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  31. <title>Trump endorsed candidate launches GOP primary challenge against Massie</title>
  32. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/trump-endorsed-candidate-launches-gop-primary-challenge-against-massie/</link>
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  35. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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  40. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP23346678589434-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP23346678589434-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP23346678589434-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP23346678589434-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP23346678589434-600x600.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Republican Ed Gallrein, who President Trump endorsed to challenge Rep. Thomas Massie (R-K.Y.), launched his campaign to challenge the incumbent Republican in the state’s fourth congressional district on Tuesday. “This district is Trump Country. The President doesn’t need obstacles in Congress – he needs backup. I’ll defeat Thomas Massie, stand shoulder to shoulder with President [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/trump-endorsed-candidate-launches-gop-primary-challenge-against-massie/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
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  42. <p>“This district is Trump Country. The President doesn’t need obstacles in Congress – he needs backup. I’ll defeat Thomas Massie, stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, and deliver the America First results Kentuckians voted for,” Gallrein said in a statement. </p>
  43. <p>Gallrein’s campaign launch comes after Trump endorsed him in a TruthSocial post on Friday. </p>
  44. <p>“I hope Ed gets into the Race against Massie, who is now polling at about 9% because the Great People of Kentucky are wise to him — He only votes against the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left,” the president wrote in a Friday post on Truth Social.</p>
  45. <p>“Unlike ‘lightweight’ Massie, a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN,” he added.</p>
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  52. <title>NJ Democrat congresswoman seeks to dismiss assault charges over ICE incident</title>
  53. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/nj-democrat-congresswoman-seeks-to-dismiss-assault-charges-over-ice-incident/</link>
  55. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Faith Novak]]></dc:creator>
  56. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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  61. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761050881-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver will ask the court on Tuesday to dismiss assault charges against her regarding a clash with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. McIver is accused of three counts of assaulting or impeding federal agents in connection with an incident outside a Newark immigration center in May, according to Politico. [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/nj-democrat-congresswoman-seeks-to-dismiss-assault-charges-over-ice-incident/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  62. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761050881-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="426" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761050881.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761050881.jpg 640w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761050881-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></div><p>New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver will ask the court on Tuesday to dismiss assault charges against her regarding a clash with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.</p>
  63. <p>McIver is accused of three counts of assaulting or impeding federal agents in connection with an incident outside a Newark immigration center in May, according to Politico. She faces up to 17 years in prison, if convicted at a scheduled trial next month.</p>
  64. <p>She argues the Justice Department&#8217;s case against her should be thrown out on grounds of selective and vindictive prosecution by President Trump and his administration.  </p>
  65. <p>McIver&#8217;s lawyers have also filed to have the case thrown out on grounds of “legislative immunity” – that members of Congress should have broad legal protection as they carry out oversight duties. </p>
  66. <p>A rally is expected outside the courthouse before the hearing, according to local news outlet PIX11. </p>
  67. <p>The incident occurred outside the Delaney Hall detention center. McIver has pleaded not guilty to the charges.</p>
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  74. <title>WHO warns of resource shortages for treating neurological disorders</title>
  75. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/who-warns-of-resource-shortages-for-treating-neurological-diseases/</link>
  77. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Faith Novak]]></dc:creator>
  78. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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  82.  
  83. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761049554-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />More than one in three people are living with a neurological condition, the World Health Organization (WHO) found, and countries are not prepared to deal with it. The WHO’s Global status report on neurology found 40 percent of the global population is affected by neurological issues. That amounts to more than three billion people and [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/who-warns-of-resource-shortages-for-treating-neurological-diseases/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  84. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761049554-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="639" height="397" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761049554.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761049554.jpg 639w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761049554-300x186.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px" /></div><p>More than one in three people are living with a neurological condition, the World Health Organization (WHO) found, and countries are not prepared to deal with it.</p>
  85. <p>The WHO’s Global status report on neurology found 40 percent of the global population is affected by neurological issues. That amounts to more than three billion people and results in 11 million deaths globally each year.</p>
  86. <p>The top neurological conditions that lead to death and disability in 2021 were stroke, neonatal encephalopathy, migraine, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, diabetic neuropathy, meningitis, epilepsy, neurological complications from preterm birth, autism spectrum disorders and cancers affecting the nervous system.</p>
  87. <p>Despite the number of neurological disorders, the WHO found that low-income countries have more than 80 times fewer neurologists compared to high-income nations.</p>
  88. <p>“With more than 1 in 3 people in the world living with conditions affecting their brain, we must do all we can to improve the health care they need,” said Dr Jeremy Farrar, WHO assistant director-general. “Many of these neurological conditions can be prevented or effectively treated, yet services remain out of reach for most – especially in rural and underserved areas — where people too often face stigma, social exclusion and financial hardship.”</p>
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  95. <title>Interior Department to eliminate 2,050 federal Jobs</title>
  96. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/interior-dept-to-eliminate-2050-federal-jobs/</link>
  98. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Faith Novak]]></dc:creator>
  99. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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  102. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/interior-dept-to-eliminate-2050-federal-jobs/</guid>
  103.  
