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Three FBI Most Wanted fugitive arrests in two months signal return to ‘premier’ agency: former agent

FBI Director Kash Patel said the three arrests since Jan. 20 were no ‘accident’

Published March 20, 2025 4:00am EDT

“let good cops be good cops”

“theres a lot of evil”

“unfortunately Laura did not have the support of the FBI and the Swat team”

Food Theory: Why McDonald’s Won’t Let You Keep the Shamrock Shake (or Anything Else)

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Howard Lutnick Stellar interview

Politics

Published March 25, 2025 9:39am EDT

Social Security conducting ‘major’ records cleanup, marking 7M listed age 120+ as deceased

DOGE says there remain millions of people with impossible ages who are ‘eligible’ for Social Security checks

" The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the ongoing records cleanup on social media, saying the process has taken weeks.

“For the past 3 weeks, Social Security has been executing a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 7 million numberholders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked as deceased. Another ~5 million to go,” DOGE announced on social media.

The effort comes after billionaire Elon Musk, the face of DOGE, highlighted the huge number of Social Security numbers assigned to Americans with unlikely or impossible ages."

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Chicago dubbed America’s murder capital as Democrat leaders ‘demonize’ police, splurge on migrants: alderman

Alderman Anthony Napolitano criticized sanctuary city leaders’ priorities as Chicago hit 573 homicides last year

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Published April 2, 2025 8:22am EDT

Private sector added 155K jobs in March, above expectations, ADP says

ADP releases private sector jobs data

" The figure is above economists’ estimates of 115,000 jobs and also more than the prior month’s upwardly revised reading of 84,000. Annual pay was up 4.6%, down from the prior month, ADP said.

“Despite policy uncertainty and downbeat consumers, the bottom line is this: The March topline number was a good one for the economy and employers of all sizes, if not necessarily all sectors,” said Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist.
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" China retaliates with 34% tariffs on US imports

New China tariffs against the U.S. will go into effect on April 10"

" China announced Friday it will impose 34% tariffs on the U.S., just days after President Donald Trump unveiled the same amount against Beijing under his reciprocal tariff plan.

The new China tariffs against the U.S. will go into effect on April 10, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“China played it wrong, they panicked – the one thing they cannot afford to do,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a briefing in Beijing yesterday that “The U.S. announced tariff hikes on imports from many countries, including China, under the pretext of reciprocity” and that “This gravely violates World Trade Organization rules, and undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system.”
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Buckle up Buckaroos

Bottom is not in yet for the markets, but when S&P500 breaks 5k, it will be an excellent buying opportunity

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Economy

U.S. payrolls rose by 228,000 in March, but unemployment rate increases to 4.2%

Published Fri, Apr 4 20258:31 AM EDTUpdated Fri, Apr 4 20259:32 AM EDT

" Job growth was stronger than expected in March, providing at least temporary reassurance that the labor market is stable, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Nonfarm payrolls increased 228,000 for the month, up from the revised 117,000 in February and better than the Dow Jones estimate for 140,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

However, the unemployment rate moved up to 4.2%, higher than the 4.1% forecast as the labor force participation rate also increased.

Though the headline number beat estimates, the report comes against a highly uncertain backdrop after President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement this week that has intensified fears of a global trade war that could damage economic growth.

Stocks reacted little to the report, with futures tied to the D"

US economy added jobs at a faster pace in March

Labor Department releases closely watched March jobs report

Musk hints ‘strangely wealthy’ members of Congress are next DOGE target

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DOGE

Blue states to blame for most of the nearly $400 million in unemployment fraud over last 4 years, DOGE says

California, New York and Massachusetts doled out more than $300M in improper unemployment payments over the last four years, according to DOGE

By Alec Schemmel Fox News

Published April 11, 2025 6:29pm EDT

" After finding $382 million in fraudulent unemployment payments since 2020, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) identified California, New York and Massachusetts as the primary culprits.

The three Democrat-led states accounted for $305 million in improper claim payments, DOGE said Thursday.

The group added that California also accounted for 68% of the benefits that were dispensed under former President Joe Biden to parolees identified by federal authorities as being on the government’s terrorist watchlist, or who had criminal records.

California, New York and Massachusetts all have a Democratic trifecta — meaning Democrats control the state House, Senate and the governor’s office. They also have a Democratic triplex, which includes party control of the Attorney General, Secretary of State and governorship.

MUSK SAYS DOGE SET TO TOP $150B IN FRAUD SAVINGS IN FY 2026

Images representing California, New York and Massachusetts

California, Massachusetts and New York all have a Democratic trifecta — meaning Democrats control the state House, Senate and the governor’s office. (Getty Images/Fox News)

“There’s a reason for the mass exodus from Democrat-run states that have mismanaged their economies and driven residents to the nearest Republican-led state,” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields told Fox News Digital. “High taxes, poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars and progressive policies continue to yield negative results, which is why Americans overwhelmingly support the work of DOGE.”

Earlier this week, DOGE reported that since 2020, hundreds of millions in fraudulent unemployment benefits went to tens of thousands of recipients listed as over 115 years old, between ages 1 and 5, or even with birthdates that haven’t occurred yet.

“This is another incredible discovery by the DOGE team, finding nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments. The Labor Department is committed to recovering Americans’ stolen tax dollars. We will catch these thieves and keep working to root out egregious fraud,” said Labor Department Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Additionally, DOGE also found this week that it was “routine” under the Biden administration to admit immigrants into the country with minimal screening and, as a result, led to more than 6,000 people — either with criminal records, or flagged on the FBI’s terror watchlist — entering the country.
Furthermore, DOGE found, hundreds of these people were able to collect public benefits — including approximately $42,000 through the government’s unemployment insurance program. These people also collected money from federal student loan programs, food stamp programs and IRS tax refunds.

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The Trump administration ended parole for everyone identified as having a criminal record, or being on the FBI’s terror watchlist.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
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" Trump orders military to take control of federal land at southern border

A narrow, 60-foot-deep strip at the border within the Roosevelt Reservation would became a ‘military installation’"

They stole this idea from me.
I was thinking it would be brilliant for them to build a LINE city military base or housing as the wall at the boarder.

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SCOOP: Arizona to begin removing as many as 50K noncitizens from voter rolls following lawsuit

The Department of Homeland Security will help Arizona counties verify voter citizenship

By Michael Lee Fox News

Published April 13, 2025 2:32pm EDT
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" EXCLUSIVE: All 15 Arizona counties have now begun the process of verifying and removing noncitizens from their voter rolls, including nearly 50,000 registrants who did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

“This settlement is a great result for all Arizonans,” America First Legal (AFL) senior counsel James Rogers told Fox News Digital after his organization’s successful lawsuit spearheaded the process in Arizona.

AFL filed the lawsuit against the 15 Arizona counties last year on behalf of EZAZ.org, and Yvonne Cahill, a registered voter and naturalized citizen, arguing that the counties had not been following a state law that requires proof of citizenship to vote in local and state elections and for the state to do monthly checks of the rolls for noncitizens."