Treasury Sec. Bessent BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent Announces Sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel Financiers The U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken decisive action against the financial backers of the Sinaloa Cartel , one of the most notorious criminal organizations in the world. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions targeting six individuals and seven entities involved in money laundering and financial crimes that help fund the cartel's drug trafficking operations. Cracking Down on Cartel Financing In his announcement, Secretary Bessent emphasized that economic security is national security , reinforcing the Trump administration’s commitment to dismantling cartel networks through financial sanctions and law enforcement efforts. "Our administration is committed to cutting off their funding and neutralizing the threat through all available tools. The Sinaloa cartel has invaded our southern border, smuggled lethal fentanyl, and dest...
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr In a video released to her social media account, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed Democrats' actions on the omnibus bill. Rep. MTG blasts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'You Would Not Believe What Happened Last Night'. In her video she said: Hey everyone this is Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. I want to tell you how corrupt congress is. Now you would not believe what happened last night as a matter of fact I'm still shocked about it and the rest of the republicans we're all shocked about it. So you've been hearing probably about the omnibus bill that has been going through the appropriations committee. This is a 1.5 trillion dollar omnibus bill that none of us got to see anything in the bill text, we had no idea what was in it until this morning. When we found out that the rules committee which is a democrat controlled committee and put out their alert on their website, they did not email any o...