  104. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761048375-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Interior Department on Monday said it will eliminate 2,050 positions that are now paused under a court order, including hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, according to a legal filing. The document, titled &#8220;Second Supplemental Declaration of Rachel Borra,&#8221; is a sworn declaration from the Interior Department in a federal court case [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/interior-dept-to-eliminate-2050-federal-jobs/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  105. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761048375-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="426" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761048375.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761048375.jpg 640w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/reuters-1761048375-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></div><p>The Interior Department on Monday said it will eliminate 2,050 positions that are now paused under a court order, including hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, according to a legal filing.</p>
  106. <p>The document, titled &#8220;Second Supplemental Declaration of Rachel Borra,&#8221; is a sworn declaration from the Interior Department in a federal court case involving unions and federal agencies.</p>
  107. <p>Borra, the Interior Department&#8217;s chief human capital officer who oversees personnel management, including layoffs and compliance with court orders, explained in the filing that Interior stopped all RIF-related work affecting unionized employees while the court order remains active.</p>
  108. <p>RIF stands for reduction in force.</p>
  109. <p>The document was submitted Monday by the Justice Department to comply with an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California late Friday night.</p>
  110. <p>Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Illston last week issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from carrying out layoffs of federal employees in certain unionized offices during the ongoing government shutdown or from enforcing any reduction-in-force notices already in place.</p>
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  117. <title>Dems worried NJ gubernatorial pick won&#8217;t have support from black, Hispanic voters</title>
  118. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/democrats-worried-nj-gubernatorial-pick-wont-have-strong-support-from-black-hispanic-voters/</link>
  120. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  121. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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  124. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/democrats-worried-nj-gubernatorial-pick-wont-have-strong-support-from-black-hispanic-voters/</guid>
  125.  
  126. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Some Democrats are reportedly worried Democratic New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill may not garner strong support from black and Hispanic voters in the Garden State’s upcoming gubernatorial election, The Hill reported on Saturday. New Jersey Democrats are concerned that Sherrill may under-perform in the state’s gubernatorial election if there is a lackluster minority turnout, The Hill reported. The report [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/democrats-worried-nj-gubernatorial-pick-wont-have-strong-support-from-black-hispanic-voters/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  127. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749602631-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Some Democrats are reportedly worried Democratic New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill may not garner strong support from black and Hispanic voters in the Garden State’s upcoming gubernatorial election, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5561741-new-jersey-minority-voters-sherrill-outreach/" data-mrf-link="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5561741-new-jersey-minority-voters-sherrill-outreach/">reported</a> on Saturday.</p>
  128. <p>New Jersey Democrats are concerned that Sherrill may under-perform in the state’s gubernatorial election if there is a lackluster minority turnout, The Hill reported. The report comes after the Republican Party <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/20/democratic-party-republicans-voter-registration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/20/democratic-party-republicans-voter-registration/">gained</a> millions of registered voters between 2020 and 2024, while the Democratic <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/21/democrats-new-data-party-registration-alarm/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/21/democrats-new-data-party-registration-alarm/">Party</a> lost roughly 2.1 million registered voters during the same time period.</p>
  129. <p>Sherrill’s campaign did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.</p>
  130. <p>“I believe that although our next governor has to represent the entire state — and we’re okay with that — but where [do] black people land in the conversation? We should be at the top of the food chain, particularly from the Democratic Party side,” Dr. John Harmon, founder, president and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, said Saturday, The Hill reported.</p>
