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President Donald Trump questioned Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's political future in a social media post that alluded to his past false claim of having received a Bronze Star. Moore last year claimed he made an "honest mistake" as a 27-year-old in 2006, when he wrote on an application for the White House Fellowship that he had won the prestigious military award. Trump took to his social media platform early Thursday to comment on Moore, who has been at odds with the president over crime in Baltimore.

Mass shootings at the nation's schools would be preventable if districts adopted the same safety mindset long used against fires, retired U.S. Army Ranger and former West Point psychology professor Lt. Col. Dave Grossman told Newsmax on Thursday, one day after a gunman opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic church where children were gathered for a first-day-of-school Mass.

President Donald Trump fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus on Wednesday, the White House confirmed to Newsmax. The board, which regulates railroads, currently is considering the proposed mega-merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, The Wall Street Journal reported. Trump nominated Primus, a Democrat, to the board in 2020. He was the only board member to oppose the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, which was approved by the STB in 2023.

First lady Melania Trump called for stronger efforts to identify potential school shooters before they act, following Wednesday's mass shooting in Minnesota by Robin Westman, who wrote "kill Donald Trump" and "Where is your God?" on the murder weapons. "The tragic mass killing in Minnesota illuminates the need for preemptive intervention in identifying potential school shooters," she wrote Wednesday night in a post on X.

The 23-year-old transgender shooter who killed two children and wounded 17 others at a Minneapolis Catholic school Wednesday, reportedly left behind a handwritten journal in which he expressed regret over his sex change. "I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself," the shooter wrote, according to the New York Post's translation of the manifesto.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted a recent ruling that requires Utah to redraw its congressional districts, calling it "absolutely unconstitutional" as redistricting efforts intensify nationwide. "Monday's Court Order in Utah is absolutely Unconstitutional. How did such a wonderful Republican State like Utah, which I won in every Election, end up with so many Radical Left Judges?" Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

Do you plan to keep busy in your 70's? Bruce Bell certainly did - although you hopefully don't have the same job he did. The 71-year-old Bell was arrested this week after robbing a Chase bank in Sun Valley, CA. Police describe Bell as a 'serial bank robber' who had been released from prison just three years earlier. Bell has robbed banks four times in the past and spent more than 40 years behind bars. He's back in jail now on $1.6 million bail.

By Microsoft is back on top of the tech world. The company has surpassed Apple as the most valuable company in the world, thanks to a surging stock price in recent months. Microsoft's push into AI technologies has raised its value, while Apple is dealing with concerns over flagging iPhone sales. Microsoft and Apple have traded the top spot several times in recent years - usually with Apple re-taking the lead eventually.

Tony Shaffer and Fred Fleitz told Newsmax on Friday that recent strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen resulted from a failure in policy from the Biden administration and likely won't deter rising instability in the Middle East. "There has been no deterrence," Shaffer, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, told "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE" and guest host Lidia Curanaj.

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, told Newsmax Friday that the root of the problems for the United States in the Middle East with Iranian-backed proxies is that President Joe Biden "doesn't understand ...