Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
Episodes
LA Becomes Model for Nationwide ICE Operations and Response
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is going to increase its operations to deport illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump said during a recent press conferenc...
L.A. Riots Could Spread Across United States
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nationwide protests are now being planned as the riots in Los Angeles continue. Already, additional demonstrations have sprung up in San Francisco and...
Updates from L.A. as Riots Escalate; Big Changes at US-Mexico Border
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Crossroads” host Joshua Philipp gives updates from overnight reporting in Los Angeles, where riots continued. Protesters and agitators set fire t...
How AI Has Become a Social Pathogen
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly creeping into daily life. And it’s not just people using it for work. Some people are turning to it for thera...
How the US Justice System Is Being Remade
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. justice system is being remade, former prosecutions are being investigated, and key figures are being pardoned. This is being done against th...
FBI Removing Oath Violators; Trump Admin Implements 80-Hour Constitution Class for Govt Employees
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new administration is working to remake the federal government. In a recent announcement, Assistant FBI Director Dan Bongino said he and FBI Direc...
How the CCP Established a Vast Network to Monitor and Exploit Students on US Soil
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has established a broad network inside American universities. This allows them to monitor and use Chinese students, ...
US Bans Visas for Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States is moving to uphold free speech globally, and this could even impact foreign leaders. The State Department announced it will begin r...
Trump Admin Freezes Student Visa Applications; COVID Returns to US
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All student visa applications to the United States are officially on hold. The Trump administration gave orders to all U.S. embassies to freeze all st...
Medicaid Purge Would Remove Illegal Immigrants and Some Able-Bodied Americans
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Close to 13 million people could soon lose access to Medicaid and Obamacare, although this only applies to two main groups: illegal immigrants, and ab...
WHO Pandemic Treaty Passes; Trump Confronts South African President Over White Farmer Genocide
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The World Health Organization has now officially passed a controversial pandemic accord. The international agreement is legally binding. What this agr...
Trump Tells Walmart to 'Eat the Tariffs' as Retailers Warn of Tariff Price Hikes
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retailers are warning that high costs from U.S. tariffs are about to hit. Some of them are planning to shoulder the extra costs themselves. Others are...
SCOTUS Clears Way for Deportations of Venezuelans; New ‘Russiagate’ Evidence Uncovered
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Supreme Court has now made its determination on President Donald Trump’s policy to mass deport Venezuelan illegal immigrants. The administr...
DHS Responds to Immigrant Games Rumors; SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportation Plan
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are allegations that the Trump administration is collaborating on a new reality TV show where immigrants compete for a prize of U.S. citizenship...
Does America’s Energy Grid Have a Secret CCP Kill Switch?
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A recent discovery is raising concerns over whether America’s electricity could be shut off by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at a moment’s not...
Money Sent Home by Illegal Immigrants Could Be Taxed
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Money sent home by illegal immigrants in the United States could soon be taxed by the U.S. government. Remittances are a top incentive for many illega...
Trump Forging Gulf Alliance; Boer Refugees Arrive in US
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is on a three-day tour of the Middle East that can potentially rewrite U.S. relations in the region. His statements during even...
Americans Were Subsidizing the World’s Pharmaceuticals
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Americans have been shouldering the cost of medicines, while the rest of the world has received a discount, according to the White House. And now, the...
Key Case on President Trump’s Reach Heads to Supreme Court
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court could have the final say over whether judges across the nation can continue putting orders from the president on hold.A case that wi...
First American Pope Named; US and UK Reach Trade Deal
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new pope has been selected. Robert Prevost will now become the first-ever American pope, and he’ll now be known as Pope Leo XIV.In other news, t...
Why Is the Trump Admin Restricting Gain-of-Function Research?
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A controversial research program is now again being restricted. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 5 about “Improving the Safet...
Trump Wants to Bring Back Alcatraz as Prison for Worst Offenders
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alcatraz could soon be reopened as a prison. The facility on a small island in San Francisco was closed as a prison in 1963 and has since been turned ...
The Return of American Manufacturing
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two very different agendas are now at odds over the return of American manufacturing. One trend was that of so-called deindustrialization. The concept...
Muscle, Masculinity, and Drones: US Military Unveils New Look
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the last four years saw the adoption of policies in line with DEI, or “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” the emerging culture is going in t...
Could Trump Suspend Habeas Corpus to Bypass Judges?
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are growing debates over whether President Donald Trump could suspend habeas corpus as a way to bypass judges blocking deportations. Doing so wo...
Unauthorized AI Brainwashing Experiment Secretly Tested on Reddit
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A secret brainwashing experiment was conducted on Reddit by unauthorized researchers. These researchers from the University of Zurich used artificial ...
