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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck Afghanistan, bringing the death toll to 2,205 and leaving at least 3,600 people injured. The latest quake follows two earlier tremors that hit the region on Sunday and Tuesday last week.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questioning from members of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday during a tense testimony.

Biden’s clemency team used autopen to approve mass prison releases—no review, and no accountability. The White House was run by the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. The Biden White House lawyers and the DOJ were confused by autopen clemencies. Emails showed that Biden wasn’t looking at the clemency documents. The New York Post published an […] The post Uncovered Emails Show Biden “Doesn’t Review the Warrants” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Oklo, an advanced nuclear technology company, announced on Thursday plans to build a “first-of-its-kind” nuclear fuel recycling center. The first phase of the project is expected to cost nearly $1.7 billion and create 800 jobs. The facility, to be built in Tennessee, will be the first privately-funded nuclear fuel recycling center. “Fuel is the single most important factor in bringing advanced nuclear energy to market,” Oklo co-founder and CEO Jacob DeWitte said in a statement. “By recycling used nuclear fuel at an industrial scale, we are turning waste into watts, cutting costs, and establishing a secure U.S. supply chain that will accelerate deployment of clean, reliable, and affordable power. Tennessee is showing the nation that recycling can be done commercially.” Energy Secretary Chris Wright served on Oklo’s board of directors before being nominated to head the Department of Energy in the Trump administration. The facility to be built will recycle used nuclear fuel, offering a potential solution to a divisive issue that has plagued the nuclear energy industry: how to dispose of spent fuel. Answers to the question have proven difficult, such as in the case of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository that has drawn strong opposition from local and state leaders in Nevada. “The recycling facility will recover energy-bearing materials from used nuclear fuel to be fabricated into metallic fuel for fast reactors. Once used in a reactor, this process significantly reduces waste volumes for more economical, clean, and efficient disposal pathways,” the Oklo press release says. The “metallic fuel” can be used the power fast reactors such as Oklo’s Aurora powerhouse, a zero-emission power plant that “only needs to be refueled once every decade (or longer),” according to Oklo. Maintenance on Aurora will take place more often, however. “Everyone who wants American energy to be cleaner, more affordable, and more sustainable should be rejoicing today. Oklo’s program to turn Cold War-era plutonium into safe nuclear fuel for today — and tomorrow — is a bold and exciting achievement,” Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, told The Daily Wire in a statement. Oklo and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are looking at more opportunities to collaborate, such as Oklo handling nuclear fuel recycling for the TVA and building other facilities in the state. Energy and Environment Legal Institute senior policy fellow Steve Milloy, who worked on the 2016 Trump transition team, credited President Donald Trump with the project’s success. Trump signed an executive order in May encouraging “the rapid development, deployment, and use of advanced nuclear technologies to support national security objectives.” “President Trump’s leadership is the reason this breakthrough is happening. It’s telling that, even in the face of historic progress, anti-nuclear activists would rather tear down solutions than acknowledge success. This project offers the American people exactly what they deserve: affordable, reliable, and clean energy,” Milloy told The Daily Wire in a statement.

A leaked Department of Homeland Security memo confirms that military forces are already staged in Chicago to support ICE operations, marking an unprecedented federal intervention in America’s third-largest city. Federal Forces Deploy to Chicago Despite Local Opposition The Department of Homeland Security requested immediate Department of Defense support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Chicago metropolitan area, according to a leaked memo dated August 27, 2025. The document, obtained by investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, reveals that a military advance party arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes on September 2. This deployment represents the first concrete evidence of active-duty military personnel supporting domestic immigration enforcement in a major American city. Military Operations Staged from Naval Base Naval Station Great Lakes, located approximately 30 miles from downtown Chicago, serves as the staging area for federal operations. The leaked memo indicates DHS Executive Secretary Andrew Whitaker and DoD Executive Secretary Anthony Fuscellaro coordinated the military support request. This strategic positioning allows federal forces to maintain operational flexibility while avoiding direct confrontation with Chicago’s sanctuary city policies that have historically resisted immigration enforcement efforts. State Officials Deny Guard Involvement Illinois National Guard officials explicitly stated they have received no activation orders or preparatory commands for any Chicago mission. This denial suggests the operation relies entirely on active-duty military personnel rather than state-controlled Guard units. The distinction is significant because it demonstrates the federal government’s intention to bypass state authority in immigration enforcement. Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have publicly opposed federal military deployment in their jurisdictions. Trump Administration Frames Operation as National Security Priority President Trump’s executive orders declaring a national emergency at the southern border provide the legal framework for military involvement in immigration enforcement. The administration characterizes illegal immigration as an “invasion” requiring federal intervention to protect national security and public safety. Trump confirmed the deployment with his statement “We’re going in” when asked about sending troops to Chicago. This approach reflects the administration’s commitment to aggressive immigration enforcement despite local resistance from sanctuary jurisdictions. The memo suggests a month-long operation timeline, though specific details about troop numbers and rules of engagement remain classified. This deployment establishes a precedent for federal military support in domestic law enforcement that extends beyond traditional border security operations into major urban centers across America. Sources: Exclusive: Leak Confirms Chicago Military Troops Might Already Be in Chicago, Leaked Memo Says Is Trump Hedging Again About Chicago? Breaking: Trump Admin Requests Military Aid in Support of ICE Operations in Chicago

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Noted political philosopher Patrick Deneen made a case Thursday for the need for what he calls “the public order” to restore the institutions of civil society. “Our young people need assistance from the public order, in order to make it easier for them to marry, to buy a house, to have children,” Deneen said in a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington.  “It is tantamount to cruelty to claim that all that is needed is more individual liberty,” he noted. The address by the professor of political science at Notre Dame was a capstone to the fifth National Conservative Conference in the United States. His 2018 book “Why Liberalism Failed” helped thrust the erudite educator onto the main stage of American politics. His former students have now permeated Washington, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. “Working-class people need the help of the public order to revive American industry and to restore a family wage. Students need the help of the public order to revive the forms of a liberal education for a modern age, one designed not merely for self-examination of liberal selves, but one designed to foster a society of cohesion and solidarity. Our communities need the assistance of the public order to strengthen; their downtowns, to make them more neighborly, high trust, old-fashioned,” the political theorist explained. Deneen, 61, cited Boulder, Colorado, as an example of such a community ordered toward neighborliness and noted that the high price tags for homes in the city’s neighborhoods make such a society a luxury good.  He also emphasized the importance of helping organized religion in America. “And yes, our churches and their teachings would benefit from the support they once enjoyed, from the public recognition of—and the gratitude toward—our Creator, by extending and deepening the acknowledgment that we only flourish as a people under God,” the Catholic professor contended. The political philosopher also urged reflection by conservatives on where they were failing in helping Americans. “[E]ven as we celebrate—as we rightly should—the liberation from the false gods of wokeness, we should be attentive to Christ’s admonition that we not be so focused on the mote that is in our progressive brother’s eye, while ignoring the beam that is in our own conservative eye,” Deneen said. Deneen ended his speech with an emphasis on the prioritization of the common good. “Speaking for myself, I refuse to believe that the decay of our civil society is so advanced that it can’t be reversed by concerted efforts of restoration from both within civil society, of course, but with the imaginative and focused support of the public order, our order. “We’ve heard much from conservatism in the last decades about the need of the blessings of liberty, but I think for the moment, it’s time to focus equally, if not more, upon the crying need to provide for the general welfare, to ensure domestic tranquility and to build a more perfect union,” he said. The post Americans Need ‘Public Order’ to Restore Civil Society, Notre Dame Professor Says appeared first on The Daily Signal.