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After untold millions of illegal immigrants streamed across the border under the Biden administration, Americans were fed up and demanded change. It was one of the many reasons why President Donald Trump was reelected in 2024. Across the nation, voters cited illegal immigration as one of their most pressing concerns. During the Biden administration, Border Patrol agents saw a daily average of 5,110 illegal migrants cross the border. Now, there are 245 daily crossings on average, according to Customs and Border Protection. On day one, Trump took action to end the illegal immigration chaos. National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez told The Daily Wire that agents deployed to the frontlines saw it take effect “within a few hours.” “They started doing the job of interdiction,” Perez said, adding, “There’s actual consequences that are being imposed. It wasn’t just rhetoric, it was action.” “If we don’t already have it, we’re moving for the first time in the history of this country towards complete operational control of the border,” Perez said. Stopping ‘Catch and Release’ One of the biggest incentives Biden offered migrants was the promise that they would be released into the country after crossing illegally. For the most part, they were given a court date, typically years into the future, and sent on their way. Migrants would cross illegally and share with friends and family back in their home countries the news that most were being released, inspiring more to make the treacherous journey. Now, migrants who cross illegally are either swiftly turned back to Mexico or held in detention to face federal charges for entering illegally before being deported home or to another country willing to take them back. In the last seven months, Border Patrol hasn’t released a single migrant who crossed the southern border illegally, according to Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol sources told The Daily Wire that ending the ‘catch and release’ policy made the biggest difference in shutting down the border. “Everybody gets sent back. Before, people knew they could come in and try to claim asylum and get their court date and disappear. Once that stopped, everything slowed down,” one Border Patrol source, who requested anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly, said. Another agent said migrants “all knew it was about that loophole.” The policy change has also freed up Border Patrol agents to get back on the border to detect the bad hombres trying to evade them, according to Perez. Under the Biden administration, the number of ‘gotaways’ was “ridiculously high,” Perez explained, adding that it was “what scared us the most.” Now, some areas of the border have days when not a single person can get through without being caught. “It has really allowed us to go back and arrest people that are actively seeking evading detection. And that was something that we just weren’t able to do,” Perez said. Ending Biden’s Entry Programs Trump stopped the use of the CBP One phone application, which former President Joe Biden repurposed to allow thousands of migrants to enter the United States per month at border ports of entry. He also ended the Biden-era parole scheme that allowed 30,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants to fly directly into the United States to bypass the land border. The Biden administration temporarily shut the program down at one point after an internal report raised fraud concerns. The two programs brought more than 1.4 million migrants into the United States. Mass Deportation Trump also quickly empowered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to make arrests across the country. Under Biden, their hands were tied, and they were limited to whom they could arrest. At the time, if ICE came across a person whose sole crime was being in the country illegally, they had to let them go as part of the Biden administration’s adoption of “prosecutorial discretion.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Now, ICE is not only out in full force across the country arresting egregious criminals, they’re also allowed to make “collateral” arrests of those whose only crime is being in the United States illegally. The agency has also received help from several other federal agencies, including the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Diplomatic Security Service, and the ATF. “We’re allowed to do our jobs,” one ICE source told The Daily Wire. Meanwhile, Trump has also forced formerly recalcitrant countries like Venezuela to begin accepting deportation flights from the United States. The Trump administration has deported more than 605,000, while roughly 1.9 million others have left on their own, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Zohran Mamdani and his new handpicked fire commissioner will begin their time in office on Thursday. The new fire chief, Lillian Bonsignore, is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, but whether she has what it takes to lead America’s biggest fire department is yet to be seen. Nevertheless, Mamdani is excited about Bonsignore becoming the first openly gay FDNY fire chief. “I am proud Lillian will make history too as the first openly gay person to head up the department,” the mayor said last week. Despite Mamdani saying that he was proud to pick a fire chief who is gay, Bonsignore said that she found it a little “odd” to be celebrated for being a gay woman. “It’s kind of odd that the thing I get celebrated for the most – people are always like, ‘Wow, you’re a woman and you’re gay’ – are the two things I put the least work into.” Bonsignore argued that while she doesn’t have any actual firefighting experience, she understands “what firefighters need and I can translate that to this administration who’s willing to listen.” “I know the job!” she said. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Bonsignore worked 31 years for Emergency Medical Services and served as the FDNY’s EMS Operations chief during the COVID pandemic. She retired in 2022 and will be coming out of retirement to serve as the FDNY’s chief. “It was a little hard [to come out of retirement], it’s a hard decision, but I’m looking forward to it, I’m happy to do it,” she said. The previous FDNY commissioner, Robert Tucker, announced that he would step down from the position shortly after Mamdani won the mayoral election. Tucker’s final day on the job was December 19. “Look, it’s a complicated, emotional decision to leave. But ideologically, there’s no doubt that the mayor and I disagree on some very fundamental things to me,” Tucker said. It seems that Tucker saw the writing on the wall. Leftism and identity politics now reign supreme in NYC. *** Wokeness is still infecting every aspect of life, but at Jeremy’s Razors, we will never resort to virtue signaling or woke agendas and neglect the quality of our products. Right now, you can start shaving with Jeremy’s Razors for just $7.99. Plus, never pay shipping when you sign up for automatic blade refills right now. We’re committed to delivering the sharpest, smoothest shave for real men who value performance over politics, because your face deserves blades built on merit and excellence. Jeremy’s Razors pays to bring you stories exposing progressive nonsense because other brands won’t. Jeremy’s Razors shares common ownership with The Daily Wire.

