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The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University has sent shockwaves through the political landscape, exposing a web of radicalization, personal secrets, and partisan finger-pointing. Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and a key Trump ally, was fatally shot in the neck during a Q&A session on his "American Comeback Tour." The event, attended by about 3,000 people, turned chaotic as a single gunshot rang out from a rooftop 200 yards away, moments after Kirk responded "Too many" to a question about transgender mass shooters over the past decade. Video footage captured the suspect fleeing the rooftop, jumping into nearby woods, sparking a 33-hour manhunt that ended with the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson from southern Utah. Robinson, described as a white male from a traditional Judeo-Christian upbringing in Washington, Utah, was turned in by his family after they recognized him from FBI surveillance images. His father, a veteran police officer, confronted him after he confessed, though Robinson reportedly replied, "I would rather kill myself than turn myself in." Now held without bail on charges of aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, and felony discharge of a firearm, Robinson faces the death penalty, with Utah Governor Spencer Cox vowing to pursue it aggressively. Utah law allows execution by lethal injection or, under specific conditions, firing squad—the method sparking online debates for its visibility as a deterrent. New revelations paint Robinson as living a double life, deeply radicalized in a "fairly short amount of time" from his conservative roots. Sources confirm he resided with a transgender partner, identified in some reports as Lance Twiggs, a biological male transitioning to female and part of the furry community. This roommate is fully cooperating with the FBI, providing pivotal texts and Discord chats from an account named "Tyler" that discussed a rifle "drop point," hiding the weapon, and bullet casings matching those at the scene—engraved with anti-fascist phrases like lyrics from the Italian song "Bella Ciao," video game memes, and slang tied to online leftist and transgender culture (though early "trans ideology" claims were debunked). These communications solidified Robinson's guilt, with investigators probing his exposure to far-left, Antifa-influenced materials and a "180-degree turn" toward radical ideology, including disdain for right-wing politics. A family dinner conversation reportedly revealed his rage, calling Kirk "full of hate." No direct link to Kirk's trans comments exists, but speculation swirls amid unverified social media claims. Online backlash exploded with edited photos falsely linking Robinson to Trump and MAGA, fueling debates: "See, he wasn't Black or trans... or a secret Trump fan." Conservatives decry it as leftist disinformation, while the left rejects blame, pointing to white supremacist trends in shootings. Reactions underscore the tragedy's global ripple. Conservative commentator Benny Johnson, on Fox News with Jesse Watters, expressed fury, calling Kirk a martyr whose death will "only grow the America First movement," vowing commitment to his legacy. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), on The Breakfast Club, insisted Democrats' hands are "clean," denouncing violence while defending rhetoric like calling Trump a "wannabe Hitler" and slamming MAGA for immediate blame, citing white supremacy stats. Former cybersecurity official Mike Benz escalated calls for consequences, stating it's "time for public firing squad so people see with their own eyes there are consequences for bad behavior." Kirk's influence extends abroad. Elon Musk highlighted a massive "Unite the Kingdom" rally in London—drawing 110,000—demanding Britain "kick out illegals" and "Make England Great Again," while honoring Kirk and blasting the left as the "party of murder." In South Korea, a key U.S. ally, young conservatives rallied for Kirk and freedom, holding vigils at the MacArthur Statue in Incheon with Korean and American flags, pledging to carry his legacy through ongoing marches. Kirk had just visited Seoul for the Build Up Korea conference, inspiring youth against "globalist menaces." As the FBI probe deepens, Robinson's surrender marks a grim chapter in rising political violence—over 150 incidents in early 2025 alone. Kirk's death, far from silencing his message, amplifies calls for truth and accountability. Thanks for liking and sharing to spread the word—help get the truth out there. (Word count: 498)
Newly released documents, highlighted by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, suggest that President Obama and top intelligence officials knowingly pushed a false Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Despite repeated media claims that “17 intelligence agencies” confirmed the collusion, these documents show that no such consensus ever existed. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how this deliberate misinformation campaign damaged Trump’s 2016 campaign, his transition, and his presidency, while undermining U.S. credibility on the world stage on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ There's news about the Tulsi Gabbard release of documents, alleging that Barack Obama and our top intelligence head had conspired to create a false narrative that Donald Trump was, essentially, a Russian asset. “ But the problem is that, as I'm speaking, there's going to be new information. And these other subordinate intelligence directors that work variously for Clapper or Brennan are going to come forward in saying, ‘We found nothing. Clapper knew it. Brennan knew it.’ And what will Clapper and Brennan say? That ‘we knew it, but we lied,’ or, ‘We knew it and they told us to—Obama told us to lie,’ or, ‘He lied. We lied.’ It's not going to be pretty.”
