Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores (rear), are escorted by federal agents after landing at a Manhattan helipad, as they make their way into an armored car en route to a federal courthouse in New York City on Jan. 5, 2026. XNY/Star Max/GC ImagesA United States Army soldier involved in the planning and execution of the mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using that inside knowledge to place bets on a prediction market, the U.S. Department of Justice said on April 23.Authorities allege Gannon Ken Van Dyke used advance knowledge of Maduro’s removal to…
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The FDA needs to step up on the Trump administration’s agenda of cracking down on illicit Chinese vapes, one Republican campaign strategist said in a statement obtained by Breitbart News in the wake of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying last week before the House Appropriations Committee. During a discussion on his department’s budget, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) asked about Congress directing the FDA to “dedicate $200 million towards enforcement to crack down on illicit vapes and illicit nicotine products.” “Do you know how those funds are going to be spent? And what are your…
The New York Times reported the latest spoke with several current and past Iranian officials, Revolutionary Guards, and a cleric about Mojtaba Khamenei’s condition. Though the Supreme Leader was gravely wounded, he is mentally sharp and engaged, according to four senior Iranian officials familiar with his health. One leg was operated on three times, and he is awaiting a prosthetic. He had surgery on one hand and is slowly regaining function. His face and lips have been burned severely, making it difficult for him to speak, the officials said, adding that, eventually, he will need plastic surgery. Mr. Khamenei has…
Well, don’t I have a flurry of updates for you. Earlier Thursday, Page Six published more photos of New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and former The Athletic reporter Dianna Russini allegedly kissing, and I don’t know what happened, but that apparently opened up the gates of hell. Because shortly after, a flood of information started coming out about the two, particularly Russini. We’re talking tweets, videos, all that, and just … wow.So, let’s start with the tweets. (RELATED: Mike Vrabel, Dianna Russini Allegedly Caught Kissing At New York City Bar Six Years Before Photo Scandal: REPORT) First, you’re…
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) responded to questions on whether language in the state’s redistricting measure was misleading by stating that “there was a vigorous campaign. Both sides were able to lay out their case for their adopted positions, and yes prevailed.” Co-host Brianna Keilar asked, “Judge Hurley, citing multiple substantial and procedural problems, including that the ballot question for the constitutional amendment was flagrantly misleading, as I said, the ballot question says new congressional districts will be temporarily adopted to ‘restore fairness‘. Does he have a point that it’s misleading?” Jones…
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) responded to a question on the timing issues with the state’s redistricting measure by saying the judge who ruled against the measure is an activist. Co-host Brianna Keilar asked, “[T]he judge here also said this effort violates the timing clause of Virginia’s Constitution, because voters didn’t have the 90 days between the General Assembly passing the constitutional amendment allowing this redistricting and the voters voting on it. It was signed in early February by the governor. It was passed in January. It went [in] early March for…
The Department of Justice says special forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke made more than $400,000 on the wagers.MANHATTAN (CN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a master sergeant in the U.S. Army Special Forces with using classified information to wager on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, profiting more than $400,000.According to a five-count federal indictment in the Southern District of New York, Gannon Ken Van Dyke placed a series of bets on the online prediction market Polymarket relating to Maduro’s Jan. 3, 2026, capture by U.S. forces — an operation in which Van Dyke was explicitly involved.“From…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2023 it would list the salamander mussel on the endangered species list but has yet to issue a final ruling.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday over its failure to follow through on a promise to provide protections for the salamander mussel as an endangered species, which the center warns increases its chance of extinction.The environmental group filed the 13-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing the Trump administration’s failure to issue a timely final rule…
The FBI on Thursday arrested 43 Mexican Mafia gang members in Orange County, California. According to the feds, the gang members committed various crimes such as kidnapping, extortion, trafficking drugs, running gambling businesses, and murder. The defendants were charged with 66 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, trafficking narcotics such as fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, and using firearms during a crime of violence. “Gang members who murder, extort, kidnap, and traffic drugs and firearms are a menace to our communities and our way of life,” said First Assistant…
