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dailyvantage.com — A gunman opening fire just off the National Mall and wounding a teenager has revived hard questions about how America protects the presidency in an increasingly volatile political climate. Story Snapshot Secret Service officers exchanged gunfire with an armed suspect near the White House, injuring the suspect and a teenage bystander. The incident forced a brief White House lockdown and North Lawn evacuation, despite the threat staying outside the official perimeter. ...

dailyvantage.com — Global depopulation is no longer a fringe warning; it is a measurable collapse in births that now threatens family stability, economic growth, and the long-term health of nations. Quick Take Global fertility has fallen from about five children per woman in 1950 to 2.2 today, showing a long-running structural decline, not a temporary dip. Half of countries now sit below replacement fertility, and broad reviews describe the trend as worldwide and...

dailyvantage.com — A Maine Democratic Senate candidate is fighting to stay in a high-profile race after revelations about a Nazi-linked chest tattoo and deleted Reddit posts that included a wish for a Purple Heart recipient's death — and his own party is turning on him. Story Snapshot Graham Platner admitted to having a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, saying he got it nearly 20 years ago and has since covered it...

dailyvantage.com — Trump-backed Republicans are stacking up primary wins that remind Washington the GOP base still answers to the president, not the party’s old guard.Quick TakePresident Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates won multiple Indiana GOP primaries, including challenges to incumbents who resisted his redistricting push .Fox News said the Indiana results showed Trump’s “immense grip” on the Republican Party remained strong .In Kentucky, Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein defeated Representative Thomas Massie after a costly intraparty...

dailyvantage.com — A massive $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund meant to punish Biden-era abuse is now raising sharp questions about whether Trump family interests and businesses are effectively shielded from future tax scrutiny.Story SnapshotTrump dropped a $10 billion Internal Revenue Service lawsuit in exchange for a $1.7 billion anti-weaponization compensation fund.The fund will quietly pay claims by people who say the Biden administration misused federal power against them.Critics on the left call it a...

dailyvantage.com — When the nation’s top law enforcement official has to promise he will not help Ghislaine Maxwell get a pardon, it shows just how far public trust in government has fallen. Story Snapshot Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators he will not recommend a pardon for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. Democratic lawmakers pressed for broader guarantees, citing Blanche’s private, immunity‑protected meetings with Maxwell. Whistleblower claims of special prison treatment...