The Supreme Court on Monday <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100625zor_5368.pdf">rejected</a> Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for her part in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">sentence</a> after being convicted on three counts, including sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor. Despite the setback at the Supreme Court, Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, said that “this fight isn’t over,” NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwells-appeal-crim-rcna233281">reported</a>.
In his appeal to the Supreme Court, Markus contended that Jeffrey Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement with the Southern District of Florida — which shielded him and his potential co-conspirators from federal charges — should also apply to one of Ghislaine Maxwell’s three counts prosecuted in New York. The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal. The Justice Department noted that Alex Acosta, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, would have needed authorization from his superiors for Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement to apply beyond that district. However, there is no evidence that such permission was obtained.
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Solicitor General D. John Sauer said that Maxwell’s argument was “incorrect,” adding that she failed to “show that it would succeed in any court of appeals,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/supreme-court-ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-appeal.html#:~:text=In%20a%20response%20to%20Ms,in%20any%20court%20of%20appeals.%E2%80%9D">reported</a>.
Maxwell has been seeking any way to have her prison sentence shortened, including an appeal to President Donald Trump, since her sentencing in June 2022.
Just days after Maxwell petitioned the Supreme Court, she agreed to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-reveals-whether-she-believes-epstein-committed-suicide">interviewed</a> by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who asked the convicted sex trafficker numerous questions about Epstein and his associates. The interview was conducted in July, as the Trump administration continued to face backlash over its handling of the Epstein case. Blanche is a former personal attorney of President Trump.
During her interview with Blanche, Maxwell stated that she had never seen any high-profile Epstein associates, including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, engage in anything “inappropriate.”
“I actually never saw the president in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way,” she said of Trump. “The president was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects.”
Along with the appeal to the Supreme Court, Maxwell’s lawyer also <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-pardon-jeffrey-epstein-00479862">said</a> that they were asking “the President himself to recognize how profoundly unjust it is to scapegoat Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s crimes.” Trump told reporters in late July that “nobody&#8217;s approached me” about a pardon for Maxwell.
“Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon but nobody&#8217;s approached me with it, nobody&#8217;s asked me about it,” said Trump, adding, “I&#8217;m allowed to do it, but it&#8217;s something I have not thought about.”
One week after sitting down for the interview with the DOJ, Maxwell was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison in Texas.

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An Indiana man accused of breaking into a home and stabbing a family, including the brutal, fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, is now a free man.
In 2018, Ronald Exantus was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the gruesome murder of Tipton, who was forcefully stabbed repeatedly in the head. The jury, though, found him guilty but mentally ill on assault charges. He was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
This past week, however, Exantus was released from prison after serving only eight years. He&#8217;s set to serve six months of parole in Florida.
Notably, the defense team admitted during trial that Exantus committed the murder, and the victim&#8217;s father, Dean Tipton, witnessed the attack and held down Exantus until police arrived on scene. Two of Tipton&#8217;s sisters and Dean were stabbed and injured during the attack.
Tipton&#8217;s sister, Koral, recalled waking up to her brother&#8217;s screams on the night of the attack, December 7, 2015, in their Kentucky home. &#8220;All I could see was a man, a big man, over top of him, stabbing him,&#8221; she <a href="https://fox56news.com/news/local/kentucky-family-speaks-out-after-man-accused-of-killing-6-year-old-boy-released-early-from-prison-its-infuriating/">said</a> to FOX56.
Dean fought to save his son, but was thrown across the room. &#8220;He snaps, just snaps, and stands up with me sitting on top of him, and he throws me across the room,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, maybe 10-15 feet he throws me across the room and goes after [Koral].&#8221;
Dean said he held his dying boy in his arms that night. “He was gasping for air; I was holding him deep in my arms. And finally, he took his last breath, looked at me, closed his eyes, and he was gone,&#8221; the father said.
“It’s infuriating that a six-year-old was killed sleeping in his bed, and someone literally only did ten years in prison, and he didn’t even do the time for that. He did time for assault charges. It’s just infuriating,” Heather Tipton, the boy&#8217;s mother, said.
As for Dean, he now feels fear for his whole family, and says he&#8217;ll kill Exantus if he ever has the chance.
&#8220;He told he was going to kill every one of us,” Dean said. “So now, I’ve got to be on extra guard to protect my kids because I will not lose another one, not like this.”
“I’ve had my talks with God cause I’m not afraid to tell you all, I told the court — if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill the man. I will kill him where he stands,” the father added, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/us-news/father-of-slain-6-year-old-issues-threat-to-sons-killer-who-was-freed-after-serving-8-years/">speaking</a> to WKYT.
