John Bickley

The anti-ice chaos hit new levels last night in Portland, where hundreds of protesters marched through downtown, shutting down roads and prompting federal agents to move in with tear gas and pepper balls.

Fox 12 Oregon reports that the pro-immigration group

Portland Contra Las Deportaciones held a rally at City Hall in the afternoon, then marched to the ICE facility.

Footage from the showdown has circulated online.

Workers, give ICE a boot!

President Trump dismissed concerns about instability in China after purges of its military reached inside President Xi Jinping's inner circle.

Trump was asked over the weekend about Beijing's stability after the government announced a corruption investigation into its top-ranking military official and close Xi ally.

China's Ministry of National Defense announced on January 24th that the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission is suspected of, quote, grave violations of discipline and the law.

The head of the military's joint staff department is also under investigation, according to the announcement.

News out of the housing market as trends move in favor of buyers.

In the highest rate since 2019, more than 60% of home buyers in the past year paid less than asking price for an average discount of around 8%.

This is a complete reversal from just a few years ago when nearly two-thirds of homes sold at or above asking price.

Buyer-friendly markets are especially pronounced in the southern states, particularly Florida and Texas, where new construction has increased the home supply, bringing down prices.

As interest rates also creep down from relative highs in the past two years, market conditions continue to entice new prospective buyers.

A Tennessee senator has declared war on what she's calling the woke Nashville power company after a week-long outage.

Daily Wire senior editor Virginia Kruta has the story.

Senator Marsha Blackburn is gunning for the Nashville Electric Service as thousands of Nashville residents remain without power, more than a week after winter storm Fern wreaked havoc on the area.

Blackburn argued that NES had spent more time focusing on DEI initiatives than on preparing for winter storms.

She said, quote, the Nashville Electric Service held 102 DEI-related training sessions by the end of 2024.

They should have been using those resources to trim trees and bury utilities.