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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...

Republicans argue that a deadly stabbing in North Carolina that gained national attention is a perfect illustration of why the Trump administration’s tough-on-crime agenda is necessary. But Sen. Thom Tillis doesn’t want Charlotte to be next on the list for a federalized crackdown. “We do have challenges, but there are far more major metropolitan areas that we could focus our attention before you go to Charlotte,” Tillis, the outgoing Republican senator, told reporters Tuesday in response to a question from NOTUS. “I hope that people don’t amplify this into something.” “I haven’t seen any evidence that they’re going to focus...

WASHINGTON — A standoff over how to prevent a government shutdown intensified Monday as President Donald Trump called on Republicans to write a funding bill on their own and cut Democrats out of the process. But any funding bill, including a stopgap to buy more time, requires 60 votes to pass the Senate, where Republicans control 53 seats and therefore need at least seven Democratic votes. Democratic leaders say Republicans are following Trump’s wishes and are refusing to negotiate, making a shutdown more likely. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30 to find a solution or the government will...

President Trump on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to unite in support of a “clean” continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. “Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term ‘CLEAN’ extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer from shutting down the Government,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote ‘YES!’ on both Votes needed to pass a Clean CR this week out of the...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Leavenworth, KansasFort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth, roughly 20 miles northwest of Kansas City. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."Today, the garrison supports the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) by managing and maintaining the home of the US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). CAC's mission involves leader...

Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defended the trial which saw his predecessor in office, Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Lula dismissed the description by US President Donald Trump of the trial as a "witch hunt", saying that it was a "historic decision which safeguard's our institutions and the democratic rule of law". The Brazilian leader said he had written the essay to establish an open and frank dialogue with US President Donald Trump, who has imposed 50% tariffs...

No freebies for Kathy. Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly got little-to-nothing in exchange for her bombshell endorsement Sunday of socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani — except to appease the far-left in a desperate attempt to stave off a real primary challenge next year, insiders said. Hochul likely will have Mamdani’s endorsement in the Democratic primary, where she faces a challenge from her estranged Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, sources said. One Democratic operative called Hochul’s endorsement — which failed to sway some prominent Dem holdouts and took some business leaders by surprise — “inevitable” given the political calculus. “It’s a calculated political...

Seven home teams around the NFL held moments of silence for Charlie Kirk on Sunday, but the Bengals, Lions, Colts, Vikings, Steelers and Ravens did not. Kirk, who was 31 years old and a conservative activist, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at an on-campus event at Utah Valley University. During the games Sunday, the Jets, Cardinals, Dolphins, Saints, Titans, Chiefs and Cowboys all held moments of silence for Kirk before their respective opening kickoffs, while the Steelers had flags at half-mast, according to multiple reports. The NFL held a moment of silence before the Packers’ game against the Commanders...

Former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., wanted Republicans to win the Senate last year in order to prevent Democrats’ pursuit of "raw political power." In his new book, "Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense," set to be released on Tuesday and obtained by Fox News Digital, the former West Virginia Democrat-turned-Independent ripped into his ex-political party, tore into former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden and blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., while lauding the relationship that he had with President Donald Trump. Manchin made waves when he and former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who also left the...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller just made it his mission to go after liberal nonprofits. Speaking with Vice President JD Vance Monday during a tribute to Charlie Kirk on the far-right firebrand’s eponymous show, Miller said that he intended to “channel all the anger that we have” against the left, claiming that leftist groups and nonprofits had created “terrorist networks” that led to Kirk’s murder. “The last message that Charlie sent me … was that we needed to have an organized strategy to go after the left-leaning organizations that are promoting violence in this country,” Miller told...

Conservatives have pushed for people who made social media posts celebrating the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk to be fired from their jobs, sparking debate about whether they are now embracing the "cancel culture" they once rebuked. … Conservatives have urged that businesses fire individuals who made celebratory posts over his death, fueling questions about free speech and cancel culture…Steve Bannon wrote in a statement to Newsweek, "Fire Them All, and Fire Them Now." Matt Wallace, an influencer with more than 2 million followers on X, wrote on the social media platform last week that his team has gotten...

Have you had enough yet? Violence and lawlessness seem out of control. Senseless violence. Snipers unleashing bullets carved with evil messages on them! Who thinks this way? The line-up of atrocities never ends. An innocent Ukrainian woman coming home from her pizza job, casually scrolling on her phone on a train in North Carolina, is stabbed to death by a demonized thug. She had left war-torn Ukraine for the supposed safety of America. Yet a monster lurked in the shadows and ended her young life. And it was all captured on camera. Beyond Our Imagination My hometown made notoriety again...

Barron Trump is staying close to his parents for at least the next few months as he adjusts to a new college environment. The 19-year-old son of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended his first year of college at New York University's Greenwich Village campus while commuting from Trump Tower in Manhattan. However, when Barron was not spotted back on NYU's main campus — where the Stern School of Business is based — after fall courses began in early September, PEOPLE learned that the first son is "doing a semester" in another city. Days later, a source...

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A decades-long legal battle over five partially built hilltop homes in the exclusive Laurel Canyon area could be nearing resolution with a plea deal announced Monday by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. According to City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, the city filed 25 misdemeanor counts in 2023 against Shahram and Ester Ghalili over the five unfinished, three-story, single-family homes. Last week, Shahram Ghalili pleaded no contest to five counts related to violations of the L.A. Municipal Code and failure to comply with orders issued by the Department of Building and Safety, Feldstein Soto said. Ghalili was placed into a...

The official talking point of the Left is that Charlie Kirk was killed by the Right.A day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated while debating college students in Utah, I said that it was important to gather as much information as possible before drawing any conclusions about culpability — and before implementing the kind of crackdown on Left-wing extremism in this country that, for many years, we’ve all suspected would be necessary. Now, several days later, we have gathered those facts. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was unequivocally an act of LGBT terrorism. More evidence will come out soon. That’s what...

You need conservatives to be afraid of getting killed when they go to events so they look to their leadership to turn down the temperature,” Bonnell said. “The issue is right now they don’t feel like there is any fear – like, I don’t know

California is one step closer to adding another official holiday to its calendar. The California Legislature has passed AB 268, introduced by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José), which would designate Diwali as an official state holiday. Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights,” is celebrated annually by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains worldwide. Celebrants light small oil lamps, place them around the home, and pray for health, knowledge, and peace. The word “Diwali” is a shortened version of the Sanskrit term “Deepavali,” which means “a row of lamps.” “Designating Diwali as an official state holiday not only recognizes the...

Securing an outdoor event like the one where Kirk was assassinated is among the most difficult challenges in the field. Much has been made of the fact that only six uniformed officers and a few plainclothes officers were at the Utah Valley University event the day Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking to a crowd on campus. But in truth, doubling or even tripling that number would not have made a difference. Ticket checks and metal detectors can screen attendees in the immediate area, but they cannot defend against a sniper on a rooftop 175 yards away. Preventing that...

California lawmakers are throwing a lifeline to the troubled legal cannabis industry, approving a cannabis tax cut that the industry says will prevent further business failures. Lawmakers gave final approval to the bill last week, sending the measure to the desk of Newsom, who has previously committed to signing it into law. The measure would drop the state excise tax on cannabis from 19% to 15% on Oct. 1 and maintain that tax rate until June 30, 2028. The measure comes as tax rates for legal cannabis in California seesaw up and down. In July, the state increased the excise...