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Feds: Human Smuggling Profits Drop Significantly as Trump Drastically Cuts Illegal Immigration

John Binder — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:10:41 +0000

Profits for human smugglers, mainly the Mexican drug cartels, are down significantly, a Treasury Department report details, as President Donald Trump's policies have drastically cut illegal immigration at the nation's borders.

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Exclusive – Tommy Pigott: State Department Has Revoked Over 175,000 Visas

Hannah Knudsen — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:22:14 +0000

The State Department has revoked over 175,000 visas, spokesman Tommy Pigott revealed during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

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Kentucky: Illegal Alien Accused of Raping, Sodomizing 15-Year-Old Girl

John Binder — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:06:33 +0000

An illegal alien is accused of repeatedly raping and sodomizing a 15-year-old girl in Louisville, Kentucky, ICE officials said this week.

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U.S. Attorney Busts Chinese-Run Forced Labor Scheme in Georgia Factory

Warner Todd Huston — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:41:56 +0000

The Chinese owner of a Georgia flooring manufacturer, his nephew, and another migrant are now facing federal charges in a case of forced labor.

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State Department Creates Task Force to Go After Birth Tourism

Elizabeth Weibel — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:08:40 +0000

The Trump administration's State Department announced that it had created a task force that is working to end birth tourism and is also working to ensure that migrants with nonimmigrant visas are being used "for their lawful and intended purposes."

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Afghan Women ‘Erased’ by Taliban Five Years After Biden’s Pullout Disaster

John Hayward — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:00:42 +0000

The United Nations agency for women’s rights observed the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan by noting that women have been “systematically stripped of their rights” and effectively “erased from public life” by the Islamist regime.

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EXCLUSIVE: GOA's Erich Pratt Reminds Voters How Good Trump Has Been for 2A Rights

AWR Hawkins — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:43:22 +0000

Erich Pratt spoke to Breitbart News and described the demise of NFA suppressor registration as the result of President Trump's pro-2A stance.

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Breitbart Business Digest: AI Inflation Moves from Chips to Construction

John Carney — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:09:38 +0000

In July, the inflation that has been hounding the artificial-intelligence buildout cooled off in many of the most obvious categories of goods.

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Six Years After Trump-Brokered Abraham Accords Kushner Says Region Can ‘Do It Again’

Joshua Klein — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:41:41 +0000

Six years after President Donald Trump launched the Abraham Accords, Jared Kushner marked the anniversary declaring the Middle East is once again at an “inflection point” and arguing that the region has an opportunity to build on the historic agreements and “do it again.”

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China Sends Science Team to Iran for ‘Exploration and Processing’ of Rare Earths

John Hayward — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:17:03 +0000

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on Monday announced a collaboration with Iran on the “exploration and processing of rare earth elements,” presented as a series of workshops that will be mostly funded by China.

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Iran Claims to Repel Invasion from ‘American-Zionist Mercenaries’

John Hayward — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:30:33 +0000

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence claimed on Wednesday that its operatives prevented “mercenaries for the American-Zionist enemy” from invading the southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, thwarting a plot to “destabilize the province and strike at economic infrastructure in the south.”

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Puka Nacua Suffered Bloody Facial Wound at Michael Rubin’s White Party

Dylan Gwinn — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:01:44 +0000

The offseason odyssey of Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua took yet another turn after it was learned that he suffered a bloody facial injury while attending the famed White Party hosted by Michael Rubin.

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Texas High School Football Star Dead at 17 After Cardiac Arrest at Practice

Dylan Gwinn — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:02:39 +0000

Odin Hensley, a 17-year-old football star at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, died late Wednesday after suffering a cardiac arrest at practice.

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VIDEO -- Officers Rescue 60 Cats from Abandoned Sailboat in Washington: 'That's All for Meow!'

Amy Furr — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:17:32 +0000

Authorities in Washington have rescued 60 cats and kittens that had been living on an abandoned sailboat for quite some time.

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Flock Safety Announces New Privacy Measures After Backlash, Reports of Law Enforcement Abuse

Katherine Hamilton — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:59:37 +0000

Flock Safety, the private AI-powered security camera company installing surveillance technology around the U.S., announced new security measures amid intensifying backlash and reports of law enforcement abuse.

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VIDEO: Arizona High School Photography Teacher Accused of Sex Crimes Against 17-Year-Old Student

Amy Furr — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:34:40 +0000

A now former high school teacher in San Luis, Arizona, has been accused of committing sex crimes against a 17-year-old student.

