Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. New York’s Port Authority police are reportedly leaning on new digital surveillance tactics to crack down on unlicensed taxi hustlers. These scammers operate at transit hubs across the city in a gray market that critics say exploits passengers and steals fares from licensed cab drivers. The new enforcement effort is part of a $100 million initiative called Operation Legal Ride. Officers use controversial license plate readers to automatically scan every car that enters John F. Kennedy International Airport’s (JFK) five terminals, regardless of whether…
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Is it any surprise that a growing number of young Brits say that “under no circumstances” would they ever go to war for Britain?Why would they? It’s not like the people in charge of the country have given them a reason to believe that the country is worth fighting for. These days, even waving a flag will get you in trouble with the police. Advertisement Asked whether they would be willing to go to war for Britain, 50 per cent of those aged 16 to 29 said that “under no circumstances” would they go to warThese are the realities behind…
People take part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in two cases in which states have banned males from participating in female-only sports, in Washington on Jan. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesAn appeals court has sided in favor of a mother in a complaint against her child’s school district for imposing transgender policies.The case concerns the Pine-Richland School District in Pennsylvania, which in 2017 passed a policy providing “equal opportunity” to all students regardless of personal characteristics, including “gender identity,” according to an April 23 ruling by the Court of Appeals for the…
Using confidential information about his nation’s upcoming U.S. operation in Venezuela, a U.S. Army soldier with insider information placed prediction market wagers, netting him more than $400,000, the Justice Department said Thursday, announcing charges against Gannon Ken Van Dyke. Van Dyke participated in the planning and execution of the U.S. military operation to capture Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, called “Operation Absolute Resolve,” and used his access to classified U.S. military information about that operation to personally profit, the indictment states. Maduro had been wanted in the U.S. on narco-terrorism charges. The charges against Van Dyke arise from an alleged scheme…
I admitted to a crowd of law enforcement officers that I used illicit vapes smuggled by Chinese Communist-connected cartels. You might not realize it, but up to 85% of vapes circulating in the United States are illicit. On Wednesday, a panel of experts detailed how the Chinese Communist Party and Mexican cartel groups manufacture and distribute illicit vapes flooding into the United States at a Daily Caller Live co-sponsored by Regulate Smarter. (RELATED: Panel Makes Case For Turbocharging American Innovation At Daily Caller Live Event) “Around the year 2020 … the good old vape manufacturers in China and our best friends,…
Illustration of defense forces using satellite tracking to deploy surface-to-air missiles. Courtesy Space Development AgencyThe Golden Dome for America (GDA) project is currently ahead of schedule and on budget, according to updates from officials who gathered at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on Thursday to showcase progress on the program.Key achievements, so far, include completing the initial architecture blueprint for the Golden Dome, awarding active contracts for critical components of the system, and establishing a consortium for command-and-control capabilities, the Department of War (DOW) said in an April 23 statement. Senior leaders from the DOW, the federal government,…
Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek has been charged with terrorism-related charges in Egypt after converting to Christianity and criticizing Islam. Photo courtesy of Newsforce via Twitter. Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek (also spelled Saeid Mansour Abdulraziq) is an Egyptian Christian convert from Islam currently on trial in Cairo on terrorism-related offenses. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty. Under Egypt’s counterterrorism law, founders and leaders of terrorist organizations are subject to the death penalty or life imprisonment. He converted to Christianity in 2016 and joined the Russian Orthodox Church in Egypt, enduring family rejection, societal hostility, and police intimidation for…
Due to the fact that Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner will not feature a comedian, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took it upon himself to do his own roast of Republicans on his Thursday show, which was like every other episode of his show, but with more quick one-liners. As he concluded, Kimmel went off the deep end as he appeared to make a gay rape joke about FCC Chairman Brenden Carr and Sen. Lindsey Graham. Kimmel referenced his September suspension that also won him a Peabody on Thursday, “Alright, I’m almost out of time. Brendan Carr is giving me the light.…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, April 24, 2026The NASA logo is displayed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 15, 2025, in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Around 550 people, or over ten percent of the famed lab’s workforce, are being laid off as part of an ongoing reorganization following two rounds of large layoffs last year. Layoffs at the laboratory, which is funded by NASA and managed by CalTech, are not related to the federal government shutdown. | | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe disappearances and deaths of nearly a dozen scientists with ties to secretive U.S. scientific information have…
