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The Trump administration is continuing to crack down on fraudulent visa schemes that are occurring nationwide.In New Jersey, a Korean man pleaded guilty to fraudulently using a B-1/B-2 visa program in a forced labor and charity fraud scheme. The visas are for business or tourism and prohibit visa holders from working in the U.S. In this case, Hyung Ki Kim and coconspirators were involved in a 13-year conspiracy to bring South Koreans to the U.S. through “fraudulently obtained visas as part of an unlawful work scheme,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. According to…

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed Texas its third win Friday on border security.As the border crisis escalated during the Biden administration, Gov. Greg Abbott took a series of measures to implement border security efforts, including building and expanding concertina wire barriers, building a border wall and installing marine barriers in the Rio Grande River, all on Texas soil. He also signed several border security bills into law, including SB 4. Border barriers were implemented through Abbott’s border security initiative, Operation Lone Star. In response, the Biden administration and private groups sued. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit ruled on…

Amid fears that artificial intelligence technology is taking people’s jobs, one new bill in California aims to determine the impact on the labor force in the coming years.Assembly Bill 2545, authored by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita, proposes to research the effects the rapidly-developing technology has on California’s labor force and jobs across industries. The bill would establish a new program under the California Employment Development Department, which the bill calls the California Artificial Intelligence Worker Impact Data Assessment Project. The project would study the impact of A.I. on the labor force and provide policy recommendations for how the legislature…

Two days after Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, sounded the alarm about the online gaming platform Roblox promoting mass violence, an alleged mass murder plot targeting Jews in Houston was foiled with two teenagers arrested, including a Roblox player.On Monday, Burrows posted screenshots of a user-generated Roblox video game simulation that appears to depict Lego-style figurines with AR-15-type rifles walking through a hallway and into a classroom entitled, ‘Active Shooter Studio’s Roblox game, ‘Robb.’” The Roblox video game, which has since been removed, appeared to simulate “the tragedy at Robb Elementary in graphic detail,” making it clear that “this…

The recorded words of the alleged co-conspirator in the deadly Abbey Gate bombing were played for hours during his federal trial this week in northern Virginia, with the jury hearing the ISIS-K terrorist confess to conducting reconnaissance ahead of the Kabul airport attack, denying foreknowledge of it occurring and raising concerns about his detention by the Pakistanis.The defendant, Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as “Jafar,” has been charged with a single count of providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization – ISIS-K – which resulted in death. He has pleaded not guilty to the…

As so-called gender secrecy lawsuits against school districts wind their way through the courts without guidance from the Supreme Court, the Trump administration is pushing ahead to force the disclosure of medically relevant information about students to their parents, at least for the duration of President Trump’s second term.The high court Tuesday declined to review a ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a school district’s willful deception of a couple about their daughter’s identification as a boy, which the girl’s middle school was actively facilitating against the explicit instructions of her parents, letting her use boys’ intimate…

As many Americans struggle just to cover the cost of groceries and gas, there’s ongoing outrage over members of Congress quietly posting fantastical returns in the stock market. It’s a longstanding issue and after attempts at serious reform 14 years ago, all sides seem to admit more is needed.  Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette is with the nonprofit watchdog Project on Government Oversight.  “There’s recent analysis that has been released by the National Bureau of Economic Research that has shown that when members of Congress get into congressional leadership, they magically begin to outperform even their peers, who they used to be kind of…

Gasoline prices across Europe have surged to their highest levels in years – topping $10 a gallon in some countries – as the fallout from the ongoing Iran conflict sends ripples through global energy markets.Across the European Union, gasoline prices average around €1.85 per liter, which translates to around $7.95 a gallon. But prices are higher in parts of Northern Europe, including regions of Scandinavia and the Netherlands, where national high prices are well over $10 per gallon. The Netherlands has the highest average gas price in the 27-nation bloc, at about $10.10 a gallon. The small island nation of…

