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How An ‘Unapologetic’ Trump 2.0 Brought Campaign Warfare To The White House 

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama is discussing America&#8217;s supposed racism and complaining about her time in the White House.
During an upcoming special, Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts reads quotes from Obama&#8217;s new book, &#8220;The Look,&#8221; which, in part, opines about the scrutiny Obama says she felt from white people in America.
&#8220;You said, &#8216;We were all too aware that as the first black couple, we couldn&#8217;t afford any missteps,'&#8221; Roberts read. &#8220;And you also say, &#8216;As a black woman, I was under a particularly white hot glare.'&#8221;
&#8220;Did you feel that?&#8221; Roberts asked Obama.
&#8220;For sure,&#8221; she answered.
&#8220;You can&#8217;t afford to get anything wrong, because you didn&#8217;t &#8212; at least until the country came to know us &#8212; we didn&#8217;t get the grace that I think some other families have gotten,&#8221; the former first lady continued.
Radio host Buck Sexton commented on the remarks, &#8220;Starting to feel like maybe Michelle Obama is a bitter malcontent addicted to complaining about her incredibly privileged life.&#8221;
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Starting to feel like maybe Michelle Obama is a bitter malcontent addicted to complaining about her incredibly privileged life. 
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— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1984629297730998762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Obama has talked about her time in the White House previously, calling it isolating and complaining that the family had to pay for their food and travel. The Obamas are reportedly worth $70 million.
“Much is not covered,&#8221; Obama <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michelle-obama-complains-it-was-expensive-to-live-in-the-white-house?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a> earlier this year. &#8220;You’re paying for every food, every bit of food that you eat … you’re not paying for housing and the staff in it … but everything, even travel, if you’re not traveling with the president, if you&#8217;re kids are coming on a Bright Star, which is the first lady&#8217;s plane, we had to pay for their travel to be on the plane.&#8221;
Obama has focused much on race. Just days ago, she <a href="https://people.com/michelle-obama-reveals-why-she-never-wore-braids-in-the-white-house-exclusive-11838287">complained</a> about black women having to spend &#8220;thousands of hours&#8221; and lots of money on their hair if they try to straighten in, instead of wearing it natural and curly.
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Michelle Obama complains that hairstyles are racist because black people have to spend more money and time to achieve them.
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The former first lady also famously suggested in 2008 that it was the first time she was proud of her country as an adult woman when the nation voted for her husband during the Democrat presidential primaries.
&#8220;But what we’ve learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback,&#8221; she said at the time. &#8220;It is making a comeback and let me tell you something: For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country.&#8221;
&#8220;And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,&#8221; Obama continued. &#8220;And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I’ve seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues and it’s made me proud.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michelle-obama-says-creating-life-is-the-least-of-what-a-womans-reproductive-system-does">Michelle Obama Says Creating Life Is ‘The Least’ Of What A Woman’s Reproductive System Does</a>

First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts 3rd Annual “Beating The Odds”

‘White Hot Glare’: Michelle Obama Complains About America’s Racism, Time In White House

Michelle Obama Complains About America’s Racism, Time In White House

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Former White House Press Secretary Karine-Jean Pierre has drawn sideways glances and harsh commentary from a number of her former colleagues since she began a whirlwind media tour to promote her new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-press-sec-karine-jean-pierre-says-shes-leaving-democrats-selling-inside-look-at-broken-wh">memoir</a>.
Jean-Pierre has shocked a series of interviewers across <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cbs-host-baffled-as-biden-press-sec-insists-she-saw-nothing-wrong-with-her-boss-how">multiple networks</a> as she has steadfastly continued to insist — even after leaving the White House — that then-President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-insiders-sang-like-canaries-in-closed-door-testimony-the-president-was-not-all-right">Joe Biden</a> was fully aware and competent up to his very last days in the Oval Office.
As she travels from show to show and network to network, Jean-Pierre has continued to insist that she saw nothing concerning before the disastrous CNN-hosted debate between Biden and President Donald Trump — despite the fact that she was with the president nearly every day and had even been with Biden aboard Air Force One on the way to that debate. Her colleagues, some of whom have since come forward to admit that Biden was struggling, particularly in the later days of his presidency, have not had kind things to say about her press tour.
&#8220;She doesn’t seem to have any idea what she’s arguing,&#8221; one colleague told Politico of her book — &#8220;Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines&#8221; — given that she worked inside the Biden White House, but has in recent interviews claimed that the &#8220;broken White House&#8221; mentioned in the title was President Donald Trump&#8217;s.
The real problem, according to most, is her apparent inability to field the most basic of questions in live interviews.
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&#8220;A car crash is fascinating to watch. She was the top communicator for the president of the United States and she can’t get through basic interviews,&#8221; an unnamed strategist told Politico, adding that reading the print interview she&#8217;d done for The New Yorker was like &#8220;watching Mike Tyson fight a baby.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s like watching a toddler jump into the deep end of the pool,&#8221; another told the outlet.
&#8220;It’s a clear reminder of the communications struggles within the administration that included Karine but also included the president and vice president. The basic role of a communications professional is to devise a clear, compelling argument and then deliver it effectively over and over. By that standard, she’s 0 for two with this book,&#8221; one former Biden White House official added.
Others weighed in on that particular interview — and most were in agreement that it was not good.
&#8220;Absolutely surreal interview with Karine Jean-Pierre. The woman seems unable to follow basic arguments, understand questions, or even see how one statement connects to the next. Just a mind full of [identity]-based platitudes. What an embarrassment for the Democratic Party,&#8221; Richard Hanania posted.
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— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1983391149764280509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Karine Jean-Pierre is a complete moron. Read this @NewYorker interview. Her job was to communicate and she is incapable of doing that. Joe Biden wasn’t just the worst president in any of our lives, he also surrounded himself with the dumbest people,&#8221; Clay Travis added.
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Karine Jean-Pierre is a complete moron. Read this <a href="https://twitter.com/NewYorker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewYorker</a> interview. Her job was to communicate and she is incapable of doing that. Joe Biden wasn’t just the worst president in any of our lives, he also surrounded himself with the dumbest people. <a href="https://t.co/Kyn936oawq">https://t.co/Kyn936oawq</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1983373120510595290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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White House Media Briefing Held By Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Former Colleagues Blast Karine Jean-Pierre: ‘A Car Crash Is Fascinating To Watch’