ISRAEL-IRAN: War back ON as Israeli BOMBERS race to Tehran after regime 'fired BALLISTIC missile'
'THIS REGIME IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE': Keane issues warning about Iran despite ceasefire
Details EMERGE of U.S. Strike On Iran; IDF ASSASSINATES Top Iran Generals | TBN Israel
TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Iran War. As missile alerts wake Israelis yet again, a real battle unfolds deep inside Iran. In a bold and expansive operation, Israeli airstrikes hit ballistic missile sites, weapons depots, and key military airfields crippling the IRGC’s offensive capabilities. With Iran’s elite launch sites still posing a threat from the east, and American officials confirming massive underground damage to Iran’s nuclear program, the stakes are rising fast. The regime in Tehran faces a fateful choice: continue a war it’s losing or accept the path to surrender. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel.
Canada’s Liberal Leader and Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney. (DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff Blake Wolf 2:17 PM – Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Newly-elected Liberal Party Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Mark Carney stated that Canada will “never” bow down to the United States during his victory speech — exemplifying a “hostile” warning to President Donald Trump.
“As I have been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us,” Carney stated. “That will never happen.”
“We are past the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,” he continued.
Canadian Prime Minister @MarkJCarney, during his victory speech, tries to talk tough against President Trump but comes off very weak.
Carney’s crowd of supporters barely even applauds.
Carney’s comments were seemingly in response to President Trump calling for Canada to become the “51st state” of the U.S., citing the “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year” in subsidies that the U.S. provides Canada with.
President Trump also issued a message to Canadians on the day of the election, suggesting that they should consider becoming the 51st state of America — in order to avoid high tariffs.
“Good luck to the great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the world, and have your Cars, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses QUADRUPLE in size WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES if Canada becomes the cherished 51st state,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!” he added.
After congratulating Carney on the Liberals’ election victory, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his own seat in Parliament after holding it since 2004. Carney pitched himself as the strongest candidate to oppose President Trump as he ran in the liberal party, vowing to strike back against Trump’s tariffs.
“We will always put Canada first as we stare down tariffs and other irresponsible threats from President Trump,” he stated, while warning the nation that there are “tough days ahead” due to President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.
60-year-old Carney was a former banker who spent decades in finance.
“I understand how the world works,” Carney stated on an October podcast. “I know people who run some of the world’s largest companies and understand how they work. I know how financial institutions work. I know how markets work … I’m trying to apply that to the benefit of Canada.”
Additionally, Carney stated that he plans to strengthen ties with more “reliable” allies other than the U.S., although he declined to rule out talks with Trump. Carney also added that when he does eventually speak with Trump, “it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations.”
“And it will be with the full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the US to build prosperity for all Canadians,” he added.
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According to sources, a new Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will start on Monday. Daniel Driscoll will take the reins of the ATF from Acting Director Kash Patel, who will continue as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Mr. Driscoll is currently serving as the Secretary of the Army after being confirmed on February 25, 2025. He was born in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Mr. Driscoll used the post-9/11 GI Bill to attend the University of North Carolina, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He would then serve in the United States Army for three and a half years as a lieutenant, first as an armor officer, then as a cavalry scout platoon leader with the 10th Mountain Division. He would see combat while deployed in Iraq.
