Wednesday, September 16, 2026

DEFENSE_ China Throws Its Weight Around In America’s Backyard Over Taiwan ( Francis Kapper - DAILY CALLER )

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DEFENSE

China Throws Its Weight Around In America’s Backyard Over Taiwan


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Francis Kapper
Defense Reporter
September 16, 2026 1:10 PM ET


China reportedly threatened Panama with “serious consequences” after a majority of the country’s lawmakers backed the creation of a parliamentary exchange group with Taiwan.

The newly-created Panamanian parliamentary exchange group with Taiwan has opened a diplomatic rift between Beijing and Panamanian lawmakers less than a decade after Panama abandoned diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of China, the
South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported Monday, citing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has publicly distanced his government from the lawmakers’ initiative as Beijing pressures the country to reaffirm its commitment to the one-China principle, the outlet reported. 

“We congratulate Panama for taking steps to assert its sovereignty and align with President Trump’s vision for the Panama Canal,” a senior U.S. official told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The President has made clear that Chinese control of the Panama Canal is unacceptable, violates the U.S.-Panama Treaty, and jeopardizes our national and economic security.”

In the event of global war, such as World War III, the Panama Canal would be an irreplaceable asset for the U.S. Navy if it needed to rapidly deploy surface vessels for combat in the Pacific Ocean.

The dispute puts Beijing’s pressure campaign squarely in a region Washington considers strategically vital. The Trump administration’s 2026 defense strategy specifically warned that growing adversary influence around the Panama Canal could threaten U.S. access to key terrain in the Western Hemisphere and undermine American security interests, according to the
Department of War.

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READ MORE: https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/16/china-threatens-panama-serious-consequences-taiwan/

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US_ If President Trump Can Take on Washington, He Can Take on Entitlements ( Dmitri Bolt - TOWNHALL )

Townhall

If President Trump Can Take on Washington, He Can Take on Entitlements

Dmitri Bolt X Follow @_bolt_dmitri | September 16, 2026 4:15 PM


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At the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention last week, President Trump promised every adult American a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans retain Congress in November. The pledge drew immediate backlash from Republicans concerned about inflation, debt, and the prospect of adding roughly $1.2 trillion, before interest, to a federal balance sheet already groaning under its own weight.

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WORLD_ Merz Calls for Stronger EU Trade Tools to Counter China Competition ( Evgenia Filimianova - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

Merz Calls for Stronger EU Trade Tools to Counter China Competition

He said all 27 EU member states now run trade deficits with China totaling more than $346 billion a year.


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the chancellery in Berlin on Sept. 15, 2026. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images

Evgenia Filimianova
9/16/2026|Updated: 9/16/2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the European Union to strengthen its trade defenses against China, saying European companies are facing growing pressure from Chinese competition.

Speaking at a business and trade conference on Tuesday, Merz said Europe needs effective instruments to reduce its dependence on Beijing and protect businesses from “unfair competition.”

“Today, the People’s Republic of China deliberately combines its market-economy dynamism with state intervention, overcapacity, aggressive pricing, an undervalued currency, and heavily subsidized exports,” he said. “As a result, our companies are being put under enormous pressure both in the European Union internal market and in third-country markets.”

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WORLD_ Leaders of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Renew Call for Independence from UK ( Rachel Roberts - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

Leaders of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Renew Call for Independence from UK

The meeting followed President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend about the possibility of a unified Ireland.


(L–R) First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein President and leader of the opposition in the Irish parliament's lower house Mary Lou McDonald, First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth, and First Minister of Scotland John Swinney ahead of a summit with the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff, Wales, on Sept. 14, 2026. Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Rachel Roberts
9/15/2026|Updated: 9/16/2026

The nationalist first ministers of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland met on Sept. 14 to call for referendums on leaving the UK, saying that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end.”

For the first time since modern devolution began in 1999, the three countries all have first ministers who favor leaving the four-nation union and breaking away from the Westminster government currently led by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

The leaders from Wales’s Plaid Cymru, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), and Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 14 that said no Westminster government had the right to “block democracy.”

The meeting followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments over the weekend about the possibility of a unified Ireland.

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READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/leaders-of-wales-scotland-and-northern-ireland-renew-call-for-independence-from-uk-6087538?ea_src=ai_recommender&ea_med=desktop_news

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US_ Consumers Open Wallets Again as Retail Sales Top Market Estimates ( Andrew Moran - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

Consumers Open Wallets Again as Retail Sales Top Market Estimates

‘Don’t underestimate the consumer,’ says Money Management International’s Ted Rossman.


People shop at a mall in Arlington, Va., on March 10, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Andrew Moran
9/16/2026|Updated: 9/16/2026


Consumers opened their wallets again in August after an unexpected decline in the previous month, new government data show.