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BREAKING: Father says he ‘WILL K*LL’ the man who broke into his Kentucky home and st*bbed his six-year-old boy to death after he was released from prison having served just half his sentence
The boy’s father says, “I’ve had my talks with God… I told the court if I ever cross… <a href="https://t.co/QSSVwsmJ9y">pic.twitter.com/QSSVwsmJ9y</a>
— Unlimited L&#8217;s (@unlimited_ls) <a href="https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/1974148216976212152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
On Friday, Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh spotlighted the story on X, specifically calling on the Trump White House to get involved. Hours later, the White House confirmed it was reviewing the case.
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&#8220;This case should be getting A LOT more attention. Should be massively viral,&#8221; Walsh posted Friday. &#8220;We need the White House on it. A man who broke into a house and stabbed a child to death is now walking free. One of the most heinous miscarriages of justice in American history.&#8221;
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This case should be getting A LOT more attention. Should be massively viral. We need the White House on it. A man who broke into a house and stabbed a child to death is now walking free. One of the most heinous miscarriages of justice in American history
<a href="https://t.co/WjskzbqJ1H">pic.twitter.com/WjskzbqJ1H</a>
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1974176800960893033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Logan Tipton is the victim. He was six years old. Ronald Exantus broke into his house and stabbed him in the head while he slept. Now he’s out of prison and walking free,&#8221; Walsh continued. &#8220;Logan Tipton’s name should be famous. The names of every judge and prosecutor who allowed this to happen should be infamous. This story should be viral the way that Iryna’s was. This case is somehow even worse — much, much worse.&#8221;
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Logan Tipton’s name should be famous. The names of every judge and prosecutor who allowed this to happen should be infamous. This story should be viral the way that Iryna’s was. This case is somehow even worse — much, much worse.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1974178595242484207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Saturday morning, &#8220;I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison.&#8221;
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I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison. <a href="https://t.co/pOjKxvmrZV">https://t.co/pOjKxvmrZV</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1974448781715525642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has launched a new pilot program to speed up the review process for generic drugs that are tested and manufactured entirely in the United States.
The program is designed to encourage companies to invest in domestic drug production and research by offering faster approvals for products made with U.S.-sourced ingredients and tested within the country.
Earlier this week, the FDA held a public meeting to discuss its broader efforts to support U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing, including the PreCheck program, which aims to help set up high-priority drug facilities more quickly.
The FDA said these steps will help strengthen the U.S. drug supply chain and bring high-quality, U.S.-made generic drugs to market more quickly.
More than half of the pharmaceuticals distributed in the United States are made overseas, according to the health regulator.
As of 2025, only 9% of companies that produce the key ingredients in drugs &#8211; known as active pharmaceutical ingredients &#8211; are based in the U.S., compared to 22% in China and 44% in India, the FDA said.
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&#8220;Over-reliance on foreign drug manufacturing and testing creates risks both to national security and patient access, and undermines investments in U.S. research, manufacturing and production,&#8221; said George Tidmarsh, Director of FDA&#8217;s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
&#8220;It also slows down reviews and costs taxpayers more money,&#8221; he added.
The FDA also noted many important studies used to approve drugs &#8211; including tests to show that generic drugs work the same as brand-name ones &#8211; are now often done outside the U.S., which is weakening the country&#8217;s ability to lead in drug research and development.
(Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

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Last week, a Secret Service Uniformed Division officer allegedly fell asleep on duty while working at the United Nations General Assembly. The officer was also accused of leaving his gun unattended while taking a bathroom break, RealClearPolitics National Political Correspondent Susan Crabtree <a href="https://x.com/susancrabtree/status/1973488684860317982">reported</a>.
The officer was relieved of his duties after top brass learned about the accusations. He was then placed on administrative leave as the Secret Service conducts a disciplinary review. A Secret Service spokesman confirmed to The Daily Wire that the Secret Service officer “was relieved of [his] operational duties immediately.”
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of a September 25 incident where a Uniformed Division officer working security near the United Nations General Assembly in New York City reportedly engaged in unprofessional behavior, including leaving a firearm unattended for a brief time in a secure zone before returning to the weapon,” the spokesman said, adding, “The Secret Service has strict professional standards that all employees are expected to meet, and individuals who are found to have violated these standards will face disciplinary action.”
President Donald Trump spoke at the United Nations General Assembly just two days before the Secret Service incident. It’s unclear if that same officer was on duty the day Trump was present.