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones went on CNN and refused to answer a straightforward question about whether his state’s redistricting measure violated the Virginia Constitution’s 90-day timing clause. Instead, he dismissed the judge who ruled against the measure as “an activist”, and kept talking past the numbers.The exchange, which aired Thursday on “CNN News Central,” laid bare a problem that no amount of political spin can fix: the calendar. The Virginia General Assembly passed the constitutional amendment allowing redistricting in mid-January. Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, signed it in early February. Early voting began March 6. That is not 90…

Jose “Joe” Ceballos, a Mexican-born green card holder who served two terms as mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of disorderly election conduct after illegally casting ballots in U.S. elections despite never holding American citizenship, Fox News Digital reported.The case is not a hypothetical. It is not a talking point. A man who was not legally permitted to vote did so repeatedly, and won elected office in the process. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office prosecuted Ceballos, and the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the guilty plea. The plea resolves charges first announced in November,…

Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia introduced legislation to eliminate Temporary Protected Status entirely, a direct response after ten House Republicans crossed party lines to back a Democratic resolution shielding roughly 350,000 Haitian migrants from deportation. The bill, called the Territorial Protection and Sovereignty Act, would repeal the TPS program, terminate every existing designation, and give current holders 60 days to leave the country, or face removal proceedings.Clyde’s move, first reported by the Daily Caller, arrived just one week after those ten GOP members handed Democrats a 224, 204 victory on a resolution introduced by Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley. The…

President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship just picked up an unexpected ally: the numbers compiled by a left-leaning research outfit. A Pew Research Center study published last month found that 320,000 babies were born to illegal immigrant mothers in the United States in 2023 alone, roughly 9% of the 3.6 million births recorded that year, as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether the president’s order can stand.The convergence of hard data from Pew and the administration’s legal push before the high court puts the birthright citizenship debate on concrete ground for the first time. Critics…

Sean Plankey, President Trump’s choice to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has pulled his nomination after spending thirteen months in confirmation limbo, sidelined not by Democrats but by holds placed by Republican senators with grievances unrelated to cybersecurity.Plankey wrote in a letter to the White House that “it has become clear the Senate will not confirm me.” He cited the toll on his family and urged the administration to move quickly on a replacement. The withdrawal, first reported by Politico and detailed by The Hill, leaves the nation’s lead cyber-defense agency without a Senate-confirmed director at a time…

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones refused to directly answer whether the ballot language on the state’s redistricting constitutional amendment was misleading, instead telling CNN that “there was a vigorous campaign” and “yes prevailed”, even as a circuit court judge blocked certification of the vote on constitutional grounds.Jones, a Democrat, appeared on Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central” to defend the redistricting measure that Virginia voters approved on Tuesday. More than 1.6 million voted yes, he said. But a judge had already thrown a wrench into the outcome, ruling the entire referendum unconstitutional and barring officials from certifying the results. The…

Jose “Joe” Ceballos, a Mexican-born green card holder who served two terms as mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of disorderly election conduct, the latest case to expose how noncitizens can slip through the cracks of a voter registration system that relies heavily on the honor code.Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office prosecuted the case. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the plea and credited the federal SAVE program with helping bring Ceballos to justice, Fox News Digital reported. The facts are straightforward and damning. Ceballos, also identified by authorities as Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, received a…

A U.S. special forces soldier who took part in the military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro now faces criminal charges for allegedly using classified information to place bets on the outcome of that very mission. The Justice Department says Gannon Ken Van Dyke wagered roughly $33,034 on the prediction market platform Polymarket, and walked away with a $409,000 payout.The charges, announced by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, include 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…

Four Senate Republicans joined every Democrat on the floor early Thursday morning to sink a last-ditch effort to attach the SAVE America Act to the party’s sweeping immigration enforcement bill, dealing a sharp setback to a voter-integrity measure that President Donald Trump has made a personal priority.The amendment, pushed by Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, failed 48-to-50 during a marathon “vote-a-rama” tied to the GOP’s reconciliation package. Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky broke ranks to oppose it, Fox News Digital reported. The result was no surprise…

