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  31. <title>Ohio GOP Bucks Gov. DeWine, Endorses Vivek Ramaswamy For Governor</title>
  32. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/ohio-gop-bucks-gov-dewine-endorses-vivek-ramaswamy-for-governor/</link>
  34. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  35. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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  39. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/ohio-gop-bucks-gov-dewine-endorses-vivek-ramaswamy-for-governor/</guid>
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  41. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" />Vivek Ramaswamy has further tightened his hold on the GOP nomination for governor in next year’s election after the Ohio Republican Party voted to endorse him on Friday. In the face of private opposition from Gov. Mike DeWine, Ramaswamy and his allies convinced the required two-thirds of the Ohio Republican Party’s central committee to issue [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/ohio-gop-bucks-gov-dewine-endorses-vivek-ramaswamy-for-governor/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  42. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><div><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-1024x683.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-1746813160-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746813160-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Vivek Ramaswamy has further tightened his hold on the GOP nomination for governor in next year’s election after the Ohio Republican Party voted to endorse him on Friday.</p>
  43. <p>In the face of private opposition from Gov. Mike DeWine, Ramaswamy and his allies convinced the required two-thirds of the Ohio Republican Party’s central committee to issue an endorsement in the race. After that, it was a fait de comple to win a simple majority. </p>
  44. <p>The central committee – which is made up of elected party insiders – voted 51-13 to endorse in the race. It then voted 60-3 to endorse Ramaswamy, party officials said. Attorney General Dave Yost, who’s been positioning to run for governor for years, got the three votes. Yost’s wife, Darlene, spoke on behalf of his candidacy, according to a committee member. </p>
  45. <p>But nobody spoke on behalf of, Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, who has been coy about his political intentions as a potential candidate since Gov. Mike DeWine appointed him to his job earlier this year. </p>
  46. <p>The votes are the latest example of the state party being in lockstep with President Donald Trump, who’s endorsed both Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed by DeWine and has to defend the seat – left vacant by JD Vance — next year.</p>
  47. <p><a href="https://signalcleveland.org/vivek-ramaswamy-wins-2026-ohio-gop-endorsement/">More here</a></p>
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  54. <title>Judge Orders That ICE Release Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk</title>
  55. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/judge-orders-that-ice-release-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk/</link>
  57. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  58. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
  59. <category><![CDATA[Immigration Crack Down]]></category>
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  62. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/judge-orders-that-ice-release-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk/</guid>
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  64. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release on bail a Turkish university student after she was detained in March and swiftly moved to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Rumeysa Ozturk is currently held in a detention facility in Louisiana. She has been in custody for more than six weeks, and in [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/judge-orders-that-ice-release-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  65. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-150x150.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-1746812431-1024x683.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-1746812431-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746812431-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release on bail a Turkish university student after she was detained in March and swiftly moved to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana.</p>
  66. <p>Rumeysa Ozturk is currently held in a detention facility in Louisiana. She has been in custody for more than six weeks, and in her testimony today, she described worsening asthma attacks after being exposed to triggers in a cramped environment.</p>
  67. <p>Earlier this week, a three-judge panel with the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled that the federal government has one week to facilitate Ozturk&#8217;s transfer from the Louisiana facility to Vermont.</p>
  68. <p>Ozturk was informed that her student visa had been revoked. Her arrest followed her role as one of four students who authored an op-ed last year criticizing Tufts University&#8217;s response to Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas in Gaza. The article largely supported the people in Gaza, and some perceived it as anti-Semitic rhetoric in support of Hamas, which the U.S. has labeled a foreign terrorist organization.</p>
  69. <p><a href="https://www.kbzk.com/politics/immigration/judge-orders-rumeysa-ozturk-to-be-released-after-claims-of-mistreatment-in-immigration-detention-facility">More here</a></p>
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  76. <title>New FEMA Chief Lays Down The Law: &#8216;I Will Run Right Over You&#8217;</title>
  77. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/new-fema-chief-lays-down-the-law-i-will-run-right-over-you/</link>
  79. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  80. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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  85.  