Unfortunately, the apparent security lapse at the UN was not an isolated incident. Several troubling instances in recent weeks involving the Secret Service have raised questions about the Service’s readiness.
In late August, a member of Trump’s golf club in Virginia made it past Secret Service screenings while carrying a gun. The member was never in the president’s vicinity, and later self-reported the gun to the Secret Service. But the incident served as yet another example of lapses in the agency tasked with protecting the most powerful man on earth.
In July, a Secret Service agent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-weird-deal-secret-service-agent-on-trumps-detail-tried-to-sneak-wife-onto-plane-to-scotland?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98A+Weird+Deal%E2%80%99%3A+Secret+Service+Agent+On+Trump%E2%80%99s+Detail+Tried+To+Sneak+Wife+Onto+Plane+To+Scotland">attempted</a> to sneak his wife aboard a transport plane that was accompanying Trump to Scotland. A USSS Dallas agent reportedly flew his wife, a member of the Air Force, to Maryland, and she received an official Secret Service briefing on the trip. The agent’s wife then rode a bus to the distinguished visitor lounge at Joint Base Andrews, where she was finally discovered and told to leave.
Trump called the July incident a “weird deal,” adding, “Wouldn’t you think that might be a little dangerous?”
In another recent incident, the Secret Service faced criticism after protesters with the far-Left activist group Code Pink <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/protesters-disrupt-trump-dc-restaurant-joes-seafood-code-pink-rcna230245">disrupted</a> a dinner Trump was having with members of his Cabinet at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., in early September. The protesters got close to the president and were shouting at him before the Secret Service finally escorted them out.
Retired Secret Service agent Scott Bryan spoke to The Daily Wire about the latest Secret Service lapse.
“Failures can’t happen, but they will happen, and the Service has to be ready for that reality,” Bryan said. “Built-in redundancy is a security measure. In protection, you can only mitigate risk — you can’t eliminate it. That means preparing in advance, having contingency plans, and working relentlessly to win.”
Even before the lapses in the past three months, the Secret Service was facing an American public losing confidence in the agency’s abilities. The falling trust in the Secret Service began on July 13, 2024, when a man shot President Trump at a campaign rally from just 150 yards away, striking the president’s ear and missing what would have been a fatal headshot by centimeters.
Just two months later, another man allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump and was able to camp out in the hedge near the fence line while the president was golfing at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Thankfully, a Secret Service agent spotted the suspect and fired at him before the suspect could fire at the president.
The failures in Butler led to then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigning from her position on July 23, 2024, just one day after she faced intense grilling from lawmakers during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing. After Trump was sworn in earlier this year, he appointed Sean Curran to lead the Secret Service. Curran, a 24-year veteran of the agency, rushed on stage to protect Trump after he was fired upon in Butler.
With political violence in America becoming more of a problem, especially after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last month, the need for tightened security has only increased. Bryan told The Daily Wire that the new leadership in the Secret Service needs to return to the high standards that it once demanded in hiring and training.
Bryan said that recent lapses “aren’t just isolated mistakes,” adding, “They’re the byproduct of mediocrity becoming normalized in hiring, in leadership, in training, and in how assets are allocated. The only answer is to rebuild a flourishing culture that is grounded in mission, talent, and fair compensation.”
“Because just throwing bodies at the problem won’t work. If you hire the wrong people, or hire too fast, you end up with incompetence and dissatisfaction,” he continued. “The Service has to build a flourishing culture — one that leverages the prestige of the mission itself, while making sure only people of outstanding character, courage, and mental toughness are brought on board. Once you get the right talent, you have to compensate them fairly.”
Bryan added that the Secret Service needs to build a culture “that leverages the prestige of the mission itself, while making sure only people of outstanding character, courage, and mental toughness are brought on board. Once you get the right talent, you have to compensate them fairly.”

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Pro-life advocates are demanding answers from the White House after the FDA approved a new abortion pill in a “shocking” decision earlier this week.
The FDA on Tuesday gave <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/appletter/2025/216616s000ltr.pdf">approval</a> for Evita Solutions to distribute mifepristone, a drug that is used to end the life of an unborn child in up to 63% of all abortions. After a pregnant woman takes mifepristone, her unborn child is cut off from the nutrients it needs to survive and is effectively starved to death. A different drug is then taken to induce labor and expel the deceased baby from the mother. 
The fatal drug has been increasingly available after the Biden administration allowed it to be mailed by doctors. Leftist activists ship the drugs illegally across the country with impunity. 
