News
Compiled by Michael Hernandez
There are so many stories making up the mosaic of national/international news that we can’t cover them all every week. The biggest stories now seem to be: the Trump presidency, immigration (migrants and illegals), wars, weaponization of government (the deep state) against Trump and conservatives, our nation’s debt, massive inflation, climate change controversy and related expenses of government, industry attempting to address these issues, the Chinese threat, national security, abortion, Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), taxpayer cuts, and Ukraine peace. Here are just a few:
April 7: Breitbart By Lucas Nolan
Washington DC Police: Former Government Bureaucrat And Wife Vandalized Tesla EVs With ‘Hate Speech’
Metropolitan Police Department officials in Washington, D.C., have arrested a husband and wife duo for allegedly vandalizing Tesla vehicles with “political hate speech” as Trump haters escalate their campaign of domestic terrorism and violence against Elon Musk’s EV company. The husband is a former government bureaucrat and his wife is a mover and shaker in the NGO world.
The Washington Post reports that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, DC, announced the arrest of married couple Justin and Emily Fisher for their alleged involvement in vandalizing Tesla vehicles. According to the MPD, the suspects are accused of defacing four vehicles between March 1 and 21 by writing “political hate speech” on them. Additionally, Justin Fisher is alleged to have vandalized two other vehicles on March 9 and 12.
Emily Fisher is listed in a biography posted on the website of the nonprofit Smart Electric Power Alliance as its chief strategy officer. The bio also lists her as co-chair of the executive board of City Year D.C., a public service program that supports city schools through AmeriCorps.
April 7: Breitbart By Elizabeth Weibel
Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Enforce Deportations of Gang Members Under Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court of the United States lifted a block from U.S. District Judges James Boasberg, which prevented the Trump administration from deporting suspected illegal alien gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court justices found that “the migrants had improperly challenged their deportations in Washington, D.C.,” when they should have challenged them in Texas, “where they were being held.”
April 8: Breitbart By Kristina Wong
Senior CIA Official Who Facilitated Biden’s Military COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Fired
Terry Adirim, a senior Central Intelligence Agency official and former senior defense official who played a pivotal and potentially illegal role in the Biden Administration’s military vaccine mandate, was recently fired from the agency. Adirim, a former senior Biden appointee at the Department of Defense was performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Her firing was related to her role in forcing service members to choose between taking a vaccine that was under Emergency Use Authorization or being kicked out, according to the source. More than 8,700 service members were forced out of the military over the vaccine mandate, and tens of thousands more are estimated to have voluntarily left.
Under 10 U.S.C. Section 1107(a), a defense secretary can order service members to take an FDA-approved vaccine, but he cannot legally order service members to take an EUA-manufactured vaccine without seeking and obtaining a waiver from the president. Also under 10 U.S.C. Section 1107(a), that waiver must be signed by the president then the defense secretary must formally notify Congress of the waiver. Congress has never received notification of such a waiver.
Since taking office again in January, the Trump administration has been trying to undo the damage caused by the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. President Donald Trump in January signed an executive order to reinstate service members who were kicked out, along with backpay and their same rank, and is also welcoming back those who voluntarily left, but without back pay and a minimum of two years of service. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed up with a directive to the services to implement the executive order and on Monday, the Pentagon announced it would be contacting every service member who was kicked out over the vaccine with further instructions.
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement: “We’re committed to doing right by those who were affected by the Department’s former COVID-19 vaccination policy. For the roughly 8,700 service members who were separated solely for refusing the vaccine, this is an opportunity to return to service-and we want them to know the door is open. Starting today, the Department will begin outreach to ensure each of these individuals receives clear information on how to pursue reinstatement. He said they have until April 1, 2026, to pursue reinstatement.”
April 8: Gateway Pundit By Cullen LInebarger
Illegal Aliens To Be Fined Nearly $1,000 Per Day for Refusing to Leave, Face Property Seizures – Legal Protection For Over 900,000 Migrants Also Revoked
The Trump Administration announced they would be invoking a 1996 law that allows them to fine illegals $998 per day for refusing to leave America. The law was enforced for the first time in 2018, during President Trump’s first term in office.
Reuters noted that the Trump Administration plans to apply the penalties retroactively for up to five years, possibly resulting in fines of over $1 million. Illegals also face property seizure for refusal to comply.
April 8: Breitbart By Elizabeth Weibel
Kristi Noem Leads DHS, ICE Deportation Raid In Arizona
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation raid in Arizona on Tuesday. According to the New York Post, Noem “led about 100 federal agents on an early morning raid” in Phoenix. During the “multi-agency” raid, which was led by Phoenix ICE agents, three illegal aliens who were wanted on charges relating to “weapons and drug offenses to running a money laundering operation,” were captured, according to the outlet.
