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Thank Obama: Mexicans paid by you to come to Chicago
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating several federal entities that is deems wasteful, such as the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, or USTDA, but in the meantime that is not stopping Mexican municipalities and businesses from reaping the benefits of U.S. taxpayer-funded initiatives through the agency. Nor is it impeding Kenyan power utilities, Brazilian water […] → Read More
Hunt on for contractors big enough to build Trump’s wall
The Trump administration’s newest move to build a security wall along the nation’s southwestern border has been delegated to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, or USACE, which has launched an initiative to assess the capabilities of construction and engineering firms seeking lucrative awards in the ambitious endeavor. In other words, who is actually capable […] → Read More
Trump steps up plan to hire border agents
The Trump administration is accelerating efforts to implement its executive order to deploy more border-security personnel, spelling out plans to place “an aggressive focus” on educating the public about U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, in addition to the process by which Americans can become Border Patrol agents. The Department of Homeland Security, or […] → Read More
Trump admin takes 2 opposite tracks on climate change
The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a proposed cash pipeline that would have pumped millions of dollars into helping the Government of Colombia, or GOC, satisfy conditions of a United Nations climate-change accord. In stark contrast, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, separately is preparing to deploy contractors worldwide to monitor […] → Read More
Numbers finally crunched on cost of border wall vs. no wall
The estimated cost of carrying out President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico continues to vary, but the fiscal and societal burdens heaped on U.S. citizens for governmental failure to take decisive action on illegal immigration is significantly costlier, border-control activists say. One of the latest cost estimates of Trump’s […] → Read More
Homeland Security rationing ammo to agents in field
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it possesses a “limited amount” of 9mm bullets for agents in the field as well as for training purposes, and it is rationing its ammunition based on internal requests until it can award a new contract. It is one of several federal law-enforcement agencies that say they are reaching […] → Read More
What is DHS hiding in mysterious no-bid contracts?
Just what is the federal government hiding from Americans in its mysterious no-bid Department of Homeland Security contracts? Questions raised about redactions in one federal contract have led to WND’s discovery of a widespread pattern of secrecy regarding no-bid, sole-source awards by the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, whose agencies – with just two […] → Read More
What is DHS hiding in mysterious no-bid contracts?
Just what is the federal government hiding from Americans in its mysterious no-bid Department of Homeland Security contracts? Questions raised about redactions in one federal contract have led to WND’s discovery of a widespread pattern of secrecy regarding no-bid, sole-source awards by the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, whose agencies – with just two […] → Read More
Which costs more: Trump’s border wall or illegal aliens?
The estimates of the cost of carrying out President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the nation’s southwest border vary, but the fiscal and societal burdens heaped on U.S. citizens for governmental failure to take decisive action on illegal immigration is significantly costlier, border-control activists say. One of the latest cost estimates of Trump’s […] → Read More
$100,000 for diplomat lawn chairs in surprising place
The Trump administration has wasted no time reversing Obama policies, but actions such as the State Department’s purchase of nearly $100,000 in luxury lawn furniture – solely for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan – are proceeding untouched. State Department officials after the New Year revealed they would not open their acquisition of extravagant outdoor […] → Read More
Obama’s Palestinian promise: Another 1/2-billion U.S. tax dollars
More than $500 million of American tax money will be pumped into a Palestinian infrastructure project that the Obama administration officially launched after the New Year, new federal documents reveal. The sudden surge of lavish spending followed 10 months of inactivity in the introduction of new U.S. assistance initiatives in the West Bank and Gaza, accelerating […] → Read More
Obama spending another $300 million in
The Obama administration is seeking to infuse another $306 million into HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs solely for the African nation of Kenya, where men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who inject drugs “are considered key populations for intervention.” The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, citing government of […] → Read More
Obama keeps expanding global programs with U.S. dollars
President Obama, during his final overseas trip as president, exhorted “all nations” to share “the benefits of the global economy” with more people and to address what he described as the negative impacts and inequalities caused by capitalism. A review of recently launched or expanded foreign aid projects shows there is no stopping Obama in foisting […] → Read More
Obama sending another $1 million to Kenya
A joint venture between the government of Kenya and private investors soon will receive a million-dollar grant from the Obama administration solely to study whether to build a solar power plant in Gitaru, Kenya. Evaluation of the proposed Gitaru plant is the first of six feasibility studies in Kenya for which the U.S. Trade & […] → Read More
Obama goes on global spending spree in final days
As the final months of the outgoing administration wind down, President Obama will attempt to add achievements to his legacy such as the “greening” of Mexico City’s new multi-billion-dollar airport and the modernization of Mexican border crossings – that is, the ones leading into but not out of Mexico. Designing dozens of schools and athletic […] → Read More
State Dept. to foreigners: Here’s where free money is
The poorest and least literate segments of Guatemala are about to get an education on labor and health-care entitlements they can pursue in the U.S., thanks to a media bombardment that the Obama administration is planning in that Central American nation. Among the chief aims of this campaign is to alert potential immigrants about their […] → Read More
Obama gives illegals massive health-care plan
var icx_publication_id = 16633; var icx_content_id = 2279675; .icx-toolbar{padding: 0 0 5px 0;} The level of health-care services provided to illegal aliens is about to get a huge boost from the Obama administration, which is hiring contractors to provide the equivalent of 5.5 million additional labor hours of treatment to detainees. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, of [...] → Read More
Obama dumps millions into Jordan’s tourism
* * Text smaller * Text bigger The Obama administration is working to give the tourism industry in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan another financial boost, even though a leading industry association already envisions tremendous growth there. The plan is for a multimillion-dollar infusion of U.S. taxpayer funds to strengthen the hospitality sector through work that is planned to continue for… → Read More
U.S. plan: Fight terror with green energy projects
* * Text smaller * Text bigger Aftermath of a suicide bombing in Somalia The Obama administration’s interest in stabilizing the Horn of Africa region continues to heighten in the wake of Somalia-based jihadist group al-Shabaab’s recent cross-border massacre of Christians at Kenya’s Garissa University College. So, the Obama plan is to encouragement investment in Somalia’s renewable energy sector.… → Read More