  131. <p>“I don’t want to bring President [Donald] Trump into this conversation, but I will say whether you love him or hate him, he’s doing what he says he’s going to do,” Harmon later told The Hill, adding that that is what New Jersey voters want from their next governor.</p>
  132. <p>Meanwhile, one anonymous New Jersey Democratic strategist told The Hill that black and Hispanic voter turnout in New Jersey’s <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/top-union-endorses-jack-ciattarelli-new-jersey-governors-race/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/top-union-endorses-jack-ciattarelli-new-jersey-governors-race/">gubernatorial</a> race is a “real concern” for the Democratic Party.</p>
  133. <p>“The same apathy or the same turnout concern that we saw what happened in November — I think it’s a real concern, especially with black and brown voters for this cycle,” the Democratic strategist told the outlet.</p>
  134. <p>“Mikie and her team have done a really good job of trying to go into the communities,” the strategist said, adding, “I don’t know that we’re going to know how well it’s actually resonating until people vote.”</p>
  135. <p>Sean Higgins, a spokesman for <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/25/democrat-in-nj-gov-race-blocked-from-graduation-ceremony-amid-naval-academy-cheating-probe/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/25/democrat-in-nj-gov-race-blocked-from-graduation-ceremony-amid-naval-academy-cheating-probe/">Sherrill’s</a> gubernatorial campaign, said in part of a statement provided to The Hill that “Mikie recognizes that economic empowerment strengthens communities of color.”</p>
  136. <p>Several high-profile Democrats have recently been campaigning for Sherrill, including Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, the New Jersey Monitor <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/20/nj-governor-race-sherrill-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/20/nj-governor-race-sherrill-campaign/">reported</a> on Monday. Some Democrats have begun signaling concern that Sherrill has played it “too safe” in her gubernatorial campaign, NJ.com <a href="https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/10/why-mikie-sherrill-makes-nj-dems-so-nervous.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/10/why-mikie-sherrill-makes-nj-dems-so-nervous.html">reported</a> the same day.</p>
  137. <p>“People think she’s not running the race that she should be running,” one anonymous Democratic political operative told NJ.com. “They think that she’s playing it too safe, and they think that she’s putting all of her marbles in Trump.”</p>
  138. <p>“That’s a very dangerous thing to do,” the operative continued.</p>
  139. <p>Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told NJ.com that he thinks Sherrill is running a “milquetoast” campaign.</p>
  140. <p>“We hope Sherrill wins,” Green said. “But it’s looking very likely she underperforms, and it’s because of her milquetoast campaign message.”</p>
  141. <p>Current Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/03/dem-governor-phil-murphy-ice-illegal-immigrant-property/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/03/dem-governor-phil-murphy-ice-illegal-immigrant-property/">Murphy</a> is barred from seeking reelection due to term limits. A Fairleigh Dickinson University <a href="https://www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-poll-finds-sherrill-maintains-lead-in-governors-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-poll-finds-sherrill-maintains-lead-in-governors-race/">poll</a> released on Friday showed that Sherrill gained 52% of the vote, while GOP New Jersey gubernatorial nominee Jack <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/09/new-jersey-mikie-sherrill-lets-phil-murphy-pass-with-b-rating-state-voters-disagree/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/09/new-jersey-mikie-sherrill-lets-phil-murphy-pass-with-b-rating-state-voters-disagree/">Ciattarelli</a> notched 45% of the vote and just 3% of respondents were undecided.</p>
  142. <p>Former Vice President Kamala Harris won New Jersey in the 2024 presidential election, <a href="https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/new-jersey/?r=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/new-jersey/?r=0">gaining</a> 52% of the vote to Trump’s 46.1%. Trump narrowed the margin from 16 points in the 2020 election to roughly five points last year, The Philadelphia Tribune <a href="https://www.phillytrib.com/nyt/trumps-narrow-loss-in-new-jersey-signals-a-shift-to-the-right/article_82924ded-f77b-5159-b14e-54018603fc5a.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.phillytrib.com/nyt/trumps-narrow-loss-in-new-jersey-signals-a-shift-to-the-right/article_82924ded-f77b-5159-b14e-54018603fc5a.html">reported</a>.</p>
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  149. <title>Trump EPA to cut workforce by 25% by end of year</title>
  150. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/trump-epa-to-cut-workforce-by-25-by-end-of-year/</link>
  152. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  153. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
  154. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/trump-epa-to-cut-workforce-by-25-by-end-of-year/</guid>
  155.  