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Exclusive — Iowa Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott: Church Is a 'Barrier’ to Domestic Abuse Victims Getting Help

Jasmyn Jordan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:43:44 +0000

Iowa Democrat congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott said in a 2023 interview that churches and religious leaders can serve as barriers to domestic violence victims leaving abusive spouses or seeking help.

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Meltdown: Brady Campaign Loses It over Loss of 'Common-Sense' Suppressor Gun Controls

AWR Hawkins — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:51:01 +0000

The Brady Campaign went into full meltdown mode following the first transfer of a suppressor without registration in over 90 years.

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Giffords Group Apoplectic That DOJ Didn't Fight Demise of 'Nearly 100 Years' of Suppressor Gun Control

AWR Hawkins — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:46:57 +0000

Giffords went apoplectic over the Trump DOJ's refusal to appeal a ruling that struck down the NFA suppressor regulation requirement.

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Nolte: Poll Shows Ken Paxton Ahead of James ‘God Is Nonbinary’ Talarico

John Nolte — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:05:07 +0000

The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas currently held by the RINO cuck John Cornyn is a tight one, according to an Emerson poll, but Attorney General Ken Paxton is up by one point over James “Neighbors With a Uterus” Talarico.

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Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride Didn't Fight to Use Women's Restroom Because 'Someone Could Shoot Me'

Hannah Knudsen — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:07:06 +0000

Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) said he did not fight to use the women's restroom on Capitol Hill because "someone could shoot me," and he did not sign up to be a martyr.

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Nolte: Polls Show No One Cares About Climate Change

John Nolte — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:16:34 +0000

The latest polling shows that voters have wised up and don’t care about Global Warming or Climate Change, or whatever the grifters call it now.

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Colombia: Hospitals Overwhelmed in Earthquake Epicenter, 93 Percent of State 'Gravely Damaged'

Frances Martel — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:37:20 +0000

Authorities in Colombia continue to struggle to meet the needs of the tens of thousands estimated to have been injured, displaced, or otherwise affected by the devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake this week, telling local media on Thursday that hospitals near the epicenter are totally overwhelmed and city streets are in a state of "total chaos.

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Pete Hegseth: Colombia Joins Shield of the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition

Christian K. Caruzo — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:36:03 +0000

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Colombia has officially joined the "Shield of the Americas" regional counter-cartel coalition.

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Dem Rep. Auchincloss: After Midterms, Impeachment of Hegseth Will Be a Priority

Pam Key — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:31:53 +0000

On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “On the Line,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said if Democrats take the majority in the midterm elections, impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be a priority. Auchincloss said, “There was no plan for this war.

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Salvage Teams Struggle to Contain Oil Spill from Tanker Grounded near Oman

John Hayward — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:32:58 +0000

A massive international salvage operation is underway to contain the oil spill from a tanker that ran aground off Oman.

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Abelardo de la Espriella Declares Economic Emergency in Colombia over Earthquake

Christian K. Caruzo — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:19:26 +0000

Abelardo de la Espriella declared a state of economic emergency in Colombia to address the aftermath of this week's earthquake.

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VIDEO: Illegal Alien Released from Jail Accused of Fatally Stabbing Retiree One Day Later in Sanctuary California

Amy Furr — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:03:04 +0000

DHS is urging sanctuary state governor Gavin Newsom to hand over the illegal alien accused of stabbing a 68-year-old retiree to death one day after the suspect was released from custody.

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Rep. Maria Salazar Lobbies Pope Leo XIV for Second-Class Cheap Labor

Neil Munro — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:44:15 +0000

Florida Republican Rep. Maria Salazar is lobbying the Pope to back her cheap-labor "Dignidad" bill that would create a two-tier society of citizens and low-wage migrant workers.

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FEDS: Terrorist Mexican Cartel Bought RPGs, Machine Guns from Czech Republic

Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:24:31 +0000

Four members of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) are facing federal charges in the United States in connection with the purchase of RPGs, machine guns, mortars, and other weapons from the Czech Republic, as well as the production and smuggling of drugs into the United States.

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Amazon Is Training AI with Data from Its Twitch Streaming Platform, Here's How to Opt Out

Lucas Nolan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:09:15 +0000

Video game streaming giant Twitch has introduced a setting that allows users to opt out of Amazon using their channel content to train generative AI models, more than two years after a company executive publicly confirmed the practice.