  86. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-150x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will &#8220;run right over&#8221; anyone that resists changes and that all delegation of authority in the agency is immediately suspended. Richardson spoke one day after he was appointed to replace acting FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton, who was ousted by [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/new-fema-chief-lays-down-the-law-i-will-run-right-over-you/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  87. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-150x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-1024x768.jpeg" 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/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency_FEMA_53840041046-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will &#8220;run right over&#8221; anyone that resists changes and that all delegation of authority in the agency is immediately suspended.</p>
  88. <p>Richardson spoke one day after he was appointed to replace acting FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton, who was ousted by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after telling a congressional hearing he did not support eliminating the agency.</p>
  89. <p>President Donald Trump and Noem have called for the agency to be shrunk or even abolished, arguing that many of its functions can be carried out by the states, a stance that is already leading to decreased federal aid for disasters.</p>
  90. <p>Richardson, a former Marine artillery officer and combat veteran, told staff in an all-hands call that was heavy on references to his military experience, that all decisions, including those on spending, would go through him.</p>
  91. <p>&#8220;I, and I alone in FEMA, speak for FEMA. I&#8217;m here to carry out the president&#8217;s intent for FEMA,&#8221; Richardson, who was most recently assistant secretary for DHS&#8217; office for countering weapons of mass destruction, told the staff.</p>
  92. <p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/09/fema-head-run-right-over-staff/83533958007/">More here</a></p>
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  99. <title>DOJ Probing Muslim-Only Community Near Dallas: Sen. Cornyn</title>
  100. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/doj-probing-muslim-only-community-near-dallas-sen-cornyn/</link>
  102. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  103. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
  104. <category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category>
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  107. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/doj-probing-muslim-only-community-near-dallas-sen-cornyn/</guid>
  108.  
  109. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a planned housing development outside of Dallas that would have a mosque at its center, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Friday. Mr. Cornyn, who will face Texas’s hard-right attorney general, Ken Paxton, next year in what could be a heated Republican primary contest for [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/doj-probing-muslim-only-community-near-dallas-sen-cornyn/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  110. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-150x150.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/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-1024x683.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/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745676550-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a planned housing development outside of Dallas that would have a mosque at its center, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Friday.</p>
  111. <p>Mr. Cornyn, who will face Texas’s hard-right attorney general, Ken Paxton, next year in what could be a heated Republican primary contest for his own Senate seat, is the latest Texas Republican to challenge the development in the rural town of Josephine, Texas.</p>
  112. <p>The project is backed by members of the East Plano Islamic Center, a mosque in Plano, about 20 miles from Josephine, and has drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who have accused the planners of seeking to create an exclusively Muslim community and to impose Islamic law on residents.</p>
  113. <p>In recent months, Mr. Abbott has directed several state agencies to investigate the development, known as EPIC City, suggesting it may have violated fair housing and financial laws, and that the Islamic center had conducted illegal funerals in its mosque.</p>
  114. <p>Mr. Paxton has also initiated a criminal investigation.</p>
  115. <p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/05/09/justice-department-to-investigate-muslim-development-in-texas-cornyn-says/">More here</a></p>
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  122. <title>Number Of Americans Collecting Social Security Hits New Record</title>
  123. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/number-of-americans-collecting-social-security-hits-new-record/</link>
  125. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  126. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
  127. <category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
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  130. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/number-of-americans-collecting-social-security-hits-new-record/</guid>
  131.  
