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    BREAKING: How Senate Votes on Bill to Pay Military, Essential Federal Workers
    Senate Democrats have blocked paying essential federal workers as the government shutdown continues into its fourth week.  In a vote of 54-to-45, a bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to pay essential federal workers, including active-duty members of the U.S. military, failed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to become law. Democrat Sens. John…
    Jacob Adams
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    Congressional Republicans Slam Jeffries for Not Backing Military Pay Bill
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has come out against a standalone Senate bill to pay American military service members and some other federal workers. Jeffries’ public opposition comes as thousands of federal employees have been left in the lurch as the federal government shutdown drags into its fourth week. The New York Democrat said…
    Jacob Adams
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    3 Out of 4 Terrorists Since 9/11 Are Foreign-Born, but More Than Half Citizens
    @SecNeilsen says the report “is a clear reminder of why we cannot continue to rely on immigration policy based on pre-9/11 thinking.” When someone tweets the published story by clicking on the Twitter icon above it, this text appears along with photo, SEO headline, and meta description; all three elements should work together and cause…
    Fred Lucas
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    As Shutdown Pain Intensifies, Republicans Ratchet Up Pressure on Dems
    After a half-dozen votes by Democrats against a short-term continuing resolution to reopen the federal government, Republicans are turning up the temperature on them, accusing Democrats of relishing the suffering of the American people. “The Democrats are playing games. It’s political theater today. They’ve reduced America’s pain to a political prop,” House Speaker Mike Johnson,…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuit Aims to Force Veterans Affairs to Disclose Information Related to Diverting Resources to Illegal Aliens Under Biden  
    The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a lawsuit after failing to disclose information related to the department’s alleged improper use of medical resources during the Biden administration to benefit illegal immigrants.   Following a Daily Signal report in August 2024, a policy organization in Washington asked the VA for more information related to its reputed…
    Virginia Allen
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    Shutdown Exposes Democrats’ True Love: Illegal Aliens
    It’s hard to believe, but true: Democrats love illegal aliens more than Big Government itself. The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a “clean” continuing resolution on Sept. 19 on a vote of 217-212. It would have kept the federal government open through Nov. 21, well past fiscal year 2025’s conclusion on Sept. 30. Republicans performed their responsibility to finance Uncle Sam’s activities, from Social Security to…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Secretary of Push-Ups: Hegseth Helps Set World Record Amid Criticism of His Fitness Demands for Military
    Keeping with his new fitness directives for the military, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth helped set a new Guinness World Record Saturday for the most people doing push-ups simultaneously. Hegseth led a group of cadets, soldiers, and fans at the United States Naval Academy’s football game in a push-up challenge, achieving an impressive total of…
    Lorenzo Prieto
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    Shutdown Becomes a Big Apple Battle
    Amid a government shutdown fight that highlights disagreements between New York-born President Donald Trump and two Democrat leaders from New York in Congress, the Empire State has found itself in the spotlight. After Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denied Republicans his party’s votes necessary to pass a stopgap funding bill to keep the government…
    George Caldwell
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    Countdown to 2027: What Beijing’s Military Moves Say About China’s Intentions 
    Last year, the Department of War warned that China could be ready to invade Taiwan as early as 2027. Now, the People’s Liberation Army is actively gauging rivals’ military capabilities and updating its plans accordingly.    For the Chinese military, “using the enemy to train the troops”—“nadi lianbing”—is a deliberate strategy—one China increasingly adopts toward Taiwan. China continues to pressure Taiwan with an increasing military presence in the island’s exclusive economic zone and past…
    Brent Sadler | Jori Hall
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    Assata Shakur and Other Parents of Political Violence
    As the Trump administration takes on the latest wave of left-wing violence, an obituary reminds us what happens when political killers get away with their crimes. The law never caught up with Joanne Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur. She died last Thursday, age 78, an honored guest of Cuba’s Communist regime—and honored, disgracefully, by tenured radicals…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    FROM WOKE TO WAR: Pete Hegseth’s Vision Sets a Clear Path for a Muscular and Effective Military
    I’ve witnessed many moments of “America is back” catharsis this year, but few have been quite as inspiring as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s declaration that he will strive to make every unit the efficient killing machine that he’d be proud to see his own son enlist to join. Speaking at the Marine base in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Government Set to Furlough Almost 750,000 Employees
    As the threat of government shutdown looms, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it will continue providing most services, even as nearly three quarters of a million federal employees throughout the government are furloughed. In a public contingency plan, the VA estimated 97% of its employees will keep working even without government funding, allowing medical…
    Mary Mobley
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    New Jersey Military Base Safe After Lockdown
    A New Jersey military base was on lockdown Tuesday amid concerns of an active shooter. Authorities later said reports of a shooter were unfounded, according to NBC 4 New York.  The base, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is located in Burlington County, New Jersey. It is fewer than 20 miles from Trenton, the state capital. A Facebook post…
    Fred Lucas
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    Speculation on Why Pete Hegseth Abruptly Called Top Military Leaders to a Meeting   
    Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered top U.S. military leaders from around the world to convene at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia next week.   Hegseth has not explained why he called the meeting or what issues will be discussed, but Army Special Forces veteran Steven Bucci says such a high-level meeting is…
    Virginia Allen
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    This Political Violence Didn’t Start in the Streets, It Started in the Halls of Academia
    When Charlie Kirk was assassinated this month, it marked not the beginning of political violence in America, but the culmination of a movement that started decades ago. The roots of this crisis trace back to the classrooms of our universities, where speech was redefined, dissent demonized, and violence reframed as justice. In the early 2000s,…
    Josh Williams
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    This Federal Bureaucrat Allegedly Lied About Taking Money From His Union
    An employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs who also led a public-sector union in Texas allegedly lied on a form about taking money from his union. He faces charges of making false statements and theft. Terry Lendo, then president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1745 union, reportedly filled out a form…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How College Courses Rationalize Political Violence
    Where do young people learn that it’s OK to kill over political differences? Look no further than what they’re taught in school. There, college professors routinely assign books by leaders of radical groups that murdered people to advance their political goals. These blood-drenched terrorists are presented as positive role models, and their violence is romanticized…
    Jay Greene
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    EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth Scraps Department of War Committee Promoting Radical Feminism in the Military
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of War is discontinuing a committee criticized for pushing feminism in the military, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Signal. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed the memo saying he has determined that the reinstatement of the Defense Advisory Committee for Women in the Services should not…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | Bradley Devlin
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    What Biden Chief of Staff Reveals to House Panel on Jill and Hunter
    Former President Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff told a congressional panel Thursday that he asked the White House physician about a full medical and cognitive exam after Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate with Donald Trump.  Jeff Zients is the last scheduled witness to take questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee…
    Fred Lucas
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    China’s Military Parade: A Display of CCP Intentions
    Earlier this month, China hosted its first military parade since 2019—an exhibition Chinese leader Xi Jinping claimed was intended to celebrate the nation’s role in “Victory Day” and the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. But the Chinese Communist Party’s intentions for the display seemed to run deeper. Last week’s parade—the largest…
    Anna Gustafson | Madolyn Moore
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