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Prosecutors to seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination– www.channelnewsasia.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination– www.channelnewsasia.com
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PROVO, Utah: Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday (Sep 16) they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination and revealed evidence including alleged text messages in which he confessed.

Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of firing a single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper’s nest that killed the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder on the campus of Utah Valley University last Wednesday.

“I had enough of his hatred,” Robinson told his roommate and romantic partner, according to court transcripts filed by prosecutors.

Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray announced seven counts, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice for disposing of evidence, and witness tampering. He said the decision to seek the death penalty was made “independently, based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime.”

FCC Head Counters DOJ “Hate Speech” Message

pgnewser September 17, 2025

FCC chief pushes back on social media crackdown talk in wake of Kirk assassination – The Hill
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr on Tuesday declined to endorse the idea of stricter regulations on social media companies as several of the world’s largest platforms face increased scrutiny over content moderation on political issues.

“Clearly we need a change in direction on some of these issues,” Carr said when asked at the Politico AI and Tech Summit about last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “When it comes to social media … we saw a lot of censorship around the time of COVID

Carr praised the efforts of tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who he said have “re-embraced the idea of free speech.”

“My view today is we need to empower individual users to make their own content moderation decisions,” he said. “And give them the tools to curate their online persona.”

Tim Cook Says Apple Will Invest $600 Billion In US Manufacturing, Creating A ‘Domino Effect’ As iPhone 17 Pre-Orders Show Strong Momentum – Yahoo Finance

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Tim Cook Says Apple Will Invest $600 Billion In US Manufacturing, Creating A ‘Domino Effect’ As iPhone 17 Pre-Orders Show Strong Momentum – Yahoo Finance
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said the company’s record $600 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing over the next four years will benefit 79 factories nationwide and spark a “domino effect” of growth, as early data points to strong iPhone 17 demand.

In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer that was published on Monday, Cook focused on Apple’s unprecedented domestic investment plan.

“We can’t be everywhere. I wish we could, but we are putting $600 billion to work in the next four years,” Cook said. “And so it is an extraordinary commitment. And there’s 79 factories across the U.S. that will benefit from this.”

Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell Expected to Cut Rates This Week– townhall.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell Expected to Cut Rates This Week– townhall.com
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The Federal Reserve is poised to deliver its first rate cut of 2025 on Wednesday, even as policymakers weigh the inflationary impact of new tariffs and lackluster labor market data, according to Fox Business. The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to trim rates by 25 basis points, the first cut since December 2024, bringing the target range down to 4.00 to 4.25 percent. Markets have already priced in the move, with the CME FedWatch tool showing a 96 percent probability of a quarter-point cut with just 4 percent odds of a deeper half-point reduction.

Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. ET: Chair Powell hosts live #FOMC press conference: https://t.co/fXt6ew9fZ8 pic.twitter.com/m1O41X104R

— Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) September 16, 2025

I expect Jerome Powell to (finally) cut by 0.25% tomorrow. That’s too little, too late from Too Late. The real question is what the Fed signals for its last two meetings of the year. Will they signal two more cuts? And might those cuts be larger than 0.25%? I sure hope so,… pic.twitter.com/0RmqHvCNTb

— James Fishback (@j_fishback) September 16, 2025

Union workers vote no to contract offered by Boeing Defense, strike continues – Herald Publications

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Union workers vote no to contract offered by Boeing Defense, strike continues – Herald Publications
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Just two days after reaching a tentative deal, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have rejected Boeing Defense’s latest contract offer, according to a report from Reuters issued late Friday afternoon, Sept. 12.

Reuters had previously reported on Wednesday, Sept. 10, that a tentative deal had been negotiated between the company and union officials.

The contract rejection means that the workers’ strike now goes into its seventh week in the St. Louis region, which includes workers from the Metro East and Boeing’s Mascoutah facilities.

“Our members in St. Louis have once again shown that they will not settle for Boeing’s half-measures,” IAM International President Brian Bryant said in a statement. “Boeing must start listening to its employees and come back to the table with a meaningful offer that respects the sacrifices and skill of these workers.”

Planned Parenthood is Teaching Teens How to Secretly Get Trans Hormones– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Planned Parenthood is Teaching Teens How to Secretly Get Trans Hormones– www.lifenews.com
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Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion company, is expanding its reach into selling trans hormones by instructing teenagers on evading parental consent and medical safeguards.

