"Well, they can go back to their country, get whatever food they want," Mullin said during a cabinet meeting in the White House. "The fact is, we're giving them the calories they want. This isn't Holiday Inn."
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will likely attend the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals game next week. Trump, a New York native, said he was invited by James Dolan, who owns the Knicks, the New York Rangers, and Madison Square Garden to attend the game. “They really, they have some great players,” […]
Americans already grappling with elevated gas prices face another inflation squeeze as severe weather, trade policy and geopolitical conflict could send consumer costs surging just before November's midterm elections.Grocery prices rose in April by the most in nearly four years, and experts warn the pressures will only worsen through 2027, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects a 3.2 percent increase in grocery prices and other experts warn that could rise even higher, reported Bloomberg.“It’s going to be a challenging year,” said Ricky Volpe, an agribusiness professor at California Polytechnic State University who expects grocery costs to soar by 4 percent to 4.5 percent. “Food is going to become less affordable, and consumers should be prepared for it.”The U.S. experienced its warmest start to any year on record, with temperatures running about 6 degrees Fahrenheit above average through April. The early heat prompted crops to begin blossoming prematurely instead of remaining dormant through winter, leaving them vulnerable to subsequent frosts. Meanwhile, drought has devastated agricultural regions nationwide — 70 percent of U.S. winter wheat production sits in drought areas as of mid-May, along with 25 percent of corn production.Beef prices hit record highs in April due to the smallest cattle herd in 75 years, squeezed by drought and elevated production costs. Tomato prices surged 33 percent over two months following winter storms that damaged Florida's growing season combined with declining shipments from Mexico due to Trump administration tariffs on Mexican imports.California, which supplies nearly half of U.S. vegetables and three-quarters of fruit and nut receipts, faces severe irrigation challenges after Sierra Nevada snowpack fell to just 23 percent of typical levels.The Iran war has disrupted global fertilizer markets, with North American fertilizer prices up 20 percent since fighting began, and El Niño is forecast to emerge by August with potential for unusual strength persisting into 2027, threatening additional drought in major international growing regions for rice, coffee and cocoa.The impact is already visible in household budgets, according to the report. James Giese, a 62-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, reports cutting back on prepared foods and meat while growing potatoes in his backyard to stretch his budget. "I'm probably considered middle-income, but it's starting to pinch," he said.Consumers face additional headwinds, with household debt rising and savings rates are falling, and real average hourly earnings declined for the first time in three years through April.Food insecurity measures showed meaningful increases between October 2025 and February 2026, according to Federal Reserve data."As I've been saying: Inflation is just getting started. I think this is going to be a major theme of the next few years," commented Wall Street Journal columnist Christopher Mims. "It is not going to be pleasant, even for people with money. For people without, it's going to be (and is already) devastating."
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has sent liberals and travel industry proponents into a tailspin after revealing a strategy that may prevent illegal immigrants from ever entering U.S. sanctuary jurisdictions in the first place.During an appearance with Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Mullin stated that he and others are "currently drawing up plans" to halt international passenger and cargo processing at airports near sanctuary cities since Democrats have attempted to interfere with DHS officers at immigration detention facilities, most recently in Newark, New Jersey.'They don't want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities?'"Local, radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws," Mullin claimed, so "we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities.""They don't want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities?" he continued. "Nothing about that makes sense to me."Mullin did not elaborate on which cities or airports he had in mind, though last year the Justice Department issued a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" that includes states like California and Connecticut; counties like Cook County, Illinois; and cities such as Boston, Denver, and San Francisco.RELATED: 'If they want to come, they're coming': Democrats whine in viral video that sanctuary city policies won't stop ICE Companies and organizations associated with the travel industry have strongly opposed cutting off immigration processing at major U.S. airports.According to DW, the U.S. Travel Association and several major airlines issued a joint statement on Friday, predicting that "such a move would have devastating consequences for the travel industry and communities that depend on international visitation." Airlines for America, another trade organization, insisted that reducing the presence of Customs and Border Protection at airports would cause "significant operational disruption to carriers, travelers, and the flow of international cargo."However, even other members of Trump's Cabinet have responded to Mullin's idea with ambivalence. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted during a congressional hearing Thursday that he has misgivings about restricting air travel based on "politics.""We have people from around the world and around the country that need to be able to fly into all different kinds of places," Duffy told Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.). "We shouldn't shut down air travel in a state that doesn't agree with our politics."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