Noem continued to warn that illegal aliens in the U.S. would be found and arrested and sent back to their home countries. “If you are in this country illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back,” Noem said.
April 8: Breitbart By Elizabeth Weibel
Trump: ‘Proud To Be the President For The Workers And Middle Class
President Donald Trump expressed that he was “proud to be the President for the workers,” and the middle class, instead of Wall Street, the political class, and “the outsourcers.” While speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner on Tuesday, Trump spoke about how the Democrat Party was “not afraid” that the Trump administration’s America First policies would fail, but that they were “terrified” the strategy would succeed.
Trump also added that he was excited for the midterm elections and accused the Democrats of “treason” by allowing millions of illegal aliens to pour into the United States “through open borders.”
April 9: Breitbart By Mathew Boyle
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Europe Can Find ‘Win-Win Solution’ With President Trump On Trade That Is ‘Mutually Beneficial’
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News exclusively in an interview in his office here he believes Europe can reach a “win-win” trade deal with American President Donald Trump that is “mutually beneficial” for the United States and the European Union.
Mitsotakis’s comments come as the EU has just launched new trade actions with regard to the United States. The actions, which focus on steel and aluminum, were mostly planned prior to Trump’s worldwide tariff rollout last week. The muted response from Europe is a sharp contrast with China, which escalated quickly against Trump’s tariffs prompting the U.S. to respond in kind with further actions targeting Beijing—and then China to raise tariffs again back at the U.S. Europe’s response also did not tariff bourbon imports from the U.S., after Trump threatened a massive response on any European alcohol imports to the U.S. if Europe went down that road.
“There is a European message and then there is a Greek message,” Mitsotakis told Breitbart News when asked for his message to Trump during a half-hour-long interview in his office at Maximos Mansion in Greece’s capital, Athens. “On the European front there is a possibility of finding a win-win solution when it comes to trade, a solution which will be mutually beneficial. Τhis was my firm belief from the beginning, before tariffs were announced. There is still room for negotiations before we consider any major reciprocal response beyond what has been announced today, which, anyhow, was the expected EU reaction. I think, at the end of the day, Europe and the European market is very important for the U.S. and the U.S. is important for Europe and we need to work out a solution.”
Mitsotakis’s interview with Breitbart News sends a signal from Europe that European leaders want to work with Trump and it seems as though a broader realization is settling in across the continent that the real target of Trump’s actions appears to be China. Mitsotakis’s interview also comes after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had publicly offered earlier this week to drop European tariffs on American industrial goods to zero if the U.S. did the same—one of many world leaders like those in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere to signal a willingness to work with Trump rather than against him. The White House has regularly highlighted these countries reaching out and offering to negotiate with the American president as a way to show progress after Trump’s announcement, and also to try to ease market tensions as Wall Street has been rocked by the moves from Washington since last week.
April 9: Bretibart By Simon Kent
China Strikes Back At Trump With Immediate 84% Tariffs On U.S. Goods
China is slapping 84 percent tariffs on U.S. goods from Thursday, ramping tariffs up from the 34 percent as previously announced, its finance ministry said on Wednesday. Beijing’s hurried move is just the latest shot in an international trade war sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump as he works to level the playing field for global trade after China’s President Xi Jinping refused to withdraw retaliatory tariffs placed on America.
April 9: Gateway Pundit By Ben Kew
J.D. Vance Slaps Down Mitch McConnell After He Tries To Block Another Nominee
Vice President J.D. Vance slammed former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for voting against President Trump’s pick for a top Pentagon role. McConnell was the sole Republican to oppose Elbridge Colby’s nomination for the Pentagon’s undersecretary of policy position, the third-highest position in the Defense Department.
Posting on the X platform, Vance denounced McConnell’s act of “political pettiness. Mitch’s vote today—like so much of the last few years of his career—is one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen,” Vance wrote.
April 10: Breitbart By Joel Pollak
Two L.A. Schools Refuse Entry To Federal Homeland Security Officials
Two schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) refused entry to federal officials from the Department of Homeland Security this week, as part of an effort by state and local institutions to block immigration enforcement.
On Monday, two individuals arrived at Lillian Street Elementary School’s main office and identified themselves as “representatives of a federal agency,” according to a message school officials sent to parents and others. Individuals also showed up at Russell Elementary School. Both schools are located in South Los Angeles’ Florence-Graham neighborhood. Federal funds make up 10 percent of LAUSD’s revenues, and have accounted for about 15 percent of its budget in previous years.
