November 12, 2026

02 U.S. Politics

Canada’s Carney accuses the U.S. of trying to break his country up– www.americanthinker.com

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Canada’s Carney accuses the U.S. of trying to break his country up– www.americanthinker.com
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark “Elbows Up” Carney recently claimed that the United States is trying to break Canada apart to gain control of the country, while urging voters in oil-rich Alberta to reject the path toward independence in today’s (Oct. 19) referendum.

Speaking at a so-called “pro-Canada” rally in Calgary, Carney stated that the referendum is occurring at “the worst time possible” because the “the world has become more dangerous and divided.”

He said, “Some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us,” an obvious reference to U.S. President Trump and the United States of America.

Perhaps we can all try to act like serious adults for a moment … even Canadians. The only reason — the only reason — Russia or China hasn’t yet attacked or simply annexed Canada, a huge open country chock full of precious natural resources, is because they know the United States would go to all-out war to prevent this from happening.

And yet the majority of Canadians, if the many polls are to be believed, now hate America and Americans. Mind-boggling.

Florida Prosecutor to Sheriffs and Police Chiefs: Florida Law Does Not Require an ATF Tax Stamp for Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns After Silencer Shop Ruling– www.usacarry.com

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Florida Prosecutor to Sheriffs and Police Chiefs: Florida Law Does Not Require an ATF Tax Stamp for Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns After Silencer Shop Ruling– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • Florida’s Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney clarified that an ATF tax stamp or federal registration isn’t required for short-barreled rifles or shotguns.
  • Brian S. Kramer’s memo follows the ATF’s announcement ending NFA registration enforcement, affecting local law enforcement practices.
  • The ruling stems from a court case that eliminated taxation on short-barreled firearms, influencing federal enforcement policies.
  • Florida law allows possession of these firearms when lawfully owned under federal law, independent of registration.
  • The memo’s guidance applies to six counties and may vary across Florida, with ongoing observation of other jurisdictions.

US Bars Government Agencies From Using China’s DeepSeek– www.ndtv.com

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US Bars Government Agencies From Using China’s DeepSeek– www.ndtv.com
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The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, as the countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector.

A notice from the Department of Homeland Security announced the ban on products developed by DeepSeek — and tools created using DeepSeek by third parties — saying they must be removed from IT devices.

The department can issue direction to civilian agencies, but not the military or intelligence services. Washington’s Department of Defense did not respond to an AFP request for comment.

“DeepSeek’s models present multiple threat vectors,” said a document attached to Monday’s notice.

Use of DeepSeek AI tools “may result in the transfer of sensitive data to (China) if used by US government employees or vendors,” the department warned.

Elon Musk Pledges Shares of SpaceX to Trump Accounts for All American Children– townhall.com

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Elon Musk Pledges Shares of SpaceX to Trump Accounts for All American Children– townhall.com
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SpaceX, Tesla, and X head Elon Musk has announced that he will be gifting American children one share from his personal stock of SpaceX to their Trump accounts in the coming year.

Musk, making the announcement on social media, says that “this will be the first of many” similar moves pursued by the world’s richest man. President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude to Musk for the historic decision.

Trump administration holds up Patriot missiles for Ukraine – The Washington Post– www.washingtonpost.com

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Trump administration holds up Patriot missiles for Ukraine – The Washington Post– www.washingtonpost.com
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  1. Trump administration holds up Patriot missiles for Ukraine  The Washington Post
  2. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy claims US deliberately delaying interceptor missile deliveries to Kyiv  The Guardian
  3. Zelenskyy accuses US of delaying Patriot missile shipment  DW.com
  4. Exclusive: Ukraine runs out of Patriot interceptor missiles as Zelensky and Trump clash over war  CNN
  5. Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discusses speeding up supplies of Patriots with Lockheed Martin  Reuters

 

US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia– abcnews.com

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US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia– abcnews.com
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WASHINGTON — The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war.

Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the Republican president has frequently boasted of his rapport with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But relations between the U.S. and Ukraine appear to be at a new low, threatening to tip the balance of the war to Russia’s favor and imperil America’s security interests across the globe.

“At this moment in time, things look blacker than they ever had regarding this administration’s policy towards Russia and Ukraine,” said John Herbst, a former ambassador to Ukraine under President George W. Bush and now a scholar with the Atlantic Council.

