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October 17, 2025
‘Horribly mistreated’: President commutes sentence of former GOP Rep. George Santos
George SantosPresident Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of former GOP Rep. George Santos.
Santos has been a target of the Democrats and RINOs since he won his election in New York in 2022.
On Friday, President Trump said Santos will be immediately released from prison.
“George Santos was somewhat of a “rogue,” but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison. I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal came up again. As everyone remembers, “Da Nang” stated for almost twenty years that he was a proud Vietnam Veteran, having endured the worst of the War, watching the Wounded and Dead as he raced up the hills and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face. He was “a Great Hero,” he would leak to any and all who would listen — And then it happened! He was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD. He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never experienced the Battles there, or anywhere else. His War Hero status, and even minimal service in our Military, was totally and completely MADE UP,” Trump said on Truth Social on Friday.
This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!” President Trump said on Friday.
Former Congressman George Santos pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud and identity theft in August 2024.
Santos was sentenced to seven years in prison.
George Santos was previously hit with a 23-count superseding indictment.
“Santos Allegedly Filed Fraudulent Fundraising Reports with the FEC to Obtain Financial Support for His Campaign and Repeatedly Charged the Credit Cards of Campaign Contributors Without Authorization” – the DOJ said in a press release.
“Santos allegedly led multiple additional fraudulent criminal schemes, lying to the American public in the process. The FBI is committed to upholding the laws of our electoral process. Anyone who attempts to violate the law as part of a political campaign will face punishment in the criminal justice system,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Smith.
Recall that George Santos was charged and arrested in May 2023 after a federal jury returned a 13-count indictment.
Santos was charged with 7 counts of wire fraud, 3 counts of money laundering, and one count of theft of public funds in May 2023.
According to the May indictment reviewed by The Gateway Pundit, Santos was overcharged by zealous government prosecutors.
Santos was hit with five counts for “wire fraud” for engaging in a political contribution solicitation scheme.
George Santos spoke to the press outside the courthouse last year.
“I failed you,” Santos said.
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Former Congressman George Santos, “I failed you”
Just now outside court ====> pic.twitter.com/fzOIRi4toj
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 19, 2024
The Gateway Pundit reached out to George Santos for comment.
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com.]
Illusion of innovation: Indian ‘unicorn’ company becomes corporate cautionary tale
Byju RaveendranFor years, India has marketed itself as the world’s next great innovation hub, the emerging Silicon Valley of the East. Politicians, business leaders and industry groups have celebrated the nation’s engineers as global talent, proudly pointing to every Indian-origin CEO leading a major American tech firm as proof of India’s global prominence. The narrative being pushed has been that India was no longer just the world’s back office – it was the future of technology.
Yet beneath the glossy slogans of “Digital India” and “Make in India,” reality dictates a very different story.
The promise of innovation has rarely matched the results. As noted in a report by The Wire, India’s allure for investors stems not from its depth of talent, but from the fact that its “labor is cheap and laws are lax.” Still, American venture capitalists, eager to stake a claim in the “next tech frontier,” have bought into the illusion. Capital flowed, partnerships multiplied and billion-dollar valuations were built, not on genuine technological breakthroughs, but on carefully crafted narratives that sold success.
Why India copies well but fails to lead in innovation
When “multinational educational technology company” BYJU’s emerged, it quickly became the perfect poster child for India’s startup dream. It was marketed as a unicorn – that is, a privately held startup company with a valuation of over $1 billion – proof that India could not only serve Silicon Valley, but become it. The company promised to transform how children learn and to usher in a new age of digital education. Yet, true to the national pattern, the promise unraveled quickly.
From unicorn to black sheep
Before its eventual financial and legal collapse, BYJU’s stood as one of India’s most celebrated startup success stories.
Founded in 2011 and officially being dubbed a unicorn by 2018, it grew from a small tutoring operation into India’s most valued startup by 2022, ultimately being valued at $22 billion.
Its learning app soon became a household name across India and founder Byju Raveendran earned a spot on the Forbes list of India’s richest people, celebrated as a self-made visionary transforming education. Former employees recalled his taste for five-star hotels and luxury cars, while his wife and co-founder, Divya Gokulnath, was seen networking in elite tech circles and Silicon Valley gatherings. Together, they emerged as global power players, symbols of a new generation of Indian entrepreneurs reshaping the country’s image on the world stage.