That’s according to a recent workshop exposed by critics who warn it endangers vulnerable youth. The abortion organization, which operates nearly 600 centers nationwide, has positioned itself as the leading seller of cross-sex hormones for so-called gender transitions, treating 40,000 patients last year alone, with 40% aged 18 to 22.

In a move critics decry as prioritizing ideology over safety, Planned Parenthood affiliates have begun offering explicit guidance to minors on obtaining hormones without parental knowledge, fueling concerns that the group is exploiting confused teens for profit.

A National Review investigation revealed that Planned Parenthood hosted a workshop titled “Queer 101: Introduction to Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation” at its clinic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, earlier this year. The session, aimed at teens as young as 13, included detailed instructions on “how to get around parental permission requirements” for hormone therapy and accessing gender-affirming care discreetly.

Maddow Claims Trump Wants To Use Kirk Murder To ‘Stay in Power Indefinitely’– www.newsbusters.org

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Maddow Claims Trump Wants To Use Kirk Murder To ‘Stay in Power Indefinitely’– www.newsbusters.org
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The calls to turn down the political rhetoric were nice while they lasted. On Monday’s The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, the eponymous host warned that President Trump and the administration writ large intend to use the assassination of Charlie Kirk to, among other things, “stay in power indefinitely.”

Referencing a New York Times article, Maddow lamented, “Another headline today, quote, ‘White House plans broad crackdown on liberal groups.’ They’re saying now they will use the horrific murder of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk last week as a justification for some undefined whole-of-government attack on what they always describe very vaguely as ‘the left,’ in this country.”

In that article, buried all the way down in paragraphs 18 and 19, was this nugget from Vice President JD Vance as he guest-hosted The Charlie Kirk Show:

‘We can thank God that most Democrats don’t share these attitudes, and I do, while acknowledging that something has gone very wrong with a lunatic fringe, a minority, but a growing and powerful minority on the far left,’ he said.

Mr. Vance said the administration would not go after ‘constitutionally protected speech’ but rather what he described as a network of nonprofit nongovernmental organizations that ‘foments, facilitates and engages in violence.’

ABC News reporter swoons over romance between Charlie Kirk assassin and trans roommate: ‘very touching’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

ABC News reporter swoons over romance between Charlie Kirk assassin and trans roommate: ‘very touching’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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An ABC reporter who was in attendance at a press briefing in Utah where charges against the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination were detailed claimed that the text messages between the alleged killer and his transgender romantic partner were “very touching.” In those messages, Tyler Robinson urged his lover Lance Twiggs to destroy evidence to help cover up his connection to the killing.

Matt Gutman told viewers “we have seen an alleged murderer with such specific text messages about the alleged murder weapon, where it was hidden, how it was placed, what was on it.

“But also it was very touching, in a way that I think many of us didn’t expect, a very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who was transitioning, calling him ‘my love’, and ‘I want to protect you my love.’

“So it was this duality of someone who, the attorney said, not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd, but was doing it in front of children, which is one of the aggravating circumstances of this case. And on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner. So a very interesting… riveting press conference.”

Russia and Belarus Stage Simulated Nuclear Strike During Zapad-2025 War Games– www.themoscowtimes.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Russia and Belarus Stage Simulated Nuclear Strike During Zapad-2025 War Games– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Russia and Belarus staged a simulated nuclear strike during their joint Zapad-2025 military exercises, which are being observed this year by delegations from several NATO countries, including the United States.

The drills, which began Friday and end Tuesday, are aimed at testing Belarus and Russia’s ability to repel an enemy attack and retake lost territory, according to the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Zapad-2025 has put NATO countries on alert, particularly in Eastern Europe, where Poland and neighboring countries carried out their own exercises earlier this summer.

Top Belarusian general Pavel Muraveiko said the maneuvers included “planning and examining the potential use of non-strategic nuclear weapons and the evaluation and deployment of the Oreshnik mobile missile system.”

Russia first unveiled the Oreshnik, a hypersonic ballistic missile, during a strike on Ukraine last November in what many analysts described as political theater rather than a demonstration of a new superweapon. Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko latewr asked Moscow to station the missile system in his country, citing threats from NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Germany.

Public Opinion Surveys Show Recent Gains for China’s Soft Power– chinadigitaltimes.net

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Public Opinion Surveys Show Recent Gains for China’s Soft Power– chinadigitaltimes.net
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Several public opinion surveys published over the last few months paint a picture of China’s role in the world from the perspective of both Chinese and international respondents. These build on previous surveys from the past year that show how despite polarized views, global attitudes towards China have improved at the expense of the U.S., especially in the Global South. (Meanwhile, polls showing dissatisfaction within China have been censored online.)