U.S. retail sales surged 1.2 percent last month, from a 0.5 percent drop in July, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday. This represented the highest increase since March.

A rebound was widely expected—economists had projected a 0.8 percent gain—as July’s decline was fueled mainly by
seasonal factors, including Amazon moving Prime Day a month earlier and FIFA World Cup festivities concluding.

On a 12-month basis, retail sales edged up 6 percent.

Sales at gasoline stations led the way, with receipts surging more than 3 percent. But even excluding commerce for automobiles and gasoline stations, transactions were broad-based and rose more than 1 percent.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

US_ Ex-Secret Service Agent to Newsmax: Butler Shooting 'a Big Mystery' ( Jim Mishler - NEWSMAX )

NEWSMAX

Ex-Secret Service Agent to Newsmax: Butler Shooting 'a Big Mystery'

By Jim Mishler | Tuesday, 15 September 2026 05:49 PM EDT


Former Secret Service Special Agent Tim Miller told Newsmax that the attempt on President Donald Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania, remains unexplained more than two years later, and that insider security breaches at the agency are a threat to the agents working protection details.

Miller told "
The Record With Greta Van Susteren" on Tuesday that basic questions about the shooting have never been answered.

"Two years later, after one of the most iconic events in our lifetime, we still don't have the details as to how and why this happened," Miller said.

"We get dribs and drabs every now and then," he said.

"So, yeah, this is a big mystery still as we get more information," Miller said. 

He tied the question to the removal of the agency's communications director and two staff members, who he said were walked out of the building less than two weeks ago over allegedly compromising insider information.

"As a Marine, that's horrifying to me to think that folks on the inside are creating a problem for these agents," Miller said.

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US_ 6 People Charged for Illegal Voting, Identity Fraud ( Naveen Athrappully - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

6 People Charged for Illegal Voting, Identity Fraud

In one case, a mayoral candidate allegedly submitted a voter registration application in the name of a noncitizen.


A voter casts his ballot in the 2024 Maryland Primary election in Chester, Md., on May 14, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
9/15/2026| 9/15/2026

Six individuals in three states were charged last week for various election-related crimes, including illegal voting and identity fraud.

Charges against three people were filed in California.

James Brass, 47, of California; Courtney Price, 49, of Florida; and Jateisha Herron, 33, of California, allegedly paid people to sign certain ballot petitions using stolen identities of registered voters, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Sept. 14 statement.

The petitions aimed to collect voters’ signatures so that certain proposed measures could qualify for a place on the California ballot.

California’s ballot initiative process allows citizens to enact laws or constitutional amendments without legislative support.

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WORLD_ The Island President Standing Up to Beijing ( Jan Jekielek, Frank Fang - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES


Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. in the presidential office in Koror, Palau, on Sept. 7, 2026. Irene Luo/The Epoch Times

EXCLUSIVE

The Island President Standing Up to Beijing

Surangel Whipps Jr. describes Palau—which was under U.S. administration for half a century—as a geopolitical ‘bullseye’ due to its strategic location.

By Jan Jekielek, Frank Fang | September 15, 2026 Updated: September 15, 2026

KOROR, Palau—When Surangel Whipps Jr. was pursuing an MBA at UCLA in the early 1990s, his classmates were chasing job interviews and lucrative careers. Whipps had something else in mind.

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US_ Gov. Brian Kemp Endorses Mike Collins for Senate, Unifying GA Republicans Behind the Senate Nominee ( Jennifer Oliver O'Connell - REDSTATE )

RedState

Gov. Brian Kemp Endorses Mike Collins for Senate, Unifying GA Republicans Behind the Senate Nominee

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell X Follow @asthegirlturns | 6:02 PM on September 15, 2026


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On Monday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) endorsed Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) in his U.S. Senate run against incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff.

As opposed to the mess in Texas, where primaried Sen. John Cornyn (R) is doing everything he can to tear down the candidacy of the Republican Senate nominee, TX Attorney General Ken Paxton, Kemp has made the conscious choice to
unite behind and support the party's nominee.

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US_ James Comer wants to see immigration fraud evidence on Ilhan Omar so Congress can decide on her expulsion ( Mia Cathell - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

WASHINGTON EXAMINER



James Comer wants to see immigration fraud evidence on Ilhan Omar so Congress can decide on her expulsion

By Mia Cathell
Published September 15, 2026 1:38pm ET


Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is calling for the release of the Trump administration’s alleged evidence against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), showing whether she violated U.S. immigration law by allegedly marrying her own brother, so that Congress can decide if she should be expelled from office.

“I think they should make it public,” Comer said during
an interview Monday night on Just the News, No Noise. “Absolutely, make it public. The evidence that I’ve seen would show that they would be privy to a lot more evidence than I would have.”

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