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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DATA: Nearly 10,000 Referred to UK Counter-Terror Program.

The United Kingdom's counter-terrorism program received over 10,000 referrals last year, an almost 40 percent increase from 2024.

Prevent, the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism program, saw a sharp rise in referrals last year, marking a decade-long high, sparking concerns about extremism and radicalization. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism program received over 10,000 referrals last year, representing an almost 40 percent increase from 2024. DETAIL: Prevent, the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism program, recorded 10,293 referrals as of September 2025, a 39 percent increase from the previous year. In 2024, 9,957 people were referred to Prevent. This represents the highest number of referrals since the program’s creation in 2015. Fifty-six percent related to people with no identified ideology. Twenty percent of the referrals…Open

WAR (Army Lt. Col. Cain Claxton, U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command) - Northcom Prepares Deployment to Support Wildfire Suppression

At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Northern Command is preparing to deploy approximately 200 soldiers to support a wildland fire ground response operation in the Pacific Northwest.

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski spotted together in Minnesota amid her divorce proceedings

Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her one-time aide Corey Lewandowski were photographed dining and biking together in a wealthy Minneapolis suburb, fueling questions about a relationship both have previously denied. Images obtained by the Daily Mail show Noem, 54, and Lewandowski, 52, eating at The Grocer's Table cafe in Wayzata, Minnesota, on Tuesday before […] The post Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski spotted together in Minnesota amid her divorce proceedings appeared first on American Almanac .

Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her one-time aide Corey Lewandowski were photographed dining and biking together in a wealthy Minneapolis suburb, fueling questions about a relationship both have previously denied. Images obtained by the Daily Mail show Noem, 54, and Lewandowski, 52, eating at The Grocer's Table cafe in Wayzata, Minnesota, on Tuesday before riding bicycles along the Lake Minnetonka waterfront. An unnamed insider told the outlet the two are "closer than ever." The outing comes as Noem moves forward with a divorce from her husband of 34 years, Bryon Noem, 56, who runs an insurance agency. The couple met in high school, married in 1992, and have three adult children, daughters Kassidy, 32, and Kennedy, 29, and son Booker,…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides

A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 […] The post Smithsonian history director called history a 'prime tool of social justice' — then told Congress the museum doesn't take sides appeared first on American Almanac .

A resurfaced video shows the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History telling UCLA students that history is a "prime tool of social justice," months before she assured Congress the institution stays nonpartisan. Anthea Hartig, the first woman to lead the National Museum of American History, delivered the remarks during a February 2025 presentation hosted by UCLA's Luskin Center for History and Policy. In the video, reviewed by Fox News Digital , Hartig laid out a sweeping vision for the taxpayer-funded museum, one built around equity, reparations, restorative justice, and the celebration of activist movements including Black Lives Matter. Roughly seventeen months later, seated before the House Oversight and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Rep. Chuck Edwards drops reelection bid after ethics panel details gifts, poems, and trips with young female staffers

North Carolina Republican Chuck Edwards abandoned his reelection campaign in the middle of the night after a House Ethics Committee report laid out a pattern of lavish gifts, intimate messages, and unwanted attention toward two young women on his staff, conduct the panel says any reasonable person would read as romantic advances. Edwards posted his […] The post Rep. Chuck Edwards drops reelection bid after ethics panel details gifts, poems, and trips with young female staffers appeared first on American Almanac .

North Carolina Republican Chuck Edwards abandoned his reelection campaign in the middle of the night after a House Ethics Committee report laid out a pattern of lavish gifts, intimate messages, and unwanted attention toward two young women on his staff, conduct the panel says any reasonable person would read as romantic advances. Edwards posted his withdrawal statement on X at 3:32 a.m. ET on Aug. 5, two days after the committee published its 60-page report. He cited "much prayer and reflection," said serving western North Carolina "has been the honor of my life," and confirmed he would finish out his current term. He did not address the report's findings directly. The ethics panel's recommendation is blunt: censure by the full House. If…Open

