Military Boards Go Rogue On Hegseth’s Transgender Troop Ban

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Military boards are disobeying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ban on openly transgender-identifying service members in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Nine of 12 Navy and Marine Corps review boards have recommended retaining transgender service members despite Pentagon directives calling for their discharge, according to The New York Times. The decisions raise questions about enforcement of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military personnel policies and whether individual review boards are prioritizing their own ideology over the Pentagon’s stated readiness standards.

Directly after this executive order, the Pentagon enacted a system paying transgender service members to voluntarily separate from the military, the Times reported. As a result, hundreds left.

Those who challenged their dismissal faced three-member separation boards, according to the outlet. Those officers were given a set of criteria that a service member must meet to be dismissed. Boards of sailors and Marines have completely disregarded the criteria.

The Pentagon told the Daily Caller News Foundation that it does not comment on ongoing litigation. (Read more from “Military Boards Go Rogue On Hegseth’s Transgender Troop Ban” HERE)

James Comey Indicted Over Alleged National Security Leak To Reporter

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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation director ​James Comey ‌was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to charging documents unsealed Monday.

The documents, originally sealed October 5, state the Obama-era FBI director faces charges under the Espionage Act and for conspiracy after allegedly directing another individual to disclose national defense information to a reporter in 2016.

“It would almost be funny if it weren’t such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we can not become numb to,” Comey said in a video statement posted to his Instagram.

This is the third indictment against Comey following his investigation into then-incoming President Donald Trump regarding potential Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Comey was previously indicted by the DOJ in 2025 on one count of making an alleged false statement within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch and one count of obstruction of a congressional investigation. (Read more from “James Comey Indicted Over Alleged National Security Leak To Reporter” HERE)

Police Arrest 15-Year-Old After Mass Shooting, Sending 6 Children To Hospital

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A 15-year-old boy was arrested Sunday following a mass shooting that left 12 people injured after a homecoming game in Tallahassee, Florida, officials said.

The suspect, Anthony Rivers III, was charged with 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent in connection with the shooting, a Monday statement from the Tallahassee Police Department said.

Of the victims, six were adults, and six were juveniles. Three of the victims were seriously injured, a preliminary report found. Police said the shooting followed a fight and that they believe none of the victims were the shooter’s intended targets.

The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. near Bragg Memorial Stadium, only a few hours after a Florida A&M homecoming game, Fox News reported.

“What should have been a weekend of celebration in our community instead became a night of fear and violence for the victims and their families,” Chief of Police Lawrence Revell said in a statement. “While this arrest marks a significant step forward, our work is far from over. We remain committed to holding those responsible accountable and getting answers for every family impacted by this tragedy.” (Read more from “Police Arrest 15-Year-Old After Mass Shooting, Sending 6 Children To Hospital” HERE)

Trump Re-Endorses Netanyahu Ahead of Israeli Election: ‘We Have to Finish the Job’ Against Iran

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President Donald Trump renewed his endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening, urging Israelis to reelect him in Tuesday’s election with a renewed call to “finish the job” against Iran.

“Vote for Bibi Netanyahu for Prime Minister, we have to finish the job that we started!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

In his renewed endorsement, Trump credited his partnership with Netanyahu for military successes against Iran, citing operations that targeted the regime’s nuclear facilities and devastated its armed forces.

“Bibi and I have had a great relationship in winning together,” Trump wrote, pointing to Operation Midnight Hammer, which targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities, and Operation Epic Fury, the broader U.S. military campaign against the regime.

“Then we did Operation Epic Fury, and Iran now has No Navy, No Air Force, and both their Military and Economy are in shambles,” he declared. (Read more from “Trump Re-Endorses Netanyahu Ahead of Israeli Election: ‘We Have to Finish the Job’ Against Iran” HERE)

Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden Probes

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Two former FBI officials have been charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the agency’s Hunter Biden probes, federal authorities announced Friday.

“Lying to Congress by anyone strikes at the heart of our democratic system­­ but when senior FBI agents lie to Congress believing they are above the law, it’s time to bring the hammer of justice down on them,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in a statement announcing the indictment. “When senior officials entrusted with safeguarding our nation’s security choose deception over duty, they undermine the very institutions they swore to uphold. Today’s action makes clear that no one is above the law, and we will hold accountable all who obstruct the truth.”

According to FBI Director Kash Patel, federal authorities took former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides into custody on Friday morning. Both have been charged for allegedly lying to Congress in 2023 about their roles in the FBI’s since-dissolved Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF).

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed in October 2023 how the task force “used a sham assessment opened by FBI headquarters to cull reporting from confidential human sources (CHS) throughout the country related to the Biden family and then falsely brand the intelligence as ‘foreign disinformation,’” as The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland reported. The news came a year after Grassley revealed whistleblower allegations that the Christopher Wray-led FBI “developed information in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s criminal financial and related activity but ultimately shut it down based on false assertions that it was subject to foreign disinformation.”

Floris — who once bragged about “running a shadow government across the FBI” — served as the FITF’s deputy assistant director from mid-2019 through mid-2022, according to Patel. Benavides was the task force’s section chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. (Read more from “Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying To Congress About Hunter Biden Probes” HERE)

Kennedy’s HHS Puts Gender Medicine’s Biggest Medical Groups On The Clock

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For years, America’s leading medical and psychological organizations have insisted that so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors is medically necessary, evidence-based, and even lifesaving. Questioning these claims could get you labeled a bigot, accused of harming children, or professionally ostracized.

