Author: Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Only one-third of Palestinians have left Gaza City following evacuation order: Israeli military
Israeli military officials said only one-third of the estimated 1 million Palestinians in Gaza City have left the area following an evacuation order. Israel launched its long-awaited ground offensive into Gaza’s capital on Tuesday, after issuing an evacuation order for the area weeks ago. Nearly two years into the trudging war, however, Palestinians have grown…
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Over 2,000 arrests and 200 illegal gun seizures as federal MPD takeover expires
As President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department draws to a close, the Trump administration boasted a high number of arrests and illegal guns seized. Speaking at a Tuesday press conference, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that since the federal takeover of Washington’s police on Aug. 7, police had made…
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Trump says troops will be sent to New Orleans
President Donald Trump said he will deploy troops to New Orleans, the first such deployment to a Red state. After his deployment of the National Guard led to a significant decrease in the crime rate, the president feels emboldened to recreate his strategy in other cities around the country. While he has floated Chicago and…
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NRA opposes restricting guns from transgender people
The National Rifle Association announced its opposition to a reported consideration from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to take away gun rights for transgender citizens. In the wake of last week’s Annunciation Catholic Church shooting by a transgender gunman, multiple outlets reported that the DOJ is reviewing its ability to possibly take away gun…
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Trump asks Supreme Court for expedited ruling on his tariff power
President Donald Trump is turning to the Supreme Court to clarify his tariff power quickly. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 7-4 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump cited to issue his “Liberation Day” tariffs and tariffs aimed at Canada, Mexico, and China, does not grant the president…
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Trump says Ukraine and Russia ‘not ready’ for peace despite optimism
President Donald Trump remained optimistic about a peace deal to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war in a Wednesday night interview, though he conceded that Moscow and Kyiv are “not ready” for peace yet. After reaching a peak of optimism last month, Trump’s efforts to conclude the war in Ukraine have once again hit an impasse over…
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Appeals court blocks Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for Venezuelan gang members
A federal appeals court ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, blocking a central part of the president’s strategy to combat Tren de Aragua. President Donald Trump has relied on the 18th-century wartime law to deport alleged members of the gang. The ruling…
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War in Ukraine causing global TNT shortage
The war in Ukraine has consumed so much TNT that there is a global shortage of the explosive. The United States has relied on TNT, or trinitrotoluene, for military and civil mining as well as construction. Previously cheap and plentiful, an investigation by the New York Times found that the global supply has been redirected…
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Hyundai boosts investment in US to $26 billion after Lee White House visit
Hyundai boosted its investment in the United States by $26 billion on the same day South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visited President Donald Trump at the White House. In a Monday press release, Hyundai Motor Group announced that it would raise its planned investments through 2028 from the $21 billion pledged in March to…
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First homicide reported in 13 days in Trump-federalized DC
Washington, D.C.’s no-homicide streak ended early on Tuesday with a shooting death in the southeast quadrant. Police said a man was found with a gunshot wound at 12:24 a.m. Tuesday — he was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. The death ends the Trump administration’s vaunted zero-homicide streak, which began on Aug. 13,…