LONDON (AFP) — Despite heightened security measures, Jewish residents in northwest London remain on “high alert” after a spate of arson attacks on synagogues and community sites in recent weeks.So far there have been no casualties. But since the first antisemitic attack in late March — when ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola were set ablaze in Golders Green — other incidents have followed.There was an attack on the Kenton United Synagogue in northwest London as well as the premises of a Jewish charity. And last week, the Finchley Reform Synagogue was targeted in an area of…
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is getting a makeover. That’s according to President Donald Trump, who announced Thursday from the Oval Office the renovation will include coating the swimming pool surface in “American flag blue.” Trump, who said the coating had begun, was inspired to tackle the project after a friend from Germany visited and commented the water was filthy and looked disgusting. “And I went over there with Secret Service in tow, and I said, isn’t that a shame? That’s terrible,” Trump said. The project is one of many Trump has initiated, including the demolition of the White House’s East…
Retired Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino has added his voice to the list of those left seething after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said no one respects Border Patrol and ICE in this country during a late-night debate on a Department of Homeland Security funding package. Bovino told Breitbart Texas the comment epitomizes what the Democrat party stands for. Schumer made the comment in opposition to a Senate Republican move to fund DHS and end the government shutdown. “America is crying out for relief from high costs, and you’re here adding $140 billion to an agency that…
A new IRS transparency initiative by Secretary Bessent will bring liberal [often communist] dark money out of the shadows. It would affect TIDES and Arabella, for example. For decades, exploited fiscal sponsorships have operated effectively in the shadows. Fixing 990 is a great move by Treasury Secretary Bessent. Currently, they don’t have to disclose donors. For example, GLSEN has two donors who give millions of dollars in anonymous donations. These are trans activists. Exposing these donors could prove they are not grassroots. With a little luck, NGOs will begin to disappear. This is a huge win. I hope the folks…
Will Roberts (GoFundMe) President Donald Trump is now personally involved in a life-or-death fight to save 15-year-old Will Roberts of Alabama, battling an aggressive and often fatal form of bone cancer. Will Roberts of Alabama is now in the fight of his young life against stage 4 osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer that has spread and is threatening to steal this brave teenager from his loving family. He has already lost part of his leg, and the cancer has spread to his lungs, liver, jaw, and bones. The video exploded across social media with thousands of views in hours. Here’s…
Five plaintiffs who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have sued the US Department of Agriculture, alleging it violated the law by allowing states to restrict access to sugary drinks, candy, and other products deemed unhealthy. The complaint alleges that the Trump administration lacked authority to restrict beneficiaries’ free choice.Lawsuit for the Poor, or the Beverage Industry? The case was brought by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ), which advocates for low-income people, and Shinder Cantor Lerner, an antitrust law firm. Katherine Deabler-Meadows, a senior attorney for the NCLEJ, reportedly stated in an interview that granting…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech That new, unapologetically derivative open world game or umpteenth shooter sequel you’re currently addicted to? It was almost certainly made with a little help from AI, according to Google Cloud’s global director for games Jack Buser. In an interview with Mobilegamer.biz, Buser claimed that pretty much every major video game studio is using the tech behind the scenes, whether they’re willing to admit it or not. “I think what players don’t realize is that their favorite games right now were already built with…
Pirates with no small amount of artillery, let us remember. Not to mention some “nuclear dust,” which makes the piracy all the more dangerous – and the mission essential. Advertisement Pete Hegseth knows this, of course, and in today’s briefing, he reminded reporters that the Pentagon has all the assets necessary in place if the war resumes. Hegseth focused on the blockade today and the addition of the USS George H.W. Bush carrier group to the Indian Ocean for blockade support. The War Secretary touted the success of the blockade on Iran, with almost three dozen ships interdicted at this…
Billionaire Ken Griffin, the founder of Citadel, is reportedly livid with New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani for using his property to promote a new tax. On April 15, aka Tax Day, Mamdani introduced a “pied-a-terre” tax on barely used second properties that the rich own in NYC. “This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners do not live full-time in the city,” Mamdani said while speaking right outside one of Griffin’s penthouses. “Like for this penthouse, which hedge-fund CEO Ken Griffin bought for $238 million.” Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re…