What findings did the committee make regarding Rep. Chuck Edwards' communication during the investigation?
According to a report from the New York Post, the ethics committee found that Edwards was "intentionally deleting messages" to the two women during the course of the investigation.
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What did the House Ethics Committee conclude about the nature of Rep. Chuck Edwards' behavior toward his staffers?
While the committee found no evidence of explicit sexual propositions or sexual activity, it concluded that Edwards' sustained behavior crossed the line of appropriate conduct. The panel stated that any reasonable person would read his conduct as romantic advances and that his actions violated the "spirit" of House rules against sexual harassment.
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How did Rep. Chuck Edwards' legal team respond to the findings of the House Ethics Committee report?
Attorneys Stanley M. Brand and Andrew D. Herman filed a 15-page response claiming the report was filled with unsupported factual inferences and assertions. They argued that the conclusions exonerated Edwards under congressional rules regarding sexual misconduct and harassment, noting that gifts between members and staffers are not entirely prohibited when based on personal friendship. They also accused the panel of bypassing procedures that would have allowed Edwards to challenge evidence before the report's release.
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What was the House Ethics Committee's recommendation regarding Rep. Chuck Edwards' conduct?
The ethics panel's recommendation is for a censure by the full House. If approved, Edwards would be required to stand in the House chamber while the resolution is read aloud as a formal rebuke.
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What specific gifts and gestures were identified in the House Ethics Committee report regarding Rep. Chuck Edwards' conduct?
The committee's report cataloged a variety of gifts including jewelry worth over $1,000, designer purses, guns, shoes, flowers, a laptop, a cell phone, a KitchenAid mixer, a robotic vacuum, Broadway tickets, spa treatments, paid gambling trips, vacations, and one-on-one dinners. Additionally, Edwards reportedly sent roughly 30 different flavors of ice cream to Staffer 2 in June 2024 and wrote poems that made the staffers uncomfortable.
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Why did North Carolina Republican Representative Chuck Edwards abandon his reelection campaign?
Rep. Chuck Edwards withdrew from the race at 3:32 a.m. ET on August 5, following a House Ethics Committee report that detailed a pattern of lavish gifts, intimate messages, and unwanted attention toward two young female staffers.
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AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - RNC Chairman Gruters lays out the case against Democrats' 2026 midterm roster

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters is drawing sharp contrasts between GOP and Democratic congressional candidates heading into the midterms, cataloging a list of personal controversies and policy positions he says disqualify the Democratic slate from serious consideration. In a commentary published through Breitbart, Gruters, a Florida state senator who has led the RNC since […] The post RNC Chairman Gruters lays out the case against Democrats' 2026 midterm roster appeared first on American Almanac .

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters is drawing sharp contrasts between GOP and Democratic congressional candidates heading into the midterms, cataloging a list of personal controversies and policy positions he says disqualify the Democratic slate from serious consideration. In a commentary published through Breitbart , Gruters, a Florida state senator who has led the RNC since August 2025, named more than a dozen Democratic candidates across nine states and tied each to allegations ranging from sexual misconduct to ties to the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. The piece doubles as a recruiting pitch for the Republican alternatives Gruters says President Trump and his political team have assembled. Whether the allegations…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mamdani's taxpayer-funded video targets Jewish landlord, calls property ownership a "trap"

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used public funds to produce a 13-minute propaganda film that singles out a Jewish landlord by name and declares that homes belong to occupants rather than owners, a premise his own housing director has been pushing for years. The video, released on YouTube through the mayor's official channels, features […] The post Mamdani's taxpayer-funded video targets Jewish landlord, calls property ownership a "trap" appeared first on American Almanac .

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used public funds to produce a 13-minute propaganda film that singles out a Jewish landlord by name and declares that homes belong to occupants rather than owners, a premise his own housing director has been pushing for years. The video, released on YouTube through the mayor's official channels, features Cea Weaver, director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, seated in what appears to be a City Hall armchair in a red zippered sweater, narrating a one-sided account of landlord Joel Wiener and his company Pinnacle. Actor Morgan Spector provides voiceover. A six-person mayoral film team produced the piece, which The Nation previewed in advance and praised for its "energetic, cinematic style" and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Man who killed sleeping Kentucky 6-year-old walks free after sentence credits shaved nearly nine years off his time

Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 […] The post Man who killed sleeping Kentucky 6-year-old walks free after sentence credits shaved nearly nine years off his time appeared first on American Almanac .

Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 after serving 11 years, nine months, and 18 days. Prosecutors said he received nearly nine years of sentence credit under Kentucky law, accelerating a release that the victim's family, the state attorney general, and two state lawmakers have all called a failure of the justice system. The department confirmed the release in a statement to Fox News Digital : "Ronald Exantus has served the sentence…Open