President Trump to Meet With California Governor Gavin Newsom and Texas Governor Greg Abbott Today at White House

 

President Trump is hosting California Governor Gavin Newsom and Texas Governor Greg Abbott for separate meetings at the White House today. 

The President’s meeting with Abbott is scheduled for 2:30 pm ET, and a meeting with Newsome is scheduled for 4:00 pm.

The Texas Governor is expected to discuss the Trump Administration’s ongoing border security and mass deportation efforts.

Abbott said on X this morning that he’s spoken with Border Czar Tom Homan and that “Today, and the coming days, should be great for Texas.”

Looking forward to meeting with President Trump today.

Earlier this morning I spoke with Tom Homan about immigration enforcement strategies.

Today, and the coming days, should be great for Texas. https://t.co/m34jd6axS5

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 5, 2025

Gavin Newsom’s visit comes after President Trump’s visit last month to California, where wildfires have killed dozens and burned thousands of homes.

Newsom is reportedly begging for more funds after Democrats’ mismanagement of California allowed wildfires to devastate Los Angeles County.

Per Fox:

Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump – who have publicly traded fire but who in the past have worked together – meet at the White House on Wednesday as the California governor pushes to secure more money following deadly wildfires last month in the Los Angeles area.

Newsom arrived in the nation’s capital on the eve of his visit to the White House as well as separate meetings with members of Congress.

The trip is the first by Newsom to Washington D.C. since Trump took over in the White House and is part of his efforts to obtain additional federal funding to aid in wildfire recovery from the horrific blazes that killed 29 people and destroyed over 12,000 homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate.

SHOWDOWN: Obama Judge Says Names of FBI Agents Involved in J6 Cases and Trump Investigations Can be Withheld From Public Amid “Safety” Concerns

 

Judge James Boasberg

DC Chief Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, said the names of the anonymous FBI agents involved in the January 6 cases and Trump investigations can be withheld from the public for now.

On Tuesday, 9 FBI agents anonymously filed a lawsuit to block the Justice Department from accessing their names.

CNN reported Tuesday afternoon that the FBI turned over the names of the 5,000 employees who worked on J6 and Trump investigations.

According to NBC News, there were more than 2,400 cases in total – but 5,000 officials involved.

The FBI officials who worked on the J6 cases and Trump investigations were identified by a case management system.

Per NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian: An internal FBI document obtained by NBC News shows that executives use the FBIs Sentinel case file management system to identify agents and employees who worked on January 6 cases. The document says there were around 2400 investigations in total. The document says the search of case files was used to generate a list of names who then received a survey asking them exactly what they did on these cases. This is being viewed within the FBI as a retribution mission.

In an update, Ken Dilanian said that the list does not include names of the agents, rather, the agents were identified by a number called a “unique employee identifier.”

“The Justice Department, of course, can match the numbers with names on the payroll. But by leaving the names off, the FBI ensure that for now there is not a master list floating around of the names of people who worked on January 6th,” he said.

A person directly familiar with a matter tells NBC News the FBI has turned over to the Justice Department—as ordered—a list of thousands of agents and other personnel involved in January 6 cases. 
But the person says the list does not include names. The agents were identified by…

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) February 4, 2025

FBI Agents are in fear of being outed, demoted or denied promotions in the future.

“Plaintiffs legitimately fear that the information being compiled will be accessed by persons who are not authorized to have access to it,” the FBI agents argued in their class action lawsuit, according to Politico. “Plaintiffs further assert that even if they are not targeted for termination, they may face other retaliatory acts such as demotion, denial of job opportunities or denial of promotions in the future.”

In an order, Judge Boasberg said the names of the FBI agents can be withheld for now amid “safety” concerns.

And related to the lawsuit filed by 9 anonymous FBI employees– DC Chief Judge James Boasberg (Obama) just ordered for now that their names can be withheld from the public amid "safety" concerns.

The case was then assigned to Judge Tim Kelly (Trump) a former federal prosecutor… pic.twitter.com/9QnjeRxnil

— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) February 5, 2025

The FBI lawsuits have been assigned to Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee and a hearing is set for Thursday.

Gabbard Approved By Intelligence Committee, Moves Forward To Senate Confirmation Vote

 The Senate Intelligence Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to the full U.S. Senate to be President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence. The vote was strictly partisan, with all nine GOP members of the committee voting for her and all eight Democrats voting against her.