After Driscoll’s time in the Army, he attended Yale Law School and received a Juris Doctor. During his time at Yale, he would become friends with Vice President JD Vance. While at Yale, Driscoll interned for Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. In 2020, he would run for the Republican nomination to represent North Carolina’s 11th congressional district. He would be unsuccessful in his election attempt.
Driscoll’s public record on gun rights is limited. When he ran for Congress, he ran on a conservative platform, including protecting the Second Amendment rights of all Americans. With the Justice Department’s (DOJ) new Second Amendment Task Force announcement, Driscoll could see a significant role. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) saw the appointment to the position as a positive step to curtail the ATF’s overreach.
“President Trump’s decision to appoint Acting Director Driscoll is indicative of his resolve to bring reform to the ATF and protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and the industry that makes it possible to exercise those rights,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “NSSF is deeply appreciative of FBI Director Kash Patel’s service in leading the ATF as Acting Director for nearly two months in his interim role and the recognition, along with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, that the ATF was "weaponized" by the previous administration to carry out a radical gun control agenda. The firearm industry is confident that President Trump’s appointment of Acting Director Driscoll to lead the ATF will return the Bureau to its proper role as a law enforcement agency laser focused on combating violent crime and illegal firearms trafficking, and to act as a non-partisan regulator of the firearm industry.”
The ATF has faced growing criticism over its actions against gun owners and the gun industry. The appointment of Kash Patel as acting director and Robert Leider as chief counsel has given hope to the gun community that the ATF will curtail some of its infringements. Both gentlemen have a record of being pro-gun. Some changes have already been taking place, including repealing zero-tolerance policies and reviewing rules put into place under the last administration.
It is believed that Mr. Driscoll will keep reforming the Bureau and help implement President Donald Trump’s executive orders on Second Amendment issues. Kash Patel will remain the head of the FBI. There is no timeline for a permanent ATF director.
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office Tuesday. He was accompanied by his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. During the signing, President Trump handed out "Trump was right about everything" hats.
The Trump administration is in the process of doing something historic. Not only is Trump using Elon Musk and the DOGE to cut insane amounts of wasteful spending, but he’s also dismantling the deep state brick by brick. This administrative rogue government was originally built under people like Woodrow Wilson and FDR — but thanks to sites like USASpending.Gov, new corruption is revealed every day. On this episode of "Glenn TV," Glenn Beck goes even deeper to reveal outrageous expenses taxpayers have been funding all over the world. Did you know the U.S. State Department allocated nearly $4 million to fund police in El Salvador … with a sports league? Or that USAID has been subsidizing the Kenyan medical system with over half a billion dollars while our own health care system needs work? Just looking at USAID spending isn’t enough. Glenn follows the money trail on four chalkboards to reveal a complex system that was built over decades, showing how our tax dollars have been laundered through multiple layers. He names the organizations that the DOGE data experts should shine a light on next. While the establishment and Left take to the streets to protest the DOGE, Glenn reminds them of Trump’s 2024 campaign promise to reduce the size of government and increase transparency. This isn’t dictator stuff. We voted for this! Glenn is joined by the creator of DataRepublican.com, whose site has gone viral as millions of Americans clamor to find where our money has been wasted. Her work makes globalist elites nervous, so she has to remain anonymous. Her data has exposed NGOs that claim to be charities but are really taking our tax money and spreading it among themselves. She says, “These people have created a government INSIDE our government,” and they are not going down without a fight.
In today's episode, we go over the best and worst of yesterday's Super Bowl ads, from a tearjerker Google Gemini commercial to a cringe "anti-hate" commercial featuring Snoop Dogg. Of course, it wouldn't be a Super Bowl without the He Gets Us campaign running yet another commercial that completely misses the point of the gospel. At least the players and even Nick Sirianni, the Eagles coach, gave glory to God before and after the game. Did Kendrick Lamar mock America, or was his halftime performance patriotic? Finally, Trump named Paula White, prosperity gospel "pastor," the head of his new White House faith office. We go over some of her false teachings and distortions of the gospel and why, despite her closeness to Trump, she may not be the best person to head this important office.