I sometimes wonder whether the Great Sort isn’t a good idea, despite the fact that the increasing geographic separation of liberals and conservatives into homogenous communities is terrible for social trust. Advertisement I think that because 1) liberals ruin everything they touch, 2) liberals hate us with a passion that burns hotter than the corona of the sun, and 3), I can’t get past the fact that liberals always, always, ALWAYS side with the morally bankrupt, calling them “victims.”Earlier today, I wrote about the New York Times’ podcast with Hasan Piker, in which he described the moral justification for killing…
The Government has announced plans to financially incentivize abortion clinics to provide ‘lunch-hour’ or ‘same-day’ abortions. The changes were announced last week as part of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England. Under the current NHS Payment Scheme, abortion clinics are typically paid separately for each part of the abortion pathway – the consultation, scan, and procedure. This encourages abortion providers not to rush the process in one day and also gives women more time to consider their decision before the actual abortion procedure happens. Under the Government’s new approach (page 28), abortion clinics will now be paid a bundled payment…
(Headline USA) More than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia were arrested Thursday during an early morning crackdown across Southern California, federal authorities said.The FBI and other federal and local agencies executed search and arrest warrants at about 30 locations mostly in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A total of 43 people, including those already in custody, have been indicted on charges that include murder, kidnapping, extortion, running an illegal gambling operation and drug trafficking, prosecutors said. Officers seized 120 pounds (54 kilos) of methamphetamine, more than eight pounds (four…
President Donald Trump unveiled a new deal Thursday afternoon with the pharmaceutical company Regeneron as part of his “most favored nation” plan, which will see the company voluntarily cut prices for American taxpayers.Regeneron agreed to reduce prices for its current and future medications sold to Medicaid, and to lower the price of its cholesterol drug Praluent to $225 for Americans through the TrumpRx.gov website in exchange for relief from pharmaceutical tariffs. The agreement makes Regeneron the 17th company to sign the Trump administration’s “most favored nation” plan. Department of Health and Human Services chief counselor Chris Klomp said the combined…
A US Army soldier was arrested and charged for using classified information to profit more than $400,00 on the capture of Maduro betting on Polymarket, a prediction marketplace. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday announced the unsealing of an indictment charging US Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction. The US Army’s Delta Force captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro…
The Delta Stewardship Council denied appeals to the conveyance project, but remanded two issues to the state water department — meaning the project won’t proceed immediately.SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Opponents of the Delta Conveyance Project said Thursday they had only days to read a 200-page draft decision that, if approved, would destroy their way of life.They stood before the Delta Stewardship Council, asking for more time before it opted to deny their appeals — a move that charts a course for the massive water diversion project to proceed.“I hate coming to these meetings,” said Gia Moreno, with the Hood Community…
President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to strike any Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and says it’s a “matter of days” before Iran’s oil infrastructure explodes. Why does the president say he’s under zero pressure to cut a deal with the regime? Congress is one step closer to funding Immigration and C…
The Justice Department has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for financial fraud, taking money from leftist donors and paying informants inside racist and extremist groups and trying to hide the money trail as they “fight extremism and hate.” Naturally, the leftist networks and newspapers don’t want to get into the ugly specifics of the indictment underlining that scam. MRC senior research analyst Bill D’Agostino and CNS News managing editor Craig Bannister joined the show. On Thursday morning, The New York Times offered a front-page story laying out all the conservative complaints about the group in recent years, but not…