Committee Chairman Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) had strongly championed Gabbard for the post. “I support Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination. I’ve been working with her to move towards confirmation, and I look forward to working with her for four years for the badly needed reforms in our intelligence community,” Cotton said in late January. He added that she “understands” that “our intelligence community has grown too bloated, too bureaucratic, and it doesn’t do enough collection of intelligence. … She has spent more than 20 years in uniform serving our nation. She’s ready to serve again in this position …”

 

Before the vote, Gabbard had gained steam when two GOP senators who had been undecided stated they would vote for her: Susan Collins of Maine and Todd Young of Indiana.

“American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her leadership,” Young told POLITICO Tuesday morning.

“I have done what the Framers envisioned for senators to do: use the consultative process to seek firm commitments, in this case commitments that will advance our national security, which is my top priority as a former Marine Corps intelligence officer,” he continued. “Having now secured these commitments, I will support Tulsi’s nomination and look forward to working with her to protect our national security.”

Young had expressed concerns about Gabbard’s attitude toward Edward Snowden, having told her during last week’s hearings: “I think it would befit you, and be helpful to the way you are perceived by members of the intelligence community if you would at least acknowledge the greatest whistleblower in American history, so-called, harmed national security by breaking the laws of the land.”

Gabbard apparently allayed Young’s concerns with a letter in which she stated:

I commit to holding accountable and seeking justice against any Intelligence Community employee, contractor or subcontractor from making an unauthorized disclosure of any intelligence program. I will not advocate for any protections which should only be extended to lawful and legitimate whistleblowers to any Intelligence Community employee, contractor or subcontractor who makes or facilitates an unauthorized disclosure of any intelligence program. … I commit to not making any recommendation in a personal or professional capacity regarding the legal standing of Edward Snowden to the President of the United States or the Attorney General of the United States.

Ilhan Omar Smears U.S. Military Service Members

 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) smeared the U.S. military with comments that she made this week about the Trump administration gutting USAID.

Omar made the remarks in Washington, D.C., on Monday while railing against Trump and Elon Musk for cutting wasteful government spending.

“I am exceptionally upset about the USAID,” she said. “I lived in a refugee camp for four years as a child, surviving civil war. It is the essential programs that USAID provided that kept my family and I fed and safe. It is the resources that so many people around the world rely on, and it is our soft power.”

Omar then attacked the U.S. military: “Oftentimes people interact with our country through the military — that does not create love for us, and it certainly does not keep us safe.”

“When the world interacts with Americans through programs that provide essential need, they get to see the heart and compassion of the American people,” she continued. “When someone is struggling because their bridge broke down, when USAID comes in and helps fix that bridge, that creates goodwill for the American people.”

“When people are dying of malaria, and there is medication through USAID, that creates goodwill for the American people,” she added. “When people are fleeing and they need just little bit of food, and USAID is there to provide that, that creates goodwill for the American people.”

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Trump Reveals He’s ‘Left Instructions’ If Iran Assassinates Him

 President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that he had a contingency plan in place and had “left instructions” with regard to how the United States should respond if Iran ever succeeds in assassinating him.

Trump made the comments just ahead of his widely-publicized visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he signed an executive order ramping up the pressure on Iran in an effort to prevent the nation from developing a nuclear weapon.

“It’s very tough on Iran. Hopefully we are not going to have to use it very much,” he said as he put pen to paper and signed the order. The goal of the order was to reimpose the sanctions against Iran — sanctions that were relaxed during President Joe Biden’s term in the White House — and effectively drive Iran’s oil exports down to near zero.

Trump explained, in response to a question from Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, that he had already taken steps to prepare a response in the event that Iran attempted to retaliate against him personally.

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“Iran and their proxies have threatened to retaliate against you by killing you guys for taking out [Qasem] Soleimani,” Doocy said.

“Well, they haven’t done that,” Trump replied. “And that would be a terrible thing for them to do. Not because of me, because if they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. I’ve left instructions — if they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left.”

Fears that Iran would take such steps are far from unfounded, as U.S. officials have already foiled at least one such plot — orchestrated by Iran — against the president’s life.

Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Brutally Beating Elderly Pro-Lifers Outside Planned Parenthood

 The trial for a man accused of brutally beating two Catholic pro-life sidewalk counselors outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood is set to begin Wednesday.