President Trump is holding a cabinet meeting today at the White House, where he and his team will reportedly discuss the Trump administration's successes ahead of the midterm elections. The post WATCH LIVE: President Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting Following US “Self Defense” Strikes on Iran appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A key official for the Kennedy Center argued to a federal judge this week that the famed venue would see a collapse in donation revenue if President Donald Trump's name were to be removed from the building.The filing, part of a lawsuit brought against Trump by Kennedy Center boardmember and Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty, was flagged on Wednesday morning by Lawfare senior editor Roger Parloff in a post to X."Should President Trump's name be removed from the Center, that vital fundraising connection will be severed, causing irreparable harm and fundamentally destabilizing the Center's development efforts, severely impairing its trust-funded artistic programming, and rendering the continuation of ongoing trust-funded operations financially nonviable," wrote Kennedy Center Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca.Since taking office, Trump has aggressively moved to bring control of the Kennedy Center under his thumb, appointing loyalists to the board overseeing it who proceeded to add Trump's name to the facility.Since then, the Kennedy Center has seen a catastrophic decline of sales, revenue, and performers unwilling to endorse the president's image. Officials have responded with a move to shut down the Kennedy Center for two years of renovation work, which critics have said is an effort to conceal how badly the institution's finances have been impacted.Beatty is not alone in her litigation, with historic preservation groups also filing suit against the changes to the Kennedy Center.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin took a swing at his former Senate colleagues over two notable incidents involving his department and Democratic lawmakers in the last year. Mullin was responding to a Tuesday post on the social platform X from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who wrote, “When even U.S. Senators are targeted, every…
Around 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and work strike since Friday to protest inhumane conditions and due process violations. Delaney Hall is operated by the private prison company GEO Group. Since the hunger strike was launched, immigration advocates have been staging a solidarity protest outside Delaney Hall to promote the detainees’ demands for freedom. Protesters and ICE agents have clashed outside the jail, and three people have been arrested. Tensions escalated on Sunday when ICE removed a hunger strike organizer, Martín Soto, prompting protesters outside the ICE jail to block a van being used to transport him. Masked ICE agents responded by firing tear gas and pushing people to the ground. Soto was ultimately transferred to an ICE jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and is now facing criminal charges for allegedly assaulting an ICE officer. We speak to Gabriela Soto, Martín Soto’s wife, and Li Adorno, an organizer with the group Movimiento Cosecha. Both have helped lead the protest outside Delaney Hall. Gabriela Soto says that she started the protest in conjunction with the detainees’ strike so that the media could see how ICE is “destroying families and separating them.” Soto says that when she was blocked from seeing her husband during visiting hours on Saturday, a guard asked her why she was “spreading lies” and talking to the press. “He said, 'Why are you telling people that we're feeding them worms? Why are you telling people that we don’t give them medical care?’ I said, 'Because it's true.’”
Tom Kean Jr. — one of former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean's twin sons — secured a seat in Congress in 2022 after serving for two decades as a Republican state senator. He is now running for re-election to represent the Garden State's 7th Congressional District.While Kean, whom President Donald Trump endorsed last May and touted as a "Tremendous Advocate of our America First Agenda," has urged constituents in social media posts to vote for him, he hasn't voted on their behalf in Congress since March 5, missing over 100 roll-call votes.'I understand the need for public transparency.'Amid mounting speculation about his disappearance from work and public life, the 57-year-old Republican released a statement in late April thanking his "constituents and colleagues for their patience" as he addresses "a personal medical issue.""My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very soon," said Kean. "I expect to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent. I take my responsibilities seriously and have a strong record of showing up and delivering, which makes this absence all the more difficult."Neither Kean nor his campaign have revealed the nature of the medical issue. His office did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment."Nobody knows what's going on," Mary Melfoi, the Republican clerk of Hunterdon County, told Politico. "I've never seen a lid on anything tighter in my life.""Everybody's hopeful that whatever's going on is being addressed and he's going to come back," continued Melfoi. "But we're not going around saying 'Who do you think we should replace him with?'"RELATED: Democrat voters in Georgia want nothing to do with Trump-hating ex-Republican Serhiy Morgunov/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesAlthough apparently still actively trading stocks, Kean wasn't seen or heard from for nearly another month after issuing the April statement. This continued absence prompted Democrats to increasingly like their chances of flipping the seat — an apparent "toss-up" even before he took a leave of absence — that Kean took in the last election with 51.8% of the vote.Zoe Heath, Democrat chair of Sussex County, said that some of her fellow travelers figure Kean is doomed to lose, noting that "some Democrats are being incredibly cocky about this."Tina Shah, an anti-ICE liberal supported by the Hindu America PAC and Indian American IMPACT who is among the Democrats vying to face off with Kean, evidenced a willingness to politically exploit the Republican's absence."What we are being assured is that his team is carrying the torch," Shah said during a debate earlier this month. "But we elected Tom Kean Jr., not his team."Kean finally piped up last week, reaching out to a handful of Republican allies and telling the New Jersey Globe in a May 21 phone interview, "My doctors are confident that I’m on the road to a full recovery."The congressman claimed that his medical issue would not affect his cognitive health, that he is not expected to suffer any long-term effects or chronic health complications, and that he plans to "return to voting and to the campaign trail" sometime in the next couple of weeks."I understand the need for public transparency, and I appreciate the support of my constituents," added Kean.The Globe reported that Kean also spoke last week with Hunterdon County GOP Chairman Gabe Plumer, who said the congressman "sounds great and energized."Sussex County Republican Chairman Joseph LaBarbera also received a call from the absent congressman last week."I asked him if he needed anything," LaBarbera told the Times. The chairman recalled Kean replying, "Just your prayers."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!