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Compiled by Michael Hernandez. 3-30-25
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:
March 24: Breitbart By Nick Gilberston
Trump Estimates ‘$4 Trillion Worth of Companies’ Are ‘Moving Back’ To U.S.
President Donald Trump estimated that his administration has already “identified maybe $4 trillion worth of companies moving back or going to move back” to the United States thanks to his tariff policies. Trump shared the figure during Monday’s Cabinet meeting at the White House.
Trump noted the semiconductor industry in particular and criticized the CHIPS and Sciences Act of 2022, which he said did not incentivize domestic microchip production as it provided large subsidies to companies already worth billions. Trump stressed that domestically produced goods do not face tariffs, which is an incentive for companies to manufacture in the United States. The president also touted automobile investment announcements in the United States with his return to office. Honda is coming in with a massive plant in Indiana.
Plans for the latest auto investment in the U.S. were revealed on Monday when CNBC reported Hyundai, a South Korea-based company, was set to “announce a $20 billion investment in U.S. onshoring that includes a $5 billion steel plant in Louisiana.”
March 24: Gateway Pundit By Cristina Laila
HUD Secretary Scott Turner Ends All Taxpayer-Funded Housing For Illegals
HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced he partnered up with DHS Chief Kristi Noem to end taxpayer-funded housing for illegal aliens. “U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem today signed the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to end the wasteful misappropriation of taxpayer dollars to benefit illegal aliens instead of American citizens,” HUD announced on Monday.
“As part of this new agreement, HUD will provide a full-time staff member to assist in operations at the Incident Command Center (ICC), establishing an interagency partnership to facilitate data sharing and ensure taxpayer-funded housing programs are not used to harbor or benefit illegal aliens,” HUD said.
March 25: Gateway Pundit By Cristina Laila:
President Trump Orders Immediate Declassification Of FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Files
President Trump on Tuesday ordered the immediate declassification of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane files. White House advisor William Scharf presented the memorandum to President Trump. In July of 2016, then-FBI special agent Peter Strzok opened a counterintel investigation into Trump’s camp dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane” on suspicions (based on no evidence) that the Russians had infiltrated Trump’s circle.
For years the DOJ and FBI resisted the release of the “electronic communication” used to launch the scam investigation because it revealed the entire spying operation was a scam. The “electronic communication” that launched Crossfire Hurricane was written by Peter Strzok and obtained by Judicial Watch as the result of a FOIA lawsuit. The document was previously declassified and released with redactions.
Peter Strzok opened Crossfire Hurricane based on third-hand information that the Russian government “had been seeking prominent members of the Donald Trump campaign in which to engage to prepare for potential post-election relations should Trump be elected U.S. President.” In 2023, Special Counsel John Durham released his final report concluding the FBI had no verified intel when it opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump in 2016.
The now infamous binder contains hundreds of pages about the Crossfire Hurricane scandal. It contains damaging information about the corrupt actors involved in our government. In an explosive development in August 2022 following the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid, sources close to the high-profile investigation revealed that the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago was explicitly aimed at recovering a “missing top-secret binder.” This document is rumored to contain damning evidence of former President Barack Obama’s CIA and FBI involvement in initiating the Russia collusion narrative against President Trump.
The binder allegedly has intercepted transcripts made by the FBI on various Trump staff. It has the tasking orders and debriefings of Christopher Steele and Stefan Halper, the FBI’s main human sources in the Crossfire Hurricane scandal. There is a copy of the final FISA warrant approved by an intelligence court.
March 26: Washington Stand By Ben Johnson
Trump To Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Reports Say
The second Trump administration will withhold federal family planning dollars to the nation’s largest abortion franchise and numerous other Title X organizations, as soon as this week, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Monday, because they illegally discriminate under the guise of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
All federal contractors lose a combined total of $120 million in funding this year — about half of Title X’s budget. The planned cuts to Planned Parenthood come to $20 million, reported by Laura Kusisto and Liz Essley Whyte at WSJ.
https://washingtonstand.com/news/praise-god-trump-to-cut-planned-parenthood-funding-reports-say
March 27: Fox News By Madeline Coggins
Elise Stefanik Details ‘Team Player’ Decision To Remain In Congress After Trump Request To Pull UN Nomination
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., explained her “team player” decision to bow out of contention for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, shoring up that razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he asked Stefanik to bow out of contention to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik added the decision came to a “culmination” after considering a “combination” of factors since the New York lawmaker’s initial nomination following President Donald Trump’s reelection.