President Trump is working on a plan to lower corporate tax rates to 15% for companies that make their products in the United States. Informal Trump economic adviser and Committee to Unleash Prosperity co-founder Stephen Moore joins Glenn Beck to make the case that this plan, coupled with tariffs, could unleash American prosperity. But Trump might not stop there. Moore addresses whether Trump could get a “15/15/15” tax plan past Congress, meaning 15% corporate tax, 15% income tax, and 15% tariffs. “If he can pull that off,” Glenn argues, “it’s a new world!”
Donald Trump has appointed “Pastor” Paula White to lead the White House faith office—but is she fit for the role? Paula White is one of the most well-known prosperity gospel preachers, teaching dangerous doctrines that distort biblical truth.
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In a world of faith and flashy lights, megachurches and their pastors sometimes come with mega-drama… In Pastor Paula White's world, alleged marital affairs, bankrupting churches, and using church money to pay for plastic surgery aren’t unheard of. As a young girl who lived in a trailer and became a young married mother, she grew up to become a preacher after an affair with the associate-pastor of her church (and not before they ran off together to start their own church). She went on to lead a congregation of 22,000, become a multimillionaire, host a Christian TV show, own a private jet and an 8,000 sqft. beach-front home. But no matter how high she climbed, betrayal, greed, and multiple scandals have followed Paula her entire career and three marriages. This is the scandalous story and luxurious lifestyle of Pastor Paula White.
Outrage as Trump Appoints Paula White as Leader of White House Faith Office
President Donald Trump, during the National Prayer Breakfast on February 6, 2025, aims to address anti-Christian bias within federal agencies and promote religious freedom nationwide. The office will work alongside a new task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to combat discrimination against Christians in federal institutions such as the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Paula’s leadership in this role underscores a steadfast commitment to fostering faith-based initiatives and ensuring that religious liberties are upheld across the country.
l, a evangelist and spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, has been appointed to lead the newly established White House Faith Office. The appointment has sparked significant controversy, with many considering her a "false teacher" due to her association with the prosperity gospel and her teachings that are seen as heretical by some orthodox Christian leaders.
White has been criticized for her beliefs and practices, which include her endorsement of the prosperity gospel, a movement that teaches that faith in God can lead to material wealth and physical well-being. This belief has led to her being labeled as a heretic by some Orthodox Christian leaders.
Furthermore, her appointment has been met with backlash from various quarters, including concerns about her suitability for such a high-profile role and her controversial statements, such as referring to Black Lives Matter as "anti-Christ" and even a terrorist organization.
Despite the criticism, White has defended her beliefs and denied accusations of heresy, stating that claims about her life and ministry are "misleading" and "inaccurate."
The appointment of Paula White as the leader of the White House Faith Office has thus ignited widespread debate and criticism, particularly regarding the theological and political implications of her role in a government position focused on faith-based initiatives.
WASHINGTON — Paula White, a Pentecostal preacher and longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, has been tapped to head the White House’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a successor to previous administrations’ faith-based office that coordinates outreach to religious communities.
“Paula White is an Advisor to the (White House) Faith & Opportunity Initiative,” read a statement from the White House sent to Religion News Service. A White House spokesperson later said, “She is heading up that initiative.”
The appointment of the popular author and former pastor of a Florida megachurch, sometimes called “the Trump whisperer” for her closeness to the president, has been long anticipated. Two individuals who regularly engage with the federal government told RNS earlier this year that a federal official explained to them that the Florida pastor was expected to head the agency. The individuals did not want their identities revealed out of concern for reprisal.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State was quick to denounce White’s appointment on Friday.
“Televangelist Paula White is unfit to serve in the position of advisor to the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative,” read a statement from Americans United President Rachel Laser. “She has no experience in government or public service and no history of undertaking the kind of interfaith outreach necessary for this role. Instead, she has operated in the shadows to influence public policies that discriminate against women, LGBTQ people and religious minorities, and the nomination of partisan judges who will support those harmful policies.”