One notable survey published this month by Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Yawei Liu, Nick Zeller, and Sam Dong at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs tracked Chinese people’s confidence in China and their desire for their country to play a global leadership role. Conducted between April 25 and June 16, the survey found that a “key difference between Chinese views of Beijing’s role in the world compared to American views of Washington’s role is that China’s public support is widespread across all demographic groups, while the public in the United States is much more fragmented, especially by partisan affiliation.” Here is a summary of the main findings:

Nine in 10 Chinese support their country’s active participation in world affairs (90%).

Part of this enthusiasm stems from a sense that China is a leading power in the world: Large majorities say their country is in at least a somewhat strong position in the world (97%) and expect it to get at least somewhat stronger in the next five years (95%).

Seven in 10 Chinese respondents say China has a unique character that makes it the greatest country in the world (69%) versus three in 10 who say China is no greater than any other country (30%).

While a plurality prefer China play a shared leadership role in the world (48%), four in 10 say it should take a dominant one (41%). One in 10 feel China should play no leadership role (11%). [Source]

Eye Drops May One Day Replace Reading Glasses, and Could Help Our Vision as we Age– www.discovermagazine.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

Eye Drops May One Day Replace Reading Glasses, and Could Help Our Vision as we Age– www.discovermagazine.com
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As we age, we’ll all experience a decline in our vision and will likely need reading glasses. Instead of reaching for those glasses though, imagine taking 2 to 3 eyedrops a day to see something up close.

New research that experts will present at the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) explores presbyopia, the condition that makes it hard for the eye to focus on close objects and text, and how eye drops could one day replace eyeglasses.

For this study, lead researcher Giovanna Benozzi, who is also the director of the Center for Advanced Research for Presbyopia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and her team followed a group of 766 presbyopia patients with an average age of 55 years. The team’s hope was to help find an alternative solution to glasses and eye surgery.

“We conducted this research due to the significant unmet medical need in presbyopia management. Current solutions, such as reading glasses or surgical interventions, have limitations, including inconvenience, social discomfort, and potential risks or complications,” Benozzi said in a press release.

“There is a group of presbyopia patients who have limited options besides spectacles, and who are not candidates for surgery; these are our primary focus of interest,” Bennozi added in the press release.

What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.– www.nytimes.com

pgnewser September 17, 2025

What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.– www.nytimes.com
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Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI plan to spend at least $325 billion by the end of the year in pursuit of A.I. We explain why they’re doing it.

EU country set to ban movement of sheep and goats | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser September 17, 2025

EU country set to ban movement of sheep and goats | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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The government of an EU country is threatening to impose a strict ban on the movement of sheep and goats as it battles a deadly virus. Greece has seen an outbreak of smallpox in its herds of goats and sheep, which has led to tens of thousands of animals being slaughtered.

Data from Greece’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that over 260,000 sheep and goats have been culled in the twelve months to August. Some 1,100 farms have been forced to shut after reporting cases of the highly contagious disease. Although the virus cannot spread to humans, the health crisis could see prices for mutton and goat’s meat steeply rise.

The outbreak also threatens to deal a huge blow to the export of feta – Greece’s trademark salty cheese made from goat and sheep’s milk.

In an attempt to bring the outbreak under control, the government announced on Monday a 10-day plan.

Officials have called on stockbreeders to tighten biosecurity measures for their flocks, as well as ordering vets to step-up on site inspections at farms.

Additionally the government has urged local officials to establish disinfection points to control the movement of flocks across the country.

New graphene oxide super-material is on the way to delivering next-generation supercapacitors, researchers say – Australian Manufacturing Forum

pgnewser September 17, 2025

New graphene oxide super-material is on the way to delivering next-generation supercapacitors, researchers say – Australian Manufacturing Forum
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Australian researchers have identified “a new kind of carbon-based material” allowing supercapacitors to store as much energy as lead-acid batteries while also performing better than conventional batteries at delivering power quickly.

According to a statement from the university on Tuesday, the results are “a major leap forward” for fast, powerful energy storage devices, and are now being commercialised by Ionic Industries.

