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Trump slams lid on gain-of-function research– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025 0

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President Donald Trump’s executive order strengthening restrictions on gain-of-function research is a sensible step in his administration’s crusade for sanity. Signed Monday evening, the order seeks to clamp down on the risky research that modifies pathogens or toxins to enhance their ability to cause disease or spread more easily, which most authorities believe caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

A White House fact sheet claims the new order “empowers American research agencies to identify and end federal funding of other biological research that could pose a threat to American public health, public safety, or national security.”

This is a broader clampdown on gain-of-function research than was enacted by former President Barack Obama. Late in his second term, Obama announced a funding pause for some gain-of-function experiments on certain pathogens, including influenza, SARS, and MERS viruses. But enforcement was limited, and the federal government continued to fund other gain-of-function research, including experiments at the Wuhan Institute for Virology with grants from Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health.

US says $14m program with Panama for removal of migrants has funded 2,000 deportations– abcnews.go.com

pgnewser May 7, 2025 0

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The United States government says that a deal reached with Panama to pay for charter flights and airline tickets to deport migrants without status in Panama has led to nearly 2,000 migrants exiting the country

PANAMA CITY — The United States government says that a deal reached with Panama last year to pay for charter flights and airline tickets to deport migrants without status in Panama has led to nearly 2,000 migrants exiting the country.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is touting it as a factor in the steep decline of migration through the Darien Gap, but the deal was reached by the administration of his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

The most recent of the 48 charter flights came Tuesday and carried 81 migrants from Cameroon, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, according to a statement from the U.S. embassy.

Kash Patel announces arrest of 200 child sex predators; ‘There is no place we won’t hunt you down’– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

pgnewser May 7, 2025 0

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Kash Patel announces Operation Restore Justice under which over 200 child sex predators have been arrested.

FBI director Kash Patel Wednesday announced US administration’s Operation Restore Justice in which over 200 alleged child sex predators were arrested in the last week. “For the last week, the FBI and DOJ have been quietly surging operations across 55 field offices to take down criminals who target kids,” Kash Patel said. “Our agents, support teams and partners did excellent work — rescuing 115 children across the country in the process. Their work undoubtedly saved lives and protected vulnerable kids from further horrific crimes,” he said.”Operation Restore Justice is a powerful message: If you harm children in America, you will be given no sanctuary. There is nowhere you can hide. You will be hunted down, and you will be prosecuted,” Kash Patel said.”If you harm our children, you will be given no sanctuary. There is no place we will not come to hunt you down. There is no place we will not look for you. And there is no cage we will not put you in should you do harm to our children,” Patel said in a press conference today which was also attended by AG Pam Bondi.

Nebraska Planned Parenthood is Falling Apart, Babies Saved From Abortion– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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The Planned Parenthood clinic of Omaha, Nebraska, is experiencing a staffing crisis that abortion advocates claim is the result of corporate executives’ indifference, a Nebraska newsroom reported May 1.

The Flatwater Free Press reported that the clinic’s recent struggles have included burnout, insufficient training, unionization of Planned Parenthood North Central States employees, and high turnover. Training challenges led to a stay on rapid tests for two sexually transmitted diseases, according to the news outlet. All the factors have led to breaks with standard procedures while abortions are performed. The last licensed nurse trained to assist with abortions resigned from the clinic in April.

The Omaha clinic is also under major construction at the moment, resulting in chaos and requests to temporarily close the clinic or limit abortions and other services. However, management ignored the requests, prompting more employees to quit.

Hegseth Touts ‘Less Generals More GIs’ Policy, Vows Major Cuts in Top Ranks – RedState– redstate.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday in a memo that he wants to cut back on the number of four-star generals in the nation’s military in order to increase efficiency as well as cut bloat. He also vowed to cut back 20 percent of the top National Guard leadership.

He called many of the positions “redundant:”

Hegseth directed the Department of Defense to reduce its active component four-star military officers and general officers in the National Guard by at least 20% each, with a minimum 10% reduction of general and flag officers, according to the memo. The move is intended to improve efficiency and officer quality by removing “unnecessary bureaucratic layers that hinder their growth and effectiveness.”