Four women, including two sitting state legislators and a fellow city council member, have accused Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez of making aggressive, unwanted sexual advances at social events between 2019 and 2022, the Daily Mail reported. The Democrat, who is also running for Congress, denied every allegation through her attorney.The accusations describe a pattern of physical force, shoving, pinning, grabbing, climbing on top of, directed at women in settings ranging from wedding receptions to political fundraisers. None of the accusers filed police reports. But Council Chair Alejandro Puy, in an email obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune,…

This photo provided by Michele Lappin shows Roxanne Sharp in Covington, La., in 1980. Michele Lappin via APNEW ORLEANS—Louisiana police say a podcast helped them solve the decades-old killing of a 16-year-old girl and announced Friday that four men now face criminal charges in connection with her rape and murder.In 1982, teenager Roxanne Sharp was killed in the woods of St. Tammany Parish, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of New Orleans. Police struggled to solve the case due to a lack of evidence and witnesses willing to come forward. But then, investigators approached a local media company, which agreed…

Brian Scott Lorenz, right, sits with his defense attorney Ilann Maazel, left, in court in Buffalo, N.Y., before closing arguments in his second retrial for the 1993 killing of Deborah Meindl, on April 22, 2026. Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP, FileA jury on Friday convicted a man in the 1993 killing of a woman near Buffalo, ending his third trial after a legal odyssey that has stretched on for decades.Brian Scott Lorenz, 56, was originally convicted in 1994, along with another man, James Pugh, of murdering Deborah Meindl. The 33-year-old nursing student and mother of two had been stabbed…

Five middle school students, who helped stop a bus after their driver passed out during a medical emergency, stand outside a bus in Hancock County, Miss., on April 23, 2026. WLOX via APQuick-thinking middle school students in Mississippi kept their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway.The bus had just left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County on Wednesday with about 40 children on board when Leah Taylor, 46, had an asthma attack. She reached for her medication but blacked out before she could get it.We had a problem loading this article. Please…

Law enforcement vehicles rare parked at the Mall of Louisiana after a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., April 23, 2026. Javier Gallegos/The Advocate via APBATON ROUGE, La.—Louisiana authorities said Friday they had charged a 17-year-old with murder and were searching for another suspect after bystanders were caught in the crossfire of a shooting at a mall in Baton Rouge that killed one teenage girl and injured five other people.Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse said the shooting Thursday at the Mall of Louisiana was not a random act and seemed to be driven by “social media beefs and maybe gang-related…

Fremont County coroner Randy Keller, center, and other authorities survey the area where they plan to put up tents at the Return to Nature Funeral Home where over 100 bodies have been improperly stored in Penrose, Colo., Oct. 7, 2023. Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, FileCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case that forced the state to clamp down on an industry plagued by repeated scandal and notoriously lax oversight.Carie Hallford faced between 25 and 35 years in prison…

U.S. Army combat engineers place razor wire on the U.S.–Mexico border wall to reinforce security in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, July 24, 2025. Jose Luis Gonzalez/ReutersA divided federal appeals court on April 24 allowed Texas to enforce a state law that permits the arrest and prosecution of individuals thought to have unlawfully crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit voted 10–7 to undo a 2024 injunction that had prevented enforcement of the law known as Senate Bill 4. Initially, the former Biden administration had challenged the statute, but the second…

Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office join an investigation inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, April 24, 2026, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via APThe body of a Bangladeshi doctoral student who went missing with his girlfriend from the University of South Florida was found on a bridge over Tampa Bay, and his roommate has been taken into custody, law enforcement authorities said Friday.Zamil Limon’s remains…

