A federal judge has handed President Donald Trump and his codefendants a victory regarding the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the president’s handling of classified materials following his first term in the White House.
Why Trump’s Critics Are Wrong About “Balance of Payments” and Tariff Authority
The Trump administration’s use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose temporary tariffs has drawn sharp criticism from a gaggle of anti-Trump economists and self-styled trade experts. Former IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath argued on X that the United States doesn’t have a “balance of payments problem.” Others contend that balance-of-payments deficits are “impossible” under floating exchange rates, making the statute legally inoperative.
Democrat lawmakers are planning to challenge President Trump’s State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday but want to avoid making a scene as they did in 2025 during his joint address to Congress.
Democrats drew much criticism for their behavior while he spoke in 2025, the Hill reported Monday. At the time, many of them “held signs accusing Trump of lying, others walked out mid-speech, and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) made waves by standing and heckling the president with a cane pointed at the dais — an extraordinary scene that led to Green’s ejection from the room.”
Over the next nine months leading up to the 2026 midterm elections, Americans should expect a torrent of messaging designed to heighten anxiety over real and perceived AI job losses, a plan left-leaning globalist billionaires hope will sour voters’ economic outlook and help Democrats return to power.
Angel Dad Steve Ronnebeck told a room full of establishment media that every American death at the hands of an illegal alien is wholly preventable.
“All these deaths at the hands of illegal immigrants are preventable,” Ronnebeck said during a White House ceremony honoring Angel Families on Monday.
A bystander jumped in to save a baby girl whose stroller was pushed into Lake Michigan by a strong gust of wind.
The baby girl and her mother were at Belmont Harbor on Chicago’s North Side on Wednesday when the wind rolled the 8-month-old into the water, ABC7 Chicago reported, citing police.
Catholic priests in Jalisco, Mexico, took to the rooftops on Sunday to display the Blessed Sacrament and pray for peace in their country as a terror campaign in response to the elimination of a top cartel boss plunged much of the country into chaos.
Angel Mom Allyson Phillips, whose 22-year-old daughter Laken Riley was viciously murdered by an illegal alien Tren de Aragua gang member who had been released into the United States under the Biden administration, says she is “beyond grateful” that President Donald Trump has “not forgotten” about her family.
WASHINGTON—CNN and MS NOW did not take President Donald Trump’s National Angel Family Day ceremony at the White House live on their broadcasts on Monday.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung and White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr blasted the networks for refusing to air the ceremony honoring families who have lost loved ones at the hands of illegal aliens.
Feb. 22 (UPI) — Beloved singer-songwriter Barry Manilow has announced that he has had to cancel the rest of his February concerts and most of his March dates as he continues to deal with health issues.
18K likes, 1,696 comments - barrymanilowofficial on February 20, 2026: "A Statement from Barry Manilow.".
President Trump declared February 22 “Angel Family Day” as he honored families on Monday who lost loved ones to illegal alien crime.
The president’s declaration honors two survivors and 62 individuals killed by illegals, among them Laken Riley, the New York Post reported Sunday.
