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World War II remains a defining touchstone in British culture, influencing politics, social norms, and popular culture. Its enduring presence is evident in various aspects of daily life, from the nation’s collective memory to contemporary media. This article explores the multifaceted reasons why the memory of WWII retains such lasting power in Britain.

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The U.S. Border Patrol is secretly monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a program to identify and detain individuals who have “suspicious” travel patterns, the Associated Press claims. According to the outlet, the “predictive intelligence program” uses cameras to scan and record vehicle license plate information and flag those deemed suspicious. Federal agents can potentially notify local law enforcement, the outlet said. The outlet shared this extensive video report: The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. pic.twitter.com/EeG1O7e5W6 — The Associated Press (@AP) November 21, 2025 More from the Associated Press: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects. Started about a decade ago to fight illegal border-related activities and the trafficking of both drugs and people, it has expanded over the past five years. The Border Patrol has recently grown even more powerful through collaborations with other agencies, drawing information from license plate readers nationwide run by the Drug Enforcement Administration, private companies and, increasingly, local law enforcement programs funded through federal grants. Texas law enforcement agencies have asked Border Patrol to use facial recognition to identify drivers, documents show. This active role beyond the borders is part of the quiet transformation of its parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, into something more akin to a domestic intelligence operation. Under the Trump administration’s heightened immigration enforcement efforts, CBP is now poised to get more than $2.7 billion to build out border surveillance systems such as the license plate reader program by layering in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. The result is a mass surveillance network with a particularly American focus: cars. This investigation, the first to reveal details of how the program works on America’s roads, is based on interviews with eight former government officials with direct knowledge of the program who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media, as well as dozens of federal, state and local officials, attorneys and privacy experts. The AP also reviewed thousands of pages of court and government documents, state grant and law enforcement data, and arrest reports. NewsNation provided additional coverage: The Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers and detaining people through a surveillance program that flags “suspicious” travel patterns, an Associated Press investigation found. More: https://t.co/QhXGaHTMtP pic.twitter.com/9fOlhTPu9T — NewsNation (@NewsNation) November 21, 2025 CBS News shared additional info: While collecting license plates from cars on public roads has generally been upheld by courts, some legal scholars see the growth of large digital surveillance networks such as the Border Patrol’s as raising constitutional questions. Courts have started to recognize that “large-scale surveillance technology that’s capturing everyone and everywhere at every time” might be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, said Andrew Ferguson, a law professor at George Washington University. Nicole Ozer, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at UC Law San Francisco, expressed alarm when told of AP’s findings. “They are collecting mass amounts of information about who people are, where they go, what they do, and who they know,” she said. “These surveillance systems do not make communities safer.”