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called the approval “shocking” and said he had lost faith in FDA leadership. 
“This is shocking. FDA has just approved ANOTHER chemical abortion drug, when the evidence shows chemical abortion drugs are dangerous and even deadly for the mother. And of course 100% lethal to the child,” Hawley <a href="https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1973801164052574259">wrote</a> on X. 
“FDA had promised to do a top-to-bottom safety review of the chemical abortion drug, but instead they’ve just greenlighted new versions of it for distribution. I have lost confidence in the leadership at FDA,” he added. 
Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC) also questioned the move.
&#8220;Wow! The FDA just approved a generic version of the abortion pill, Mifepristone, a drug that ends a baby&#8217;s life 100% of the time and harms mothers. The FDA announced a new safety study just days ago, so why this new move now?&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/RepMarkHarrisNC/status/1973841437730222548">wrote</a> on X.
Only two other drug companies, Danco Labs and Genbiopro, were previously approved to distribute the life-ending drug. The FDA wrote to Evita Solutions on September 30 that it had “concluded that adequate information has been presented to demonstrate that the drug meets the requirements for approval.”
Evita Solutions says on its <a href="https://www.evitasolutionsllc.com">website</a> that “medical abortion care is rife with medically unnecessary restrictions and social stigma in the United States” and that it “believes that all people should have access to safe, affordable, high-quality, effective, and compassionate abortion care, regardless of their race, sex, gender, age, sexuality, income, or where they live.”
Evita said that it expected to have the life-ending drug available by January 2026.
&#8220;Evita Solutions is now the third manufacturer (the second generic manufacturer) with FDA approval.  Availability of our product will expand patients’ options for medication abortion with an affordable product backed by decades of safe use,&#8221; it said in a statement.
In response to questions about the drug’s approval, Health and Human Services Communications Director Andrew Nixon told The Daily Wire that the FDA “has very limited discretion in deciding whether to approve a generic drug. By law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must approve an application if it demonstrates that the generic drug is identical to the brand-name drug.”
Nixon added that applicants for generic drugs do not need to submit independent evidence proving safety and efficacy. 
“HHS is conducting a study of the reported adverse effects of mifepristone to ensure the FDA’s risk mitigation program for the drug is sufficient to protect women from unstated risks,” Nixon added. “The FDA does not endorse any drug product and directs prescribers to follow all labeling.”
The decision is already drawing backlash from pro-life advocates who have long warned about the dangers of the drug. Kelsey Pritchard, the director of state affairs for SBA Pro-Life America, called the decision “reckless.”
“This does nothing to help and fix the problem that we have with abortion drugs and mail-order abortion drugs, and instead puts a cheap drug on the market so that more unborn lives are taken and more women and girls end up in the ER,” she told The Daily Wire. 
Pritchard said that the Trump administration should reinstate restrictions on the mailing of mifepristone that the Biden administration loosened. 
“This decision is not MAGA. It is not MAHA, adding a new life ending drug to the market doesn&#8217;t make America greater or healthier, and this is not something that we would expect, especially at this time,” she added, calling for pro-life Republicans to call out the decision. 
Last month, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told Republican attorneys general that they were studying the safety of mifepristone. Some studies have shown that the drug is not only fatal to the unborn child but can also bring serious health risks to the mother.

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President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/assuring-the-security-of-the-state-of-qatar/">signed</a> an executive order dated September 29 that promises to defend Qatar in the event of an attack, calling the U.S.-Qatar relationship an &#8220;enduring alliance.&#8221;
Trump signed the executive order three weeks after Israel killed Hamas leaders who were residing inside a building in Doha, Qatar&#8217;s capital. Trump condemned Israel for launching the attack inside Qatar, and the executive order serves as an assurance for the Arab state following the airstrike. The order was dated on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump at the White House and called Qatar&#8217;s prime minister to apologize for the precision strike.
A White House official told The Daily Wire, “As the President stated, he has assured Qatar that attacks like the recent one will not happen again on their soil. On Monday, President Trump hosted a historic trilateral phone call between the Prime Ministers of Qatar and Israel, which helped to put Israel-Qatar relations on a positive track.”
Trump&#8217;s order states that the &#8220;United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;In the event of such an attack, the United States shall take all lawful and appropriate measures — including diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military — to defend the interests of the United States and of the State of Qatar and to restore peace and stability,&#8221; the order continues.
Trump&#8217;s order recognizes Qatar&#8217;s cooperation with the United States military, as the Middle Eastern country hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East.