The new material is named as multiscale reduced graphene oxide (M-rGO) and was created from naturally-occurring graphite. It is described as being made using a “rapid thermal annealing process” and featuring a “highly curved graphene structure with precise pathways for ions to move quickly and efficiently”.

The promising new material is detailed in a new paper in Nature Communications.

Monash’s Professor Mainak Majumder, who was part of the research team and heads the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing with 2D Materials (AM2D), said that M-rGO made much more surface area available for storing energy, and which was unlocked by the method of heat treatment.

US drone dilemma: Why the most advanced military in the world is playing catchup on the modern battlefield – CNN

pgnewser September 17, 2025

US drone dilemma: Why the most advanced military in the world is playing catchup on the modern battlefield – CNN
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Defense officials are now rushing to catch up.

In July, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth circulated a memo to senior leaders aimed at accelerating the US military’s adoption of drones. In recent months, US troops began building and 3-D printing drones and training on simulators reminiscent of video games to learn how to guide small systems through windows, around corners or into an enemy tank’s hatch.

“This is not tomorrow’s problem. This is today’s problem,” Maj. Gen. Curt Taylor, commander of the US Army’s 1st Armored Division, told CNN at an Army conference in Germany in July. “And the first fight of the next war is going to involve more drones than any of us have ever seen.”

Schools Keep Trying to Push a Discredited Ideology– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Schools Keep Trying to Push a Discredited Ideology– www.dailysignal.com
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It’s back-to-school season, and some teachers have promised that the racist ideas from diversity, equity, and inclusion would not be in their classrooms this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that many of these teachers and administrators are clearly telling whoppers.

In fact, K-12 schools and colleges around the country are disguising their DEI offices and their racial preferences.

Take Maryland, across the border from the nation’s capital and where many federal bureaucrats sleep and send their children to school.

State education officials said schools would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders calling on schools to reject DEI, citing the ways in which DEI programs violate civil rights laws.

Yet schools in Montgomery County, precisely where the swamp lives, still have resources on their website dedicated to DEI and critical race theory.

This wealthy school district, which receives $51.5 million in federal taxpayer spending for children in its lower-income areas, offers online classes for teachers on “How to be an anti-racist and anti-racist educator.” These sessions argue that everything around us is racist because not everyone receives the same rewards in life.

So it does not matter how hard you work in life—everyone should have the same amount. That is “equity,” the course materials say. The way equity’s champions rationalize this to themselves is to say that success is the result of “whiteness,” or systemic racism or some such, not the result of effort.

New York Gov Kathy Hochul Endorses Radical Socialist Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor– slaynews.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

New York Gov Kathy Hochul Endorses Radical Socialist Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor– slaynews.com
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed far-left Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race.

After three months of silence, Hochul is now throwing her weight behind a radical candidate who has openly attacked police, pushed communist communal homes schemes, and made controversial remarks about Israel.

In a Sunday evening post on social media, Hochul declared:

“New York City deserves a mayor who will stand up to Donald Trump and make life more affordable for New Yorkers. That’s @ZohranKMamdani.”

The move is a major boost for Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist from Queens.

Mamdani shocked the political establishment in June by defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other rivals to capture the Democrat nomination.

He now holds a commanding double-digit lead in the polls ahead of November.

Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel ‘intervention’ with Charlie Kirk, sources say– thegrayzone.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel ‘intervention’ with Charlie Kirk, sources say– thegrayzone.com
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A month before Charlie Kirk’s killing, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman arranged an intervention in the Hamptons during which sources say he and others “hammered” Kirk for the conservative leader’s growing criticism of Israeli influence in Washington. Kirk came away fretting about Israeli “blackmail,” sources say, as he contemplated a Catholic conversion.

On September 11, one day after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman took to Twitter/X to trumpet his relationship with the late conservative operative. “I feel incredibly privileged to have spent a day and shared a meal with @charliekirk11 this summer. He was a giant of a man.”

The Grayzone has spoken to five people with intimate knowledge of Kirk’s meeting with Ackman, which was held in early August. According to one source, Kirk was left upset after the gathering turned into an “intervention” where he was “hammered” for his increasingly skeptical views on the US special relationship with Israel, and for platforming prominent conservative critics of Israel at his TPUSA events.

Rand Paul blocks Trump’s nominee for State Department Middle East post– www.washingtontimes.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Rand Paul blocks Trump’s nominee for State Department Middle East post– www.washingtontimes.com
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President Trump’s pick for a key State Department position in charge of Middle East policy is being held up in the Senate and will not be voted on Wednesday as part of a group of high-ranking nominees.

Republicans Are Forcing A Government Shutdown And Trump Will Be Blamed– www.politicususa.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Republicans Are Forcing A Government Shutdown And Trump Will Be Blamed– www.politicususa.com
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The White House thinks that the current government funding debate can be won just like the last one was in March. They believe that nothing has changed, and they can pass a bill to keep the government open by putting Senate Democrats up against a deadline with no negotiations.

The political climate has changed.

The White House doesn’t see it, which is why Trump and his party are about to step on the rake and smack themselves in the face with a government shutdown.

Punchbowl News reported:

The House Republican leadership plans to put a bill on the floor this week to keep the federal government open through Nov. 20, a strategy aimed at giving appropriators another seven weeks to hash out a broader spending deal for the FY2026 bills.

Republicans are saying the CR will be “clean” — free of partisan policy riders.

But as we’ve reported, the GOP proposal doesn’t include any of the Democrats’ demands. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have said they can’t vote for any CR unless it includes health care-related provisions.

It’s not clear if Democrats are demanding that Republicans renew enhanced premium subsidies for Obamacare or restore OBBB Medicaid cuts. Rather, Schumer and Jeffries have simply called on Republicans to negotiate.

House GOP leaders move to extend block on tariff termination votes– www.politico.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

House GOP leaders move to extend block on tariff termination votes– www.politico.com
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House Republican leaders are moving to again head off votes trying to cancel much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime.

A procedural measure Republicans on the Rules Committee advanced Monday night would extend until March 31 a block on efforts by Democrats and several Republicans to end the national emergencies underlying Trump’s sweeping tariffs — including on Mexico, Canada, Brazil and his “liberation day” levies from April.

It would also block “resolutions of inquiry,” measures that can be used by the House to compel the release of information from the executive branch.

The House is set to vote Tuesday on the measure, which also tees up several D.C. crime- and governance-related bills for floor debate.

GOP leaders have struggled to keep their ranks in line on tariff-related votes. On Monday, their bid to strangle a Democratic-led effort to end Trump’s Brazil levies succeeded only narrowly, 200-198.

FBI Director Kash Patel reveals details about alleged Kirk assassin’s texts – Fox News

pgnewser September 16, 2025

FBI Director Kash Patel reveals details about alleged Kirk assassin’s texts – Fox News
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FBI Director Kash Patel shared new details Monday night about the prosecution of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10.

Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on “Hannity,” with the FBI director first outlining evidence investigators are piecing together.

“We are going to be interviewing scores of people, on not just these chats on Discord, but any communications that this individual had,” Patel told Sean Hannity.

Britain Bans IDF Officers From Elite Military Academy Founded by Churchill– gellerreport.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Britain Bans IDF Officers From Elite Military Academy Founded by Churchill– gellerreport.com
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Why did they bother to fight the Nazis? How long before we see King Charles reciting the shahada?

This is what happens when a left-wing bankrupt nation sells out to barbarians.

According to news reports from September 14, 2025, the recent UK ban on Israeli nationals from enrolling at the Royal College of Defence Studies appears to be unprecedented.

This is the first time in the college’s history since its founding in 1927 that it has excluded students from a particular country.

The institution was established nearly a century ago following a recommendation from a committee led by Winston Churchill, then colonial secretary, with the vision of fostering “understanding between senior military officers, diplomats, civil servants and officials.”

Winston Churchill was a strong supporter of the Zionist movement and the creation of a Jewish National Home, which he believed would be a blessing to the world. He envisioned a Jewish state under British protection, becoming a reality through Jewish majority-rule and the reclamation of desert lands.

What it has come to!

An Israeli general is forced to invoke Churchill and remind Britain about British values, after the Royal College of Defense Studies decides to shamefully exclude Israeli participants. pic.twitter.com/jZSJ85QgZR

— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) September 15, 2025

Read our latest for @TimesofIsrael https://t.co/wPYvgGURuG

Conor McGregor ends his campaign to become Irish president– www.nydailynews.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Conor McGregor ends his campaign to become Irish president– www.nydailynews.com
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MMA superstar Conor McGregor tapped out of Ireland’s presidential race.

“Following careful reflection, and after consulting with my family, I am withdrawing my candidacy from this presidential race,” the pugilist announced in a long message posted on X.

