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WASHINGTON D.C. - The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has announced that a federal grand jury indicted a Chinese company and three Chinese nationals for allegedly illegally importing equipment capable of producing millions of potentially lethal fake pills.

The indictment, unsealed on Monday, targeted CapsulCN International Co. Ltd. (CapsulCN) and Xiochuan “Ricky” Pan, 40, Tingyan “Monica” Yang, 37, and Xi “Inna” Chen, 30, all of whom were charged with smuggling, Controlled Substances Act, and money laundering offenses in connection with CapsulCN’s unlawful import and distribution of tableting machines (also known as “pill presses”), encapsulating machines, and counterfeit die molds.

“Over a quarter of a million Americans have died from a fentanyl overdose since 2018,” USA Facts notes. “During 2023, approximately 72,000, or nearly seven in 10, drug overdose deaths in the United States were estimated to involve illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs),” the CDC has reported. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Department of Health and Human Services is launching a review of unnecessary regulations slowing down the Food and Drug Administration.

“To Make America Healthy Again, we must free our doctors and caregivers to do what they do best—prevent and treat chronic disease,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said Tuesday morning. “We cannot allow their time and talent to be wasted on bureaucratic red tape and paperwork.”

HHS and the FDA are pursuing a public Request for Information to identify and eliminate outdated or unnecessary regulations.

The move implements President Donald Trump’s executive order “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” which required every federal agency issuing a regulation to identify 10 potential regulations for recission, or to be eliminated and overturned.

HHS will implement the “10-to-1” deregulatory policy, as well as a regulatory cost cap, meaning the total cost of all new regulations in fiscal year 2025 must be significantly less than zero. Click here to read more.

 

LANSING, Mich - LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had big plans this summer with their “Canada Goose Program”: euthanize thousands of Canada geese using portable gas chambers. But after a wave of public outcry and some brutal headlines, the DNR is putting the brakes on its bird-killing program – at least temporarily.

The original plan? Capture and euthanize geese at Belle Isle and other Michigan sites by placing them in portable carbon dioxide chambers – with their dead bodies going to landfills. The rationale was simple: too many geese, too much poop. Their presence has allegedly wreaked havoc on water quality, parks, and delicate suburban sensibilities.

DNR officials said they were responding to a flood of complaints about aggressive behavior and unsanitary messes left by the geese.

The method of choice – carbon dioxide gas – sparked particular outrage. Critics compared it to a horror scene from a dystopian animal control manual. Many media outlets in Michigan wrote stories about the impending euthanasia, petitions started circulating, and the internet did what it does best: absolutely melt down. Click here to read more.

 

The Service Employees International Union Illinois State Council took in over $3 million in member dues in 2024 but just 3% of its spending was on representing workers.

Shouldn’t representing members be the main thing a union spends member money on?

The SEIU Illinois State Council is divided into local affiliates: SEIU Healthcare, SEIU Local 1 and SEIU Local 73. If a worker is a member of one of those locals, he or she is automatically a member of the state affiliate.

And while members pay dues to their local affiliates, they are also funding the SEIU Illinois State Council. The state council took in over $3 million in member dues in 2024.

So, if the SEIU Illinois State Council isn’t spending its members’ money on representation, how is it spending it?

On politics.

In fact, it spent nearly 26 times more on politics and contributions than it did on representing workers in 2024.

That could be why tens of thousands of workers represented by SEIU are choosing not to be members. Interested in opting out of the union? Here’s what you need to know. Click here to read more.

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Within an hour, a USCCA attorney called to represent him.

But after Huston was arrested and charged with attempted murder, he says the USCCA lawyer told him the case was a difficult one and advised him to plead guilty to a lesser charge. He went out and found a new lawyer, who got the charges dismissed. Even though USCCA also paid for the new lawyer, Huston quit his membership shortly after the two-year legal saga ended.

“I knew I was innocent—there was no way I was going to take a guilty plea,” said Huston, a 49-year old disabled Air Force veteran.

The number of Americans buying self-defense insurance—dubbed “murder insurance” by critics who believe it can encourage the use of deadly force—has soared in recent years.