Former Colleagues Blast Karine Jean-Pierre: 'A Car Crash Is Fascinating To Watch'

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Vice President JD Vance tamped down concerns about renewed warfare in Gaza on Tuesday after an attack on Israel Defense Forces in the Israeli-controlled territory of the enclave.
The IDF reported that Hamas had launched an attack on Israeli forces behind the so-called “yellow line,” or the line behind which Israel agreed to station its troops as part of a ceasefire with Hamas earlier this month. The attack, which was a breach of the ceasefire agreement, reportedly <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1983287827199865230">killed</a> one Israeli soldier.
Vance said during a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday that the ceasefire will hold despite the violent flare up.
“The president achieved a historic peace in the Middle East, the ceasefire is holding. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t going to be little skirmishes here and there,” said Vance. “We know that Hamas, or somebody else within Gaza, attacked an IDF soldier. We expect the Israelis are going to respond, but I think the president’s peace is going to hold despite it.”
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JD Vance on Hamas Ceasefire Violation: &#8220;The ceasefire is holding. That doesn&#8217;t mean that there aren&#8217;t going to be little skirmishes.&#8221;
&#8220;We know that Hamas or somebody else within Gaza attacked an IDF soldier. We expect the Israelis are going to respond but I think the… <a href="https://t.co/rhV9HB0CzO">pic.twitter.com/rhV9HB0CzO</a>
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced airstrikes on Gaza shortly after the attack in retaliation.
“Following security consultations, Prime Minister Netanyahu has directed the military to immediately carry out forceful strikes in the Gaza Strip,” an <a href="https://www.gov.il/en/pages/spoke-pm281025">announcement</a> from the prime minister’s office read.
Hospitals in Gaza reported that at least 20 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday. It is unclear how reliable the numbers are after Hamas&#8217; data on the war has repeatedly been <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/04/09/hamas-run-gaza-health-ministry-admits-to-flaws-in-casualty-data/">found</a> to be flawed.
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The violence came after an earlier ceasefire violation from Hamas in which the terror group buried the remains of an Israeli hostage before calling the Red Cross to come and “discover” the body. Israel released drone <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1983154969026146642">footage</a> capturing Hamas terrorists hiding the hostage remains. The footage appears to show members of the Red Cross standing by as dirt is dumped over a white sheet.
The IDF said in a statement that the terror group is “is attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies,” according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/middleeast/israel-military-strikes-gaza-latam-intl">CNN</a>.
The Red Cross also denounced the act in a statement: “It is unacceptable that a fake recovery was staged, when so much depends on this agreement being upheld and when so many families are still anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.”

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Vance Provides Update On Ceasefire After Hamas Attack In Gaza

