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Politics Does Rand Paul Want to Merge the American and Israeli Defense Establishments? Explaining the Kentucky senator’s NDAA vote. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images The former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X on July 15, “Every Republican Senator voted to merge our military with Israel’s military. The most America LAST thing they could possibly do, selling our military out to a foreign country.” “It’s absolute treason and betrayal,” she added. Greene was referring to a vote the previous day, in which 50 Republican Senators had supported a failed attempt to advance the annual defense…Open
In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can’t help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.
Tonight on “Katie Pavlich Tonight”: The Pentagon is sending three warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East as President Trump says the U.S. is “getting very close” to meeting its objectives in Iran. With the Basij militia’s intelligence chief reportedly killed by Israel and the regime now threatening tourist sites worldwide, former Marine Garrett Exner and former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam join the show to map out the path forward. We also examine the political fallout as a new poll shows shifting support for the war, while Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., discusses the fifth failed attempt to advance the DHS funding bill. Then, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin joins Pavlich for a one-on-one on rolling back climate regulations…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning to voice their opposition to the GOP-led Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAFE) America Act. The election reform bill, backed by President Trump, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to bring a valid ID when casting a ballot. It would also eliminate voting by mail without excuses such as illness or military duty. Earlier this week, Schumer lashed out at the measure calling it, "one of the most despicable pieces of legislation I’ve come across in the many years I’ve been a legislator.” The bill, passed last month in the House, has hit roadblocks in the upper…