A burned trailer sits near a destroyed home as the Brantley Highway 82 fire burns near Nahunta, Ga, on April 23, 2026. AP Photo/Mike StewartNAHUNTA, Ga.—A wildfire that has charred dozens of homes in southeast Georgia could force more evacuations at a moment’s notice, officials warned Friday as fire crews helped residents hose down properties in areas threatened by the growing blaze.The fire burning in rural Brantley County has spread across more than 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) since it ignited Monday, fanned by gusty winds into pine woods that are dry as tinder. Nearly 90 homes have been…

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin will be invited to the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December, according to a senior Trump administration official.“No formal invitations have been issued at this time,” the official said on April 24. “But Russia is a G20 member and will be invited to attend ministerial meetings and the leaders’ summit.”We had a problem loading this article. Please enable…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner walks towards the West Wing following a TV interview at the White House on Feb. 19, 2025. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP PhotoDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced a new proposed rule on Thursday that seeks to end the use of “gender identity” across all departmental programs, which is intended to “restore biological reality and protect women.”“Under the proposed guidance, HUD would remove radical definitions of gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender, replacing them with sex across nearly 50 regulations,” HUD said in an April 23 statement.We had a problem…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation detailed a series of arrests, indictments, and operations across the country in its Weekly Watch update, outlining cases involving fraud schemes, violent gangs, cybercrime networks, and national security threats handled by field offices and partner agencies. In his weekly update, Kash Patel said he joined Acting Attorney General Blanche earlier in the week to announce an 11-count grand jury indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the organization funneled more than $3 million in donations to individuals associated with extremist groups, including “violent extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan” and “hate groups like…

The annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is returning to Washington, D.C., this weekend and this time with President Donald Trump in attendance.The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is a staple in the nation’s capital, which honors journalists who cover the White House and celebrates the First Amendment.  Here is everything you need to know about the event, which will be hosted by magician and mentalist Oz Pearlman. When and where is it: The annual dinner will take place Saturday at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Connecticut Ave. and will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern.  How to watch it: The…

The hits just keep coming for disgraced former Congressman Eric Swalwell. In addition to facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and even rape, he is now facing allegations that he used campaign cash to pay a lawyer representing him in these matters. He also reportedly used campaign cash to pay babysitters. And we’re not talking about small amounts here. We’re talking about tens of thousands of dollars. The Washington Free Beacon reports: Eric Swalwell Campaign Paid $40K to Lawyer Representing Him Against Sexual Misconduct Allegations, $22K for Babysitters Disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) dipped into his gubernatorial campaign’s…

Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed the SPLC. Marlow said, “They put Ben Carson on an extremist list, a guy who was the top neuroscientist, pediatric neurosurgeon, brain surgeon at John’s Hopkins University.” The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, broadcasts coast to coast on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on the Salem Radio Network stations. You can listen to the radio show online here. The show also airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel. Marlow’s podcast, The Alex Marlow Show Presented by Breitbart…

Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the SPLC. Marlow said, “This was election interference. This is people who were empowered by the Democrat Party who are creating hoaxes that the Democrat candidates are using to foment energy.” The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, broadcasts coast to coast on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on the Salem Radio Network stations. You can listen to the radio show online here. The show also airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel. Marlow’s podcast, The Alex…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. This week, CBS News went down to the southern border and they were shocked to find that there are not thousands of people trying to cross the border illegally anymore. As Trump said at his first State of the Union address, all we really needed was a new president. Isn’t it amazing what can be accomplished when our government enforces existing immigration law? Only liberals in media would be surprised by this. NewsBusters reports: Would You Look at That: CBS Visits Southern Border, Discovers It to Be a Ghost Town Following a series of social media…