At its peak, BYJU’s went on a buying spree, acquiring 19 companies for more than $2.6 billion. The goal was to expand its main products and strengthen its presence in the United States. The company added new areas such as coding, job training and lifelong learning to its offerings and even pushed into the Middle East by becoming the official sponsor of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
BYJU’s also hinted at plans to go public within a year, through an initial public offering (IPO) either in India or the United States. Both options were said to be under review, with no immediate deadline. Industry reports also suggested a possible merger with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that could have valued the business at around $40 billion, though co-founder Divya Gokulnath declined to comment.
Yet, beneath the optimism, warning signs were already visible. Despite being valued at $22 billion in September 2022, BYJU’s parent company, Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd., reported a staggering $554.77 million loss for fiscal 2021, largely attributed to soaring marketing and employee expenses, leading to layoffs and cost-saving measures to push towards achieving profitability. The company’s rapid rise had been built on hype and expansion, but the financial foundation was already starting to crack.
A fall from grace
In December 2022, when India’s child-rights commission called out BYJU’s over complaints of overly aggressive sales targeting families and first-generation learners. In the months that followed, scrutiny widened to its coding unit, WhiteHat Jr, amid allegations regarding advertising claims and hard-sell tactics. WhiteHat Jr filed defamation suits against critics, but then withdrew the cases after public backlash.
In April 2023, India’s Enforcement Directorate raided BYJU’s offices and later issued a $1.12 billion show-cause notice under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. The agency reported uncovering “incriminating” documents and digital evidence during the raid, citing serious financial violations, including missing regulatory filings, delayed export payments and unreported foreign direct investment transfers totaling about $3.37 billion between 2011 and 2023.
Investigators also found that the company had transferred about $1.18 billion to multiple foreign jurisdictions during the same period, allegedly under the guise of overseas direct investment. Despite being issued multiple summonses, founder Byju Raveendran repeatedly failed to appear before authorities, remaining evasive throughout the investigation.
The troubles didn’t stop there. The startup, backed by major investors including Prosus, Peak XV, Sofina, BlackRock, UBS and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, missed its revenue target for the financial year ending March 2023, according to financial statements released months behind schedule.
Soon after, the company’s chief financial officer, Ajay Goel, resigned to return to Vedanta, marking yet another senior exit following the abrupt departures of auditor Deloitte and three key board members in June. The turmoil deepened when Prosus, one of BYJU’s earliest and largest investors, holding over 9% of the company, publicly criticized the firm in July for failing to evolve and for repeatedly ignoring investor guidance.
These cascading resignations and public rebukes signaled that BYJU’s once-glowing image had fully unraveled and its troubles were only beginning.
BYJU’s has raised a total of $4.45 billion over 27 funding rounds: 2 Early-Stage, 22 Late-Stage and 3 Debt rounds. BYJU’s’ largest funding round so far was a conventional debt round for $1.2 billion in November 2021. BYJU’s had a total of 132 investors, 105 being institutional investors and 27 Angel investors.
From loan disputes to courtroom battles
Through 2023 and into early 2024, BYJU’s mounting troubles spilled into the courts as disputes over a $1.2 billion U.S. term loan escalated. Court filings and investigative reports revealed that about $533 million had been routed through BYJU’s U.S. subsidiary, Alpha, into accounts tied to Camshaft Capital Management, a fund linked to a 23-year-old portfolio manager whose Miami business address once corresponded to an International House of Pancakes. The findings painted a picture of questionable transfers and lax oversight surrounding the billion-dollar loan.
The financial strain only deepened. On July 16, 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India filed an insolvency case against BYJU’s over roughly $19 million in unpaid sponsorship dues. By the end of the year, both Deloitte and BDO had resigned as auditors, while major investors, including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Prosus and Peak XV (Sequoia India) quit the board entirely.
India’s Byju’s can’t pay employees
At the same time, Qatar Holding petitioned the Karnataka High Court to enforce a $235 million arbitral award against Byju Raveendran and Byju’s Investments Pte Ltd tied to a 2022 $150 million loan for the Aakash acquisition, with interest sought at 4% per annum compounded daily from Feb. 28, 2024.
