By Theodore Bunker | Thursday, 29 January 2026 12:56 PM EST Rapper Nicki Minaj announced Wednesday that she received a “Gold Card” from President Donald Trump hours after praising him at a U.S. Treasury Department event in Washington, D.C., promoting the administration’s new child investment accounts. Minaj shared a photo…

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Thursday, 29 January 2026 01:18 PM EST White House border czar Tom Homan on Thursday said he predicted there would be “bloodshed” if tensions were not dialed back about the presence of federal immigration officers in the nation’s cities, and now, he wishes he hadn’t been…

China expert Gordon Chang warned Thursday that the Communist Party’s military command structure has been thrown into disarray by the sudden removal of top leaders, creating new uncertainty over Taiwan and raising the risk of reckless military action. “The Central Military Commission of the Communist Party, which controls the military,…

Former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf warned Thursday that Democrats are leveraging Senate funding battles to weaken Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, following a failed test vote on DHS appropriations. Speaking in an interview, Wolf described Democratic efforts as a pretext for restricting ICE enforcement, stating their push for…

By Jim Thomas Thursday, 29 January 2026 07:17 PM EST The White House expects Panama’s Supreme Court to cancel a major port concession tied to the Panama Canal on Thursday, a move the administration sees as a potential setback for China’s commercial footprint in the region and a complicating factor…

FBI Director Kash Patel defended the bureau’s raid of the Fulton County, Georgia election office on Thursday, dismissing claims that the search violated the federal statute of limitations. Local officials strongly objected, arguing the move constitutes retaliation by President Donald Trump’s allies over his 2020 election loss and the county’s…

January 29, 2026 — President Donald Trump said he intends to announce his pick to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell next week, ending weeks of speculation over who will lead the U.S. central bank after Powell’s term expires in May. “And it will be a person that will, I…

By Jim Thomas | Thursday, 29 January 2026 04:57 PM EST Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday he sees electoral intent behind the Biden administration’s immigration approach. At the same time, he praised Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, for seeking to reduce tensions over enforcement operations in Minnesota….