Trump detailed his decision to withdraw Stefanik’s nomination Thursday, writing on Truth Social, “As we advance our America First Agenda, it is essential that we maintain every Republican seat in Congress. We must be unified to accomplish our mission, and Elise Stefanik has been a vital part of our efforts from the very beginning.”
March 27: Gateway Pundit By Jordan Conradson
Elon Musk And DOGE Team Reveal That Nearly Half of Social Security Calls Are From “Fraudsters” Stealing Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crew have revealed that 40 percent—nearly half—of the phone calls the Social Security Administration receives are from “fraudsters” who are changing beneficiaries’ bank information to steal benefits. Musk explained that unscrupulous individuals “call in, they say, they claim to be a retiree, then they convince the Social Security personnel to change where the money is flowing.”
Despite the massive fraud in the program and evidence of real retirees getting cheated out of their benefits, the Democrats are still vehemently opposed to Musk and his team rooting out the corruption.
March 28: Gateway Pundit By Cristina Laila
President Trump Asks Supreme Court To Intervene iIn Alien Enemies Act Case
President Trump on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in the Alien Enemies Act case after a federal appeals court denied the stay of an injunction barring the Trump administration from deporting criminal aliens. Chief Justice Roberts requested a response by April 1.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied the Trump DOJ’s request to lift Judge Boasberg’s block on the Alien Enemies Act deportation flights. The three judge panel on the DC Circuit Court: Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett (Obama appointee), and Walker (Trump appointee) voted 2-1 – with Judge Walker dissenting.
March 29: Fox News By Julia Johnson
Bill Maher Favors Cutting Public Broadcasting Funding, Rejects NPR CEO’s Testimony That Outlet Is Unbiased
“Real Time” host Bill Maher argued in favor of pulling federal funding from NPR, insisting it has to go private in the age of hyper-partisan politics. During his online “Overtime” segment, Maher read a viewer question asking the panel to react to the testimony of NPR CEO Katherine Maher (no relation) and PBS CEO Paula Kerger, who defended their outlets to the House of Representatives’ newly-formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee as GOP lawmakers call to strip them of taxpayer money over their left-wing bias. He specifically called out his “namesake” Maher over her repeated assertions that NPR was “unbiased.”
“Give me a break, lady,” Maher reacted Friday. “I mean, they’re crazy far-left.” The HBO host went on to say the country is “past the age” where the federal government can subsidize outlets like NPR and PBS. “Why do we need to subsidize,” Maher asked. “We’re so polarized. These outlets became popular at a time when Republicans and Democrats didn’t hate each other and weren’t at each other’s throats and didn’t think each other was an existential threat. In that world, you can’t have places like this, I think, anymore. They have to be private.”
March 30: Gateway Pundit By Jordan Conradson
Elon Musk Responds To Calls For His Death And Burning Teslas At New York Protest Led By Democrat Officials: “The Organizers And Funders Will Be Found And Prosecuted”
Anti-Tesla protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Manhattan, calling for violent terrorism and arson against Tesla drivers and reportedly for Elon Musk’s death, as leftists participated in an astroturfed nationwide protest at over 200 Tesla showrooms. This comes amid a string of violence and vandalism against Tesla owners.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, a 61-year-old woman in Arizona was beaten up while sitting in her car. The victim, who wished to remain anonymous and was referred to as “Susan,” told reporters that she was appalled when a motorist chased her, boxed her in, and began beating her through an open car window.
One clip from the unruly protest shows individuals holding signs and banners that read, “Burn a Tesla Save Democracy,” call for liberals to “fight the Nazis,” and accuse Elon Musk of “stealing from you.” Protesters also displayed a representation of a vandalized Tesla with holes in the windows and flames spewing from the interior.
The protest was led by Democratic New York officials, including Assemblymembers Zohran Mamdani and Micah Lasher and State Senator Brad Royalman Siegel.
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 and writes the weekly “CaliRed News” and is editor of the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes” and monthly “Election 2026 Countdown.” Mr. Hernandez mentors citizens journalists/podcasters and can be contacted at [email protected].
