# Pentagon Lets Troops Skip Flu Shots, Philadelphia Votes on School Modernization, GOP Pushes 70B Immigration Funding, Pentagon Trips Drone Spending, and more...

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Podcast: [US News Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/us-news-daily-6694991)
Published: 2026-04-22T13:25:45+00:00
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## Resource

(0:10): Pentagon Makes Flu Shots Voluntary for Troops Amid Vaccine Policy Shifts (2:10): Philadelphia Votes on School Modernization Plan: 17 Closures, Major West and North Philly Investments (4:24): Senate GOP Pushes $70B Immigration Funding via Reconciliation Amid DHS Shutdown, Sparking Partisan Clash (6:28): Pentagon Seeks Historic $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget, Tripling Drone Spending Amid Strategic Competition (8:43): Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments in Schools, Sparks Supreme Court Appeal To subscribe visit https://www.brief.news . For more updates in your inbox each morning visit www.brief.news . Image credit: KCRG

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