The mercurial 37-year-old fighter was considered a longshot to compete in the race he announced he was joining in March. McGregor faulted the Irish electoral process for being constrained by “the straitjacket of an outdated Constitution” that protects establishment candidates and works against populist outsiders like himself.

He said late Sunday he’s been in New York since Wednesday, when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to commemorate the 9/11 terror attacks and plans to stay in the U.S., where he hopes to meet with the Trump administration to talk about Irish jobs.

Irish voters head to the ballot box to pick the island nation’s next president on Oct. 24. Polling showed McGregor was likely to finish with 7% of the popular vote, according to outlets including the Guardian.

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years– www.cbsnews.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years– www.cbsnews.com
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The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in almost 30 years, a stinging rebuke to a traditional U.S. ally that reflects a recent surge in cocaine production and fraying ties between the White House and the country’s leftist president.

Even as it determined that Colombia had failed to comply with its international counternarcotics obligations, the Trump administration issued a waiver of sanctions that would have triggered major aid cuts, citing vital U.S. national interests.

Nonetheless, it is a major step against one of the United States’ staunchest allies in Latin America, and it could further hamper efforts to restore security in the countryside, according to Adam Isacson, a security researcher at the Washington Office on Latin America.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he regretted the decision, which overlooked decades of bloodshed by Colombian security forces and civilians all in the name of a U.S.-led drug war.

US military again strikes boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three people aboard– www.euronews.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

US military again strikes boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three people aboard– www.euronews.com
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US President Donald Trump said the military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, hinting that the targeting of cartels could be further expanded.

“The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.,” Trump said in a Truth Social post announcing the strike.

“These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels pose a threat to National Security, foreign policy, and vital US Interests,” Trump wrote.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office later on Monday, Trump said he had been shown footage of the latest strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Asked what proof the US has that the vessel was carrying drugs, Trump replied, “We have proof. All you have to do is look at the cargo that was spattered all over the ocean — big bags of cocaine and fentanyl all over the place.”

Drone neutralised flying over government buildings in Warsaw, PM Donald Tusk says– www.euronews.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Drone neutralised flying over government buildings in Warsaw, PM Donald Tusk says– www.euronews.com
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Poland’s State Protection Service (SOP) has neutralised a drone flying that was flying over sensitive government locations in Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X.

Two Belarusian citizens were detained in connection with the incident and police have launched an investigation into the incident, Tusk said.

The incident comes at a time of heightened regional tensions following a string of airspace violations.

Poland says its airspace was violated in the early hours of Wednesday by a record 19 drones, believed to be from Russia.

In response, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said it would send a team to Poland to provide anti-drone training.

The Polish government has traditionally been a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s war effort.

Total support to Ukraine from Warsaw totals approximately €3.3 billion, in both military and humanitarian assistance.

AI models are struggling to identify hate speech, study finds – The Independent

pgnewser September 16, 2025

AI models are struggling to identify hate speech, study finds – The Independent
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Netanyahu refuses to rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders abroad | World News– news.sky.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Netanyahu refuses to rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders abroad | World News– news.sky.com
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders abroad.

“The principle that terrorists should not have immunity wherever they are, wherever they may be, was not established by me,” he claimed.

Mr Netanyahu was speaking during a news conference with US secretary of state Marco Rubio, who was visiting Jerusalem, a meeting which coincided with an emergency summit in Qatar of Arab and Islamic states convened in response to Israel’s attack last week on Hamas leaders in the Gulf state.

The strike killed six people – five members of Hamas and a local Qatari security force member.

Does Mike Johnson Want To Expand Abortion Tourism?– thefederalist.com

pgnewser September 16, 2025

Does Mike Johnson Want To Expand Abortion Tourism?– thefederalist.com
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With the enhanced Obamacare subsidies Democrats passed as part of their “Covid emergency” in 2021 set to expire on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans are considering what, if anything, to do about it. In a recent interview, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said, “I don’t love the policy” of extending the subsidies, “but I understand the political realities and the realities of people on the ground.”

Respectfully, I don’t think he understands the political realities in the slightest. Apart from Johnson’s convenient case of amnesia — remember when Republicans said they wanted to repeal Obamacare rather than expand and extend it? — the speaker is ignoring one major issue. Extending the enhanced subsidies would 1) keep taxpayer dollars flowing to plans that fund abortion and 2) allow blue states to create “slush funds” for abortion tourism that undermine the protections that pro-life states, including Johnson’s home state of Louisiana, have worked diligently to enact.

Remind me next month