  132. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The number of Social Security beneficiaries reached a new high in April, with more than 69.3 million Americans earning monthly payments, according to Social Security Administration (SSA) data. As more baby boomers reach retirement age, the number of recipients relying on the program is set to increase just as the SSA faces a funding challenge. [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/number-of-americans-collecting-social-security-hits-new-record/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  133. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-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/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-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/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/elderly-couple-matt-bennett-for-unsplash-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The number of Social Security beneficiaries reached a new high in April, with more than 69.3 million Americans earning monthly payments, according to Social Security Administration (SSA) data.</p>
  134. <p>As more baby boomers reach retirement age, the number of recipients relying on the program is set to increase just as the SSA faces a funding challenge.</p>
  135. <p>In April, the number of Americans earning Social Security benefits climbed to 69.37 million, up from 69.16 million in March.</p>
  136. <p>For the last 10 years or so, the number of Social Security recipients has been on an upward trajectory.</p>
  137. <p>In April 2024, 67.7 million people earned Social Security benefits. Four years previous, in 2020, just 64.62 million Americans earned payments, up from 56.75 million in 2012, which is the earliest year the SSA has publicly available data.</p>
  138. <p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/05/09/social-security-beneficiaries-reaches-new-high/">More here</a></p>
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  145. <title>Bulgarian President Calls EU&#8217;s Support Of Ukraine A &#8216;Doomed Cause&#8217;</title>
  146. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/bulgarian-president-calls-eus-support-of-ukraine-a-doomed-cause/</link>
  148. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  149. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
  150. <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
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  153. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/bulgarian-president-calls-eus-support-of-ukraine-a-doomed-cause/</guid>
  154.  
  155. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hit out at EU support for Ukraine, calling Kyiv’s prospects of victory against Russia “doomed” in his latest pro-Kremlin remarks. Radev, a former air force chief who was elected in 2016 and again in 2021, is one of the few leaders in Europe who has taken a softer stance on Russia [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/bulgarian-president-calls-eus-support-of-ukraine-a-doomed-cause/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  156. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-150x150.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/2025/02/AP25054597178956-1024x683.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/2025/02/AP25054597178956-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25054597178956-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hit out at EU support for Ukraine, calling Kyiv’s prospects of victory against Russia “doomed” in his latest pro-Kremlin remarks.</p>
  157. <p>Radev, a former air force chief who was elected in 2016 and again in 2021, is one of the few leaders in Europe who has taken a softer stance on Russia since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, frequently speaking out against sending military aid to Ukraine.</p>
  158. <p>Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hit out at EU support for Ukraine, calling Kyiv’s prospects of victory against Russia “doomed” in his latest pro-Kremlin remarks.</p>
  159. <p>Radev, a former air force chief who was elected in 2016 and again in 2021, is one of the few leaders in Europe who has taken a softer stance on Russia since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, frequently speaking out against sending military aid to Ukraine.</p>
  160. <p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/05/09/eu-support-for-ukraine-is-a-doomed-cause-bulgarias-president-says/">More here</a></p>
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  167. <title>Tariff Cut On UK Vehicles Leaves US Automakers Fuming</title>
  168. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/tariff-cut-on-uk-vehicles-leaves-us-automakers-fuming/</link>
  170. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator>
  171. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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  174. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/tariff-cut-on-uk-vehicles-leaves-us-automakers-fuming/</guid>
  175.  
  176. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />President Donald Trump&#8217;s framework for a trade deal with the United Kingdom includes lower tariffs on vehicles from that nation, a move that U.S. automakers oppose. American Automotive Policy Council President Matt Blunt said the import duties on UK vehicles could end up being lower than those on American-made vehicles. &#8220;The U.S. automotive industry is [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/tariff-cut-on-uk-vehicles-leaves-us-automakers-fuming/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  177. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="772" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-1024x772.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-1746808197-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-300x226.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-768x579.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746808197-2048x1544.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s framework for a trade deal with the United Kingdom includes lower tariffs on vehicles from that nation, a move that U.S. automakers oppose. </p>
  178. <p>American Automotive Policy Council President Matt Blunt said the import duties on UK vehicles could end up being lower than those on American-made vehicles.</p>
  179. <p>&#8220;The U.S. automotive industry is highly integrated with Canada and Mexico; the same is not true for the U.S. and UK,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are disappointed that the administration prioritized the UK ahead of our North American partners.&#8221;</p>
  180. <p><a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8c8c9904-c0eb-4037-8b87-3aa0cde24d53.html">More here</a></p>
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  187. <title>White House Says No To Hegseth&#8217;s Chief Of Staff Pick Who Called Trump And Vance &#8216;Crazy&#8217;</title>
  188. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/white-house-says-no-to-hegseths-chief-of-staff-pick-who-called-trump-and-vance-crazy/</link>
  190. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  191. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
  192. <category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>
  193. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
  194. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/white-house-says-no-to-hegseths-chief-of-staff-pick-who-called-trump-and-vance-crazy/</guid>
  195.  