Vance Says ‘Ceasefire Is Holding’ After Hamas Attack In Gaza

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The consequences of the government shutdown rear their ugly heads, a congressional hearing to examine the origins of political violence, and Trump continues his Asia tour as the Left melts down over his East Wing renovations.
It’s Tuesday, October 28, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251028">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Government Shutdown Repercussions</h2>
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Topline: The government shutdown is dragging on, and pressure is mounting on Democrats to end it.
About 13,000 air traffic controllers are set to miss their first paycheck on Tuesday, which is bound to make a bad situation significantly worse. Some reports say air traffic controllers are taking second jobs as DoorDash drivers to supplement their income.
Roughly 18,700 flights were delayed on Sunday. On Monday, more than 3,000 flights were delayed, and more than 100 were canceled. Airports have become a flash point of the shutdown. Air traffic controllers and TSA agents were some of the first employees to see their pay disrupted, and Americans are generally united in hating flight delays.
Uh-oh, Democrats: A couple of major airline pilot unions last week called for an end to the shutdown, and that turned out to be only a precursor of what was to come. Now, the largest union representing 800,000 federal workers, the American Federation of Government Employees, has issued a statement calling for the Senate to pass a continuing resolution to end the shutdown.
Union President Everett Kelley said it&#8217;s time for leaders to focus on solving problems for the American people rather than on who is going to get the blame for the shutdown. He is calling for back pay for every single employee who has been forced to stay home.
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AFGE is a Democratic stalwart. It pushed to stop the Trump administration from making federal workers return to the office, it endorsed Joe Biden for president, and just last week, it blamed Trump and congressional Republicans for keeping the government closed. But while this statement doesn’t lay the blame on one party in particular, the union calls for a clean CR, which Republicans have put forward over a dozen times and Democrats keep rejecting.
Oh SNAP: In addition to flight delays and organized labor turning against them, Democrats also have to contend with the fact that food stamps benefits will lapse starting on Friday.
The expiration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will impact 40 million people. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said on Monday that not only is this affecting airports, but that some states, such as his own, will now have to be forced to cut off SNAP benefits—an example of SNAP becoming one of the big talking points this week.
Food stamps are not an explicitly partisan issue, and lawmakers from both parties will have to explain this disruption in benefits to their constituents. Democrats are working to shift the blame to Republicans. The California Department of Social Services is texting residents, blaming the imminent SNAP disruption on Trump and the GOP.
Republicans dismissed the attack, as California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is using taxpayer money to spread political propaganda. But each new disruption is likely going to hit Democrats harder than Republicans, increasing the likelihood that some members of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s caucus break ranks in the coming days.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Hearing On Politically Violent Attacks</h2>
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Topline: The assassination of Charlie Kirk has prompted a congressional hearing for Tuesday, organized by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), on &#8220;Politically Violent Attacks.” The hearing seeks to examine the origins of political violence and extremism, which have come mainly from the Left in recent years. 
Morning Wire spoke with Sen. Schmitt and Michael Knowles, host of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-michael-knowles-show">The Michael Knowles Show</a>” on The Daily Wire, about the nature of political violence in the United States today. (The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.)
Morning Wire: Senator, you’ve organized this hearing, and this issue is obviously a high priority. What are the goals of the proceedings today?
Schmitt: The assassination of Charlie Kirk brought left-wing political violence really front and center, and I think it needs to be exposed. This isn’t a one-off thing. This is sort of an ideology that’s taken hold now. When you have 25% of those who describe themselves as “very liberal” believe political violence is justified, over 55% of those on the left believe it&#8217;s at least somewhat justifiable to assassinate President Trump, there’s a problem. And I think if we’re ever going to get on the other side of this and get to healing – where we can say, free speech, yes, political violence, no – we have to expose the truth, which is that this is overwhelmingly coming from one side.
Morning Wire: Senator thanks for joining us. Among those testifying at the hearing today is Daily Wire host Michael Knowles. Michael, good to have you back on. You obviously were invited to this hearing for specific reasons – tell us about that, and what you plan to address.
Knowles: I was invited largely because I was the target of leftist violence on a few occasions, but of organized leftist violence, specifically two years ago. This was at the University of Pittsburgh. I was doing a debate on the topic of transgenderism, and there was a large demonstration. They burnt me in effigy, lit the street on fire, and then two Antifa operatives showed up and threw smoke bombs at the attendees and the police. And then threw a large explosive firework at the police and seriously injured one female police officer, gave her life-altering injuries that took her out of work for at least a year – and also injured other police officers as well. … Happily, there was one intrepid FBI agent in the crowd, and he had noticed the uptick in left-wing violence at these conservative speaker events. … It was only because he really pushed this up through the DOJ that any charges were brought at all. … So these are two people who are members of an anarchist cell, part of the Torch Antifa Network. The guy had set off TSA scanners with explosive material multiple times. It’s an illustrative example of violence because if you look up left-wing ideologically motivated violence in any of the databases that concern it or at the federal government level, you won&#8217;t find it. It won&#8217;t turn up. That just doesn&#8217;t exist, and this is true for a lot of examples of left-wing violence, perhaps most notably the BLM riots, which are just simply not classified as left-wing violence. … So we’re going to call attention to that fact, as well as to the fact that now even the honest liberals can not hold up the lie that the violence is coming from the right.
Morning Wire: What do you think the federal government’s role should be in addressing politically motivated violence — is there a line which they should not cross?
Knowles: I don’t think we’re at fear of over-policing left-wing terrorists, okay? I think we’re barely policing them at all. And so then the question becomes, well, what tools are at the federal government&#8217;s disposal? And there are plenty. You know, President Trump has said that he will classify Antifa as a domestic terror organization. Now, the government is more limited in its resources to go after domestic terrorists as opposed to foreign terrorists. However, we&#8217;ve done it before. The federal government has successfully dismantled the Ku Klux Klan, has successfully dismantled organized crime using all sorts of statutes; going after them for RICO, for conspiracy, for all manner of things all the way up to tax evasion, I suppose. President Trump putting this renewed focus on it is very important because the Left has dismissed this as a concern by lying and saying that the political violence is a right-wing phenomenon, and it has allowed this problem to fester so much so that we saw its tragic apotheosis in the murder of Charlie Kirk – and we cannot allow that to continue anymore.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump Hunts For A Deal</h2>
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Topline: President Trump continues his swing through Asia as Democrat and media backlash builds following his White House renovation.
Japan: After signing a big peace deal Sunday between Thailand and Cambodia and rolling out new trade deals elsewhere, Trump headed to Japan, where he received royal treatment. Famous landmarks across Tokyo were lit up with red, white, and blue displays.
The Trump administration and Japan reached a deal on rare earth minerals on Tuesday and unveiled a list of projects included in a $550 billion investment proposal stemming from a July trade agreement.
The rare earth deal, which President Donald Trump signed alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, establishes a mutual stockpiling arrangement and stipulates that the United States and Japan will cooperate with international partners to protect the supply chain, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-takaichi-agree-rare-earth-critical-minerals-supply-2025-10-28/">reported</a>. Trump has been pushing to better secure the rare-earth supply chain and cut into China&#8217;s stranglehold over rare-earth minerals.
Along with the rare-earth deal, the United States and Japan released a list of proposed projects to boost Japanese investment in the U.S. economy. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1983119054983287061">said</a> at a press conference alongside Trump on Tuesday that the proposals &#8220;are driven by the Japanese strategic investment initiative, which was created by [Trump&#8217;s] tariff policy and by [Trump&#8217;s] historic trade agreement with Japan.&#8221;
The White House credited the threat of tariffs with pushing our trading partners to make deals favorable to the United States. Deals were announced with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam on Sunday, and now Japan has been added to the list on Monday. But the world is still waiting to see what will come of this meeting with China on Thursday. 
China: Officials from both sides have continued to meet to hammer out the framework of a deal. The White House says it&#8217;s confident both sides will agree to dramatically lower tariffs and possibly strike a permanent solution to the battle over TikTok ownership.
Trump put it more bluntly: “I think we&#8217;re going to come away with a deal.”
While Trump’s optimism has not always preceded deals, investors seem to think this is good news. Gold, cryptocurrency, and oil prices all spiked on Monday as global markets rallied to all-time highs across Asia.
On Wall Street, the DOW, NASDAQ, and S&amp;P 500 all hit record highs on Monday. Leading the way were tech companies like Nvidia, which have been hobbled this year by massive tariffs on semiconductors. Stateside, shares of domestic mining companies fell, a sign that investors believe China is about to reopen the flow of rare earth minerals as part of a looming deal.
White House remodel: The East Wing of the White House has now been demolished to make way for a 90,000 square foot ballroom. The administration says it’s a matter of practicality and safety, noting that in the past, if a president wanted to hold a large event honoring foreign dignitaries, they were often forced to erect makeshift tents on the White House lawn.
Former presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, FDR, Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, and Barack Obama added items to the White House, made renovations, or removed items. Though that has not stopped criticism from being leveled at Trump over his plans for a ballroom.
There are already some on the Left attempting to mount a legal challenge to block the project. A Virginia couple filed a motion in a D.C. federal court last week seeking a temporary restraining order against the demolition, arguing it violates the National Historic Preservation Act. The administration says it’s well within its authority to make renovations, the same way so many presidents have done before.