HONOLULU (CN) — Nearly 18 months after Michael Miske died in a federal detention cell, the legal battle over the fortune of the accused crime boss is still very much alive and growing more complicated by the week.On Friday, attorneys for the federal government and the trust holding Miske’s estate squared off before U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson over whether prosecutors should be allowed to pursue a novel legal theory: that Miske arranged his own death by fentanyl overdose specifically to cheat the government out of more than $20 million in assets a jury had already voted to seize.Watson, a…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Another epic battle between Greg Gutfeld and Jessica Tarlov unfolded on The Five yesterday. Despite all of the evidence that the Southern Poverty Law Center manufactured racism with payoffs, Jessica is clinging to the stupid notion that there are white supremacists around every corner in the United States. Gutfeld challenged her stupid position and the sparks flew. Transcript via Real Clear Politics: JESSICA TARLOV: Three Percenters, Oathkeepers, Proud Boys. You think they’re all fake? GREG GUTFELD: You’re saying this wasn’t created? You’re saying this was just an organic event, just like every left-wing event—it just happened!…

The mission at Creative Destruction Media is to be the catalyst for the “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one.”cre·a·tive/krēˈādiv/adjectivede·struc·tion/dəˈstrəkSH(ə)n/noun

Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address in Augusta, Maine, on Jan. 30, 2024. Robert F. Bukaty/AP PhotoGov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) vetoed a bill on April 24 that would have suspended construction of new artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in her state.The landmark legislation that was rejected would have banned data centers larger than 20 megawatts until November 2027.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

French nuclear jets sent to Poland to prepare for hypothetical attacks on Russia and Belarus Europe stands on the precipice of a new nuclear crisis. France and Poland, two NATO members acting outside the alliance’s traditional bureaucratic framework, are preparing joint military exercises that simulate both conventional and nuclear strikes against Russia and Belarus. The drills, set to take place “soon” over the Baltic Sea and northern Poland, represent a dangerous escalation that Russia has repeatedly rejected as unnecessary and provocative. President Emmanuel Macron’s push to extend France’s “nuclear umbrella” over other European states, combined with Poland’s willingness to host…

The image of a Russian warship escorting sanctioned oil tankers through the English Channel, mere weeks after Britain’s prime minister promised to seize such vessels by force, represents more than a diplomatic embarrassment. It reveals a fundamental breakdown between Western political posturing and military reality. Vladimir Putin is not merely testing British resolve. He is openly mocking it, sending the Admiral Grigorovich frigate to guard shadow fleet ships while the Royal Navy trails helplessly behind, unable or unwilling to act on threats that were never backed by genuine capability. The sanctions designed to cripple Russia’s war economy are backfiring, exposing…

The book “Illuminating Health: The Forgotten Power of Light Therapy” points out that natural sunlight was once revered as a powerful healer. But corporate interests and modern medicine, influenced by the Rockefeller-funded Flexner Report (1910), systematically suppressed its benefits in favor of pharmaceutical drugs. Specific wavelengths, particularly red (630-700 nm) and near-infrared (700-850 nm), penetrate deep into tissues, stimulating mitochondria, boosting ATP production, reducing inflammation and accelerating healing – proven effective for autoimmune conditions, brain injuries, chronic wounds and depression. Sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis (preventing cancer and infections), regulates circadian rhythms (improving sleep and mood), boosts serotonin/melatonin (reducing depression)…

U.S. Admiral Highlights Bitcoin’s Cybersecurity Applications in Senate Testimony WASHINGTON — U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo called Bitcoin a “valuable computer science tool” for U.S. “power projection,” stating its proof-of-work technology has “really important” applications for cybersecurity, according to testimony delivered during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 22, 2026. The hearing examined the strategic posture of U.S. forces concerning threats from China, North Korea, and ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Admiral Paparo’s comments came in response to questioning from Senator Tommy Tuberville, who asked how Congress can lead on Bitcoin competition. Admiral Samuel Paparo…