“Through these measures, we will uphold our position as the most lethal fighting force in the world, achieving peace through strength and ensuring greater efficiency, innovation, and preparedness for any challenge that lies ahead,” Hegseth wrote in the memo.

NEW TODAY: House Unanimously Passes Bill Targeting China’s Persecution of Falun Gong– conservativeroof.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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The House unanimously passed a bill on May 5 aimed at ending Beijing’s persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong.

The bill, the Falun Gong Protection Act (H.R.1540), passed with broad bipartisan support and includes provisions to sanction individuals implicated in the forced harvesting of organs of Falun Gong practitioners.

The sanctions would draw from a list of foreign nationals that the president would supply to the relevant congressional committee within 180 days of the bill’s enactment into the law. The prescribed penalties include a civil fine of $250,000 along with criminal punishment of up to $1 million and 20 years in prison.

The sanctions would block an offender from entering the United States, invalidate their visa, and stop any immigration benefits the individual might otherwise enjoy.

Trump administration plans to cut 1,200 jobs at the CIA– www.lifesitenews.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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(Conservative Treehouse) — The Washington Post (but of course, CIA outlet) is reporting on a downsizing effort within the CIA to eliminate approximately 1,200 jobs. The number represents approximately 5 percent of the workforce, although the actual number of CIA employees is classified (national security, dontchaknow).

Within the report, Director John Ratcliffe is noted as shifting the focus of America’s leading spy agency to use more “human intelligence.” That phrase, “human intelligence,” is IC silo code speak for shifting away from “analysts” (political operatives) and engaging in more factual intelligence information.

According to the report, DNI Tulsi Gabbard has also reduced the employment level within the Director of National Intelligence office by approximately 25 percent (current payroll estimate of 2,000 employees). The general narrative within the WaPo reporting is that “national security” is being compromised by large downsizing of spy agency employment.

Trump Orders End to Federal Funding for ‘Dangerous’ Gain-of-Function Biological Research– www.breitbart.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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All U.S. federal funding destined for “dangerous” gain-of-function biological research in China, Iran and a host other countries was banned Monday via an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

The move came as part of Trump’s call for improvements in the safety and security of biological research in the U.S. and globally.

The president has long championed the theory SARS-CoV-2 – more commonly known as coronavirus – leaked from the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology in China as a combined result of gain-of-function research and poor security measures sparked a lab leak.

Hegseth orders a 20% ‘general’ reduction of ‘bloat’ in the military’s senior ranks: ‘Less generals, more GIs’– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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HEGSETH: ‘LESS GENERALS, MORE GIs’: When it comes to the number of generals and admirals in the U.S. military, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has determined there are too many stars in the firmament.

On Monday, Hegseth issued a memorandum titled General/Flag Officer Reductions to senior Pentagon leadership, ordering the removal of “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions.”

“That’s the official title. My title is ‘Less Generals, More GI’s,’” Hegseth said in a companion video posted on X. “We’re going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our war fighters.” Hegseth called the plan “historic” and the “most comprehensive review since the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986,” which he said was “a generational change in combat command structures.”

“Let’s take a bit of a trip down memory lane in history,” Hegseth said in the video. “When we were fighting across the globe during World War II, we had a force that was 12-million-strong. For that 12-million-man element, we had 17 four-and-five-star generals. Today, we have 2.1 million service members and 44 four-star and flag officers. So, it used to be a ratio of one general to 6,000 troops. Today, it’s one general to 1,400.”

U.S. Department of Education tells Harvard it will freeze billions in future grants, aid– www.cbc.ca

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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The U.S. Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was freezing billions of dollars in future research grants and other aid until the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college concedes to a number of demands from the Trump administration, a senior department official said.

The move represents the latest salvo from a Trump administration willing to use the power of the federal purse to force institutions, from law firms to universities, to make sweeping policy changes or else lose billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts.

In a letter to Harvard, U.S. Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon said the university must address concerns about antisemitism on campus, school policies that consider a student’s race and complaints from the administration the university has abandoned its pursuit of “academic excellence” while employing relatively few conservative faculty members.

“This letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek grants from the federal government, since none will be provided,” McMahon wrote.

Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands– japantoday.com

pgnewser May 6, 2025 0

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Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday.