Trump has been lobbing insults at Zelenskyy for over a week and turning to policies that benefit Putin, while Ukraine’s president has said he feels betrayed and worries for his country’s future. But the American president can still shift on Zelenskyy — especially as he faces bipartisan outrage from lawmakers — which Trump has done before.

Alberta Province Holds Separation Vote: Polls Open Late – Results Incoming… * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Alberta Province Holds Separation Vote: Polls Open Late – Results Incoming… * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Mark Carney’s war on Trump is not going so well. The country is enduring a job loss crisis. Screenshot: cpac / Youtube

Voters in oil-rich Alberta province in Canada held its vote Monday on whether or not to separate from the Canada and the far left leadership that is destroying our great northern neighbor.

The polls were held open late with the last scheduled late-closing location at 10 PM Alberta Time – or Mountain time in the US.

The results are being held until all voting locations are closed.

Alberta referendum ballot –

According to the Alberta Elections page:

This is a non-binding, consultative referendum. A “No” (Remain) result changes nothing legally. A “Yes” (Leave) majority would not start separation: under the federal Clarity Act and the Supreme Court’s 1998 Secession Reference, only a clear majority on a clear question obliges Ottawa and the provinces to negotiate — and any actual secession would require a constitutional amendment.

Either way, the political consequences arrive immediately; the legal ones, if any, would take years.

Sen. Slotkin: Trump Is Trying to Help Putin Win the War with Ukraine– www.breitbart.com

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Sen. Slotkin: Trump Is Trying to Help Putin Win the War with Ukraine– www.breitbart.com
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Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said Monday on MS NOW’s “Deadline” that President Donald Trump “has always wanted Putin to win, and now he’s acting clearly in that interest and against a democracy and in support of an authoritarian country.”

Slotkin said, “I think it’s hard to overstate what President Trump did this week and what it means for the war in Ukraine, but also for the entire United States of America and our positioning in the world. The president has had this bromance with Putin for a long time. We all know that. He rolled out the red carpet for him in Alaska last year, while they were shooting at Ukraine. And we’ve always seen this. I mean, the average person can see that weird kind of admiration that Trump has for Putin. And but he sort of tried to, like, gloss over who he really wanted to win the war between Russia and Ukraine.”

Massive AI Data Center Left In The Dark Until 2030s As Microsoft Walks Away– dailycaller.com

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Massive AI Data Center Left In The Dark Until 2030s As Microsoft Walks Away– dailycaller.com
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A tech giant backed out of a massive artificial intelligence data center project as its developer hunts for another power source.

Microsoft ended its plan to fund a supercomputer at Nscale’s roughly $2.7 billion AI data center in Loughton, England, which was set to be the largest in the U.K., the BBC reported Sunday. The pullback shows how power shortages are threatening data center build-out, as U.S. projects seeking to connect to PJM now take more than eight years on average to come online, according to Rocky Mountain Institute. (RELATED: Microsoft Boss Says ‘Every Carton Of Milk’ Faces More Safety Rules Than AI)

“We remain committed to our partnership with Nscale, including work to build robust digital infrastructure and support AI growth globally. This decision relates to a single site,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Nscale was told the Loughton site will not get grid power until the 2030s, the Telegraph reported. The Nvidia-funded company markets itself as “the only full stack sovereign AI infrastructure provider in the UK,” according to a statement from Nscale CEO Josh Payne on the company’s website.

Nscale did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

Data visualization exposes just how bad income inequality has grown– boingboing.net

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Data visualization exposes just how bad income inequality has grown– boingboing.net
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In 2013, Politizane explained America’s untenable and growing wealth gap in what would become an all-time classic of data visualization. Thirteen years on, they’re back with a four-part update. It makes for grim viewing: the wealth gap has become runaway income inequality, with the world’s first trillionaire in the mix, a fast-sinking middle class, and a tax system that offers elites a myriad of legal dodges. — Read the rest

The post Data visualization exposes just how bad income inequality has grown appeared first on Boing Boing.

 

New Call for China to Free U.S. Scholar Min Zin, Detained Since June– chinadigitaltimes.net

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New Call for China to Free U.S. Scholar Min Zin, Detained Since June– chinadigitaltimes.net
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A statement from the Forum 2000 Foundation and International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR)—of which CDT founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang is a member—adds to widespread calls for the release of Burmese democracy advocate Min Zin, a U.S. citizen. Min Zin was detained in Kunming on June 3 after traveling to China for a conference; soon after, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that he was being held on suspicion of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security.” The U.S. State Department formally designated Min Zin’s case as one of wrongful detention in late August, and President Donald Trump told reporters he had raised it during Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington the following month.