She added: “This appointment is yet another example of President Trump pandering to his evangelical Christian supporters as he scrambles to secure his base amidst an impeachment investigation.”
White prayed at a rally in June of this year when Trump announced his re-election bid, saying, “let every demonic network who has aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus!”
White was also at Trump’s side in May 2018 when he signed an executive order creating the Faith and Opportunity Initiative in a Rose Garden ceremony on the National Day of Prayer. At the ceremony, Trump called White “my good friend Paula White, who’s done such an incredible job” and asked her to stand from her seat in the audience.
In August 2018, during a meeting of what the White House called “inner city pastors,” White specifically mentioned the initiative when her turn came to introduce herself, saying to the president, “It’s an honor to serve you with our faith initiative and opportunity,” according to the White House transcript.
White has also been a member of Trump’s informal evangelical advisory board, a group of evangelical pastors who gather frequently at the White House — as recently as this week — to support the president and offer him advice.
The Faith and Opportunity Initiative is similar to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that was created under President George W. Bush and continued under President Barack Obama under a slightly different name.
Melissa Rogers, who headed up that office under Obama, urged White and her new office to embrace three priorities.
“Form partnerships with faith-based and humanitarian organizations to serve people in need,” Rogers said. “Do so by partnering with organizations that reflect diverse faiths and beliefs. And does this work in a way that is consistent with the Constitution?”
She also stressed the need to maintain a “very strong bipartisan tradition of using these partnerships to serve people in need, and to do so with a wide variety of faith-based and neighborhood organizations.”
Under Trump, federal agencies and departments that do not currently have a center on faith-based issues have been ordered to designate a liaison to the new office to coordinate with the adviser.
Trump’s executive order also called for all administration agencies to report to the attorney general concerns raised by religious and community groups about “any failures of the executive branch to comply with protections of Federal law for religious liberty."”
In the past, the director of the faith-based initiative has been involved with supporting national and cabinet-level efforts to partner with religious and community groups to address social needs, from fighting the Ebola virus to feeding hungry schoolchildren.
White stumped for Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and has defended him throughout his presidency. In August 2017, she declared on the Jim Bakker show that Trump had been elevated to the presidency by God and that resisting him was akin to resisting “the hand of God.” She later said she regretted making those comments, but insisted Trump “is not a racist.”
In May 2018 she was one of several evangelical pastors to attend the dedication of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
White has already been fulfilling many of the duties of her new role on a volunteer basis since the beginning of Trump’s term. Her website gives her credit for coordinating a July 2018 meeting of millennial evangelicals with top administration officials in conjunction with the White House Office of Public Liaison, saying, “Over the past 18 months, Pastor Paula and OPL have brought in over 2,000 pastors and ministry leaders to the White House to have the voice of the faith community heard.”
White will have the support of many conservative evangelical leaders as she begins her formal role. “She would be a perfect fit,” the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said in an email when her name was mentioned for the office in February.
But White comes to her new position having survived repeated controversy. Her ministry was among six religious broadcasters investigated over three years by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, for allegations of lavish spending. When the probe concluded in 2011, Grassley’s report said several former staffers of her Tampa megachurch wanted to speak to Grassley’s staff but “were afraid of being sued by the church.”
White has even proven controversial among her fellow conservative Christians. Often called a purveyor of the “prosperity gospel” — a theology that champions money as evidence of God’s blessings — she has drawn fire from conservative Christians such as Russell Moore and R. Albert Mohler Jr., who consider the theology heretical or a “false gospel.”
From 2012 until this spring, the charismatic minister — who like Trump is thrice-married — led New Destiny Christian Center, a predominantly black church in Apopka, Florida. She left, she said, in May to carry out an ambitious plan to found 3,000 churches. In 1991, she founded Without Walls International Church with her then-husband Randy White. The church, which at one time boasted 20,000 members, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
White, who did not attend seminary, will lead an office normally filled by experts with significant expertise in church-state, legal and political arenas.