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Morning Brief: Shutdown Fallout Mounts & Congress Probes Political Violence

Morning Brief: Shutdown Consequences Coming, Leftist Political Violence, And Trump's China Deal

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President Donald Trump riled up leftists again on Monday when he addressed rumors about a potential run for a third term in 2028.
While traveling to Japan on Air Force One, Trump told reporters that he hasn&#8217;t &#8220;really thought about&#8221; running for a third term, but then added, &#8220;I would love to do it.&#8221;
Trump suggested that the GOP didn&#8217;t need him to run to win the next presidential election and was complimentary of Republicans under him who could take the mantle. He name-dropped Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, even saying that Rubio and Vance would be &#8220;unstoppable&#8221; if they joined forces. Trump, however, appeared to leave the door open for another White House run.
&#8220;I would love to do it. I have the best poll numbers I&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;I mean, I just solved eight wars, and a ninth is coming. I believe Russia-Ukraine will happen.&#8221;
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Speaking with reporters on board Air Force One en route to Japan on Monday, President Trump again refused to rule out a bid for a third presidential term, despite the 22nd Amendment limiting presidents to being elected twice.
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A potential third term came up when a reporter asked Trump about comments made last week by the president&#8217;s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who said that Trump would serve a third term in the White House. Bannon, who is not serving in the current administration, said that &#8220;there is a plan&#8221; to allow Trump to run again.
&#8220;Trump is going to be president in 2028, and people just ought to get accommodated with that,&#8221; Bannon <a href="https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1981393309869215887">told</a> The Economist, adding, &#8220;We need him for at least one more term, and he&#8217;ll get that in 2028.&#8221;
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On Monday, Trump ruled out one theory of how he could obtain a third term, saying that running as Vance&#8217;s vice president in 2028 and then having Vance step down would &#8220;be allowed,&#8221; but added that it would be &#8220;too cute.&#8221;
&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t do that. I think it&#8217;s too cute. Yeah, I would rule that out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think the people wouldn&#8217;t like that. It&#8217;s too cute. It wouldn&#8217;t be right.&#8221;
Multiple leftist political commentators and legacy media hosts latched onto Trump&#8217;s and Bannon&#8217;s remarks, with one commentator even calling them a &#8220;threat,&#8221; rhetoric similar to what progressives have been <a href="https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1571">using more regularly</a> to describe the Trump administration and Republicans. After Trump&#8217;s third-term remarks, CNN host Brianna Keilar interviewed presidential historian and author Alexis Coe, who said that the talk about a third term for Trump &#8220;should be viewed as a threat.&#8221; Coe also suggested that by the 250th birthday of the United States next summer, it could &#8220;no longer&#8221; be a constitutional republic.
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NEW: CNN is very concerned about President Trump&#8217;s jokes about running for a third term, says the comments should be seen as a &#8220;threat.&#8221;
This is coming from the same people who had no problem with Kamala Harris being handed the nomination without a single vote.
&#8220;We should view… <a href="https://t.co/bhp9Dezgzi">pic.twitter.com/bhp9Dezgzi</a>
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Cenk Uyghur, host of The Young Turks, wrote on X that Trump&#8217;s comments on Monday prove the point of &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protesters who gathered in cities nationwide earlier this month to protest the Trump administration&#8217;s actions.
&#8220;Trump said he hasn&#8217;t ruled out a third term. Good news, the constitution already ruled it out for him,&#8221; Uyghur <a href="https://x.com/cenkuygur/status/1982814101786026316">said</a>. &#8220;And you wonder why people have No Kings protests. Really, it&#8217;s hard to figure out?&#8221;
The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; also chimed in, with Sunny Hostin saying, &#8220;I have come to the conclusion that he is most definitely going to try to remain in power.&#8221; She then brought up Trump&#8217;s White House East Wing construction, arguing that the president &#8220;is hooking up the White House because he doesn&#8217;t plan on leaving it.&#8221;
&#8220;I told you all that years ago,&#8221; co-host Whoopi Goldberg said. &#8220;That he was not going anywhere. He said it. He said, &#8216;I want to be president for life.'&#8221;
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The View ladies are back spreading a wild conspiracy theory that Trump wants a THIRD TERM in office&#8230; all because he is doing renovations at the White House. No, Seriously.
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Third-term rumors have been swirling again among many on the Left amid Trump&#8217;s East Wing demolition and plans for a White House ballroom. Trump&#8217;s critics argue that no president would make such drastic changes to the White House if he planned on leaving it. Whether Trump is trolling leftists who make these arguments with his remarks on a third term remains unclear, but if he is, it&#8217;s working.
Trump, who would turn 82 before the 2028 presidential election, has brought up serving more than two terms multiple times and has given mixed signals on where he stands on the possibility. The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution states, &#8220;No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.&#8221; The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951, shortly after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms before he died in office in 1945.
After <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/30/trump-third-term">saying</a> in April that &#8220;there are methods&#8221; that would allow him to run again, he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/-eight-year-president-trump-weighs-third-term-speculation-rcna204579">told</a> NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker in May, &#8220;This is not something I&#8217;m looking to do.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward,&#8221; he added.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday highlighted President Donald Trump&#8217;s willingness to cross the political aisle as the government shutdown drags on.
Five minutes before the briefing, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that after a conversation with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, he decided to hold off on deploying the National Guard to the city, citing Lurie&#8217;s request to tackle crime in the city without federal aid. Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked Leavitt if this was &#8220;what the President hopes for in every city?” 
“The President is willing to work with anyone across the aisle, across the country to do the right thing and clean up American cities,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;He is genuinely interested in this effort to make our streets safer, our cities safe and clean again.” 
Olohan also asked Leavitt about the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protesters who threatened government officials, including Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
 “I would think myself, the President, and everyone else at the White House would hope anyone making violent threats against public officials will be arrested and prosecuted,&#8221; Leavitt said.
Leavitt also warned of mounting consequences of the government shutdown, which just hit its 23rd day with no end in sight. The press secretary said that half a million federal employees would miss their next paycheck tomorrow and noted that $4 billion in capital was withheld from small businesses while warning of lapses in SNAP funding and strain on air traffic controllers.
&#8220;If the Democrats continue to keep the government closed, we fear there will be significant delays and disruption for airlines this holiday season,&#8221; Leavitt said before reading quotes from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark boasting the shutdown gave Democrats &#8220;leverage.&#8221;  
But neither crime nor the shutdown dominated the question and answer portion of Thursday&#8217;s briefing. That honor went to President Trump&#8217;s White House renovations.
“Is it a big story?” Leavitt asked sarcastically after the first question on the ballroom.
The reporter responded, &#8220;It seems that way.&#8221; 
Leavitt confirmed the president would release an exact figure detailing how much of his own funding he was giving to the White House. It’s estimated that the ballroom will cost $300 million dollars. President Trump has stated that it will be funded privately and the full list of donors has been released. 
Of the 30 questions reporters asked, 11 were about the ballroom. 
Leavitt stated that Trump has been incredibly transparent and showed reporters models in the Oval Office, noting how she had already given remarks to the press exclusively about the ballroom. 
By the end of the press conference there had been so many inquiries about the ballroom that Fox News&#8217;s Aisha Hashmi started her line of questioning with, “Thanks Karoline. Two questions not on the ballroom.&#8221;