April 10: Gateway Pundit By Cullen Linebarger
DOGE Makes Three Major Findings Regarding Unemployment Benefits Fraud
On Wednesday, The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced its findings from an initial survey of unemployment insurance claims from 2020 and uncovered three stunning discoveries regarding unemployment fraud.
- 24,500 people over 115 years old claimed $59 million in benefits.
- 28,000 people under the age of five claimed $254 million in benefits.
- 9,700 people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed $69 million in benefits. In one case, a person with a birthday in 2154 claimed $41,000 in benefits.
All told, there was $382 million worth of employment benefits fraud.
April 10: Gateway Pundit By Christina Laila
House Passes Trump-Backed Budget Resolution 216-214
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Trump-backed budget resolution in a 216-214 vote.
President Trump celebrated the win: “Congratulations to the House on the passage of a Bill that sets the stage for one of the Greatest and Most Important Signings in the History of our Country. Among many other things, it will be the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts ever even contemplated. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said on Truth Social.
April 11: Breitbart By John Binder
DOGE Report: ‘Terrorist Watch List’ Migrants Secured Medicaid After Being Freed Into U.S. By Joe Biden
A report from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that migrants on the federal government’s “Terrorist Watch List” were able to secure Medicaid after being released into the United States by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
According to DOGE officials, about 6,300 of Biden’s migrants — paroled into the U.S. interior with no immigration status — were either on the Terrorist Watch List or had criminal records and yet were still rewarded work permits and Social Security numbers.
The DOGE report found that 905 of the migrants, including four on the Terrorist Watch List, had been collecting Medicaid benefits totaling $276,000 in American taxpayer dollars. Another 41 were collecting unemployment benefits totaling $42,000. Similarly, 22 of the migrants received tax refunds in 2024 totaling $751,000 and several more received food stamp benefits.
April 12: Breitbart By Amy Furr
DOGE: Three Democrat-Run States Created Most of the $382 Million Unemployment Fraud
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is pointing the finger at three Democrat-controlled states for the bulk of fraudulent unemployment payments. The agency recently uncovered $382 million in such payments since 2020 and named California, New York, and Massachusetts as the top states to blame for the problem, Fox News reported on Friday.
The following day, DOGE explained in an update that, “California, New York, and Massachusetts accounted for most of these improper claims, totaling $305M in unemployment benefits. Additionally, California accounted for 68 percent of the unemployment benefits paid to parolees identified on the terrorist watchlist or with criminal records,” the agency stated.
April 13: The Western Journal By Samuel Short (Reprinted By The Gateway Pundit)
Leftist Wearing Cat Ears Attacks, Tries To Humiliate Black Conservative Who Was Nothing But Polite
On Thursday, conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA posted a video to social media platform X from the organization’s “Prove Me Wrong” event with rap artist Topher at Indiana’s Purdue University.
“Prove Me Wrong” events visit college campuses and pose provocative questions designed to generate thoughtful conversations — often about subjects that will upset leftists.
The unnamed assailant — complete with the appropriate attire for a leftist foot solider, a surgical mask and cat ears — could be seen tossing water right at Topher’s face. Topher was mid-sentence, saying, “You have your opinions, just because –” when he was cut off.
One woman, presumably another protester remarked, “Don’t do that. You should not have done that,” to Topher’s attacker.
April 13: Fox News By Michael Lee
Results Of President Trump’s Physical Released, Here’s What They Say
President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to a release from the White House physician following the president’s annual physical. “President Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function,” read the release by Navy Capt. Sean P. Barbabella, the physician to the president.
Trump underwent the physical on Friday morning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the release noted, which included “diagnostic and laboratory testing” and “consultations with fourteen specialty consultants.” The release included Trump’s vital statistics, noting that the president is 75 inches tall, weighs 224 pounds, has a resting heart rate of 62 beats per minute, a blood pressure of 128/74 mmHg, a pulse oximetry of 99 percent on room air, and a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/results-president-trumps-physical-released-what-they-say
(Editor’s Note; See April 11: Breitbart By Nick Gilbersson:
Michael Hernandez, is co-founder of the Citizens Journal–Ventura County’s online news service and writes for citizensjournal.net. He is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor, writer of “CaliRed News” on Substack.com and edits the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes” and monthly “Election 2026 Countdown.” Mr. Hernandez mentors citizen journalists/podcasters and can be contacted at [email protected].