The current candidates for governor in California think it is racist to require truck drivers to speak English and be able to read and understand road signs. The surviving gubernatorial candidates promise to keep them on the road. Why not? Illegal aliens, drug addicts, criminals, cartels, and the homeless are left to their own devices. Why break the pattern? This is insane, of course. The Democratic candidates want illegal alien, non-English-speaking truck drivers on the road. The state has already given 17,000 of them CDLs despite the transportation secretary banning it. This doesn’t have to make sense, so don’t trouble…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon. https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412045 On April 17, the Education Department proposed a rule that would strip federal student loan eligibility from college programs whose graduates earn less than the average high school graduate. The rule is designed both to protect taxpayers from wasting government money on worthless programs, and to protect families from going into debt to attend college programs that leave them financially worse off than before. As Campus Reform explains, “Under the proposal, the federal government would now compare the earnings of graduates from each academic program to the earnings of people with less education. However, if a…
Former teacher and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), a “Presbyterian seminarian studying to become a pastor,” doubled down on his opposition to displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools during a CNN interview, drawing a sharp rebuke from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is seeking the same Senate seat and currently competing in the Republican primary runoff. “Federal appeals court ruled that the Texas law does not violate the constitution. Republican Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, your other possible opponent this November, he said, ‘this is a major victory for Texas and our moral values. The Ten Commandments…
Iran has the largest ballistic missile inventory in the Middle East. Giving it nuclear weapons would endanger the Middle East, the United States, and its allies. Hossein Velayati, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons There are nine nuclear-armed nations, and Iran wishes to be the tenth. For decades, the United States, along with European allies, has been trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, producing several iterations of the Iran nuclear deal, all of which failed to stop Iran’s progress. This is one of the primary reasons President Trump decided in 2025 and again in 2026 to launch…
President Donald Trump (C) speaks during an event on advancing health care affordability in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRegeneron Pharmaceuticals on April 23 became the latest drug manufacturer to enter a Most Favored Nation drug pricing agreement with the United States.President Donald Trump announced the deal from the Oval Office.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia/Image: Courtesy of ICE On April 22, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia — a criminal illegal alien wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and a documented associate of the violent MS-13 gang. In October 2013, authorities in El Salvador charged Morales-Mejia with aggravated homicide and illicit associations. On an unknown date, she illegally entered the United States without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official. According to ICE, in February, the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force in El Salvador provided updated information regarding Morales-Mejia’s…
Congress pressed Trump administration officials on rising gas prices during a Wednesday hearing, even as the administration struggled to offer Americans a clear timeline for relief. “I never said gas prices wouldn’t go down until next year,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers, according to Politico. “Never, never said such a thing.” But Wright told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that prices might not fall below $3 per gallon until 2027. President Donald Trump publicly rejected that assessment the following day, calling Wright “totally wrong,” according to The Hill.“I don’t know. That could happen later this year. That…
Democratic Virginia state Sen. Lamont Bagby claimed Thursday that watching “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “The Andy Griffith Show” and “The Waltons” as a child taught him about rural America. A judge in Tazewell County, Virginia, declared Virginia’s redistricting referendum that passed with just 51.5% of the vote Tuesday was unconstitutional, citing both procedural violations and ruling that the state’s Democratically-controlled Legislature exceeded its authority. Bagby, who represents parts of Henrico County and the state capital, Richmond, argued during a floor debate on the referendum that he understood rural Virginians because he had watched classic TV shows depicting rural culture. “And…
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump praised Greece as a “terrific” ally and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as a “terrific guy” upon learning that Mitsotakis told Breitbart News he is rooting for him to secure a deal in the Iran war. The president added, “I don’t think it’ll be very long” before the war ends. Breitbart News asked Trump if he had a response to Mitsotakis in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon. “Breitbart News’s Matt Boyle just published an interview with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, in which the prime minister said that he’s rooting for you to succeed in getting a deal with…
President Donald Trump Thursday evening provides an update on the Israel and Iran conflict in the Middle East during an event at the White House. You can watch the event here. Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
