Trump Targets Birth Tourism
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Aug. 6 targeting birth tourism in an attempt to end its practice.
The Trump administration argues that the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to any individual born in the United States, excluding foreign diplomats, whether the parents are citizens or not, was meant to free slaves after the Civil War when it was ratified, and therefore shouldn’t apply to foreign individuals today.
The Trump administration has made immigration enforcement one of its main policies, following unprecedented levels of illegal immigrants entering the United States in recent years.
Fraud Task Force Identifies $230 Billion in Fraud
The Fraud Task Force initiative, spearheaded by Vice President JD Vance, was set up to tackle the staggering amount of waste and fraud found in the federal government’s welfare system.
Judge Makes Major Ruling on Firearms Restrictions
A federal judge has made a major ruling on firearms registration in the United States involving suppressors or silencers, and short-barrelled rifles and shotguns.
Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled in the case of Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that a previous registration tax removal in the acquisition of these specialized weapons under the National Firearms Act (NFA) now made their registration process unjustifiable, therefore unconstitutional.
The NFA was passed in 1934 by Congress, due to its taxing power, which levied a $200 tax, in order to justify a registration process that required filling out a form, a thorough background and ID check, and a waiting period.
With the tax removed, Hendrix ruled that Congress no longer has the power to enforce this measure.
In 2025, President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Congress, reduced the tax in the NFA for silencers, short-barrelled rifles, and short-barrelled shotguns from $200 to $0.
The tax and restrictions remain for machine guns and other explosive devices.
Parasitic Illness Found in Lettuce Detected in 15 States
The Cyclospora outbreak has now been detected in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and North Carolina, in addition to Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.
The total cases recorded have now reached 6,358 illnesses with two deaths, although the actual number of cases could be much higher.
The main source of the outbreak has been traced to Taylor Farms de Mexico.
The outbreak started around late June, when people began reporting illness and diarrhea-like symptoms after visiting Taco Bell restaurants.
Meta Told to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Case
Social Media giant Meta has been ordered to pay $567 million in compensation into a fund that addresses harm done to young people by the company’s social media platforms.
This is in addition to $375 million in civil penalties Meta had initially been ordered to pay in March, violating the New Mexico Unfair Practices Act for failing to warn of the potential risks of social media platforms, bringing the total to $925 million.
Meta, founded by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Anti-Weaponization Fund Formally Rescinded
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund on Aug. 3, stumping any controversy that followed it.
It was established to compensate people who had claimed to have been victims of “weaponization and lawfare” by the U.S. government.
The fund was instantly met with lawsuits by various organizations and criticism from several Republican lawmakers and numerous Democratic members of Congress.
US Reports Historic Low Crime Rates
Other statistics include a 47 percent drop in carjackings from a year ago, a 20 percent drop in motor vehicle theft, a 17 percent drop in robberies, and a 13 percent drop in residential burglaries.