&#8220;The State of Qatar has hosted United States forces, enabled critical security operations, and stood as a steadfast ally in pursuit of peace, stability, and prosperity, both in the Middle East and abroad, including as a mediator that has assisted the United States’ attempts to resolve significant regional and global conflicts,&#8221; the order adds. &#8220;In recognition of this history, and in light of the continuing threats to the State of Qatar posed by foreign aggression, it is the policy of the United States to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar against external attack.&#8221;
Qatar has also cooperated with the United States on Trump&#8217;s 20-point plan for peace in Gaza and has urged Hamas to accept the deal. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said that Trump is serious about seeing the peace deal through to the end, but added that some aspects of the deal need to be worked out, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/hamas-response-trump-gaza-plan-qatar-egypt-turkey">reported</a>.
&#8220;We and Egypt explained to Hamas during yesterday&#8217;s meeting that our main goal is stopping the war. Trump&#8217;s plan achieves the main goal of ending the war, though some issues in it need clarification and negotiation,&#8221; al-Thani said.
While Qatar has sided with the United States on some issues, the Islamic country is far from being a friend of Western ideals. Along with allowing Hamas terrorists to live inside the country, Qatar has been <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/345437-how-the-9-11-mastermind-found-safe-harbor-in-qatar/">accused</a> of giving safe harbor to one of the masterminds behind the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans. Qatar also <a href="https://www.aei.org/articles/saving-american-universities-requires-cracking-down-on-foreign-funding/#:~:text=But%20where%20the%20government%20of,anti%2DSemitic%20rhetoric%20can%20thrive.">funnels</a> billions of dollars to American universities while supporting Al Jazeera, a state-funded news network that has been accused of promoting anti-American propaganda on behalf of terrorists.
Trump&#8217;s order guaranteeing security for Qatar was met with harsh backlash from some of his closest allies, including conservative radio host Mark Levin and Right-wing activist Laura Loomer.
&#8220;If the leadership of Hamas in Qatar is killed by Israel, are we going to war with Israel? Wouldn’t it have been better to condition any military defense of Qatar on some basic requirements?&#8221; Levin <a href="https://x.com/marklevinshow/status/1973423747873861864">asked</a>. &#8220;For example: [turn over] the Hamas leaders; no more funding of terrorists worldwide: no more funding of Marxist-Islamist groups in the United States. This is the bare minimum.&#8221;
Loomer <a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1973397679154553344">added</a>, &#8220;What about assuring our own safety from Qatar? Every single day, Qatar floods our country with billions of $ of funding for radical left, communist, &amp; Islamist causes on college campuses and major institutions. Qatar also financed Iran before they tried to assassinate Trump.&#8221;
During his second term, Trump has grown increasingly friendly with Qatar. The president visited the country in May during a trip to the Middle East, and he accepted a 747 jet that the Qatari government gifted to the United States. Trump said he hopes to use the Qatari aircraft in place of Air Force One.

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The Trump administration froze around $18 billion in infrastructure projects for New York City on Wednesday, citing &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; diversity, equity, and inclusion &#8220;principles.&#8221;
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973386129320665329">announced</a> the move on Wednesday, <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1973388530215735570">adding</a> that the billions of dollars in now-frozen funding were earmarked for the Hudson Tunnel and the Second Avenue Subway.
&#8220;Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles,&#8221; Vought wrote on X. &#8220;More info to come soon from [the U.S. Department of Transportation].&#8221;
The Hudson Tunnel project seeks to build a new passenger rail tunnel under the Hudson River and fix the existing North River Tunnels for Amtrak and NJ Transit traffic, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-new-york-infrastructure-funding-trump-schumer-jeffries/">reported</a>. The project focusing on the Second Avenue Subway aims to extend the Q line into Harlem and add new stations.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has <a href="https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-announces-gateway-tunnel_nations-largest-infrastructure-project--will-receive-massive-688-billion-in-fed-funds-largest-federal-transportation-grant-in-history-the-money-for-gateway-is-now-allocated-and-all-systems-go-marks-long-effort-by-senator">made</a> the Hudson Tunnel project a top priority in recent years, securing billions of dollars in federal funding for what he called &#8220;the nation’s largest public works project.&#8221; Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who represents parts of Brooklyn, have spearheaded Democratic resistance to Trump’s government funding proposal.