  156. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is on track to reduce its workforce by nearly 25% by the end of the calendar year, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The agency plans to shrink its staff from about 16,400 to approximately 12,500 full-time employees by the end of 2025, an EPA spokesperson told the DCNF. [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/trump-epa-to-cut-workforce-by-25-by-end-of-year/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  157. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-02-18T173452Z_1472853843_RC24XCARYLCG_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-EPA-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is on track to reduce its workforce by nearly 25% by the end of the calendar year, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.</p>
  158. <p>The agency plans to shrink its staff from about 16,400 to approximately 12,500 full-time employees by the end of 2025, an EPA spokesperson told the DCNF. Since returning to office, the Trump administration has sought to <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-lee-zeldin-announces-epas-powering-great-american-comeback">refocus</a> the agency on its core mission of protecting human health and the environment, after its budget and workforce ballooned on former President Joe Biden’s watch.</p>
  159. <p>The <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/03/epa-bureaucrats-publicly-sabotaging-trump-agenda-put-leave-zeldin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">staff reductions</a> are expected to deliver significant savings to taxpayers, on top of the more than $29 billion the agency says it has saved by canceling or scaling back grants and contracts that were awarded during the previous administration.</p>
  160. <p>Since January, the Trump EPA has focused on improving efficiency and rolling back billions in “<a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/10/lee-zeldin-dei-grants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">environmental justice</a>” grants that were doled out during the <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/19/exclusive-biden-epa-scrambled-route-billion-political-allies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a>, while <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/22/necessary-trump-admin-ax-epa-workforce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeting offices</a> performing functions not aligned with the administration’s priorities.</p>
  161. <p>“The last administration had a huge boon in terms of funding. They hired more people. And yet, despite all of that, backlogs of permitting went up. Backlogs in reviewing state implementation plans went up, backlogs in reviewing new chemicals went up, backlogs in reviewing new pesticides went up,” EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/exclusive-top-epa-official-david-fotouhi-agency-back-to-basics-after-biden/">told</a> the DCNF in June.</p>
  162. <p>“So, I don’t think it’s as much a matter of how many individuals are in the building or not. It’s more a matter of: do we have the type of leadership that we need to ensure that folks are in the right positions doing the work that they are skilled and able to do?”</p>
  163. <p>Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the EPA continues to carry out essential functions such as the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-completes-dededo-transfer-station-removal-action">removal</a> of <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-begins-removing-hazardous-waste-former-glycerin-traders-facility-la-porte-indiana">hazardous waste</a> and developing safety <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-updates-lead-guidance-accelerate-cleanup-superfund-hazardous-waste-sites-across">guidelines</a> to protect communities from toxic materials. However, as Democrats <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/17/democrats-government-shutdown-no-kings-rally-washington-dc/">block</a> efforts to reopen the government, the agency warns that it will face increasing difficulty maintaining these operations.</p>
  164. <p>“The Trump EPA is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring America has the cleanest air, land, and water in the world while growing our economy, but Democrats are content to allow our funding to run out,” an EPA spokesperson told the DCNF. “They are preventing us from securing funding needed to continue these important programs and impeding our ability to deliver clean air, land, and water for Americans.”</p>
  165. <p>Government funding lapsed on Oct. 1 after most Senate Democrats <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/17/democrats-government-shutdown-no-kings-rally-washington-dc/">rejected</a> a bipartisan continuing resolution to avert a shutdown. Democrats have tied their support to $1.5 trillion in new spending for left-leaning priorities, including extending <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/30/democrats-government-hostage-obamacare-pandemic-subsidies/">Obamacare</a> subsidy expansions projected to cost hundreds of billions over the next decade.</p>
  166. <p>“They are prioritizing their own radical policy agenda that could undermine both environmental progress and economic stability in pursuit of their $1.5 trillion poison-packed wish list at the expense of the American people. Congressional Democrats can end this shutdown right now by voting for our clean, bipartisan funding extension instead of playing political games,” the spokesperson said.</p>
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  173. <title>Obama to campaign with Spanberger as Virginia gubernatorial race heats up</title>
  174. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/obama-to-campaign-with-spanberger-as-virginia-gubernatorial-race-heats-up/</link>
  176. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  177. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
  178. <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
  179. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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  183. <description><![CDATA[Former President Obama will campaign with Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 1, according to a Tuesday announcement from Spanberger’s campaign. Obama last campaigned in Hampton Roads in 2012. His upcoming campaign stop with Spanberger will mark the first campaign visit of any Democratic president to the area in over 10 years. The announcement comes [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/obama-to-campaign-with-spanberger-as-virginia-gubernatorial-race-heats-up/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  184. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="keep">Former <span class="person-popover" data-nid="2688"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/barack-obama/">President Obama </a></span>will campaign with Democratic <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5529409-spanberger-earls-virginia-poll/" data-type="link" data-id="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5529409-spanberger-earls-virginia-poll/">Virginia gubernatorial nominee</a> <span class="person-popover" data-nid="64105"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/abigail-spanberger/">Abigail Spanberger </a></span>in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 1, according to a Tuesday announcement from Spanberger’s campaign.</p>
