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World & Nation
House to Vote on Deal to End Longest Govt Shutdown in History
House Republicans, and some Democrats breaking from party obstruction
of President Donald Trump, will vote to finally reopen government,
ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history Wednesday.
The vote will bring a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food
assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and revive a
hobbled air-traffic control system.
Republicans currently hold a narrow 219-213 majority in the House. But
Trump's support for the bill is expected to keep his party together in
the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry
that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to
secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies.
‘Operation Dirtbag’ sees over 150 illegal migrant sexual predators nabbed in Florida, Kristi Noem announces
More than 150 illegal migrant sexual predators have been nabbed in
Florida as part of a massive sweep dubbed “Operation Dirtbag,” Homeland
Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed on Wednesday.
The sex offenders were among more than 230 illegals rounded up in the
Sunshine State after being wanted for crimes including drug offenses
and even murder.
Others who were arrested had prior convictions for child molestation
and sexual assault, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Duffy: Newsom 'Caught Red-Handed' on 17,000 Illegal Trucking Licenses
The Biden-era sanctuary state policies in California foisted on the
state and Americans by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom have once again
collided with federal law — this time on America's highways.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has admitted to
illegally issuing 17,000 commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to foreign
nationals who were not legally eligible to hold them, Transportation
Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday.
"After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and
California have been caught red-handed," Duffy wrote in a statement.
"Now that we've exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking
licenses are being revoked.
The revelation has triggered an immediate federal crackdown, forcing
the state to revoke every single one of the licenses or face steep
financial penalties.
DOJ launches investigation into UC Berkeley unrest outside Turning Point USA event
Federal probe examines whether First and Fourteenth Amendment violations occurred during November 10 incident
The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into unrest
that unfolded outside a Turning Point USA event at University of
California, Berkeley on Monday.
"Mob assault and thuggish intimidation of attendees exercising their
First Amendment rights are unacceptable," Assistant Attorney General
Harmeet Dhillon wrote in a post announcing the probe on X.
The atmosphere was tense as left-wing agitators swarmed Zellerbach Hall
where the event, which was the last stop on the "This is the Turning
Point" tour, was held.
Attendees were forced to navigate a mob of hostile agitators in order
to enter and exit the event, while police held back a screaming and
sometimes violent mob.
Jack Schlossberg rips ‘dangerous’ cousin RFK Jr. as JFK grandson launches campaign for Congress
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, kicked off the first
day of his campaign for the House of Representatives Wednesday by
ranting against his “rabid dog” cousin, Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“RFK Jr. is a dangerous person who is making life and death decisions
as secretary of Health and Human Services,” Schlossberg, 32, told MSNBC
in an interview. “And you don’t have to take my word for it. Now we
have an actual record to go on. He has cut a quarter of the people who
work in his agency. He fired all the vaccine experts on the [Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices] and replaced them with
anti-vaxxers.”
“I mean, when he’s not making infomercials for Steak ‘n Shake and
Coca-Cola, he’s spreading misinformation and lies that are leading to
deaths around the country. There’s a measles outbreak in America right
now, higher than it’s been in 40 years, as a direct result of what he
has done.”
Hidden camera catches red-state university admins admitting how they 'cleverly' disguised DEI agenda
Universities across the country have moved to rename DEI efforts rather than eliminate them
Undercover video shows administrators at a North Carolina university
detailing how they are continuing their diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI) efforts despite state and federal efforts to roll back
the policies.
"It shook things up around here, but fortunately for us, this office is
not actually under the DEI office at all, so we're able to just keep
going. We just like switched up our, you know, changed the wording of
things," Pascha Miller, Office of Intercultural Engagement assistant
director at North Carolina A&T State University, says in a video
obtained by Accuracy in Media.
The videos, taken in August and September 2024, came months after the
University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted to
essentially ban DEI and focus on "institutional neutrality," Carolina
Journal reported.
Battle Over Heritage Foundation 'Good Against Evil'
Vice President JD Vance and conservatives who dismiss the movement's
infighting — including the current battle over the future of the
Heritage Foundation — are making a mistake, writes Wall Street Journal
Editor at Large Gerard Baker.
In an article posted Monday titled "Vance, Heritage and the Case for
Conservative 'Infighting,'" Baker, the Journal's former
editor-in-chief, argues that the uproar at the Heritage Foundation over
its embrace of Tucker Carlson — and Carlson's praise of white
nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes — exposes a deeper moral
crisis for the conservative movement.
Baker writes: "The 'infighting' has been on public display in the
struggle unfolding at the Heritage Foundation in the past 10 days after
its leader, Kevin Roberts, assertively rebutted suggestions that his
institution should distance itself from Tucker Carlson, the leading
impresario these days of barroom ideology, after his fawning elevation
of Nick Fuentes, the Hitler- and Stalin-admiring antisemitic agitator
of the internet."
Trump Asked Israeli President to Pardon Netanyahu
Israeli President Isaac Herzog received a letter from U.S. President
Donald Trump, urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president's office said on Wednesday.
"While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli Justice
System, and its requirements, I believe that this 'case' against Bibi,
who has fought alongside me for a long time, including against the very
tough adversary of Israel, Iran, is a political, unjustified
prosecution," the letter says.
Russia Ready to Resume Talks With Ukraine in Istanbul
Russia is ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul,
Russian state news agency TASS cited a foreign ministry official as
saying Wednesday.
No face-to-face talks have taken place between the two sides since they met in the Turkish city July 23.
TASS quoted the official, Alexei Polishchuk, as saying Turkish
officials had repeatedly urged a resumption of the peace negotiations.
Brave reformers must dethrone radical political zealots to save our universities
Of the 10 sections of President Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence
in Higher Education, the second is the real key to reform.
It asks that schools cultivate a “vibrant marketplace of ideas on
campus” — exactly what campus radicals have destroyed, reducing higher
education to its present appalling condition.
But this remedy also exposes the main weakness of the White House’s compact — and of most reform efforts.
Asking radical university staff to create ideological diversity is
rather like relying on Nancy Pelosi to choose Republican
representatives for the Jan. 6 committee.
Gen Z loves both Trump and Mamdani for the same reason
Young voters drawn to candidates promising to dismantle establishment system they feel has failed them
What do President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran
Mamdani have in common? Not much, except this: young adults love them.
In fact, both men owe their electoral victories in part to Gen Z, my
generation. Seventy-eight percent of voters ages 18 to 29 turned out
for Mamdani on Nov. 4, according to one breakdown, including 67% of
young men and 84% of young women.
Just a year earlier, many in this same demographic were heading to the
polls to cast their votes for Trump. The president won 46% of Gen Zers
last year, including 56% of young men and 40% of young women,
significantly improving his standing among this group compared to 2020
and 2016.