Now, they are being pressed to put their money where their mouth is.

On Oct. 14, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., issued formal demands to six influential medical organizations: the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association (AMA), Endocrine Society and World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).

The demand is rather simple: State your current position on medical gender-transition interventions for minors, identify any planned revisions, and say when they will happen. In announcing the letters, Kennedy made clear HHS also wants to see the evidence, saying these organizations “have a responsibility to explain the evidence behind those standards.”

They have 10 business days to respond.

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America’s Companies Keep Flirting With Security Nightmare That’s ’100 Times’ Worse Than TikTok

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A rising San Francisco human resources startup’s use of a blacklisted Chinese AI lab’s model is setting off alarm bells as Beijing continues to reel in American companies.

Rippling touts itself as a one-stop-shop AI platform for human resources, information technology and finance that services over 20,000 U.S. companies, per its website. The model’s maker, Z.ai, also known as Zhipu, had already made it on to a U.S. government entity list months earlier over its ties to the Chinese military.

“Any data that transits an API through servers based in China is at risk of deliberate data exfiltration and intelligence collection. This is the same problem we’ve had with TikTok, but scaled up to be 100 times worse as people are uploading sensitive personal information. They’re not making fun videos of kids dancing, but asking for pretty sensitive advice about every aspect of their lives as they’re using AI systems,” Ryan Fedusiak, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) who focuses on China and AI-related issues, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Open models “can be tampered with in ways that are very difficult to detect, and we haven’t seen a huge number of attacks like this yet. But I do worry that the potential is certainly there,” Fedusiak warned.

Rippling is not the only company to take Chinese AI for a test drive. Giants like DoorDash and small startups are increasingly adopting Chinese AI models because they provide nearly-frontier level performance at far less cost than Anthropic and OpenAI, Fortune reported. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said in 2025 the company used Alibaba’s Qwen AI model, referring to it as “fast and cheap,” per NPR. (Read more from “America’s Companies Keep Flirting With Security Nightmare That’s ’100 Times’ Worse Than TikTok” HERE)

‘They’re Using Faulty Analysis’: Speaker Johnson Insists Poll Are ‘Wrong’

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During an appearance on FNC’s “Fox News Sunday,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) doubled down on an earlier claim that polls showing Democrats with an edge in next week’s midterm elections were wrong.

Johnson said those surveys used “faulty analysis.”

“OK, so let’s talk through a couple of our new Fox News power rankings,” host Shannon Bream said. “When it comes to the House, 219 seats solidly Democrat, 198 Republican. That puts 18 as toss-ups. Also in our power rankings, this is a forecast for election night. If things go really well for Democrats, they end up with 237 seats. A good GOP night, our forecasters have, has 219 for Democrats. Meaning you’d still be in the minority in either scenario. You say those predictions are wrong. Why?”

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Trump DOJ Sues To Block Alaska Senate Results If Dan Sullivan Loses Because Of Another Dan Sullivan

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Friday to block Alaska’s Senate results if Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan lost because of a challenger with the same name.

A challenger with the same name entered the race in June, which raised speculation that he intentionally ran to confuse voters and help former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola win. If Sullivan loses, the lawsuit stated that the state would “fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election” if they certify the votes.

“Daniel J. Sullivan decided to run for Senator in 2026 as a Republican with the intention of misleading supporters of Senator Sullivan into voting for him. The sole purpose of his candidacy is to benefit the Peltola campaign by reducing the number of votes for Senator Sullivan … Should Alaska certify any electoral results tainted by the inclusion on the ballot of Daniel J. Sullivan—whose candidacy, Defendant Beecher found, is ‘for the purpose of confusing or misleading voters and compromising the fairness of the ballot’—the State and its officers will fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election,” the lawsuit stated.

Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher informed Sullivan in an Aug. 26 letter that his declaration of candidacy “was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy,” but rather to confuse voters into voting for the wrong Sullivan. After Sullivan appealed the ruling, Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled he could remain on the ballot for the state’s primary.

The Alaska Supreme Court overturned that ruling in a June 30 decision and allowed the other Sullivan to be on the ballot. (Read more from “Trump DOJ Sues To Block Alaska Senate Results If Dan Sullivan Loses Because Of Another Dan Sullivan” HERE)

ICE Nabs Violent Illegal Who Came Back After 2 Deportations

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a violent illegal alien who re-entered the country after being deported twice.

ICE apprehended Serferino Trinidad Ortega, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, during a targeted enforcement operation, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller.

Ortega’s criminal history includes convictions for two counts of cruelty toward his wife, two counts of driving under the influence of liquor, battery, assaulting a police officer, and obstructing a police officer.

When asked about Ortega’s arrest, ICE Assistant Director for Public Affairs Micah Bock told The Caller, “Any illegal alien ICE finds will be deported. ICE is prioritizing Americans’ safety, and that starts with removing these violent criminals from our communities.”

Serferino Trinidad Ortega first illegally entered the United States in 2002 and was ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge.

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