  185. <p class="keep">Obama last campaigned in Hampton Roads in 2012. His upcoming campaign stop with Spanberger will mark the first campaign visit of any Democratic president to the area in over 10 years.</p>
  186. <p>The announcement comes less than a week after Obama cut two ads urging Virginia voters <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5558209-obama-endorses-spanberger-virginia/" data-type="link" data-id="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5558209-obama-endorses-spanberger-virginia/">to back Spanberger</a> in next month’s governor’s race.</p>
  187. <p>“Virginia’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year,” Obama says in the ads.</p>
  188. <p>Obama, one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, is no stranger to Virginia off-year elections. The former president <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/578163-obama-gives-fiery-speech-for-mcauliffe-dont-sit-this-one-out/" data-type="link" data-id="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/578163-obama-gives-fiery-speech-for-mcauliffe-dont-sit-this-one-out/">endorsed and campaigned</a> for former Gov. <span class="person-popover" data-nid="13634"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/terry-mcauliffe/">Terry McAuliffe </a></span>(D) in his unsuccessful 2021 bid for the governor’s mansion.</p>
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  195. <title>British police force to stop investigating &#8216;non-crime&#8217; incidents</title>
  196. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/british-police-force-to-stop-investigating-non-crime-incidents/</link>
  198. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  199. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
  200. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  204. <description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Police will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents, the department announced Monday, allowing officers to “focus on matters that meet the threshold for criminal investigations.” The policy shift came as the Metropolitan Police dropped its probe into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, who was arrested by five officers at Heathrow Airport on Sept. [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/british-police-force-to-stop-investigating-non-crime-incidents/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  205. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Metropolitan Police will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents, the department announced Monday, allowing officers to “focus on matters that meet the threshold for criminal investigations.”</p>
  206. <p>The policy shift came as the Metropolitan Police dropped its probe into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, who was arrested by five officers at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 1 on suspicion of inciting violence in social media posts, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp1gk0n23o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp1gk0n23o">reported</a>.</p>
  207. <p>The Crown Prosecution Service decided no further action should be taken after reviewing the evidence.</p>
  208. <p>“The commissioner has been clear he doesn’t believe officers should be policing toxic culture war debates, with current laws and rules on inciting violence online leaving them in an impossible position,” a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said, according to BBC.</p>
  209. <p>Non-crime hate incidents are alleged acts perceived to be motivated by hostility toward people with certain characteristics, such as race or <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/14/college-students-identifying-as-trans-and-non-binary-absolutely-craters-in-just-two-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/14/college-students-identifying-as-trans-and-non-binary-absolutely-craters-in-just-two-years/">transgenderism</a>. They do not amount to criminal offenses but are recorded to collect data on incidents that could escalate into serious harm, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice-on-the-recording-and-retention-of-personal-data-accessible" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice/non-crime-hate-incidents-code-of-practice-on-the-recording-and-retention-of-personal-data-accessible">according to</a> Home Office guidance.</p>
  210. <p>Linehan said he was <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/16/holy-war-byu-fan-arrested-utah-supporters-college-football/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/16/holy-war-byu-fan-arrested-utah-supporters-college-football/">arrested</a> over three April posts on X about his views on challenging “a trans-identified male” in “a female-only space,” the BBC reported. One post <a href="https://x.com/Glinner/status/1913850667229184008" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://x.com/Glinner/status/1913850667229184008">stated</a>: “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”</p>
  211. <p>Linehan and the Free Speech Union vowed to sue the Metropolitan Police, alleging wrongful arrest and interference with his <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/18/mike-johnson-fcc-free-speech-jimmy-kimmel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/18/mike-johnson-fcc-free-speech-jimmy-kimmel/">right to free speech</a>.</p>
  212. <p>Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley previously called on the government to “change or clarify” the law following the arrest.</p>
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  220. <title>Court rejects request to halt National Guard deployment to Memphis</title>
  221. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/court-rejects-request-to-halt-national-guard-deployment-to-memphis/</link>
  223. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  224. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
  225. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  227. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/court-rejects-request-to-halt-national-guard-deployment-to-memphis/</guid>
  228.  