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Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) fired back at CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju over complaints about President Donald Trump&#8217;s privately-funded ballroom project, arguing that critics of the renovation had no room to talk due to their own previous actions.
Raju attempted to push the narrative that Trump&#8217;s project was taking away from the White House&#8217;s &#8220;iconic&#8221; status by changing its footprint, but Hawley immediately pushed back on the idea that the construction of a ballroom would somehow undercut the historical significance of the building.
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Senator Josh Hawley dismantles CNN’s narrative about President Trump’s White House renovation during a live interview.
When reporter Manu Raju asked: “What about just uprooting the—you know—this is an iconic building?”
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&#8220;What about just uprooting the — you know — this is an iconic building?&#8221; Raju pressed.
&#8220;Manu, I will just say this. I made this point yesterday, that I hear all of a sudden from my liberal friends that they’re very concerned about our history,&#8221; Hawley replied. &#8220;Really? These are the same people who tore down every statue they could get their hands on in the last four years. Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt.&#8221;
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&#8220;They didn’t have any concern for history then. Now all of a sudden, they’re like, oh, the façade of the East Wing is iconic,&#8221; Hawley continued. &#8220;Oh, give me a break! I mean, give me a break.&#8221;
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a clip of the exchange as well, commenting, &#8220;So true!&#8221;
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&#8220;90% of the people who are upset about the demolition at the White House appear to think that the East Wing is the east side of the White House residence rather than an outbuilding constructed in the 1940s,&#8221; another added.
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90% of the people who are upset about the demolition at the White House appear to think that the East Wing is the east side of the White House residence rather than an outbuilding constructed in the 1940s. <a href="https://t.co/JMULuZFoMm">https://t.co/JMULuZFoMm</a>
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanFriedman81/status/1981225676427640871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A suspect was arrested on Tuesday night after crashing a car into a security barrier outside the White House. 
The Secret Service said a man drove his car into a vehicle gate just outside the White House grounds at approximately 10:37 pm. His identity was not released, and officials have not said whether the crash was intentional.
&#8220;The individual was immediately arrested by U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers, and the vehicle was assessed by Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department and deemed safe,&#8221; a Secret Service <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/car-rams-white-house-barricade-suspect-arrested-officials">spokesman</a> said. 
Photos of the vehicle reveal that it was an Acura TSX with Maryland license plates. A bomb detection robot was utilized by law enforcement to clear the scene. 
At the time of the crash, President Donald Trump was at the White House, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/white-house-car-crash.html">said</a>. 
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The Secret Service has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-going-on-with-the-secret-service-recent-mishaps-put-trumps-protectors-under-the-microscope">increased scrutiny</a> after massive security failures at a 2024 campaign rally in Pennsylvania led to then-candidate Trump being shot in the ear. Last month, a Secret Service agent was placed on leave after reportedly falling asleep and leaving his weapon unattended while providing security at the United Nations. 
Last week, the Secret Service <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-finds-tree-stand-with-clear-view-of-trumps-palm-beach-air-force-one-exit">discovered</a> an elevated hunting stand in a tree with a clear view of the area where Trump routinely disembarks from Air Force One in Palm Beach, Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that the FBI was investigating the discovery. The finding <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-boards-af1-quickly-using-small-stairs-due-increased-security-measures-wh-official">led</a> to Trump boarding Air Force One on smaller stairs due to &#8220;increased security measures.”