  196. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as “Rasputin Ricky.” Ricky Buria, the defense secretary’s de facto chief of staff, is a rare Biden administration holdover and an internal critic of Vice President JD Vance’s “wackamamie crazy” and “isolationist” views — who has also [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/white-house-says-no-to-hegseths-chief-of-staff-pick-who-called-trump-and-vance-crazy/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  197. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-150x150.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/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-1024x683.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/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745332215-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as “Rasputin Ricky.”</p>
  198. <p>Ricky Buria, the defense secretary’s de facto chief of staff, is a rare Biden administration holdover and an internal critic of Vice President JD Vance’s “wackamamie crazy” and “isolationist” views — who has also slammed President Trump’s use of the military for immigration enforcement as “dumb.”</p>
  199. <p>Buria, 43, is also considered “incredibly intelligent and hardworking,” has fashioned himself as a China hawk and is seen by Hegseth as an effective administrator who keeps the office running smoothly — but the White House has blocked him from a permanent chief of staff appointment due to concern about his alignment with the commander-in-chief.</p>
  200. <p>“There is an ideological component to this,” said one Buria critic. “Hegseth is elevating a Democrat who does not share the vice president or the president’s worldview and who weaponized his position to push out internal rivals, including people who had very strong histories of being supporters of the MAGA agenda.”</p>
  201. <p>Buria’s elevated status has triggered a brouhaha among factions close to Trump, who has had aides hold varying views throughout his terms in office — while often changing his own in response to circumstances.</p>
  202. <p>Trump often vacillates between denouncing military action abroad and ordering its use in specific instances — and Buria has positioned himself on one flank, while those with whom he’s clashed internally have diverse points of view.</p>
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  209. <title>Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Daughter Arrested During Columbia Protests</title>
  210. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/actress-maggie-gyllenhaals-daughter-arrested-during-columbia-protests/</link>
  212. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  213. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
  214. <category><![CDATA[Celebrities]]></category>
  215. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
  216. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/actress-maggie-gyllenhaals-daughter-arrested-during-columbia-protests/</guid>
  217.  
  218. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daughter, Ramona Sarsgaard, was arrested during the chaotic anti-Israel protests at Columbia University Wednesday, police sources said. Sarsgaard, 18, who attends Columbia College, was slapped with a desk appearance ticket for criminal trespassing, the sources said. The actress’s daughter – who Gyllenhaal shares with husband Peter Sarsgaard – was one of nearly 80 [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/actress-maggie-gyllenhaals-daughter-arrested-during-columbia-protests/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  219. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-150x150.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-1746805718-1024x683.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-1746805718-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746805718-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daughter, Ramona Sarsgaard, was arrested during the chaotic anti-Israel protests at Columbia University Wednesday, police sources said.</p>
  220. <p>Sarsgaard, 18, who attends Columbia College, was slapped with a desk appearance ticket for criminal trespassing, the sources said.</p>
  221. <p>The actress’s daughter – who Gyllenhaal shares with husband Peter Sarsgaard – was one of nearly 80 agitators arrested while storming the university’s Butler Library Wednesday evening as students prepared for final exams.</p>
  222. <p>At least two school safety officers were injured in the melee, officials said.</p>
  223. <p>As of Thursday, the elite Morningside Heights school had handed down at least 65 interim suspensions to students who were part of the chaos, pending further investigation, a school official said.</p>
  224. <p>It’s unclear if Sarsgaard was one of those suspended.</p>
  225. <p>Video obtained by The Post showed a line of protestors led out in zip ties by NYPD officers and onto waiting police buses following the ruckus, which started when demonstrators shoved past a security guard at the library’s front entrance, disrupting focused students.</p>
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  232. <title>Another Blackout For Air Traffic Controllers At Newark Airport</title>
  233. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/another-blackout-for-air-traffic-controllers-at-newark-liberty-international-airport/</link>
  235. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  236. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
  237. <category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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  239. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/another-blackout-for-air-traffic-controllers-at-newark-liberty-international-airport/</guid>
  240.  