  229. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A chancery court in Tennessee on Monday denied Memphis Mayor Lee Harris&#8217; request for a temporary restraining order that would halt deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops to his city. President Donald Trump announced last month that he would be deploying the National Guard and a federal task force to Memphis, citing the city&#8217;s crime statistics, and [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/court-rejects-request-to-halt-national-guard-deployment-to-memphis/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  230. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="710" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-1024x710.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-300x208.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-768x533.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/reuters-1749517166-2048x1420.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>A chancery court in Tennessee on Monday denied Memphis Mayor Lee Harris&#8217; request for a temporary restraining order that would halt deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops to his city.</p>
  231. <p>President Donald Trump <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/trump-vows-national-guard-crackdown-memphis">announced</a> last month that he would be deploying the National Guard and a federal task force to Memphis, citing the city&#8217;s crime statistics, and the troops began <a href="https://justthenews.com/nation/states/tennessee-governor-says-national-guard-troops-federal-resources-arrive-memphis-next">arriving</a> in the Tennessee city earlier this month.</p>
  232. <p>Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal determined that the plaintiffs did not clearly demonstrate that an immediate and irreparable harm would result from the deployment before a full hearing.</p>
  233. <p>Harris&#8217; attorneys had argued that Tennessee GOP Gov. Bill Lee&#8217;s deployment of troops violated state law and the Tennessee Constitution, but Lee&#8217;s office said the state&#8217;s National Guard is under the governor&#8217;s purview.</p>
  234. <p>&#8220;The Tennessee National Guard is the state’s army under Tennessee law,&#8221; his office told<em> </em><a href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/20/court-denies-restraining-order-challenging-deployment-national-guard-memphis/"><em>Action News 5</em></a>. &#8220;As the commander-in-chief, Gov. Lee has the authority to authorize the Title 32 strategic mission to Memphis.</p>
  235. <p>&#8220;Every Memphian deserves to feel safe in their community, and through state, local, and federal partnerships, the Memphis Safe Task Force has created a generational opportunity that is already delivering remarkable results to enhance public safety,&#8221; the office continued. &#8220;We are confident the court will uphold the Governor’s constitutional authority.&#8221;</p>
  236. <p>The deployment comes as Memphis has the highest violent crime rate per capita in the nation.</p>
  237. <p>Moskal has set a temporary injunction hearing on the deployment for Monday, November 3 at 1:30 p.m. in Nashville.</p>
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  244. <title>LA-bound plane makes emergency landing after pilots hear person at cockpit door</title>
  245. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/la-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilots-hear-person-at-cockpit-door/</link>
  247. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  248. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
  249. <category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
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  251. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/la-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilots-hear-person-at-cockpit-door/</guid>
  252.  
  253. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />An American Airlines flight, operated by SkyWest Airlines, made an emergency landing in Nebraska Monday night after the pilots could not reach the flight attendants and they heard someone outside the cockpit door, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flight 6469 took off from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield at 6:41 p.m. local time headed to Los [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/la-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilots-hear-person-at-cockpit-door/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  254. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746273542-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgzw6ky000bl26pgh74shel6@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">An American Airlines flight, operated by SkyWest Airlines, made an emergency landing in Nebraska Monday night after the pilots could not reach the flight attendants and they heard someone outside the cockpit door, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.</p>
  255. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgzw72v100043b6n7dqowrem@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Flight 6469 took off from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield at 6:41 p.m. local time headed to Los Angeles, but almost immediately turned around, landing just 18 minutes later, according to the tracking site FlightAware.</p>
  256. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgzw72v100053b6n75vndg0i@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">“After landing, it was determined there was a problem with the inter-phone system and the flight crew was knocking on the cockpit door,” the FAA said in a statement.</p>
  257. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmgzwghr1000h3b6ns191otwj@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">A photo of the plane after it landed showed the Embraer ERJ 175 regional jet parked away from the terminal with two firetrucks surrounding it.</p>
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  264. <title>House Republican floats using &#8216;nuclear option&#8217; to end government shutdown</title>
  265. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/house-republican-floats-using-nuclear-option-to-end-government-shutdown/</link>
  267. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  268. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
  269. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
  270. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
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  272.  
  273. <description><![CDATA[Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate filibuster rules that require a 60-vote majority to reopen the government. “We need to be taking a look at the 60 vote threshold. We really do,” Roy told reporters Monday. Senate rules that require support from [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/house-republican-floats-using-nuclear-option-to-end-government-shutdown/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  274. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="keep">Rep. <span class="person-popover" data-nid="28990"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/chip-roy/">Chip Roy </a></span>(R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate filibuster rules that require a 60-vote majority to reopen the government.</p>
  275. <p class="keep">“We need to be taking a look at the 60 vote threshold. We really do,” Roy told reporters Monday.</p>
  276. <p>Senate rules that require support from 60 senators to end debate to overcome a filibuster proceed to an underlying vote on most legislation — and it is the reason why dissent from Democrats have prevented the Republican majority from reopening the government.</p>
  277. <p>Republican leaders in the Senate triggered that “nuclear option” to bypass the need to get Democratic support to confirm a slate of <span class="person-popover" data-nid="2086"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/">President Trump’s </a></span>nominees last month, but Senate Majority Leader <span class="person-popover" data-nid="15263"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/john-thune/">John Thune </a></span>(R-S.D.) has said he won’t use the same tactic on the continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government.</p>
  278. <p>Roy, though, said it should be under consideration.</p>
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  285. <title>JD Vance Arrives In Israel As Gaza Peace Efforts Continue</title>
  286. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/jd-vance-arrives-in-israel-as-gaza-peace-efforts-continue/</link>
  288. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  289. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
  290. <category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
  291. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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  294.  
