On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration is sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Secretary Rubio said the United States will not allow the court to prosecute Americans and called it a “rogue court.”

The order blocks the ICC’s assets under U.S. jurisdiction and bars U.S. companies and people from doing business with it, including banking and software.

Rubio noted that the United States never joined the Rome Statute and rejects the court’s claim of jurisdiction over Americans and also rejects the threats made against Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“For decades now,” Rubio began, “both Republicans and Democrats have rejected the idea that the International Criminal Court has any power to prosecute American citizens, to prosecute military service members or political leaders, because America never joined the court.”

“We don’t need that court and we don’t want it.”

“But now globalist experts that are an ocean away, they don’t care what you think. They want the International Criminal Court to do more, including the prosecution of American citizens and service members that are defending their country,”

“They want to prosecute Border Patrol agents that are protecting our nation’s borders, and they want to prosecute our elected leaders that are ensuring our national security. They want more power, and they want it at the expense of our sovereignty as a nation.”

“And President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans.”

“And that’s why today the United States is sanctioning the International Criminal Court. We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling their ability to operate against us.”

“Because our message is clear: the United States and the American people are not subject to the jurisdiction of this fake ICC. Both parties agree on this, but only President Trump has the resolve to take the action needed to end this threat once and for all.”

“Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”

“And we expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC and that rely on American service members for their defense, to rein in this rogue court.”

“If they do not, the United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC piece by piece until Americans are threatened no longer.”

Watch:

Today, the Trump Administration is sanctioning the ICC.

This action should encourage our Allies within the Court to work for solutions to end this threat to U.S. sovereignty forever. https://t.co/D86dCqLUaZ

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) October 9, 2026

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President Trump on Friday released a statement on his latest phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump said the US will now be importing diesel fuel from Russia.

The President secured several million tons of Russian diesel ahead of the midterm elections in additional to his executive order to slash prices.

Full statement from President Trump:

I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter.

Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel.

Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority.

This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Over the summer, President Trump announced a historic deal with Venezuela.

The US government secured a 35% equity stake in the parent company of NABEP, a firm controlled by Venezuelan billionaire Alejandro Betancourt – and major off-take rights over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.

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Police bodycam footage released on Friday shows the immediate aftermath following an ICE-involved shooting in the Bronx on Thursday evening.

Protests erupted in the Bronx on Thursday evening after an ICE agent shot and wounded an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic in Marble Hill.

Video posted to social media shows anti-ICE activists blocking federal vehicles and confronting ICE agents after the officer-involved shooting.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed an ICE agent shot a criminal alien gang member in the Bronx on Thursday.

The wounded alien was transported to a local hospital.

“ICE officers immediately rendered aid. The individual is alive and at a local hospital. The FBI and HSI are on the scene. The incident remains under investigation. More information will be shared as it becomes available,” the DHS said in a statement.

Communist Muslim Mayor Zohran Mamdani fanned the flames after the ICE-involved shooting and called for ICE to be abolished.

“This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed,” Mamdani said.

“Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children,” Mamdani said.

“Abolish ICE,” he said.

NYPD bodycam footage shows officers responding to the scene and rendering aid to the wounded illegal alien.

A crowd of anti-ICE protesters began forming as police took the criminal alien, identified as 28-year-old Oscar Belgal, into custody.

WATCH:

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The House has reportedly found a new press secretary to succeed Karoline Leavitt, who was the youngest Press Secretary in history. 

Katie Zacharia, a lawyer, conservative media personality, and former DHS spokeswoman, has been offered the position. It is unclear whether she has accepted or when she would begin.

The New York Times reported on Friday,

Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security, has been chosen as the next White House press secretary, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Ms. Zacharia will succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left the position in August. According to her LinkedIn profile, she is currently a communications adviser to Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Truth Social. She had a brief stint working as a spokeswoman for then-Secretary Kristi Noem at the Department of Homeland Security and is a frequent guest on conservative media.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A White House spokesperson confirms to The Gateway Pundit that Zacharia was offered the position, but did not provide further details.

More from Fox:

Leavitt, who left her role as Press Secretary in August after giving birth to a second child earlier this year, landed a new gig as a Fox News contributor, the Gateway Pundit previously reported.

Leavitt will begin in her new role at Fox on November 1.

MORE:

Karoline Leavitt Lands New Gig

This is a developing story.

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“Independent” hopeful Brian Bengs compared himself to President Theodore Roosevelt in an exclusive interview with The Gateway Pundit. Bengs called himself a “Teddy Roosevelt Republican.”

Bengs is running in deep red South Dakota against incumbent GOP Senator Mike Rounds, who is running for a third term.

He is part of a recurring theme of independent candidates running to flip Congressional seats in states Democrats have zero chance in. States like Montana, Nebraska, Idaho, and, of course, South Dakota come to mind.

The interview started with Bengs expressing confidence that he can defeat Rounds in November.

“He is historically unpopular. We’ve done multiple polls, better part of 10 polls since July of last year, and his highest polling job approval number was forty percent,” Bengs told TGP.

His lowest was thirty-two. He’s falling in between there. So over the last year, heavily Republican polls show that his job approval is underwater dramatically.”

Bengs then lays out some of his priorities for South Dakota if he were to be elected as its next U.S. Senator:

“I’ve called myself a ‘Teddy Roosevelt Republican’ because I am saying the same things that Teddy Roosevelt was saying over a century ago. The single biggest problem we need to address, and I’ve talked to thousands of South Dakotans about it, is that big money controls our elected officials in the sense that they’re doing what people who write the large campaign checks want instead of what voters want.”

