Pritzker says Trump administration intends to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

Pritzker says Trump administration intends to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement on Saturday that the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members after he was offered an ultimatum on troop deployment. “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,” he said. “It is absolutely…

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Federal appeals court upholds decision that Trump's view on birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional

Federal appeals court upholds decision that Trump’s view on birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional

Trump asks SCOTUS to review citizenship order Trump administration to ask Supreme Court to decide on naturalized citizenship, reports say 01:52 Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and became the latest court to determine the Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional.  In a 100-page ruling,…

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Hegseth says U.S. strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills 4 "narco-terrorists"

Hegseth says U.S. strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills 4 “narco-terrorists”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post. “Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike,” which “was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial…

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Kate Plummer

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Underwater In All 7 Swing States %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% Donald Trump’s approval rating underwater in all 7 swing states

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s approval rating is underwater in all seven swing states, according to aggregated polling data. According to analysis by data journalist G. Elliott Morris posted in his Substack blog Strength In Numbers, the president’s approval rating has sunk in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Arizona, all states he won…

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Donald Trump’s Shutdown Power Play

Donald Trump’s Shutdown Power Play

Ever since Newt Gingrich brought the federal government to a halt for three weeks in 1995, “birthing a new era of American gridlock,” as NPR later put it, the shutdown has been one of the capital’s recurring set pieces. Republicans, as the official anti-government party going back to the Reagan era, have usually been blamed….

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Gabe Whisnant

China Warns Top US Diplomat: Don’t Violate Our Four Red Lines

Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has warned the city’s new U.S. Consul General not to interfere in the territory’s internal affairs, underscoring persistent tensions between China and Washington. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s office in Hong Kong, met Tuesday with Consul General Julie Eadeh to voice “serious concerns” about her conduct,…

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Peter Aitken

Donald Trump Laughed at by European Leaders Mocking Gaffe: Video

Video has surfaced of a recent meeting between European leaders during which they joked about President Donald Trump’s verbal slip when discussing peace deals he’d brokered, naming one between Albania and Azerbaijan – a war that never happened. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama jokingly scolds his colleague French President Emmanuel Macron that he didn’t congratulate…

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Opinion | Even in the West, the era of consequence-free expression is over

Opinion | Even in the West, the era of consequence-free expression is over

Charlie Kirk’s death in the United States was a major political shock. But what followed was more revealing: employees disciplined for social media posts, celebrities facing backlash for controversial remarks and businesses scrambling to distance themselves from the fallout. The controversy highlighted a broader truth of the digital age: a single comment, whether in jest…

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