An art dealer and Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 40th district stumbled into a salient point for anyone advocating for in vitro fertilization that fails to draw a moral equivalency with abortion — both are about making choices and ending lives. On April 15, Breitbart posted Esther Kim Varet’s interview with host Heather Renee on “The Happily Never After” podcast where she spoke about her experience with IVF. When viewing the clip, her comments come off as incredibly jarring before even coming to that topic. Varet talks about having abortions as casually as one would mention what they had…
A TMZ DC reporter asked War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday how he feels whenever the U.S. military drops bombs on targets. During Friday’s Pentagon press briefing, a reporter from TMZ’s new Washington, D.C., bureau asked Hegseth if he ever gets an adrenaline rush, feels scared, or feels like he’s on a power trip when he orders a U.S. bombing campaign. (RELATED: Reporter Asks Trump If God Is On America’s Side)WATCH: TMZ DC asks Pete Hegseth how he feels whenever the US military rains down bombs TMZ: “Do you have an adrenaline rush? Are you scared? Do you feel like…
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is in a heated primary battle with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, which has been described by many as a “knife fight.” President Donald J. Trump has held off on offering an endorsement in the race, but 74-year-old Cornyn has drawn the attention of conservative activist Scott Presler, who has been laser-focused on passing the election integrity bill known as the SAVE America Act. And that attention is not working out well for the 24-year incumbent senator, as seen in a video Presler shared this week of the Republican voicing support for amnesty for illegal…
President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that his next renovation project will resurface the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The new surface will be the “latest and greatest filament” and have an “American flag blue” color, the president said, CBS News reported. Trump said the project will take about a week and cost roughly $1.5 million. Contractors have begun working on the stone flooring beneath the surface, and they will begin working on the surface itself on Thursday. “You’re going to end up with a beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool, the way it’s supposed to be. Much better than it…
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is reportedly continuing to use a waterfront, military-base house that’s typically been used by the commandant of the Coast Guard. President Donald Trump fired Noem on March 6. She is now Trump’s special envoy for the Shield of the Americas – a Western Hemisphere, a multinational military coalition that he established to target criminal organizations, such as drug cartels, operating in the Americas. However, her black SUV was spotted in front of the residence earlier this week, and officials with the U.S. Coast Guard have seen it around the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C.…
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Just a few weeks ago, I had a long-haul flight to Europe from the East Coast. As I packed and prepared, excited about what was planned, I also wondered and worried: How the heck was I going to sleep on this eight-hour flight, so I wasn’t sleepwalking through sightseeing the next day? It’s a conundrum many of us have faced. There are TikTok videos, articles, products, and advice galore about how to meet the challenge. But what exactly does the science say? What’s the…
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James O’Keefe was served with a restraining order while he was livestreaming at his West Palm Beach, Florida. The war on the First Amendment has just turned into an all-out assault on the Second. Legendary investigative journalist James O’Keefe announced on Thursday night that police stormed his O’Keefe Media Group office and seized EVERY SINGLE ONE of his firearms. “The police just came to my office and confiscated all my firearms. Just happened,” O’Keefe posted on X. pic.twitter.com/MUjxLfqart — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 24, 2026 We have video of the police confiscating the firearms from me. Footage will be released…
By Christian Daily InternationalFriday, April 24, 2026Rami Rizq Fadayel has been imprisoned in the Negev without charges for more than two years. | Courtesy of familyTwo years after a Palestinian Christian prisoner in the Negev desert requested a Bible and a visit from his priest, Israeli prison officials have agreed to provide Scripture, but not clergy visits, sources said.Rami Saleh, director of Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), told Christian Daily International that the family of detainee Rami Rizq Fadayel, of Ramallah, asked his office for help. After months of intervention, JLAC has finally received approval to make…
A grieving mother who is in good health has been accepted for termination by a Swiss suicide clinic. From the New York Post story: A physically healthy British woman heartbroken over the death of her only son is heading to Switzerland to end her own life at an assisted suicide clinic. Wendy Duffy, 56, attempted to take her own life after her son died four years ago — but is soon bound for Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal, after her application was accepted by a clinic, according to the London Times. Duffy, a former care worker from the West Midlands, told the…
President Donald Trump pled his case that the 2020 presidential election should “be permanently wiped from books” if fraud charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are proven to be true. Trump called SPLC “one of the greatest political scams in American History” in a post on Truth Social early Friday. “The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the greatest political scams in American History, has been charged with FRAUD. This is another Democrat Hoax, along with Act Blue, and many others,” the president wrote. “If it is true, the 2020 Presidential Election should be permanently wiped from the books and be…
