Pentagon shifts focus to the first island chain, strengthening U.S. Pacific defenses and military partnerships with Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
"And after we finish defeating Iran... pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," he said, to raucous applause.
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Jellie Whitehurst in Pensacola, Fla., was surprised to learn that after decades, the Navy had awarded a $1.7 million contract to a company in Virginia to supply the gear.
Days of relentless rain have left parts of Indiana dealing with severe flooding, with rising rivers continuing to threaten communities even as rainfall begins to move out of the region. Anna Dungan joins "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" to describe the fear, evacuations and damage residents face as floodwater engulfs homes, businesses and roads. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Actor, writer and producer Richard Gadd joins Morning Joe to discuss “Half Man,” an HBO Max series following the relationship between so-called “brothers” Niall and Ruben. Gadd, who plays Ruben, opens up on Morning Joe about how he came up with the show, which explores themes of masculinity and repression.
As sailors aboard the USS Lincoln endure shortages and a mental health crisis, Trump responds to concerns about their extended deployment: “Not nearly long enough.” David Shulkin, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Trump’s first term, weighs in.
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The NPVIC would be the type of interstate compact requiring congressional consent, and Congress can act now by expressly denying consent to the compact through ordinary legislation. The post The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: A Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite the Constitution Without Amending It appeared first on The Center for Renewing America .
Why Congress Should Act Before It Is Too Late For decades, efforts to abolish the Electoral College have failed because the Constitution requires a constitutional amendment to fundamentally change the method of electing the president. Rather than pursue Article V, supporters have adopted a different strategy: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). The compact requires participating states to award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of how their own citizens voted. Once states totaling 270 electoral votes join, the compact takes effect automatically, effectively replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote without changing a single word of the Constitution.…Open
The left has normalized large-scale unlawful migration; now the Court has detached citizenship from the concept of political allegiance. Without the Citizenship Act of 2026, membership in our constitutional community may remain a function of geography rather than law, consent, and reciprocal obligation. The post Primer: The Citizenship Act of 2026 and Ending Birthright Citizenship appeared first on The Center for Renewing America .
Background The Supreme Court had an opportunity to restore the Constitution’s original meaning on birthright citizenship and chose not to. The Constitution does not confer citizenship by birth on U.S. soil alone.1 The Center for Renewing America (CRA)’s core position on citizenship is correct: It requires lawful allegiance and membership in the national political community, not mere physical presence inside American territory.2 The court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara will go down as one of the most historically harmful decisions made by the Supreme Court of the United States. However, as CRA has articulated, the ruling has not exhausted the Constitution’s remedies.3 It merely shifts the fight to the branch that wrote the…Open
America is bigger than a single unelected staffer. It’s time for the Senate majority to recognize that truth, stop putting itself first, and finally prioritize the people from whom it derives its own legitimacy. The post Primer: How the Senate Can Secure a SAVE Act Win appeared first on The Center for Renewing America .
Synopsis On July 20, 2026, the House of Representatives passed a clean continuing resolution (CR) extending government funding through December 4, 2026.1 Notably, House leadership did not include the SAVE America Act in that measure. As a result, that CR is not currently an option for a House-originated vehicle for attaching SAVE America legislation. That opportunity would arise again only if the Senate amended the CR and returned it to the House, absent any other measures. Accordingly, the principal legislative pathway examined in this primer is the separate reconciliation process, while the CR remains a potential secondary vehicle only if it returns from the Senate. Separately, the House has advanced its latest budget framework,…Open