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced an investment of more than $1 billion into TSA security checkpoints across the United States. Noem made the announcement during a press conference at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We as the Department of Homeland Security are going to be investing over $1 billion in new technology and new advancements in the security systems at security checkpoints in airports across the country,” Noem said. Noem said it’s the biggest investment in screening technologies “in over a decade.” “We know that it is our responsibility not just to keep travelers safe, but also to make sure that we’re getting them to their locations and to their destinations safely,” she continued. Check it out: NOW – DHS Secretary Noem announces over a billion dollars will be invested in new security screening technology at airport checkpoints, "not just to keep travellers safe, but also to make sure that we're getting them to their locations and to their destinations safely" pic.twitter.com/oxUutxFpGb — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 23, 2025 More from the Las Vegas Review-Journal: She said investments will be made into X-ray technologies at TSA checkpoints and also for “the technology it takes to scan individuals.” Noem said security personnel will also receive additional training and added that “our greatest resources are our people.” She added that additional K-9 units will be added to checkpoints as part of the overall investment, though some of those efforts have already started. “[Harry Reid Airport] is a wonderful facility for us to test new technology, and this security checkpoint is called our Innovation Center, which means this is where we typically deploy new technology, new screening processes, new x-ray systems to see as to their efficacy, to how they work as far as detecting new threats, or giving us higher rates of detection and where we can train individuals as well,” Noem said, according to KLAS 8 News Now. Noem also gave TSA agents $10,000 bonus checks at the press conference. Footage below: NEW: Secretary Noem personally tells TSA agents who worked through the shutdown they will be receiving $10,000 bonuses. pic.twitter.com/ovRKIBqieS — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 23, 2025 KLAS 8 News Now provided further details: During the press conference, Noem highlighted several TSA agents who faced hardships during the 43-day government shutdown, the longest shutdown in U.S. history. “It was devastating for so many people. We were amazed by the ability of our security checkpoints and our transportation security officers to still continue to show up and do their jobs and do it with excellence, but they also did it without pay,” Noem said. Noem said there were “only a handful of many” across the county who the department could point to as examples of exceptional TSA agents, four of whom she highlighted during Saturday’s press conference. “Many of them, while the politicians were in D.C. posturing and trying to win political points to advantage themselves, these individuals were still showing up for work every day. They were doing it while they didn’t have a paycheck, they couldn’t pay their bills, they couldn’t put food on the table for their families, but they also did it with a smile on their face,” Noem said. Noem also announced that the department will be giving bonus checks to many TSOs across the country for “doing their job with excellence,” by not just showing up for their shifts during the government shutdown, but also taking extra shifts and extra responsibilities, as well as going above and beyond to serve those in their communities and help fellow employees. Additional coverage below:

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The American dream is slipping away for many young Americans, as life becomes increasingly unaffordable — especially home ownership. Soaring home prices and interest rates and a housing shortage bar younger generations of people from purchasing a house. Today, the average age of a first-time home buyer is 40 years old.Many ideas are being tossed around regarding how to bring home ownership back into the realm of possibility for young families — most notably President Trump’s polarizing 50-year mortgage proposal.But Sara Gonzales, BlazeTV host of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” says we’re ignoring a simple solution: eliminate property taxes. Right now in the state of Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is aggressively pushing for the elimination of property taxes, condemning them as "rent to the government.”Abolishing property taxes, says Sara, is a “standard conservative position.” “You should not have to buy a home and then spend 20, 30, 50 years paying off that home, and yet you still never truly own your home because you would still pay rent to the government,” she says.And yet there are conservatives who oppose the elimination of property taxes, claiming it encourages older homeowners to hoard inventory.“So you're basically saying … we should what? Kick all the oldies out of the homes that they've paid for so that young people can buy them up? Like, I'm sorry, are we conservatives or are we not?” asks Sara.Further, senior tax caps allow older homeowners to pay significantly less in property taxes than younger homeowners, meaning Boomers are already incentivized to not sell. But if we were to enforce higher taxes on our senior population, as some conservatives suggest, we’re now guilty, Sara argues, of the same thing we criticize socialists for — taxing the rich.Another pro-property-tax argument is that the tax accounts for significant funding for education. But public schools, says Sara, aren't something most true conservatives want to fund anyway because “they're indoctrinating your children."If we really want to make sure the essentials, like police and fire services, are well funded, we should first look at eliminating all waste, fraud, and abuse. If it’s out of control at the federal level, then it’s almost certainly out of control at the local level, says Sara.All in all, eliminating the property tax benefits everyone, says Sara. Not only will it prevent people from being forced to pay lifetime rent to the government, but when older homeowners eventually do die, younger families have a better chance of affording those vacant homes because they’re not inheriting enormous property taxes.“Take this into consideration,” says Sara.“Say you have parents who are wealthy because they've worked hard and they own a lot of land … that they would like to give to you when they die. Consider you will not even be able to keep your parents' property or home with the astronomical property taxes that you will owe at the end of every year on land and a home that they already paid for.”“If you're young and you ever want to own a home, you should recognize that [property taxes are] a problem for everyone. So let's solve the problem for everyone.”To hear more, watch the episode above.Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred takes on news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Stop the presses. On Friday, Moody’s raised Italy’s credit rating to Baa2 with a stable outlook. “We are pleased with Moody’s upgrade, the first in 23 years. This is further confirmation of the…