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  • Canada’s Car­ney Sells Out to CCP After Trump Trade Clash.
    von Chris­to­pher Tom­lin­son am Sams­tag, 17. Janu­ar 2026 um 0:00

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Cana­di­an Prime Minis­ter Mark Car­ney and Chi­ne­se Pre­si­dent Xi Jin­ping have agreed to a major trade deal, which could flood the Cana­di­an mar­ket with Chi­ne­se elec­tric vehic­les, while redu­cing tariffs on Cana­di­an goods expor­ted to China.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Prime Minis­ter Mark Car­ney, Pre­si­dent Xi Jin­ping, Onta­rio Pre­mier Doug Ford, and Cana­di­an farmers.📍WHEN The post Canada’s Car­ney Sells Out to CCP After Trump Trade Clash. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • Socia­list Mayor Hit With Ethics Fine for Con­ce­al­ing $10K Paren­tal Dona­ti­on.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 23:30

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Seat­tle Mayor Katie Wil­son (D) was fined $250 for fai­ling to dis­c­lo­se over $10,000 in con­tri­bu­ti­ons from her par­ents during her campaign.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Seat­tle Mayor Katie Wil­son, her par­ents, and the Seat­tle Ethics and Elec­tions Commission.📍WHEN & WHERE: The fine was issued fol­lo­wing her Novem­ber elec­tion vic­to­ry in Seattle.💬KEY QUOTE: “Seat­tle The post Socia­list Mayor Hit With Ethics Fine for Con­ce­al­ing $10K Paren­tal Dona­ti­on. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • GOP Advan­ces Ban on Con­gres­sio­nal Stock Tra­ding Wit­hout a SINGLE Demo­crat Sup­port­er.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 22:52

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Repu­bli­can Repre­sen­ta­ti­ve Bryan Steil’s “Stop Insi­der Tra­ding Act” pas­sed the House Admi­nis­tra­ti­on Com­mit­tee wit­hout any Demo­crat sup­port and moves to the House floor.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rep. Bryan Steil (R‑WI), Demo­crat com­mit­tee mem­bers, and other lawmakers.📍WHEN & WHERE: House Admi­nis­tra­ti­on Com­mit­tee mark­up ses­si­on on Janu­ary 14, 2026.💬KEY QUOTE: “The focus of the bill The post GOP Advan­ces Ban on Con­gres­sio­nal Stock Tra­ding Wit­hout a SINGLE Demo­crat Sup­port­er. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • Feds Offer $15K for Cap­tu­re of Ille­gal Who Rammed ICE Agents.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 22:03

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: An ille­gal immi­grant alle­gedly rammed his car into U.S. Immi­gra­ti­on and Cus­toms Enforce­ment (ICE) vehic­les, inju­ring mul­ti­ple agents during a traf­fic stop in Dal­las, Texas, with fede­ral offi­ci­als offe­ring a reward for infor­ma­ti­on lea­ding to his arrest.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jer­son Lopez-San­chez, a 28-year-old Hon­d­uran natio­nal, ICE agents, the Fede­ral Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­ti­on The post Feds Offer $15K for Cap­tu­re of Ille­gal Who Rammed ICE Agents. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • Trump Dis­mis­ses Insur­rec­tion Act Use… For Now.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 21:26

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump addres­sed the poten­ti­al use of the Insur­rec­tion Act amid ongo­ing clas­hes in Min­nea­po­lis, Min­ne­so­ta, invol­ving fede­ral immi­gra­ti­on authorities.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Pre­si­dent Trump, fede­ral immi­gra­ti­on aut­ho­ri­ties, local offi­ci­als in Min­ne­so­ta, and Repu­bli­can senators.📍WHEN & WHERE: Fri­day, during Trump’s depar­tu­re from the White House, with events escala­ting in Minneapolis.💬KEY QUOTE: The post Trump Dis­mis­ses Insur­rec­tion Act Use… For Now. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • Mexi­co Claims Suc­cessful Car­tel Crack­down as Trump Threa­tens Inter­ven­ti­on.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 20:42

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Mexi­can Pre­si­dent Clau­dia Shein­baum sta­ted that efforts to com­bat car­tels and migra­ti­on are yiel­ding “com­pel­ling results” amid U.S. pres­su­re for toug­her action and thre­ats of mili­ta­ry inter­ven­ti­on on Mexi­can soil.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mexi­can Pre­si­dent Clau­dia Shein­baum, Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secre­ta­ry of Sta­te Mar­co Rubio, and Mexi­can For­eign Secre­ta­ry Juan Ramón The post Mexi­co Claims Suc­cessful Car­tel Crack­down as Trump Threa­tens Inter­ven­ti­on. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • A Guber­na­to­ri­al Dona­ti­on Is Rai­sing More Con­cerns About This Dem Congressman’s Ties to Chi­na.
    von Pul­se Wires am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 19:53

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Repre­sen­ta­ti­ve Eric Swalwell’s (D‑CA) guber­na­to­ri­al cam­paign recei­ved $9,999 from a Cali­for­nia-based office of the DeH­eng Law Offices, a firm with deep ties to the Chi­ne­se Com­mu­nist Par­ty (CCP).👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rep. Eric Swal­well, DeH­eng Law Offices, and Keliang “Clay” Zhu, a part­ner at the firm’s Sili­con Val­ley office.📍WHEN & WHERE: The dona­ti­on The post A Guber­na­to­ri­al Dona­ti­on Is Rai­sing More Con­cerns About This Dem Congressman’s Ties to Chi­na. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

  • Trump Admin Con­siders Vene­zue­lan Oil Swap to Fill Stra­te­gic Petro­le­um Reser­ve.
    von Wil­liam Upt­on am Frei­tag, 16. Janu­ar 2026 um 19:15

    PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump admi­nis­tra­ti­on is con­side­ring an agree­ment to exch­an­ge hea­vy Vene­zue­lan oil for U.S. medi­um-sour cru­de to fill the U.S. Stra­te­gic Petro­le­um Reser­ve (SPR).👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Depart­ment of Ener­gy, Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump, U.S. oil com­pa­nies, and Venezuela.📍WHEN & WHERE: The pro­po­sal was first repor­ted on Fri­day, Janu­ary 16, 2026.🎯IMPACT: The post Trump Admin Con­siders Vene­zue­lan Oil Swap to Fill Stra­te­gic Petro­le­um Reser­ve. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.