Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. She still has a position and will remain serving as “Senior Adviser to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys.” The resignation comes after a protracted legal fight about whether she could serve in the U.S. attorney role […] The post More DoJ Losses: Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Republicans’ plan to end “temporary” COVID-era Obamacare subsidies due to their exorbitant cost. This will cost them the midterms. They have a healthcare plan that I believe they will present today, but it can’t pass because it needs 60 votes. It is good for the national debt and will save Uncle Sam money.  A staggering […] The post Republicans Will Present a Healthcare Plan Today That Will Fail appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The House of Representatives passed a massive bipartisan $900 billion package on Wednesday to increase pay for troops, authorize defense infrastructure spending, and provide hundreds of millions in funding for Ukraine. The 3,000-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed 312-112 with 197 Republicans and 115 Democrats voting in favor. House Republican leadership celebrated the legislation, saying that it was critical to advancing the Trump administration’s foreign policy goals.  “With the NDAA, President Trump and Congressional Republicans are restoring American strength, defending our homeland, standing with our allies, and ensuring the United States remains the most powerful and capable military force the world has ever known,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said.  House Republicans said that the bill would codify 15 of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, including removing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandates and initiatives from the military, declaring an emergency at the southern border, banning men from participating on women’s sports teams at military academies, and building a “Golden Dome” missile defense system. “America is the world’s strongest country because of our military,” said Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX). “With FY26 NDAA, Congress sends a clear message: We are committed to protecting our homeland, keeping our troops safe, and preserving peace.” The bill allocates $800 million in support to Ukraine the next two years, increases spending on shipbuilding, forces War Secretary Pete Hegseth to turn over footage of strikes on drug boats or face cuts to his travel budget, limits Hegseth’s authority to pull American troops out of Europe, repeals certain sanctions on Syria, increases troop pay by 3.8%, and repeals the authorizations of force for the 2003 Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War. A ban on the Department of War funding transgender surgeries for troops did not make the final version of the legislation.  Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Eighteen Republicans, mostly members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, voted against the final passage of the bill. Some voiced concerns about the amount of spending and aid allocated to Ukraine and other foreign countries, while others believe not enough waste was cut.  Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) said that he voted no because there was no provision included to ban a central bank digital currency. Self said he had been promised that language because a central bank digital currency would be an “ultimate tool for government surveillance and control over every American’s finances. It would hand the federal government unprecedented power to track, restrict, and even freeze transactions.” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) took issue with the hundreds of millions allocated for Ukraine and said lawmakers did not have enough time to review the legislation.  “Over 100 Democrats voted to pass this. That ought to tell you right there what this is about. Got some liberal stuff tucked in there, and it’s over 3,000 pages. We get it on Sunday, and they’re voting on it today. There’s no way we will ever know what was in there,” he said. The bill will now head to the Senate.

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The U.S. was one of the original founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, but one member of Congress says it is time for the U.S. to exit the “Cold War relic.”   “We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries,” according to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has introduced a bill to remove the U.S. from NATO.  “NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed over thirty years ago. Since then, U.S. participation has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and continues to risk U.S. involvement in foreign wars,” Massie said.   “Our Constitution did not authorize permanent foreign entanglements, something our Founding Fathers explicitly warned us against,” the Congressman continued. “America should not be the world’s security blanket—especially when wealthy countries refuse to pay for their own defense.”   Specifically, the NATO Act, which Massie introduced Wednesday, would require the president to notify NATO that the U.S. is using the authority in Article 13 of the treaty to withdraw from NATO.   The bill draws the conclusion that the original purpose for NATO, to stand against the aggression of the Soviet Union, no longer aligns with U.S. national security interests, and further asserts that European members of NATO are capable of using their own economies and militaries to defend themselves.   Finally, the bill prevents U.S. tax dollars from funding NATO’s civil or military budget, or its Security Investment Program used for military equipment procurement.  Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.   Currently, NATO has 32 member countries, including the U.S.   President Donald Trump has applied increasing pressure on NATO counties to spend more of their own GDP on defense. Earlier this year, NATO members agreed to spend 3.5% of their GDP on defense and an additional 1.5% on civil preparedness, protection of infrastructure, and the like by 2035.  The introduction of Massie’s bill comes as the House passed the $900 billion NDAA, or the National Defense Authorization Act, on Wednesday. Included in the text of the more than 3,000-page bill that funds the Department of War are provisions that would make it more difficult for the administration to withdraw troops without Congress’ approval.   The Pentagon would not be allowed to reduce the number of active troops stationed in Europe below 76,000 for longer than a 45-day period unless it has certified to Congress that it is in the best interest of the United States and the decision has been reached after consultation with NATO allies.  The Senate is expected to pass the NDAA next week and Trump says he will sign the spending bill.   George Caldwell contributed to this report.  The post ‘Cold War Relic’: Congressman Introduces Bill To Pull US From NATO  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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