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President Donald Trump lambasts Democrats as the shutdown grinds on, blue state governors form a “shadow” public health alliance, and one of the boldest heists of the century leaves the Louvre missing priceless jewels.
It’s Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Brennan Referred And Shutdown Drags On</h2>
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Topline: President Trump is applying more pressure on Democrats as the government shutdown stretches on. Meanwhile, a major political opponent of Trump is referred for charges.
Former CIA Director John Brennan has been referred for charges from the Justice Department. Similar to former FBI Director James Comey, he is in hot water over statements he made during the probe into Trump-Russia collusion.
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced that his committee was recommending the charges on Tuesday. Jordan said that Brennan “knowingly made false statements” during sworn testimony last year. The Judiciary Committee says Brennan lied when he denied using the discredited Steele Dossier in drafting an intelligence assessment in 2017 – specifically, the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference.
Rose Garden lunch: Trump – in typical Trump fashion – surprised lawmakers on Tuesday with a Rose Garden lunch. No one really knew what the lunch was about, not even Republicans.
A reporter asked Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana what the purpose of the lunch was, and he said, “I have no idea.” But Chuck Schumer and the Democrats saw things through a more sinister lens, <a href="https://x.com/AmberJoCooper/status/1980656632246988850">calling</a> the event a “Rose Garden pep rally” for the shutdown.
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There was a pep rally element to the lunch. The president had just redone the Rose Garden and spoke excitedly about how it looks. YMCA blared over the speaker system prior to the president’s remarks.
Despite the festive atmosphere, Trump and Senate Republicans were clear that they were there for business: the business of reopening the government.
“From the beginning, our message has been very simple: we will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs. They’ve never done this before. Nobody has!” <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1980681699529752893">said</a> Trump. “Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for the clean, bipartisan CR and reopen our government. It’s gotta be reopened, right now. We’re not doing that. They are the obstructionists. The reason they’re doing that is because we’re doing so well.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) spoke with the press after the lunch concluded. He stressed that Republicans are united on Trump&#8217;s team.
Senate Republicans are planning to hold a separate vote on paying troops and law enforcement agents for the remainder of the shutdown. It’s not clear if Democrats will join them. But there’s a chance that, if they manage to get those essential workers paid, it may empower both sides to dig in and keep the shutdown fight going even longer.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Democrats’ ‘Shadow Public-Health Alliance’</h2>
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Topline: More than a dozen Democrat governors have signed on to a new health alliance, in a direct challenge to the Trump administration&#8217;s federal health agencies. 
The Governors&#8217; Public Health Alliance is being pitched as “non-partisan” and “all about the science.” The claim is that the Trump administration, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in particular, is anti-science. Therefore, this organization is necessary to protect Americans. However, so far, the Governors’ Public Health Alliance is strictly partisan: only Democrat governors have signed on. 
The alliance will dole out medical guidance that will likely challenge federal agencies such as the CDC and FDA, or at least lobby the federal government on these matters. It will make public health guidelines or offer “best practices&#8221; on vaccines and other measures. The allied states will share medical statistics, data, and advice on preventive care, and buy vaccines and supplies in bulk. 
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/policy-value-based-care/article/55323774/fifteen-governors-create-new-public-health-alliance?utm_source=chatgpt.com">called</a> the alliance a “shadow public-health alliance” and said it’s the “largest move” so far “to create an alternative public-health universe outside the federal government.”
Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, signed on to this association and <a href="https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker-joins-launch-of-governors-public-health-alliance-to-protect-illinoisians-from-trumps-attack-on-science?utm_source=chatgpt.com">claimed</a> that Trump and Kennedy have turned the CDC “into a misinformation machine.”
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom also signed on. He said “extremists” in the Trump administration are trying to “weaponize the CDC and spread misinformation.”
Other states include Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and the territory of Guam. The residents in these states make up about one-third of the U.S. population.
The Democrat health effort has to do mostly with vaccines. The governors who have signed on have highlighted vaccine “access” and attacked Kennedy for challenging orthodoxy. There was also mention of abortion “access.”
The association is primarily funded by a nonprofit called Governors Action Alliance, known as GovAct. The nonprofit claims to be nonpartisan, but supports Democrat causes and generally teams up with Democrats to expand Medicaid and bolster abortion and voting rights.
GovAct is behind the “Reproductive Freedom Alliance,” a coalition of 23 Democrat governors working to expand abortion. GovAct is also behind the “Governors Safeguarding Democracy” alliance that is like a Resist Trump 2.0 effort launched just days after Trump won the 2024 election.
Trump admin’s response: HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon <a href="https://apnews.com/article/governors-public-health-alliance-kennedy-7d5f277178697bbdfc228567c6d9f616">called</a> out Democrat governors for “destroy[ing] public trust in public health.” He noted that Democrat-led states “imposed unscientific school closures, toddler mask mandates, and vaccine passports during the COVID era.” He said the Trump administration is rebuilding trust by “grounding every policy in rigorous evidence and Gold Standard Science – not the failed politics of the pandemic.” 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Louvre Heist</h2>
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Topline: Investigators are still scrambling for clues after priceless jewels were stolen from the world’s most famous museum during a daring, broad-daylight heist.
On Sunday morning, a half-hour after the Louvre Museum in Paris had opened its doors, four thieves arrived in a construction truck with an electric ladder mounted on top. Two men, posing as construction workers, then ascended to a second-floor facade, where they used special disc cutters to slice holes through the windows.
The thieves entered through the windows to the famed Galerie d’Apollon, home to some of France’s most priceless Crown Jewels. With stunned patrons watching, they smashed two display cases. They removed nine objects, including a large brooch, a pair of emerald earrings, a necklace, and other jewelry belonging to Empress Marie-Louise, the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The thieves then joined their accomplices on the street, where they escaped on motorbikes, fleeing along the banks of the Seine River. The operation lasted no more than seven minutes.
As the heist went on, museum visitors were ordered to evacuate immediately. Many said they thought the building was on fire or had been struck by terrorists.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the heist an “attack on a heritage that we cherish.” The biggest concern now is that the jewels may never be recovered. Experts say the thieves certainly know they’d likely get caught if they tried to sell them on the black market, so it’s a real possibility they could remove the stones and melt down the precious metals to sell piece by piece. One of the tiaras alone had more than 1,000 diamonds and dozens of sapphires.
One official said the heist wasn’t an art crime, but a “commodity theft.” The jewels they took are of “inestimable worth,” according to the museum.
The haul could have been even larger. In their haste to get away, the thieves abandoned efforts to take the crown of Empress Eugénie, which contained nearly 2,500 diamonds and more than 50 emeralds, though it was damaged during the robbery.
The investigation: Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the robbery was “a major, highly organized operation” carried out by a team that had clearly done scouting. But at the moment, if they have any leads, they aren’t letting the public know.
Speculation has been rampant. Many people wonder if this could’ve been part of an inside job – they want to know if someone on staff at the Louvre could have offered aid. The country’s foreign minister said they weren’t ruling out an inside job.
Others have questioned why these specific jewels were targeted. In the same room they hit lies a display case housing the famous Regent Diamond, a $60 million stone. Even some French officials have expressed confusion over why the thieves, who clearly had done their research, seemingly ignored such a prime target just a few feet away.
Heist hysteria: Just last week, a group of thieves stole a number of collectible clocks from the President Jacques Chirac Museum in the French town of Corrèze. Then last month, a separate heist saw thieves lift $700,000 worth of gold from the French Museum of Natural History. Weeks before that, $11 million worth of porcelain was stolen from yet another museum in the city of Limoges.
This is only the latest heist to hit the Louvre. A diamond-studded sword was stolen back in 1976. Most famous of all, the Mona Lisa was lifted back in 1911. Ultimately, the world-famous portrait painting was located two years later.