  295. <description><![CDATA[US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Israel as part of the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to strengthen the Gaza ceasefire agreement. He is expected to push the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to start negotiations on long-term issues for a permanent end to the war with Hamas. The two special US envoys who helped negotiate [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/jd-vance-arrives-in-israel-as-gaza-peace-efforts-continue/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  296. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ">US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Israel as part of the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to strengthen the Gaza ceasefire agreement.</p>
  297. <p class="sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ">He is expected to push the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to start negotiations on long-term issues for a permanent end to the war with Hamas.</p>
  298. <p class="sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ">The two special US envoys who helped negotiate the deal, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, also held talks with Netanyahu on Monday.</p>
  299. <p class="sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ">Their visits come after a flare-up of violence on Sunday that threatened to derail the 12-day-old truce. Israel said a Hamas attack killed two soldiers, triggering Israeli air strikes which killed dozens of Palestinians.</p>
  300. <p>US President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that the ceasefire was still on track but also warned Hamas that it would be &#8220;eradicated&#8221; if it violated the deal.</p>
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  307. <title>Illegal alien charged with fatally running over NC man had history of drunk driving arrests</title>
  308. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/illegal-alien-charged-with-fatally-running-over-nc-man-had-history-of-drunk-driving-arrests/</link>
  310. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  311. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
  312. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
  313. <category><![CDATA[Exclusive Reporting]]></category>
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  315.  
  316. <description><![CDATA[An illegal migrant charged with fatally running over a North Carolina man carried a history of drunk driving arrests, but was repeatedly released by local authorities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, a criminal illegal migrant who allegedly drove off after striking and killing a 61-year-old man in Durham [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/illegal-alien-charged-with-fatally-running-over-nc-man-had-history-of-drunk-driving-arrests/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  317. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An illegal migrant charged with fatally running over a North Carolina man carried a history of drunk driving arrests, but was repeatedly released by local authorities.</p>
  318. <p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, a criminal illegal migrant who allegedly drove off after striking and killing a 61-year-old man in Durham in September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Trump administration says Mejia should’ve been locked up long before the tragic accident.</p>
  319. <p>“Wilmer Fuentes Mejia is a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala who has a history of driving while intoxicated and was previously deported by ICE in 2020,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement provided to the DCNF.</p>
  320. <p>“A local DA allowed him to walk free after multiple DUIs only to then cause this fatal hit-and-run that killed an innocent 61-year-old man in North Carolina,” McLaughlin continued.</p>
  321. <p>Mejia — who DHS revealed also goes by the name Werner Orosco-Clemente — <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/14/illegal-on-no-bond-kills-man-with-car/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/14/illegal-on-no-bond-kills-man-with-car/">allegedly killed</a> Richard Ferguson, Jr. with his vehicle in Durham, North Carolina, on September 13. The illegal migrant, who had already been removed from the U.S., was previously arrested in 2020 for allegedly driving under the influence in Wake County, but was released by the county’s district Democrat attorney without bond.</p>
  322. <p>After Mejia was released without bond for his 2020 DUI arrest, he failed to show up to his court hearing and an order was issued for his arrest, according to court records <a href="https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/hit-run-death-illegal-durham-october-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/hit-run-death-illegal-durham-october-2025/">reviewed by</a> WRAL. However, he was not arrested until the fatal car accident in September involving Ferguson.</p>
  323. <p>The illegal migrant’s criminal history includes two previous apprehensions for DUI and assault, according to DHS. The criminal history draws into question why Mejia was released without bond in 2020.</p>
  324. <p>A spokesperson for the Wake County District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.</p>
  325. <p>Mejia, a Guatemalan national, first unlawfully entered the U.S. in 2015 and was released by the Obama administration, according to DHS. Upon an immigration judge’s order, ICE deported him in 2020 during the Trump administration, but he illegally re-entered the U.S. again — a felony under U.S. law — at an unknown date and time.</p>
  326. <p>“There was a time twenty-some-odd years ago where I was going through some rough things, a drug addiction, and my brother helped see me through that,” Ferguson’s brother told WRAL. “Never once gave up on me, one time… He didn’t deserve to get killed and leave this earth.”</p>
  327. <p>Cooperation with ICE has long been a contentious issue for law enforcement in Wake County. Longtime Republican sheriff Donnie Harrison <a href="https://technicianonline.com/102041/news/wake-county-sheriff-loses-election-for-fifth-term/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://technicianonline.com/102041/news/wake-county-sheriff-loses-election-for-fifth-term/">lost his bid</a> for re-election in 2018 in an election that largely centered around the agency’s 287(g) program, which deputizes local law enforcement personnel with immigration authorities and is hailed by the agency as a tool to help apprehend criminal illegal migrants.</p>
  328. <p>Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, who held office when Mejia was released without bond in 2020, announced <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/05/08/wake-county-district-attorney-reelection-freeman-nc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-mrf-link="https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/05/08/wake-county-district-attorney-reelection-freeman-nc">earlier this year</a> that she would not be seeking re-election in 2026.</p>
  329. <p>“Richard Ferguson Jr. will get justice,” McLaughlin said in a statement provided to the DCNF. “ICE lodged a detainer for this criminal to ensure this menace and public safety threat isn’t released back onto America’s streets.”</p>
  330. ]]></content:encoded>
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  336. <title>Japan’s parliament elects first female prime minister</title>
  337. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/japans-parliament-elects-first-female-prime-minister/</link>
  339. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  340. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
  341. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
  342. <category><![CDATA[MIDDLE COLUMN]]></category>
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  344.  
