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Major military operations are underway in the Caribbean as the press spars with the Pentagon.

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on racially drawn districts,

and a federal district court judge rules the Trump administration can't fire federal workers during

the shutdown. I'm Tony Kennett, host of the Daily Signals Tony Kenned cast, syndicated nationally

at 7 p.m. Eastern. It is Thursday, October 16, 2025. This is the Daily Signals, Top News in 10.

After a series of requirements from the Pentagon and Secretary of War, Pete Heggseth for

press stationed at the Pentagon, many of the media outlets in the country have turned in their press

badges, citing a violation of the First Amendment due to requirements to submit everything

they might have heard or reported on in the Pentagon to be reviewed for approval or possible

national security concerns. Since then, the New York Times has reported on a series of leaks from

senior leaders inside the Pentagon talking about the Trump administration's decision to use the

Central Intelligence Agency for on-the-ground operations in Venezuela. Here was the president

answering a question on that yesterday afternoon. Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

And is there more information you can share about these strikes on the alleged?

Well, I can't do that, but I authorized for two reasons, really.

Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America.

They came in through the, well, they came in through the border.

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