Professional sports have become largely beholden to the whims of leftist activists in recent years, thus proliferating the narrative that President Donald Trump is a threat to the nation. That’s why it’s refreshing to millions of real Americans when someone bucks the trend and pays a little respect to the White House, whether they support Trump or not. And after a series of snubs by teams across leagues, Trump’s hometown team will be paying him a visit at home after securing their first national championship in decades. As The Hill reported: The New York Knicks have accepted an invitation to visit the White House following their historic NBA championship victory, team owner James Dolan confirmed on Wednesday. Dolan, who is a longtime friend of Trump’s, announced the visit in an interview on WFAN sports radio, saying he had accepted the invitation from Trump and planned to bring the team to Washington. “We just did receive an invitation from the White House, which we accepted. We still have to figure out the details, etcetera.” He continued: “Look, I invited the president to come down for the game. He is a friend. I’ve known him for 30 years, and I’m very proud to bring the team to the White House.” The news sparked some social media interest:  I love that they will be decent Americans and accept the offer to attend the WH. — Redwiner (@Redwiner256541) June 18, 2026 I haven't seen Democrats this Mad since we freed their slaves. — @ Snipers Up Range (@SnipersUpRange) June 18, 2026 This will certainly upset the left-wing media @hakeemjeffries and @TheDemocrats — Tann Summers (@voiceUSA702) June 18, 2026 Yahoo Sports also reported on the team’s upcoming visit: During the NBA Finals, Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Finals game with his appearance at Game 3, the Knicks’ only loss in a five-game win over the San Antonio Spurs. He was greeted at Madison Square Garden with loud boos from Knicks fans, who had to arrive early to go through TSA-style security for New York’s first Finals game this century. Trump spent the game seated next to Dolan behind bulletproof glass in the owner’s suite. Dolan has since insisted Trump did not fall asleep during the game despite a viral video appearing to show the contrary. It remains unclear how much of the Knicks organization will actually go to the White House. No NBA team has visited Trump during either of his two terms, as many of the league’s big names have spoken out against the president or have otherwise declined to attend. Here’s a recap of some of the debate over Trump’s decision to attend Game 3: What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Knicks Owner Confirms Team Accepted President Trump’s White House Invitation appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump will award the Medal of Honor to three American warriors on Thursday afternoon, the White House announced June 18, 2026. The recipients are retired Marine Major James Capers Jr, retired Marine Colonel John W. Ripley posthumously, and retired Army Major Nicholas Dockery. The US Army set the ceremony for 4 PM EDT at the White House. Three Medals of Honor in a single afternoon is rare, and the actions being honored span two wars and five decades. Breaking News: Join us as we honor true American heroes. Today, the @WhiteHouse will award the Medal of Honor to Major Nicholas Dockery, US Army, retired; Major James Capers Jr, US Marine Corps, retired; and Colonel John W. Ripley, US Marine Corps, posthumously, at 4 PM EDT.… pic.twitter.com/hAN4colTFH — US Army (@USArmy) June 18, 2026 The White House laid out what each man did under fire. Capers earns the nation’s highest award for actions from March 31 to April 3, 1967 in Vietnam, where he led a 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company patrol hunting a North Vietnamese regimental base camp. The White House said he pressed the mission despite repeated contact with a numerically superior enemy, was severely wounded in an ambush, then coordinated fire and movement to extraction and refused evacuation until his team was safe. Ripley is honored posthumously for April 2, 1972 at the Dong Ha Bridge in Vietnam. He hauled roughly 500 pounds of explosives into position while exposed to enemy fire and blew the bridge to stop a mechanized North Vietnamese assault, one of the most famous feats of the war. Dockery is recognized for October 2, 2012 in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, where his platoon was ambushed by a large Taliban force and he repeatedly risked his life to protect and evacuate wounded soldiers. The US Army profile on Dockery fills in a remarkable record. He enlisted in 2004, later graduated from West Point in 2011, and became a Special Forces officer. The Army says he is the only commissioned Army officer to earn two Silver Stars since September 11, 2001. These upgrades did not happen by accident. Task & Purpose reported that Congress passed laws earlier this year authorizing President Trump to upgrade the prior awards for all three men. That step waived the usual five-year time restriction that would otherwise have blocked the upgrades, clearing the path for Thursday’s ceremony. Two of these men will stand in the room and hear the citation read aloud. One will be honored in memory. For Capers and Dockery, recognition came in their lifetimes. For Ripley’s family, the award answers a long wait with the highest honor the country can give. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post President Trump to Award Three Medals of Honor in One Afternoon appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump’s Justice Department just dropped a major benefits-fraud hammer in Massachusetts. The numbers are ugly: 15 arrests, 11 defendants described by DOJ as illegal aliens, and more than $1.4 million in alleged taxpayer-funded fraud. The cases span SNAP, MassHealth, Social Security, housing, disability, and unemployment programs. In plain English, federal prosecutors say public benefits meant for Americans in need were being drained through fake identities, false statements, and fraud schemes. WATCH: HSI & DOJ Fraud Division Announce Arrests of 15 Individuals, Charged with 1.4 MILLION in Benefit Fraud https://t.co/KSZr2cENF1 — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 18, 2026 The Justice Department release details the scope of the crackdown, including several defendants listed only as John Doe because authorities say they had been living under stolen identities. One named defendant, Heriberto Rodriguez of Framingham, is charged in connection with $546,463 in total alleged losses across MassHealth, Social Security, HUD, and SNAP. Another defendant, Santo Escolastico Cuello, a Dominican national prosecutors say was unlawfully living in Worcester, is charged in connection with $162,180 in alleged MassHealth fraud. Mirian Chalas, a U.S. citizen living in Salem, New Hampshire, is charged in connection with alleged false statements tied to MassHealth, Social Security Disability, and SNAP fraud. Then there is the case that may get the most attention. DOJ says Mitul Patel, an Indian national unlawfully living in Worcester, was charged in an alleged visa-fraud conspiracy involving a staged fake armed robbery designed to support U visa claims. The immigration angle runs straight through that allegation: prosecutors are describing an alleged scheme to game the U visa process, too. WATCH LIVE: Justice Department reveals new arrests in sweeping welfare fraud investigation https://t.co/e6aHJ2bFSF — Fox News (@FoxNews) June 18, 2026 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts issued its own announcement and framed the arrests as the start of a rolling enforcement effort. That matters because this was not presented as a one-off bust. Federal prosecutors linked the operation to the Massachusetts Benefit and Voter Fraud Team, announced in March, and DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, announced in April. That national division supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which is chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance. So the larger message is clear: the Trump administration is building a dedicated pipeline to hunt down benefit fraud, recover taxpayer money, and expose how these programs were abused. BREAKING: Justice Department Charges 11 Illegal Aliens Among 15 in $1.4M Benefit Fraud Crackdown in Massachusetts pic.twitter.com/Tzt29VCv0q — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 18, 2026 Fox News also carried the live DOJ announcement, with Acting Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald outlining the latest enforcement actions as federal authorities expanded the welfare-fraud investigation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court. But politically, the signal from DOJ could not be much clearer. If this is the first wave, the next question is how many more cases are coming. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post BREAKING: President Trump’s DOJ Drops The Hammer In Blue-State Fraud Crackdown appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Justice Department just put numbers and names to something taxpayers have suspected for years. On June 18, 2026, DOJ announced that 15 people were charged and arrested for benefit fraud in Massachusetts. Eleven of them are illegal aliens. The other four are U.S. citizens. The alleged fraud tops $1.4 million across SNAP, MassHealth, disability, and unemployment benefits. Justice Department CHARGES 11 ILLEGAL ALIENS Among 15 in $1.4M Benefit Fraud Crackdown in Massachusetts “These cases highlight a broader, deeply troubling pattern: the exploitation of America’s safety-net by illegal aliens,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald.… pic.twitter.com/ZvUH6yhQA5 — National Fraud Enforcement Division (@DOJFraudDiv) June 18, 2026 According to The Justice Department, the defendants are accused of looting programs meant to serve people in genuine need. Some of the defendants’ real names are not even known yet. DOJ says that is because they were allegedly living under stolen identities. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald for the National Fraud Enforcement Division said the cases show how America’s safety net gets exploited by illegal aliens, with real costs landing on taxpayers. Federal prosecutor Leah Foley said this announcement is just the start. She called it the beginning of a sustained and ongoing benefit-fraud effort in Massachusetts. That is the part blue-state benefit abusers should be paying attention to. Foley is signaling a continuing federal push, not a one-day press conference. The Department of Homeland Security tied the cases directly to consequences. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the defendants conspired to defraud Massachusetts taxpayers. Per The Department of Homeland Security, Mullin made clear what comes after court. Once these defendants face justice, he said, they will be removed from the country. So the message is simple. Defraud the taxpayer, then get deported. DOJ said its fraud work supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which is chaired by Vice President JD Vance. That is the bigger picture here. Trump’s administration is treating public-benefit fraud as a federal priority, not a problem to ignore. For years, identity theft and benefit abuse got treated like background noise. Programs paid out, and nobody chased the people gaming them. The stolen-identity angle is what makes these cases sting. When someone steals an American’s identity to collect benefits, two crimes happen at once, and the taxpayer foots both bills. One important legal note. The details in the charging documents are allegations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But the dollar figure, the deportation promise, and Foley’s warning of more to come tell the story. The Trump administration is finally putting pressure where the money actually leaks, and Massachusetts is the first stop, not the last. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post DOJ Charges 11 Illegal Aliens In Massachusetts Benefit Fraud Bust appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Justice Department says donors around the world thought they were funding humanitarian relief. Prosecutors say the money was actually being routed to Hamas. On June 17, 2026, DOJ announced a five-count criminal complaint against Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi, 38, of San Diego, California. The charges include terrorism, sanctions evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and false statements. Sabassi was arrested in San Diego and brought before a U.S. magistrate judge in the Southern District of California. CASE UPDATE from @NewYorkFBI and @FBISanDiego: San Diego Resident Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Hamas Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi is charged with terrorism, sanctions-evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and false statements in connection with his efforts… pic.twitter.com/mVTJUliHTv — FBI (@FBI) June 17, 2026 According to The Justice Department, Sabassi allegedly used social media accounts, crowdfunding websites, and a charity called Ikram – The Arab Charity Foundation Inc. to solicit donations from people across the globe. DOJ says he raised roughly $600,000 between December 2023 and February 2024 through those purported charitable campaigns. About $116,000 of that money allegedly went to a Hamas member, according to prosecutors. DOJ also alleges Sabassi tried to convert about $382,000 into cryptocurrency to send to Hamas through an outlet called Gaza Now. Prosecutors say some of the donor money was diverted to Hamas and some was kept for Sabassi’s personal use. Hamas has been a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization since 1997. That designation makes support for Hamas a federal criminal matter, no matter how the pitch to donors is dressed up. The alleged scheme worked because it looked like ordinary online charity. A cause, a crowdfunding link, an appeal to help suffering people. That is the part that should bother every American who has ever clicked donate. The money trail in this case, prosecutors say, ran toward a terrorist organization while the marketing said relief. The complaint contains accusations, and Sabassi is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If the allegations hold up in court, this is exactly the kind of terror-financing pipeline that counterterrorism agents are supposed to choke off before the cash ever reaches Gaza. The FBI says it caught this one early, with the money tracked and the arrest made in San Diego. The post DOJ Says Alleged Charity Drive Sent $116K To Hamas, Tried To Move $382K More appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.