  345. <description><![CDATA[Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/japans-parliament-elects-first-female-prime-minister/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  346. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-politics-ishiba-takaichi-bbd08fe7141de72af16601483ed80873" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">Sanae Takaichi</a></span> as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.</p>
  347. <p><span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/japan-first-female-prime-minister-vote-photos-d67c7c3420004824e4af363564cbc00c" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">Takaichi</a></span> replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in July.</p>
  348. <p>Ishiba, who lasted only one year as prime minister, resigned with his Cabinet earlier in the day, paving the way for his successor.</p>
  349. <p>Takaichi won 237 votes — four more than a majority — compared to 149 won by Yoshikoko Noda, head of the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in the lower house, which elects the prime minister. Even though her coalition was two seats short of a majority, Takaichi received enough votes to win in the first round. She likely received votes from lawmakers in fringe minority parties from whom she has sought cooperation.</p>
  350. ]]></content:encoded>
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  356. <title>Singer Kenny Loggins livid after Trump uses song in &#8216;No Kings&#8217; post</title>
  357. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/singer-kenny-loggins-livid-after-trump-uses-song-in-no-kings-post/</link>
  359. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristina Watrobski]]></dc:creator>
  360. <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
  361. <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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  363. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/singer-kenny-loggins-livid-after-trump-uses-song-in-no-kings-post/</guid>
  364.  
  365. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Singer Kenny Loggins demanded that his song be removed from a meme President Donald Trump posted on Saturday. In a statement shared with Variety on Monday, the musician slammed Trump for using his &#8220;Danger Zone&#8221; track in an A.I.-generated post in which Trump dumped fecal matter on &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protesters from an F-18 fighter jet. &#8220;This is an unauthorized [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/singer-kenny-loggins-livid-after-trump-uses-song-in-no-kings-post/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  366. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="850" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-1024x850.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-300x249.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-768x638.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-1536x1276.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2003-10-01T120000Z_1656778430_PBEAHUOMTGM_RTRMADP_3_LOGGINS-2048x1701.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p class="speakable">Singer Kenny Loggins demanded that his song be removed from a meme <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Donald Trump</a> posted on Saturday.</p>
  367. <p class="speakable">In a statement <a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/kenny-loggins-slams-donald-trump-danger-zone-ai-video-1236556964/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">shared with Variety</a> on Monday, the musician slammed Trump for using his &#8220;Danger Zone&#8221; track in an A.I.-generated post in which Trump dumped fecal matter on &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protesters from an F-18 fighter jet.</p>
  368. <p>&#8220;This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately,&#8221; Loggins said.</p>
  369. <p>Trump’s meme served as a response to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/millions-expected-flood-streets-no-kings-protests-targeting-trump-across-all-50-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;No Kings&#8221; demonstrations</a> that occurred in multiple U.S. cities on Saturday, protesting the Trump administration’s agenda — including its federal crackdown on immigration and crime in U.S. cities.</p>
  370. <p>In the <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115398251623299921" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">A.I. video</a>, a crown-wearing Trump flew an F-18 over &#8220;No Kings&#8221; demonstrators and dumped fecal matter onto them from the plane. In one shot from the clip, a protester — believed to be young progressive activist Harry Sisson — bore the full brunt of Trump’s payload.</p>
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