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What new defense policies did President Trump outline at the Pentagon?
A new focus at the Pentagon. Elisa Brady, Fox News. The commander-in-chief addressing a room full of America's highest-ranking military officers to outline new defense policy.
In a sometimes partisan speech, President Trump told a gathering of generals and admirals the military is no longer about political correctness, but merit.
It's because the purposes of American military is not to protect anyone's feelings, it's to protect society. Our republic.
President Trump also addressed deploying National Guard troops to combat crime and violence in American cities.
It's the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control. It won't get out of control.
Before remarks from the president, War Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined an into woke culture in the military.
Fox is Jared Halpern at the White House. Hegseth also announcing gender neutral standards for physical fitness and suggesting that any military leaders who don't agree with the new approach should resign. The president's now back at the White House and just announcing a plan with Pfizer to lower prices on several medications with a goal of broader price cuts on more drugs. Democrats in Congress still pushing to reverse some health care related cuts made in the president's big, beautiful bill. But time runs out at midnight tonight to avoid a government shutdown.
Democrats are concerned that a shutdown could trigger mass firings of federal workers. Some Democrats say it doesn't matter if the government closes. That's because the administration already eliminated portions of the federal workforce.
Fox's chat program on Capitol Hill. The Senate will vote on a short-term spending bill already passed by the House today, but it can't clear a procedural hurdle without bipartisan support. Just a short time ago, getting word of a lockdown at a military base in New Jersey, reports of an active shooter. However, a Facebook post is now saying all clear at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. That's one of the largest bases in the country. America is listening to Fox News.
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New scrutiny on who ended up on a no-fly list during the Biden administration after Fox News Digital uncovered documents revealing some were COVID policy critics.
The Transportation Security Administration put 19 people on various watch lists, including some on the no-fly list who had resisted mask mandates publicly. 280 people involved in the January 6th riot were placed on lists, including five who were not allowed to fly at all. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News President Biden's TSA wildly abused its authority. Fox viewed one email from a privacy official at TSA at the time who expressed concern they were punishing people for expressing ideas when they hadn't been charged, let alone convicted. Two people who weren't even at the Capitol riot, including a National Guardsman, were added to the list due to bad intelligence. Noem says she's referring all of this to the Justice Department and Congress.
Fox's Jessica Rosenthal. The outer bands of Hurricane Umberto lashing Bermuda today with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind. And Imelda is also pelting the southeast part of North Carolina with rain that could lead to flash flooding. Umberto, meantime, generating flooding. dangerous swells along the U.S.
How is the military addressing woke culture according to War Secretary Pete Hegseth?
East Coast, Bahamas, and Bermuda. A brighter snapshot of the U.S. labor market.
Job creation was stronger than expected on the last business day of August. The job openings and labor turnover survey found 7.2 million openings. The previous month was revised higher, also to 7.2 million. There were fewer job openings in construction and federal government. Total separations from jobs decreased in accommodation and food services, arts, entertainment and recreation, but increased in state and local government, excluding education.
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