Welcome back, Wake Up Right fam! On this day in 1944 – just 80 days after American and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy – German General Dietrich von Choltitz surrendered to U.S. and French forces – liberating Paris after four years of Nazi occupation. 🇺🇸 

• 🏳️‍⚧️ 2.8M+ Americans identify as transgender

• 🇬🇧 116,656 cellphones were stolen in London in 2024

• 📉 U.S. immigrant population declined by 1.4M in 2025

• 📊 52% support not including illegals on census, 36% oppose

^{Sources: UCLA, Daily Mail, The National Pulse, Rasmussen}

Trump sends the National Guard to 19 states

Up to 1,700 National Guardsmen will be deployed across 19 states to support the Department of Homeland Security in enforcing President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on illegal immigration and crime, Pentagon officials confirmed.

The details: According to Fox News, the National Guardsmen will serve as support for “a sweeping federal crime and immigration crackdown that is underway now” by Homeland Security.

• The report added: “The service members supporting ICE will be performing case management, transportation, logistical support, and clerical functions associated with the processing of illegal migrants at the facilities.”

Where they're headed: According to documents viewed by Fox News, the states will include: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Zoom out: Since Trump federalized the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), all violent crime is down 40% and more than 700 criminals have been arrested, including a top MS-13 gang leader.

Sidequest: Trump also hinted at D.C.-style crackdowns in liberal strongholds. Speaking on Friday from the Oval Office, he said, "I think Chicago will be our next. And then we'll help with New York."

[Source: Fox News, Breitbart]

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Key revelations from Ghislaine Maxwell interview

The Department of Justice released hours of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, where the convicted Jeffrey Epstein accomplice dished on his suicide, the Clintons, and whether she'd ever seen President Donald Trump do anything inappropriate.

The setting: Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, sat down with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for two days of interviews from her prison in Tallahassee.

On President Trump: Maxwell was asked about her interactions with Trump when he knew Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s. She said:

• "I don't recall seeing [Trump] in [Epstein's] house, for instance. I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way… In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects."

Did Epstein kill himself? Maxwell said: “I think, is [suicide] possible? Of course it’s possible. But I don’t know of any reason why, and I don’t believe in the blackmail or in any of this. I don’t think Epstein had a hit on [him] like that. I do not believe he died by suicide, no.”

Her father was a spy: There has long been speculation around whether Jeffrey Epstein was working with government intelligence, and Maxwell fueled that speculation when asked if she had any contact with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, answering: “Well, not deliberately.”

Clinton Global Initiative: Maxwell admitted to Blanche that she and Epstein helped launch the Clinton Global Initiative: "I was part of the beginning process of the Clinton Global Initiative... And Epstein may have helped me help them."

The client list: Maxwell denied that Epstein kept a "client list" or stockpile of blackmail materials against prominent figures, adding:

• "This is one man. He's not some – they've made him into this. He's not that interesting. He's a disgusting guy who did terrible things to young kids."

The last word goes to President Trump, who, speaking in the Oval Office on Friday, advocated for transparency, saying: "I'm in support of keeping it totally open. I couldn't care less... I have said to Pam and everybody else, 'Give them everything you can give them.'"

[Source: NY Post, Daily Beast]

🇨🇦 Canada announced the removal of many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, bowing to the Trump administration’s prerequisite that the duties be ended before trade talks can resume. Read more.

🚀 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank could cut interest rates next month, finally bending to calls from President Trump and sending stocks surging. Read more.

💾 President Trump revealed the U.S. reached a deal to take a 10% equity stake in the chipmaker Intel worth approximately $10 billion. Read more.

🚫 Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. Read more.

👹 Minnesota's Democrat party has revoked its endorsement of Omar Fateh, the far-left Somali socialist running for mayor of Minneapolis, after learning that vote “irregularities” may have led to his delegate win. Read more.

❎ Snoop Dogg says he's "scared to go to the movies" due to what he perceives to be an increase in LGBTQ+ representation in children's films.

🔫 President Trump says he supports expanding concealed carry of firearms to Washington, D.C., because "people have to be able to protect themselves." Read more.

🧊 ICE told the lawyers of illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia he may be deported to Uganda after he was released from jail in Tennessee. Read more.

⛳️ The PGA Tour will return to President Donald Trump’s Trump National Doral resort in 2026 with the newly announced Miami Championship. Read more.

🇮🇳 More than two million people have signed a petition calling for leniency for the Indian illegal alien trucker who killed three people when he made an illegal U-turn on the highway. Read more.

🔪 A 21-year-old American man had his face slashed on a German tram after intervening when two Syrian men allegedly harassed female passengers. Read more.

🎥 Noodle-armed communist Zohran Mamdani can't lift 135lb without help. Watch.

🎥 Hilarious: Trump jokes about playing in the FIFA World Cup... Watch.

🎥 Trump says he’s sending the National Guard to Chicago to protect "beautiful" African-American ladies. Watch.

🎥 JD Vance schools biased NBC reporter on gerrymandering. Watch.

🎥 LOL whoever put this billboard up in Gavin Newsom's California deserves a medal. Watch.

🎥 Ghislaime Maxwell's audio saying she NEVER saw Trump do anything inappropriate. Watch.

🎥 Snoop Dogg says he's "scared to go to the movies" with his grandson because of too much LGBTQ+. Watch.

🎥 Gavin Newsom refuses to say 8-year-olds can't have sex changes. Watch. He doesn't want the sound bite to be used against him, which is why he agrees without agreeing. Definition of slimeball politician.

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