The legal blows culminated in February 2025, when a U.S. bankruptcy court issued a summary judgment finding actual fraudulent transfers and breach of fiduciary duty related to the movement of funds through BYJU’s Alpha, marking one of the most significant legal setbacks in the company’s dramatic downfall.
The myth of India’s innovation engine
Once hailed as the future of Indian innovation, BYJU’s now serves as its cautionary tale. What began as a symbol of national pride, the story of a small startup that conquered global markets, has become a lesson in how hype and ego can outpace substance.
In one of his last public interviews, founder Byju Raveendran dismissed the crisis, determined that he would see success again, saying,“Why I am confident of a comeback is that the most valuable thing I had is still with me,” referring to himself. It was a statement that perfectly captured the misplaced faith that defined BYJU’s rise, a belief not in innovation, governance or results, but in personality and perception.
For years, U.S. investors, from BlackRock and UBS to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a single man and his myth, while American innovators back home struggled to break into markets dominated by foreign-backed giants. The question now is unavoidable: If so many investors were willing to stake billions on a person halfway around the world, why are they unwilling to back the homegrown entrepreneurs and talent right here in the United States, those who are locked out of markets increasingly monopolized by global capital and offshore influence?
BYJU’s collapse is more than the downfall of a company; it is a mirror held up to a global investment culture that prizes narrative over national interest and speculation over stewardship. It is a reminder that the same investors who helped inflate the illusion of India’s innovation miracle have ignored the innovators in their own backyard.
In the end, BYJU’s didn’t just fail as a business, it exposed the moral and economic blind spots of an era. The myth of India’s innovation engine has once again met the hard truth of execution and the cost was paid not only in rupees, but in large amounts of misplaced American capital.
‘Costly mistake’: Bi-vocational pastor fired from library for rejecting orders to address a woman as a man
(Image courtesy Unsplash)A bi-vocational pastor has been fired from his position at a Louisiana library for rejecting orders to violate reality and address a woman as a man.
And Liberty Counsel, which has taken up the case on behalf of Luke Ash, has suggested officials at the Baton Rouge Parish Library fix the problem quickly, before it gets expensive.
It sent a demand letter, explaining under the First Amendment the state “may not compel affirmance of a belief with which the speaker disagrees.”
Then too, both the First Amendment and the Louisiana Constitution recognize and protect “religion” and religious “free exercise.” And the organization’s “inclusion policy” does not override those protections for Pastor Ash to speak or not.
“[The] Library has no compelling government interest in requiring employees to speak pronouns that do not accurately reflect biological sex, when employees are not required to speak at all; nor in requiring employees to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs,” wrote Liberty Counsel.
Explained Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver, “The East Baton Rouge Parish Library acted unlawfully in firing Pastor Luke Ash for the U.S. Constitution and Louisiana law protect his right to uphold his beliefs and refuse false pronouns. The library also violated Title VII for not even considering a religious accommodation for Pastor Ash. There is no compelling interest in requiring Pastor Ash to lie or affirm false sex-based pronouns. Employers cannot force people to choose between their faith and their livelihood. The library has a chance to reinstate Pastor Ash and rectify this potentially costly mistake.”
The legal team pointed out the library’s actions also raise concerns about the state constitution, the Louisiana Protection of Religious Freedom Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The letter calls for reinstatement, back pay and a revised pronoun policy.
The library has insisted that employees have a “right” to choose their pronouns, which would require others to mouth their support for radical gender agendas.
Ash’s religious beliefs explain he must speak truth.
A report at the Washington Stand said such a demand letter typically is precursor to a lawsuit.
“Ash serves as pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge and, until this July, also worked at the Baton Rouge Parish Library. When introduced to a new coworker, a biological female who wanted to be referred to using masculine pronouns, Ash continued using female pronouns, in accord with his Christian beliefs on sex and gender,” the report said.
‘They put me in leg irons’: DOJ fires prosecutor who led lawfare prosecution of Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturingElizabeth Aloi, the DC prosecutor who led the charge against Trump advisor Dr. Peter Navarro has been fired.
