A United States flight from Houston to New York had to be evacuated after it caught on fire during takeoff. 

President Donald Trump acted to halt the wasteful offshore wind projects. His executive order halted all new and renewed approvals, permits, leases, and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects. The order is titled “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s […] The post Offshore Wind Energy Flim-Flammers Are Packing Up appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

What happened to the 12,000 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine? Ukraine says about 4,000 were killed or injured last year. Ukraine said North Korea sent top soldiers, but Russia used them to carry out ground assaults and human-wave attacks. In other words, they became bait and targets. The Armed Forces of Ukraine said […] The post What Happened to the 12,000 North Korean Soldiers? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Canada and Mexico announced tariffs against the United States on Saturday in retaliation for a slate of new import duties President Donald Trump ordered against the U.S. neighbors and China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that Canada is working with Mexico to push back against Trump’s tariffs. Trump ordered increased tariffs on goods from Canada, China, and Mexico over lack of sufficient action against human and drug trafficking that has poured into the U.S. “I think Canadians understand that we need to respond to this,” said Trudeau, who is expected to leave office in a matter of weeks after stepping down as his party’s leader. “We’re certainly not looking to escalate, but we will stand up for Canada.” LIVE: Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs | EN DIRECT : Réplique aux tarifs douaniers américains https://t.co/JQ7HfwwCCW — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 2, 2025 Trump issued his own statement on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday condemning his critics and supporters of “the decades long RIPOFF OF AMERICA, both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS that are allowed to so freely flow into AMERICA. THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!” Trump ordered 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lesser 10% tariff hike on Canadian energy imports. Trump also ordered a 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods. In return, Canada and Mexico announced their own 25% tariffs on a slate of U.S. goods. Canada and Mexico are at a stark disadvantage in the brewing trade war with the United States, with their combined gross domestic product equaling about a seventh of the United States’. The United States also receives a significant majority of the exports from both countries, roughly three-quarters, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum issued her own statement on social media denouncing the tariffs and claiming that Trump falsely accused the Mexican government of having ties to criminal cartels. Chinese precursor chemicals have flowed into Mexico where drug cartels manufacture addictive and deadly drugs such as fentanyl that is trafficked into the United States, the White House said. “In addition, the Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the government of Mexico. The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels to engage in the manufacturing and transportation of dangerous narcotics, which collectively have led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of American victims,” a White House fact sheet on Trump’s tariff order says. Mexican drug cartels have a growing presence in Canada that is contributing to the flood of human trafficking and drugs that is surging into the United States as well, according to the White House.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) was asked over the weekend why the Democrat Party has become so deeply unpopular among voters. Kaine was asked the question during a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” after new polling from last week showed that Democrats are more unpopular now than they have ever been. “You see there this is Quinnipiac poll; 57 percent of the American people have an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, only 31 percent favorable,” Tapper said. “This is the worst number for the Democratic Party since Quinnipiac University began asking the question. And it’s not an outlier. A recent CNN poll found a 33-year low favorable rating with the Democratic Party.” “Why is your party so staggeringly unpopular with the public?” he asked. Kaine claimed he did not know what happens in the other 49 states, just Virginia. “We focus on the economy,” he said. “This is what we do in Virginia. And I think, sometimes, national Democrats don’t.” “It’s just that so often, Democratic candidates don’t emphasize that,” he later added. “And so, yes, the American public looks at standard campaigns,” he continued. “They don’t see Democrats advertising on the economy, which is their principal concern, and so they have wonders about us. Let’s return to the bread-and-butter basics that people want to really focus on.” WATCH: WATCH: Jake Tapper asks Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine why Democrats are so unpopular. “57 percent of the American people have an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, only 31 percent favorable. This is the worst number for the Democratic Party since Quinnipiac University began… pic.twitter.com/aUkY60bEkX — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 2, 2025