About two million people have signed up, according to industry executives, some of whom estimate their membership has doubled in the past five years.

The insurers offer a range of services, including bail and criminal-defense lawyers. Some also cover the cost of litigating civil lawsuits brought by victims of the shootings.

The policies aren’t limited to shooting incidents; most companies will cover a member charged with other crimes, such as threatening somebody with a gun, so long as there’s a plausible self-defense claim.

Many companies offer upgraded plans that can include crime-scene cleanup costs (in-home or vehicle), TSA-violation expenses, accidental-discharge costs and coverage for spouses and minor children. Click here to read more.

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Maxwell Breaks Silence: What She Really Said About Clinton, Trump and Epstein’s Death
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WASHINGTON — Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced socialite serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation, spoke at length about her ties to former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and her view of Epstein’s death in newly released transcripts of her proffer sessions with the Department of Justice. She also addressed persistent rumors of a secret “list” of Epstein’s powerful associates, calling the notion a myth.

Click here to listen to the interview.

The interviews, conducted July 24–25, 2025, under a proffer agreement, mark the first time Maxwell has directly addressed federal investigators since her conviction. The transcripts provide a rare glimpse into her perspective on Epstein’s network and the scandals that continue to swirl around his name.

 

Maxwell on Donald Trump

Maxwell said her connections to Trump predated her relationship with Epstein. She recalled that in 1990, while helping her father Robert Maxwell with business matters in New York, she may have briefly met Trump. “My father was friendly with him and liked him very much,” she told investigators, adding that her father also admired Ivana Trump.

She acknowledged attending events at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort but denied recruiting women there on Epstein’s behalf. “I really don’t believe it’s true,” she said when pressed about allegations that she approached women at the property. “In the realm of possibility, it could have [happened], but I have no memory of it”.

Maxwell on Bill Clinton

Maxwell described Clinton as a figure Epstein “greatly admired” and sought to impress. She said she saw Clinton at charity and academic gatherings but insisted he was “never inappropriate” and “never a participant” in Epstein’s sexual misconduct.

Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein’s private jet for philanthropic work but denied wrongdoing. Maxwell’s comments, while echoing his denials, underscore Epstein’s desire to cultivate relationships with political elites.

 

Maxwell on Jeffrey Epstein’s Death

The transcripts show Maxwell voicing deep skepticism about Epstein’s official cause of death. “I don’t believe he killed himself,” she told investigators. She suggested Epstein “had many enemies” and said there were “too many coincidences” surrounding the circumstances of his 2019 death in federal custody.

While she did not accuse anyone directly, Maxwell’s doubts echoed the widespread suspicion that Epstein’s death was not self-inflicted.

Maxwell on the Rumored ‘List’

Investigators also asked Maxwell about the long-rumored “list” of Epstein’s friends and associates — sometimes described in media accounts as a supposed ledger of influential figures tied to his activities. Maxwell dismissed the idea outright.

“I never kept such a list, and I never saw one,” she said, calling the notion a “media invention.” She added that Epstein’s social circle was broad and well-known through public appearances, flight logs, and society pages, but insisted there was no secret document cataloging who might have been complicit.

“People have imagined this massive hidden record,” she said, “but it simply didn’t exist in the way it has been described.”

 

Distancing Herself from Epstein

Maxwell continued to dispute prosecutors’ characterization of Epstein’s multimillion-dollar transfers to her. She claimed the money was tied to loans, business deals, and investments, not payments for recruiting underage girls. She described flipping real estate, investing in luxury cars, and earning banking licenses in the 1990s, portraying herself as a woman seeking financial independence rather than an accomplice.

“I always wanted to be independent, financially secure and work for myself,” she said.

Renewed Scrutiny

The release of Maxwell’s interviews is likely to reignite scrutiny of Epstein’s network. For years, questions have swirled about who knew what about his abuse and how far his influence extended. Clinton has denied any knowledge of criminal activity, while Trump has said he knew Epstein socially but “was not a fan.”

