A Hard Line in a Dangerous World: Trump Expands Travel Ban as Terror Attacks Spike

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Steel before sentiment. President Donald Trump moved swiftly Tuesday, expanding the U.S. travel ban to five additional countries as terror attacks ripple across the globe. The White House confirmed new restrictions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. Travelers carrying documents issued by the Palestinian Authority will also be barred from entry. The decision builds on a June proclamation that imposed travel limits on Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, while tightening restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. “The United

Circling Around Susie: Trump Administration Stands With Wiles After Vanity Fair Hit Piece

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They came for Susie Wiles, and the White House closed ranks. After a Vanity Fair profile took aim at President Trump’s chief of staff, senior figures across the administration — starting with the president himself — moved swiftly and publicly to defend her. Wiles on Tuesday ripped into the liberal mag over an interview she says was twisted into what she called a “disingenuously framed hit piece” aimed at her and the Trump administration. The article touched on Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and Elon Musk — but Wiles says the

Horror and Heroism at the Water’s Edge: An Antisemitic Attack at Bondi Beach

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At least 15 people are dead, and 27 remain hospitalized after a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, an attack declared a terrorist incident and described as deliberately targeting Jewish Australians. It’s the country’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years. The victims ranged in age from 10 to 87. Among them: a Holocaust survivor and two rabbis. A bystander who wrestled a gun from one attacker — later described as “heroic” — survived and is now recovering in a hospital bed. The suspects were a father and son. Police identified the attackers as 50-year-old Sajid Akram, who moved to Australia

The Quiet Lie, Now Said Out Loud: Newsom Brags About Illegal Migrant Healthcare

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There is a particular sound a political lie makes when it finally collapses. It is not a bang. It is a shrug, followed by applause from the people who swore it never happened. Speaker Mike Johnson heard that sound on Friday. In an X post, Johnson shared video of California Gov. Gavin Newsom openly boasting about expanding Medi-Cal to undocumented immigrants — a policy Democrats and their media allies long insisted did not exist, or at least did not matter. “Remember when the media LIED REPEATEDLY and said that Democrats do NOT give health care to illegal aliens — and

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