In June 2022, a federal grand jury indicted Trump advisor Dr. Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with Liz Cheney’s unconstitutional January 6 Committee.
Navarro faced two contempt counts: one for his failure to produce documents demanded by the committee and the other for failing to show up for subpoenaed testimony before House investigators.
According to Navarro, the feds put him in leg irons and threw him in a cell.
“They intercepted me gettin’ on the plane and then they put me in handcuffs, they bring me here. They put me in leg irons. They stick me in a cell,” Navarro said to reporters after his arrest.
Navarro did not take a plea on the contempt of Congress charges, and he was convicted in September 2023.
In March 2024, Peter Navarro reported to prison for his 4-month sentence. He was the first high-ranking Trump aide to be imprisoned by the Biden regime.
Navarro was released from prison in July 2024.
Earlier this year, former interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin humiliated several January 6 prosecutors and demoted them to the DC Superior Court.
Elizabeth Aloi was one of the prosecutors who was demoted and humiliated.
“Those demoted include John Crabb and Elizabeth Aloi, who prosecuted contempt of Congress cases that sent Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro to jail for four months apiece. They include Jason McCullough, who helped lead the team that sent top Proud Boys leaders Enrique Tarrio, Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean to prison for their role in orchestrating the breach of the Capitol. And they include Kathryn Rakoczy, who was a lead prosecutor in the Jan. 6 cases of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and more than a dozen of his allies, for their involvement in the attack on the Capitol,” Politico reported earlier this year.
These are the same prosecutors who made up evidence to secure convictions against the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys during their trials.
These prosecutors also threatened and pressured the top Proud Boy and Oath Keepers members to lie and sign a document saying Trump was behind the January 6, 2021, protests and riot.
More than 1,500 January 6 protestors were charged by Biden’s corrupt DOJ.
Biden’s corrupt DOJ charged more than 300 J6ers with 18 USC §1512(c)(2).
The US Supreme Court previously delivered a devastating blow to Biden’s Justice Department and overturned the obstruction charge used to jail hundreds of January 6 defendants.
Elizabeth Aloi has been fired, according to investigative reporter Julie Kelly.
I am also told that assistant DC US attorney Elizabeth Aloi, who was demoted by Ed Martin in February, has been fired.
Aloi not only led the prosecution of Peter Navarro–she asked for a year in prison for Navarro on 2 contempt misdemeanor convictions–but also prosecuted J6ers… pic.twitter.com/O5jRJ7Rgiu
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) October 17, 2025
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com.]
‘Nobody is illegal’: Don Lemon wants ‘black people, brown people’ to buy guns to use against ICE
Don LemonFormer CNN host Don Lemon said that blacks and other racial minorities should exercise their Second Amendment rights to fight United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a Thursday appearance on “The Left Hook” podcast.
ICE facilities in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, have been the scene of multiple riots as opposition to the agency’s operations targeting illegal immigrants has intensified. Lemon told podcast host and “Daily Beast” columnist Wajahat Ali that “black people” and “brown people” should be ready for when the agency came knocking on the door.
“Black people, brown people of all stripes, whether you’re an Indian-American or a Mexican-American or whoever you are, go out in your place where you live and get a gun. Legally,” Lemon said.
A person fired at ICE agents with a pistol when ICE raided a California marijuana farm in July after obtaining a warrant, with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s identification, arrest and conviction.
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“Get a license to carry legally,” Lemon said. “Because when you have people knocking on your door and taking you away without due process as a citizen, isn’t that what the Second Amendment was written for?”
“Go back and read what the Second Amendment says and perhaps it will knock some sense in the heads of these people who are saying, ‘Well, it’s all great. I don’t believe they’re doing it without due process. They’re asking people for papers. They’re not really beating people up. These people are doing things that are illegal,’” Lemon continued. “Nobody is illegal. It is a misdemeanor to cross the border.”
ICE agents have experienced a 1000% increase in assaults year-over-year, according to an August Department of Homeland Security release. During ICE operations in Chicago, agents were attacked by multiple assailants who used cars to ram vehicles used by the agency with Chicago police allegedly standing down rather than assisting ICE agents being assaulted during one Oct. 4 incident.