From the Forum 2000 Foundation and ICDR:

The International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR) and Forum 2000 Foundation are deeply concerned by the wrongful detention of Min Zin, a prominent democracy advocate and independent scholar, in China.

On June 3, 2026, Min Zin, a United States citizen, was detained upon arrival at the airport in Yunnan province after traveling there on invitation of a Chinese university for an academic workshop. He has since spent over one hundred days in criminal detention at an undisclosed location investigated on spurious allegations of espionage and endangering China’s national security. Since his wrongful detention, there has been little information regarding Min Zin’s condition, access to legal counsel, or any evidence supporting the allegations against him. On August 20th, the United States government formally designated Min Zin as wrongfully detained.

China’s detention of Min Zin is an affront to international norms and standards and sends a chilling message to those in our community who uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and the open exchange of ideas.

Paris Is Burning: The Marxist Network Behind France’s Chaos and Why America Could Be Next – RedState– redstate.com

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Paris Is Burning: The Marxist Network Behind France’s Chaos and Why America Could Be Next – RedState– redstate.com
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On this full episode of LARRY with Larry O’Connor, Larry exposes the radical left-wing network fueling the chaos in France. A bombshell Fox News investigation identifies 54 organizations involved in the nationwide unrest, including communist groups, revolutionary socialists, and activists connected to a Marxist billionaire living in China. Now they’re looking to bring the movement to America. Who’s really behind the riots, where is the money coming from, and is this just the beginning?

Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Cuts Spark Manufacturing Renaissance › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Cuts Spark Manufacturing Renaissance › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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America is in the midst of a manufacturing renaissance. Unprecedented in its speed, it is driven by Trump’s tariffs and factory-targeted tax cuts.

Companies can now expense 100 percent of the cost of building a factory on American soil instead of depreciating those costs over 39 years. The year you pour the concrete is the year you write it off. For a chief financial officer deciding where to build the next plant, that one provision changes the location decision.

The Trump tariffs are a protective wall. President Trump has said, If you are a foreign company and you want to avoid our tariffs, build here. Invest here. Hire here.

You can see the Trump manufacturing renaissance in the macro data, in the micro data, and along highways across flyover country.

Start with the macro. In the Biden administration’s last two years, America lost 230,000 manufacturing jobs. Since December 2025, American manufacturers have added 72,000 jobs, with factory payrolls rising in each of the last four months through September.

Through most of 2023 and 2024, the ISM Manufacturing Index languished below 50, the line between contraction and expansion. In January it climbed back above 50, where it has stayed for nine straight months.

US Supreme Court denies bid by 9/11 mastermind to revive plea deal– www.channelnewsasia.com

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US Supreme Court denies bid by 9/11 mastermind to revive plea deal– www.channelnewsasia.com
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WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday (Oct 19) rejected an appeal by accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices that sought to revive plea deals which were later revoked.

Mohammed and two others charged with involvement in the Sep 11, 2001 attacks – Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi – struck pre-trial agreements to avoid the death penalty in 2024, during the administration of president Joe Biden.

After criticism by some victims’ families, Biden’s defence secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the plea deals to be thrown out, sparking a legal battle over whether or not such a move was permitted.

An appellate court ruled last year that Austin had “acted within the bounds of his legal authority.”

A brief, unsigned opinion by the Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the appeal.

China looks like it’s dumping Treasury debt but may actually be stashing it in Canada and Belgium– fortune.com

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China looks like it’s dumping Treasury debt but may actually be stashing it in Canada and Belgium– fortune.com
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China was once the top holder of U.S. Treasuries but has been shedding its massive stockpile for years, fueling fears of de-dollarization, but official data may not fully capture Beijing’s actual portfolio.

The decline began in earnest around 2021, but as recently as April 2022, China still held $1 trillion in Treasury securities. U.S. data on Friday show that’s been whittled down to just $591 billion as of August, the lowest in 18 years and down from $700 billion a year earlier.

