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President Donald Trump on Saturday floated a potential compromise amid the impasse over the U.S. government shutdown, urging Republicans to redirect federal money that currently goes to health insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act and give it to individuals. "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over," Trump wrote in a social media post. "In...

Microsoft has officially ended Windows 10, marking the end of an era, but what comes next might completely change how we use Windows. In this video, we break down what’s happening behind the scenes with Microsoft’s next move, how Windows is shifting toward cloud-based systems, and what that means for you. You’ll learn: Why Windows 10’s end signals a major shift for Microsoft What’s next with Windows 11, Windows 365, and AI integration How this could reshape the future of PCs and business technology What users and organizations should do to prepare (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove...

The Ohio governor race has started to come into focus as voters look ahead to the 2026 election contests, and a recent poll has shown Democrat hopeful Amy Acton ahead of Republican frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy—if only by a slim margin. The poll, conducted on behalf of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, shows Acton with a higher favorability among Ohio likely voters—including a potentially key 21-point advantage among independent voters—but Ramaswamy's campaign has disputed these results. Ohio will face an open election for governor after incumbent Mike DeWine serves out his term-limited time in office. Ohio has elected only 1 Democrat...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming planet Friday, as world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate talks. Haitian diplomat Smith Augustin, whose country was pummeled by Hurricane Melissa, appealed to wealthier countries that produce the greatest share of the world’s emissions to support Haiti in preparing for bigger storms. Developed countries pledged $300 billion to help poor nations cope with climate shocks at last year’s summit, but the money has yet to be...

Now that Uganda’s best and brightest, Zohran Kwame Mamdani—three Muslim names again—has been elected mayor of Gotham, it’s time to issue guidance to our erstwhile press to make sure Mamdani gets a fair shot at implementing his agenda. There is only space here to list five things the press should definitely not talk about. No-no #1: Though Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, AOC, and their acolytes would love to see socialism triumph worldwide and not just in thriving workers’ paradises such as Cuba and North Korea, we absolutely, positively must not call Mamdani an international socialist. Why not? Well, that would mean...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Saturday that senators will remain in session until a deal is unlocked to reopen the government as the shutdown reached Day 39 with members still far from an agreement. When asked if lawmakers will stay in town until a deal is reached, Thune responded in the affirmative. The upper chamber was scheduled to be out of Washington for recess around Veterans Day, but will instead be in session. Thune spoke as the Senate convened for a rare Saturday session after the path toward a deal took multiple turns on Friday. Democrats...

"You must be a cat lady, Ms. Kaytee," the student said to me through laughter. I was working in a school, and had popped into one of the classrooms to assist with a project. This student who had just met me seconds ago assumed that I "must be" a cat lady. At the time I laughed: I had one cat, yes, but would hardly call myself a "cat lady." I also had a guinea pig, after all. Maybe this was some new Gen-Z slang that I didn't understand? Maybe "cat lady" means "an adult who is super cool"? (One can...

"In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare. Unrelated, we must still terminate the Filibuster!" Trump says While the government shutdown continues, President Trump on Sunday urged Senate Republicans to send the Obamacare subsidy money directly to taxpayers rather than to the insurance companies. "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO...

Beginning next week, all daytime rocket launches in the United States will be grounded as the record-breaking federal government shutdown drags into its second month.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency order restricting access to navigable airspace in an effort to reduce strain on the nation’s air traffic system, already under pressure from severe staffing shortages.

The latest court opinion will further delay funds to a program Democrats have demanded receive funding from another source as the government shutdown continues. Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) also decried the pause, suggesting that Democrats would push back on the added delay to funding the program.“Let’s be very clear,” Clark wrote on X, “Trump is making a choice not to feed hungry Americans. Democrats will be fighting back.”“The Trump administration will go to any length — including appeal to the highest court in the land — if it means they can cut off food for hungry people,” Sen. Adam...