The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard’s president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.

In a press call, an Education Department official said Harvard will receive no new federal grants until it “demonstrates responsible management of the university” and satisfies federal demands on a range of subjects. It applies to federal research grants and not federal financial aid students receive to help cover tuition and fees.

Andrew Cuomo May be Prosecuted After Lying About Killing Seniors During COVID– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser April 22, 2025 0

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A Republican-led House panel has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution, alleging he lied to Congress about his role in a state report on COVID nursing home deaths.

Cuomo was reportedly responsible for killing thousands of nursing home residents after putting people infected with COVID in their nursing homes without their consent.

The referral, initially made by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in October 2024, accuses Cuomo of making “criminally false statements” during a June 2024 closed-door testimony. The subcommittee, chaired by former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, claims Cuomo falsely denied involvement in drafting or reviewing a July 2020 New York State Department of Health report that downplayed nursing home deaths and deflected blame onto staff. Documents and witness testimony, including emails and handwritten notes allegedly in Cuomo’s handwriting, suggest he reviewed, edited, and drafted portions of the report, contradicting his testimony.

EPA Chief Reads the Riot Act to NY Times Reporter Over Claims of ‘No Evidence’ of Waste, Fraud › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

pgnewser April 22, 2025 0

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin took a New York Times reporter to task over media bias in reporting on efforts to expose fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars under the Biden administration.

During a press conference on Monday at the EPA, Zeldin confronted New York Times reporter Lisa Friedman over an April 2 story she had written in which she accused him of making “explosive accusations against the Biden administration” with no evidence, regarding the mishandling of $20 billion in climate grants.

Using the reporter’s own words, Zeldin fired back at the reporter and dared other media outlets, including the Washington Post and Politico, to back up their reporting that there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing.

Maryland Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide Defeated for 8th Time– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser April 22, 2025 0

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Grassroots efforts have again bested Maryland Democrats’ efforts to legalize assisted suicide, protecting  vulnerable groups, such as military veterans, National Right to Life announced this month.

This was the eighth time such legislation has been introduced in Maryland, and the eighth time it has been overcome.

National Right to Life declared the legislation, called the “End of Life Options Act,” officially  “dead” after the Maryland General Assembly’s session for the year concluded April 7.

 

Could New York Attorney General Letitia James Become the Next Marilyn Mosby?– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser April 22, 2025 0

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In an attempt to get a lower mortgage rate on a vacation home in Long Boat Key, Florida, one controversial elected prosecutor in a major U.S. city drafted a letter to United Wholesale Mortgage. At closing, the prosecutor signed the application for the $428,400 mortgage and attested to the accuracy of her answers in the application.

The problem?

She had not lived in Florida as she had claimed. She failed to disclose all her liabilities. She failed to disclose that she was delinquent in paying her federal taxes and that the IRS had a $45,022 tax lien against her. And the gift letter she provided to the mortgage company was also false.

Five months earlier, in an attempt to purchase a rental property in Kissimmee, Florida, the same prosecutor signed an application for a $490,500 mortgage from Cardinal Financial Company. According to the government, the prosecutor made knowingly false statements by not including all of her liabilities in the application, not disclosing the IRS lien or the fact that she was delinquent in paying federal taxes. She also did not disclose that she intended to use it as a rental property, having signed a rental agreement with a management company the week before she signed her closing documents for the loan.

Trump Gives New York State Until May 21 to End Congestion Pricing Tolls – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

pgnewser April 22, 2025 0

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent an ultimatum to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to end the congestion tax by May 21 or face huge cuts in federal funding for transportation projects.

“The federal government sends billions to New York — but we won’t foot the bill if Governor Hochul continues to implement an illegal toll to backfill the budget of New York’s failing transit system,” Mr. Duffy wrote. “We are giving New York one last chance to turn back or prove their actions are not illegal.”

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), which operates the toll system, has twice refused to comply with Secretary Duffy’s requests to present a plan to end the toll. Duffy and Donald Trump believe that the approval given to the plan by the Biden administration was illegal in that it failed to meet all the criteria for implementing congestion pricing laid out in the 2019 Traffic Mobility Act, which explicitly states that the plan must comply with all federal laws and regulations.