But the data is collected primarily from U.S.-based custodians and broker-dealers, according to the Treasury Department, which adds that U.S. securities held in overseas custody accounts may not be attributed to the actual owners.

As a result, China watchers have long been skeptical of a wholesale dumping of U.S. assets, pointing to suspicious jumps in Treasury holdings elsewhere that coincide with the steep Chinese drop.

Ukraine Field Report: Russian Bombs Kill Six in Sloviansk as Strikes Hit Energy Sites Across Ukraine * The Gateway Pundit * by Antonio Graceffo– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Ukraine Field Report: Russian Bombs Kill Six in Sloviansk as Strikes Hit Energy Sites Across Ukraine * The Gateway Pundit * by Antonio Graceffo– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A residential complex in Kherson Oblast after Russian airstrikes killed one person and injured 22, including children, on October 17, 2026. Photo courtesy of DSNS of Kherson region.

Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s power grid overnight into October 17 and struck residential districts in Sloviansk and Kherson with aerial bombs, killing civilians and injuring dozens.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia struck more than 15 key power generation and transmission facilities. The assault involved more than 320 Shahed-type drones launched between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., along with cruise and ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force reported downing 289 of 332 drones.

The hardest-hit areas included Lutsk, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia. Kharkiv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions were also targeted.

At about 3:40 a.m. on October 17, Russian aircraft dropped FAB-250 bombs on a residential district of Sloviansk, damaging nine apartment buildings, according to police. Donetsk Oblast Military Administration head Vadym Filashkin later reported that six people were killed and 13 injured in Sloviansk that day. One person was also killed and another injured in Kramatorsk, bringing the oblast’s toll to seven dead and 14 injured.

Trump admin blinks on ‘very unpopular’ push to deport 100K Ukrainians before midterms– www.rawstory.com

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Trump admin blinks on ‘very unpopular’ push to deport 100K Ukrainians before midterms– www.rawstory.com
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Just ahead of the midterms, the Trump administration appears to be softening one of its signature policy pledges, immigrant advocates told The Washington Post.

According to a Trump administration official who spoke with the Post on the condition of anonymity, and to the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, the Department of Homeland Security is expected to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, which shields noncitizens from certain countries from deportation, for around 100,000 Ukrainians whose protections were scheduled to expire Monday. An embassy spokeswoman said the extension is expected to last six months.

DHS did not confirm the extension. “An announcement on Ukraine’s TPS will be made at the appropriate time. Until such an announcement is made, Ukrainian individuals present in the U.S. under TPS remain under protection,” the department said in a statement.

The move follows DHS’s decision last month to let TPS remain in place for around 232,000 migrants from El Salvador. The administration never formally announced a decision, instead issuing what the Post described as a “last-minute notice.” The lack of a clear timeline has forced Salvadorans “to grapple with an uncertain future,” the Post reported. Sudanese TPS holders, also set to lose protections Monday, will keep them until further notice, DHS said.

“This is different,” said Jessica Bansal, an attorney focused on TPS litigation, speaking with the Post.

Texas Says It’s Fixed a Glitch That Delayed Nearly 600,000 Voter Registrations– www.cnet.com

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Texas Says It’s Fixed a Glitch That Delayed Nearly 600,000 Voter Registrations– www.cnet.com
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Like in many states, Texans can register to vote or update their registration when renewing their driver’s license or getting a new one.

But the state of Texas has blamed a software glitch related to this system for more than half a million voter registration delays. The extensive backlog of voting registration applications, which reportedly began to accumulate a year ago, is now the subject of a lawsuit filed by a pair of voter advocacy groups: the League of Women Voters Texas and MOVE Texas Civic Fund. The state says it has already fixed the issue and filed the applications.

The suit characterizes the delay as part of a pattern of voter suppression that has disenfranchised voters in Texas. Filed in Bexar County, Texas, the lawsuit names Texas Secretary of State Robert S. Howden and his office, as well as the Department of Public Safety and its director Freeman F. Martin.

Meanwhile, the office of the Texas Secretary of State told media this week that the delayed applications were filed to voters’ home districts and that the problem has been fixed. As a safeguard, a spokesperson for the secretary of state said anyone still affected by the problem will be able to file a provisional ballot. But according to a report from The Texas Tribune, county officials have found another system error has caused issues with another 15,000 registrations over the last month.

