Author: Leslie Stewart

The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up efforts to persuade fraudulent immigrants to self-sell them by providing $1,000 in salary and travel assistance.The federal agency announced Monday that those who voluntarily leave the US using the CBP Home app received support “to promote travel to their home country” and “the $1,000 paid after returning to their home country has been confirmed through the app.”The announcement comes as the number of deportations remained stagnant for the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. One of the president’s important campaign promises was to enact a massive deportation as soon as…

Opinion: Tracy Jin, Chief Operating Officer, MEXCMarket operations are everywhere, but we can’t see them anywhere yet. This is an invisible threat that affects crypto and traditional markets, with regular traders counting costs. Sometimes the operation is obvious – the illiquid token is pumped high before being discarded just as quickly as possible – but in many cases it is subtle and more difficult to detect.What is even more concerning is that these schemes are no longer in the realm of fraudulent whales and amateur pump groups. The signs increasingly point to coordinating centralized exchanges, derivative platforms, and highly organized,…

BOSTON – Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday called the constitution repeatedly, saying it was “to unite us” after receiving John F. Kennedy’s profile at the Courage Award.Pence was awarded for his refusal along with his efforts to stay in the office of President Donald Trump after losing the 2020 election. The award acknowledges Pence, “for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of the president’s power on January 6, 2021,” the JFK Library Foundation said.”To build a future together we have to find a common foundation,” Pence said. “My presence tonight is…

China, China, April 12: A woman checks her smartphone while passing a busy intersection in front of Sam’s Club Membership Store and McDonald’s Restaurant on April 12, 2025 at Shenzhen, China. Chen Singh | Getty Images NewsAs Sky-High Tariffs kills orders for Chinese products, the country has been striving to help exporters divert sales to the domestic market.The local Chinese government and major companies have expressed support to help tariff-hit exporters redirect their products to the domestic market for sale. jd.com, Tencent Also, Doin, a sister app to China’s Tiktok, is one of the e-commerce giants that promotes the sale…

The Panama Canal has been fighting extreme weather for the past few years. The El Niño phenomenon and severe drought led to a water level crisis. Now, President Trump’s trade war is threatening the gateway to world trade. A critical passage for the transport of marine cargo containers bound to the US East Coast, the Panama Canal faces a potential business slump as a result of Trump’s Chinese tariffs and a rapid decline in manufactured goods ordered by US shippers.40% of all US container traffic passes through the Panama Canal every year, and as a whole, travels $270 billion in…

The trucking logistics giant from Monterrey, Mexico, was named Javier Selgus, and didn’t have to direct a crypto-cash rig towards Trump Tower on New York’s golden avenue, but he might have one too.Selgas, CEO of Freight Technologies Inc., a cross-border trucking concern, said his company recently purchased $20 million worth of Trump Memecoin.How do you know this? Selgus said so himself, both in his public news release and in related filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which required the international company to sell bonds to invest in Trump’s family coins. The CEO said the $20 million purchase would be…

According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night, shaking areas near the New Mexico-Texas border as part of a swarm of earthquakes.Temblor struck at 7:47pm, about 35 miles south of White City, New Mexico, at 7:47pm, the USGS said. The area is roughly halfway between the Midlands and the Texas city of El Paso.The earthquake occurred near four miles on the surface of the Earth, the investigation said. With the area’s sparse population, few residents have been affected, the USGS said. He said ground failure and landslides are unlikely, as is liquefaction,…

MIAMI GARDNS, Fla. — McLaren driver Randnoris won the Formula 1 Sprint Race Saturday in Miami after a rainy contest produced a crash and Marshall finished under a “safety car” as debris was collected on track.Norris started in third and jumped to second in the first corner before overtaking fellow McLaren driver Oscar Piastri in a frenzy series of pit stops during the final stretch of the race.”A lovely job. A well done boy,” the modest Norris said on Team Radio.It was a encouraging victory for Norris after struggling with his recent race and losing the championship, leading to Piastri,…

The two commercial flights approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport were ordered to do a “go-around” Thursday for an Army helicopter three months after an airborne crash that killed 67 people, officials said.US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said he would ask the Pentagon for an answer on a Black Hawk helicopter flight that forced a landing plane on Delta and Republic Airlines planes.”Not accepted. The restrictions on helicopters around DCA are transparent,” Duffy wrote in X, referring to the airport with the Federal Aviation Agency’s location identifier.No one was injured in the incident that occurred around 2:30pm.US Army spokesman Colonel Victoria…

can’t believe it.That was the first word when I saw President Donald Trump’s announcement last week. He will hold a dinner of 220 top holders of $Trump Meme Coin, which has completed a private reception for $25 investors and a White House tour. Trump’s efforts to leave the presidency were nothing new, and his first term was defined primarily by corruption and self-dealing. My organization, Washington’s Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, tracked 3,700 conflicts of interest in his four years. All of these disputes stem from Trump’s failure to meaningfully sell his business holdings.I don’t know if I’ve ever seen…