INTERPOL Used by CCP for Global Repression
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) as a tool for transnational repression. In ...
Battle Over Sanctuary Cities Heats Up as Trump Issues New Executive Orders
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do states have the right to not cooperate with federal authorities on deportations of illegal immigrants? Can the federal government cut funding to st...
Trump Calls for ‘Courageous Justice’ Amid Series of Arrests
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a legal battle taking place over the push for large-scale deportations. On one side, there are calls for due process. On the other, there ar...
Plan to Dim the Sun Moving Forward in UK
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK is moving forward with experiments to dim the sun, carrying out controversial programs on what’s known as solar geoengineering. These are bei...
‘New Media’ Clash With Legacy Outlets at White House
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new conflict is emerging in the White House, and this time it’s between the various news outlets being allowed into the briefings. Seats for “ne...
$5,000 Baby Bonus Could Be Paid to Americans as Population Crisis Grows
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a “baby bonus.” This would be a $5,000 bonus to mothers in a bid to increase birth rates. The p...
US Army Authorized to Take Control of Land to 'Seal' US-Mexico Border
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Defense has been authorized by the Trump administration to take nearly 110,000 acres of land along the southern border from the Depa...
Trump Invokes Schedule F, Making It Easier to Fire Federal Employees
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is moving to reclassify around 50,000 government employees from civil servants to political appointees under Schedule F. This w...
Constitutional Debate Escalates Over Harvard as Trump Freezes $2.2 Billion in Government Funding
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harvard University could lose about $2.2 billion in grants and tens of millions of dollars in contracts. The federal government is now freezing the un...
Trump and Bukele Reveal Circumstances Around 'Accidental' Deportation
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has been criticized for the accidental deportation of an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. Allegations against the administ...
How US Trade Is Forcing a Shift in Global Politics
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Through the use of tariffs, reduced foreign aid, and renegotiated trade deals, the Trump administration is forcing a change in global politics. The la...
Inflation Goes Down Amid Trade War; Trump Fires Back at CCP
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The impact of the new U.S.–China trade war is becoming clear, and it seems that quality of life for Americans is suddenly improving. President Donal...
Trump Pauses Tariffs to Focus on China Trade War; White House Says China Walked Into Its Tariff Trap
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The stock market has suddenly boomed. Trump has paused tariffs on all countries looking to make a deal, and he’s shifting his focus to fight a globa...
Trump Plans to Fine Illegal Immigrants $998 a Day for Failing to Leave US, Plus Property Seizure
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It could soon be expensive to be an illegal immigrant in the United States. A law from 1996 is now being enforced by the Department of Homeland Securi...
EU Ready to Negotiate with US on Tariffs; CCP Gets 104% Tariff Ultimatum
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The stock market has begun to surge after days of record drops. This follows an announcement from the European Union that it's ready to negotiate with...
Have the ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Ended Globalism?
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conflicting events are sweeping the United States over the “Liberation Day” tariffs. On one side, large-scale protests against President Donald Tr...
Global Impact of ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump carried through with his global tariffs for what he deemed “Liberation Day.” This includes sharp tariffs against many count...
Populist Leaders Face Global Clampdown
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The leading presidential candidate in France is now ineligible to run for political office. Marine Le Pen was expected to come out on top in the Frenc...
‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Begin; Trump Vows to ‘Fight It Out’
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Liberation Day,” as President Donald Trump calls it, has now arrived. April 2 was slated as the day when the administration’s large-scale tarif...
DOGE Reveals Non-Citizens Received ‘Maximum’ Social Security Benefits
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gone from cutting government spending to shrinking the size of government overall. Now, the agency’...
Border Czar Challenges Sanctuary City; White House Declares ‘MAGA Madness’
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Police officers in Rochester, NY are being accused of violating sanctuary city rules for helping border patrol agents. And now, border czar Tom Homan ...
Judge Who Blocked Trump's Deportation Flights to Oversee Signal Chat Lawsuit
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lawsuit filed over the Signal chat leaks has gone to a judge overseeing several other Trump cases. Judge James Boasberg will oversee the lawsuit, in...
Trump Mandates Proof of Citizenship to Vote Amid Sweeping Election Rules Change
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has now changed the election laws across the United States. The March 25 executive order includes changes such as proof o...
What’s Being Missed in the Govt Signal Leak Debate; DNA Data Could be Sold As 23andMe Goes Bankrupt
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The latest political storm in Washington surrounds a Signal chat that included Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Their commu...