Female rapper Nicki Minaj is reportedly expected to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this weekend as a guest of Fox News as she makes waves for being a fan of President Donald Trump.The invitation comes after Minaj claimed she was “probably” the president’s biggest fan in January and that her support for him would not change even if she gets hate for it from critics. Fox News confirmed Minaj’s attendance to the Washington Examiner on Thursday, and she now joins a growing list of celebrities who have attended the prestigious event. George Clooney, Kim Kardashian and Martha Stewart…
President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to strike any Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. That’s as a full naval blockade tightens the noose on the Iranian regime’s oil lifeline. The president says he’s under zero pressure to cut a deal with the regime. Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution to fund …
Aftermath of an israeli airstrike where 30 people died is seen in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 23, 2026. Adri Salido/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended for three weeks, after an Oval Office meeting with envoys of both governments, as well as his senior national security team.The extension extends a 10-day truce brokered by the Trump administration April 16, which was set to expire at the end of the week.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit…
Police officers walk through a cloud of tear gas as they try to disperse people protesting against the death of George Floyd in front of the Colorado State Capitol, in Denver, Colo., on May 30, 2020, amid nationwide protests and riots. Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a jury’s verdict that ordered the City and County of Denver to pay 12 George Floyd protesters $14 million for “unconstitutional” use of force during 2020 rallies.The three-judge panel explained their decisions in a pair of rulings published on April 21.We had a problem loading this article.…
Los Angeles has a streetlight problem. For years, copper thieves have been stealing the copper wiring that powers the streetlights so they can resell it for cash. This crime has been surging recently as the price of copper has gone up. The end result is that the city now has a massive backlog of lights that need to be repaired and entire street that are completely dark at night, creating a safety issue. Advertisement This report by CBS LA is from mid-January.[embedded content]The cost of repairing even a single streetlamp can be thousands of dollars, no doubt thanks in part…
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Former federal law enforcement officials discussed potential solutions and the impact of inaction against the illegal selling of nicotine and vapes, often by foreign enemies of the U.S., Wednesday. Reporter for the Daily Caller, Ashley Brasfield, spoke with the experts, who had served for the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in a panel at Daily Caller Live: Cracking Down on Illicit Nicotine, presented by Regulate Smarter. (RELATED: Former GOP Sen Calls On Trump Admin To Combat Illicit Nicotine Crisis)The conversation focused on the gap between the law already set in place and the…
Ambassadors from Lebanon and Israel were scheduled to meet for a second round of talks in Washington on Thursday, with the Lebanese hoping to enlist the Trump administration’s assistance in ending the massive Israeli offensive against Hezbollah. “For the first time, the Lebanon file is returning to the American table,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday. Aoun was hopeful that the new round of talks would lead to “economic recovery, reconstruction, and more.” He is not present for the talks himself, but said he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump soon to discuss the impact of the war…
A Fox News poll shows 70% of Americans think the economy is in decline, representing a 15-point jump from last year.(CN) — Seven in 10 Americans feel like the economy is getting worse, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday, tied for the most negative reading in the survey’s history.The poll, conducted April 17-20 among voters, arrives at a moment of deep economic pessimism. Inflation and high prices ranked as the top concern for 26% of voters, followed by the economy and jobs at 17%. Nearly three-quarters (73%) rated the economy negatively, a figure that has barely budged over…
President Donald Trump continues to repair and replace the worn-out DC infrastructure ahead of our 250th Independence Day anniversary. In this video President Trump walks through the repair to the DC Mall Reflection Pool. WATCH: . Posted in Big Government, Celebrations, Donald Trump, Holiday, President Trump, Uncategorized, USA The post President Trump Remarks on Cleaning Up Washington DC Ahead of the 250th USA Anniversary appeared first on The Last Refuge.
The U.S. military is reportedly working with Ukrainian drone warfare experts to deploy counter-drone defenses at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in the latest example of the Ukrainians marketing their hard-fought battlefield drone expertise to allied nations. The post Reports: U.S. Military Embraces Ukraine’s Counter-Drone Technology appeared first on Breitbart.
