"It's a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible for years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals," Trump said in an address from the Oval Office. "This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now."
Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday. Bystanders report seeing Kirk shot near his neck during a Q&A with students. A suspect is in custody, according to a UVU alert sent to students. The campus is on lockdown.
The South Korean government announced on Sunday that it reached a deal with the United States to secure the release and repatriation of over 300 of its citizens who were detained during a sweeping U.S. immigration enforcement action at a Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia. read more
"It's an honor to sign this. I think that's a big one, I'll be honest," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The president was joined at the White House by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for the announcement. Trump said the three men talked about the name change for months. It was unclear if the president can unilaterally rename the department without legislation from Congress. In the meantime, Trump authorized the Pentagon to use secondary titles such as "secretary of war" and "Department of War" in official correspondence and public communications so the department can go by its original name. Read more at: www.stripes.com Source - Stars and Stripes
Florida is moving to "end all vaccine mandates" in the state, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a press conference on Wednesday. Ladapo said the Florida Department of Health would be working with Gov. Ron DeSantis' office to end all mandates in Florida law, at the event at Grace Christian School in Valrico, located just east of Tampa. "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Ladapo said of vaccine mandates.
Ask Stephen King how that rhetoric is working out for him...