  241. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at Newark Terminal Radar Approach Control at 3:55 a.m. local time, a source with knowledge of the incident tells CNN. A separate source adds that the facility also [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/another-blackout-for-air-traffic-controllers-at-newark-liberty-international-airport/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  242. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="601" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-1024x601.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-1746228284-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-300x176.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-768x451.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-1536x902.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746228284-2048x1202.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/cmagwp9py004h27p7enw0hnel@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning.</p>
  243. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmagwpoec00023b6mbu4dp6ko@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at Newark Terminal Radar Approach Control at 3:55 a.m. local time, a source with knowledge of the incident tells CNN.</p>
  244. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmagwpoed00033b6mo9xc8ssj@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">A separate source adds that the facility also lost radio communications.</p>
  245. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmagwpgry00003b6mr4wzhszd@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">It’s the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/us/united-airlines-ceo-newark-flight-delays">latest in a series</a> of troubling technical problems that have impacted the air traffic control system in the United States.</p>
  246. <p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmagwpoed00043b6mzhdo0tqv@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">On April 28, an outage of radar and communications at the same facility left controllers unable to talk to planes or see where they were located. As CNN previously reported, at least five controllers took 45 days of trauma leave after that incident, leading to a staffing shortage that canceled and delayed more than a thousand flights.</p>
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  253. <title>NEWT: &#8216;Trump Boom&#8217; Coming By Summer 2026</title>
  254. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/newt-trump-boom-coming-by-summer-2026/</link>
  256. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  257. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
  258. <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
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  260. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/newt-trump-boom-coming-by-summer-2026/</guid>
  261.  
  262. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />By the summer of 2026, we should be in the early stages of what will come to be known as the Trump Boom. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s excellent May 4 Wall Street Journal column crystallized my thinking about the economy. There is a lot of anxiety and confusion about the implementation of President Donald J. Trump’s tariff [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/newt-trump-boom-coming-by-summer-2026/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  263. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-150x150.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-1746713539-1024x683.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-1746713539-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746713539-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>By the summer of 2026, we should be in the early stages of what will come to be known as the Trump Boom.</p>
  264. <p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s excellent May 4 <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-three-steps-to-economic-growth-tariffs-trade-tax-cuts-deregulation-7804053a">Wall Street Journal</a> column crystallized my thinking about the economy.</p>
  265. <p>There is a lot of anxiety and confusion about the implementation of President Donald J. Trump’s tariff policy. Further, there are uncertainties about the Republican budget bill being debated in Congress, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions, and potential violence around the world.</p>
  266. <p>Meanwhile, there have been endlessly negative articles in the opposition media, hand wringing by the anti-Trump establishment, and overreactions in the stock market based on random noise.</p>
  267. <p>Warren Buffett has always emphasized investing for the long run and not trying to outguess the market day-to-day.</p>
  268. <p>In that tradition, let’s take Secretary Bessent’s description of “Trump’s Three Steps to Economic Growth” and project them out to the summer of 2026. Thinking beyond the immediate is vital when trying to understand national patterns.</p>
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  275. <title>Early Gubernatorial Races Report Shows Virginia And New Jersey &#8216;Leaning Democrat&#8217;</title>
  276. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/early-gubernatorial-races-report-shows-virginia-and-new-jersey-leaning-democrat/</link>
  278. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  279. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
  280. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
  281. <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category>
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  283. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/early-gubernatorial-races-report-shows-virginia-and-new-jersey-leaning-democrat/</guid>
  284.  