Introduction: Claims of Democratic Deficits in UK and EU A recent commentary published on the Watts Up With That blog has drawn direct parallels between the political systems of the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the former Soviet Union. The piece, published in April 2026, argues that these Western systems exhibit characteristics of a ‘sham democracy’ and ‘rigid ideology,’ where centralized power structures limit genuine public choice and enforce policies with little regard for dissent. [1] These claims emerge amid a wider transatlantic debate about governance models, centralization, and freedom of speech. The commentary’s publication coincides with reports of increased…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has effectively sidelined President Pezeshkian and taken over key state functions. The president is in “complete political deadlock,” unable to make appointments or even meet with the Supreme Leader, making him a powerless figurehead. A military council of senior IRGC officers now controls access to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, blocking government reports and preventing contact with the elected president. This has isolated the top leader from civilian institutions. With the IRGC now openly calling the shots, experts say Iran will be less willing to compromise in talks with the U.S. and more likely to…

FDA Upgrades Cantaloupe Recall to Highest Risk Level Over Salmonella Contamination Introduction The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has escalated a cantaloupe recall to its most serious alert level, citing a ‘reasonable probability’ of serious illness or death from salmonella contamination. The Class I recall involves more than 50,000 cantaloupes from Florida-based Ayco Farms, which were distributed to four states between December 2025 and January 2026, according to agency records. This action follows an initial recall notice issued by the company in March 24. Officials said the melons are no longer believed to be on store shelves due to…

Introduction Garlic, a staple in kitchens worldwide, is increasingly being examined in clinical research for its potential cardiovascular benefits. A recent meta-analysis of over 100 studies has suggested that garlic consumption, including in supplement form, may lead to modest improvements in key heart disease risk factors such as LDL cholesterol and blood pressure. According to a 2026 review, these effects appear more pronounced in individuals already at elevated risk [1]. The findings add to a long historical record of garlic’s medicinal use, spanning over five millennia across cultures from ancient Egypt to modern ‘Blue Zone’ islands [2]. While the evidence points to…

How to eat out without breaking your diet: 10 Smart strategies for healthier restaurant meals Avoid impulsive, calorie-dense choices by reviewing options beforehand. Choose lettuce wraps over buns, grilled veggies over fries, and healthy toppings like avocado. Opt for grilled, baked or steamed dishes instead of fried or sugar-marinated options. Avoid sodas, cocktails and creamy dressings; choose sparkling water or olive oil/vinegar. Eat mindfully, chew thoroughly and box half the meal to prevent overeating. Dining out is a staple of modern life, whether it’s for business lunches, social gatherings or simply a break from cooking. But with the average restaurant…

A preclinical study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has identified a biological mechanism linking high salt intake to premature aging of the immune system and blood vessels. Researchers at the University of South Alabama found that a high-salt diet triggers an inflammatory immune response that instructs vascular cells to enter a state of cellular senescence, a form of premature cellular aging. According to the study, excess dietary salt does not directly damage blood vessel cells but instead activates the immune system to release a signaling molecule. This molecule then acts as a messenger, causing the cells…

The Treasury Department sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery Friday, along with 40 shipping firms and vessels it believes are helping to sustain Iran’s oil economy.The department targeted the China-based independent teapot refinery Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co., Ltd. in Dalian, China, claiming it was one of Iran’s largest customers for crude oil and other petroleum products. The sanctions are part of the Trump administration’s operation Economic Fury, which is part of its maximum pressure campaign against Iran. “Economic Fury is imposing a financial stranglehold on the Iranian regime, hampering its aggression in the Middle East, and helping to curtail its nuclear…

The United States Capitol Police Union’s House Division delivered an overwhelming vote Friday of “no confidence” in two of its leaders, showcasing strong opposition to the way the officers have been treated recently.The “no confidence” vote targeted House Division Inspector Brian Verderese and the division’s Captain Aaron Robinson, who the union claimed have failed to adequately address job conditions that have left officers exhausted. Verderese had 98.14% and Robinson had 98.74% of the officers vote against them, according to a union news release that was shared with Just The News. ”The House Division is the single largest division within the…