Prior to those incidents, the Department of Homeland Security said in a Sept. 26 post on X that there had been multiple violent attacks on an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. Other ICE facilities across the country have been attacked as well, notably in Portland, Oregon, where violent protesters reportedly attacked conservative journalists covering the riots and planned to use lasers against aircraft used by federal law enforcement agencies.
Two people were killed during a shooting at an ICE office in Dallas on Sept. 24, with the gunman taking his own life. In Texas, there were two previous incidents where shots were fired at ICE or Border Patrol facilities in July, with ten people being charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident in Alvarado, Texas.
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‘Fighting leukemia’: 80-year-old Vietnam vet seeks help while VA remains indifferent
In less than a year, Donald Trump’s second term as president has seen spectacular improvements in many areas of government, including notably in the U.S. military. However, at least one major area of support for America’s armed forces – the Department of Veterans Affairs – is reportedly failing in its commitment to veterans. Case in point: Howard “Buck” Sheward, an 80-year-old Vietnam vet suffering from leukemia, who many believe deserves much better treatment than he is receiving from the VA.
WorldNetDaily spoke to retired Army Lt. Col. Francesca Graham, who currently serves as chief operating officer of Walk the Talk Foundation, an advocacy organization for members of the U.S. military. As Graham put it, “The Oklahoma VA system lacks connectivity between the systems in place to help Buck, a veteran who is undergoing chemotherapy and has almost died a couple of times.”
For example, she said, “At the end of 2023, he unexpectedly spent nearly a month in a non-VA hospital in and out of lucidity fighting leukemia. While there, the VA kept calling to tell him he was missing pre-scheduled VA cancer treatment appointments.”
In the rare moments that Sheward was lucid and able to talk, Graham said, he told the VA representatives where he was, but the calls to him did not cease. “According to Buck,” she told WND, “he was berated for missing the VA appointments and was told that the VA would cancel his referrals if he continued to no-show his appointments.”
“He’s been asked why he was at a community care facility without a referral when he was actually taken there by ambulance,” she shared. “Where’s the common sense and connectivity?”
When it comes to community care facilities and the VA, she said, “These systems need to be talking to each other.”
Not only is the lack of communication problematic, but so is the bureaucracy itself, Graham argued. “When a veteran travels to an appointment outside of the VA hospital, the veteran is supposed to receive travel reimbursement for that appointment,” she said. Yet Sheward has not been reimbursed for the last six months. “He’s submitted the paperwork,” Graham said, “and then he hears nothing.”
“There are also days where he’ll submit paperwork for two different trips on the same day and only get reimbursed for one,” Graham added. “Given his sickness and his age, is the VA not capable of helping him navigate getting his reimbursements and the ever-changing forms, or is the bureaucratic machine too large to really care about his health?”
Between February 2023 to May 2025, Graham said Sheward submitted 113 travel claims for cancer treatment and routine care. Out of these, 46 were approved for payment, while 67 claims, or 59%, were denied. Another 18 are still awaiting a decision. Interestingly, some trips that received approval one day were denied the following day.
In addition to the “bureaucracy and apathy” issue, the Walk the Talk Foundation’s executive offered this shocker: “Buck discovered that a behavioral health provider, assigned to help veterans, including him, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, had been tried and convicted of a federal crime but still continued to see patients until it was time for him to report to prison.”
“Just think about the implications of trusting your mental health to the VA, only to learn that your therapist has a criminal record,” she said. “Buck brought up the issue, but it was swept under the rug.”
“Buck is very frustrated because his concerns are not being acknowledged in any sort of meaningful way,” Graham told WND. In fact, he is beginning to think the gradual accumulation of his problems and the indifference toward his health is retaliatory.
“Is this the position an 80-year-old Vietnam vet should find himself in?” she questioned. “I can assure you that he’s not the only one facing these kinds of struggles.”
Buck Sheward has reached out to several congressional offices in Oklahoma, including that of GOP Sen. James Lankford, regarding his concerns. “Unfortunately,” Graham told WND, “those efforts have been hampered by a combination of bureaucratic inertia and a limited understanding of the complexity of his case within the state’s VA system.”