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Morning Brief: Govt Gridlock Persists, Dem ‘Shadow’ Health Alliance, & Louvre Heist Intrigue

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Construction began Monday on the new $250 million White House ballroom, a passion project of President Donald Trump.
Trump is lending his lifetime of experience in real estate business to construct the ballroom, the future site of important state functions, such as parties and receptions for visiting foreign dignitaries. The president announced that ground had been broken on the project in a post on Truth Social.
“I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom. Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete!” <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115408594704490513">said</a> the president.
“For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House to accommodate people for grand parties, State Visits, etc. I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project underway — with zero cost to the American Taxpayer!” he added.
Construction of the ballroom is being funded by the president and through private donations, with no money from the U.S. taxpayer.
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With the addition of the ballroom, Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1980411112307700146">becomes</a> just the latest president to make major renovations to the White House grounds. Former President Barack Obama made the last major renovation in 2009 when turned the White House tennis court into a basketball court.
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President Trump&#8217;s upcoming ballroom is pure elegance! <a href="https://t.co/ShsJw0sfK2">pic.twitter.com/ShsJw0sfK2</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1950976784033370519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
In remarks at an event for ballroom donors last week, the president said that the new ballroom would be constructed to match the architecture of the White House grounds, and include more modern features such as bulletproof glass.
“We&#8217;re going to have a phenomenal ballroom. It&#8217;s going to be one of the best anywhere in the world. There won&#8217;t be anything like it, actually,” the president <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1978613637175787901">said</a>. “It&#8217;s four sides of glass, beautiful glass, but totally appropriate in color and in window shape and everything else with the White House moldings, so it&#8217;s going to be very much in keeping with the White House.”

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Work Begins On Trump’s ‘New, Big, Beautiful White House Ballroom’

Work Begins On Trump's ‘New, big, Beautiful White House Ballroom’