  285. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP23183563612656-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has published a report looking at where the only two gubernatorial races in the nation stand as May dawns and the summer campaign season is on the horizon. The report comes to a surprising determination, given recent history. Virginia and New Jersey hold their state elections the year after [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/early-gubernatorial-races-report-shows-virginia-and-new-jersey-leaning-democrat/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  286. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP23183563612656-150x150.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/2024/03/AP23183563612656.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/2024/03/AP23183563612656.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP23183563612656-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP23183563612656-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The Center for Politics at the University <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/virginia">of Virginia</a> has published a report looking at where the only two gubernatorial races in the nation stand as May dawns and the summer campaign season is on the horizon. The report comes to a surprising determination, given recent history.</p>
  287. <p><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/19/virginia-gop-primary-race-between-trump-endorsee-and-house-conservative-too-close-to-call/">Virginia and</a> New Jersey hold their state elections the year after the U.S. presidency is contested, and with only two big races in the entire nation at that time and both seen as barometers for public opinion on how the president is doing, media attention is often substantial.</p>
  288. <p>In many cases, these “off-year” elections have seen the party that lost the presidency put extra effort into “sending a message” to the public at large that the presidential victory is not some mandate for his party’s agenda over theirs and to their voter base that the party has not been dispatched into irrelevance.</p>
  289. <p>For example, in 2021, the year after Joe Biden became president, not only did Republican Glenn Youngkin win the governor’s mansion <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/27/virginias-recent-extremism-a-warning-sign-for-other-states/">in Virginia</a>, the GOP was within three points of upsetting incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy in New Jersey, a decidedly blue state.</p>
  290. <p>The first “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” report of the 2025 campaign season has been issued, and it shows that both states, which were carried by Kamala Harris by six points in 2024, are “leaning Democrat.”</p>
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  297. <title>GOP Pushes Bill To Combat Antisemitism On College Campuses</title>
  298. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/gop-pushes-bill-to-combat-antisemitism-on-college-campuses/</link>
  300. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  301. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
  302. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  305. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/gop-pushes-bill-to-combat-antisemitism-on-college-campuses/</guid>
  306.  
  307. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Harvard-Protest-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Following a rise in antisemitism at universities, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has introduced legislation aimed at stopping antisemitic harassment on college campuses. “I think if people are troubled by antisemitism on college campuses, this is the easiest way to stop it,” Fine said of his bill. Universities have been aggressive in efforts to protect various minority populations, [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/gop-pushes-bill-to-combat-antisemitism-on-college-campuses/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  308. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Harvard-Protest-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/Harvard-Protest.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/Harvard-Protest.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Harvard-Protest-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Harvard-Protest-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Following a rise in antisemitism<a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/09/the-antisemitism-of-the-university-double-standard/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> at universities</a>, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has introduced legislation aimed at stopping antisemitic harassment on college campuses.</p>
  309. <p>“I think if people are troubled by antisemitism on <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/20/nearly-400-colleges-universities-refuse-close-dei-offices/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">college campuses</a>, this is the easiest way to stop it,” Fine said of his bill.</p>
  310. <p>Universities have been aggressive in efforts to protect various minority populations, and yet some institutions “seem to lose all interest when it comes to protecting Jews,” according to Fine.</p>
  311. <p>His legislation aims to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit religious discrimination “under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” according to the text. If passed, the bill would also amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide means of “rigorous enforcement” against antisemitism on college campuses.</p>
  312. <p>If university programs are found to have violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and engaged in antisemitic discrimination, the university could face financial fines.</p>
  313. <p>“This bill would simply say that a Jewish kid deserves the same protections as a black kid or a Hispanic kid or woman or any other group of people,” Fine, who is Jewish, told The Daily Signal. “And unfortunately, colleges won’t do the right thing on their own, so we’re going to make them do it.”</p>
  314. <p>Fine was clear that the bill would “restrict people’s ability to say whatever they want” on college campuses in the same way “you can’t say whatever you want about women or black students or gay students or anybody else.”</p>
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  321. <title>According To Disney: Anti-LGBT Middle East Is Good And Florida Republicans Are Bad</title>
  322. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/according-to-disney-anti-lgbt-middle-east-is-good-and-florida-republicans-are-bad/</link>
  324. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  325. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
  326. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  329. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/according-to-disney-anti-lgbt-middle-east-is-good-and-florida-republicans-are-bad/</guid>
  330.  