In the Bush administration, John DiIulio, who has taught politics and religion at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, was the office’s first director, followed by Jim Towey, a former lawyer for Mother Teresa, and Jay Hein, a think-tank president.
Joshua DuBois, a Pentecostal minister who worked for President Obama when he was a senator, served in the role before leaving it to Rogers, a laywoman known for her role in developing prominent religious freedom statutes.
Inmates look on as they remain in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 and 18 Street gangs are being held, in Tecoluca, El Salvador on January 27, 2025. The CECOT, the largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs of the government of President Nayib Bukele, celebrates two years since it was inaugurated on February 1. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff James Meyers
10:34 AM – Tuesday, February 4, 2025
El Salvador has agreed to take in violent U.S. criminals who are currently in jails and prisons. They have also agreed to accept deportees of any nationality.
Monday’s announcement came after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele during his visit to the nation.
Rubio said the Salvadoran president had “agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world.”
The former Florida Senator said that, in addition to taking deportees, El Salvador had “also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States, even though they’re U.S. citizens or legal residents.”
El Salvador to take in deported criminals of any nationality—MS-13, Tren de la Agua & even dangerous U.S. criminals. Rubio & Bukele—They Understand the Reality of Latin America. pic.twitter.com/CdCaccxpfO
He made the announcement when he was visiting El Salvador. He went to the country to help push its government to help meet Trump administration demands for cracking down on immigration.
“President Bukele agreed to take back all Salvadoran MS-13 gang members who are in the United States unlawfully.”
Additionally, Bukele promised to accept and incarcerate violent illegal immigrants, including members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, but also criminal illegal migrants from any country," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
“And in an extraordinary gesture never before extended by any country, President Bukele offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals, including U.S. citizens and legal residents,” Bruce added.
Bruce called it a “tremendously successful meeting that will make both countries stronger, safer, and more prosperous.”
However, it is unclear whether the U.S. government will take up the offer as there are questions around the legality of such moves. Any effort by the Trump administration to deport incarcerated U.S. nationals to another country would face significant legal pushback.
El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, commonly referred to as CECOT, is the country’s largest and newest prison, with a maximum capacity of 40,000 inmates.
“The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable,” he added.
Additionally, the State Department’s travel advisory for El Salvador also warns that those imprisoned in the country face “harsh” prison conditions and zero access to due process.
“Overcrowding constitutes a serious threat to prisoners’ health and lives,” the advisory said. “In many facilities, provisions for sanitation, potable water, ventilation, temperature control, and lighting are inadequate or nonexistent.”
Meanwhile, Trump signed an executive order in January specifically naming MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, citing their “campaigns of violence and terror in the United States and internationally” as threats to “the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere.”
The order also included a recommendation that the State Department start the process of designating Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization.
Last Friday, the U.S. special envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone alluded to an agreement between the U.S. and El Salvador, saying Tren de Aragua members “will want to go back to Venezuela rather than having to share a prison with Salvadorean gangs like MS-13. That’s part of what we want to discuss and how President Bukele can help us.”
This comes after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said they would push ahead with a massive round of border security measures after crisis talks with President Donald Trump on Monday.
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Donald Trump has barely started his second presidency and he’s already hitting the ground running! Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere review what he’s doing to quickly purge Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies from the federal bureaucracy and make sure they can’t be hidden somewhere else. Trump also put an end to affirmative action for federal contractors and universities, a massive shift towards prioritizing merit again: “They are going to the root of these problems.” Glenn also highlights some other massive wins in the first few days of Trump’s return: The failed head of the Coast Guard was fired, Republicans are moving to revoke the FACE Act, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told US Embassies to stop flying Pride flags, and Trump has instructed departments to prioritize an “architectural renaissance” that focuses on “beauty”.
President Trump released a powerful new video on Christmas Eve 2024. The video footage is from Christmas 2018 and is narrated by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House Spokeswoman at the time.
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