Bengs then shifted into a more common Democrat talking point, which is to raise taxes and “have billionaires pay a higher tax rate than the people who work for a living.”

He believes that he can implement “the old Teddy Roosevelt mantra of being a trustbuster” and bust the “Meat Packing Monopoly” in South Dakota.

South Dakota currently ranks 7th in cattle production and 5th in Beef Cow production in the country. Will “busting the Meat Packing Monopoly” help or hurt the state’s cattle industry?

Independent U.S. candidate, @BrianBengs calls himself a “Teddy Roosevelt Republican.”

Thoughts?

@gatewaypundit https://t.co/VzCzjHyo2u

— Myles Morell (@MorellMedia) October 3, 2026

This is not the first time he has said or done something interesting.

In late September, Bengs melted down at a press conference he attended with Nebraska “Independent” Dan Osborn  and Alaska “Independent” Bill Hill in Washington, DC.

As Bengs was speaking, an individual verbally confronted Osborn over a leaked recording of him privately trashing Trump voters. Bengs then walked over to the individual and raised his voice at him.

“This is the problem. This is it. The civility of politics is not here because there’s name-calling,” Bengs yelled.

His unhinged response to someone exercising their First Amendment rights gets even funnier when you account for the fact that the individual wasn’t even speaking to Bengs.

While these candidates present themselves as alternative choices outside of the two-party system that the American People are growing frustrated with, one major issue remains. Many argue that these so-called “independents” are just Democrats in disguise.

What’s even more telling is that Democratic nominees even bowed out of the Senate races in Nebraska, Idaho, and South Dakota in order to clear the way for these independent candidates. Why would they do that?

Will the American People fall for Bengs comparing himself to President Roosevelt? Only time will tell come November.

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Well, it turns out not every liberal actor in Hollywood harbors unhinged hate for conservatives.

(Though many certainly do.)

Marvel actor Sebastian Stan — perhaps best known for playing the Winter Soldier — appeared on “The Daily Show” to discuss his upcoming film “Fjord.”

And, somewhat surprisingly given what we know of Stan’s politics, the actor actually had a very easy pathway to attack conservatives — and didn’t.

Michael Kosta, one of the rotating hosts of “The Daily Show” — a progressive parody of cable news — spoke to Stan on Wednesday about his upcoming movie.

And before we go any further, here is a quick recap of “Fjord.”

Mihai Gheorghiu, who is portrayed by Stan, and Lisbet Gheorghiu, portrayed by Renate Reinsve, are a devout evangelical Christian couple with five children who move from Romania to a remote Norwegian fjord, where Lisbet was originally from.

The Gheorghiu family’s faith means they raise their children in a conservative manner — putting them at immediate odds with the fjord’s liberal populace.

Things come to a head when Mihai’s daughter shows up to school with bruises, and the entire town immediately casts aspersions on the family, with authorities eventually hauling all five children away.

And now a spoiler warning: Lisbet struggles mightily to cope with the loss of her children, while Mihai rallied other conservative Christian networks across the world to support his case.

Interestingly, the movie deliberately avoids answering the question of who, or what, caused the daughter’s bruises. The movie intentionally leaves this ambiguous — maybe Mihai is abusive, maybe the daughter got bruised while wrestling at school, or maybe the daughter got hurt while playing games with neighbors.

The movie ultimately seems more interested in exploring what happens when cultures clash — the liberal fjord folks are not presented in an especially gracious manner, often seeming rigid and paranoid — instead of ascribing villainy to any side.

But that brings us back to Wednesday’s Daily Show appearance.

“Some people might characterize the themes of this movie as fairly conservative,” Kosta said. “What’s your response to that? Are people overthinking it?”

“No, I mean, I think that’s a pretty fair assessment, but that shouldn’t necessarily cancel out the issues that this family is facing or that the feelings that they have and the desire that they have to raise the kids in the best way they can,” Stan replied.

“I think there’s probably always, on either side, that there needs to be an opening of a door, you know, for more of a back and forth to happen,” he continued.

“Like, when did conservative become so wrong, I guess? I didn’t really grow up in that kind of a religious environment, but as long as there’s curiosity, at least, instead of immediate judgment, maybe there’s something else there,” Stan said.

“But if a family is trying to stay together, we should at least give them the benefit of the doubt that maybe they’re trying to do it for the right reasons.”

That… is a shockingly good response, especially for a liberal actor who was flamed for his antagonistic portrayal of a young Donald Trump in the biopic “The Apprentice.”

Fair is fair, and I genuinely wish more actors adopted Stan’s approach to conservatism.

(Which, I should note, is a fairly new approach, given that Stan once told The Hollywood Reporter that Trump was a “paranoid, scared little man.”)

The most refreshing part of Stan’s response is that he didn’t endorse conservatism, renounce liberalism, or pretend that ideological differences don’t matter.

He simply acknowledged that conservative Christians are human beings whose beliefs deserve to be understood before they’re condemned.

In today’s Hollywood, that’s a surprisingly radical concept.

Stan’s politics may not have changed, and that’s perfectly fine. If more Americans approached their ideological opponents with the same curiosity instead of reflexive contempt, perhaps we’d discover that disagreement doesn’t have to mean disdain.

“Fjord” hits theaters on Oct. 9.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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