Maxwell’s denial of a “list” may quiet some speculation but is unlikely to end the fascination with Epstein’s high-profile ties. Her insistence that Clinton and Trump were not involved in abuse will not silence critics, especially given her conviction for enabling Epstein’s exploitation.

 

A Story That Refuses to Fade

Six years after Epstein’s death and more than two years into her sentence, Maxwell remains central to the scandal. Her interviews reflect both an attempt to defend her reputation and a refusal to accept the narrative prosecutors advanced.

“I’ve never had any problem to speak to anybody,” she told investigators at the outset of the interviews, noting that she had asked to meet with the government years earlier. “I offered myself and I kept asking.”

Now, with her words public, the controversy surrounding Epstein, Maxwell, and the powerful world they inhabited is once again thrust into the spotlight — with two former presidents and the specter of a rumored “list” ensuring the story remains alive.

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Michigan spends six figures begging residents not to commit suicide

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spent more than $3.1 million in advertising across social media on 68 media campaigns from 2024 to 2025, according to documents obtained through a records request.

The department ran ad campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat, TikTok and LinkedIn. The state of Michigan also spends taxpayer dollars to buy your attention through advertisements on gas pumps and highway billboards.

The documents show what state lawmakers can or should do with taxpayer money.

The state health department spent $111,260 from 2024-25 urging residents not to kill themselves. The funding was advertised for the suicide hotline. Click here to read more.

 

Extremely Promising’: New Vaccine Could Prevent Recurrence Of Deadly Colon, Pancreatic Cancer

A new experimental vaccine has been developed that appears to be successful in preventing recurrences of the deadly colorectal and pancreatic cancers.

A study led by the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, tested the ELI-002 2P vaccine on 25 patients previously treated for pancreatic and colorectal cancers.

The vaccine could “help prevent or delay cancer recurrence in high-risk patients whose tumors are driven by KRAS mutations, which are responsible for half of colorectal cancers and more than 90 percent of pancreatic cancers, researchers noted,” The Hill reported.

The patients were tested a year after the vaccine had been administered, and the average relapse-free survival times were significantly greater than historical norms.

Oncologist Dr. Thomas Marron told News Nation the results are “extremely promising. Pancreatic cancer and colon cancer are really terrible cancers, and oftentimes even if patients can have curative-intense surgery, unfortunately this cancer tends to come back as microscopic bits of the cancer have already spread. Click here to read more.

 

Education Dept places five Virginia school districts on high-alert status over transgender bathrooms

The Department of Education on Tuesday announced it was placing five northern Virginia school districts on "high-risk status" within the federal grant system, after they declined to obey the department's directive to change their policies regarding transgender students using bathrooms that align with their chosen gender identity.

The school districts made their respective decisions to reject the department's Voluntary Resolution Agreement last week.

The Education Department found last month that Arlington Public Schools, Alexandria City Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools and the Prince William County Public Schools violated Title IX by allowing students access to "intimate, sex-segregated facilities" based on the students' chosen gender identity instead of their biological sex. Click here to read more.

 

Trump vows admin won't approve wind or solar: 'Days of stupidity are over'

resident Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed that his administration would not approve wind or solar projects, calling the alternative energy sources part of the "scam of the century!"

Trump has long criticized the alternative energy forms, notably pointing to the impact of wind turbines on the bird population. Earlier this week, he called for stopping windmill operations due to an energy crunch.

"Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS," Trum posted on Truth Social. "THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY! We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar. The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!! MAGA."

Last month, Trump called windmills a "con job" and warned European leaders against their production, in part due to them being made in China.

 

Man who tried to rape 7-year-old agrees to be castrated as part of plea deal

VERNON PARISH, La. - A Louisiana man agreed to be physically and chemically castrated as part of a plea deal.

Thirty-seven-year-old Thomas Allen McCartney, of Leesville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree rape of a child under the age of 13.

As part of the plea deal, McCartney also agreed to serve 40 years in state prison, according to the Vernon Parish District Attorney’s Office.

When McCartney was arrested in 2023, authorities said he had been caught sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. He was already a Tier 3 sex offender in Louisiana, having been previously convicted of attempted aggravated rape in 2011. Click here to read more.

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