the “fake news” for “fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.” 

“As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people,” Hegseth wrote on X.  

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If the Democrat Party ever returns to sanity, when the history of the fascist #MeToo movement is written it will read exactly like the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s — good intentions destroyed by political zealots, cowards, and opportunists.

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After ringing Venezuela with American forces offshore, President Donald Trump will meet with top aides Monday to chart his next steps, according to a new report. On Saturday, Trump said […]

The post Report: Trump to Meet With Cabinet Members Monday to Talk 'Next Steps' on Venezuela appeared first on The Western Journal.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he is investigating Shein to determine whether the Chinese fast fashion retailer violated state law related to unethical labor practices and the sale of unsafe consumer products. "Safe, non-toxic material and products are another ...

Two closely watched surveys of U.S. manufacturing activity painted sharply divergent pictures in November, with one showing continued expansion and the other reporting accelerating contraction.

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Famed investor Michael Burry, known for his successful bet against the housing market in 2008, has set his sights on Elon Musk's Tesla, calling the electric vehicle maker "ridiculously overvalued" in a recent blog post. Burry has emerged as a sharp critic of big tech, targeting Nvidia as well as Google and Meta with recent articles.

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REPORT: WITH THE 2024 ELECTION BEHIND US, THE NY TIMES REVEALS TIM WALZ IS OVERSEEING A MASSIVE SOMALI FRAUDFEST ... NYT: How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch Over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that billed state agencies for millions of dollars’ worth of social services that were never provided.

'Your story is a shitty story'

American Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. The White House's proposal to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine will be addressed by the duo.

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'Opened the floodgates'