An illegal alien from Nicaragua has been arrested in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after he entered his ex-girlfriend’s home and savagely attacked her and her new boyfriend with a machete on Monday. David Joel Mairena-Garcia, 29, faces two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide plus additional charges after the brutal attack that left both victims seriously injured. Police say Mairena-Garcia used a key to enter the home and immediately began attacking the victims with a machete without saying a word. Mairena-Garcia later admitted he “just wanted to kill them.” The victims, a 26-year-old woman with whom he has a child and…
RINO Senator John Cornyn’s team left up an old YouTube video on his official Senate channel where the Texas RINO openly pushes amnesty for illegal aliens, and it stayed there until conservatives unearthed it this week. While Cornyn pretends to be a born-again border hawk in his desperate fight to survive a MAGA primary challenge, his own Senate YouTube page was still hosting a video that proves exactly where his heart lies: open borders, amnesty, and America Last. The video, first highlighted by grassroots warrior Scott Presler, shows Cornyn advocating for policies that would reward lawbreakers with legal status. His…
Students at Harvard are protesting the university’s proposed plan to curb grade inflation by launching a Change.org petition calling the proposed grading reform “racially harmful in effect.” Angelina Agostini, a freshman at Harvard College, started the petition, which states: We center racism as a core concern, contending that although the policy is framed as neutral ‘differentiation,’ it functions as a system of ranking and sorting that mirrors and reinforces existing racial and socioeconomic hierarchies. One student, quoted in The New York Post, stated, “There is a reason we’re in this situation in the first place, and the fact that you’re…
President Donald J. Trump dropped a video this week explaining how he worked to save taxpayers millions of dollars on restoring the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, which is the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech. “Right now, it’s got no water in it because it was in terrible shape. It was filthy, dirty, and it leaked like a sieve for many years,” the president said in the video. “So I actually went over, went with Secret Service and a group of people, and I took a look at it.” Trump explained that the…
An illegal alien from India has been arrested in San Antonio, Texas, after he emerged from the woods at Espada Park and randomly punched a mother in the face and began biting her three-year-old daughter’s face. The mother described the unprovoked attack as being “like a scene out of a horror movie.” The suspect, 24-year-old Atharva Vyas, was arrested on the scene Saturday afternoon after a brave bystander physically restrained him until San Antonio Police Department officers arrived. According to police reports and court records, Vyas approached 27-year-old Gabriella Perez while she was at the park with her family. Vyas…
Here’s a proposal that could make our country happier, calmer, safer and more wonderful, and will infuriate millions of my countrymen for no good reason. We should make Spanish our second national language.Most countries have more than one national language. Switzerland has four: German, French, Italian and Romansh; a fifth, *Schwiizerdütsch, *is a widely used group of Swiss German dialects.Canada’s national languages are English and French.Belgium has three: Dutch, French and German.Finland’s national languages are Finnish and Swedish.The Netherlands’ official language is Dutch, but nearly everyone there speaks English.Vietnam’s official language is Vietnamese, but to graduate from high school you have to…
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Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Michael Kosta joined forces with Jordan Klepper on Thursday to dumb down the definition of what it means to be an “insane extremist” as they condemned new acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao for opposing the use of drag queens in recruitment videos. Kosta also attacked Cao for remarks he made during his 2024 Senate campaign where he said there was an increase in witchcraft activity in Monterey, California, and that should not be allowed to happen in Virginia. Witches aside, Kosta wondered, “Why—I mean—why is everybody they appoint so [bleep]ing crazy? Can…
While the Southern Poverty Law Center allegedly spends millions of dollars to fabricate racial hatred in America, it’s not hard to find actual cases of people being targeted because of the color of their skin. The only problem for the left is that it’s the wrong color. In what may be the beginnings of a trend, a young white girl was savagely attacked by a black teen in New York City because she did not give him her phone number, according to the New York Post, which cites police and other sources. The 14-year-old mask-wearing bully is seen in footage…
A powerful and destructive tornado tore through northern Oklahoma late Thursday, striking near and impacting Vance Air Force Base in Enid, leaving a trail of devastation that has shaken both local residents and military personnel. According to early reports, the tornado carved a destructive path through Enid, ripping roofs off buildings, flattening homes, and knocking out power across large sections of the city. Emergency crews rushed into damaged neighborhoods conducting door-to-door searches for survivors amid debris fields and downed power lines. Initial reporting confirms the military installation was directly impacted by the storm, though officials say they are still assessing…