Now, counties are scrambling to fix those issues ahead of the start of early voting in the state on Oct. 19 for a high-profile midterm election season that has put the state in the national spotlight. Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Election Officials, told the Tribune, “Just when most counties were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, another unexpected backlog is being dropped on county voter registrars.”

Trump accuses Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war, defends Russian sanctions waiver– www.cbsnews.com

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Trump accuses Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war, defends Russian sanctions waiver– www.cbsnews.com
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President Trump said Sunday he is “in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine,” and accused Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Mr. Trump criticized Zelensky for “using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target” and alleged “he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.”

“He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now. His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead,” Mr. Trump wrote.

The comments come amid a deepening rift between the Mr. Trump and Zelensky, with the U.S. president criticizing his Ukrainian counterpart for attacking Russian oil infrastructure.

 

Zelensky Says Critical U.S. Intelligence Is Flowing Again — But One Major Dispute Remains– wltreport.com

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Zelensky Says Critical U.S. Intelligence Is Flowing Again — But One Major Dispute Remains– wltreport.com
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The most important American intelligence channel in the Ukraine war is reportedly flowing again.

President Volodymyr Zelensky says the United States has restored the specialized warning information Ukraine uses to detect Russian ballistic-missile launches after a three-day interruption.

The restoration also exposes the bigger fight still hanging over Washington and Kyiv: whether U.S. intelligence and satellite support are being used as leverage to restrain Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure.

Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad killed suspect– www.bbc.co.uk

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Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad killed suspect– www.bbc.co.uk
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An Oregon teacher threw her mobile phone before she tackled and attempted to disarm a teenager who opened fire on a special educational needs class.

As she tried to wrestle a shotgun off him on the floor of the classroom – where three children and a teacher were killed – a bystander armed with a pistol ran inside and killed the teen.

The bystander, a father of two girls at the school, had been driving past Silver Rail Elementary in Bend at lunchtime on Thursday when he saw the suspect firing in the school’s car park and then shooting through a window to enter.

Police said the 16-year-old suspected attacker used to be a student at the school.

Police say he had been armed with about 44 more rounds of shotgun ammunition when he was stopped. He fired as many as 15 rounds in the class.

“To the people who showed courage in the face of such violence and intervened to prevent this tragedy from being any worse, we owe you a debt of gratitude,” Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said.

GOP Lawmaker Calls For Investigation After Rubio Says Ukraine’s Starlink Slowdown ‘Sort Of Happened’– dailycaller.com

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GOP Lawmaker Calls For Investigation After Rubio Says Ukraine’s Starlink Slowdown ‘Sort Of Happened’– dailycaller.com
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Republican Ohio Rep. Mike Turner said on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s explanation for Ukraine’s Starlink slowdown is not good enough.

When CBS News host Margaret Brennan asked on “Face the Nation” whether “it sort of happened” was a sufficient explanation, Turner, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said, “Absolutely not,” and called for a congressional investigation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Ukraine’s use of the SpaceX satellite network remains partially restricted, Axios reported.

“Secretary Rubio said no one at the White House ordered it to be slowed down this week so that drones couldn’t use it. But effectively, that was the outcome,” Brennan said before playing Rubio’s remarks.

Rubio said “nobody ordered that Starlink speed to be slowed down. It sort of happened. But my understanding is it’s been restored.” He made the remarks Saturday evening before leaving on a trip to India, according to Axios.

“Absolutely not. I mean, this is something where there needs to be an investigation. There needs to be a congressional investigation,” Turner said.

GOP senator rebels against Trump’s ‘beyond irresponsible’ new war ‘capitulation’– www.rawstory.com

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GOP senator rebels against Trump’s ‘beyond irresponsible’ new war ‘capitulation’– www.rawstory.com
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is furious that President Donald Trump put sweeping new Russia sanctions on hold. Trump signed those sanctions into law only last month.

“Beyond irresponsible,” Tillis wrote on X Saturday. “What part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate does the President and his advisors not understand?”

“It’s unconscionable that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day,” he added.

Trump signed an executive order Friday that pauses the package. He told Congress the move was in the national interest, the Associated Press reported. The White House didn’t immediately say how, and the order came before the sanctions took effect, according to CNBC.

The law is named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a longtime Russia hawk who died in July. It targets Russian officials, banks and the “shadow fleet” of tankers that carries Russian energy. It also tells the president to put tariffs of up to 100% on the biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas.