Epstein Arrests Continue; EU Pauses US Deal Over 15% Tariffs; Congressman: UFO Hiding In Secret Spot

Hello all you freedom-loving people. The second Epstein-related arrest was Lord Peter Mendelsohn for similar accusations as former Prince Andrew. And after the new tariffs were raised to 15%, the EU paused its next step and a congressman is saying that there's a UFO in hiding. But where? Okay, let's get into it. Today, Peter Mendelsohn, the former UK ambassador to the US, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. After his arrest at his place, officers brought him to a police station in London for questioning. Police also carried out search warrants at two different addresses as part of the same investigation. They opened a criminal investigation earlier this month after new allegations surfaced in the recent Epstein files. The latest email suggests that Mendelsohn may have shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the UK's business secretary from 2008 to 2010. At the time, Gordon Brown was prime minister. In one email, Mendelsohn appeared to say that he would talk to other officials about lowering a tax on bankers' bonuses. In another email, he seemed to be sending Epstein an internal report showing how the UK could raise money after the 2008 financial crisis. The email also suggests that he may have warned Epstein that Gordon Brown was planning to step down in 2010 and that the European Union was preparing a 500 billion euro bailout for Greece. The files also point to financial transfers totaling $75,000 from Epstein to accounts linked to Mendelsohn or his partner. After the emails became public, Mendelsohn said that he did not remember receiving the money and he would need to review whether the were real. His arrest came after Mendelsohn resigned from the Labour Party and he also stepped down from the House of Lords, but he still keeps the title of Lord, which can only be removed by an Act of Parliament. Also today, the news broke that longevity expert Peter Thia is stepping down as a contributor at CBS News. Under Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of the Sundance unit, he was recently named as a new contributor, but he will now be leaving that position. Peter Thia is also facing criticism after the latest release of the Epstein files. The recent batch reportedly includes more than 1,700 mentions of Thia and suggests that he had a friendly relationship with Epstein. Earlier this month, Thia defended himself in a long statement. He said that his emails with Epstein had nothing to do with sexual abuse or exploitation and that he was not involved in any criminal activity, but he admitted that some of his messages were embarrassing and tasteless and he said that he regrets putting himself in a position where those emails are now public. President Trump initially announced a 10% global tariff on Friday soon after the Supreme Court ruled that the president's reciprocal global tariffs under IEPA were unlawful and invalid. Then on Sunday, President Trump announced that he was invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to raise the 10% global tariff that he announced on Friday to 15%. President Trump wrote on True Social, I, as President of the United States of America, will be effective immediately, raising the 10% worldwide tariff on countries, many of which have been ripping the U.S. off for decades without retribution until I came along to the fully allowed and legally tested 15% level. President Trump said in The Post that the administration will spend the next few months seeking alternative ways to impose legally permissible tariffs. At first glance, the Supreme Court's ruling appeared to be a blow to President Trump, but closer inspection of the judgment suggests otherwise. We explained on Friday that the court did not negate the president's tariff authority altogether, but rather limited the use of IEPA as a taxing instrument. The Supreme Court blocked the tariffs that were put in place using emergency powers, but that does not mean tariffs are going away. The administration says that it will now use other trade laws to keep tariffs in place. These laws allow tariffs for different reasons. One law focuses on national security and other targets, unfair trade practices, and there's also another tool that can be used to respond to trade imbalances. In short, even though the court stopped one legal path, the government plans to use different legal routes to continue collecting tariffs. Yesterday, during an interview with Fox News, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said that they expect the amount of money collected from tariffs next year to stay almost the same. So let me tell you what's going to happen. First, this ruling was a very narrow ruling in terms of the president's ability to use IEPA to collect revenues. The Supreme Court said the president can put in a full embargo, but he cannot collect one dollar. So the president still has the most draconian measure for negotiations. And under Sections 232, Sections 301, we're already collecting substantial tariff revenue. The IEPA tariffs are going to be replaced in three days with the Section 122. And I can tell you at Treasury, contrary to what the Committee for an Irresponsible Budget or whatever it's called says, tariff revenue will be unchanged this year and will be unchanged in the future. The court confirmed that under IEPA, the president has broad powers to impose restrictions, licenses and embargoes, but not with respect to direct tariffs. This means that the U.S. is waging not only with tariffs, but also with import and export restrictions and investment reviews. Many Asian countries have indicated that the impact of reversing reciprocal tariffs is limited. And President Trump's White House officials in his first term even said that countries with large trade deficits with the United States, such as those in Southeast Asia, would become temporary beneficiaries. Tariffs will temporarily drop from 19 to 40 percent down to 15 percent. This could last until the United States has completed the tariff process under Section 301 or Section 232. As a result of the ruling, which does not involve tariffs on cars, auto parts and steel and aluminum, the rate of tariffs on Japanese automobile exports to the U.S. will remain at 15 percent. A top Japanese government official told the media that the ruling would not affect Japan's investment plans in the United States. South Korea has also said that the ruling will not affect the overall trade agreement between itself and the United States. As part of the agreement, South Korea will invest $350 billion in the U.S. while the U.S. will reduce tariffs on South Korean goods to 15 percent. Thai officials in charge of trade policy said that the ruling could be more favorable to Thai exports. In this context, China is likely to be hit the hardest. President Trump launched a tariff war against China under Section 232 and 301 during his first term. China's current base rate and fentanyl tariffs are both 10 percent, with an additional 45 percent applied to Section 301 items and a further 50 percent to steel and aluminum under Section 232. Strategic goods such as specialty pharmaceuticals and semiconductors are subject to a 100 percent tariff, and these tariffs could be raised at any time. Regarding the refund of the $134 billion in emergency tariffs, Treasury Secretary Scott Besan said that the Supreme Court ruling did not address the issue of refunds, but rather sent the case back to the lower court. So, it could take weeks or months for the lower court to reach a decision after which the government will act in accordance with the ruling. During an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation, U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer said that he had spoken with his counterpart for the European Union over the weekend, as well as officials from other countries. He said the deals were not premised on whether or not the emergency tariff litigation would rise or fall. I've been telling them for a year, whether this case, whether we won or lost, we were going to have tariffs. The president's policy was going to continue. That's why they signed these deals even while the litigation was pending, Greer told CBS. I haven't heard anyone yet come to me and say the deal's off. They want to see how this plays out. In an interview with CNN yesterday morning, Scott Besan also said that trading partners want to maintain the agreements that they have already reached. The European Union issued a statement on Saturday which reads, a deal is a deal. As the United States' largest trading partner, the EU expects the U.S. to honor its commitments set out in the joint statement, just as the EU stands by its commitments. But after the increase to 15% on Sunday, the European Union has halted the ratification process of its trade agreement with the U.S. while the Trump administration determines the new legally permissible tariffs over the next few months. Regarding China, Greer emphasized that trade investigations have been initiated against China and Brazil. Investigations are planned in several areas, including industrial overcapacity, which affects a number of Asian countries, and unfair trade practices in the rice trade. He said that these countries suppress prices around the world because they do not follow basic economic principles. They just build factories to produce product and keep jobs. The 15% tariff that was announced was authorized under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. It is valid for a period of 150 days, at the end of which congressional approval is required to make it permanent. As to whether Congress supports making Section 122 tariffs permanent, Scott Besant noted that the administration continues to watch, but that this tariff is a transitional arrangement, not a permanent mechanism. Yesterday, the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics witnessed an epic showdown. After 46 years, the U.S. men's ice hockey team made Olympic history again. They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 2-1 in a thrilling game. President Trump happily congratulated the team in three consecutive posts on TruSocial. He wrote, Congratulations to our great USA ice hockey team. They won the gold. Wow. What a game. Lots of winning. And President Trump personally called to congratulate the athletes. Instead of heading straight back to the locker room after the game, the U.S. team members celebrated for several minutes with high fives from fans waving American flags. Players were singing with their arms slung around one another, belting out Dream On and We Are the Champions when a phone rang. It was President Trump. About an hour after the game, the coach Mike Sullivan said, The players just had the president on. I don't know what it was. What do you call it? FaceTime, whatever, in the locker room. He just spoke to the group, expressing how proud he was of the group and congratulating everyone on the win. Captain Austin Matthews said, For us, it's a huge moment for the United States. He called and just congratulated us. I think there's a lot of moving parts as far as our travel back home. We'll kind of see what happens. But obviously, it's an honor to wear this jersey and to represent the U.S. Sullivan said that the game was an inspiration to our country. I can't tell you how many texts I received over the last day or so about watch parties at eight o'clock in the morning. Even though it was the final that everyone was waiting for, it turned out to be much more exciting than anyone could have imagined. Just six minutes into the game, Matt Boldy scored the first goal for the Americans in the first period. After receiving a pass from Austin Matthews, he maneuvered past the defense before firing a shot past Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington to score. Both teams played strong defense in the first period, and the pace was so fast that scoring seemed almost impossible. At the end of the first period, the U.S. were leading Canada 1-0. With less than two minutes left in the second period, the U.S. lead was broken when Canadian defenseman Cale McCarr scored a brilliant goal past U.S. goaltender Connor Hellebuck. So the U.S. and Canada were tied 1-1 at the end of the second period. There was no scoring in the third after Canada peppered Hellebuck with more than 40 shots in the game. So the game went into overtime. In a quick overtime period, Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal just one minute and 41 seconds into overtime to give the U.S. a 2-1 victory over Canada. This is the third Olympic gold medal won by the U.S. men's ice hockey team. It's also the first since 1980. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the U.S. men's ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in what may be one of the greatest moments in the history of Winter Olympics. Since then, however, the U.S. men's ice hockey team has had nothing to do with the Olympic gold medal until yesterday. Even more coincidentally, yesterday's matchup with Canada coincided with the anniversary of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. And in the women's ice hockey gold medal match, the U.S. team beat their arch-rivals Canada 2-1 also in overtime to win the Olympic gold medal thanks to a combination of resilience and legendary veteran performance. So this is the first time in history that the U.S. men's and women's ice hockey teams have won gold medals at the same Olympics. Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, nicknamed El Mencho, was killed in a raid by the Mexican military in the town of Topalpa, Jalisco yesterday. El Mencho was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, also known as CJNG, which is one of the most powerful drug organizations in the country. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that Oseguera's death was a significant development for the U.S., for Mexico and for Latin America. The death of this drug lord is a significant victory for Mexico in its battle against drug cartels. These cartels smuggle billions of dollars worth of cocaine and fentanyl into the United States every year. Mexico Defense Ministry said that Oseguera died while being airlifted to Mexico City after being critically wounded in a shootout in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico. The Ministry of Defense added that seven drug traffickers were killed in the operation and two cartel members were arrested. Various weapons and armored vehicles were seized, including a rocket launcher that was powerful enough to shoot down an aircraft, but three members of the special forces were wounded during the operation and were hospitalized. The Defense Ministry noted that U.S. authorities had provided additional information. A U.S. Department of Defense official told Reuters that a new task force that is led by the U.S. Army, which specializes in gathering intelligence on drug trafficking groups, played a role in yesterday's Mexican military raid. The task force is comprised of several U.S. government agencies. It was formed quietly late last year with the aim of mapping out the networks of members of drug trafficking syndicates on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Following Omencho's death, criminal gangs have unleashed a wave of violence across Mexico. Gunmen have burned vehicles and blocked highways in more than six states. Social media footage shows scenes of people running for safety at the Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico as alleged CJNG members targeted the airport. But the Pacific Airport Group later issued a statement on social media saying that the Guadalajara International Airport was operating normally. Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued an alert on social media urging U.S. citizens to shelter in place due to ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity in parts of the country. According to bombshell claims by a United States congressman, a massive UFO is hiding in plain sight in a secret overseas location. Republican Congressman Eric Burleson, who sits on the Congressional Oversight Committee investigating UAPs, revealed a secret regarding UFOs during an interview with Newsmax. There is, reportedly, a UFO in another country. It is rumored that there is a massive crashed or landed extraterrestrial craft that was too large to transport, so an entire building had to be built around the immovable object for concealment. Burleson said they've built an entire building around it. And that's one of the locations that I'm requesting to get to. He also said that the facility is guarded like it's some kind of commodity. The congressman said that although he has no hard evidence of what that really is, he has heard allegations from both inside and outside of the federal government. Theorists believe it to be on the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea. A giant building in South Korea has often been cited as a potential UFO storage facility. But a South Korean researcher has disputed the claims, saying that that facility dates back to the 1970s and has no connection to UFOs. But Burleson did not confirm that he was referring to that location. He said, I'm not going to mention the country because I heard of it inside a closed setting and I want to protect my classification level. He added that the object is not in the facility that's been widely reported in the news. So far, his attempts to seek answers from the South Korean government have been repeatedly thwarted. This is quite normal. He mentioned that he has a difficult time getting access to facilities even just a few miles away from his office in Washington, D.C. He stated, so to try to attempt to go to another country and get permission for at that level is going to be somewhat insurmountable. But it doesn't mean that I'm not going to continue to try. So why is there so much resistance to investigations in this area? He explained that many agencies are just trying to protect their information. So the UFO related information is guarded much like it's a kind of commodity. He said, you have committees that protect their turf as well. So if you're not on the right committee, then oftentimes you're turned down. Moreover, he added, sometimes there are multiple committees that have jurisdiction over a topic and they love to turn each other down. So the very nature and difficulty of the red tape system within the bureaucracy of Congress is something that is very difficult to navigate. But he vowed that if he ever found the answer to the question of whether or not extraterrestrials existed, he would be honest with the American people. He said, if I had any hard evidence, whether it's physical or video evidence that is absolutely definite, what I'm going to do, what I can to protect our national security and our national interests, I will not hold back on telling the American people that we are alone or not alone in this universe. That is something no government has the right to withhold from its people. As a member of the House Oversight Committee, Burleson has worked to increase transparency in UAP matters. Last August, he proposed the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena UAP Disclosure Act of 2025 as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The bill requests the preservation and disclosure of government records on UAP and provides oversight mechanisms. Just days after Burleson appeared on Newsmax, President Trump announced on February 19th that he has ordered all government departments to make public all government documents regarding alien life and UFOs. And that's a wrap for this episode. 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