Jury selection begins at 9:00 a.m. local time at Baltimore City Court for the trial of 27-year-old Patrick Brice, who is charged over the beating of then 80-year-old Dick Schaefer and 73-year-old Mark Crosby on May 26, 2023. The two men were outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore when they were left bloodied after they were violently attacked. 

Brice has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment. 

No arrests were made until over a year after the attack on July 1, 2024, when law enforcement identified Brice as the man behind the attack. The entire incident was caught on camera, and surveillance footage shows a man tackling Schaefer into a large potted plant. Crosby then ran over to help Schaefer before he was forced to the ground. The man in the video punches Crosby in the face and kicks him in the head. 

Recounting the incident on Tuesday, Crosby told The Daily Wire that incident started after the attacker started an argument with Schaefer about abortion while outside of Planned Parenthood. He said he then saw the attacker “get in a football rushing position” before running Schaefer into a concrete planter and against the wall.

When Crosby ran over to help, he said that Brice “hit me a couple times” before forcing him to the ground. He then said that Brice “reared back” and “kicked me as hard as he could.”

The attack left Crosby seriously injured and hospitalized. After the incident, he was treated for a fractured bone in his face, blindness in one eye, head and neck pain, two fractured fingers, and bruising on his arms and legs.

Mark Crosby (Courtesy: Jay Walton)

Despite the attack and future hostile encounters with Planned Parenthood employees, Crosby said both men have frequently returned to the Planned Parenthood. He said Schaefer still stood outside five days a week and that he would “back in action” after the trial ended. 

Crosby said he wished that local Catholic leadership had been more outspoken in supporting them, noting that the Planned Parenthood where the attack took place is only a five minute walk away from the Baltimore Basilica, the first Catholic church built in the United States after it declared independence.

Crosby told The Daily Wire that he was being represented by the Thomas More Society, while Schaefer had the counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice. 

WATCH: “A Bigger Decrease Than Under The First Trump Administration” — Tom Homan Says Border Crossings Down 93% as of Sunday, Says “We’ve Got More Work to Do”

 

Border Czar Tom Homan joined Fox Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday and shared a huge update on how President Trump’s border security measures are deterring illegal immigration.

“I looked at the numbers this morning, Maria. The crossings on the border are down 93%,” Homan said. “That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration.”

Still, Homan added, “We’ve got more work to do.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Monday that the number of border crossings had decreased even further by 95%.

Homan further announced that 5,000 aliens, most of whom were criminals, were arrested in the first week after President Trump took office on January 20.

In regards to so-called noncriminals who crossed the border illegally but have not been convicted of a crime, Homan says they are “arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than arresting the bad guy in jail.”

As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, Democrats in Illinois are preventing ICE officials from detaining illegal aliens who are in local jails and prisons and even trying to allow illegal aliens to change their names to avoid detection by ICE.

They would rather hide these criminal aliens from ICE in jail at the expense of taxpayers to later let them out and terrorize law-abiding citizens than admit that they don’t belong in our country. 

The leftist media is obsessed with pointing out that the Trump Administration is not only deporting violent criminals who entered the country illegally but also criminals who entered the country illegally.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt last Tuesday schooled two leftist reporters who apparently don't know what a criminal is.

“It’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal, but that’s exactly what they are,” she said when asked repeatedly why the U.S. is deporting "those who are just in the country illegally."

Leavitt also said last Friday, “Our message is simple: if you are a criminal illegal alien, you will be arrested and deported.”

Homan recapped the shocking change we've seen at our Southern Border, saying, "President Trump is the game changer."

Watch below:

Bartiromo: Can you assess your work so far?

Homan: Well, look, I looked at the numbers this morning, Maria. The crossings on the border are down 93%. 93% that's a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration.

So look, I’ve said it: President Trump is the game changer. No one has had the success he's had on securing the border. He clearly understands we can't have strong national security if we don't have border security.

We need to know who's coming in, what's coming in, where it's coming, why it's coming in, and we've achieved success on the border already.

We've got more work to do. And on top of that, as far as the deportation operation, we're just shy of, I think we got 5000 already arrested in the first week, and a majority of them being criminals— the noncriminals, the media's talking about ‘who are these noncriminals?’

The noncriminals are arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than arresting the bad guy in jail. And when we find that criminal, he's most likely with others, and they're going to go too.

So, if you want to be a sanctuary city, you're going to get exactly what you don't want: more agents in the community and more noncriminals arrested.