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VA says its trust scores among veterans are at highest level ever, 25% surge in 8 years
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VA says its trust scores among veterans are at highest level ever, 25% surge in 8 years

By Leo Shane III | Air Force Times Trust in Veterans Affairs programs rose dramatically over the last eight years amid department efforts to improve delivery of medical and disability benefits, according to new data released by agency officials on Tuesday. Overall confidence in the department increased from just over half of users in 2016 (55%) to more than 80% this past quarter, based on figures in VA’s recurring Veteran Signals Survey. That report polled more than 38,000 veterans using a wide range of department services, including medical care, disability benefits, and home loans programs. “This is meaningful because it is the voice of the veterans that we serve from across all different ages, service areas, locations, and demographics, telling us how we are delivering for...
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Trump Vows: ‘I will rip up, throw away WHO pandemic agreement’
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Trump Vows: ‘I will rip up, throw away WHO pandemic agreement’

By Ben Johnson  | The Daily Signal Former President Donald Trump has put the issue of world government at the forefront of the 2024 presidential race, vowing to “protect American sovereignty” and the U.S. Constitution from the designs of unelected global bureaucrats. Trump took aim at global governance institutions in general, and the World Health Organization specifically, on Saturday, promising to shred and annul the WHO Pandemic Agreement unless President Joe Biden submits the document to the U.S. Senate for ratification, as required for treaties. “As we speak, Joe Biden’s minions are in Geneva, secretly negotiating to surrender more of our liberty to the World Health Organization,” Trump told the Libertarian National Convention, eliciting a fulsom...
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There is a modern space race and this time more than the moon is at stake
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There is a modern space race and this time more than the moon is at stake

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff As the specter of conflict extends from terrestrial battlegrounds into the celestial sphere, the United States is actively preparing for the possibility of space warfare, spurred by escalating threats from nations like China and Russia. This new era of military strategy underscores a dramatic shift in the dynamics of global power and security. The central assets in this emerging battlefield are satellites, crucial for national defense and global communication systems. Historically shielded by their distance from Earth, these satellites now face risks from sophisticated antisatellite weapons developed by foreign adversaries. Both China's aggressive satellite launches and Russia's deployment of potentially weaponized satellites signal a clear intent to ...
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McCall: Government has no business trying to ‘save’ journalism 
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McCall: Government has no business trying to ‘save’ journalism 

By JEFFREY M. MCCALL | The Hill It seems everybody wants to “save” the journalism industry these days, except for the people who matter most — news consumers.   Citizens have been turning away from establishment news sources for some time. Audiences no longer trust news outlets to be fair, and this decline in media credibility has caused readers and viewers to disengage from the news. That necessarily leads to lost revenue for news organizations, layoffs of journalists and, ultimately, the closing of news outlets. There is no doubt: the journalism industry is suffering.  Legislators across the country are hopping on their white horses to ride to the rescue, with several states approving various measures to prop up the news industry with...
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Trump trial: Defense slams Cohen as ‘greatest liar of all time’ in closing arguments, protesters scuffle outside
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Trump trial: Defense slams Cohen as ‘greatest liar of all time’ in closing arguments, protesters scuffle outside

By Ben Kochman , Kyle Schnitzer , Max Rivera and Kaydi Pelletier | New York Post Closing arguments are underway in Donald Trump’s criminal trial over his alleged “hush-money” payments to Stormy Daniels. Meanwhile, outside the courthouse actor Robert De Niro and retired Capitol police officers slammed Trump during a Biden campaign presser. Trump’s team took the mic with a rebuttal at the same spot right after. Presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment that his former “fixer” lawyer, Michael Cohen, made to the porn star ahead of the 2016 election. FOLLOW UPDATES AT THE NEW YORK POST
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T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal. What it means for customers.
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T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal. What it means for customers.

By Rebecca Mezistrano and Ross Kohan | The Street T-Mobile, one of the three largest wireless providers in the country, is about to get a little bigger. The company announced plans to acquire U.S. Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal. T-Mobile will gain stores, more spectrum rights, and all of Cellular’s 4-plus million customers. The deal, which includes up to $2 billion of assumed debt, is expected to be finalized by the middle of 2025. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said in a statement “As customers from both companies will get more coverage and more capacity from our combined footprint, our competitors will be forced to keep up – and even more consumers will benefit." READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Elon Musk’s ‘X’ tops list of companies trampling on the 1st Amendment
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Elon Musk’s ‘X’ tops list of companies trampling on the 1st Amendment

By Hudson Crozier  | The Daily Signal Several major U.S. companies continue to flout First Amendment freedoms, according to a legal group’s new analysis and rankings.  Alliance Defending Freedom’s annual Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index ranks dozens of corporations based on their “respect for free speech and religious freedoms” both inside and outside of the companies.  In its third edition, announced Tuesday, the Top 10 list of shame for flouting those freedoms includes many companies on the same list last year. The companies’ scores ranged from 1% to 100%, measuring 43 different factors, including employee trainings, charitable donations, and various policies for consumers that reveal ideological bias.   ADF, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based legal no...
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Congress preps for drama with spending, farm bill, Pentagon policy and election-year bombast
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Congress preps for drama with spending, farm bill, Pentagon policy and election-year bombast

By Lindsey McPherson | The Washington Times Memorial Day for Congress kicked off an election-year summer sprint in which serious legislating usually takes a backseat to partisan messaging bills. The Senate started voting on bills that the Democrats in control there know will fail but want to message on. That started last week with a second failed vote on a border policy bill and will continue next week when Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer plans a vote on a bill to establish a statutory right to contraception. The Republican-led House is more focused on bills it can pass but also wants to score points. House GOP leaders laid out an ambitious plan to pass all 12 annual spending bills in June and July. With what will soon be a two-vote GOP majority, they don’t have much ...
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Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee, rejecting RFK, Jr., and Trump
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Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee, rejecting RFK, Jr., and Trump

By BRITTANY GIBSON | Politico The Libertarian Party selected former Georgia Senate candidate Chase Oliver as their presidential nominee on Sunday, spurning appeals for support over the weekend from both Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The selection of Oliver, who has described himself as “armed and gay” and whose third-party candidacy helped force a runoff in the Georgia Senate race in 2022, came a day after Trump suggested he would be the best nominee for the party, drawing a sustained chorus of boos. The former president was deemed ineligible for the nomination by the Libertarian Party chair — Trump wrote on his social media platform that, as the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, he could not have accepted the nomination, anyway — while Kennedy was eliminated in the...
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Alaskans outraged after crew reportedly prevented from flying U.S. flag at Denali National Park
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Alaskans outraged after crew reportedly prevented from flying U.S. flag at Denali National Park

By Valerie Richardson | The Washington Times A flag flap erupted at Denali National Park in Alaska following a report that the superintendent has banned construction workers from flying the stars and stripes. The National Park Service denies the claim. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, fired off a letter to National Park Service Director Charles Sams asking him to “immediately investigate” a claim that contractors on a major federal bridge project inside the park were told to stop flying U.S. flags because they detract from the “park experience.” “It is an outrage that on the lead-up to Memorial Day, a construction worker was prohibited from flying an American flag in a national park in Alaska,” Mr. Sullivan said this weekend on X. “I cannot conceive of a federal law or regula...
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