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City and state officials in New York are supporting a plan to tax luxury second homes valued at $5 million or more.Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a so-called pied-à-terre tax to help New York City address its $5.4 billion budget deficit, offering an alternative to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s call for a higher income tax rate on millionaires and corporations to help close the gap.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 takes off from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla., on May 15, 2014. Chris O’Meara/AP PhotoJetBlue Airlines has been sued in a class action lawsuit seeking damages for allegedly using consumers’ personal data to increase airfares.The case was filed on April 22 in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
An attorney for the Miramax Films co-founder argued the trial judge excluded evidence crucial to the defense’s theory that the purported victim was with her lover the night she claimed Weinstein raped her.LOS ANGELES (CN) — Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein asked a California Court of Appeals panel on Thursday to overturn his conviction for raping an Italian model in her hotel room when she was visiting a film festival in Los Angeles in 2013.Jennifer Bonjean, Weinstein’s attorney, argued at the Second Appellate District hearing in downtown LA that the judge presiding over the 2022 trial had wrongly excluded evidence…
President Trump on Thursday announced that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire agreement by three weeks. Trump, Vance, Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Michael Issa met with representatives from Lebanon and Israel in the Oval Office on Thursday. The ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will be extended by three weeks, according to the president. Full statement from President Trump: The President of the United States, DONALD J. TRUMP, Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, and Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, met today with High Ranking Representatives of Israel…
By Trinity FoundationThursday, April 23, 2026Evangelist and faith healer Benny Hinn is seen in this undated file photo provided by his ministry. | Benny Hinn MinistriesFor the second time in five years, a court has ordered Benny Hinn Ministries to pay a marketing company for services rendered which the ministry had previously avoided paying. Hinn’s ministry now faces garnishment of assets.In a case that received almost no attention, during summary judgment Judge John P. Chupp ruled against Benny Hinn’s World Healing Center Church (WHCC) in January, ordering the Grapevine, Texas-based organization to pay PrintMPro, Ltd, better known by the trade name…
The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors after determining that failures to meet the standard of care contributed to the deaths of two pregnant women and a preborn baby. In separate cases, the board found that Dr. Ali Mohamed Osman and Dr. William Noel Hawkins provided substandard treatment to 18-year-old Nevaeh Crain, who was six months pregnant when she died of sepsis along with her preborn child. Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis was disciplined in the case of 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi, who was 11 weeks pregnant and experiencing a miscarriage when she died of hemorrhage. The board disciplined Hawkins and…
OpenAI is facing a state-level criminal investigation in Florida. Florida’s attorney general announced the probe on April 21. It’s linked to a deadly shooting last year at Florida State University. …
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, April 23, 2026The late Brian Kirby, 46, was a two-time MLB draft pick. | Smith Family Funeral HomesBrian Kirby, a former Minor League Baseball player and two-time MLB draft pick who died on April 15 while working as an HVAC technician on the roof of a church in North Little Rock, Arkansas, was buried on Wednesday and remembered as a man of faith. He was 46.“Brian was a man of deep faith, who faithfully lived out his convictions with grace and dignity. He looked forward to the soon return of Jesus Christ ‘when this…
When Jeanine Pirro says “compound” she isn’t kidding. [Check the Images] The DOJ took down a massive financial fraud operation in southeast Asia that was targeting Americans. DOJ – “The Department of Justice, through U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Criminal Division, together with its partners, today announced a series of coordinated actions by the Scam Center Strike Force against Southeast Asian criminal organizations operating scam centers that have defrauded Americans of billions of dollars. The Scam Center Strike Force’s actions include criminal charges against two Chinese nationals who managed a cryptocurrency investment…
The AFC Champion New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the Seattle Seahawks in February. Now, as they build their 2026 roster, the Patriots must take a crucial step without embattled head coach Mike Vrabel. According to ESPN, Vrabel will step away from the team during this weekend’s NFL Draft to seek counseling as he deals with the fallout, both private and public, from a scandal involving NFL reporter Dianna Russini. “As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that…
Nobody who is in charge of a Western country is in as much hot water right now as Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It’s so bad, France’s Macron heard Starmer ask to hold his beer, Germany’s Merz is hiding behind a tree, and not even the risible and much despised PM of Australia, Anthony Albanese, comes close to the amount of incoming fire Starmer is receiving on every conceivable front from every conceivable angle, friend and foe. Advertisement It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving weasel.In addition to twisting in the wind over his…