It was a busy 2025 for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who took the reins from Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell in November 2024. The Daily Wire’s Washington Bureau Chief Tim Rice spoke with the Republican leader for Thursday’s episode of “Morning Wire” and reflected on what the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term has looked like in the upper congressional chamber. Thune also looked ahead to the big debate on Capitol Hill around health insurance, as some Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire on Wednesday. As the Obamacare issue looms, Thune gave some insight into what he would be looking for in a health care plan. “What we do believe makes sense is a model that a creates for an expansion of health savings accounts and putting the money back in the pockets of people in this country, incentivizing them to buy the insurance that makes sense for them, rather than buying the insurance the government tells ’em they have to buy,” Thune said. “And so they get a better rate, lower premium and better access to coverage. And I think those are things, those are elements of healthcare policy that we think makes sense, and none of which were included in what the Democrats voted on last week or what the Democrats in the House are trying to get done over there now,” he continued. The health care debate focuses on whether the Obamacare subsidies should continue to keep premiums down. The lengthy federal government shutdown in the fall centered around the Obamacare debate, and it could strike Washington once again as they if lawmakers do not pass a bill to continue funding the government after January 30. Many conservatives argue that the program was unsustainable to begin with. Thune said that 2025 was a “very productive” thanks to President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was passed by Congress and signed into law in July. “In fact, the president’s agenda, for the most part, was all accomplished in that ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’ Whether it’s national security or the border, energy, tax policy, school choice have been a priority for the movement for a long time, newborn accounts, childcare,” Thune said, also noting the farm bill and “the biggest spending reduction literally in history.” However, he noted that being able to get the bill passed and to the president’s desk in July “was a Herculean task.” “If you’d spread that out, you know, these things over a long period of time, like we would normally do, then it would look like a lot of stuff,” Thune continued. He also highlighted different Trump administration nominees making their way through the chamber, as well as cutting red tape, especially on energy. “So it’s been busy, just in terms of volume of votes and time, and then in session and all that too. But I think also, I would argue very productive. But doing it all in one big, a lot of that one big package, then it gets the peanut gallery going, like, ‘Why aren’t you guys doing anything this week?’” the Republican said. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The majority leader also addressed national security concerns, as well as threats abroad, like the recent antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi Beach, Australia. “His investment in securing the border, working with us, his investment in America’s national security and projecting a policy of peace through strength around the world are all things that contribute to keeping people in this country safe,” the Republican said regarding Trump’s agenda on public safety. “But when you see things like what happened in Australia, or even things that some of these horrible incidents here in the United States, they’re really tragic,” he said. “I think that the best thing we can do is try to put in place the things that our law enforcement needs, that our military needs to deter bad behavior. And then, of course, obviously, when it happens make sure that people are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And I think the president’s focus on law enforcement and on security is in a clear-eyed way, focused on that,” the majority leader later continued.

Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of Patriot soldiers were killed or wounded fighting in the pine woods of Camden, South Carolina, in one of the worst defeats for the colonists during the Revolutionary War. Today, one organization is working to identify the remains of those who fell fighting for liberty and share their stories with the country.  Using DNA sequencing, the Historic Camden Foundation is working to identify the remains of 12 of the Patriot soldiers killed during the August 16, 1780, battle. The remains of the 12 were recently discovered during archeological excavations at the battlefield. In 2023, they were given a proper funeral and military honors, but not before DNA samples were saved from teeth and a bone at the back of the skull.  So far, the Historic Camden Foundation has secured funds for DNA sequencing of two of the fallen Patriots. Stacey Ferguson, the deputy director of the organization, told The Daily Wire that they plan to continue their work until they have sequenced all of the DNA and narrowed down the details of the soldiers.  “This is an ongoing project. We had the funds available to run those first two soldiers, but we have every intention of continuing on the work with the other soldiers,” she said. “We may or may not get to a point where we can actually put an exact name on the remains, but it’s very possible. We’ve really narrowed it way down.” Figuring out who the soldiers were is “the oldest John Doe case in the country that we know of based on what’s in public record,” Ferguson said.  One of the soldiers they have determined is a teenage male between the ages of 14 and 18 from Maryland. He was buried alongside other soldiers in a mass grave at Camden and is believed to have been from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The other soldier is an adult male over the age of 20 from the Jamestown, Virginia area. Researchers believe he was related to the original Jamestown settlers and even shares some DNA with Pocahontas. He was likely an artilleryman based on where he fell in the battle.  The two heroes could have over 20,000 living relatives, according to Ferguson. Matching them to an exact name is a more difficult task because muster rolls from that time often were not the most accurate.  Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The battle of Camden was a disaster for the Americans, as the Patriot forces under Major General Horatio Gates clashed with British and Loyalist forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis. An undisciplined American army had 1,900 casualties to the British’s 324.  However, the battle did pave the way for the more competent Rhode Islander Nathanael Greene, who would go on to earn the moniker “the savior of the South.” Greene orchestrated the great patriot victory at Cowpens soon after the disaster at Camden, which followed on the heels of a great patriot victory at King’s Mountain. Ferguson said she hopes their work to remember the fallen of Camden will help Americans identify more with their past.  “It feels like ancient history to most Americans,” she said. “These soldiers that fought and died for their freedom, but being able to say, ‘you are related to this soldier, who fought and died at the battle of Camden,’ really makes that story personal for a lot of people.”