Jeffries told Vought to &#8220;get lost.&#8221;
&#8220;Again with this guy (and his baseless threats),&#8221; Jeffries <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1973413881549631872">said</a>. &#8220;Russ, you are the poster child for privilege and mediocrity. Get lost.&#8221;
Schumer and Jeffries are getting ripped by the Trump administration after their party refused to agree to a deal with Republicans to keep the government funded.
The Trump administration&#8217;s decision to hold funding also comes shortly after the president threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election in November. Mamdani is currently leading by a significant margin in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/nyc-mayoral-election-polls-2025.html">polls</a>.
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&#8220;He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115287641147640374">wrote</a> on Truth Social on Monday. &#8220;He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed!&#8221;
The administration&#8217;s freeze, however, does not appear to be tied to the mayor&#8217;s race, and it remains unclear which &#8220;DEI principles&#8221; the White House is concerned about.
New York Democratic leaders have been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration this week. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blasted New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday over allegations that the state is handing out commercial driver licenses (CDLs) to illegal immigrants with no name given on the CDL.
&#8220;Kathy Hochul continues her campaign to make New York one of the most lawless states in the country. &#8230; ALL illegally issued CDLs endanger American families on the road. My recent emergency action to restrict CDLs will work to counteract these disastrous, America-Last policies,&#8221; Duffy <a href="https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1973190834926584160">wrote</a> on X.

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A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to fire hundreds of employees working for the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.279211/gov.uscourts.dcd.279211.164.0.pdf">blocked</a> Acting USAGM CEO Kari Lake’s <a href="https://x.com/KariLake/status/1961600955343843577">plan</a> to lay off 532 employees while litigation over the case proceeds. Most of the employees who were set to be terminated on September 30 worked for Voice of America, a taxpayer-funded international media outlet that Lake has <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kari-lake-hellbent-deporting-her-203835847.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEX4ukzDpdtiRTcSbsAcx9MfDyLp5RiFB12XuaicvET2fHW77F76yEa3Olfr_5d4GWvDTWndlrSd56gDRr6GENKfgXrdd3KOSbYOH5OVyALuaRnvwHSTogFFwqVl4jRx-mRIqWTXaiIwHbhwMKH0W8FZqjDkuWjSUh-K-l2p98py">described</a> as &#8220;rotten to the core&#8221; and &#8220;anti-American.&#8221; 
“The Reduction in Force announced by Defendant Lake on or about August 29, 2025, is SUSPENDED and may NOT be implemented, effectuated, or completed in any way,” Lamberth wrote. 
Lake said that the firings were necessary to &#8220;help reduce the federal bureaucracy, improve agency service, and save the American people more of their hard-earned money.&#8221;
USAGM operates other networks, such as Radio Free Europe and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. 
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Lamberth said that the Trump administration did not defend the firings on their merits.
“Rather than providing a rationale for the [reduction in force] on its merits, the defendants instead offer an array of other reasons not to grant relief. But even a cursory examination of the relevant law and key facts reveal these objections are all bark and no bite,” he wrote. 
The judge stated that a recent Supreme Court ruling, which allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of Department of Education employees, did not apply to this case. He also said that Lake had ignored previous directives from the court. 
“The Court must offer an observation on the concerning disrespect the defendants have shown toward the Court’s orders since the entry of the preliminary injunction. It is the Court’s view that the defendants’ disregard for its earlier orders to produce information would more than support a trial on civil contempt,” he wrote. 
In a statement to the Washington Post, Lake <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/29/voa-usagm-kari-lake-judge/">said</a> that she has “seen a huge ‘disrespect’ from the district courts toward the Executive Branch and the American people who have voted overwhelmingly to support President Donald J. Trump.”
In March, Trump signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/">executive order</a> that directed the USAGM to be “eliminated to the maximum extent possible consistent with federal law.”
The Trump administration <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/the-voice-of-radical-america/">has argued</a> that agency-run outlets like Voice of America have become increasingly partisan and pushed radical leftist ideologies. In a fact sheet, the White House pointed to reports on transgender-identifying migrants wanting asylum in the United States and “white privilege.”

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More than 70% of Americans believe that violent crime in U.S. cities is &#8220;unacceptably high,&#8221; but nearly half of Democrats say that violent crime &#8220;isn&#8217;t that much of a problem,&#8221; according to a poll conducted earlier this month by NPR and Ipsos.