FBI Launches Tesla Attacks Task Force; Trump Revokes Status of 530,000 On Migrant Parole
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The attacks on Tesla are being taken seriously. The FBI has now reportedly launched a special task force looking into an anarchist group involved in t...
Trump Issues Order to Counter Legal System ‘Abuses’
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The actions of President Donald Trump have been regularly stalled or blocked by court actions. Many of these are in turn brought about by lawsuits fro...
Trump Slashes Dept. of Education Down to Basic Functions; RFK Jr Launches ‘Operation Stork Speed’
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Education, as we knew it, has come to an end. President Trump has signed an executive order essentially dismantling the department a...
Attorney General Pam Bondi Issues Warning as Attacks on Tesla Grow
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The campaign against Tesla as a form of protest against President Donald Trump is growing. Boycotts, incidents of arson, and vandalism are being repor...
Vance Pushes to Restore American Manufacturing and Undo Globalism
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States’ manufacturing has been declining, and there’s now a push to bring it back. Vice President JD Vance recently spoke at the Americ...
Trump Declares Biden’s Pardons Void; Polls Show New Approval Rating Records
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has declared that the presidential pardons issued under the Biden administration are now null and no longer in effect. He alleg...
Trump Declares Gangs as Alien Enemies to be Deported; Federal Judge Blocks Move
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over 200 gang members from Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have been deported from the United States, and have now arrived at a prison in El Salvador. Videos...
Trump to Invoke Alien Enemies Act for Mass Deportations
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The push for mass deportations could soon get the backing of a major order. President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to invoke the Alien Enemies ...
Violence Against Tesla Over Elon Musk Labeled 'Domestic Terrorism' by Trump
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The coordinated attacks being launched on Tesla are now being called acts of terrorism. This began with organized protests at Tesla dealerships. It th...
US–Canada Trade War Hits Markets; Trump Threatens Historic Retaliation
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A trade war is kicking off between the United States and Canada. The new Canadian prime minister is promising to win the financial battle. President D...
Anti-Suburb Policy Gets Scrapped; CBP One App Remade for Self-Deportations
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A policy that could have brought an end to America’s suburbs has now been discarded. The zoning policy under the Obama administration, and later the...
Trump Establishes U.S. Bitcoin Reserve After Banning CBDCs
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cryptocurrencies could soon be part of the U.S. national strategic reserve. During a recent event, President Donald Trump announced his administration...
Trump Order Expected to Abolish the Department of Education
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is expected to abolish the Department of Education. A draft of the executive order was detailed by several news outlets ahead o...
Secret Network of Federal Employees Resists Trump Admin; SCOTUS Rules to Unfreeze USAID Funding
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An anti-Trump resistance has formed within government agencies. A secret network of federal workers has organized to fight back against the Trump admi...
DOJ Recovers Epstein Files; Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Now Ready for Peace Talks
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Justice has recovered files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that were allegedly withheld from release. The announcement was made b...
Trump and Democrats Fight Over Election Law Control; U.S. Pauses Aid to Ukraine
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the midterm elections coming up, there’s a legal battle starting over election laws and who controls them. President Donald Trump signed an exe...
Fallout From Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting; Europe Faces Defense Crisis
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plans for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine broke down on live TV. In a discussion at the White House, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy argued with...
DOJ Releases First Phase of Epstein Files; Trump Admin's Billion Dollar Plan for the Egg Shortage
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first batch of files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has now been released by the Department of Justice. The files were first given to a handful...
White House Takes Control of Press Pool; DHS Creates Illegal Immigrants Registry
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House is ending the practice of letting an outside association decide who gets access to the president and who doesn’t. An organization kn...
RFK Jr. Rolls Out First Stage of MAHA Agenda; Kash Patel’s Day One
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new movement is underway to fix some of the causes of childhood chronic disease. This is being led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Depart...
Trump’s Plan to Remake Washington DC; Kash Patel Confirmed as Head of the FBI
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has a new plan for the District of Columbia, and is suggesting the federal government should take over the nation’s capital. ...
New Push for US to Decouple from China; Trump Orders Firing of All Remaining Biden-Era US Attorneys
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There is now a new push for the United States to decouple from China, including a campaign for large-scale divestment. These measures could also serve...
DOGE's Audit of the IRS Begins; Trump Defends Policies Amid Lawsuits
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the legal pushbacks it’s now facing, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is moving forward with audits and reviews of government ...
Chernobyl Radiation Shield Attacked; Europe Criticizes Peace Talks
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An alleged drone attack hit the Chernobyl nuclear reactor site in Ukraine and was able to pierce the shield of the facility that experienced a nuclear...
