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NYTIMES (Mark Walker) - Travel Math: When Flying Costs as Much as the Train, Who Wins?

Amtrak says dynamic pricing has helped strengthen its finances, but travelers often grumble at the cost, especially for last-minute travel. Still, the train has a secret weapon: avoiding the airport.

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - New National Defense Strategy Emphasizes Homeland Defense, not Countering China

State of the Union: The U.S. is adopting a policy of “hardnosed realism,” the document states. The post New National Defense Strategy Emphasizes Homeland Defense, not Countering China appeared first on The American Conservative .

The Pentagon released its long-anticipated National Defense Strategy late Friday. The new document presents a sharp shift in U.S. military priorities by elevating defense of the homeland and the Western Hemisphere above countering China. The 34-page strategy breaks with approaches taken during both the Biden administration and President Donald Trump’s first term, arguing that past governments diluted U.S. power by pursuing “grandiose” global strategies rather than concrete American interests. It emphasizes securing U.S. access to the Panama Canal, the Gulf of Mexico, and Greenland in order to end the possibility of potentially hostile actors gaining influence over “key terrain” in the Western Hemisphere. China remains a central…Open

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AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Impeach Noem, fly to Minnesota: What House Democrats discussed on their private call

A House Democratic caucus call on Sunday lit up with calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and travel to Minnesota in support of anti-ICE protesters after the shooting of Alex Pretti , sources told Axios. Why it matters: A series of violent incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol agents has infuriated Democrats and accelerated the mainstreaming of what were once radical proposals. - Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), a swing-district centrist, told colleagues that if Noem isn't ousted or resigns, "we will have no other option but to begin impeachment," several sources on the call told Axios. - House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who was once reticent about impeachment, similarly…

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