The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26158921-npr-law-enforcement-topline-9232025/">poll&#8217;s findings</a> show yet another example of the Left&#8217;s disconnect from broader society as many Democrats brush off concerns about crime rates in American cities. While 71% of Americans agreed that &#8220;the level of crime and violence in American cities is unacceptably high,&#8221; including 93% of Republicans and 68% of independents, only 54% of Democrats said the same. Forty-five percent of Democrats, meanwhile, said that crime and violence in U.S. cities isn&#8217;t a big problem, according to the NPR/Ipsos poll.
The plurality (49%) of Democrats polled believe that crime has increased in the United States in the past year while only 18% of Democrats said that crime has decreased. Those findings are similar to what Republicans said, but many Democrats believe there is less of a crime problem when asked about major cities in their state.
Just 31% of Democrats said that crime has increased in major cities in their state since last year compared to 47% of Republicans who said the same. The NPR/Ipsos poll interviewed 323 Republicans, 289 Democrats, and 298 independents.
Democratic lawmakers have strongly opposed the Trump administration&#8217;s tactics for rooting out violent crime in American cities. Since President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops and federal agents to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., Democrats at the federal, state, and local levels have condemned the administration&#8217;s efforts.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed to the NPR/Ipsos poll on Monday, blasting Democrats for their &#8220;out of touch&#8221; stance on addressing violent crime.
&#8220;While President Trump is doing everything in his power to restore law and order in America – Democrats are doubling down on their failed soft-on-crime approach,&#8221; Leavitt wrote. &#8220;Democrats are completely out of touch with the concerns of the American people.&#8221;
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While President Trump is doing everything in his power to restore law and order in America – Democrats are doubling down on their failed soft-on-crime approach.
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Trump moved to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-announces-next-deeply-troubled-american-city-national-guard-will-clean-up?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Announces+Next+%E2%80%98Deeply+Troubled%E2%80%99+American+City+National+Guard+Will+Clean+Up">send</a> in the National Guard to Memphis, which is the most violent city in the United States, according to the most recent FBI crime data. The president also vowed to send National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland. In the weeks following Trump&#8217;s law enforcement surge and National Guard deployment in D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department reported a decrease in violent crime and property crime, with crime decreasing in all seven of the capital&#8217;s police districts, CNN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-announces-next-deeply-troubled-american-city-national-guard-will-clean-up?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Announces+Next+%E2%80%98Deeply+Troubled%E2%80%99+American+City+National+Guard+Will+Clean+Up">reported</a>.
The White House said that thousands of arrests had been made in the first month of Trump&#8217;s D.C. crime crackdown, including arrests of illegal immigrants and gang members. Still, 74% of Democrats strongly oppose deploying the National Guard to a major city in their state to address violent crime, while only 3% of Democrats said they would strongly support such efforts.
Earlier this month, Trump called out Democrats for allowing violent crime to get out of control in some cities.
“Almost every city that’s in trouble is run by Democrats,” Trump told “Fox &amp; Friends” on September 12. “Cashless bail is a disaster.”

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The Trump administration on Monday cracked down on companies in China and other countries that use subsidiaries or other foreign affiliates to get around curbs on chipmaking equipment and other goods and technology.
The Commerce Department issued a new rule expanding its restricted export list, known as the Entity List, to automatically include subsidiaries owned 50 percent or more by a company on the list, according to a posting in the U.S. Federal Register. The action greatly increases the number of companies that require licenses to receive American goods and services.
The rule is likely to disrupt supply chains. It will also make it more difficult for companies to determine whether exports to a customer or supplier are restricted. According to the rule, certain transactions may be allowed for 60 days.
China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry strongly criticized the rule.
&#8220;This move by the U.S. is extremely egregious in nature,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement. &#8220;It seriously infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of the affected enterprises, severely disrupts international economic and trade order and gravely undermines the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.&#8221;
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The timing of the rule&#8217;s release is somewhat surprising, given that the U.S. and China are in the midst of trade talks. The action strengthens export controls on China, a contrast to the U.S.&#8217;s recent loosening of controls on AI chips to China, like Nvidia&#8217;s H20.
If a company is owned 50 percent or more by an entity on the list, licenses will be required for U.S. exporters to ship goods or technology to the subsidiary, just as they are for listed entities, with many licenses likely to be denied.
The affiliates rule is similar to the &#8220;50 percent rule&#8221; for entities sanctioned by the Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The Commerce Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Though companies around the world are on the Entity List, the change will most significantly impact Chinese entities, experts said. Factories that produce legacy chips and are affiliated with listed companies may be captured, as well as other sectors, including aircraft, they said.
Chinese tech giant Huawei, video surveillance company Hikvision, and drone manufacturer DJI are three examples of companies that may be impacted, one expert said. Many Huawei subsidiaries are already on the list, but not all.
