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Trump reports illegal immigrant encounters at historic lows during first full month in office
- By Michie
- General Politics
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February's apprehensions are a record-setting low number
President Donald Trump took to social media Saturday afternoon to declare "The Invasion of our Country is OVER" after his first full month in office, which saw only 8,326 apprehensions of illegal immigrants by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), a record-setting low.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump relayed the apprehensions of illegal immigrants by Border Patrol at the southern border, all of whom were "quickly ejected from our Nation or, when necessary, prosecuted for crimes against the United States of America."
The Trump administration's apprehension numbers in its first full month represent a 96% drop from Biden administration highs in December 2023, when CBP reported 301,981 encounters at the southern border.
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Trump reports illegal immigrant encounters at historic lows during first full month in office
The Trump administration announced Saturday that Customs and Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants reached a record-setting low in the president's first full month in office.
Trump staffers load boxes of items seized by FBI in 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid onto Air Force One
- By Valletta
- American Politics
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Trump counselor Alina Habba told reporters during a gaggle Friday the boxes were with the FBI and contained personal items.
For example, Habba said the FBI raided Trump’s son Barron’s closet and wife Melania’s closet and went through drawers, making a mockery of the justice system.
She reiterated that personal items like pictures, newspaper articles and things "completely irrelevant" to lawsuits were removed from the home and are now being returned to Trump.
www.foxnews.com
Barron is already in school.
For example, Habba said the FBI raided Trump’s son Barron’s closet and wife Melania’s closet and went through drawers, making a mockery of the justice system.
She reiterated that personal items like pictures, newspaper articles and things "completely irrelevant" to lawsuits were removed from the home and are now being returned to Trump.
Trump staffers load boxes of items seized by FBI in 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid onto Air Force One
President Trump's staff loaded boxes of items taken from his home in Florida during an FBI raid in 2022 onto Air Force One at Joint Base Andrew Friday.
Barron is already in school.
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Been Hearing - Droves of People Becoming Christians, and many to Orthodoxy
- The Ancient Way - Eastern Orthodox
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Our priest would! He loves Trump!!There was this time at coffee hour in 2016 when some parishioners half-jokingly handed Father a MAGA hat and asked him to put it on. He just smiled and said "c'mon guys, you know I can't do that".
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US kills senior military leader of Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria
- By Michie
- General Politics
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A senior military leader of the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, was killed in a precision airstrike in Syria carried out by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, according to a press release.
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US kills senior military leader of Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria
U.S. Central Command announced on Saturday that it had killed a senior military leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliate known as Hurras al-Din in an airstrike in Syria.
Did Andrew have some inkling that Jesus would perform a miracle with the boy's lunch?
- By tonychanyt
- Bibliology & Hermeneutics
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John 6:
Not exactly. Andrew's remark—"but what are they for so many?" reflected a mix of doubt and curiosity. By this point in Jesus' ministry, Andrew and the other disciples had already witnessed numerous miracles, including turning water into wine, healings and exorcisms. While Andrew might not have fully anticipated the specific miracle of multiplying food, the fact that he brought the boy's lunch to Jesus' attention suggested that he thought Jesus might do something with it. Sure enough:
Did Andrew have some inkling that Jesus would perform a miracle with the boy's lunch?
He might have some inkling about it, but he wasn't sure that Jesus would actually multiply the boy's lunch.
Some months later, Jesus multiplied food again in Mt 15:
Jesus knew he was going to perform a miracle.
Philip failed the test. Andrew volunteered to say something:
Did Andrew know that Jesus was going to perform a miracle?
Not exactly. Andrew's remark—"but what are they for so many?" reflected a mix of doubt and curiosity. By this point in Jesus' ministry, Andrew and the other disciples had already witnessed numerous miracles, including turning water into wine, healings and exorcisms. While Andrew might not have fully anticipated the specific miracle of multiplying food, the fact that he brought the boy's lunch to Jesus' attention suggested that he thought Jesus might do something with it. Sure enough:
In John 1:40-42, Andrew introduced his brother Simon Peter to Jesus. In John 12:20-22, he facilitated a request from some Greeks who wished to see Jesus. Andrew had a habit of bringing things to Jesus' attention and letting Jesus decide what to do with them.
Did Andrew have some inkling that Jesus would perform a miracle with the boy's lunch?
He might have some inkling about it, but he wasn't sure that Jesus would actually multiply the boy's lunch.
Some months later, Jesus multiplied food again in Mt 15:
The disciples weren't fast learners
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FEMA employees set to be fired over ‘egregious’ $59M payment for NYC migrants
- By HarleyER
- American Politics
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You apparently never did an agency budget. Every Department or Agency has so many personnel slots associated to it to fulfil the mission. They also have so much money allocated to them and their budgets don't often allow them to fulfil the personel slots. Say Department X has 10 slots available for people to hire, but because of their budget, they can only afford to hire 8 people. Two slots remain empty unless OMB takes it away or the Department gets new funding to fill those empty slots. Now let's suppose Department X gets a additional mission from government. Often this comes with additional slots and a budget increase to support those slots.
Here is a case in point from the State Department back in November.
State Dept sees record hiring, but seeks higher budgets through 2030 to fully replenish ranks
The State Department is bringing in a record volume of new hires, but is calling on lawmakers for increased budgets through the end of the decade to fully replenish its ranks.
federalnewsnetwork.com
From the article:
Verma said those funding increases allowed the department to recruit and grow its workforce “in a way that we haven’t done for many years.”
However, Verma said the department would need to see about an annual 7% increase in its budget through FY 2030, just to get the department back to a baseline level of staffing and “run the department at all cylinders.”
The State Department under Biden requested a 7% increase in its budget to get to their "baseline" level (unfilled personel slots). They also requested additional funds to increase that baseline for new hires.
This is standard practice not only in government but business.
So when we talk about 86,000 people for the IRS, it is impossible these are all unfilled slots, especially since the IRS currentl;y has only about 86,000 employees. Like the State Department, the Biden Administration was ramping up government hiring.
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Full Text: Msgr. James Shea at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Your Eminence, your Excellencies, my brother priests, beautiful religious who are here with us, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I feel like the luckiest man in the world. I was so scared to get up here and give this talk. I've been really nervous about it for the 20th anniversary of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, with all of you amazing people, in the presence of Congressman Chris Smith who received very worthily the Christi Fidelis Laici award. In the midst of all of that, I've been very concerned.
And then the Vice President of the United States shows up, and I thought, 'Wow, what a relief!' And then... Taylor Swift's boyfriend's teammate shows up, and I felt like no one is ever even going to remember that I was here. All the pressure's off! I can say whatever I want and so I'm feeling nice and relaxed, very happy.
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And then the Vice President of the United States shows up, and I thought, 'Wow, what a relief!' And then... Taylor Swift's boyfriend's teammate shows up, and I felt like no one is ever even going to remember that I was here. All the pressure's off! I can say whatever I want and so I'm feeling nice and relaxed, very happy.
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Full Text: Msgr. James Shea at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Marking the Jubilee Year, the president of University of Mary offered three images of Christian hope.
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