WND asked Sen. Lankford’s office what steps, if any, his office is taking to address the lack of record integration between the VA and community care providers in Sheward’s case. The office did not reply to request for comment by publication time.
‘Serious violations’: Xi Jinping’s purge chaos hits politburo amid sweeping military ousters
Joe Biden greets President Xi Jinping of China prior to a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)Chinese military leadership was thrown into chaos after Chinese President Xi Jinping fired a slew of his top military leaders in an ongoing purge, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced Thursday.
Xi ousted nine military officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Friday after the government accused the officials of “serious violations of party discipline,” according to the Defense Ministry. The purge has reportedly shaken the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to its core as Xi moves to tighten his iron grip on power in the nation and its bureaucracy.
“In accordance with the Party regulations and national laws, the CPC Central Committee decided to expel the nine from the Party and transfer their suspected criminal matters to military procuratorial authorities for further review,” the Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The Central Military Commission (CMC) “had earlier decided to strip them of their military status,” the Ministry said.
The purge marks the first time that a member of the Politburo, the second-highest committee in the Chinese government, fell out of favor with the Party since 2017, according to Bloomberg.
China has made its massive military buildup a top priority in its policy objectives, with the nation aiming to make an attempt at invading Taiwan by 2027, according to U.S. projections. The PLA is the largest standing army in the world, with over 2 million ground troops.
It is unclear what punishment may await the generals following their ouster.
The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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‘How peaceful’: Memphis boy thanks Trump for sending National Guard to fight crime
A young boy thanked President Donald Trump on Thursday for deploying the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, to fight crime.
The child, who is named Braylon, said in a TikTok post uploaded by his mother that he could not play outside before the arrival of the National Guard because he feared that he would get shot. He said that the National Guard’s presence has made the city “peaceful” and safer for all of the residents.
“My name is Braylon and I live here in Memphis. I’ve been noticing not just a slight change, more of a detrimental change of how peaceful Memphis is ever since the National Guard came,” the child said. “There were a lot of things that I couldn’t do before the National Guard came because I had to worry about guns and stuff. I couldn’t play because I was worried that somebody might pull out a gun or something. But now I can do that. And I just wanted to thank the President of the United States for bringing the National Guard here.”
WATCH: Young man in Memphis thanks POTUS for making Memphis safe pic.twitter.com/mC3nLLUZn1
— Kaelan Dorr (@Kaelan47) October 16, 2025
Troops arrived in Memphis on Oct. 10 to quell the high crime rates and increase arrests of violent criminals throughout the city. As of Thursday, the Memphis Safe Task Force has made 978 total arrests and seized 197 illegal firearms.
In 2024, Memphis had the highest violent crime rate out of every major U.S. city, with 2,501 incidents per 100,000 residents, according to Stateline, citing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data. Despite this, Democratic Memphis Mayor Paul Young said on CNN that he was “certainly not happy” about the National Guard deployment.
The administration first deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. in August, which has led to over 4,000 arrests and the seizure of over 400 firearms as of Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed. While the liberal media claimed crime was down by 34% in Washington, local police data excluded aggravated and felony assault, whereas the FBI indicated that crime had only fallen by 10%.
A majority of voters in Washington believed Trump’s crime crackdown was “justified and necessary.”
The National Guard has also been deployed to Chicago, which has experienced a significant surge in homicides in the past decade. Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have repeatedly lamented the presence of the National Guard and begged Trump not to deploy any troops.
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‘Duty to my family’: U.K.’s Prince Andrew gives up all titles amid scandal over Jeffrey Epstein
Prince Andrew, Duke of YorkA stunning statement from the British royal family on Friday revealed that Andrew, the younger son of Queen Elizabeth, is giving up any and all use of any and all of his royal titles or honors.
The statement left unclear whether the honors were being stripped from him, or whether he was just relinquishing using them.
According to reports he will give up using Duke of York and the Order of the Garter, after the scandal over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein revived.
The statement said, “In discussion with the king, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of his majesty and the royal family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life. With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
His connections to Epstein, who died in jail several years ago while awaiting further sex charges, erupted into the headlines when Virginia Giuffre in 2014 alleged that, as a 17-year-old, she was sex trafficked to him.