An analysis by Kharon, a Los Angeles-based data and analytics company, found the expected rule could pull thousands of hidden subsidiaries in nearly 100 destinations around the world into &#8220;export-control crosshairs.&#8221;
&#8220;While Russia and China account for the majority of subsidiaries tied to already-listed entities, Kharon&#8217;s analysis uncovered that hundreds more are located in major trade and finance hubs &#8211; including the EU, the United States, the UK, Singapore, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Australia and India,&#8221; the company said in a brief in June in anticipation of the rule.
(Reporting by Karen Freifeld. Additional reporting by the Beijing newsroom. Editing by Doina Chiacu, Chris Sanders, William Maclean)

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If Democrats in the Senate continue to block a short-term government funding plan, a program that allows low-income and Medicare patients to be treated at home rather than in a hospital will expire, the White House warns. 
The Acute Hospital Care at Home Initiative enables hospitals to obtain approval to treat Medicare patients with conditions such as respiratory diseases or bacterial infections at home. The program, which was rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to expire on September 30 unless reauthorized by Congress.
Around 1,200 Medicare patients per month currently benefit from the program, according to information provided to The Daily Wire by the Office of Management and Budget. The program has been well-received by both patients and healthcare providers, <a href="https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-report-study-acute-hospital-care-home-initiative">according</a> to evaluations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 
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“Democrats are trying to shut down the government to pacify their base, and they don’t care who they hurt in the process — including beneficiaries receiving hospital care at home,” a Trump administration official told The Daily Wire. “This program has been a success and is popular with patients and providers.” 
“While Republicans voted to extend it, Democrats are more than happy to harm these patients and force them out of their homes so that they can shut the government down,” the administration official added. 
The program was included in the short-term spending package passed by the House last week, which continues federal spending as is for seven weeks. However, Democrats are blocking the same bill from passing in the Senate. 
As of Friday, 48,955 patients have benefited from the program, and 419 hospitals across 39 states have approved participation in the program, according to the Office of Management and Budget. 
Commonly treated conditions under the program include heart failure, blood poisoning, respiratory disease, pneumonia, bacterial infection, urinary tract infection, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Early evaluation of the program indicates generally lower mortality and readmission rates for patients treated at home. 
If a shutdown occurs, the Office of Management and Budget has directed federal agencies to prepare for permanent reduction-in-force plans, indicating that widespread firings could be forthcoming across the federal government. President Donald Trump has said that the Democrats are holding the funding hostage by trying to force taxpayer funding for illegal alien healthcare and transgender surgeries on children.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday arrested more illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes like robbery and sexual offenses against a child, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
“Despite vile rhetoric and continued assaults on our ICE law enforcement officers, they continue to risk their lives every single day to arrest criminal illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes, homicide, aggravated robbery, and other violent criminals. Our brave law enforcement are heroes Americans can be proud of,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
“Our ICE officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them as they carry out operations to remove criminal illegal aliens from American neighborhoods. Our brave law enforcement will not be deterred from enforcing the law and getting heinous criminals out of our country,” McLaughlin added.
Those arrested included:
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<li>Javier Perez-Garcia, a 48-year-old illegal alien from Mexico convicted of indecent sexual contact with a child, in Hopkins County, Texas. Perez-Garcia was sentenced to eight years in prison.</li>
<li>Jose Nehemias Zavala-Mejia, an illegal alien from El Salvador convicted of aggravated robbery in Finney County, Kansas.</li>
<li>Carlos Vasquez-Castro, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of criminal possession of a weapon, in Queens, New York.</li>
<li>Adan Guerrero-Gonzalez, a 50-year-old illegal alien from Mexico convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Hardeeville, South Carolina. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.</li>
<li>Mirna Mendez-Escamilla, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of theft in Ogden, Utah.</li>
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Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning ICE agents from wearing masks while making arrests as he continues to oppose the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown.
McLaughlin called the new law “despicable” and “a flagrant attempt to endanger” federal officers, and agency sources <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nice-try-gavin-newsom-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-sources-say">told The Daily Wire</a> that the new law won’t stop them from masking their faces.
“Nice try by Newsom, but he knows it doesn’t apply to federal agents. He loves stirring the pot so that people find more ways to bring conflict to ICE,” said one ICE source.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nice-try-gavin-newsom-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-sources-say">‘Nice Try’: Gavin Newsom Can’t Stop ICE Agents From Wearing Masks, Sources Say</a>

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