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President Donald Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, New York Attorney General Letitia James&#8217; grandniece may be a fugitive from the law, and the U.K.&#8217;s Labour Party turns to digital ID to curb illegal immigration.
It’s Wednesday, October 15, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump Awards Charlie Kirk The Highest Civilian Honor</h2>
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Topline: President Trump posthumously honored Charlie Kirk on Tuesday, on what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday, with the country’s highest civilian award: the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In front of a large audience in the Rose Garden, the president presented the award to Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk. The event was attended by many family members, friends, and acquaintances of Kirk from within the administration, Kirk’s conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, and elsewhere.
“Five weeks ago, our nation was robbed of this extraordinary champion. He was a champion in every way — I got to know him so well,” said Trump. “It was a horrible, heinous, demonic act of murder. He was assassinated in the prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith, and relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America. He loved this country, and that’s why this afternoon, it’s my privilege to posthumously award Charles James Kirk our nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
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Erika Kirk also spoke at the event.
“Today, we’re gathered not only to celebrate Charlie’s birthday, but to honor a truth that he gave his entire life to defend, and that’s freedom. The very existence of the Presidential Medal of Freedom reminds us that the national interest of the United States has always been freedom,” she said.
“Our founders etched it into the preamble of our Constitution, and those words are not relics on parchment; they are a living covenant. The blessings of liberty are not man’s invention, they are God’s endowment. Charlie lived for those blessings, not as abstract words, but as sacred promises,” she added.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Letitia James’s Fugitive Family Member</h2>
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Topline: New York Attorney General Letitia James may have sheltered a fugitive in her Virginia home for the past five years. 
James was charged with bank fraud last week for allegedly lying on mortgage papers to get a lower interest rate on a house in Virginia. While James owns the home, the current tenant is her grandniece, Nakia Thompson, and her three children, who have lived in the house since 2020. 
Thompson is officially listed as an “absconder” in the database of North Carolina’s Department of Adult Correction, according to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15187603/letitia-james-niece-virginia-home-fugitive.html">Daily Mail</a>. She’s wanted by authorities in Forsyth County for skipping out on her probation.
A spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Corrections said Thompson was “sentenced to probation for misdemeanor convictions for assault and battery and trespassing.” He confirmed that she is considered a fugitive from the state, but he added that because her crimes are considered low-level, she is “non-extraditable.”
Won’t stay silent: In opposition to the standard legal advice to keep quiet after being charged with a crime, James is loudly speaking out against the Department of Justice, claiming to be a victim of a political prosecution.
“We see powerful voices trying to silence truth and punish dissent and, yes, weaponize justice for political gain. We are witnessing the fraying of our democracy, the erosion of our system of government,” said James at a rally for New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani on Monday evening.
Limiting her ability to attract supporters to her cause, James is perceived widely on the right to be guilty of pushing the same kind of political prosecutions she is now denouncing. James campaigned for New York attorney general on a platform of investigating President Trump.
After winning her election, James eventually pursued Trump on a civil charge related to defrauding banks, though no banks claimed to have ever been defrauded by Trump. James won the case in a bench trial, and Trump was hit with a civil penalty of nearly half a billion dollars. That penalty was later thrown out by an appeals court in a major victory for the president.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">U.K.’s Labour Turns To Digital ID To Curb Illegal Immigration</h2>
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Topline: The U.K. recently approved a controversial new law that mandates a digital ID as a way to curb illegal immigration. Morning Wire spoke with Guy Dampier, senior researcher on nationhood at the Prosperity Institute, about the new law. (The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.)
Morning Wire: So, Guy, a lot of frustration boiling over in the U.K. right now over immigration, and now we have this heated debate over digital ID. Let’s start with Prime Minister Starmer – he’s defending his party’s immigration policies and accusing the conservative Reform party of pushing supposedly “racist” policies. Catch us up, what’s the story here?
Dampier: The issue is Reform’s policy on residency for immigrants. &#8220;Indefinite Leave to Remain&#8221; means that an immigrant can, after five years, get access to the same welfare benefits as a British citizen. The vast majority of people who get ILR will stay forever. That matters because in the last few years, there was an immigration wave of around 4 million people. Most of those were low-skilled and will be a drain on the taxpayer. One estimate said that it would cost around £80 billion, another said over £200 billion. Whatever the true figure is, it will be a huge cost at a time when the British economy is doing very badly. Reform have announced that they will abolish ILR, forcing those who have come to apply for new visas, which will include new checks on their qualifications and language skills. That also matters because the current rules are incredibly lax. The language test only requires that you have B1 English, which is enough to struggle through a book for small children, but nowhere near enough what you need just to read a newspaper. As most of these 4 million migrants come from Africa and the Indian subcontinent, Labour have branded it “racist.” 
Morning Wire: Now, the Labour Party has actually also admitted that this &#8220;Indefinite Leave to Remain&#8221; law needs to be reformed. What are they suggesting?
Dampier: This is why it is so incoherent. They were calling Nigel Farage racist. On Monday, they announced policies that were not a million miles away. The Home Secretary, Shababa Mahmood, has said that immigrants who want residency will now need better English skills, no criminal record, and evidence that they have volunteered in the community to show that they are integrating. The problem for Labour is that while they want to win over voters who are upset about immigration, they don’t really believe in reducing immigration. So they end up promising things they won’t deliver, and then when they get called out, they lash out. The problem for Britain is very simple: the country has become rapidly more foreign, with over 16% of people born overseas. Most of those came in the last few decades or even the last few years. This is changing the face of the country: around 38% of school children are now from an ethnic minority group. At the same time the economy has ground to a halt. And there is increasing evidence that migrants are overrepresented when it comes to accessing welfare and committing crime. So people are asking a simple question: if we want fewer immigrants, and if immigration isn’t good for the economy, then why are politicians refusing to seriously reduce the numbers?
Morning Wire: As we mentioned at the top, we also have this new digital ID that’s supposed to help crack down on illegal workers. But that has been very controversial. How would that work?
Dampier: This is the so-called Brit card. Labour have long been advocates for digital ID. In fact, the last Labour government, over a decade ago actually introduced ID cards. But they were immediately scrapped by the conservative government which followed them. Labour are now arguing that it would stop illegal immigrants from being able to work and rent. But there is already a digital Visa verification system which is supposed to do this. It just isn’t adhered to. There’s no reason to think that this would be any different. In fact, there are many European countries which already have ID cards and still have a major problem with illegal immigration. In Germany, for example, you are supposed to carry your ID card with you everywhere. But the country has one of the highest numbers of illegal immigrants in all of Europe. This won’t really fix the problem. What it will do is add on another layer of bureaucracy and further reduce the freedom of native British people. There is also another potential danger. Paul Mason, a well-known Labour activist who is close to the senior leadership of the party, suggested that digital ID could be used to help regularise the illegal immigrants who are already here. That is somewhere between 3/4 of 1 million and 2 million people. Instead of discouraging illegal immigration, it could end up being used to reward it.

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