The scandal’s staying power prompted him to resign from public roles in May 2020, and his honorary military affiliations and royal charitable patronages were removed by the Queen Elizabeth in 2022.
Giuffre sued, and settled out of court for millions.
BREAKING: Prince Andrew has surrendered all his royal titles, including his title as Duke of York. pic.twitter.com/cJu3cU0pkX
— The General (@GeneralMCNews) October 17, 2025
BREAKING – IT’S OFFICIAL! Prince Andrew has announced that he will no longer be using his title. Whether he’s officially given them back to His Majesty is not totally clear in this statement. But this is HUGE! It puts a lot of pressure now on Harry and Meghan. pic.twitter.com/UBej6vXylJ
— Royal News Network (@RNN_RoyalNews) October 17, 2025
JUST IN: PRINCE ANDREW TO LOSE DUKE OF YORK TITLE
The King reportedly told him: “Give it up or be stripped of it.”
Is this in relation to Epstein?
Finally, long overdue.
href=”https://t.co/vtOsi1mAg1″>pic.twitter.com/vtOsi1mAg1
— Digital Gal (@DigitalGal_X) October 17, 2025
His nephew, the other “bad boy” of the royal family, Harry, gave up all his family duties when he and his actress wife moved to California years ago.
His titles, reports have suggested, are in jeopardy when his older brother, William, eventually assumes the crown.
Charles, Andrew’s older brother, now holds that position.
‘Demented’: Leftist House leader lashes out at Karoline Leavitt, she responds with sledgehammer
White House Press Secretary Karoline LeavittThe Democrats’ leader in the U.S. House, Hakeem Jeffries, has lashed out at White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt as “demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above,” and she has responded with a sledgehammer.
It started when Leavitt unleashed a critical statement about Democrats.
BREAKING Karoline Leavitt says the Democratic Party’s main constituency “is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.”
Hit the if you’re a Democrat and aren’t ANY of those.
Let’s show Karoline she’s full of sh*t!
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) October 16, 2025
She suggested the party is loyal to its “main constituency” of “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.”
Jeffries bashed her, complaining that Republicans are “ripping the sheets off in plain view.”
“You’ve got Karoline Leavitt, who’s sick, she’s out of control. And I’m not sure if she’s just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above,” he charged.
He said that’s why Republicans are on “the wrong side of public sentiment.”
However, polling actually has revealed that huge numbers of Americans support President Trump in his Middle East policy, his economic policy, his border security policy and more.
JEFFRIES: “You’ve got Karoline Leavitt, who’s sick, she’s out of control. And I’m not sure if she’s just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above.” pic.twitter.com/6tlMqYu2dR
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 17, 2025
It then was Leavitt’s turn to explain:
Hakeem Jeffries and the Democrats are lashing out because they know what I said is true.
The Democrat Party’s elected officials absolutely cater to pro-Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.
House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Hamas following…
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) October 17, 2025
“Hakeem Jeffries and the Democrats are lashing out because they know what I said is true. The Democrat Party’s elected officials absolutely cater to pro-Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals. House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Hamas following the horrific October 7th terrorist attacks, and Democrats cheered on pro-Hamas radicals while they hijacked America’s college campuses and harassed Jewish students.”
She continued, “Democrats opened our borders and allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country over the past four years, including rapists and murderers, because they view them as future voters. Democrats coddle violent criminals and support soft-on-crime policies like cashless bail that let violent offenders back on the streets to hurt law-abiding citizens. Democrats do NOT serve the interests of the American people. Hakeem Jeffries is an America Last, stone-cold loser. Now open up the government and stop simping to try to get your radical left-wing base to like you.”
The Democrat party is responding with increasingly strained rhetoric as the Schumer shutdown approaches its fourth week. They refused to support a routine continuing resolution to keep the government funded as they were angry that Obamacare subsidies are set to expire.
That expiration was scheduled in legislation that they originally created.
They’ve been demanding Republicans add another $1.5 trillion in spending for favored Democrat projects to the continuing resolution before they’ll support it. Republicans have refused to reach into taxpayer pockets for that amount of spending.
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