On Monday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time since Election Day at a Veterans Day ceremony.

A Spirit Airline plane has been diverted after being hit by gunfire as it was trying to land in Haiti, leaving at least one flight attendant wounded. 

Under this bill, fathers will be forbidden from marrying their adopted daughters until they are at least 13 years old. Lawmakers in the Islamic republic of Iran passed “child protection” bill allowing Muslim fathers to marry adopted daughters at a minimum age of 13. This law force Muslim fathers who want to rape their adopted […]

In the same vein, they’re not just coming after Israel, they’re coming after America, and all of us had better be standing in their way. Anti-Israel protesters in DC tore down and burned American flags from Union Station while chanting “Allahu Akbar.” Why are they burning the American flag? ?? Let’s hope Trump brings order […]

Former congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin will serve as Donald Trump’s EPA Secretary. Mr. Zeldin worked hard for the president in New York. I helped him on a couple of campaigns, and he is the most honest politician I’ve met. He is very effective. Lee Zeldin is a true conservative and a down-to-earth man […] The post Lee Zeldin Will Lead the EPA appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President-elect Donald Trump is adding to his cabinet on Monday, selecting former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to run the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York Post reported. The 44-year-old former congressman has a background in military and law, serving in the U.S. Army and Military Intelligence Corps. before becoming an attorney for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Zeldin also ran for New York governor in 2022, narrowly losing to Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul. Trump confirmed the appointment in a statement to the New York Post, saying, “Lee, with a very strong legal background, has been a true fighter for America First policies. He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.” Zeldin said he is “deeply honored” to serve in Trump’s cabinet, vowing, “As EPA Administrator, we will restore American energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, make the United States the global leader of Artificial Intelligence advancement, and slash the red tape holding back American workers from upward economic mobility.” “We will accomplish all this while conserving our environment, protecting access to clean air and water, and keeping the American people healthy. I look forward to contributing to President Trump’s agenda to build a more prosperous future for our nation,” Zeldin added. It is an honor to join President Trump’s Cabinet as EPA Administrator. We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI. We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water. https://t.co/FQk9XPdgcw — Lee Zeldin (@LeeMZeldin) November 11, 2024 MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Zeldin is the second New Yorker to be named to Trump’s cabinet after Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik accepted the president-elect’s offer to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Both Zeldin and Stefanik served on Trump’s defense team during his first impeachment trial. “He will set new standards on environmental review and maintenance that will allow the United States to grow in a healthy and well-structured way,” Trump added. “I have known Lee Zeldin for a long time, and have watched him handle, brilliantly, some extremely difficult and complex situations. I am very proud to have him in the Trump Administration, where he will quickly prove to be a great contributor!”

The Ohio county at the center of a controversy involving Haitian migrants swung even further to former President Donald Trump in 2024 compared to previous years. Clark County went for Trump by 29.4 points this election, up 6.1 points from his 23.3 point victory over Biden in the county in 2020. The 2024 election results left Trump with 64.2 percent of the vote in the county, with Vice President Kamala Harris coming in with just 34.8 percent of the vote. Springfield, the county seat of Clark County, was thrust into the national spotlight when as many as 20,000 Haitian migrants granted temporary protected status by the Biden administration were resettled there. Harris and Democrats slammed Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) for highlighting Springfield as proof of the Biden administration’s failed border policies. But that rhetoric did not hurt Trump, who won 56 percent of precincts in Springfield, up from 49 percent in 2020 and 35 in 2016. Trump won almost exactly 50 percent of the 19,758 votes in the city, similarly marking a jump from his 45 percent and 43 percent of the vote in 2020 and 2016, respectively. Springfield Republican Committeewoman Glenda Bailey told The Daily Wire that she believes the Haitian influx encouraged members of the community to support Trump. “The first time Trump won, I said we could thank Obama because his policies caused the political shift to Republicans. This time I think we can thank Haitians for overwhelming this county with a stark 3rd world culture,” Bailey told The Daily Wire, saying that the increased support for Trump marked a backlash to the migrant surge. “From what I saw at the polls a LOT of young voters arrived to vote for the FIRST TIME.  I also had others tell me it was their first time voting, so I believe the Haitian crisis definitely made a difference to the majority of voters,” Bailey explained. Now, Bailey says she’s optimistic about what a Trump administration could mean for her community. “I have more hope for the future of America than I’ve ever had before and I have faith that President Trump will keep his promises to Springfield, Ohio & Aurora, Colorado starting on his first day in office,” Bailey told The Daily Wire, before explaining the specific policies that she hopes Trump pursues to remedy the migrant crisis in Springfield. “Trump should immediately take away Haitian’s food stamps, welfare, housing, & medical benefits so that they will begin to self-deport,” Bailey explained, adding that they will begin to leave on their own accord if the government stops “spreading taxpayer cash around” and giving it to the migrants. “The Haitians that have jobs should also be put on notice as to what date their work visas end, so that they can begin to make plans for their departure,” Bailey stated. The incoming Trump administration has already indicated that it will take up the hardline immigration stance it promised on the campaign trail, where the president-elect pledged to carry out “the largest deportation operation in American history.” Trump has named Tom Homan, the former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the new “border czar.” “Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” Trump said in a statement.