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, on April 12, 2026. ReutersPresident Donald Trump has extended a waiver of the century-old Jones Act for 90 days, allowing foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel and other goods between U.S. ports in order to ease price pressures triggered by the Iran war and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.White House assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers said in a social media post on April 24 that “new data compiled since the initial waiver was issued revealed that significantly more supply was able to reach U.S. ports faster,”…
The United Kingdom announced Tuesday it will place a lifetime ban on tobacco products for anyone born in 2009 or after, in a major power-sharing agreement struck between government euthanizers and migrant knife-attackers. “الحمد لله، ورمضانٌ مباركٌ دائم — [cough, cough] — I mean … My fellow Britons,” Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer began. “In conjunction with our nation’s pride, the National Health Service, and our most cherished friends and neighbors, the knife-wielding community, we have determined to ban tobacco products for all British young people.” “This has been years in the making, and we’re extremely proud of the result.…
The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on March 24, 2026. Shannon Stapleton/ReutersWASHINGTON, April 23—The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday a key runway safety system failed to activate before a March 22 fatal collision between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck that killed two pilots.The NTSB also said in its preliminary report that red runway entrance lights that indicate when it is not safe to cross a runway were on until about three seconds before the time of the collision.…
In this episode, we’ll hear from Col. Douglas MacGregor on Iran and who is actually influencing US foreign policy. As you may guess, it is the people with the funny hats who copulate against the Western Wall in Israel, the very place of apostasy. Buy All-American! Bring health and vitality back to your body with these non-transdermal patches Get your Vitamin B17 & Get 10% Off With Promo Code TIM How To Protect Yourself From 5G, EMF & RF Radiation – Use promo code TIM to save $$$ The Very Best All-American Made Supplements On The Market Grab This Bucket…
A U.S. Army soldier was indicted on Thursday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for using confidential intel to bet on former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s ouster. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke not only participated in the planning and execution of the January raid to capture Maduro, but he also allegedly used information about the raid beforehand to earn over $400,000 making bets on Polymarket, according to a DOJ press release. U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on polymarket on the basis…
The Virginia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a challenge to the redistricting referendum that voters in the state passed on Tuesday. While multiple groups of Republicans are filing lawsuits against the referendum, Monday’s oral arguments are concerning a challenge from Republican Virginia Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle and other Republican officials, according to Roll Call. The arguments are expected to come from a variety of disputes regarding the referendum, including the time of the legislature’s process to initiate the ballot measure last year and the wording used in the referendum itself. On Tuesday night, Virginia voters narrowly passed…
An analysis of news content offered on four of the most widely downloaded news apps showed that over a five-month period, 70% of the news featured was from leftist news outlets. And articles from right-leaning outlets were promoted only 5% of the time, according to the analysis from the Media Research Center.The conservative content analysis and media watchdog group conducted the analysis from Nov. 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Apple News, Microsoft’s MSN, Google News and Yahoo News featured a combined 7,265 articles, according to MRC. Apple News was that app that featured articles from right-leaning outlets the least…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech After spending two and half years pondering a “golden orb” found at the bottom of the ocean, scientists have finally figured out what in the thundering typhoons it actually is. The aureate object looked like some sort of alien relic when it was first discovered clinging to a rock over two miles underwater in the Gulf of Alaska, before collapsing into a blob resembling molten leafs of gold when it was recovered. Now, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the…
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President Donald Trump speaks with officials and staff in the Oval Office before his announcement of the Golden Dome missile defense system, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) Senior leaders from the Department of War, U.S. government, and defense industry gathered at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, April 23, to provide an update about Golden Dome for America (GDA), the nation’s initiative to build a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the Homeland. Speakers included Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering and the Department of War’s Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael; Director…