It’s been a busy week in news and politics!
Here are the ten most important stories you need to know heading into the weekend:
10. Laken Riley’s Father Speaks Out Against Illegals
The father of Laken Riley is speaking out about illegals invading the country after his daughter’s head was bashed in by an illegal while at college in Georgia.
“The father of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela last month, urged Georgia governor Brian Kemp to declare a state of invasion “to detain and deport criminal illegals” during an address to the state senate on Wednesday.
“I stand before you a heartbroken man,” Riley said. “Part of my purpose has been taken. God gave me a beautiful daughter to father, protect, provide for, and nurture. A man with an evil heart stole her life. He was in this country and this state illegally.”
“Governor Kemp, please declare an invasion to detain and deport criminal illegals so we can prevent future families from those tragedies,” Riley continued. “Hundreds of women and children each month… are being smuggled, coerced, and trafficked in our state. They are victims, just like Laken. I thank you for honoring Laken in this way, and I humbly ask you to do more to protect us. She and my family mean the world to me.”
In response to the murder of Riley’s daughter, the Georgia house passed a bill last month that would withhold funding from localities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities on the detention, removal, and investigation of illegal aliens in the state. The bill is currently before the senate.”
9. Tik Tok Investor Flexing In 2024 Elections
The primary US investor behind Tik Tok is getting involved in this year’s elections in a big way, with $ million donated to candidates and causes so far.
“The biggest donor in this U.S. election cycle is Jeffrey Yass, a libertarian trading firm owner who started off as a professional poker player and is now a major investor in TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance.
Philadelphia-based Yass has donated more than $46 million to Republican causes so far in the 2024 election cycle, data from political donations tracker OpenSecrets shows.
The funds have gone to support former rivals of Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, as well as a raft of groups supporting school choice, programs that use taxpayer dollars to send students to private and religious schools.”
8. Crooked Senator Bob Menendez May Run As An Independent
US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey won’t accept the Democrat Party’s nomiantion for re-election, but he’s reportedly considering running as an Independent.
” Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez will not run for reelection as a Democrat this year but is keeping the door open to an independent run, he said Thursday.
New Jersey’s senior senator, who is under indictment for a second time in a decade, said he is hopeful that “my exoneration will take place this summer,” allowing him to run in November’s general election.
Menendez’s announcement comes days before New Jersey’s Democratic filing deadline on March 25. Had Menendez run for reelection as a Democrat, he would be jumping into an already contentious primary between Rep. Andy Kim and first lady Tammy Murphy — not to mention having single-digit support, according to public polls.”
7. French President Says Ukraine May Fall Soon
French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that Ukraine may be on the verge of collapse.
“French President Emmanuel Macron believes Ukraine might be defeated on the battlefield in short order, the French edition of Politico reported on Wednesday.
The outlet’s Playbook section spoke with several members of the president’s party who had attended a working dinner at the Elysee Palace the evening before. While most of the discussion centered on the upcoming European Parliament elections, the Ukraine conflict also came up.
“Ukraine could fall very quickly,” one of the outlet’s sources quoted Macron as saying.
Macron ramped up his rhetoric about Ukraine a few weeks after a number of French nationals fighting on behalf of Kiev were killed in a Russian missile strike. At a meeting of EU leaders in Paris in late February, he refused to rule out the possibility of a NATO intervention in Ukraine.”
6. President Trump Wins Florida Presidential Primary
President Trump scored another YUGE win this week, with the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee taking the win in Florida’s Presidential Primary. Ron DeSantis came in 3rd…
“As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this fall.
There was little suspense about Tuesday’s results as both candidates are already their parties’ presumptive nominees.
Trump easily won Republican primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio. Biden did the same except in Florida, where Democrats had canceled their primary and opted to award all 224 of their delegates to Biden.
Biden and Trump’s campaigns are working to fire up their bases by tearing into each other and warning of the perils of the opponent.”
5. Bernie Moreno Wins Ohio US Senate Primary
Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno beat out his establishment opponents for a big win in Ohio’s Republican US Senate Primary.
Moreno, who was endorsed by President Trump, now faces liberal Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown in November.
“Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno will win the Ohio GOP Senate primary, the Associated Press projects, in a race that tested the weight of former President Trump’s endorsement.
Moreno was projected as the winner Tuesday night, beating Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in a contest many believe is a solid opportunity for Republicans to flip the seat. Moreno argued the contentious GOP primary was a battle between an outsider who would carry forward the MAGA agenda versus the establishment.
“The reality is we have an opportunity now, we have an opportunity now to retire the old commie and send him to a retirement home and save this country because that’s what we’re going to do,” Moreno told his supporters in his victory speech referring to incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown who he will face in November.”
4. New York Judge Orders Monitoring Of Trump Organization For 3 Years
A New York Judge has ruled that the state will monitor The Trump Organization for the next 3 years.
“The judge in former President Trump’s New York civil fraud case has ordered the court to monitor the Trump Organization’s finances for three years.
Judge Arthur Engoron, who ruled on the civil fraud case that ultimately slapped Trump with his $464 million judgment, made the order to monitor the Trump Organization on Thursday.
“Based on the Court’s findings in its February 16th Order, the Court ordered the continued monitoring of Defendants’ financial and accounting practices and disclosures, including and enhanced role for the Monitor, for a period of no less than three years, as well as the appointment of an Independent Director of Compliance,” Engoron wrote in the Thursday order.
3. Riley Strain Found Dead In Tennessee River
Riley Strain, the missing college student from Missouri, was found dead Friday in Tennessee in the Cumberland River on Friday morning.
“The body of missing college student Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville Friday morning following a two-week search, according to Nashville police.
There’s no evidence to suggest anything besides Strain accidentally falling in the river, Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters on Friday.
Strain’s body was spotted by workers at the river Friday morning, Drake said. The autopsy will likely be done Friday, he said.
Strain, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Missouri, went missing on March 8 after a night out at several Nashville bars. Strain and his Delta Chi fraternity brothers were visiting Nashville for their fraternity formal.”
2. CIA Helped Hunter Biden As Feds Investigated His “Sugar Bro”
Reports say that the CIA intervened to stop a federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s “sugar bro,” a friend of Hunter’s who has lavishly supported the controversial son of President Biden.
“The CIA ordered tax investigators not to interview the ‘sugar brother’ who bailed out Hunter Biden with millions of dollars, a whistleblower has claimed.
Kevin Morris loaned the president’s son at least $5 million, bought his artwork, and made payments to Hunter’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, as well as Lunden Roberts, the mother of his illegitimate four-year-old daughter.
But federal officials investigating the first son’s tax affairs were summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and told them that Morris was off-limits to them. Now the House leaders pursuing the president’s impeachment have written to CIA director William Burns demanding to know why.”
1. Clinton Airport Director Killed In Arkansas Shootout With Feds After Weapons Investigation
Add another body to the list of victims associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton, this time the director of the Arkansas airport that bears their name.
According to The New York Post:
” The Arkansas airport executive director who was shot by federal agents during a raid at his home this week has died from his injuries, his brother said. Bill Walker, the new executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, also announced the death of Malinowski in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Bryan Malinowski, 53, died two days after a gunfire exchange with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) at his Little Rock residence. He was pronounced dead Thursday, Matthew Malinowski told Fox News Digital.
Many questions have surrounded the circumstances regarding the fatal shooting of Bryan Malinowski. The ATF said agents were attempting to serve a search warrant at Malinowski’s home when there was a gunfire exchange. One agent was wounded and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.”
