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    Hope Amidst Displacement As war has torn through their country, Ukrainian children have faced fear, loss, and uncertainty. More than half of Ukraine’s kids (nearly 3 million children) have fled their homes, carrying deep scars from the war. OneHope is meeting these kids in the midst of...
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    Memorial State Farm Stadium was at max capacity yesterday (~73k) for Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, with early estimates suggesting millions more viewers online. Turning Point USA, the conservative political organization Kirk co-founded, encouraged attendees to come dressed in their red...
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    What are Government Shutdowns? In my house, movie night can’t happen until my kids agree on which movie to watch. And that’s government shutdowns in a nutshell. Any questions? Maybe just a little more explanation… Federal agencies cannot spend money without Congress’s approval (thanks to...
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    Jimmy Kimmel Suspended ABC says Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been indefinitely suspended over the late-night host’s “offensive and insensitive” comments. On Monday, Kimmel said the “MAGA gang” was trying to use the assassination of Charlie Kirk to “score political points.” FCC Commissioner Brendan...
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    Fit for a King President Trump traded fluffy biscuits for crispy ones in his historic second state visit to the U.K. A royal parade ushered America’s first couple to Windsor Castle on Wednesday, kicking off a state visit brimming with pomp, circumstance, and interesting hats (see pictures)...
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    Charged Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer appeared in court yesterday. In his first public appearance since the shooting, the 22-year-old joined the hearing by video from Utah County Jail, where he’s being held without bail. He faces charges including aggravated murder, obstruction of...
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    TikTok Trade Talks Like many popular British TV shows, TikTok’s getting an American spin-off. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent announced Monday that Uncle Sam has a “framework” agreement with China to move TikTok’s American operations from its current owner, ByteDance, to a U.S. buyer...
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    Crime Crackdown A month after their D.C. deployment, the National Guard has a new assignment: Memphis. President Trump said Friday that he’ll deploy the Guard to the Home of the Blues to address crime, noting that Memphis had the highest violent crime rate in America per 100,000 people...
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    Arrested The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk was arrested Friday, ending a 33-hour manhunt. Who is the alleged shooter? The 22-year-old Utah native is a former student at Utah Valley University (the site of the shooting). He was described as a “squeaky...
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    Collapse Nepal’s government has collapsed under Gen Z-led protests. Anger had been brewing for weeks as young Nepalis launched a viral “Nepo Kid” campaign spotlighting political elites’ children and corruption. Then, last week, the government blocked 26 social media platforms, claiming they...
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    Charlie Kirk Killed Charlie Kirk, a prominent voice among young conservatives, was assassinated on Wednesday. What happened? The 31-year-old was speaking at an outdoor Q&A at Utah Valley University when a single bullet was fired, striking him in the neck. Video shows Kirk discussing mass...
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    Deal with the Mess “Just stuff it in the closet!” Johnny heard his mom call out. They were all frantically cleaning the house for company. Johnny opened the closet door cautiously. It was stuffed to overflowing with other things they’d just “stuffed in the closet” before. He shook his head...
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    ICE Operations After weeks of promising a deportation crackdown in Chicago and Boston, “Operation Midway Blitz” and “Patriot 2.0” are underway. The Department of Homeland Security says the fresh immigration enforcement efforts are targeting “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens”...
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    Secret Scribbles More Epstein files dropped Monday. The House Oversight Committee published hundreds of pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including a 2003 “birthday book” with messages from high-profile friends—including Bill Clinton and Peter Mandelson—compiled by Ghislaine...
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    Caribbean Buildup The U.S. is ramping up its counternarcotics and counterterrorism campaign in the Caribbean. Since President Trump’s August executive order directing the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels, tensions have been rising with Venezuela. The U.S...
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    ICE Raid Nearly 500 people were detained during an ICE raid on a Hyundai factory in Georgia on Thursday. ICE agents arrested 475 individuals at the Hyundai-LG EV battery site west of Savannah—the largest single-site enforcement action in Department of Homeland Security history. More than 300...
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    Salary Cap Screen Play Basketball season hasn’t started yet, but the LA Clippers are being accused of a flagrant foul. The NBA is investigating whether Clippers’ owner Steve Ballmer used a fake endorsement deal to “circumvent” the league’s salary cap and pay star forward Kawhi Leonard an...
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    Shots Fired Public health is having a messy family fight. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. spent yesterday in a contentious Senate hearing that included multiple shouting matches over his stance on vaccines and last week’s abrupt ousting of CDC Director Susan Monarez. RFK Jr. promised “new blood” at...
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    Back in Session Congress returned to a mountain Capitol Hill of work after its six-week summer vacay. Topping the pile: avoiding a government shutdown before October 1. President Trump wants to cut $4.9B in previously approved foreign aid as part of another “rescissions” spending package...
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    Solidarity Summit The Far East didn’t take the weekend off. President Xi Jinping of China hosted the largest-ever summit for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)—a political, economic, and security alliance seen as a counterbalance to Western groups like NATO. More than 20 world...
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