A radical leftist housewife who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 has died, closing a dark chapter that exposed how government informants can turn deadly against the very nation they served. Revolutionary Radicalism Turns Deadly Sara Jane Moore fired a .38 caliber revolver at President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel. The 45-year-old accountant and mother of four missed Ford by inches due to faulty gun sights, with the bullet ricocheting and wounding taxi driver John Ludwig. Moore’s motivation stemmed from radical leftist ideology during Vietnam War disillusionment, aiming to spark a revolution against the U.S. government she once served as an FBI informant. The irony of Moore’s betrayal runs deep—the Secret Service had evaluated her as “no threat” earlier in 1975, and she had been arrested the day before her attempt for possessing an illegal handgun but was inexplicably released. Her transformation from government informant to would-be assassin exemplifies how radical leftist movements of the 1970s corrupted Americans against their own country, turning patriotic duty into revolutionary violence. BREAKING: A SECOND ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN HAS HIT THE PRESIDENT! Sara Jane Moore, a Patty Hearst follower with ties to left wing radical groups, attempts to shoot President Ford as he leaves the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. She fires two shots with a .38 Special revolver.… pic.twitter.com/rMJcjVI7zE — 1975 Live (@50YearsAgoLive) September 22, 2025 FBI Informant’s Dangerous Double Life Moore’s path to radicalization began through her work as an FBI informant infiltrating leftist groups in 1970s San Francisco. She became fixated on the Patty Hearst kidnapping case and the Symbionese Liberation Army, gradually adopting the very revolutionary ideology she was supposed to monitor. This dangerous evolution from patriotic service to anti-American extremism demonstrates the insidious nature of leftist radical movements that could turn even government assets against the Constitution. The five-time divorcée purchased her weapon hastily on the day of the attempt after her previous gun was confiscated, showing premeditated intent to harm America’s democratically elected leader. Judge Samuel Conti later noted that only the faulty gun sights saved Ford’s life, highlighting how close this radical came to altering American history through political violence—a tactic increasingly embraced by leftist extremists of that era. Life Behind Bars and Questionable Remorse Moore pleaded guilty and received a life sentence, serving 32 years before her parole on December 31, 2007. Her post-release interviews revealed troubling mixed feelings about her treasonous act. In 2009, she expressed regret for having “blinders” due to radical politics, admitting she hoped her assassination would trigger a revolution. However, she maintained that her anger was “valid,” showing incomplete rejection of the anti-American sentiment that drove her to violence. Moore’s death on September 24, 2025, in a Franklin, Tennessee nursing home closes a chapter that should serve as a warning about radical leftist infiltration of American institutions. Her case demonstrates how revolutionary ideology can corrupt even those trusted with national security responsibilities, turning them into domestic threats against constitutional order and democratic governance. Lessons for Modern Security The Moore case, alongside Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s attempt just 17 days earlier, marked the only two known female presidential assassination attempts in U.S. history. Both emerged from California’s radical subcultures during a period of national disillusionment following Vietnam and Watergate. These incidents led to enhanced Secret Service protocols and serve as historical precedent for understanding how political extremism threatens American leadership and constitutional stability. Moore’s transformation from suburban housewife to revolutionary assassin reflects the broader danger of leftist radicalization that continues to threaten American values today. Her willingness to commit political violence against a democratically elected president exemplifies the anti-constitutional mindset that patriots must vigilantly guard against, ensuring that government service strengthens rather than undermines our nation’s founding principles and democratic institutions. Sources: Sara Jane Moore death: Woman who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco, California in 1975 dies at 95 Sara Jane Moore – Wikipedia These Two Female Assassins Independently Tried to Kill Gerald Ford A Woman Who Tried to Kill the President Tells Her Story