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    ‘We Will Catch This Individual’: Authorities Provide Update on Charlie Kirk Assassination
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Utah law enforcement authorities gave an update Thursday on the search for the suspect who shot dead Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. “We will not stand for what happened yesterday,” Utah Commissioner of Public Safety Beau Mason declared. “We are exhausting every lead,” he added, mentioning that the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    7 Horrific Incidents of Violence Against Conservatives
    The shooting death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University Wednesday marks one more in a list of violent attacks against prominent conservatives. Kirk, 31, had been hosting an event with students, and was in the middle of discussing shooters who identify as transgender. >>> Authorities Provide Update on Charlie Kirk…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Kash Patel: Charlie Kirk Suspect in Custody
    Update: FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X later Wednesday evening and wrote, “The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency.” FBI Director Kash Patel says a suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk “is now…
    Katrina Trinko
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    ‘SHOTS FIRED’: University Police Confirm Shooting at Campus Hosting Charlie Kirk Event
    President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk had passed away after getting shot at Utah Valley University in Orem. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How China Could Bring War With Taiwan to US
    If China were to attack Taiwan, it may well also bring the fight directly to the U.S., with a long roster of potentially catastrophic actions it could inflict against Americans in their homeland. Experts warn of a “menu” of choices for damage and chaos the Chinese Communist Party could sow—including, but not limited to, the…
    Virginia Allen
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    China’s ‘Grand’ Military Parade Is a Facade That Barely Conceals Its Vulnerabilities
    Last week, the Chinese Communist Party commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a meticulously orchestrated military parade, showcasing an impressive array of advanced weaponry. This grand display, however, is merely a façade that barely conceals the vulnerabilities of the authoritarian regime. Strategically, the regime highlighted an impressive collection of…
    Helen Raleigh
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    Over 70 GOP Lawmakers Commend Veterans Affairs Chief for Ending Biden Abortion Rule
    More than 70 members of Congress have sent a public letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins supporting his effort to end a Biden-era rule that allowed Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to perform abortions. The members’ letter—spearheaded by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and signed onto by 13 other Republican senators and 57…
    Jacob Adams
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    Charlotte Train Stabbing Puts Spotlight on Woke DA
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Crime in Charlotte, North Carolina, spiked under a left-leaning district attorney before the August stabbing death of a woman on a public train thrust the city into the national spotlight. Violent crime in Charlotte was 13% higher in 2024 than in 2018, despite decreases after a COVID-19-era crime surge, according to FBI…
    Hudson Crozier
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    Authorities Arrest Over 600 Sinaloa Cartel Gang Members
    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration carried out an operation targeting “one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels” that resulted in 617 arrests, according to the agency.   From Aug. 25 through 29, the DEA conducted an operation across all of its 23 divisions targeting the Sinaloa Cartel. President Donald Trump designated the criminal…
    Virginia Allen
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    READ IT: Transgender Offender Threatened to Rape Girls in Bathrooms, Shoot Schools, Bomb Churches
    What if I told you a man who identifies as a “transgender woman” threatened to victimize girls in girls’ bathrooms, shoot up schools, and bomb churches? Would that make you more likely to support efforts to investigate whether some people who identify as transgender pose a terrorist threat? Most Americans haven’t heard the name of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: DHS Accuses NPR of ‘Race-Baiting Smears’ Against ICE Agents
    The Department of Homeland Security has accused National Public Radio of “race-baiting smears” against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.   “Baseless accusations of ‘racial profiling’ by NPR and other outlets are contributing to a 1,000% increase in assaults against ICE law enforcement,” DHS said in a statement Monday evening.   The response from DHS follows…
    Virginia Allen
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    A Woman Was Brutally Killed and the Corporate Media Are Miffed You Noticed
    A young woman was brutally killed on public transportation in a blue city, and the corporate media thinks that the only story worth reporting is that some Americans are angry about it. On Thursday, a convicted felon named Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the charge of killing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Secret Service Spent $11 Million on Hunter Biden Travel Detail
    THE CENTER SQUARE—The Biden administration spent more than $10 million over three years on a security detail and related expenses for former first son Hunter Biden after denying similar protections to other high-profile political figures, documents obtained by the Center to Advance Security in America and shared exclusively with The Center Square show. The security detail…
    Bethany Blankley
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    Deadly Stabbing Triggers Calls for Larger Crime Crackdown
    A graphic video of a man stabbing a woman to death on a light-rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina, went viral over the weekend.   The video shows a young woman wearing a baseball cap sitting down in front of a young man in a red hoodie. Moments later, the man rises and without provocation…
    Virginia Allen
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    WATCH: Democrats ‘Hate’ Trump More Than They ‘Love’ Their Communities, Homan Says
    THE CENTER SQUARE—Trump administration border czar Tom Homan says Democrat leaders in sanctuary states and cities hate President Donald Trump more than they care for their communities.  Homan spoke to the State Freedom Caucus Network Summit in Dallas Friday night and reiterated the plan to deport illegal aliens in Chicago. While Democrats say Trump is…
    Al Perrotta
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    WATCH: A Night-and-Day Difference at the Border
    EL PASO, Texas—The streets around Sacred Heart Church were quiet, apart from a funeral procession exiting the building around 11 a.m. on Aug. 26. The lines of illegal aliens, sleeping mats on the sidewalk, and rows of porta-potties were gone.   Sacred Heart Church, just a short walk from the border of Mexico in El Paso, operated…
    Virginia Allen
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    Josh Hawley Explains What Pentagon Rebrand Is Really About and What Joe Biden Had to Do With It
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said on Fox News Friday that he fully backs efforts to rename the Department of Defense. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” restoring its historic title to highlight the Pentagon’s primary mission of waging and winning wars….
    Mariane Angela
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    Invade New Orleans
    Wealthy white progressives are generally the most paternalistically racist people you will ever encounter on planet Earth. Overwhelmed by the soft bigotry of low expectations, what they can’t really say out loud, but what they think, is that you can’t get rid of crime in poor and non-white neighborhoods. Like the white racist redneck Klansman…
    Erick Erickson
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    Trump’s National Guard Deployment and the Art of the 80-20 Issue
    Donald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage from the usual suspects. For many liberal talking heads and Democrat officials, this is simply the latest evidence of Trump’s “authoritarianism.” But such specious analysis and manufactured hysteria distract from…
    Josh Hammer
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    Swamp vs. Trump: IRS Union Sues to Reverse Executive Order
    Another chapter in President Donald Trump’s clash with what he calls the Washington, D.C., “swamp” is heading to court, this time, from the union representing mostly Internal Revenue Service employees.  The National Treasury Employees Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in the District of Columbia. The Treasury Department was among the departments included in…
    Fred Lucas
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