  331. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Disney, which once dared to attack Florida Republicans for the sin of wanting to preserve kindergarteners’ innocence, is now opening a new park in a nation where homosexuality is a crime. Hypocrisy much? Disney announced Wednesday it would be opening its seventh park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “This seventh Disney theme park resort [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/according-to-disney-anti-lgbt-middle-east-is-good-and-florida-republicans-are-bad/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  332. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="725" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-1024x725.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-1746803523-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-300x212.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-768x544.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/reuters-1746803523-2048x1450.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/disney">Disney</a>, which once dared to attack Florida Republicans for the sin of wanting to preserve kindergarteners’ innocence, is now opening a new park in a nation where homosexuality is a crime.</p>
  333. <p>Hypocrisy much?</p>
  334. <p>Disney announced Wednesday it would be opening its seventh park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. “This seventh Disney theme park resort will combine Disney’s iconic stories, characters and attractions with Abu Dhabi’s vibrant culture, stunning shorelines, and breathtaking architecture,” exults the Disney <a href="https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-and-miral-announce-plans-for-disney-theme-park-and-resort-on-yas-island-abu-dhabi/">press release</a>.</p>
  335. <p>Left unmentioned is that Abu Dhabi’s “vibrant culture” bans same-sex marriage, adoption of children by same-sex couples, production of or sharing of pro-LGBTQ material, and well, homosexual sex, according to <a href="https://www.equaldex.com/compare/united-arab-emirates">Equaldex</a>, which tracks countries’ laws on LGBTQ matters.</p>
  336. <p>In the United Arab Emirates, “[s]ame-sex sexual activity may also be penalized under Sharia law, under which the death penalty is possible, though there is no evidence that this has been used against LGBT people,” <a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/united-arab-emirates/">states</a> the Human Dignity Trust, a British-based organization that provides legal aid to bolster LGBTQ rights. (The U.S. Embassy for the United Arab Emirates did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Equaldex and Human Dignity Trust’s analysis of its laws.)</p>
  337. <p>Remember: Florida’s unfairly infamous 2022 bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by critics, simply prevented kids in kindergarten through third grade from having planned classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity in school.</p>
  338. <p>Which is, you know, a bit of far cry from having the death penalty for people having gay or lesbian sex.</p>
  339. ]]></content:encoded>
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  345. <title>Melania Trump Calls Families &#8216;Foundation Of A Healthy Society&#8217; In Tribute To Barbara Bush</title>
  346. <link>https://www.offthepress.com/melania-trump-calls-families-foundation-of-a-healthy-society-in-tribute-to-barbara-bush/</link>
  348. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Hilbrich]]></dc:creator>
  349. <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
  350. <category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>
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  353. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/melania-trump-calls-families-foundation-of-a-healthy-society-in-tribute-to-barbara-bush/</guid>
  354.  
  355. <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />First lady Melania Trump elevated the important role that families and the home play within society at the unveiling of former first lady Barbara Bush’s U.S. postage stamp on Thursday. “Strong American families are the foundation of a healthy society and served as a steppingstone towards building a better world,” the first lady told a [&#8230;]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/melania-trump-calls-families-foundation-of-a-healthy-society-in-tribute-to-barbara-bush/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description>
  356. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="506" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-1024x506.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/2025/04/AP25111571847181-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-300x148.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-768x379.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-1536x759.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP25111571847181-2048x1012.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>First lady Melania Trump elevated the important role that families and the home play within society at the unveiling of former first lady Barbara Bush’s U.S. postage stamp on Thursday.</p>
  357. <p>“Strong American families are the foundation of a healthy society and served as a steppingstone towards building a better world,” the first lady told a crowd seated in the East Room of the White House.</p>
  358. <p>“The dynamics within American households shape our nation’s core values, strengths, and collective wisdom,” Trump said. “It is within the privacy of our homes that the principles of morality, ambition, and empathy take root.”</p>
  359. <p>Standing beside a large poster of Bush’s Postal Service stamp, Trump praised the former first lady for being a “devoted mother” and leaving an undeniable mark on U.S. history. She was the wife of President George H.W. Bush and the mother of President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.</p>
  360. <p>“Mrs. Bush’s legacy is marked by her respect for tradition, while also breaking with convention,” she said. “While she is known for championing literacy, she also supported women’s empowerment, changed the national conversation on AIDS, and took a stand supporting gay rights.”</p>
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