Pirate Law Proposed to Let Americans Bounty Hunt Cartel Members; Trump Announces Reciprocal Tariffs
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s possible that Americans could someday get a license to hunt drug cartel members. A U.S. senator has suggested that “letters of marque and rep...
Trump Gives DOGE New Teeth; New JFK Assassination Inquiry Starts
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A battle is taking place in Washington over the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk. Democrats are declaring that ...
Judges Block Trump Spending Freezes, But Trump Admin Defies Orders
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many policies of the Trump administration are now being openly challenged by judges. This includes moves to block several of the administration's key ...
Trump Serious About Canada as 51st State; IRS Agents to be Sent to Work on Border Security
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out President Donald Trump wasn’t joking when he suggested Canada could become the 51st U.S. state. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
DOGE Investigation Blocked by Judge; Musk Alleges Billions In Social Security Fraud Each Year
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Government Efficiency is facing legal challenges as it attempts to investigate the U.S. Treasury. The case is raising questions over...
New Tax Priorities Unveiled by White House; Trump Admin to Dramatically Slash USAID Staff
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States could soon have a very different tax system. The Trump administration has now unveiled its list of tax priorities. This includes cam...
White House Releases List on USAID "Waste and Abuse"; Democrat Rep. Moves to Impeach Trump Over Gaza
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Government Efficiency’s investigations into the U.S. Agency for International Development have now revealed that several news outl...
Trump Admin Obtains List of FBI Agents Involved in Jan 6 Cases; Trump Details Dead Man’s Switch Plan
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration has now obtained a list of FBI employees who were involved in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Despite earl...
DOGE Spars with USAID Over Government Aid
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk has gained access to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). And the inv...
NGOs Tied to Illegal Immigration Get Funding Pulled; Tariff Wars Begin
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Non-governmental organizations tied to the process of mass migration into the United States have now been defunded. The announcement came from th...
RFK Jr Spars With Senate Over MAHA; Trump's Guantanamo Bay Plan for Illegal Immigrants
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s now being determined whether the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda will become a reality. On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat before...
Trump Proposes End of Federal Income Tax; Freezes $3 Trillion In Federal Funding
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Federal income tax could be coming to an end in the United States. President Donald Trump first floated the idea when he was on the campaign trail, an...
Trump Effect Sees Huge Shift Toward the Right; California Considers Seceding?
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 elections were telling. Not only did President Donald Trump win the popular vote, and win every swing state, but he also came close to winnin...
US Freezes Most Foreign Aid, Ends Mass Migration Agreement
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. program to send money to countries around the world as foreign aid has been placed on hold and will be reviewed. This is part of a broader tr...
Judge Blocks Trump’s Order to Restrict Birthright Citizenship
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In just the first week of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, legal challenges are now emerging against his incoming policies. Among the...
Trump Moves to Purge DEI from Government; Sends Active Duty Troops to Border
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to end affirmative action for federal contractors. He also directed all federal staff working on dive...
Anti-Trump Resistance Forms Among Government Employees
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is now the 47th president of the United States. He has given some previews of his ambitious plans for office, including his 200...
America Changes Overnight as Trump Issues Flurry of Orders
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Overnight, the United States has changed. Immediately following his inauguration and speech, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive actio...
Trump’s Inauguration: 100 Executive Actions Ready to Go Starting on Day One
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States today. With this, the political landscape could change globally, a...
Trump Announces Plan for Hollywood; SCOTUS Rules 9-0 on TikTok Ban
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hollywood hasn’t been doing so well. Many of the major planned blockbusters have fallen flat, and some have blamed this on things like social justic...
Why TikTok, RedNote and Tencent are Dangerous
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok may soon be banned in the United States due to its China ties, but some users are now migrating to a platform even more strongly linked to Chin...
Trump to Create ‘External Revenue Service’; Jack Smith Says He Had Enough Evidence on Trump
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his plan to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service. This is an inversion of the Internal R...
As Trump Cabinet Hearings Begin, Veterans Rally Behind Hegseth
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the presidential inauguration now less than a week away, the Senate is holding hearings on the appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s C...
How Censorship Was Forced On Facebook
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Censorship programs were forced onto Facebook and Instagram through outside pressure, said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who provided the details during a...
How the Legacy Media Helped Conceal Mass Killing in China: Levi Browde
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A persecution of between 70 million and 100 million people has largely been hidden from the world, and western news outlets have played a role in conc...
DEI Criticized as Fires Burn Los Angeles
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fires in Los Angeles are not just a natural disaster. They’re also turning into a political disaster, as blame falls on California’s policies ...