My entire adult life I have been held back by the burden of a public-school education. You see, I am incapable of understanding the sophisticated and unassailable arguments put forward by my societal betters. The debate over funding food stamps (SNAP) during the government shutdown has driven home this hard lesson. For a master class on rhetoric, see the following, Al Franken (Harvard): “Trump’s withholding of SNAP is truly evil. This level of cruelty is beyond comprehension.” Amy Klobuchar (Yale, U. Chicago): “Trump will do everything but feed families in need.” Tina Smith (Stanford, Dartmouth): “Clarifying question: Does needlessly keeping...

You know, I'm so tired of being against everything. Saying what we're not. It's time that we start saying what we are. And it's hard, because we're changing. It's different to be a conservative, today, than it was, you know, years ago. And part of that is just coming from hard knocks. School of hard knocks. We've learned a lot of lessons on things we thought we were for. No, no, no. But conservatives. To be a conservative, it shouldn't be about policies. It's really about principles. And that's why we've lost our way. Because we've lost our principles. And...

"Rest in peace," Iraqi government spokesperson Bassem al-Awadi said in a eulogy for the former U.S. vice president shared with Newsweek. "Without delving into the intentions behind actions, the change that took place in Iraq under your leadership and that of President Bush in 2003 was profound." "Despite all the events that followed, the transformations Iraq witnessed after the fall of Saddam’s regime were vast and astonishing, though many have tried to distort them to serve their own interests," Awadi said. "The numbers are remarkable, Mr. Dick Cheney, and too many to list here." Iraqis are even more divided on...

COVID-era ACA subsidies linked to $27B in fraud from 6.4M improper enrollments, analysis showsDemocrats are holding the government hostage in an extended government shutdown over temporary, COVID-era Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that were meant to make health insurance cheaper – or free – for millions of Americans during the pandemic. But like most pandemic relics, the cost of these subsidies far outweighs any potential benefits.Rather than forcing an extension of the temporary, bumped-up subsidies through the spending bill, policymakers should allow them to expire at the end of the year and focus instead on healthcare reforms that actually help...

Things are looking grim for former CIA Director John Brennan—and it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.The ex-spook recently has been caught on camera fuming in response to questions about his involvement in Russiagate and his false claims about Hunter Biden’s laptop right before the 2020 presidential election. (Brennan was one of 51 former intelligence officials who signed an open letter insisting that news reports about the laptop’s explosive contents represented “classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”)But Brennan has more to worry about than facing confrontational questions in public forums. Like his Russiagate partner-in-crime James Comey, Brennan is likely...

Since 1963, 75% of all nationwide injunctions have been against President Trump. 90% of those injunctions came from Democrat-appointed judges. Yet the Admin has a 92% win rate at SCOTUS. President Trump isn’t the one abusing his power. It’s Democrat-appointed judges.

Donald Trump said Friday that no US government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers. The US president had already announced he would not attend the annual summit for heads of state from the globe’s leading and emerging economies. JD Vance had been scheduled to attend in Trump’s place, but a person familiar with Vance’s plans who was granted anonymity to talk about his schedule said Vance would no longer travel there for the summit. “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held...

A Virginia woman is in a whole lot of trouble with the law after she allegedly harassed the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller, and his family. The woman reportedly distributed flyers in their neighborhood that labeled him a "Nazi," causing the Millers to move into military housing for protection. But wait, you haven't heard the best part. It turns out this woman, Barbara Wien, is a retired university professor of peace studies. Yes, you read that correctly.(snip) According to court documents, Wien allegedly posted fliers in Miller's neighborhood that included not...

Carl Junction (MO)Police Department has two brand new electric vehicles from the Tesla Model Y line. One is for the detective division while the other is for the patrol division. Officer Amos Bindel has been driving it and told us the performance has been great.

Michelle Obama has outdone herself. While Americans are caught in the middle of a government shutdown worrying whether their SNAP benefits will arrive and if they can put food on the table, the former First Lady took to a podcast with Jamie Kern Lima to promote her new book and complain about how hard her life was in the White House, with people waiting on her hand and foot. (snip) During her conversation with Lima, Obama had the audacity to describe her “glam team” as not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Instead of acknowledging what an incredible privilege...