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Brush Off Your Pickup Lines: Bumble Drops Women Messaging First Rule in Place Since 2014

Lucas Nolan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:26:15 +0000

Dating app Bumble is eliminating its rule requiring women to send the first message to a match, the key differentiator between it and many other online dating platforms. According to a survey, more than two-thirds of women on the platform prefer for men to send the first message.

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Meta and Trade Unions Sign National Deal on AI Data Center Construction

Lucas Nolan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:40:36 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta announced Wednesday that it is entering a national partnership with North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), tying the construction of its AI data centers to unionized labor for the first time.

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Slop Detector: Spotify to Label AI-Generated Artists Starting Next Month

Lucas Nolan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:42:31 +0000

Spotify announced this week that it will begin labeling artists whose personas are generated by AI, a move driven by user frustration with profiles for artists that appear human but are not.

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Turkey Says Saudi, Pakistan Defense Deal Includes A.I and Autonomous System Tech

Frances Martel — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:48:03 +0000

The Turkish Defense Ministry revealed new details on Thursday of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, a pact Ankara signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that now requires each country to treat an attack against one as an attack against all.

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VIDEO: Fans Outraged After DiJonai Carrington Again Strikes Rivals in the Face and Eyes Mere Days After Flagrant Foul on Sophie Cunningham

Warner Todd Huston — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:49:34 +0000

Days after Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington was seen clotheslining Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, she was at it again.

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Nolte: 52 Percent of Gen Z Morons Have Moved Money from Investments to Sports Betting

John Nolte — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:49:08 +0000

A majority of idiots in Gen Z have moved money out of investments and into a sports betting account. Twenty-six percent of Gen Z say “they treat sports betting as a deliberate, ongoing component of their financial plans."

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Hammond Mayor Says Chicago Bears Set to Make Major Announcement Regarding Stadium Move on Thursday

Warner Todd Huston — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:27:30 +0000

The mayor of Hammond, Indiana, says that the Chicago Bears may be set to announce their move to Indiana as soon as Thursday.

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Hasan Piker Says Issue with 'America Deserved 9/11' was Wording, Not Content

Matt Mercer — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:02:55 +0000

Anti-American streamer Hasan Piker said he "should have phrased things better" discussing his viral comments that America deserved 9/11 on Mehdi Hasan's podcast two weeks ago.

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Peggy Flanagan: 'We Need to Rip ICE Apart'

Pam Key — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:46:29 +0000

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Democratic Senate candidate and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said we need to rip Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) apart. Flanagan said, “We’ve seen over $240 billion has been spent on ICE, on Donald Trump’s

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Ossoff: 'When We Win' the Midterms 'Accountability Is Coming'

Pam Key — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:40:28 +0000

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said “when” Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, “accountability is coming.” Ossoff said, “They see the writing on the wall this fall. They see the

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'Woke 2' Way More Radical Than 'Woke 1': The Evidence

Breitbart TV — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:21:55 +0000

Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Democrats. Marlow said, “the difference between woke one and woke two in the context of a big day for woke two because Francesca Hong is way ahead, one of

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Chris Matthews: Dems Have to Denounce Socialist 'Crap'

Pam Key — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:28:00 +0000

Wednesday 0n MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” political pundit Chris Matthews said Democrats running for office have to denounce the “crap” coming from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Matthews said, “The DSA has done a favor to non-DSA Democrats, to

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'The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Bashes Hollywood for Refusing to Fund 'Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’ Action Film

Warner Todd Huston — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:27:58 +0000

Lilly Wachowski, the director of "The Matrix" series of films and who now identifies as a woman, is ripping Hollywood for refusing to back his transgender action film.

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Comedian Margaret Cho: 'We're in the Middle of a Trans Genocide'

Paul Bois — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:09:30 +0000

Comedienne and actor Margaret Cho attacked policies aimed at curbing transgender ideology, even going as far to say we are in a "trans genocide."

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Two Major Hollywood Unions Call on California Democrat AG Rob Bonta to Settle Paramount Lawsuit

Paul Bois — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:48:12 +0000

Two of the biggest Hollywood unions, the Director's Guild and IATSE, urged Rob Bonta to settle his lawsuit against Paramount.

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Children’s YouTube, Netflix Star Ms. Rachel Pushes Reparations for Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Simon Kent — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:59:41 +0000

Children’s YouTube and Netflix star Ms. Rachel has added support for reparations over slavery and Jim Crow Laws to her growing catalogue of left-wing causes, taking her latest stance via an Instagram post to her five million-plus followers.

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